Chris Archer/The Hooded-Man/Hood-man

### Abilities:

Expert Marksman, Strength, Speed, Strategy, Agility, Skilled at Martial Arts, Fighting Expert, High Level Intellect, Stealth, Indomitable Will. (Gadgets and Advanced High Tech Equipment). (Bow and Arrow) [Throwing Knives.]

### Classification:

Vigilante/Anti-Hero, Human

​​​​​**NAME:** Chris ‘Christopher’ Archer / The Hood-man/The Shadow Archer

**KNOWN ALIAS:** The Vigilante/The Hooded-man/Justin Walls/Ethan Olivers

**OCCUPATION:** Full-Time Vigilante

**CLASSIFICATION:**Vigilante/Anti-Hero, Human

**ABILITIES:** Expert Marksman, Strength, Speed, Strategic, Agility, Skilled at Martial Arts, Fighting Expert, Genius Level Intellect, Stealth, Indomitable Will. (Gadgets and Advanced High Tech Equipment). (Bow and Arrow) [Throwing Knives.]

**KNOWN RELATIVES:** Thomas Archer (Adopted Father), Mary Anne (Mother), Michael Joseph Daversa (Biological Father), Michael Daversa/Para GX/The Outsider (Half-Sibling), Anthony Daversa/Kon-Lar (Half-Sibling), Haley Daversa/Zara (Cousin) Debra Daversa (Aunt), Theresa [Daversa] Renner (Aunt), Peter Renner (Uncle)(DECEASED), Regina Walker (Aunt), Skye Hardy/Solara (Cousin), Hope Hardy/Lunara (Cousin)

**GROUP AFFILIATION:** None; The Outcastes,

**EDUCATION:** High School

## **Summary**

             Chris Archer; after nearly seven years being presumed dead; has been living underground and is operating as a vigilante out of  City. [Flash-Backs: Chris Archer originally came from a wealthy background his father and mother died in what appears to be an accident. Soon after, tragedy befalls Chris as well; seemingly dying in an accident after The Archer Mansion was set on fire. Chris from the age of 15 is kidnapped and wakes up in an underground fight club: Hell’s Arena, where he spends 6 years fighting for his life. Hell’s Arena is a central location

   where they have illegal crime operations work within the city going into other criminal operations such as drugs, black market sales human trafficking etc. In Hell’s Arena men, women and children are forced to fight to the death as people bid on the outcome. Learning how to fight from Ash Cain Slater [Son of Dead-End.] and Lily Tompkins he becomes a hardened and proficient fighter. Their time in 'Hell's Arena' being tortured and forced to do horrible things learning tactics and techniques that would later help him hunt down the same people that imprisoned him. They began devising a plan to escape, but someone leaks information about their plan to stop Hell’s Arena. Singled out they would be prepared to be executed by a character named **Edward Daggard AKA Abyss**. Lily would be the first to be executed prompting Chris Archer and Ash Cain Slater initiate the plan right in atat moment as the kill and fight their way out of '***Hell's Arena'***. Following the daring escape, Chris vowed he will kill each of the men that had a hand in Hell's Arena one by one. As time progressed Chris would change and his mission would go beyond his personal vendetta. With the help of **James Stewart**, Chris became an expert marksman and can fight well enough that he is deemed an expert fighter *incorporating Boxing, Muay Thai, Kung Fu, Judo, Aikido, Capoeira, Taekwondo, Escrima, Ninjutsu*, and *Pro-Wrestling*.  Prior to archery, Chris used throwing knives and other weaponry and later would become so skilled that he gained a reputation as a person who never misses. With revenge driving him he went after the people responsible for Hell’s Arena mercilessly hunting them. He swore that he would be a symbol of vengeance and the predator to the people that prey on the innocent, and stole from the rich to give back to others that were cheated. Chris is haunted by his past and experiences suffering from night terrors and post-traumatic stress.

