Batroc the Leaper (Georges Batroc)

## Origin

Georges Batroc was born and raised in Marseilles, France, when he was old enough he joined the French Foreign Legion. He soon left and became a mercenary, gaining the nickname "Batroc the Leaper" due to his specialty in savate (also known as "La Boxe Française"), a form of French kickboxing.

## Mercenary

Batroc was first hired by A.I.M to steal some chemicals that they needed to perform an experiment that would give them great power but was found by Captain America, they fought and Batroc was eventually defeated. His next employer was Hydra who hired him to end Captain America, the two fought in a Hydra warehouse with lots of chemicals and Batroc managed to match Cap’s skills in battle but Cap, in the end, managed to knock Batroc off a bridge and he was presumed dead, he survived though and carried on being a mercenary

## Shang-Chi

Batroc was later hired by the Mandarin to occupy Shang-Chi, Batroc fought against Shang, proving to be a challenge as Batroc used a fighting style that was unfamiliar to him, though he was eventually beaten and was arrested in China. He would later break out though and return to America, ready for his next job.

## The Cosmic Cube

Batroc was then hired by Hydra to steal one of the Cosmic Cubes. Batroc accepted the job and managed to steal the cube, returning it to Hydra. This didn’t go unnoticed though as he was hunted down by S.H.I.E.L.D for this, he was arrested by the organization but was soon bailed out. The people who bailed him out took him to Latveria where he met Doctor Doom, Doom offered him quite a lot of money to steal the Cube back from Hydra. He declined this as he respected all of his former clients and hoped to work with them again, Doctor Doom let him live though as he respected him for being able to steal the Cube, he was sent back to America where he carried in being a mercenary.

## The Flag-Smashers

Batroc was then hired to occupy Captain America and Falcon by the Flag-Smashers. He fought the two and was eventually defeated by Cap who told Batroc the Smashers true intentions, this angered Batroc as he didn’t want France, his home country, to be United with other countries, he believed that France worked better alone, because of this he helped Cap and Falcon stop one of the Flag-Smashers attacks but left them afterwards.

## Death of Captain America

After the death of Steve Rogers, Batroc carried on with his mercenary crimes. He was hired by an organization known as the LAF to kidnap a military general, he was supplied with a battalion of men that would assist him. He set off on this task and the LAF and Batroc managed to kidnap the general but Falcon intervened and they fought, Batroc came prepared though as he had jet packs that he had stolen from the military before hand. Batroc, his men and the hostage flew off and they battled Falcon in the sky, Batroc managed to get away and claimed his reward.

## Powers & Abilities

### Abilities

Multilingual

Expert Martial Artist: Savate (A form of French kickboxing), Hapkido (A Korean martial art that involves weapons), Krav Maga (An Israeli martial art that teaches the user to use their surroundings to their advantage) and Capoeira (A Brazilian martial astral that is very acrobatic, mainly using kicks and flips.

## Equipment

### Weapons

Surroundings

Nunchucks

Grenades

Smoke Grenades

Flash Bombs

Occasionally uses 2 FN Scar’s