John Wick (character)

## Background

There is a man, so feared in the criminal underworld that his title is the Baba Yaga. The Boogeyman. (OH NO) Er, well, it’s actually a Slavic folklore about an evil witch that devours children and uses their bones as decor, but that’s not important. This legendary contract assassin has a body count like no other, yet his is a truly tragic tale. This is John Wick. (Omg no it's john wick)

Born Jardani Jovonovich, Wick was a child orphan in Belarus before he was taken in by the Director, the woman in charge of the Ruska Roma, a prominent criminal organization. There, he would be trained in the art of killing, and by the time he became a man, would dive into the crazy criminal sphere that inhabits his world.

After some time in the Marine Corps, John became a hitman, joining the Continental Hotel of New York, a criminal safe space where business of any kind could not be conducted. If that wasn’t crazy enough, he would work under the Russian mob boss, Viggo Tarasov, performing excellently for years before meeting the love of his life. He loved her so much, he wanted to leave the assassin's life and get clean, but Viggo would only let him go if he completed a seemingly impossible task…(So impossible!) which he did. Wick would be able to marry his wonderful Helen and live free of that horrible, horrible life. …Yeah, right.

Helen tragically died of an illness, and posthumously gifted a grieving Wick a pup named Daisy. Life seemed quiet and barren until Viggo’s son, without any knowledge of who John was, broke into his house, stole his car, and killed his dog. That last one was especially bad, not only because dog killers are the worst, but because Daisy was a dear reminder of his late wife. This violently injected John back into the game, a broken man only wanting peace now hellbent on revenge for having it taken away from him. Viggo knew what he had built was at stake at the hands of this one man and did everything he could to weather the incoming storm. Unfortunately for him, he was up against John Wick.

Wick tracked down and murdered both him and his son, going through all kinds of goons along the way. He was back to racking up kills in record time, and that obviously gained the attention of former associates and enemies alike. That impossible task he completed? He actually got help from another mob boss named Santino D’Antonio, who had him pay his debt by killing his sister, which would elevate him to the High Table, the head honchos of this whole shindig.

Long story short, the sister killed herself in front of Wick, Santino selfishly tried to punish Wick for doing what he was told, a bounty was placed on his head, he killed a bunch of guards and hitmen, and found himself facing Santino in the Continental. After breaking its rule of neutrality by killing him then and there, Wick was declared “excommunicado”, putting a worldwide open multi-million dollar contract on his head.

