Major Victory (James Adams)

> "*If you step in my way, if you get even an inch in front of my plans, the tiniest morsel, I'll f\*ckin' burn you alive. I mean it, I'll seer your f\*ckin' bones."*
> **- Major Victory to Rick Winters**
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Major Victory (James Adams) is a super villain under the guise of a patriotic superhero and team leader of the Federal Super-Human Association

## History

### Origin

During the middle of the Brainiac War that took place on Earth-E, The United States Government began experimenting with a number of projects, applying Exobyte science to various highly classified subjects. The Project Victory was part of was designated Project X. The study of the Supervillain Parasite lead to an interesting discovery. Due to his regenerative properties, he could potentially hold the key to restoring lost limbs.

James Adams at the time was a former marine, disabled from the waist down due to having bit hit in a mine field and survived, however when it was discovered that James had also murdered a fellow soldier in cold blood, he was stripped of all military honors, and placed on death row. Seeing recruitment into Project X as his second chance, Adams signed up, and was ultimately selected as the prime candidate for the incredibly dangerous procedure, as it has a 20% success rate.

The Project was ultimately a failure, with James becoming a large embodiment of the Parasite's abilities, still without the use of his legs. Aware of a nearby project (In which the DNA of Supergirl, obtained by STAR Labs was being exobyte melded into a volunteer Marine's DNA), housed in the same facility, he was able to utilize his mind and arms to crawl through the ducts and sneak into Project Godfall's cell.

The man he'd decided to assault was Kerry Williams, being bred to be the "Superman of America", the sixth man to hold the name "Major Victory".

As James's hand made contact with Kerry's skin, the parasitical appearance he'd grown transferred with the powerset , permanently over to Kerry, simultaneously taking Kerry's powers and ability to use his legs, and giving them to James.

Head of the project, Amanda Waller decided, very callously, that this was too good of an opportunity for her to monitor James far more closely, seeing him as a moldable project, rather than a psychopathic killer.

As James made his way across various top secret war-zones, his success rate nailed at a full one hundred percent. He was the model hero as far as Amanda was concerned.

### Hello Metropolis!

After years of rigorous training and top secret missions, Major Victory along with his two team members, Gold Eagle and State Speed, were announced during the end stages of the Brainiac War, and even took part in the final battle against him, fighting right alongside the likes of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.

The facility formerly given to Lex Luthor by the United States Government, the Metropolis Science Spire, was given to the FSHA as a means of a headquarters and living space.

Running missions directly under the careful observation of Amanda Waller herself, they'd become a bit of a task to monitor, though they always completed their missions quickly and efficiently, at least the ones Amanda didn't have to black out in ink. It was at this point Amanda Waller had begun to consider placing them under the watch of a Lt. Colonel, a decision that would come into play much later.

### "No one says no to me!"

Having been placed at the helm of Metropolis, and seen as a sort of can-do-no-wrong saint, Victory made a point to recruit Supergirl. The meeting was filled with manipulative lies, and having poured a synthetic Kryptonite mix into several glasses of wine, he was able to get the girl of steel drunk. Having then sexually assaulted her, a fight broke out in the top of the Science Spire, causing massive damage to the hull of the building. While some news outlets tried to defend Kara, the majority of them would cast the blame on her. Victory began to stalk and torture Kara for months on end, forcing her to see his face intentionally every where she went, even to the point of showing up at her apartment and attacking her, prompting yet another large fight over Metropolis that the news caught the latter half of, in which Victory used his charsima and manipulation of the American press to demonize her on national television

### A Light In The Darkness

Having had to deal with the situation he'd caused with Kara Zor-El, Supergirl, Adams decided the best way to combat these rumors was to erase Supergirl from the minds and hearts of the American people as best he could. Having recruited a young high school student named Tris Winters, who had the power to control and emit beams of light, James ended up confronting her father in the family home who refused to release the rights of his daughter to him. Later that night, James framed Rick's suicide, making his death look like an intentional drunken driving car crash.
Telling Tris that her father held her responsible for his suicide, James was able to convince Tris to move into the Spire, and become his direct protege.

