Delcan Byrne

*If there’s one thing I know, it’s the dark. I grew up in it. I live in it. The darkness isn’t what makes you. It’s what drives you to be the person you want to be.*

- **Delcan Byrne**

One of the solemn few to be chosen for the occupation, Delcan Byrne is the Roman Catholic Church’s new monster slayer. After the end of the Van Helsing bloodline, the Church gave the family’s notes to an ex-priest to keep from getting excommunicated.

## History

### Childhood

Delcan was blessed to have been born into a loving family. He was the first and only child born to his parents. His mother died before she could have any other children and left her husband with a five year old Delcan. Raising a kid without his wife was difficult but his father made it work. They moved to America due his father’s employer relocating him. Delcan went into elementary school a bit more well educated than the other kids, and subsequently became the target for bullying. It was mostly just name calling and shoving but once in 4th grade he was punched in the face. This filled Delcan with well-deserved rage and he broke the other kid’s nose. From that day forward the Irishman was treated with slight hostility by those he knew, but also respect. He made it clear that he would beat someone up if he had to, and on several occasions had to. Middle school and high school blew by quickly for him and he was no worse for it.

### Growing Older

After finishing school at 18 he took all the money he had and left the country. He wanted to get back to his roots and live a little. Reconnecting with his ancestry was always on his mind but his father never wanted to go back to Ireland. After a few years of ending up in and out of jail for getting into fights he decided to turn his life over to Christ. Cleaning up his act he soon went to college for philosophy and Biblical studies.

At the age of 25 he was finally ordained as a minister. Things were going well for the next two years before he was made angry by someone talking over him during service and ended up beating the daylights out of him. This was, naturally, brought up to his superiors. Luckily they gave him another chance.

### Fall From Grace

That wasn’t the only thing he did to offend God. He soon was arrested for possessing 5 pounds of cocain and three prostitutes in his car. His superiors were rightly pissed, but for some reason they did not strip him of his titles. Instead he was sent to the Vatican.

### The Proposition

Delcan had been summoned to see the Pope. He knew his career as a priest was over before he got the call. And yet when he arrived his bosses didn’t look upset. Wasting no time, the Church explained to Delcan that Van Helsing was an actual person and that monster hunting was a real profession. You know where this went.

## Personality

Delcan is a stubborn and headstrong man. He relies solely on his own instincts and judgment and allows his emotions to decide his actions for him. To simplify it, he’s a man concerned only with himself. He’s very clearly not a team player but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t see the value. What that does mean is he needs to have his ass beat a few times before seeking help.

## Powers and Abilities

### Abilities

#### Indomitable Will

Delcan has great determination, bravery and strength of will. He can't be persuaded by anyone to do something, able to resist temptations in nearly all of its deceiving forms. T

#### Master Combatant

Delcan is a master of physical combat. The resources at his disposal made training a piece of cake for him. His body is his greatest weapon, and he could arguably be the greatest hand-to-hand combatant alive.

#### Occult Knowledge

Delcan possesses an extraordinary amount of information regarding the supernatural world. The Catholic Church is surprisingly well-versed and he has a collection of notes from the greatest vampire hunter known to man.

#### Peak Human Conditioning

Delcan has trained his body with a great deal of exercises. He is well-built, fast and agile. Being able to quickly respond to unexpected events, he’s definitely not a force to be taken lightly

### **Weaknesses**

#### Human Physiology

In the context of him looking to combat superhuman beings, his body is his greatest weakness. He cannot lift as much or run as fast- easily damaged and even killed if the injury he sustains is too great to come back from.

## Paraphernalia

#### **Exorcism Kit**

A blanket term, exorcizing is simply killing an unnatural being, Delcan is always within reach of silver bullets, wooden stakes, crucifixes, and anything else you can think of.

#### **Notes of Van Helsing**

Delcan has numerous notes on the supernatural world tracing back hundreds of years, and he adds to them whenever needed.