After fighting his way through numerous murder attempts, to save himself from the High Table’s wrath, he sought out The Elder, the only man with more power than the High Table, and asked for forgiveness. To atone, he had to kill the owner of the Continental, his trusted friend, Winston, who didn’t execute him on the spot for his rule breaking. He refused, and Winston stood his ground, so neutrality was revoked and Wick was forced to fight actual ninjas sent by the High Table. Of course, he won. But at the end of it all, he was shot off a roof by Winston himself, surviving the fall, but with major injuries. And for now, that is where his story has left off. But whatever is to come, one thing is for certain: when John Wick and his remaining associates face the High Table, the people responsible for ruining his life, he’ll kill them. He’ll kill them all. And most importantly, he got himself a new, very much alive, dog.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Peak Human Condition**: John Wick, being a highly skilled hitman, had peak human physicality for a man of his age. He was very athletic, and his strength, durability, speed, agility, stamina, reflexes, and threshold for pain are in top condition. Despite being older than a majority of those who were after him, John always proved to be superior to them in terms of condition with Caine being his only equal and Zero coming close behind.
	+ **Peak Human Strength**: John was very strong, although it was not his greatest attribute. He could easily overpower and restrain larger opponents, knock out fully grown men and women with a single strike, break their necks and bones with relative ease, and effortlessly break through hardened glass. He was also able to throw Killa around with some difficulty, despite Killa being bigger than him.
	+ **Peak Human Durability**: John was highly resilient and sturdy by human standards. He was able to survive multiple gunshot wounds, stabbings and blunt force trauma without feeling much of an effect. His greatest feats of durability were when he survived falling off the Continental Hotel and when he survived falling numerous stories in Killa's nightclub in Berlin, as well as surviving multiple falls in Paris, especially down the stairs leading to Sacré Cour.
	+ **Peak Human Endurance**: Despite his mastery of martial arts and firearms, John was frequently injured, but demonstrated nearly inhuman tolerance to pain, being able to shrug off physical blows, cuts and bullet wounds with ease, only checking his wound for bleeding. During his final fight with Viggo Tarasov, John allowed Viggo's knife to re-enter an already existing stab wound, which caused a considerable amount of pain but allowed him to win the fight by breaking Viggo's arm while simultaneously avoiding creating any new wounds. In addition, when cutting off his own ring finger and having the wound cauterized, he showed little pain and the injury did not seem to affect him at all later on.
	+ **Peak Human Speed**: John was extremely fast, especially for a man of his age. He was able to outrun younger opponents, and in combat he could move too fast for them to react.
	+ **Peak Human Agility**: John was agile in his movements, being able to perform and incorporate various jumps and rolls in his fighting style with ease.
	+ **Peak Human Stamina**: John had tremendous amounts of stamina. He was able to fight for considerable amounts of time and run for great distances while showing little or no signs of fatigue. Even when he was injured or tired, he required little time to recover. As noted by Zero, he managed to defeat all of his students despite being exhausted, injured, and outnumbered.
	+ **Peak Human Reflexes**: John possessed great reflexes. He had displayed incredibly fast reaction time, as he was able to evade bullets and melee attacks during combat with relative ease even from multiple opponents. During his pursuit of Iosef Tarasov, Marcus shot his pillow in his hotel room in order to alert him to the threat of Ms. Perkins, and it only took him 1.2 seconds to understand the shot's purpose, correctly assess the situation, and react accordingly. During his successful attempt to retrieve his car from Abram Tarasov's chop shop, he dodged a car going at least 40 mph in eight-tenths of a second.