### Sick and Twisted

Having been temporarily placed in Gold Eagle's Gotham division, Victory located a small and beautiful woman on the beach head of the city. Witnessing her become a horrible symbiotic monster and consume a man, he followed her into the depths of the depraved illegal nightclub that he occasionally frequented. Having himself murdered a criminal stalking her brutally, directly in front of her, he was able to convince her to sign on to the FSHA under the guise of "Liberty Belle", giving her the power to be a puppeteer of society and government to achieve her goals. Finding her horrific murderous, toxic, and abusive tendencies enthralling, he made it his goal to prove his affections and admiration for her. Having designed their sick secret romance, Vic would truly have loyalty to her, and no one else.

### A Change in Management

Waller's decision to place a Lt. Colonel finally went through, after the drafting of billionaire Eli Wilder, the group recieved their own news station, and all forms of merchandise, further cementing them as the good guys in the minds of the american public, while being able to be used for Eli's personal gain. By day, they'd stop bank robbers, and by night, they'd massacre Wilder's competitors. It was a win/win. Eli and Victory gained a significant mutual respect for each other, which was incredibly uncommon for James. The selection wasn't all that random either. Having the chance to manipulate the situation Gold Eagle and Major Victory steered the conversation directly to point Waller towards selecting Wilder, due to his connections with the Court Of Owls, of which Gold Eagle was the primary guardian of.

### Lady Victory!

Present for yet another round at the Metropolis University as the FSHA's recruitment season kicked off, Victory found his potential this time. A young champion of Shazam, Thunder Girl, joined up fairly quickly upon meeting James and quickly the two seemed to be in love, however, for Victory this was just another chance for him to be in control of further power, and furthering his all american and squeaky clean image. Using her for her body, charisma and influence, Victory had underestimated the situation for the first time, and ultimately it would lead to an unraveling he couldn't control.

### Jealousy is Bliss

Having her suspicions about James and Valahnna confirmed, Starlight found her rage nearly uncontrollable. Having been virtually in love with James since he first set foot in the public eye, Starlight's hopes were dashed when she not only discovered that James and Valahnna were a couple, and actively sleeping together in the Spire, but when Valahnna began acting antagonistically towards her. This presented the perfect opportunity for Smoke to meddle with Tris's mind. Pushing Tris to continue to pursue James in an adulterous situation, Smoke eventually revealed her plans to James before spending a night with him herself.

## Personality

Major Victory is commonly seen as a brave and kind-hearted hero with a strong sense of justice, morality and righteousness, when in reality he is a cold blooded sociopath with a particular love of torture and suffering. James only adheres to the law when in the public eye, otherwise he will cast aside all morality whenever it suits him to do so. His public opinion is so high that even the likes of Superman and Alan Scott have been known to endorse him for membership opportunities amongst the ranks of both the Justice League and the Justice Society, but to be rejected from The Justice League by Batman at every turn, and for him to be rejected at Batman's own personal urging, making the Dark Knight's opinion on Victory incredibly clear. Victory at times has issues maintaining his darkness, causing tensions between himself and a very few select number of superheroes within the community.