## **History:**

Chris Archer; after nearly seven years being presumed dead; has been living underground and is operating as a vigilante out of  City. [Flash-Backs: Chris Archer originally came from a wealthy background his father and mother died in what appears to be an accident. Soon after, tragedy befalls Chris as well; seemingly dying in an accident after The Archer Mansion was set on fire. Chris from the age of 15 is kidnapped and wakes up in an underground fight club: **Hell’s Arena**, where he spends 6 years fighting for his life. Hell’s Arena is a central location where they have illegal crime operations work within the city going into other criminal operations such as drugs, black market sales human trafficking etc. In Hell’s Arena men, women and children are forced to fight to the death as people bid on the outcome. Learning how to fight from Ash Cain Slater [Son of Dead-End.] and Lily Tompkins he becomes a hardened and proficient fighter. Their time in 'Hell's Arena' being tortured and forced to do horrible things learning tactics and techniques that would later help him hunt down the same people that imprisoned him. They began devising a plan to escape, but someone leaks information about their plan to stop Hell’s Arena. Singled out they would be prepared to be executed by a character named **Edward Daggard AKA Abyss.** Lily would be the first to be executed prompting Chris Archer and Ash Cain Slater initiate the plan right in that moment as the kill and fight their way out of 'Hell's Arena'. After the mass prison break, Chris would not return home vowing to kill each of the men that had a hand in Hell's Arena one by one. As time progressed Chris would change and his mission would go beyond his personal vendetta. Using a fortune that his father’s friend: **James Stewart** was left he would still have access to money from a trust his parents hidden overseas. Chris became an expert marksman and can fight well enough that he is deemed an expert fighter incorporating *Boxing, Muay Thai, Kung Fu, Judo, Aikido, Capoeira, Taekwondo, Escrima, Ninjutsu,* and *Pro-Wrestling.*  Prior to archery, Chris used throwing knives and other weaponry and later would become so skilled that he gained a reputation as a person who never misses. With revenge driving him he went after the people responsible for Hell’s Arena mercilessly hunting them. He swore that he would be a symbol of vengeance and the predator to the people that prey on the innocent, and stole from the rich to give back to others that were cheated. Chris is haunted by his past and experiences suffering from night terrors and post-traumatic stress. His fighting skills and strategy were things he learned within Hell’s Arena.

Chris’s parents came from wealth but his mother and father often had shady dealings with seedy people. His father had money and resources owning a major company. Chris Archer’s father wasn’t someone that was a criminal in the traditional sense he kept things running in the city and aimed to keep the criminal underworld in its place and prevented them from over-reaching. He used money from his company to help his friends and eventually found that his status helped the criminal underworld gain power and influence but always made sure that he was capable of stopping them if he ever needed to. Thomas Archer and his mother were feared and respected as much as the criminal underworld. After the birth of Chris Archer things changed Thomas refused to continue helping the mob to corrupt the city. His change of heart and position was a problem and made him a target. The company was an asset and losing this asset was something that would hurt the criminal underworld and many other facets within the city. **Robert Stone**: The criminal kingpin ordered a hit out on the Archer family eager to gain absolute control. Killing both Thomas and Mary-Anne Archer would leave Chris Archer as the heir to the company at the age of 18. Robert Stone sent his men to take Chris Archer and placed him into Hell’s Arena seeking to execute him somewhere no one would ever find him. After his disappearance the house was set on fire and the Archer family; once powerful and influential were left in the past and erased. The company would have the name changed to Armer Tech and the person appointed would be under the thumb of Robert Stone and the Elitists. The Elitists were a group of 6 powerful and wealthy people that ran a separate and intricate part of the criminal empire, with Robert Stone at the center of it all and being the person running all of crime. Almost half of the city would be under Stone’s control with no one even having an idea who he is or whether he even exists. A ghost behind the scenes the only people to have ever met him were the main members of the elitists one of them being **Cole Armer**. Robert Stone has law enforcement, judges, lawyers, FBI and countless others in his back pocket. Due to this level of control it was easy for him to cover up Chris Archer going missing and the murders of Thomas and Mary-Anne Archer.