* **Master Assassin**: John Wick, being a former hitman known as the Baba Yaga, was a legendary and infamous assassin. During his time with the Tarasov Mob, he completed a task deemed impossible by Viggo Tarasov, with the prolific amount of people he killed having laid the foundation of the organization. Wick became famous for once killing three men in a bar with just a pencil, much to the amazement of the Tarasov brothers. Following the death of his wife, John had massacred hundreds of people with an assortment of weapons on his crusade of vengeance. He had killed people during his home invasion, when he attacked the Red Circle, when he attacked Viggo's church, when he attacked Iosef's compound, when he attacked Viggo at the helipad dock, when he retrieved his car from Abram Tarasov, when he escaped Rome after infiltrating Gianna's party, when he was pursued by assassins after a bounty was placed on him, when he attacked Santino's gala at the museum, when he escaped from New York, when he and Sofia went to Berrada, when John returned to New York, during the war at the Continental Hotel, when he visited the deserts of Morocco a second time, when the Osaka Continental was invaded by several men working for the Marquis de Gramont, when he infiltrated Killa's nightclub in Berlin, when he was being pursued in the Arc de Triomphe by several assassins who wished to claim his bounty of $40 million, and during his way to Sacré-Coeur for his duel with the Marquis. Some of the people he killed included Viggo, Victor, Nicholai, Kuzma, Kirill, Gregori, Ivan, Alexander, Iosef Tarasov, Avi, Yama, Ares, Santino D'Antonio, Ernest and Zero, who called him "incredible" and a "master of death." Upon making a full recovery in roughly half a year, John succeeded in killing many powerful members of the High Table, including Killa Harkan, the Marquis de Gramont, and even the Elder. Furthermore, Winston stated that hunting is what John does best, and that the Baba Yaga was the last thing many men ever saw.
* **Master Marksman**: Being a highly trained assassin, John was extremely proficient with the usage of multiple types of firearms: including pistols, revolvers, rifles, and shotguns as well as being able to precisely eliminate targets from a long distance (as seen in his raid on the Tarasov safehouse). John was able to effortlessly blend his skill in marksmanship with his hand-to-hand combat skills during close quarters combat, being able to swiftly use grappling moves combined with precision shots to take on large groups of organized gunmen. He shot The Doctor just below his floating rib, avoiding his large intestine as well as accurately below his shoulder. He could accurately and precisely gun down multiple enemies in a timely manner, almost never missing his opponents. Wick achieved 49 headshots in the first film and 104 headshots in the second film. He was also skilled in throwing sharp weapons like knives and even a tomahawk on one occasion with deadly accuracy and force. John would occasionally throw his firearms at his enemies when he ran out of ammunition. During his final duel with Caine, John lost, but in the final round, he never fired his gun at his friend who thanked him, suggesting that John likely would've killed Caine if he had actually taken the shot.
* **Master Martial Artist**: John was a formidable and incredibly skilled martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant. His fighting style consists of multiple techniques from Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Judo, Jiu-jitsu, Sambo, Aikido, Karate, and Krav Maga. He could quickly outmaneuver, outmatch, or simply outlast his opponents, even being capable of taking on multiple enemies at once. John is highly capable of adapting to his opponent's fighting styles, studying them during the fight and finding ways to negate their strengths, as seen when he faced Zero and his students. He also sometimes made use of dirty tactics such as striking the groin, gouging the eyes, or even biting an opponent's hand or fingers.
	+ **Knife Mastery**: John was highly skilled in wielding and throwing knives. During knife fights, he tended to slam his hand against the pommel of his knife to drive the blade into his opponents. He notably stabbed The Bowery King in the neck, but his knowledge is so great that he gave him the choice to keep pressure on the wound and survive. As mentioned earlier, during his final duel with Viggo, he willingly let himself be stabbed so that he had Viggo's arm in a position to break it and then stab the latter. Inside a train, he demonstrated further anatomical knowledge when he found an angle to direct a knife toward Cassian's chest, before driving it straight into his opponent's aorta. He also used Ares' own push dagger to kill her. In a knife shop, he demonstrated expertise with throwing bladed weapons. John also shows skill in the use of swords during his fights with Zero and his students.
	+ **Swordsmanship**: Though he did not use swords or other bladed weapons often, John possessed a good level of experience with them, which allowed him to survive dangerous encounters. He mostly held them in a reverse grip to add speed to his swings and was skilled enough to fight reasonably well with Zero, a master martial artist and swordsman in his own right, before killing him. However, his skills with the sword were ultimately inferior to Caine and Koji Shimazu.
