James Dayne

## Biography

### Early Life

Born in 1897, James Dayne grew up in Birmingham, England, living on the street, initially acting as a thief until he joined a gang called the Wet Boot Boys, becoming a competent street fighter and serving as muscle for the gang. When England joined the First World War, James lied about his age and enlisted in the army. Excelling in his training, James went on to participate in the war in France, becoming an exceptional soldier who contributed greatly to victory in several battles, sneaking behind enemy lines to kill commanders and disable equipment. His gift for stealth lead him to be employed as a spy and assassin. Due to his mission success, James was selected, along with several other recruits, to participate in the highly experimental Project Ares, a supersoldier program created by English and American scientists in 1917. Of the fifty four test subjects, only ten survived, but all were driven to the peak of human potential and further beyond. He and his fellow survivors, led by the American Captain Carter Maddis, with James becoming his second in command, formed Blackout Squadron, an elite covert operations team which would operate during the last year of World War I, all throughout British Involvement in World War 2, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, after which they disbanded. Throughout their tenure, James was recognized as the most skilled combatant and assassin among them, and was known for his utter ruthlessness, which earned him the name “Deathblow”. After Blackout Squadron disbanded after the Vietnam War, James went on to become the world’s most deadly assassin, often framing other individuals for his own work, remaining a shadowy figure in the criminal underworld who would perform any service for the right price.

## Powers

Regeneration: James possesses a considerable healing factor, being able to recover from all non-fatal injuries within hours, regenerate organ tissues, reattach severed limbs, and allow him to survive being stabbed, shot, impaled, burned, rendering him immune to most poisons and diseases. However, based on the deaths of several fellow Blackout Squadron members, he can be killed via decapitation, severe blood loss, severe enough brain or heart trauma, asphyxiation, or sufficiently extreme temperatures. In addition, the serum prevents him from aging, rendering him biologically immortal.

Superhuman Durability: James possesses a high level of durability, and while bullets will still penetrate his skin, they will not do him serious harm. His bones are near bulletproof, and are extremely difficult to break.

Superhuman Intelligence: The enhancing serum in James's veins allows him to utilize 90% of his brain capacity and think up to nine times faster that an ordinary human.

Superhuman Senses: James's enhanced, animalistic senses afford him hawklike vision, which also functions well in the dark, the ability to track individuals via scent, superb hearing that rivals that of  bats, and powerful senses of touch and taste.

Superhuman Speed: James's speed is such that he can move and react faster than ordinary humans can think, and can easily snatch arrows or spears out of the air, dodge bullets, and can sprint at speeds up to sixty miles per hour.

Superhuman Stamina: James is able to exert himself at his peak for an entire twenty four hours before fatigue even begins to impair him.

Superhuman Strength: James possesses superhuman strength sufficient to easily toss around and rip apart ordinary humans.

## Skills

Master Combatant: James is one of the most skilled fighters alive. He is a master of several forms of martial arts, with a deep and broad knowledge on every aspect of the human body, including how to best disable or repair it.

* In addition, Deadlock is proficient in the use of most military armaments from the past century, along with swords, knives, and other bladed weaponry.
* He is renowned for his uncanny ability to make accurate and deadly shots that would be impossible for any ordinary gunman.

He is an expert pilot and driver, and is able to operate a variety of planes, helicopters, submarines, and tanks, and is knowledgeable on how to disable and hijack them. He is also quite the accomplished car driver(a necessary skill for the chases he is sometimes involved in) and is of course able to hotwire cars at a need. Deadlock is a knowledgeable tactician, and is incredible at improvisation, able to easily modify his plans on the fly. His deep medical knowledge also extends to various poisons, and he is an expert survivalist, able to stay alive in nearly any environment, and a gifted tracker. He is also a quite the skilled hacker, and for more mundane breaking and entering, he of course knows how to pick locks. He is also famously stealthy, able to sneak up on nearly any foe.

 Multilingualism: In addition to his native English, Deadlock can fluently speak German, Chinese, Arabic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindustani, Malay, Russian, Bengali, Vietnamese, Japanese, Italian, Latin, Greek, and Swahili.

## Notable Equipment

Deadlock carries a variety of advanced equipment, including a battlesuit that is capable of withstanding high calibre bullets, extreme temperatures, and features an active camouflage mode. His helmet, part of his suit, comes equipped with infrared vision, night vision, built in binoculars, sound dampeners, and filters that allow him to survive toxic environments. Recently, he also added in a piece of Barakhan technology that generates a field which prevents telepathic attacks. He also carries a sword he has had since the Barakhan invasion, made with alien metal that is highly durable and capable of cutting through most objects. He is equipped with a grappling gun, flashbangs, EMP, and smoke grenades(in addition to ordinary grenade), wrist mounted machine guns, a wrist mounted flamethrower, throwing knives and a wrist mounted dart gun. Depending on the mission, he may also bring the Barakhan assault rifle or sniper.

## Trivia

Deadlock owns a number of properties in the US, including:

* A doomsday bunker in the Utah desert.
* A penthouse in Los Angeles.
* A house on Long Island.