Almanac

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* Almanac
* IRL

*"My name is Jason Kade. I am a vigilante, a shinobi, the falseblood son of Shiro Ransu, and the symbol of justice and valor. I am the Almanac."*
—Jason Kade
**Almanac**, known to the public as **Jason Oliver Kade**, is a vigilante residing in Neo Arcadia, and formerly Emerald City, and is a founding member of the second roster of Essentials. Jason lives by a philosophy, a principle; he believes that if one could do good things for people, one would have a moral obligation to do those things not out of choice, but responsibility.

A fire burned bright in Jason after going through family troubles. When his step-father police officer was killed, Jason became a vigilante. An accomplished athlete in the daytime, Jason protected the streets of Emerald City at night as a champion of justice as the **Almanac**, stylized as the **Red Thrasher**. He formed the second incarnation of the superhero team, the Essentials, as he firmly believed that they could do more good together than they could separately. However, the idea failed, and he returned to being a lone wolf hero.

After his archenemy Terrorbyte completely took over Oxbridge, he left for Neo Arcadia. He teamed with his old ally Lance White to form the Arcadian Rebels, while at the same time having an identity crisis as the **Blue Arrow**. He and the Rebels were pitted against Lance's former professor, Sebastian Raymond. On one mission in December 2016, Raymond disintegrated Jason. He tasted death, and was brought back to life by Lance with magic powder. This led Jason to develop sympathy for victims, and made it his mission to prevent lives from being lost. Jason's actions and moral code put him into conflict with John Roy, a soldier who believed that death was the only punishment for crime.

Jason returned to his roots after the Hoodie returned over a year later, and saved the city, inspiring him to wear the crimson cowl once more as **Almanac**, as his own judge and jury, but he draws the line at playing executioner. He continues to upgrade his uniform and his equipment to handle what the streets throw at him next. As the scarlet knight once again, Jason reunited with his friend Sarah Maine and fell in love with the warrior-woman Leah Caverly, and recruited her to join the Rebels. He was soon appointed by White to lead the Rebels. Unfortunately, Caverly suffered injuries that required her to take isolated solace for healing. In spite of all the tragedy Almanac has faced in his career, just visiting the happy memories of his past gives him the strength to go on. Jason also recruited his childhood friend-turned speed demon Barry Parker as a part-time member of the team, as well as the ex-Marine Clark Flat, who became one of his closest friends and brother figures.

In January 2018, Jason was appointed leader of the Rebels by Lance, his then-adoptive father, who was killed by Ankou a month later. Jason began seeing visions of his spirit, gradually manifesting his chi powers.

In May 2018, Jason lost himself after killing the Creon-possessed Ben Jacobson, and was quickly imprisoned alongside his childhood best friend Barry Parker. This lasted shortly, as Axel Trevor's siege on Neo Arcadia motivated Kade to break out of prison and continue to extradite justice, using his newfound ninjutsu skills learned from his master.

He later reunited with Leah and welcomed her back to the team after learning the sad truth about her departure, while also beginning to build his own set of powers to compete with his powerful comrades.

Jason continued to welcome new members to the team as they went up against villainous Stand users, Torment's successor and even the Olympian gods. He also met his would-be son's counterpart from another universe, Elijah. As time passed, he continued to embrace Lance's ninja culture as a major component of his life while trying to accept Elijah as a son and simultaneously struggle with rivaling leadership from Creon's Earth-3 counterpart briefly recruiting some of the Rebels. Jason also met other people from different universes, such as Fire Spider and Diana Stone, but he lost his long-time friend Anna Stone during an alien invasion. Despite facing more losses, Jason also met and fell in love with Lina Fournier, whom he eventually married.

## Biography

### Early Life

#### Creative Childhood

*"One time when I was a kid, I built a slingshot out of a couple of broken hockey sticks and an old inner tube. And, you know, no matter how hard I practiced, I just could never miss... my neighbor's window."*
—Jason Kade
Jason Oliver Kade was born on Sunday, December 1st, 1996 to Clarissa Marx and Maxwell Kade. During youth, Jason's parents wanted him to be like nobody else; they wanted him to excel. Therefore, they vigorously trained him. They got him involved in all the after-school programs at the local elementary school, and taught him the whole spectrum of skills needed to live. One activity they forced him to do was learning to play the piano. He also became articulate and well-read, becoming interested in stories of knights, fantasy and science fiction.

In his youth, Jason was afraid of the dark. His overactive imagination turned his childhood bedroom into a breeding ground for monsters and unspeakable horrors the moment the lights turned off. He would later make his peace with the darkness as an adult, after discovering it would be useful for stealth. Jason and his childhood friend Barry Parker would both face bullies at school, but they stood together regardless and shared a strong bond.

Around the time of when Jason was ten years old, his newly pregnant mother kicked his father out of the house. Without Jason's knowledge, Clarissa only wanted peace for her son and soon-to-be second child, but Jason's father was always fighting for something. However, Clarissa soon saw the same fire burning bright in Jason, even going as far to state her sweet baby boy was gone, and he'd turned into his father. That should have stung, but it didn't; Jason was proud to hear it.

Jason, misreading her signals, got into big fights with his mother. Stressed in her presence, Jason spent most of his days at the local park. During this time period, both Clarissa and Jason struggled immensely. Without the aid of a husband, she gave away her newborn child, the latter Jason would not meet until he was an adult.

#### Self-Rule

When Jason was thirteen, his mother went out one day for a walk to clear her mind. When she arrived near the local bank, she became caught in a hostage negotiation situation after a gang of thieves attempted to rob the place. She was very scared, but ready to accept death. However, she was soon saved by a police officer named Lawrence Thatcher. Clarissa gradually fell in love with him, and he reciprocated. Clarissa set aside her son's contributions for her own happiness, and Jason felt betrayed; he didn't even go to her second wedding.

Lawrence really wanted to connect with his new step-son, but had a hard time trying. Jason was already skilled in many fields, so Lawrence had to find something new to Jason: sports. When Jason was introduced to this new activity, he was immediately amused and excited. When Jason was playing sports, he almost "zoned out", and could only think about his current activity.

It was later explained to Jason the importance of having rules in a game, but even more importantly, having rules for yourself to follow, a path to walk, and he wanted to walk it well.

#### High School

During his time at Emerald City High School, he volunteered at Carmine Incorporated for credits, where he befriended the scientist Sarah Maine. He played baseball in the Little League, batting with over a .400 average. In high school, Jason took three years of Spanish, which he would later continue to learn and use on missions. His favorite classes were chemistry and literature.

Due to his bullying, Lawrence signed his son up for self-defense classes, particularly Shorin-ryu karate. After some basic training, Jason took it upon himself to train in boxing, developing proficiency and prowess at Eastman Gym. He was trained in advanced boxing techniques, and also built his strength, punching power/blunt force trauma, resistance and speed (until he could run a mile in under four minutes). He also began training in Taekwondo and Jujitsu, as well as Eskrima. Practicing Taekwondo further increased his strength, self-esteem, confidence and self-defense capabilities. Jason also took an interest in fitness, primarily engaging in vigorous calisthenics, aerobics and weightlifting.

Lawrence trained Jason in wrist locks, striking techniques, submission fighting techniques, throws and takedowns, wielding an ASP baton, lateral vascular neck restraints, and ground defense and control.

Jason also took a secondary interest in archery, and found he had a natural talent for it. With his training came study; from studying old pictures of archers, Jason discovered that some historical archers held their arrows one the right side of the bow. This meant that the arrow could be drawn and fired in one single motion, which was both faster and better.

Jason realized that what people thought was historical archery only worked well for a modern target archer in Hollywood films. If he wanted to learn to shoot like the master archers of old, he had to unlearn what he had learned, and started reading historical manuscripts instead. He found his way back to a time when archery was simpler and more natural, exactly like throwing a ball; in essence, making archery as simple as possible. It was harder to learn how to shoot this way, but it gave more options. As an archer, Jason built his arm strength by repeatedly hitting water out of a bowl in order to draw his heavy-tension bow.

Jason also dabbled in the arts, as well as philosophy. He was attracted to libertarianism for its philosophical stability, humble understanding of what existence is, people should own their own lives (morally speaking), and it also centers on property rights and the non-aggression principle. Jason could draw conclusions from just this.

He also considered joining the Boy Scouts, but ultimately decided not to as he was already occupied, but he took inspiration from their motto of being prepared.

Before freshman year was over, Barry Parker mysteriously disappeared. This trauma had Jason develop a paranoid aspect in his personality from trying to figure out what had happened to his friend. He became interested in reading books, which surprised his mother, with his favorite genre being detective stories, adventure and science fiction.

#### Graduation

In March of 2015, Jason had enough credits to graduate high school. As a reward, Lawrence took him on a reconnaissance mission of a local gang. Lawrence drove with Jason into an alleyway, where he came across a gang mugging. Lawrence attempted to apprehend the gangsters, but they got the upper hand on him under leadership of a man in latex skull mask. The man pulled up in a darkened taxi, and paid the gangsters for apprehending the officer. Lawrence somehow recognized the masked man, and knew he wanted vengeance.

The man instructed the gangsters to hold both men at gunpoint, while he retrieved his briefcase. Along with terrifying weapons was a syringe. The mysterious taxi driver, injected Jason with it, believing it would grant him a slow and painful death, while he executed Lawrence and shoved him into the harbor.

The next morning, Jason awoke in an underground prison cell, and found he was injected with a tranquilizer. With his self-defense skills, he took down mercenaries and escaped. Barely alive, he returned to his house to find his mother had moved out after she learned of her husband's death.

### Vigilantism: Call of Honor

*"In certain extreme situations, the law is inadequate. In order to shame its inadequacy, it is necessary to act outside the law. To pursue natural justice. This is not vengeance. Revenge is not a valid move, it's an emotional response. No, not vengeance. Retribution."*
—Jason Kade
Jason felt like he was the only one who noticed the world wasn't working, and broke a long time ago. That made him angry, and he was afraid that that anger was going to burn him up inside if he had to live in the world one second longer knowing that he could do something to fix it. He looked at the history of the Essentials and decided to follow in their footsteps.

Jason had a high desire for justice and doing the right thing. Unable to allow injustice, he got frustrated when the police or judicial system failed to help. He decided to work as a vigilante to save people and help where the justice system could not. During this, he demonstrated extreme selflessness as he kept risking his life for others, even after he barely made it out of dangerous situations and ended up badly wounded multiple times.

He borrowed his step-father's ECPD mobile communications rig, and it received encrypted tactical frequencies, from his dashboard. Getting tactical bands and surveillance feeds was Jason's first step. He gathered his sports equipment from his high school years and used them to beat up the criminals of Emerald City. His mother left behind her sewing kit, and used this and a bulletproof vest to construct his own vigilante suit, which to this day is still improved.

