Rex Taylor

Rex Taylor was a CIA agent in the 21st century and a member of Team Saltire in the year 2011. On Miracle Day, Taylor was saved from a lethal injury by the phenomenon. He played a critical role in identifying the cause of the Miracle and eventually stopping it. During the investigation, Taylor became close friends with Amanda Haydock.

## Biography

### Early life

Taylor was raised in the Los Angeles area by a father who had been experiencing severe personal and financial problems since 1996. After growing up and joining the CIA, Taylor remained out of contact with his father and told acquaintances that he was from the east coast of the United States.

### Miracle Day

Rex was in the middle of a mobile phone conversation with his colleague, Amanda Haydock, when a lorry in front of his car stopped suddenly and sent several poles through his windscreen, impaling him. Rex awoke in a hospital and learnt that one of the poles had struck his heart and should have killed him, but did not: the Miracle Day event, which prevented all humans on Earth from dying, ensured his survival. Taylor began to investigate the phenomenon.

### Endgame

Rex spent the next two months investigating the Miracle and the Three Families. He and the CIA made little progress for most of that time, as the Families had spent the better part of a century covering their tracks, and had ordered Charlotte Wills, an operative of the Families working inside the CIA, to impede the investigation. Eventually, Taylor found a short story that shared many similarities with the events of McLance’s imprisonment in 1928, but the author disappeared from records soon after. This led Taylor to believe that a relative of the story's author had married into the Three Families. Following increasingly subtle clues, it was discovered that another relative had been murdered and the murder weapon was in CIA storage. Inspired, Rex ordered that the weapon be analysed for DNA traces. However, Wills was assigned to run the DNA test, and lied about the results. In time, team Saltire speculated that the cause of the Miracle, the Blessing, was located at opposite sides of the planet, and Rex travelled to meet Haydock in Buenos Aires, while Charles and Ariana went to Shanghai.

Ariana shot Charles hoping to restore Earth which it did.

## Personality

Rex was a determined, persevering, and competently serious man who had a no-nonsense attitude, but also a deep amount of compassion, albeit peppered with a dry wit. He was capable of great kindness and love for those he held close, including romantic and sexual relationships. In this respect, he was deeply hurt by the loss of his lover, Vera. Rex also had a deeply ingrained attitude, and would frequently say "what the hell" or "shit" when frustrated. He preferred CIA professionalism over the haphazard operations of team Saltire, and valued the principles he was taught to follow.

Charles McLance tended to agitate him with his tendency to make jokes instead of maintaining a professional work ethic. The flippant bi jokes he made were not a pet peeve, but Taylor did not like being the butt of them. To this extent, Rex thought of him as a man in his forties acting like a twenty-year-old. Despite the rocky start, Rex eventually reached friendly terms with Charles until he was at last considered one of the team.

## Abilities

* **Peak of human physical condition:** Rex is in top physical condition. Being a CIA member would make this easy.

* **Honed senses:** Due to his time on team Saltire, Rex developed sharp senses and can pick up on danger. For example, after entering an empty room with Armitage, he suspected (correctly) that it was a trap laid out by PhiCorp.

* **Master hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist:** Rex is a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant, having developed his combat skills during his time in the CIA. During his time as a vigilante, Rex’ skills were already great enough to be able to stand up to The Family.
* **Expert knife wielder/Knife thrower:** Rex is an accomplished knife wielder, when practicing kali knife-fighting techniques with Charles, Rex was able to keep up and was even complimented by Charles on his stamina.
* **High-level intellect/Master tactician:** Due to his time with the CIA and Team Saltire, Rex is highly skilled at formulating plans and executing them and also thinks ahead in case things don't go his way.

## Equipment

**Hourman suit:** Rex wears a protective suit for when he is operating as Hourman. The suit is all black with a black cape, a black belt with a golden belt buckle, and black boots with red at the sides. The sleeves also have red stripes on them and the suit has an attached hood to further hide his identity.

## *Appearances*

### Pre-Season 1

* “Fighters”

* ”Caledonia”
* ”The Calm”
* ” The Society of Justice”
* ”New Recruits”
* ”World on Fire”
* ”This is your Sword”

### Season 2

* “Fallen Warrior”
* ”The Trials of Charles McLance”

### Season 4

* “Reminiscence”
* "Purgatory"
* "The Brave and the Bold"
* "Wentworth and Hunter"
* "Ko Pha Ngan"
* "The Struggle"
* "Rewriting Certain Inequities"
* "Cause and Effect"
* "Annihilation"

### Season 3

* “Crystalhaven”
* ”Knights of Justice”
* ”Guardian”