#### **Relationship with allies**

* **Gold Eagle**: The two original members of the FSHA, Gold Eagle and Vic hide no secrets from one another, and operate incredibly close. Gold Eagle being the head of the Gotham FSHA Team is often merged up with Victory's personal squad for upper scale operations. These two men have known each other since child hood, having grown up in the same less than stellar conditions as one another. Gold Eagle had been Victory's primary back up during his exposure to the warzones. Unaware that the two men would've come back in contact until they were face to face, the two men became incredibly closer upon reuniting. Inseparable, Gold Eagle is one of the few people Victory would die to protect.
* **State Speed**: Having been the more recent member of the triumvirate Victory was quick to hide much information from Michael at first. Shortly after several missions however, Victory discovered the secret to Michael's hyper advanced connection to the speed force, blue lightning, and speed that could rival The Flash's own. Michael had been utilizing a Synth-K infused drug called Kickstart, which for each Meta (due to the radiation within the crystal) would give them a boost in some respects, advancing any mutations that may be present within the user, while simultaneously giving the same effect as cocaine. A substance like this would be highly suspect and illegal. Rather than turn Michael in, as was expected by State Speed, but instead James commended him on the discover and indulged as well, giving him the current speed and blue heat vision he possesses. Having assisted in State Speed's costume and weapon design, the two men have grown close in the time they've spent together. Similarly to Gold Eagle, this is a genuine friendship for Vic.
* **Liberty Belle**: Anita and James are cut from the same cloth it would seem as each one of them is just as dark and twisted as the other. Anita is the closest thing that Victory could consider the love of his life, the relationship between them being forbidden, hidden and taboo is just icing on the cake for him. A deep love and appreciation for her horrific mind, and a deep interest in Legion, the Symbiote within her. Often accompanying the original three members in Force of July on their more sinister missions has earned her a place within the ranks of the inner circle itself, and a spot by Victory's side behind closed doors.
* **Eli Wilder**: Upon the first time meeting his superior, the two were merely equals. Growing a heavy respect for Eli, he is far less likely to ignore a direct order from Eli Wilder than he is to ignore one from Amanda Waller. The shrewd businessman was no stranger to operating in a similar fashion to Victory, as his knowledge on Eli was already vast due to his connections with Gold Eagle, and Eli's with the Court of Owls. Quickly making allies out of one another, Major Victory and Eli Wilder united their minds and efforts cooperatively, marking a new dark era for the people of America, and perhaps all of the planet and beyond.
* **Lady Victory**: The love of his life at face value and in the public eye, Lady Victory has grown rather close with Victory in her own right, however he simply has been utilizing their relationship as a means to an end, furthering the perspective of the american people that he is the epitome of the american super-dream.
* **Red Manda**: Having dismantled her plan to blow up the Metropolis clock tower and blame him for it, Victory made a case to Red Manda on why she should work for him as a professional villain. After consideration, Red Manda did initially agree to sign on, and had indeed officiated everything with Victory herself. She and James tortured and murdered the owner of a dog fighting ring and his comrades, a neighbor of Amanda's and a thorn in her side. However, despite the alliance Red Manda had begun to consider virtue over vice, and allinged herself with Bruce Wayne.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Heat Vision**: Major Victory can fire beams of intense heat at any target by looking at it, and can vary the heat and area affected.
* **Super Breath**: Major Victory is able to create hurricane force winds by exhaling air from his lungs. He can chill the air as it leaves his lungs to freeze targets, and can also reverse the process to pull large volumes of air or vapor into his lungs.
* **Super Speed**: Major Victory is able to move at incredible speed by sheer force of will. This extends to his perceptions and allows for feats such as catching bullets in mid flight as well as covering vast distances in little or no time.
* **Flight**: James is able to manipulate graviton particles to defy the forces of gravity and achieve flight. This ranges from hovering to moving in any posture, in any direction.
* **Super Strength**: Major Victory's strength is augmented by yellow solar radiation interacting with the greater than human density, resilience and biological efficiency of his musculature.
* **Enhanced Vision**: Victory's vision processes the entire electromagnetic spectrum as well as allowing vast control over selective perception and focus.
* **Invulnerability**: Due to the interaction of his dense molecular structure and supercharged bio-electric aura, Victory is nigh-invulnerable to extreme energy forces. In addition, this extends him protection against toxins and diseases.
* **Super Hearing**:  Victory’s hearing is sensitive enough to hear any sound at any volume or pitch. With skill and concentration, she can block out ambient sounds to focus on a specific source or frequency.