Jason vowed to include sportsmanship in his code of honor and be a fair player; he elected to not kill his enemies as he believed they could be redeemed, somehow, some way. He also doubled down on his martial arts training, particularly in Taekwondo and Eskrima because he incorporated stick-fighting into his routine.

#### First Actions

Jason, in his first days as a vigilante, ran into typical law-breakers; muggers, robbers and the like, but the most notable was a gang of crooks who broke into a sporting goods store. Jason brutally beat them up before they could steal any equipment. Another criminal he took down was the Dubliner, a member of the notorious Ballybrack Crew, who tried to steal police files regarding the investigation of his brethren.

Soon enough, his supervisor Sarah Maine noticed his injuries. Being the genius she was, she slowly deduced that Jason was the vigilante on the news, and agreed to stitch him up, effectively serving as his "cut woman." He also used his internship with her to forge an improved suit later on.

During his days as a solo vigilante, Jason befriended the tracker-crimefighter Anna Stone, and trusted her with his identity. He also met Militant, a senior vigilante who would become his friend but later disappear.

#### Infiltrating Plex Tower

Around April 9, Jason had heard of Vincent Vizioso, head of the Emerald City Italian mafia, and decided to foil his plans. He gathered his equipment, and headed toward the Plex Tower, his latest contracting assignment, secretly a headquarters for his embezzlement activity. Jason made his way there on his motorcycle, and stealthily took down the armed guards. However, he was soon found by a much heavier-armed group, and they caught him by surprise, knocking him out. He was placed in the elevator and taken to nearly the top of the tower, where he was stripped of his weaponry.

Later, Jason woke up in a room, and was approached by three Italian thugs, one wielding his baseball bat, one his golf club, and one a pipe. A large fight ensued, with Jason using everything he learned up to that point.

Jason kicked back Clubber, who was charging at him, as well as Pipe. He blocked Batter with his forearm, and retaliated with a punch to the face and a side kick to the gut. Clubber got back up to swing at Jason, but he ducked in time and then rose up with a left uppercut and a gut-level roundhouse kick. He picked him up overhead and threw him behind to greet Pipe with a back thrust kick to the gut and jab to the nose. Jason then proceeded to grab him by the head and leap up, delivering a right knee to the nose once more.

As Pipe fell back, Batter approached with a horizontal spring, which Jason deftly avoided by leaping back. He swung again at Jason's legs, which he jumped over, and as he swung back down, Jason blocked with his right forearm but then gripped it, pulling his arm down. Having trapped his arm, he delivered a left jab to his gut as he released his grip to deliver a right hook and jump into the air with a left tornado kick to his face.

Clubber approached Jason with a horizontal swing, which he blocked with both forearms. He gripped the golf club with his right hand to pull him slightly forward and deliver a left elbow to his nose, followed by a palm strike to the chin. Pipe approached from behind to hit him over the head, but Jason performed a split so the strike would connect with Clubber's head. He then rose to his feet to left backfist Clubber as well as left uppercut pipe. Jason grabbed Clubber's shoulders to knee him in his back, back kick Pipe, and front kick Clubber.

Pipe wrapped his arms around Jason from behind for Batter to attack, but Jason lifted his legs to kick the latter in the face. Back on his feet, he delivered a left elbow to Pipe's ribs and grip his arm to throw him over his shoulder. He then leaned back to avoid a swing from Batter, grab his non-swinging arm to front kick the knee, and deliver two advancing left roundhouse kicks to the gut and then the chin. He then pivoted around to backfist him, right hook, left uppercut, and right hook again.

Jason picked up his golf club to strike Pipe across the face, swat away Clubber, strike Pipe across the face again, and block Batter's swing. He then swung it at his knee, and then up to his jaw. He then discarded of it by throwing it at Clubber. Pipe approached him one last time with a punch, which Jason countered with one of his own and a leg sweep. He dodged one of Clubber's right jabs, pushing his elbow up and then hammer fisted him off his feet. Finally, he Superman punched Batter unconscious.

Jason, exhausted, retreated from the tower, having dispatched many of Vizioso's men and giving them something to fear.

#### Hunted by Assassins

As a result of delivering a massive hit to the Vizioso crime family, Vincent put a hit out on the vigilante, hiring three assassins: Killshot, a man who never missed, Twilight Tarantula, a supreme martial artist, and Satsujin, a deadly ninja.

Jason evaded and defeated all of the assassins. He outsmarted Killshot, fought the Tarantula on top of a delivery truck speeding down a highway, and barely defeated Satsujin, despite the latter's poisoned shuriken.

#### Meeting Lance White

*"What do you see?"
"I see a young man with potential. A young man who is loyal, who can do as he's asked, and who wants to do something good with his life."*
—Jason Kade and Lance White
On May 2, Jason went to the Emerald City Police Station 114 to clean out his step-father's locker. While there, he encountered a man sitting in the prison cell, geared up. He could tell he was a vigilante, but not from Emerald City. He asked him for his codename, but the man instead gave his true identity: Lance White.

Jason and Lance talked for a while, and the latter intelligently deduced that Jason was indeed a fellow vigilante. It wasn't just his enhanced perceptiveness, though: it was his parental instinct. He would sense Jason's feelings of guilt and anger, and saw some of himself in the boy.

Before Jason left the precinct, he helped the man escape, as he supported the cause the man stood for. They became friends afterwards, with Jason agreeing to help Lance, and told him to contact him by meeting up at a mausoleum on the river's edge. Jason met with him there, and Lance agreed to teach him more martial arts at Sani Kawa Dojo.

Jason received extensive training in martial arts and weapon work under Lance's tutelage. Under the shinobi's tutelage, Jason would begin his path to becoming an advanced warrior: a ninja.

### The New Essentials

Jason soon came to the realization that a man can accomplish anything once he realized he is a part of something bigger, and that a team of people who shared that conviction could change the world. Inspired by the Essentials, Jason looked to recruit other vigilantes to join his cause.

Jason also entered Emerald City University in September 2015, and began to major in psychology and social engineering, and minored in philosophy.

#### Meeting Flare

Jason met and recruited a street racer, Flare, to his new team. The two developed a close friendship, like Hoodie and Solar Flare before them.

#### Meeting Crimson Chi

Jason also met and recruited a kung fu expert, Crimson Chi, to the team. The two developed a close friendship, like Hoodie and Blue Ninja before them.

#### Attack of Pyromaniac

In the summer, Jason visited Lance in Neo Arcadia and met his new friend, Mike, at the police station when the windows blew in. An explosion outside preceded a man entering through the now-burning doorway with an unknown agenda. Jason and his friends escaped, but the pyromaniac aimed to not leave any witnesses.

Jason, Lance, and Mike made their way to Lance's apartment building. Along the way, they found more damage caused by Pyromaniac, now officially named by Mike, which included a burning building. Jason hijacked a firetruck and helped his friends put out the fire.

They soon made it to the building's parking lot in front of Saint Kenway's Hospital, but Pyromaniac detonated charges to blow it up. Before it could collapse, Jason and his friends entered the building and went upstairs. Although the power was out, they used the darkness to their advantage to stop Pyromaniac by sneak-attacking him. With a united front, they defeated the mad arsonist.

### Lone Watchman

#### Meeting Clark Flat

In December 2015, Jason met Officer Clark Flat and befriended him after he helped apprehend a suspect at a night club, Lightshot. The two shared a conversation over beverages, with the rugged cop venting about his most recent and difficult case. Jason offered his services, but Flat politely declined. Regardless, the two kept in touch.

#### Meeting Ian Murphy

Jason, along with the rest of Emerald City, attended the New Years Eve 2015 party at the same popular nightclub in Los Verdes. Some time after midnight, Jason stopped by the bar for a drink, and noticed a shadowy figure sitting down next to him. After getting through to him, he got the man to reveal his name: Ian Murphy.

#### Prehistoric Research

The next month, Jason assisted Ian with his research in the Wilderness. Murphy had been observing a new dinosaur, which he dubbed the "Ianymurosaurus." The one he'd been observing in particular was a female, which he named Fluffy.

Jason and Ian became closer friends, and in exchange for helping Ian, Jason would team up with him on his vigilante escapades.

#### Fragrant Harbor Raid

Ian's computers had picked up chatter of a drug shipment arriving in Fragrant Harbor. While Jason snuck aboard to dispose of the drugs, Ian monitored the security cameras to warn him of incoming hostiles.

The mission was successful, and Jason took Ian back to Lightshot to celebrate.

#### Ian Kidnapped

In late February, Jason befriended a sorcerer, Onyx Augustine, who was searching for the Dagger of Hex. Unbeknownst to Jason, Augustine trapped Murphy in an astral realm. Jason failed to locate Murphy, and eventually returned to his isolated crusade and bade farewell to Augustine.

#### War against Stone Jones (2/28 - 3/17)

One of Jason's greatest challenges was facing the superhumanly tough Stone Jones. For the majority of a few weeks, Jason was in Los Verdes, protecting small businesses from Jones' gangsters. He singlehandedly brought down a group of armed thugs invading the Emerald City Police Department Evidence Storage and Vehicle Impound.

### A New Threat

#### Attack of Terrorbyte

*"There are times in your life when you draw on everything you have. Times when you reach down into the deepest part of yourself, when you know you've got to give it your all, because anything less won't get the job done. It's in times like these that you find out who you really are. That is, if you live long enough."*
—Jason Kade
When Ian had returned on March 18th, Jason thought he had seen him. Jason soon found Oxbridge under attack on May 6, and when the technological terrorist had revealed himself to be Ian, Jason was surprised, but had to deal with the fact that his friend was now a villain. He stormed Ian at the corner of 5th and Coldwater, only to see his armor. Jason avoided his attacks while evacuating civilians, but was soon caught off guard by a miniature nuke. All of Oxbridge had become uninhabitable, and was ruled by Terrorbyte.

#### Giving Up Crime-Fighting

Jason worried about the Almanac's presence thanks to all the mud slung his way after Terrorbyte took over. Clearly it bothered the young hero as he thought the more he helped the public, the more they hated him, after changing back into his civvies.

Feeling guilty, Jason headed back into the world, but of course, he couldn't focus. The stress led to a worried night that distracted him from studying for a big exam the next day.

Wracked with guilt and feeling unappreciated and even hated because of recent tirade against him, Jason took to the streets, wandering around and trying to figure out what to do with his life. The news made a huge deal about playing such an integral part in getting the Red Thrasher to apparently quit the vigilante business.