Chris Archer when he would come to was in **Hell’s Arena**. Hell’s Arena: The arena has been known to change people. The arena gets its name because of the brutality that came from the arena the idea that not even your friends could be trusted. It was said that Hell’s Arena would morph people into something barely recognizable. Hell’s Arena was an old abandoned military bunker that was taken over by one of the Elitists members. This was a breeding ground for the coldest and most dangerous fighters. This was also a central location for black market sales, drugs and illegal bets would be placed on the competitors in Hell’s Arena. This secretly would become the housing site for illegal and unethical experiments.

Chris in the conclusion of his first fight would barely survive showing he had the heart and the will to overcome. His first fight he would refuse to take the life of the person he was fighting. As a result the person in charge would torture him each and every night till he would kill his opponent. Finally cracking Chris Archer has become a murderer and fought for his survival in Hell’s Arena training and learning how to hone his skills he was naturally able to take a lot of punishment and never quit he refused to back down. **Ash Slater**, Son of Dead-End would see something in the kid feeling that this kid’s spirit was different from most in Hell’s Arena. Despite his hesitation and constantly pretending he wanted nothing to do with Chris Archer the two would start to train and eventually would forge a friendship. With a unique bond Chris learned how to fight after earning Slater’s respect. Ash Slater one of the best trained fighters would be there imprisoned as well and forced to fight. With children, adults, and inmates fighting there would be a lot of threats and issues where Chris Archer needed to overcome during his time in Hell’s Arena. He would be pushed and forced to do extremely dark and heinous things to survive. Honing his skills and learning how to fight and utilize his skills with throwing knives and eventually with archery due to a skilled archer: **Dana Stephenson** in Hell’s Arena. Dana Stephenson was taught archery from an early age. Forced to learn from her mother and father, Dana was a natural and was skilled as she learned how to fire a bow and arrow. Eventually, a little girl would be kidnapped and thrown into Hell’s Arena: **Lily Tompkins.** Chris would not hesitate to take her under his wing along with **Ash Cain Slater** and **Dana Stephenson**. Ash Slater would be amazing in hand to hand combat teaching Chris various fighting styles alongside Dana. Becoming more and more skilled in his fighting Chris would survive and even thrive in Hell’s Arena. The horrible things they were forced to see and enact would torment them. They would devise a plan to escape with the other. In Hell’s Arena unable to trust anyone and were in a situation where if anyone found out what they were planning they would be executed on the spot. Chris, Dana and Ash would devise the ultimate escape plan with the three of them leading the charge. A person would betray them in exchange for his freedom telling someone of this plan. Moments after Lily Tompkins was executed brutally Chris Dana and Ash would lash out launching their plan in motion. Chris, Dana and Ash Slater would lead an army taking on the people who held them captive. This attack would take the lives of many people on both sides but many of the people that helped Hell’s Arena function fled the bunker and disappeared that night. Dana would get shot and her last words would be “Like an arrow move forward” handing him her bow as her dying act. She would sacrifice herself in Chris’s place. The person who betrayed them would still be there in Hell’s Arena and Chris’s vendetta, his mission of vengeance started there. The Hood-man in cold blood would mercilessly murder the person that betrayed them. After the disappeared Chris vowed that they would pay and that they would suffer each of the people tied to Hell’s Arena.

After they managed to escape Chris would make sure that he would mercilessly hunt down and kill each of these men who were responsible. As the Hood-man he drifted deeper into darkness and vengeance killing people and becoming a force to be reckoned with. Chris Archer’s pursuit of vengeance would lead to him and Ash having a violent falling out where he would seemingly die accidentally. Chris Archer would continue hunting down leads to the people tied to Hell’s Arena but earlier on his was more reckless and often didn’t even try to protect his identity.

Chris after returning home has learned Archer Industries had been primed for a hostile takeover and that Cole Armer renamed it Armer Corp. Uninterested in regaining the company he completely ignored the company until he saw that they were supplying people with weapons and recognized some of the weapons from Hell’s Arena was tested in Hell’s Arena. After stopping a gun deal on the streets Chris learns that the guns provided by Armer Corp. Learning that they have been supplying people with weaponry on the streets and backed weapons from Hell’s Arena he attacks Armer Tech and lays waste to their people. The Hood-man would torture and interrogate Cole Armer’s associates finding out about his parents and how their death’s tied into the mystery person who is secretly pulling the strings.