	+ **Nunchaku Mastery**: Despite his usage being somewhat crude, John has demonstrated proficient skill with nunchakus, with him being able to deliver hard, precise strikes and use them to disarm his enemies and combine them effectively with his grappling skills.
	+ **Weapon Improvisation**: In addition to his impressive skills with firearms and bladed weaponry, John was very good at using whatever is in his immediate area as an offensive weapon, as seen when he dispatched two men with a couple of pencils, when he killed Ernest with a book, when he used a belt to fend off The Shinobi, and even once using horses in a stable to defeat his enemies. During his fight to get to Sacré-Coeur, John disassembled his pistol and used the deconstructed parts to kill several of his opponents. John could also throw a playing card with enough force and accuracy to cut someone with it, which was evidenced when he cut Killa across the side of the neck with a playing card and then hurled it at one of Killa's men with enough force to cut him across the face.
* **Stealth Mastery**: John was extremely skilled at breaking into secure locations and escaping without being noticed and he is able to memorize complicated architectural layouts easily. When he first stabbed The Bowery King in an alley, the latter admitted that he did not hear the assassin approach. John showed his mastery of stealth during his fight with Zero, as he was able to successfully sneak away once he had knocked Zero down.
* **Intimidation**: Due to his efficiency as an assassin and the determination with which he pursues his goals, John was widely known and feared within the assassin community. People who know about his reputation are extremely cautious about provoking his wrath. John frequently used this to his advantage by using his reputation to instill fear into his enemies.
* **Gifted Intellect**: John was shown to be a very intelligent individual who could outsmart his enemies even under extreme stress and can easily think his way out of dangerous situations.
	+ **Master Tactician**: As a master hitman, John was highly capable of casing out, planning and executing assassinations. He is also very spatially aware in combat situations, making use of the environment, weapons held by dead enemies and even, legendarily, pencils. Though John was a master tactician, he had a tendency to go for straightforward tactics, as before Winston's assistance against the High Table, his plan was to simply go after each of the High Table members and kill them. During his final duel, John was able to kill Vincent Bisset de Gramont whose arrogance did not allow him to realize that John didn't fire his gun, leaving himself open to a headshot.
	+ **Expert Driver**: During his "retirement." John drove his vintage Mustang 69 on a racing track as a hobby, allowing him to keep his skills behind the wheel sharp. He was able to kill enemies with vehicles, delivering sideswipes, reverses and head-on collisions to deal with devastating damage. The best example of his level of skill was during his car chase and conflict with Chidi and dozens of men hired by the Marquis in the Arc de Triomphe.
	+ **Expert Motorcyclist**: John was a very talented motorcyclist who could evade enemies and even engage in combat while cycling.
	+ **Skilled Equestrian**: John was able to easily mount and ride a horse through the city to evade enemies, even lowering himself to hang off the side and using the horse as cover while riding with little difficulty. John was also able to ride a horse through the desert in Morocco easily, able to keep up with Elder's men.
	+ **Skilled Physician**: John appeared to have some knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, as well as basic medicine and first aid, as he finished The Doctor's stitches on his stab wound. He stabbed Cassian in his aorta so the latter would keep the blade in place or else he would die from bleeding out.
* **Multilingualism**: John was shown to be fluent in several languages, including English, Russian, Italian, Hebrew, American Sign Language, Arabic, Japanese, Indonesian, and Cantonese. He used these skills a number of times when conversing with friends and enemies alike, such as when he said *"Sampai jumpa"* ("be seeing you") to the Shinobi.
* **Indomitable Will**: Once John set his mind on a goal, he would not stop until that task is complete, no matter what obstacles got in his way. His unparalleled level of focus and determination had earned him a legendary status in the assassin community. To be with the love of his life Helen, John completed a task that was deemed impossible, but his desire to retire and live with Helen led him to find the strength to complete this task. Despite the increasing danger of his war against the High Table, John's resolve never wavered and he continued to fight his way to his desire to be free of the Table.