Jason felt pretty good about leaving the life behind at first. He even got to ostensibly quit his journalism gig to focus on school. He spent time with friends, which made him feel good about his decision.

However, nature and bad guys abhor a vacuum, so with the hero out of the picture, villains kicked off a crime wave that threatened to wipe the whole city away. Jason thought about running off to help, but remembered he'd quit. Later, though, he couldn't let a mugging go by without jumping in to help. He then remembered how his lack of effort lead to his step-father's death and made a pledge to return to his vigilantism.

### Adventures with the Rebels

#### Identity Crisis

For a period of 8 months during his adventures, Jason took on the moniker of **Blue Arrow**, emphasizing his aptitude in archery skills to fight at long-range, and acquired a new suit and gear. He officially transferred from Emerald City University to Drexel University and continued his majors.

#### Reunion

Visiting Neo Arcadia in the October of 2016 (sometime before the 28), Jason was caught in the crosshairs of two masked people and a gang of criminals. Jason had no idea who they were, until he recognized the fighting style of one; it was that of his old friend, Lance White. Jason joined their escapade, "befriending" his newest partner, a bounty hunter named Dimitri.

The three decided to team up.

#### Facing Black Ace

Around November 5, Jason and Lance were investigating a break-in at a nearby gym. During the investigation, however, Lance's psyche was taken over by a personality, codenamed Black Ace. Jason dueled him head-on.

Jason fought him with his customized darts, although they proved ineffective against Ace's Zanpakuto. The fight progressed until Jason was ultimately thrown out the window.

Outside in the street, the sound of shattering glass combined with the terrifying appearance of Black Ace send civilians running in all directions. The two continued their fight until Black Ace wore himself out, and Lance returned to his normal mental state.

Black Ace would later make another appearance on November 20, for an underground battle, where Jason and other allies faced him and Vath. During this fight, Ace demonstrated Zangetsu and skills as a Shinigami, or swordsman, as well as Shunpo, or "flashstep."

#### Infiltrating the Capital

On December 2, Jason and Lance took it upon themselves to break into the Japanese embassy to root out corruption and extirpate the smuggling of soriricus manipuli. However, they were not prepared for the extremely well-trained Kuroda swordsmen.

Later, on December 11, the two sparred in a closed nightclub, to sharpen their skills to go up against the Capital guard.

On December 17, they returned to the embassy and successfully discovered where the fungus was being shipped to and from.

#### Meeting Death

In late December, Jason followed Lance on a mission to fight Sebastian Raymond. He and the other Rebels encountered him in an alleyway located in the run-down neighborhoods of Neo Arcadia, but it was a trap. Jason and the Rebels were overwhelmed by Raymond's newly elevated cybernetic strength. Jason armed himself and drew back a Boomerang Arrow, firing it at Raymond, which missed. Raymond was struck in the back of the head by the arrow, severely angering him. Raymond broke out his new laser-aided weapon systems, and disintegrated Jason just as he was drawing another arrow.

Jason felt a cold sensation: Death. He was surrounded by dark nothing for what felt like hours. In reality, he awoke moments later, surrounded by his grieving teammates. He was brought back to life by Lance, who had doused him with a magic powder. Jason hated this feeling, and never wanted him or anyone else to feel it.

#### Under the Gun: Midnight Mafia

*"What are you doing?"
"Keeping our city safe, just like you."
"I don't kill."
"Maybe you should."*
—Jason Kade and John Roy
In early January 2017, Lance White uncovered information that Rocco Tekorelli, don of the Tekorelli Crime Family, was running for mayor. This roused Jason at the thought of Neo Arcadia's Italian mafia having access to city resources. White's idea was to form a faux mafia to combat them. However, with Dimitri gone, they needed an extra pair of hands. White Hired a Marine and security consultant/professional bodyguard, John Roy, whom Jason would soon find a rival in.

Roy swiftly demonstrated his adamant beliefs in life or death in the field, when the "Midnight Mafia" first fought off against Tekorelli's men. Jason subdued the men he took, while Roy viciously took their lives.

The loss of innocence haunted Jason Kade and John Roy, but each channels it to different ends. Both work outside the law to crush injustice, but disagree over death as the ultimate punishment. Whenever they meet, Jason's light shines over Roy's darkness, and conflict ensues. They'll work together, but only for a moment, until John's execution of his war on crime crashes against Jason's belief in a higher form of ultimate justice.

#### Mission: Improbable

Around February 18, Jason was approached by Sebastian Raymond. He warned him that if he were to die, he would be killing his memory, his reality, the physics, the bonds, the life he knew; and himself. Sebastian, at the time, was fitted with the prolonged Improbability Drive.

#### Meeting Kaz Becker

In early March, Jason walked into a bar-restaurant, "Big Mama's," for a drink. The bartender was clad in matte black and afforded him camaraderie along with serving him his beverage. Jason did this for a few weeks and became close friends with him, until he learned his name: Kaz Becker.

One day, Jason was having a conversation with Kaz over the bar when a masked, armed man barged in through the doors demanding money or he would start killing customers. Jason got up to retaliate, but in a flash a knife flew over his shoulder and into the would-be robber's hand, making him drop the gun. Jason ran up and knocked him unconscious, and turned around to see that Kaz had been the one to stop the perpetrator. Jason offered him the opportunity to join his new team, and he swiftly accepted.

#### Infected Compatriots

Around March 27 on a mission to visit Collingswood University, Lance and John became infected with the Virus. Their skin was deformed and their physical attributes were massively heightened.

#### Compromise

*"Compromise is a virtue to be cultivated, not a weakness to be despised."*
—Jason Kade
On April 10, he and John Roy met at the Forefather Gun Range to blow off some steam and practice their marksmanship. The two exchanged first-time experiences with handling guns, and the day ended with Jason agreeing to practice his marksmanship should he be in a situation that required good aim.

### Return of Almanac

Weeks after the Hoodie returned over a year later on March 29th, Jason regained his confidence, seeing how after a long period of time, someone could still remain a champion of justice. On May 5, Jason returned to his roots as the **Almanac**, once more emphasizing his skill with his twin staves.

#### Memory Eaters

During a recon mission to the Ragnarok v.2 with White, the two discovered a leak from the 4th Dimension in the station. Out crawled a spiny, towering creature with dark hide

#### Putting Holes in Aces

Sebastian Raymond's Goonies served as cannon fodder to deter the Rebels from fighting crime.

#### Taking on Tech-Terrorist Tony

Jason followed Lance against Tony Versidas, whose technology was used to elevate a part of Neo Arcadia into the sky.

#### Recruiting Reverie

In early June, Jason brought along his friend Leah Caverly to join the Arcadian Rebels, for her incredible hand-to-hand combat skills. Jason began to progressively develop a trust and attraction to her, and the two discovered they held many things in common, namely: fighting, movies and television, favorite bands and celebrities.

#### Mansion Investigation

On June 19, the Rebels made their way to a Siberian mansion, where they faced off a scavenger known only as Python. While fighting him, they discovered he was armed with cognition-amplifying technology, known as Neuro Mods. These Neuro Mods would increase his awareness, allowing him to foresee attacks.

Jason and the team traversed the mansion, looking for Python, and found him in the library. After a brutal faceoff, Jason was impaled in the chest by Python with a sword. The sinister snake began to dominate the rest of his teammates, until Jason's willpower prevailed: his strength allowed him to remove the sword from his chest, and cut off Python's right hand.

The team recuperated at Sakura Base.

#### Return of Richtov

Taras Richtov returned to terrorize the Rebels for some time, but he was defeated under Lance's leadership.

### Schism

#### Not Guilty

*"I will see you again."
"You won't fail me. I know that about you."*
—Jason Kade and Lance White, 8/11/2017
In early August, while investigating an arson bombing, Jason discovered that Lance had been arrested and convicted for murder. He went to visit him, to learn that Lance was not at all responsible for the death of Sebastian Raymond; Lance had been framed. Jason vowed to prove him innocent, and with that, began to compile evidence to prove him innocent.

Jason and the team visited Leo Clark for more clues. Leo agreed to assist them, and revealed that his lead suspect was none other than Taras Richtov. With further knowledge, (the killing of Raymond was similar to Richtov's many other victims), they reported back to Lance for words of confidence, and to report that they were leaving for Japan on a lead that Taras had set up a base in Japan. With that, the team set out to Japan, encountering goons such as Hower. After a brief battle, the team disabled a machine Taras had been working on.

Back in America, the EPF had deployed one of their agents, Dot Clarington, to assist the Rebels in hammering the nail in the coffin with final evidence. Recalling upon Richtov owning a secluded mountain base, the team went to Russia and infiltrated it, where agent Clarington downloaded schematics for Richtov's secret weapon: a warhead.

Days later, an enraged Richtov would find the Rebels, and promptly clash against them with his new Commando mode for his suit. This, combined with his newfound "electro-step," granted Richtov the upper hand, and ultimately retreated via a goon helicopter. This left Jason in anger and self-doubt in his cause, putting him in a schism.

#### Buscando El Fuego

Resuming the ongoing investigation to hunt down the arsonist "El Fuego," the Rebels came across one of his goons, who went by Pablo. Pablo was gently interrogated by the team, although Pablo was unwilling to give up information due to a death threat. However, Jason promised him protection from his team, and with that, Pablo gave up where his boss lived. Before being released, Jason asked of Pablo to do some good with his sum of money.

The investigation continued, and the team soon tracked another one of El Fuego's men to the archipelago Condor Isles. There, they attempted to interrogate a gangster known as Paco, but he escaped. Jason was in a blinded rage, which led him to beat the next gangster he saw. This was enough to drive the gangster to take his own life, which severely lowered Jason's self-esteem, and further forced him to question if he was truly the good guy.

#### Collings-Cartel

After discovering the EPF had been breached by El Fuego's men, Jason and the team traced the trail to Collingswood, as their university has been known to become the central doctoring of marijuana. With this knowledge, they traveled to Indiana and took refuge in Lance's old home. This became their makeshift base, while Jason maintained cover as a transfer student from Smog University.

While undercover, Jason looked more into their trading routes. However, he found something even bigger than he had anticipated: street-level gangsters of El Fuego's crew are being genetically crossed with the same species as Sebastian Raymond, as well as having their gear upgraded to the likes of Python. He discovered the latter when the seemingly dull gangster landed two extremely effective shots from a gun on him. With this knowledge, he and the team returned to Neo Arcadia and filled in the EPF on the mission, but not before meeting a suspicious character.

#### Return of the Killer Kings

In November, a rogue battalion of the United States Marine Corps known as the Killer Kings returned to American soil. Unsatisfied with the way the police and vigilantes patrolled and kept Neo Arcadia safe, the Kings' leader Garrett Brockton took it upon himself to lead a campaign to grant his team self-autonomy and enact martial law.