    Trying to storm Armer Corp alone he is shot by a dangerous assassin following killing all their security narrowly evading the police. **James Stewart** saves Chris after he is shot in the cross fire between the Police and these armed gang members. James he began tracking him and covering his tracks in the city after he realized he was the vigilante. James Stewart reveals that the only reason Chris’s identity hasn’t been discovered is because he has been covering the vigilante’s tracks. Meanwhile, Detective Jenna Watson tries to tell the captain that there was someone else there helping aid them while they were in the fire fight. The police captain seems dismissive stating that this isn’t Hell Haven or Crimes Peak vigilantes wouldn’t even waste their time in Glade City. James Stewart learns that the motives for taking on this gang is because he knows one of the heads is someone that helped bring in new people for Hell’s Arena and occasionally smuggled people out to join his gang. Learning his motives are more for revenge this leads to conflict between the two. Chris is about to leave when the gang members come after him in the apartment building. Meanwhile, Jenna tries to look into this mysterious hooded vigilante. Chris manages to stop the gang members and Stewart goes to an old property owned by Chris’s father. [Flashbacks: Chris Archer’s first night in Hell’s Arena.] An old friend visits James Stewart: Detective Charles Bennett saying he knows that he knows James was at that firefight and that he covered for him but that it was a onetime pass. The Vigilante visits Detective Jenna Watson.

The Vigilante visits Jenna Watson about the criminal she is looking into the one that has been evading her for years: Malone. The vigilante reveals that what they suspect he has done pales in comparison to his true secrets. The Vigilante offers to get him to talk when she asks why he does what does. He hesitates and is gone by the time she looks up. Chris goes after Malone telling him to turn himself in or he will come back and there will be no mercy shown. Carmine doubles on security and kidnaps Jenna. After The Vigilante saves Charles Bennett saying that Jenna never returned home. After it is revealed that she was taken by Carmine due to her interference. The Vigilante goes into the docks and kills everyone in his path. After saving Jenna she reveals that her perception of this vigilante is changed and that he murdered all of these people in a way that was disturbing to her.

Detective Bennett asks that they allow him to bring in a task force after the crime scene leaving 22 people dead at the docks. The Vigilante is wanted and now has a lot of attention placed on his massacre at the docks. Chris targets a new person of interest in Glade City that is tied to Hell’s Arena. As Chris continues to leave a trail of bodies. The police start pursuing him harder but the Vigilante seems to more evasive after successfully detaining and evading the GCPD Task Force. Facing off against Assassins The Hood-man would continue to learn more about the city and start deviating from his personal vendetta. The Vigilante would stop their plans to use the people of the new Hell’s Arena as his own personal army to make a vigilante; The Hood-man stops their plan and encounters Abyss. After defeating Abyss he would spare his life marking The Hood-man trying to change his approach. Chris started fighting with more restraint instead of killing every villain he crossed paths with.

    Chris became an expert fighter in hand to hand combat being very well trained in multiple different fighting styles such as *Boxing, Muay Thai, Kung fu, Judo, Capoeira, Aikido, Tae Kwan Do, Wrestling techniques* and *holds*. Armed with a fusion of these techniques from training with Ash Slater AKA Dead End, and Kia Chen, he would learn how to fight back. Chris very early on knew how to take a beating and was very resilient with a high pain tolerance he would always refuse to quit and would refuse to ever be defeated willingly. Chris trains himself more so after they escape and after the death of the little girl that passes on her handmade bow. Chris would hone his archery skills after escaping early on he would rely on throwing knives which is why his name had nothing Arrow or Archer related in the name.

As time progressed many people would join The Hood-man’s crusade Fiosa Carter, James Stewart, Conner Street, Jennifer Cedina. **James Stewart** is a former marine one of the best to go into the field before he was injured due to a suicide mission made to save the others in his platoon. James Stewart went into an enemy war zone and with little to no resources managed to save his troops. During the mission, James is injured, suffering nerve damage in his legs and his arms. Still holding that fighter spirit he was determined to prove the doctors wrong after they said he would never be able to walk again. Nearly six months of grueling rehabilitation made it where James would walk again with the aid of a cane. James Stewart was a family friend that met Chris Archer when he was a child. Following the death of his parents, James returned, being the only family he had left. James works as back up and is almost like a father figure at times to Chris Archer. After his disappearance Chris during the start of his crusade following his escape from Hell’s Arena would save his life after he was shot. Stewart is a loyal and dependable character that will defy all odds to fight for the people he cares for.