## Equipment

* **Bulletproof Suit & Vest:** Style? Italian. Buttons? Two. Trousers? Tapered. Lining? Tactical. This is Wick’s custom suit, and aside from making him look absolutely stylish, it also accommodates silicon-carbon discs, ceramic matrices and accompanied laminate sewn in between the fabric and lining which allows it to stop bullets from low-caliber guns, while still being extremely flexible for him to move in. Wick sometimes wears a bulletproof vest on the inside for tougher missions. The belt can be used as an efficient weapon against knives and close-range weapons as well.
* **Firearms:**
	+ **Remington 1875:**
	+ **Heckler & Koch P30L:** Wick’s primary gun in the first movie, fitted with a custom hexagonal compensator, has 15 rounds and fires 9x19mm rounds.
	+ **Glocks:**
		- **Glock 26:** Every assassin needs a backup weapon and this subcompact firearm is Wick’s preferred backup. Used in the first and second movie, it’s customized with the TTI Combat Carry Package. It carries 12 shots and fires 9mm rounds.
		- **Glock 17:**
		- **Glock 34:** Fitted with the TTI Combat Master Package which has contoured grips, flare magwell for easier reloads and custom porting. With 17 rounds and 9mm ammo, it serves as his primary gun in the second movie.
		- **Glock 19X:**
	+ **Kimber Warrior:** A special gun John obtains from Bowery King, with just seven CCI Mini Mag rounds representing Wick’s 7 million dollar bounty. However, due to the Kimber infamously being known to jam, he often has to do a press check every time he reloads.
	+ **Kimber Super Carry:**
	+ **Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless:**
	+ **TTI STI 2011 Combat Master:** Primary gun used near the end of the third movie, recommended by Charon. With 22 rounds and 9x19mm major bullets it’s especially efficient, however, it was unable to pierce through High Table body armor despite Charon believing it would.
	+ **Coharie Arms CA-415:**
	+ **TTI TR-1 Ultralight:** Need something robust and precise? Well this 11.5 inch, 30 round beauty has got you covered. It’s also compensated with an iron-bounded bolt carrier and Trijicon Accupoint scope with 1-6 magnification. Used to slaughter Ares' men in the catacombs of the second movie.
	+ **Beneli M4 Super 90:** What good for the end of the night? This 11-round, 12-gauge shotgun is of course! Fitted with ​​a custom bolt release and charging handle as well as texture grip in case his hands get wet, it truly is an Italian classic.
	+ **Beneli M2 Super 90:** While the gun above couldn’t pierce through High Table body armor, this 7 tubular magazine sized, TTI M2 Ultimate 3 Gun Package customized shotgun could with its ​​armor-piercing 12-gauge steel slugs.
	+ **SIG-Sauer MPX Copperhead:**
	+ **TTI SIG-Sauer MPX Carbine:** Obtained from the Continental Hotel vault in preparation against High Table enforcers, fitted with a MRO sight, laser module/weaponlight, adjustable stock and thirty 9x19mm rounds. While it did struggle to go through the enforcers' armor, it was a decent throwing weapon.
	+ **Kel-Tec KSG:** A bullpup 12-gauge pump action shotgun that holds seven shells per tube that’s shown to be in Wick’s hidden weapon cache. He also uses one in the VR game with a laser sight.
	+ **MPK5:** While he never used this 30-round gun in the movies, this SMG with laser sight is used in the VR game, and is designed for close-quarters combat and very confined spaces.
	+ **CA-415:** An American rendition of the Heckler and Koch HK416, this heavy-caliber tactical rifle packs one hell of a punch with its shortened barrel, holographic sight, vertical grip, and a Magpul 30-round magazine. This gun annihilated Viggo’s men both at his hidden church vault and the parking lot shootout in the first movie.
	+ **DTA Stealth Recon Scout:** While in the first movie, he stole this bolt-action rifle from a sniper guarding Iosef’s safehouse. In the games, he utilizes one of his own which comes with thermal scoping and five rounds.
* **Explosives:**
	+ **Grenades:** Some grenades Wick used in the VR game. They take 5 seconds to detonate.
	+ **Incendiary Grenades:** A couple of incendiary grenades Wick has in his hidden weapon cache. Used to burn Viggo’s money in the first film.
	+ **Remote-Detonated Explosives:** Used by John to blow up several getaway cars and prevent Iosef Tarasov from escaping in the first movie.
* **Knives:** John keeps a couple of knives on his person such as a switchblade, Microtech UTX-70 and ​​KA-BAR serrated Tanto, typically in his pockets or even strapped onto his ankles. Apart from being a skilled knife fighter, he’s shown the ability to throw them with deadly force and precision.
	+ **Combat Troodon OTF:**
* **Garrote Wire:** A simple ligature of rope he used to strangle a henchman in a warehouse.
* **Pipe:** A metal pipe John uses in the prequel comic, with particularly good efficiency.
* **Painkillers:** A bottle of painkillers he got from a doctor. By just taking two of these he’s able to function perfectly even if the stitches he has tear and he begins to bleed.
* **Yellow No. 2 Pencil:** The ultimate weapon of John Wick. Once killed 3 guys in a bar with one.
* **1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429:** One of John’s two most beloved things in the first film that bring him back into the world of assassination after Iosef Tarasov and his goons wreck it and his dog. Being able to reach 500 horsepower, it easily outspeeds a motorcycle in the second film.