The Killer Kings conflicted with the Rebels. Jason first took notice of this when they cleared out an abandoned orphanage, and began patrolling the city. They instilled fear in civilians and gave them a sense of not being safe. Jason and the Rebels defended civilians from being extracted without clear and just cause, and eventually drove the Kings out after numerous conflicts. One included Jason facing off against Daryl Dixon, and he suffered a stab wound from a combat knife, but he emerged victorious.

#### The Speed Demon

In late November 2017, Jason's house had been secretly burned down by evil forces arranged by Black Moth, a mysterious businessman. Jason resorted to living in his storage unit by the shipping docks. Around this time, his childhood friend Barry Parker resurfaced. The latter shared his tale of being locked away in hell. Jason barely recognized Parker. His physical appearance had darkened and his attitude was flagging in joy. Jason could tell Parker was unhappy and unfamiliar with the times, but he knew there was a hidden plot.

Jason's instincts were right, because Parker revealed to be on the run from his Hell family. His father, the Devil, desired for his best fighter to return, and would send his daughter Maggie after Parker numerous times in attempts to bring him home. These mostly failed because Jason was by Parker's side to defend him.

#### Engagement

Jason proposed to Leah Caverly on the first day of 2018. After Christmas 2017, Jason combined a piece of his own hair and Caverly's and refined it into carbon dust, then used one of Carmine Incorporated's hydraulic presses to turn the carbon dust into a diamond with DNA in it. He used this diamond to make the engagement ring.

Unfortunately, Leah departed Neo Arcadia a few weeks later, and left Jason behind.

### Captain of the Rebels

#### Sayonara

*"What do you see?"
"I see a man who is honorable... brave... loyal... who's fulfilled his huge potential. A man who's done something good with his life."*
—Jason Kade and Lance White
On January 20, 2018, Jason was appointed to lead the Rebels by White. The latter had decided to depart from fighting crime to share knowledge with the world, as well as to add onto his own. Leo Clark decided to accompany him. Before leaving, White presented to Kade a Shiro Family heirloom, a feather necklace with a Kanji symbol on the side wrapped (勇 "Courage"). Kade then removed his father's dog tags and bestowed them to White, declaring him to be his real father.

The following week, Kade began to organize what remained of the Rebels to continue to fight crime and right injustices wherever he found them.

#### Ani

Jason soon received very physical confirmation of Lance's wellbeing: a visit from David White, his only biological son, and Jason's own adoptive brother. They became acquainted, and David offered to join the team in his father's absence. Jason would ponder on this.

#### Owari Matawa Hajimari

*"Lance White... my father, my best friend, my mentor. He taught me patience, courage, and hard work; all the skills of a true ninja master, but most of all, he taught me to see things from a different point of view."*
—Jason's eulogy
On February 10, 2018, Jason received a distress call from one of Lance's BluDroids, Juno. After suiting up, he was summoned to Ankou's mansion, to find Lance clinging to life as droids fought off his soon-to-be killer. Jason took Lance away to find a graveyard, much to his dismay. He attempted to outrun Ankou, but only made it to the northern section of the graveyard.

Jason rested his nearly dead mentor against a hollow tomb to deal with Ankou. When he disappeared, Jason was shocked to see him standing, and gripping his sheath. With his final breath, Lance ordered Jason to draw White Fox from his sheath. With that, the warrior and the protector made final goodbyes.

#### Recruiting Rebels

*"A ver si muy salsa pa' tus tacos cabron!"*
—Quetzal
After training with White Fox, Jason realized there would be more strength in numbers. He decided to find another great fighter, and found his answer at the Neo Arcadia Arena, where he found Quetzal; Jason made a deal with him, that if he beat him, he would recruit him to the Rebels.

While the two fighters kept gaining the upper hand on each other with speed and decisiveness, Jason employed two tools of a ninja's arsenal: theatricality and deception. Jason threatened to protrude a toe blade from his boot mid-fight if Quetzal would not concede. Alas, the latter did so, and although he later revealed the truth, he still accepted him onto the team.

Jason introduced Quetzal to Flag, another new Rebels member. The three trained for another period of time, then had drinks.

Quetzal soon dropped out and returned to Mexico, however, making room for Jason to recruit a young Ben Jacobson, a neophyte to superheroics with superhuman strength, as well as the alien Brian Henshaw.

#### Leadership Challenged

The death of Jacobson would severely darken Jason's mood. However, he'd soon meet another member of the Jacobson family, Ben's brother, John: a wildly eccentric villain with wicked ambitions and a personal definition of justice which tragically contrasted Jason's. Jacobson would challenge Jason's leadership, but the Rebels stood by him.

Reports of Ben's death were exaggerated. His physical form was transferred to a pocket dimension, and was brought out with the help of Autumn Stone. However, Ben's mind had been warped, and now suffered from greater depression than before and required a synthetic respirator built into a mask in order to breathe. Despite Cody bestowing him perks to his new condition, Ben was still suffering.

When John died, his psyche haunted Ben's and became a split personality. Creon would take control of Ben whenever he would fall into a screaming, angry state of mind, which was constant and therefore allowed him control of his superior robotic body.

#### Losing Himself

Jason was soon faced with the choice he feared most, sacrificing his philosophy for the greater good. After a failed attempt at rescuing Ben's mind, Creon took over to haunt Jason once more. Before Ben left forever, his last desire was for Jason to kill him incase he did anything too tragic, which arrived soon; Creon threatened to vastly increase his own power by copying that of Minato's speed and elemental abilities.

On May 9, 2018, Jason killed Creon to prevent any more terror. He recovered Ben's original cape, and delivered it to Autumn Stone in an attempt to mend their friendship. However, Ankou took advantage of Stone's sorrow and molded it into ruthless rage. He mentally manipulated her to try to murder Jason, but he stopped her and freed his friend from the dark lord's control.

### Living with a Killing

#### On the Run

The police relentlessly hunted for Jason. Elliot Gris personally took charge in looking for him, and took him in for questioning with the intention of searching his home, after Jason was found in the coffee shop with Black Moth and an unconscious individual. In the police station, Jason requested a phone call, and contacted Kevin Jenkins to hide the Almanac Suit in his house.

Gris left Jason with the other officers and went to his home, only to find Jenkins rummaging through his items. Jason anticipated Gris to find Jenkins and take the first thing he was holding, while the suit was hidden before Gris arrived. Gris, frustrated, released Jason.

Gris found the Almanac later in a nightclub, stopping two drunken men from killing each other. Gris attacked Almanac upstairs and accused him of not respecting the badge. Almanac offered a position for Gris, which he agreed to stay on until he witnessed Almanac break his rule once more.

Gris left the team after a failed mission to rescue Kaz Becker's father, Rory. Almanac promised he'd try to uphold his goals of fighting crime without killing.

#### Attack of Axel

Jason's morals were further tested when Kaz's former mentor, Axel Trevor, slowly laid siege to Neo Arcadia. Trevor first kidnapped Becker and warped his mind, and also medicated him with performance-augmenting drugs. With Kaz as Trevor's personal goon, Jason found it difficult to fight Trevor with his friend in the way.

Jason and Brian Henshaw kidnapped Kaz later on to break him from Trevor's mind control radius. He and Henshaw took Kaz to Rory's grave to force him to come back to his senses, which he did.

Jason and the Rebels tailed Trevor to one of his hideouts. After a small fight with a once-more mind controlled Kaz, Jason woke him up when he noticed Trevor also kidnapped Kaz's girlfriend, Jane. Trevor activated a massive bomb in the city, but Brian heroically contained the explosion with his force-fields. Unfortunately, the explosion was too powerful, and the prolonged usage of force-fields strained Brian to death. Trevor took advantage of the Rebels' grief and finally gave Kaz an ultimatum: Jane's life, or the revelation of his identity as Argonaut. Kaz chose the former, and told his secret identity on Trevor's live camera.

Axel's final plan was soon unveiled, as he unleashed hoards of robots on Neo Arcadia. The Rebels and the EPF retaliated. Jason challenged Trevor to a final duel atop a tower as the EPF dealt with the remaining robots. Specifically, he challenged him for leadership of the Organization he spearheaded. Jason brought along White Fox to fight Trevor. Although he lost after a lengthy battle, Trevor revealed even more explosives in the building, which he detonated shortly after. Jason and the Rebels escaped, with assistance from Wavelength.

A funeral was held for Henshaw, and Jason promised to get Kaz out of prison.

#### The Renegade

Jason took notice of one of the civilians who rose up to fight Trevor's robots, Cameron Walker. He thought him worthy to join the Rebels, and the latter surprisingly confronted him at Henshaw's funeral. Walker accepted membership to the team, and he chose his own name **Warhead** for his destructive energy emission powers.

Walker helped to battle a new adversary, known as the Renegade. However, after multiple battles, Renegade was revealed to actually have been a brainswashed Brian Henshaw, controlled by Walker himself. His doubt in humanity's goodness drove him to suicide via explosion.

#### The Oust and Outcome

Jason and some other Rebels were present for the Oust on July 13, 2018. He and the others prevented civilians from murdering each other, but were too late to save Madam Mayor Aranza, who was killed by criminal kingpin Slinger, who was then shot and killed by Oas.

Jason and Rapidity went to find Oas, but they were met with retaliation from him, his weaponry and his alchemist ally, Marx. A showdown ensued in a cave, where, despite many rounds taken to his armor, Jason escaped with Barry's help.

Unfortunately, Jason had to say goodbye to Barry one last time, as he sped off to find closure in the world.

#### It's Magic

Scott Haynes recruited Jason and the Rebels to assist him in his conquest to defeat Izron from collecting a series of reality-altering relics. Though they were unsuccessful in thwarting his plans, the unexpected return of Brian allowed them to defeat Izron in his completed form. Scott ultimately banished him from Earth.

#### Leah's Return

Leah returned one day and revealed that she did not leave the Rebels due to an injury. Much to Jason's surprise, Leah had been pregnant, and moved to China to seek a better life for her and her child. Unfortunately, Leah had suffered a miscarriage. This ultimately led to Leah returning to the Rebels and taking up the mantle of Reverie once more.

#### Torment's Reign

Jason's greatest challenge since being betrayed by Ian arose in summer 2018: Torment, a highly intelligent psychopath with an unknown agenda, He and the Rebels failed multiple times to foil his plans. Ultimately, Jason nearly went insane from the man's chaotic campaign of destruction and social disruption.

Torment eventually handed himself over, only to be killed in his prison cell, but Jason would continue to cooperate with Joaquin Dallas on deducing the identities of Torment and his killer.