For months would target and mercilessly kill many of the cities criminals and search for people tied to Hell’s Arena hunting them and more often than not killing them after interrogating and torturing them. The Hood-man killing people would start to attract attention specifically of the Police Department. Deemed as a violent, unpredictable and dangerous criminal The Hood-man would climb up to the most wanted list. Two officers start working on the case trying to chase down The Hood-man and discover his activity in the city: **Detective Charles Bennett** and **Detective Jenna Watson**.

**Detective Jenna Watson** is a new transfer detective from Hell Haven that has made a name for herself as one of the tactical force hand-picked by Captain Thomas J. White. She exceled in Hell Haven prior to moving to Glade City. She is more reserved and compassionate. She is younger and more impulsive at times. Determined to solve a case by the book more often than not she is one of the last good cops in Glade City. Jenna at times plays by her own rules and refuses to drop a case. Referred to as a bleeding heart she is less cold and callous and shows more compassion.

    Very protective of her partner she is in certain ways unconventional and stands out. Beautiful and smart she dated Ian Akers and deduced his identity as the Hell Haven Demon. With no evidence and believing Ian was doing the right thing for Hell Haven, she decided to move on. Detective Jenna Watson is very unsupportive of The Hood-man’s tactics early on leading to her wanting to pursue him. Jenna changes her point of view on The Hood-man, and also contributes to him changing his approach in his crusade. She also is driven and determined to take down the major crime families of Glade City.

**Detective Charles Bennett** is a former comrade in the war with James Stewart. Charles Bennett was one of the officers who were saved during a suicide mission leading to his injury. Bennett is a capable fighter and is a person driven to protect and serve the people. In a city filled with corruption he wants to be an officer that tries to help combat the crimes of the city. Very aggressive in his approach to interrogation he is partnered with Detective Jenna Watson, who has a more compassionate approach. Bennett is very protective of his partner and sometimes willing to do questionable things to get results if he needs to. He has been in the city and knows it practically inside and out. He is notorious for trying to back out of certain cases feeling they are too dangerous and can put people in harm’s way. Bennett frequents the bar close to the precinct and other known criminal locations to find leads in cases. Sometimes comedic relief but is someone that at times has impulsive nature which at times conflicts with being reserved. Bennett has a father-daughter relationship with Jenna often being over protective. He knows more about the city than anyone else having lived in the city most of his life.

During the time of his downward spiral, Chris’s childhood friend when he lost most of his real friends. Eventually, she joined his crusade and would see him and help him in secret being one of the few people that knew of Chris being alive after his escape from Hell’s Arena. **Fiosa Carter** a beautiful girl and old time childhood friend of Chris’s. They met in a private school at a young age. Coming from a family that was from a upper-class background she would learn many medical techniques from her mother. Her father a lawyer. Fiosa is the girl that helps the vigilante after he is severely wounded realizing her friend was a vigilante she would try to help save his life. After she would try to stand by to help him but Chris would refuse to let her get involved. After her persistent attitude won him over she would become someone that helped in various ways in his crusade whether it be as his I.T. Help or medical assistance for injury. Fiosa has proven her skills go beyond helping from her home many times over he has saved her life. Despite the two never having any romantic ties they were very flirtatious at times. Fiosa and Chris know each other almost better than they know themselves.

After Chris returned he was no longer just a millionaire and had no interest in taking over the company instead wanted to bring it down. With a majority of his money from his trust fund safely hidden away most of the money salvaged would be used for weaponry and gear. Focused and determined Chris eventually learns of this criminal group called the Elitists. It would also become more clear the role and purposes of Hell’s Arena.

