Jackson Collins

* Civilian
* Prowler

## Overview

The elusive so-called *"most dangerous thief in America"*, **The Prowler**, is none other than mellow, laidback Jackson Collins-- a particularly bright small-time mechanic by day and a blackmailing, high-tech and lethal mercenary by night. Specialising in securing sensitive information, Jackson balances his nocturnal activities with doting on his son (who he pretends is his nephew) and bothering his sister.

... And being one of Black Cat's boytoys.

Very little comes in the way of his extracurricular activities-- not even the threat of life-long nerve damage from his DIY cybernetics job-- but one that always crops up is his need to protect his family, even if it includes endangering his closely guarded identity. He strives to constantly improve himself and his equipment to keep up in the rapidly changing criminal scene. Currently under the employment of the Kingpin as the 'leader' of the Sinister Six.

## History

#### Early Life

Jackson, twin brother to Jacqueline, was quickly dubbed the 'less successful' child out of the two, and 'problem child' came not long after. The Collins family moved to New York when he was still young, and Jack took to the bustle of the city like a fish to water. Finding plenty of work in the mechanical industry, he spent most of his time skipping school to tinker and create a considerable amount of doohickeys-- traps, smoke-bombs, tasers-- much to the chagrin of his parents. Despite their very obvious dislike of him, Jackson never let his parents instil any resentment between him and Jacqueline.

Getting expelled from school for rigging a trap that ended up with one of the faculty hanging by his ankle from the ceiling, Jackson was kicked out from home and cut connections with his sister after their own falling-out to work fulltime at a scrapyard, where he started drafting up ideas on how to make money.

#### Becoming the Prowler

The drafts all ended up reaching the same conclusion-- robbery. A few nights of breaking and entering on his own turned into a few weeks of it, and then a few months of it; with his purple hoodie and halloween mask being upgraded after each outing to match the complications that arise. Sooner or later the cloth-based 'Mark 1' suit gave way to the decently technological 'Mark 3' that he soon became known for. Prowler was the name given to him among the underworld. From 15 up until his 17th birthday, Jackson ran on the entirely wrong side of the tracks but was mostly harmless, following a no-kill policy.

One particular job went south when he was young, and ended up with Jackson tearing a man's face off with his gauntlets and there went the no-kill policy. Supressing the memory and the feelings of nausea, his worldview quickly shifted to 'dog eat dog' and all of a sudden being the Prowler wasn't just a fun side job anymore; it was real, gritty, and dangerous. For whatever reason, that knowledge didn't make him step away. Instead, he doubled down. The designs were tweaked to be more dangerous, lethal-- and just as quick as he grew up, he soared to thief-fame across the states over the space of a few years. The Prowler became more of the real him than Jackson was, and only when he was forced to step back at age 23 with the arrival of his son did he ever think that this might be a problem.

#### Family

One of his former flings, the Fisk's wife, dropped his son Jeremy in his lap-- afraid of the commitment, Jackson dropped him in Jacqueline's lap and immediately smuggled himself on the first flight out of the country. This ended up being a flight to Scotland, where he met the Cotter family and their baby daughter Stella. He and Mister Cotter were fast friends, and after confiding in him, Mister Cotter insisted Jackson return home to take care of his son, even if he doesn't feel ready. A few months pass before Jackson heads back home, taking a photo of the Cotters back with him. Upon returning home and getting his ass handed to him by his sister, they made an arrangement. Jackson can stay in his son's life if he masquerades as his uncle and cannot ever bring Jeremy into his less-than-legal activities. He took the deal, happy to just be included at all.

As Jeremy grew up, Jackson was present enough, and frequently took him painting or exploring 'abandoned' buildings. He's Jeremy's number one supporter-- or at least he tries to be.

#### Civil Cleansing

With a mutant son, Jack didn't much care for Rose's movement-- but he hardly had the stuff to topple the Sentinels and do anything against SHIELD's forces beyond scrambling a few comms. Keeping a close eye on Jeremy, Jack done what he could to show that not everybody was just happy to sit and watch the Cleansing happen. He tagged safe spots with murals, doxxed pro-rose people, and leaked any information he could nab from the SHIELD network to the public.

#### Present Day

Jackson operates on his Mark 6 suit, which is directly linked to his brain and unique nervous system signature so that (literally) no one else can wear it and have it function. He works with the Kingpin during the Night of Claws and tag teams with Black Cat in a bizarre situationship from time to time.

## Trivia

* Jackson is Puerto Rican!

* His voiceclaim is Troy Baker as Delsin Rowe in *Infamous; Second Son.*