#### A Rare Victory

Before Torment's final stand, Jason donned his shinobi garb and broke into Maxside Penitentiary, and liberated Kaz with KJ Becker's assistance. He and KJ brought Kaz to Saint Kenway's Hospital in time for Kaz to witness the birth of his child.

Jason watched Kaz and Jane hold their baby through the window, left to wonder if he was ever meant to have that kind of life for himself.

#### Druid-Crusade War

In November 2018, Jason and his team were approached by an organization known as the Druids, who intended to compensate for Necrom's terrible actions. They led the Rebels in civilian mode to their sanctuary, after going through a large woodland labyrinth. At the final destination, Jason and his friends witnessed a ritualistic execution sacrifice of a warrior to appease the gods. Jason spoke out against this, resulting in the Druids' horror. He and his friends were then escorted from the premises.

Days later, Jason and his friends were found by the Roman Legion, a long-time enemy group of the Druids. They sought to do ill against the Druids for their evil customs, and Shadow Boy and Jason guided them to their location. Unbeknownst to them, they had the ulterior motive of sabotaging their territory, including the innocents inside it. When Jason realized his mistake, he fought back against the Romans and tried to keep the groups separate. Before the battle ended, Jason was given the Shield of Jupiter after Intrepid disarmed Titus Curio. Jason agreed to put an end to the Roman crusade, viewing them as the greater of two evils between them and the Druids, using his new shield.

After practicing with his new weapon, Jason led the Rebels to the Roman stronghold and sprung a surprise attack, with the goal to reach the top brass of the Romans by any means necessary. The Rebels took control of the territory, but the enemy was still afoot.

Eventually, the Rebels advanced up the Roman stronghold, where they were greeted by the triumvirate of Gaius Aloysius, Titus Curio and Proculus Afer. Jason was quickly robbed of his new shield by its original owner, Curio, but he still put up a fight against the gods, seeking deicide if possible. Evan Broxton sacrificed himself to kill Afer, giving the Rebels the opportunity to push forward.

The efforts were futile, as the Rebels were gassed unconscious by Aloysius at the end of the stronghold, and were brought to a timeworn Coliseum. Reverie, Anima Libera and Doctor Rogue came as backup to liberate the Rebels as Matillo tiredly battled Aloysius to no effect. The Romans, after seeing the free team, began to attack the city. Jason left to deal with the situation, along with some other of his teammates, taking down horseback spear-carriers and foot-soldiers, as Matillo and Aloysius' battle increased in severity and distance, moving all the way to Nova City. The Rebels made their way to the other city as the battle erupted, and finally found the two combatants in a lone abandoned building, extremely weakened from each other's attacks. Matillo sacrificed himself to kill the remaining Romans who had infiltrated the building by ki blasting nearby explosive materials; the explosion was far-reaching, however, leaving Jason in absolute shock from his friend's death.

With Nova City in ruins as a result of Intrepid's noble sacrifice, Almanac and the remains of the Rebels made attempts to rebuild. He would also welcome Purple Temperance to the team.

#### Dealing with Dilemmas

Throughout the next months reaching into 2019, Jason and the Rebels were intellectually challenged by Leah's ex-fiancée, Mia Woods. Woods had manipulated the Rebels into activating her experiments' dormant powers when they tried to escape one of her labyrinths, resulting in the creation of Vindicta, a shapeshifting woman with an agenda of revenge.

Jason began working with Joaquin Dallas' son, Nolan Reynolds, helping him harness his ergokinetic powers.

Jason also welcomed to the team Scott Haynes' young apprentice, Lucy Dunne. When Dunne was kidnapped by Woods, Jason was furious when his attempts failed.

#### Revelations

Jason and the Rebels' histories were challenged by Gabriel Cadwell, a determined journalist who aimed to paint the Rebels' reputation black for their mistakes.

Jason also learned that Vindicta had been impersonating Dilemma for an unknown amount of time.

#### Stand by Me

Months after Roger David's first appearance, Jason and the Rebels were once again faced with his righteous wrath. He led the team across the country on a mission to Emerald City, but were met with several detours: David's henchmen. On a mission back from Africa, Mike Wilson sabotaged their flight home and landed them in the Serengeti. Wilson was killed by Evan Broxton, against Jason's orders.

Knowing the threat could very well come to Neo Arcadia, Jason and a handful of the Rebels set out to Emerald City to stop David firsthand while Ben stayed behind in the event he was wrong. However, their pilot turned out to be one of David's henchmen, who caused their flight to go off course and crash into a Texas desert. They found shelter in a farm, owned by another Stand user, which was unbeknownst to them until Star rescued them from certain death. Jason interrogated the farmer, Billy Shears, until he learned of David's true machinations-- he was an ineffective crime deterrent. Jason left Shears cuffed to a pipe until the authorities could arrest him.

Jason and the Rebels, on the way to town, were stopped by another stand: an underground dragon. After it had taken Nolan underground, Jason ran after the dragon along with the Rebels to stop it. However, the dragon's knowledge of the environment allowed him to surprise Jason and dig into his flesh with his claws and fangs, mortally wounding him. Jason had to heal himself before he could formulate an effective strategy to stop the dragon, which he successfully accomplished.

The Rebels made their way into a nearby Texan town and checked into a hotel. He shared a room with Clark, who had become extremely paranoid about David's ability to stay one step ahead of the Rebels. At gunpoint, Jason talked Clark down from his suspicion that he was a mole, and under pressure he theorized that Clark's Stand acted as a beacon for the Rebels' activity.

After defeating several more Stand-wielding henchmen and reuniting with Purple Temperance, Jason finally confronted David in Emerald City. Jason witnessed an epic duel between David and Clark's Stands, and encouraged Clark to not kill David. David was spared, and Jason returned home with the Rebels.

#### Facing his Friend

Upon returning home, Jason saw the destruction left behind by his teammate, Evan Broxton, who was infected with yellow fever. Jason concocted a plan to apprehend Broxton and recalibrate his chip, which went off without a hitch.

#### Semblance of Closure

In early June 2019, Jason and the Rebels traveled to Miami after learning Dilemma escaped from prison. After they were betrayed by the officer who granted them access to her cell, they encountered Vindicta's final trial, "Ember," a clone of Lucy with exclusively darkness-related magic abilities.

Jason failed to convince Lucy to not kill Ember, but also welcomed Amelia Caverly back to the team, having deemed her reformed after she attempted to join the team nearly two years prior and betrayed them.

#### Challenging the Gods

Later that summer, Jason and the Rebels were approached by Eros with a message alerting them of Zeus threatening to end all humanity. After being tricked by Hades into retrieving him Zeus' lightning bolt and Poseidon's trident.

Jason led the Rebels against Hades and Persephone, but Anima Libera was killed in the process. They followed Charon to the underworld, where Jason was briefly reunited with Lawrence Thatcher, Creon, and Torment.

After bringing Jess back, Jason and the Rebels met with Hephaestus for divine weaponry. Ice Gear was given a staff, Vicious Justice a sword, and Jason was given magic beans by White Lotus. Jason consumed the beans to gain half of the demigod's power and level the playing field, and together they defeated him.

In the same summer, Leah was believed to have been killed by Gale Daron, and on the night of her "death," he met Elijah Kade, his son from another universe. The two would connect, slowly, as the team discovered that Leah was alive and infected with Torment syndrome. She eventually recovered through unknown means.

#### Atlantis Uprising

Jason recruited Lilandra to the Rebels, just in time to combat the threat of Atlanteans invading Neo Arcadia.

During a final battle on the beach, Jason stopped an Atlantean from swinging his sledgehammer into Poseidon (who the Rebels convinced to return to stop the uprising) by trapping it with his nunchaku cable.

He and the other Rebels then said goodbye to Lilandra, but also to Nolan Reynolds, whose mother was making him move to Miami.

#### National Blackout

In the beginning of fall 2019, Jason and the Rebels embarked on a journey to force Ted Kaczynski to restore power to the USA after he and his team of Stand users (including his wife) caused a national blackout.

Jason and the Rebels traveled across the country to Ted's cabin in Lincoln, Montana. They had to forage for food, sleep in tents, and survive. Along the way, they reunited with Roger David and his partner, Eira Senthril, when they rescued him and the others from gunpoint.

Jason also quarreled with Flag along the way a few times, and once ended in brutal fisticuffs, but they recovered.

Towards the end, the Rebels faced a Stand known as It's No Game, who broke the fourth wall and seemingly erased David from existence. Jason felt that the creature was in pain, and begged for the other Rebels to spare him so they could rescue David, but they disobeyed him and entered a code to eliminate him.

The group finally found Ted atop a mountain, where, after a fierce battle, they trapped him in a bottle which was actually a Stand that turned whoever drank it into the bottle's logo. However, It's No Game was revealed to be alive, and because of Jason's generosity, mostly undid all the events of Kaczynski's campaign by bringing them all back to the beginning of the blackout, meaning it never happened but everyone who time traveled back remembered it. Jason had effectively saved America by showing kindness to the creature.

The bottle, now holding Kaczynski's soul, was safely stored away.

#### Entering the New Decade

Jason entered the new decade several months after recruiting Jake Matthews to the team and officially making Tiara Calinao an ally. He attempted to grow closer with his alternate universal son, while facing more threats to come.

#### Ah, Shit, Here We Go Again

Jason Kade would soon be less than delighted to find that an alternate version of Creon was now seeking refuge on Earth-1. Going by the codename Tiresias, he and Jason Kade would routinely find themselves at odds with one another. Jason felt Tiresias was stealing his life by forming bonds with those he felt close to. Tiresias eventually deciding to start his own team certainly didn't help. Some of the veteran members and allies of the Rebels, such as Reverie, Saul Collins and Anima, as well as promising new members such as Titanium, would split from the Rebels to side with Tiresias, causing Jason's inner rage to increase. He would almost snap, constantly thinking things like "kill them all" when confronted with the Rebellion.

#### Justice In Space

Almanac would venture out on the Pathfinder with Saul Collins and other members of the Rebels. There he would spend multiple weeks in the claustrophobic Pathfinder, often putting him at odds with his teammates. He would be witness to the death of the Plant Man, a former enemy whom Jason had a large sense of respect for, as well as learning about Saul Collins' questionable past. Despite this, Jason Kade would make it home, safe and sound.

#### Surrounded by Death

Jason would once again seem to lose the life of someone close to him, being that of Windbreaker. Jason would mourn her death immensely and struggle to cope with her passing. Shortly after this, Titanium's death at the hands of the Entertainer caused him even more grief.