Chris has always been very particular about who knows his secret but the first person let in about his secret was a kid off the streets named Conner Street. **Conner Street** was born into harsh circumstances, stealing to survive and living life on the streets. Conner Street was agile stealthy and able to take a beating from the beginning these skills helped him to become an adequate thief rarely getting caught. Conner was a runaway and when he was arrested often evaded police to avoid going back into the system. Conner however would be caught stealing one night and the cops would drop him off into a foster home that would turn him over to a Fort Markham. Similar to the operations that occurred in Hell’s Arena they were in charge of things ranging from illegal street fights and black market deals to human trafficking and drug trades. This location was one of the central locations for the operations working out of Arkane City into Hell Haven, Bludridge and Crimes Peak. Conner would live and train fighting in Fort Markham for nearly a year before being saved by The Hood-man. Conner Street would sharpen his skills and become a vigilante working within the city. Due to Chris Archers territorial nature Conner would at first be a person of interest for getting in his way multiple times. Eventually, he would further train with Chris Archer and use the identity of Conner Street. Due to a falling out they would stop working together. Conner starts working alone establishing himself in another city. Conner Street is a very skilled fighter and capable of going keep up with Chris Archer in hand to hand combat. When it comes to archery Conner is less skilled than Chris, primarily using two escrima sticks and throwing knives during combat. Conner doesn’t kill as easily as Chris did when they first met. Chris tries hard to teach Conner another way due to their similarities and their growing in hellish circumstances he takes him under his wind more so to stop him from going down the path he once went down. Conner Street would eventually fight alongside The Hood-man and fight as a key team member of the Runaways.

**Jennifer Cedina** is a very complex character a girl that Chris had saved nights after the escaped from Hell’s Arena. He saved her life after the death of many of these people that assaulted her it is never said what happened to her. But when you see her again you learn that she knows the hooded man is the person that saved her and she was so inspired. When Chris suddenly reappears in the city he gets a visitor and it is Jennifer. Jennifer claims knows what happened to him and asks him to train her how to fight. Her sister had died in the fight club and she tries to avenge her death as the Hood-girl taking the guise of her mentor. She is a teenager that goes to school and lives in Chris’s mansion. Spunky, tough and strong a kid with scars has a bad temper that often controls her.

Chris learns to perfect his Archery skills with an exiled Assassin from the Insidiatori. After training with an assassin he would develop feelings for her. The two of them would become romantically involved with one another this relationship would be one that she would end.

Chris was sixteen and when he started his training in Hell’s Arena. Chris trained himself to live and work through pain, physical and emotional. Chris learned to master his speed, agility, and strength as well as accuracy. Chris learned to endure pain and endure under the harshest conditions. With revenge driving him he went after this gang and swore that he would be a symbol that would stop corruption and the people that prey on the innocent, and stole from the rich to give back to others that were cheated. The Hood-man eventually adopts the nickname of the Shadow’s Archer later called the Shadow Archer after his time in the Insidiatori.

    ​​​​​​​Chris Archer had done many horrible things during his time in Hell’s Arena to survive. To atone for his past he suits up and tries to change the city. Ash Cain Slater makes his return and attacks Chris on multiple fronts proving his is a force to be reckoned with and is someone darker than Chris could even imagine. Slater is dangerous and tactical he is capable and one of the people that had a hand in training Chris Archer. **Ash Cain Slater** before getting into Hell’s Arena was already ahead of the curve so to speak. He had been trained and was skilled of a fighter when he landed in Hell’s Arena. Ash from an early age was strategic in a way that made him standout. Ash didn’t have to easiest upbringing and was trained rigorously from an early age. After the death of his mother Stephen Slater AKA Dead- End would leave on a mission and never return presumed dead. Ash would find himself often in trouble with the law. In was seemed to be a Juvenile Detention center for nearly stealing he would be taken and placed in Hell’s Arena. On paper Ash was deceased which caused his father to go on a war path searching for the people responsible. Meanwhile, Ash used his skills in Hell’s Arena being trained by one of the best fighters his father Dead End. After nearly 10 Years in Hell’s Arena he would escape with Chris Archer AKA The Hood-Man. The two would be almost like brothers but Ash would drift into darkness and start to go crazy from his time in Hell’s Arena. Being seemingly killed by Chris Archer. Eventually, Ash would reveal he didn’t die from their encounter and targets everyone close to Chris Archer. Ash is an extremely formidable opponent and is one of the best fighters in the OutCast Comics Universe. Ash due to his training from Dead End and his time in Hell’s Arena is on par with his father and has been known to go toe to toe with The Hell Haven Demon and come out on top. In the underground fight club where they were tortured and learned how to fight together. Slater used his skills with weaponry to become undefeated and virtually unstoppable. Slater knowing weaknesses and how to exploit them uses them to his advantage. Ash Slater has used every form of weaponry and trained to take on characters way more powerful than him. Single handedly Ash Slater with minor healing abilities and training in every known fighting style used his potential to target people. He isn’t the bad guy but makes it know he is far from the good guy. Ash often finds himself in an asylum where he uses the dangerous inmates as training. Ash Slater is a very well rounded that is smart and occasionally kills for money. Ash Cain Slater is dangerous being one of the most wanted by the government. He is very built, average height and not educated but still very intelligent.