### Abilities

* **Expert Combatant**: Due to extensive military training, his time in the various war zones, and the holographic training regiments programmed by Chris Raine years previously and updated to more than exceed and surpass modern requirements, James is on par with most of Earth's greatest and best fighters. His knowledge extends to operating firearms, and utilizing various bladed weapons.
* **Investigation**: Victory began his career in the military as a leader rather than a follower, getting him into heated arguments with his superiors, however being quick to lead his squad he gained a knack for clearing out buildings himself. Coming back to this experience as a hero in training, James was able to become quite the detective, following up on locations, hidden weapon caches, bombs, and so on.
* **Leadership**: A natural born leader, James is a clear and decent leader. Despite being quite selfish, he does care for his team at some level, especially the few he's close with, making decisions he believes will advance them as far as they can go, to a fault and sometimes to their own expense.
* **Predatory Stare**: Being that James is a psychopath, he is hyper-aware of his ability to manipulate and puppeteer others via a variety of tactics. His primary tactic, however, is the ability to look into someone else's eyes, fixate and lock onto them, and thereby begin the process of social engineering. This trick has notably been utilized in the past by men like Charles Manson and Ted Bundy

## Weaknesses

Due to having been a perfected exobyte federal experiment utilizing Supergirl’s DNA at STAR Labs, most characteristics of Supergirl have been carried over as traits to Major Victory, including her weaknesses.

* **Electricity**: As with Kryptonians alike, Major Victory’s nerve endings still use electron exchange to send nerve impulses. Massive jolts of electricity can cause nerve pathways to malfunction, causing pain and even temporarily stunning him for a while. This weakness is not simplistic. Kryptonians have very dense, not to mention tough, bodily tissues. Much of an electric impulse is dispersed before it reaches the nervous system. Due to being human, however, Electricity has more of an effect on Major Victory than it would for a Kryptonian.

* **Kryptonite** – Its radiation interferes with Kryptonian cellular processing of solar energy, thereby disrupting Major Victory’s. As with Kryptonians, different variations have different effects on him.
	+ **Green** - Causes extreme pain, nausea and weakness.  Prolonged exposure can lead to coma and eventual death. The effects are nearly instant with a Kryptonian.
	+ **Red** - Just as with Kryptonians, this can cause Victory to lose control of his emotions at least on some level.  His usual reaction is to show his more angry and rebellious, murderous self.
	+ **Blue** - Rare as it is, it causes near-instantaneous healing for Major Victory.
	+ **Gold** - Was thought to strip of a Kryptonian of all their powers, permanently.  What it really does is strips them of them for 15 seconds, after exposure. Might last longer, the longer they are exposed, but that has never been tested, effects unknown on Major Victory. Exposure however, if discovered would temporarily strip Major Victory of his abilities for several hours.
	+ **Kryptonite-X** -  otherwise known as synthetic kryptonite.  This is the most common substance and what most villains would have.  It has limited shelf life so must be used within weeks to only hours, depending on the mixture.  For Major Victory, due to being primarily human with Kryptonian DNA infused, Synth K is much stronger against Major Victory than it would be a regular Kryptonian
* **Red Sunlight** – Red solar radiation replaces the higher-yield yellow solar energy in his exobitten cells, robbing him of the fuel for his powers.
* **Magic** – Major Victory is no more resistant to magic than a regular Kryptonian, or average human. As such, magic can be devastating against him. However, if the effect of the magic is used to simulate or enhance a naturally occurring force, such as natural elements or concussive force energy, his defenses react normally. If the elemental effect is totally magical in nature, such as the magic lightning that accompanies the Marvel’s magic word, his defenses do not come into play.
* **Sonic attacks** – Depending on the degree of intensity, sonic attacks can cause varying degrees of irritation and even temporary incapacitation. Attacks that are designed to play havoc with the inner ear and equilibrium tend to be more effective than sonic attacks designed to cause pain.
* **Mind Control / Psionic attacks** – Kryptonians are, and therefore Major Victory is,  susceptible to mental-targeting attacks. This includes but is not limited to telepathic attacks, pheromone and certain biochemical reactions that affect brain activity.

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

* **Kickstart**: Victory always has an ample supply of the drug nearby or on hand at all times in case he needs to power up.
* **All items in the Science Spire outside of the other members' personal dorms.**

## Notes

* Major Victory is a clear reference to the antagonist popular comic and streaming series, **The Boys****, Homelander**
* Major Victory originally was written as a much kinder, closer to **Booster Gold****,** but due to character development stories, he was eventually rewritten to his much darker, current incarnation
* James has slept with a majority of his allies, and therefore it can be inferred he is a bit of a sex addict, in the way that it satisfies his need for control over others.