### A Light in the Dark

While mourning Titanium at her grave, Jason encountered a woman by the name of Lina Fournier, who was grieving for her daughter, Lori. Jason comforted her in her moment of sadness and the two would gradually grow closer. They began a relationship, although Jason declined to share knowledge of his nocturnal activities with her, seeking a semblance of a "normal" relationship.

## Personality

*"Living this life... well, it takes more than a mask. It takes discipline."*
—Jason Kade
Jason Kade is a stubborn, protective, sour, stoic, patient and disciplined, yet emotional, brave and bold operative with a deadpan focus; dedicated to his job of protecting the innocent. He is fiercely tenacious and idealistic in his mission to fight crime and corruption. Uniquely, he can be quite compassionate for a vigilante and sees the good in people, despite their difficult history and places it in high importance, as he believes it is what separates him from criminals. It is during these moments that Jason has shown himself willing to be a maverick, disobeying orders and preconceived notions in order to do what he believes is right to elicit unexpected realities, but nonetheless cooperative and respectful. For this very reason, people feel he grounds his teammates and inspires them to be better.

Growing up, Jason was very lonely. None of the other kids were pushed like he was. He was delusional to the point where he did not want to face the fact that the world was imperfect. After losing his parental figures and feeling a sense of abandonment, Jason developed little sense of self-worth, and became very attuned to all the suffering around him because he could not shut it out. Jason became a rescuer: one of those people who are more concerned with other people's welfare than their own. Somewhat of an obsession, Jason began to chase justice, and easily made other people's problems his own, putting them before his. This can also push himself and those who are close to him to the brink, as he sacrifices the wellbeing of himself and his teammates in order to endlessly pursuit what is right. This often leads to him having trouble building relationships with others, as his constant self-sacrifice and stubbornness resulting from his strict moral code get in his way. He adopted a strong moral compass and a sense of honor and courage as the driving force behind his heroism.

To hide his deepest insecurities, Jason crafted a tough guy image and cultivated it throughout the years, but underneath it all he is still a vulnerable kid who lost his father, and eventually his mother, and had to grow up too soon.

Jason has a high desire for justice and doing the right thing. Unable to allow injustice, he got frustrated when the police or judicial system failed to help. He decided to work as a vigilante to save people and help where the justice system could not, after they failed to litigate his step-father's killer, the Taxi Driver. During his acts of vigilantism, he demonstrated extreme selflessness as he kept risking his life for others, even after he barely made it out of dangerous situations and ended up badly wounded on multiple occasions. He strived to protect the innocent and apprehend the guilty without taking a life.

Jason's code of crimefighting is to protect the innocent and apprehend the guilty, but not kill. He prioritizes an initial civil approach while confronting criminals (even demanding surrender), as he believes everyone can be a force for good, but will proceed to violence if they resist. While fighting crime, he can be very brutal and heavily injures criminals in such manner as breaking their bones. He has hospitalized multiple criminals in this regard. However, he has avoided intentionally killing anyone so far and limits himself to hand-to-hand combat and less than lethal weapons so as to not inflict fatal injuries, even if this results in himself getting injured during fights. He usually attempts to avoid killing people, as he believes he is on thin ice as it is and that doing so will make him no better than the people he's fighting. His refusal to kill earns him heavy criticism from John Roy, who kills criminals without hesitation or remorse and considers Jason a coward who can't finish the job.

Despite his reluctance to kill, Jason has, on occasion, when sufficiently infuriated or when the situation is dire, thrown away his concern for the well-being of his opponents. The harming or killing of innocent people makes him even more willing to kill, displaying a dark, brooding side of himself. A prime example is when he was led to believe that his mentor and father figure Lance White had been killed, and mortally wounded the Memory Leader with a sword. So far he has been fortunate that during these lapses in his sense of morality he has failed to follow through on his intent, however even his temporary willingness to kill still feeds his sense of guilt when he reflects on it. His often-perceived "Boy Scout" mentality is challenged when dealing with even stronger opponents like Pestilence or the EEO. Lincoln Grace has described Jason as "dangerous" and "violent" on separate occasions.

Jason experiences a lot of guilt and soul-searching over his actions when he allows his anger and contempt for violent criminals to cause him to enjoy beating them bloody, and he frequently wonders whether he is doing the right thing or whether he is allowing evil into his heart.

His very strong moral sense is cool and reasonable. He knows that if he or his allies turn to kill rather than subdue their enemies, they will gradually lose themselves and eventually everything. People with much blood on their hands are only alive or survived as long as they did because Jason spared them, though this does make him feel like a murderer.

Though commonly underestimated as one of the most under-powered vigilantes, with his ability to blend in with his environment, his stoic professionalism, wisdom, compassion, nobility, and ability to see and assess from afar, Jason is often valued by his superiors for his ability keep an eye on people and assess situations. Jason is often sarcastic and humorous to his friends.

Jason is a creature of habit, and he finds repetitive behavior calming. In truth, he tries to create a version of the world he can stand to live in. He humors himself by putting on the façade of a self-absorbed narcissist, to distract himself from the truth of his sad past with a juvenile sense of humor, which includes stating "phrasing" whenever a statement has any sexual double entendre is spoken. This feigned behavior also acts as a buffer from others thinking if he dislikes himself, because he is too insecure to show any weakness. Despite his high opinion of himself, it is not without some basis, as he is in many ways above average.

Jason also shows a nigh-inability to pick up on social cues, occasionally unable to distinguish between sincerity, sarcasm and humor. He is insistent on completing his sentences when being interrupted, and refuses to let people change the subject until he has had the last word. He is also frequently monotone in voice, varying only in response to strong emotions. He is not a big fan of change, and he also has displays an encyclopedic knowledge of various subjects, even while remaining somewhat unaware of general knowledge. He also has a certain social awkwardness despite his superficial charisma, and difficulty with acceptance among his peers due to his interests being somewhat unusual. Despite his social blunders, Ben has noted Jason for having a lot of charisma.

Jason has a tendency to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders, and does not hesitate to blame himself first in situations gone completely awry such as when he led a gangster to take his own life. He believes that at least it is an answer, as well as that people need a reason in completely unreasonable situations. Despite his force of will, Jason occasionally wonders if he can truly save people by making the ultimate sacrifice.

Jason fell into a pit of depression after he chose to kill Creon possessing Ben. He engaged in self-destructive activities once again, and began to drift off randomly in conversations and heavily ponder and question his reason for being. Because of this, Jason has constrained himself into a world of wistfulness and bewilderment as he ponders the reason why things don't go as he plans. He fought off pessimism almost as frequently as he did criminals, due to his self-hatred for hypocritically taking Creon's life despite his countless lectures on taking the right path. This self-loathing shortened his temper to the point where he would pick fights, be extremely paranoid, and he would occasionally contemplate suicide. His anger would lead him to develop a selectively gruff demeanor and desire for solitude. The younger heroes have accused him of being "grumpy" because of this. His seemingly animalistic nature later fueled his transformation into "Satsui no Kobra," an aggressive physical and mental state which is influenced by his brutal view towards criminals; even before he unlocked Satsui no Kobra, Jason would occasionally roar or growl in a fight.

In his attempt to move on from his actions and to forgive himself, Jason truly realized the importance of the leadership role he provided to his friends and the team. He strives to stay true to his nature as a fighter and a rebel, aiming to become half as competent a ninja as his father figure while also feeling responsible to lead his team to a safer tomorrow.

Jason is not always sure he is the good guy, and questions every move he makes. He is willing to justify violence to defend others and to preserve peace, freedom and justice, and he has admitted to being short-tempered and fiery. Jason still stands, defined by his pride, courage and righteousness, and doing the right thing regardless of the burden it brings with it.

### Philosophy

Jason Kade represents a view of criminal justice that is different than most: libertarianism, which believes in the ability to choose other than your determined nature. Libertarians are of the hopeful sorts. He represents an option whereby people can elevate themselves beyond their determined condition or environment. He believes in the redemptive spark in people, doesn't believe one is all bad, and that they can choose of their own free will to be different. Kade is an example to prove determinism wrong. He wants to kill those who seek to do ill against others, but he chooses not to (acting of his own free will, deciding not to kill people being decisions that he makes freely).

Kade's motivation for risking so much is echoed by dissenting against fear. He makes an effort to be a good man, even though he chooses to suit up to beat people up. He has a desire to bring justice by any means necessary, except killing. What others believe about why Jason is dangerous is that he thinks one man can make a difference. Others can see his tactics as insufficient, and that his insistence to not kill limits his ability to effectuate change.

In a criminal justice sense, Kade justifies his actions through a utilitarian approach: his idea of justice relies on rehabilitating, incapacitating, and deterring the criminal. Punishment is justified by a forward-looking prediction to stop future harm for the sake of society. He believes an action is just only if it advances one of these goals. Kade does what's needed in a predictive sense: he protects his neighborhood by beating bad guys up.

Jason is a fan of Westerns, and identifies with them; a tough, stoic, vengeful hero takes the law into his own hands. According to sociologist Will Wright in his book *"Six Guns and Society,"* the classic Western follows a pretty standard structure: our hero, often a man from the wild, enters a social group, gets dragged into a conflict to protect his new civilized friends, before finally saving the day, and usually becoming a part of this new group. Jason comes from a devastated Emerald City to Neo Arcadia to form the Arcadian Rebels to fight crime, and regains a sense of family among Lance and Mallory White along the way, while also finding love.

## Physical Appearance

Jason is a Caucasian man of Northern Irish and Italian descent. He stands 5'11", weighs 185 pounds, has green eyes, dark short-length hair and light facial hair. He has a mesomorphic swimmer's build with a muscular, athletic physique, refined bearing and resigned stance. He is a man who works very hard to maintain a certain level of physical excellence. His hair grows slightly past his right eye, with a faint, jagged scar below. He always wears his black sunglasses with the scar slightly showing, and his battle-scarred face is frequently seen with a determined expression.

Other than his shades, his default outfit consists of his signature black lather jacket, white shirt, dark blue form-fitting jeans and brown work boots. His jacket is rarely zipped up. As of January 2018, he began to wear a Shiro family heirloom: a feather necklace, with a Kanji symbol on the side wrapped, "勇."