Following his fighting Ash Cain Slater in what was Hell’s Arena he seemingly killed him. Injured his advanced healing factor is the reason that he survives his near death experience seemed to have pushed him further into the path of darkness. His time in Hell’s Arena turns him into a villain.

Chris Archer has trained with Brawler, Dana Stephenson and Ash Cain Slater. His time in Hell’s Arena helped him learn how to adapt and a will to survive. He became durable and has great endurance due to his exercise and regiment. He often takes a beating as the Hood-man and can with stand a lot of physical punishment. He doesn’t back down and has been known to work through gun shots broken bones, severe trauma to his body making him seem almost more than human. This is in fact due to his time in the bunker and a lot of his time fighting in Hell’s Arena forcing himself to overcome severe injuries to continue fighting. While fighting crime, he can be very brutal and heavily injures criminals in such manner as breaking their bones and torturing them in horrible ways to gain information. He has hospitalized multiple criminals and put even more in the morgue. The Hood-man is more agile and relies heavily on his speed and agility. Despite him having minor knowledge on computer hacking he is not as skilled and uses typically low grade weapons and technology. Chris Archer utilizes other identities at times using different names to help him as a vigilante. Being a full-time vigilante, Chris doesn’t have a conventional life. His money primarily comes from a secret trust his father and mother hid to make sure their son would always be protected and taken care of giving James Stewart control over the money. Chris also steals some of the money that was from criminals that was left over from when he returns it to the people who were wronged.

## **VIGILANTE**

Chris’s first approach was to be lethal and use very little restraint. After his encounters with Michael Daversa AKA The Outsider and Christina DiBella; Chris rethinks his approach to apprehending criminals. Chris at first uses torture and lethal tactics showing little restraint for the criminals he encountered. Earlier on Chris was way more brutal and didn’t mind seriously hurting people he apprehended often putting them in intensive care or body bags. Chris’s perception would change and he would try to become something different from what Hell’s Arena made him.

## **HELL’S ARENA**

The arena has been known to change people. The arena gets its name because of the brutality that came from the arena the idea that not even your friends could be trusted. It also gained its name from the idea that it revealed the worst in anyone who was there. The concept was kill or be killed and do all you could to survive. The arena made Chris into someone hardly recognizable and changed him making him someone truly dark and disturbing. To this day Chris Archer is plagued by nightmares and suffers from post-traumatic stress from being in Hell’s Arena for several years. This operation was an underground operation started by a criminal organization with multiple purposes.