## Feats

### Strength

* Shattered a floor of bulletproof glass.
* Snapped a man’s neck with a karate chop (151.67 joules).
	+ Snapped another’s as he was drowning him.
	+ Snapped yet another with a simple twist.
	+ Snapped yet, yet another despite being shot in the chest moments earlier.
	+ Broke a much larger opponent’s neck over a book after breaking his jaw.
* Jumped over a fallen car, headshotting a man in the process.
* Strong enough to toss around full grown men.
* Jammed a pencil into a man’s neck after slitting his throat with it.
* Jumped through a mirror wall, Santino could also perform a similar feat.
* Threw Ms Perkins through bed frame glass.
* Could throw a man through a glass sliding door.
* Staggered a 272 kg (600 pound) hitman, who is in real life a retired sumo wrestler.
* Defeated Calamity with a single strike, who could snap a man's arm with ease and perform backflips.

### Speed

* Can aim and shoot much faster than the average man.
* Jumped out of a moving car moments before it flies off a ledge.
* Outran some gunfire.
	+ The average bullet travels at at 2,500 feet per second.
* Reacted and outmaneuvered Ares.
* Rolled his way out of the path of some bullets.
* Rolled his way out of the path of a speeding taxi.
* Can catch and throw back grenades in the VR game.
* Crazy reaction speed, Somehow can react to someone who is about to shoot him.
* Fast enough to shoot everyone around him in seconds.
* Scales to Kirill, who moved out of the way of bullets after they were fired.

### Durability

* Though wearing armor, has been shot various times, and continued to fight through the pain.
* Shrugged off falling down a long flight of stairs.
* Got hit by a taxi and got up soon after to keep fighting.
	+ Similarly, was run over twice in succession and got right back up.
* Unfazed after jumping through a window.
* Was thrown off a balcony only to be up shortly after.
* Survived after being stabbed in the gut long enough to treat himself with gauze and staples.
* Got shot off of a rooftop, hit several things on the way down, and survived falling off a 10-story building.
* Survived a grenade launcher explosion that destroyed his house.
* Survived getting pushed through glass and tackled by a former sumo wrestler (12.2 kilojoules).
* Survived getting kicked through glass display boxes multiple times (2.97 megajoules).
* Survived dropping himself and a Shinobi assassin into bullet proof glass (1.7 - 2.2 megajoules).
* Cut off his own finger with minimal signs of pain.
* Still lives with multiple bullet and knife wounds.

### Skills

* The man you send to kill the boogeyman.
* Expert in several forms of martial arts.
	+ Knows every form of hand to hand combat.
* Was part of the Payday gang at some point.
* Created a revolver with parts of other revolvers.
* Killed three guys in a bar with a pencil.
* Killed an entire group of armed men that broke into his home.
* Managed to shoot someone through a wall.
* Infiltrated the Red Circle and dominated its heavily armed and highly numbered security detail.
* Bested a man in hand-to-hand despite being injured and having his hands tied together.
* Fought the entire Tarasov warehouse holding his car.
* Killed an army of armed men in the catacombs of Rome.
* Dispatched Santonio’s men while maneuvering throughout an artsy mirror maze.
* Fought off a group of assassins using improvisation in a shop full of weaponry.
* Killed goons on motorcycles while on horseback.
* Bested three assailants with blades, unarmed.
* Took down an armored truck and helicopter in the VR game.
* Defeated Edgar, Osborn, the Harbour Master, Omega and Hex in the video game.
* Defeated Calamity, Perkins, Cassian, Ares, Ernest, the Shinobi, and Zero in combat.
* Took down the Tarasovs, D’Antonios, and Three Bills.
* Got revenge for his dog.

## Weaknesses

* John Wick is a man of focus, commitment, and sheer will, but in the end he’s just a man, and has failed his fair share of times before. Most of the time, he has some sort of mixture of his and somebody else’s blood on him, so it certainly shows.
* John is, unsurprisingly, quite volatile, and will thrust himself headfirst into danger, at his own peril.
* And while his bulletproof suit does a great job of stopping oncoming fire, it still hurts tremendously.