Jason also had the symbol tattooed on his right pectoral muscle, along with a blue arrow pointing downward on his outer right bicep and the Chinese character "家" to the left of his six-pack. A considerable amount of his body is covered in scar tissue from getting stabbed, slashed, shot and burned over the course of his vigilante career.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

*"Rin. Pyo. Toh. Sha. Kai. Jin. Retsu. Zai. Zen. (臨兵闘者皆陣列在前)"*
—Jason Kade's mantra
* **Chi Manipulation:** Being at the edge of his life time and time again gave Jason a power that few martial artists can tap. Jason could already meditate to increase his strength, focus and expedite his healing process, but he has learned to summon his internal force, or spirit energy, for various abilities.
	+ **Wind Manipulation:** Jason, like his sensei, is able to perform the Seiken, which he gained through extensive observation and physical training. He can send forth an invisible, rotating razor wind to cut through objects and his opponents, often using it as a last resort as it can make him tired. He received advice on elemental manipulation from Cody Nakamura during his time as a fugitive in Akiba, Japan. Jason's connection with wind was strengthened by Star's elemental stone and by reading a book on wind semblances he borrowed from Oz and Hestia Hellas. Lance has said Jason has the potential to unleash the Seishin no Ken. After training with Hikigaeru, Jason became able to manipulate wind, and not just perform the Seiken; his aerokinetic powers allow him unleash powerful blasts of wind to repel his enemies, thereby mimicking telekinesis. Conversely, he can attract others to him by creating air currents and pulling the wind behind them.
	+ **Chi Sense:** Jason displayed minor capability of detecting chi following his shinobi training. He could almost see Ezra Senthril's energy-manifested guardian, though it was blurry to comprehend at first. However, this ability developed early on for Jason, as he was able to communicate with spirits, such as Lance White's mirage during his absence along with the ghosts of Clark Flat and Colonel Sears. He was also the only on who could see Damon Parker in his Grim Reaper form at a crime scene. This is due to Jason's chi being focused in his eyes, which Flat coined as "Third Eye," allowing him to see what most others cannot. However, this could also be due to his traumatic experiences making him more sensitive to psychic tendencies. Aside from spirits, he can also see energy trails and hidden pathways with Third Eye.
	+ **Healing:** Jason can harness his chi to expedite the healing processes of others as well as his own.
	+ **Physical Augmentation:** Jason can apply his chi to augment his physical abilities. With the help of Hikigaeru, Jason has learned to open the first of the Eight Inner Gates to remove his mental inhibitions and enhance his physicality. With the first gate open, Jason was strong enough to throw Wild Bear over his shoulder across a room and send him barreling into a group of Roman Legionnaires. Jason can also lend his internal energy to others, as he did with Eden Gates during the final battle against Gyren and the Lanterns. In a moment of weakness, Jason accepted the energy of Rath's diminishing life-force in order to enhance his own.
* **Weapon Summoning:** Arianna Lavellan's enchantment to Jason's shield allow him to call it back to him if he is within 20-30 meters of it. He can use this power as a weapon, calling it back to his grip with his enemy in its pathway, not dissimilar to his previous usage of boomerang arrows.
* **Demonic Energy Manipulation:** Through the power of sheer will, Jason has learned to control the Oni Energy infused into him by Deus Rex years after first becoming "Satsui no Kobra." Originally, Jason caged the beast through meditation, but on Earth-99 during the Rebels' first battle with Doctor Orion, Jason finally accepted his darkness and imbued his ninja sword with the Oni Energy, temporarily turning it into a blade capable of cutting through anything, including Orion's graphene armor. Now, Jason can channel the energy however he pleases.

### Former Powers

*"I managed to infuse him into "Oni Energy" but fear, anger and negative emotions clouded his mind and went into a rampage in his "dark form". I was happy but he was angry at me. I still don't understand emotions. In order to balance his energy, I infused the Ripple inside to contrast the dark energy yet he has both light and darkness within him. What he wants to do with these is his choice."*
—Deus Rex
Jason received temporary powers from Deus Rex when the latter mentored him in Xiao Lee. Rex amplified Jason's darkest attributes by infusing his body with demonic energy and elicited "Satsui no Kobra" (殺意のコブラ), a state in which Jason becomes an animalistic, vicious creature with superhuman physical prowess and experiences an uncontrollable surge of murderous intent fueled by his violent inner force. Fierce and destructive, he could contend with the mighty Evan Broxton as his ferocity matched his physical strength. Satsui no Kobra lies dormant within Jason, and threatens to break free whenever his blood boils and his irises turn into a burning yellow.

* **Superhuman Strength:** As "Satsui no Kobra," Jason gained a drastic increase in physical strength after Deus Rex amplified his inner darkness, enabling him to lift up to and apply pressure 16 times his normal weight (up to 2,960 pounds/1,344 kilograms/1.48 tons). His newfound strength allowed him to contend with most of the Rebels simultaneously, including Evan Broxton. He lost this strength once he was subdued and restored to his regular state. Jason also had a strong bite force when he was briefly turned into a sheepdog. When he was possessed by a gold demon, his strength was once again greatly enhanced to superhuman levels, allowing him to pummel Lincoln and lift a couch overhead. He also contended with Soldier's Son for a brief period of time. With the power of the White Lotus, Jason was able to deal meaningful damage to Hades, especially with his nunchaku. Oz Hellas once briefly magnified Jason's strength to pull a chained-up Jess from a portal. Jason's strength was once again enhanced by a chip implanted in him by Hans Kelvmer's Earth-3 counterpart, similar to Lincoln.
* **Superhuman Durability:** Jason's skin became much thicker and resilient to physical attacks when he was possessed by a gold demon. He was unfazed after striking Soldier's Son's metal exterior, and it took multiple shots from Hunter's light gun to force him off. He even took a light grenade to the face, which only knocked him down.
* **Superhuman Speed:** When he was possessed by a gold demon, Jason ran at speeds beyond the finest human athlete. He was also once temporarily given the ability to run at Mach 1 by Barry. With the power of the White Lotus, he could run faster than Mach 286,731.
* **Pain Empowerment:** Rex enabled Jason's physical characteristics to elevate whenever he felt pain, but he lost this power once he was restored to his regular state.
* **Canine Physiology:** Jason was temporarily turned into a sheepdog by Gilmour Waters' Stand, "Animals." As a dog, he retained his agility, had a strong bite force, and his nose was 50 times stronger than normal.
* **Acidic Blood:** When he was possessed by a gold demon, Jason released acidic blood as a defense mechanism when he was overpowered by the combined efforts of Soldier's Son and Star.
* **Electricity Manipulation:** With the power of White Lotus, Jason was able to summon heavenly bolts of lightning and redirect them through his nunchaku.

### Abilities

*"I'm just a finesse god."*
—Jason Kade
Jason's fitness regimen includes push-ups, chin-ups, crunches, bicep curls, bench pressing, morning calisthenics (running six miles), yoga to strengthen his core, bones and flexibility, jogging, hitting the heavy bag, hitting the speed bag, jumping rope, sparring, hitting a tire with a sledgehammer, swimming, slamming a medicine ball on the ground, dragon lifting, deadlifting, box jumps, drop sits, and squat to kicks. Jason also breaks roofing tiles to strengthen his chopping power and condition his hands. He uses creatine, a workout supplement, to aid hypertrophy, improve strength, increase lean muscle mass, and help his muscles recover more quickly during exercise. This muscular boost helps Jason achieve bursts of speed and energy, especially during short bouts of high-intensity activities such as weightlifting or sprinting.

* **Peak Human Condition:** Jason is an Olympic-level martial artist and acrobat due to his rigorous training and vigilante activities. He is extremely healthy and athletic, as he treats his body like a temple through a regular extensive and intense exercise regimen (such as running six miles every morning and lifting weights), giving him a swimmer's build. In high school, he would often put on a terrific performance during baseball and hockey games, and his .464 batting average earned him a scholarship to the prestigious Collingswood University. Jason lives an overall very healthy lifestyle, with a strictly balanced nutrition diet from the EPF which grants him the endurance to contend with superhuman opponents. Sam Fakashami has confessed to seeing Jason as more than human due to fighting powerful beings with his strong human morphology, stating that he looks like he "could wrestle a bear and wear its skin," and has even earned the respect of the almighty Matillo. Furthermore, Tim declared that Jason's physique is impressive, even for a "non-ascended." His amazing recuperative powers enable him to further his training ambitions, and his arduous training allows him to contend with powerful beings like the Roman Legion. Overall, Jason's balance, speed, endurance, flexibility and precision would be crucial to his extreme skills as a martial artist.
	+ **Peak Human Strength:** Jason possesses extraordinarily abundant physical strength above what the average athlete should be capable of, sufficient to contend with highly-trained soldiers, androids, and even some aliens. He can lift twice his bodyweight (370 pounds/168 kilograms) and draw his heavy-tension bow. His limb strength has also increased due to his martial arts training; at times, his attacks have been shown to be strong enough to knock opponents off of their feet and sometimes into the air. Though he is surpassed by others with superhuman strength, he is still strong in combat, as he was able to twist off Agent Smith's robotic head with his legs, hurl a crate he latched onto with a grappling hook trick arrow at Sebastian Raymond, slice off Alex Yu's hand with a katana, slightly stagger Matillo, deck Evan Broxton, and prevent an Atlantean from striking Poseidon with their hammer by trapping it with his nunchaku cable. He also lifted a manhole cover as a makeshift shield during the Roman Legion's invasion, launched Elpis into a helicopter with his shield after she jumped onto it, and even lifted the massive Brock Denisovich on his shoulders. The maximum force he can generate with his kicks is 2,296 pounds (1,043 kilograms or 10.21 kilonewtons); he can accomplish producing over a ton of force by recruiting mass from the rest of his body behind the motion of his attacks. He was even able to fight hand-to-hand against Add It Up, which has one of the highest potentials for sheer force of any Stand.
	+ **Peak Human Durability:** Jason's bones, muscles, and skin are denser and harder than the average human due to his training and experience. He attained tough, cut-resistant skin by rubbing coarse salt into it when he boxed at Eastman Gym, and he conditioned his hands by striking the makiwara and bundled bamboo posts, suffering from many dislocations and fractures. His muscle fibers have been countlessly overused, causing them to shred and grow back tougher and thicker each time. He has created micro-fractures in his bones for years, with the fractures continuously healing to form harder bones on the surface through the process of cortical remodeling. As an experienced traceur, Jason can fall from heights of several feet without injuring himself, often by landing and then rolling to lessen the impact, and he can take a blow without buckling. His fists have also hardened during his time as a karateka. While he is not bulletproof, he has miraculously survived extreme blunt force trauma and physical contact with superhuman opponents, such as when he received no brain damage from being struck across the head by a dark Isaac Morov with a steel baseball bat. He has frequently recovered and continued fighting in spite of cashing powerful hits during prolonged conflicts. These feats are further enhanced by his impermeable suit. He later withstood intense pressure placed upon him by Deus Rex, overcoming his previous limits. Clark later broke several bamboo sticks over his ribs, and shattered one over his chest, which he was able to withstand due to his tight abdominals having developed from taking an unimaginable amount of hits.
	+ **Peak Human Speed:** As an athletic human, Jason is able to quickly freerun on rooftops without losing momentum. As the Almanac, the news has described him as a red blur capable of vanishing from sight. He also possesses great reaction speed, allowing him to dodge projectiles such as lasers and enemy attacks, and can also swing his batons and spin his nunchaku at incredible speed to add supplementary force to his strikes. He can run much faster than an athletic human (even while wearing his suit), and is shown to be able to run and move at above the average speed for someone his age in combat situations, which goes hand in hand with his superb agility. He can run a mile in under four minutes, has a running speed of 20.45 mph, a top speed of 26 mph (77.54% faster than the average man), a striking speed of 122.7 fps (83.66 mph/134.64 kph), and he can throw his shuriken at a high velocity (65 mph/104.61 kph). He proved to be fast enough to surprise-attack Barry Parker and administer a brutal beating after the latter killed Star. Although this was most likely a burst of power and speed involved with fast-twitch muscle fibers, Jason's mobility far eclipses his strength. Lincoln's Stand, 21 Silver Act III has said that people do not give Jason enough credit for his speed, as in one of his dreams he swiftly dove off a building to catch a falling Clark while simultaneously launching his grappling hook behind him.
	+ **Peak Human Agility:** Jason is superbly nimble and agile with supple joints, and was taught to effectively utilize his naturally developed agility in combat. He uses his agility much more than his other physical attributes, most notably during his gymnastics workout routines or when participating in his favorite hobby, parkour, the backbone of his martial arts ability. He is often seen employing intricate, complex flips in his fighting style, rapidly changing direction with a minimal loss of speed, and also avoiding or maneuvering through obstacles, all without losing balance and maintaining speed and direction.
	+ **Peak Human Stamina:** Jason is highly accustomed to physical exertion, making him extremely endurant and able to work his muscles over significant periods of time, allowing him to withstand extensive bouts and beatings. He has a high anaerobic threshold, because his training has caused him to produce fewer fatigue toxins than the average athlete. He also only needs six hours of sleep a night. John Pykett has stated that Jason has the stamina of a mutant, and Brock Denisovich was also impressed with his endurance. He also wore out Cogent in their rematch. In addition, Jason meditates to sustain energy.
	+ **Peak Human Reflexes:** Jason's reflexes, focus and perception are at peak human rate. He can react to danger mid-combat, and even avoid rapid gunfire at close range. He has kept up with his speedster best friend Barry Parker and even anticipated his super-accelerated attacks. His reaction to danger is also a result from being on guard the majority of the time due to his paranoia, which allowed him to defend himself from Evan Broxton's lethal attacks. Isaac von Morov later noted Jason for his quick reaction time, further exaggerated by Oz Hellas to be "inhuman." His reflexes were further demonstrated when he dodged a shuriken thrown at him by Minato at 80 mph. Barry mistakenly believed that Jason had superhuman reflexes.
	+ **Peak Human Senses:** While not on the same level as his master, Jason's senses were heightened during his ninja training. He was once administered the sakki test (殺気), which required him to sense an incoming wooden sword from behind and react to the danger. He thus has trained ears, as well as a great tactile and kinesthetic sense. He can also sense demonic presences from the scent of sulfur.
	+ **High Pain Tolerance:** The quality of Jason's body is generally scarred-over, due to being quite accustomed to a high level of pain and drugging, allowing him to continue fighting in or even survive near-death situations. Accompanied by his crimefighting suit, Jason is endurant enough to survive blows from opponents with superior strength and remain conscious and ready to battle.