* **Fighters:** To have breed fighters and build their own private and skilled army. The fights were started to eliminate the weak. With nothing to do but train and fight they were often forced to kill the people they gained victory over. Men, Women, Children were forced to fight to the death.
* **Drugs:** People who sold drugs there were forced to give a cut to the heads of Hell’s Arena in exchange they were allowed to sell out of a safe haven where cops were paid off to turn a blind eye and they were exposed to higher end clientele.
* **Guns and Weapons:** This location was used as a way to test experimental weaponry on living test subjects during the fights. This place was also safe for where they would sell weapons and the police were paid to stay away or turn a blind eye. These weapons were almost like an underground black market type of organization.
* **Stolen [Black Market.] Products:** This was a place used to sell stolen products and ancient artifacts.
* **Experiments:** Hell’s Arena was even more secretive in what they did to certain fighters/inmates. Hidden documents and video files suggest that they took certain people out of Hell’s Arena and would hold unethical and extremely brutal experimentation processes. These experiments at times could be used to make: ***Meta-Humans, Virus’s/Cures/Vaccinations, weapons, other experiments.***
* **Gambling:** These high-end clients would invest money to bet on fighters.
	+ Hell’s Arena was primarily started by the head of The Elitists: this is one of their many operations that was started to make it where they would create an army eager to use them to take over the city completely.

While in Hell’s Arena they would train and hold sessions where they work out, exercise their skills. They were not always forced to execute their opponents as there were times where extremely skilled opponents would face off without it ending in the death of the opponent.

## **Physical Description:**

**Height:** 6’1”

**Weight:** 230 LBS

**Eyes:** Green

**Hair:** Brown

**Gender:** Male

**Distinguishing Features:** Facial Hair, scar over eyebrow. Scars covering 25% of his body, Broken bones that haven’t properly healed

## **Abilities/Skills:**

### Expert Marksman

* Chris’s latest ability was the attempt to learn how to perfect his aim.
* He learned from a master archer how to properly utilize archery and throwing knives.
* Chris’s archery skills had grown so well that he managed to catch arrows shot at him and before hitting the ground fire them back at and enemy. A skill only known by and honed by a few archers.

### Skilled fighter

* Chris is a skilled fighter due to the skills taught in the underground fight club.

### Stealth

* Chris has managed to learn how to take down enemies silently
* Chris has learned to make himself virtually invisible in the shadows.

## **TECH & Weaponry:**

### **Arrows-**

* Regular arrow
* Explosive arrows

### **Smoke Pellet**

* **-** A small sphere capsule filled with compressed dried ice used to disappear or disorient enemies.
	+ Tear gas smoke pellet- A small sphere capsule that is filled with compressed tear gas can be used as well to disorient enemies and irritate eyes and make it harder to breathe without proper protective gear.
	+ Knock out gas Smoke Pellet- A small sphere capsule that contains compressed knockout gas.

## **PHYSICAL APPEARANCE**

Chris has a slim muscular physique. Brown hair that is usually gelled up. Chris has light facial hair

## **PERSONALITY**

Chris is a little bit of a loner who despite his wealth is down to Earth. As time progresses he learns how to gain back his people skills. Chris is dark and brooding with a very determined mindset. Starting his vigilante tendencies with a personal vendetta he eventually sets out to take on criminals. Chris is not like many of the other vigilante’s whereas he is not a stranger to bloodshed. Chris tries to use more restraint however when he has a temper and suffers from PTSD. After years of being in a fight club setting, he often is cautious and analyzes a room quickly. Chris due to chronic night terrors takes years to become a little less frequent. Prior to his abduction, he was a kid that wasn’t out there as much. Michael and Chris being half brothers they share similarities but look very much different from one another. Chris is very secretive. Willing to protect loved ones no matter what the cost and at times killing to avenge them. Chris, as time progresses, tries to be more in the public eye. In doing so he tries to show an outgoing side which is more of a party animal, playboy persona. Chris is great when it comes to strategizing and planning things out. People at times say his eyes are like rulers cause he could measure things up with ease even prior to him learning to perfect his archery skills. Chris was not one of the best students when it came to school he was easily distracted by girls mostly. Being very flirtatious and a ladies’ man in his own sense Chris has had many love interests. Chris is not very trusting and uses a lot of gear and tech to help him with his crusade. Tough and overcomes his problems. Chris is a fighter in spirit and heart.

The Hooded-man, despite the name not being his first choice it grows on to him. As the Hood-man he uses fear and intimidation as a tool. While his methods are often questionable he manages to get results. Using a voice changer to disguise his voice. He can be portrayed as a very serious and rage filled character. The Hood-man is mysterious and usually brings more questions than answers.

## **'Ultimate Hood-Man [ULTIMATE HOOD-MAN COMICS]':**

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