*"It's like a mix of gangster and ninja."*
—Clark Flat to Jason Kade
* **Master Martial Artist:** Jason is an extremely skilled hand-to-hand combatant, as he was rigorously trained in martial arts at a young age, and he excelled in it. He continued training himself, becoming an exceptionally fit man who is highly skilled in martial arts, simultaneously adding acrobatics and parkour to his routine, which influences his overall fighting style and moves. Jason is a fifth-degree black belt with a foundation of Boxing, Taekwondo, Jujitsu, Shōrin-ryū Karate, Eskrima, and Pro Wrestling, and was trained by Lance White in Muay Thai, Capoeira, Kobudō, Wushu, Wing Chun, Judo, Koppōjutsu, and several disciplines of Ninjutsu, and was taught some Krav Maga by Clark Flat and Xiao Lee by Deus Rex. His fighting style consists of overwhelming his enemies with high-impact, multi-strike techniques, involving strong punches and well-executed kicks, as well as technical blocks and grappling. His style is also very kinetic and aerodynamic. He eventually used his skills to fight crime as the vigilante, "Almanac." He could single-handedly take down the criminals of both Emerald City and Neo Arcadia, defeating gangsters, corrupt cops and assassins. He was also ultimately able to overpower Stone Jones in their final duel. Under Lance's tutelage, Jason was trained in the ancient Japanese battle art of Ninjutsu, and his improved combat skills enabled him to hold his own against the fierce and extremely dangerous John Roy and other Marines like Clark, who stated that Jason fought better than anyone in the Arcadian Rebels (albeit after Lance's departure), and as such he is often the mentor of self-defense for new recruits. When White seemingly passed, Jason decided to honor him by continuing his practice as a shinobi, which paid off in his fights against the mixed martial artist Quetzal, the brilliant Creon, the war-seasoned Autumn Stone, and the legendary ninja Minato, who complimented his ability to predict movements in battle. He was also evenly matched with Argonaut when the latter was mind-controlled by Axel Trevor, despite the latter's extensive training in the Guild of Death. After acquiring a Shield of Jupiter from Titus Curio, Jason began practicing shield-fighting techniques, both defensive and offensive. He was later able to contend with the troopers of the Roman Legion, Colonel Sears' platoon of Shadow Hounds Unit, Atlantean warriors, and even the Greek goddess, Persephone. With the power of White Lotus, Jason managed to contend with Hades, one of the deadliest Olympians. He later held his own against Rath with proper technique, but he ultimately required assistance due to the latter's sheer physical abilities and refined superpowers.
	+ **Staff Mastery:** Jason is highly skilled in the use of staves and similar melee weapons. While skilled in many forms of combat and with many weapons, Jason has the greatest skill with his trademark weapon, his twin batons. He makes use of his staves' versatile nature to block as well as counter attack. While stick fighting, Jason varies his acceleration due to understanding that fighters work in the same pace and that by changing it, he can throw his opponent off their game and make them lose their balance. He can also precisely throw his batons to hit multiple targets with the same throw by means of ricochet, and could even achieve a boomerang-like return effect, allowing him to strike enemies from behind or retrieve the stave(s) without objects to ricochet from. His training with ASP batons allowed him to easily wield Rebecca Ozelle's special baton. His Ninjutsu training reinforced his skill with a Bō staff, making his proficiency highly adaptable with various items, as displayed when he improvised a staff with a hat rack against the Banshee Corporation soldiers, used the Roman Legion's spears against them, and a regal scepter from a museum to fight off terrorists. Isaac von Morov even complimented his striking him with a bamboo stick as an improvised bō. Additionally, Kade can shorten his staves' cable to simulate nunchaku, and wield with great proficiency. Aside from using them to wrap around an opponent's joints and weapons to disarm, Jason swings and strikes with them in the manner akin to flails at great speeds with his peak human strength to increase his damage. His proficiency with staff weapons extends to polearm weapons, as he easily threw Poseidon's trident to Leah during the battle between the Rebels and Hades and Persephone. He also disarmed one of Evan's demons of their spear, and used two of Andrew's spears to combat a dark creature in collaboration with the latter.
	+ **Knife Expertise:** Jason is also proficient in the use of knives as close quarters blades and throwing projectiles. He usually resorts to wielding his kunai and shuriken, if not his twin staves. He has received training from Lance in knife-fighting and he has practiced Eskrima techniques with Kaz. He is extremely skilled in throwing, deflecting, and fighting with kunai and shuriken, as well as accurate enough to fling them in battle to pierce his opponents or relieve them of their weapons. His most frequent disarming tactic is to fling a shuriken into the back of his opponent's hand. He demonstrated his accuracy when he threw a kunai into one of the Entertainer's eyes. He is also an amateur at using kukri, having once borrowed one of Exanimis' in a fight.
	+ **Sword Skills:** Jason knows the basics of swordsmanship thanks to lessons with Lance White, the latter of whom is widely regarded as one of the greatest swordfighters in recent history. He taught Jason to hold a sword properly and to keep his knees bent when he parries. His skill allowed him to mortally wound the Memory Leader with a sword. When White returned from the dead, Jason improved his proficiency in swordplay to one day wield White Fox by practicing with the former. Later, Jason held his own in a duel with a member of the Guild of Death (disguised as Axel Trevor) in an attempt to claim the organization for his own, and while he was defeated in combat, he won the organization due to "Trevor" exploding the location of the duel. He utilized his training in Kenjutsu, Eskrima and Wing Chun for said duel. Tim's sword Bravesoul chose Jason as its new owner after he demonstrated skill in wielding it, coupled with his honor. Since White's disappearance, Jason has been further improving his skill in swordsmanship with the ninjatō. He eventually learned to control the demonic energy infused into him years ago by Deus Rex and infused his sword with it, transforming it into a weapon which he used to cut off Doctor Orion's arm.
	+ **Shield Skills:** Jason is skilled in using a shield in combat as a blunt weapon as well as to block or deflect attacks. He quickly learned to use Titus Curio's Shield of Jupiter and gained some experience in using it, which allowed him to disarm and defeat Roman Legion soldiers of their own shields after Curio reclaimed his shield. Prior to this, he could improvise a shield with a nearby manhole cover. Tim noted that Jason's fighting skills unexpectedly improved in his absence, especially with his shield.
* **Master Acrobat:** Having top notch agility, flexibility, dexterity and reflexes, Jason is capable of incorporating gymnastics and acrobatics into his fighting style as he battles opponents, and could already do several agile flips as a child. As a vigilante, he learned to effectively utilize his natural agility in combat and essentially turned gymnastics into a fighting style. He is highly skilled with parkour and free-running and able to quickly move over rooftops and climb buildings. Even when handcuffed, Jason can perform an agile back flip, bringing his hands back in front of his torso. He also utilizes his superior agility to successfully gain the upper hand against opponents. However, Jason is notably not quite as agile as Lance White, though a year after their first encounter, his agility seems to have improved, with Jason's now rivaling that of his mentor. His agility also allowed him to gain the upper hand on Wolftrot during their fights. He is even able to use his great agility to dodge bullets at point-blank range. Jason was able to dive through a kiosk thrown at him by Connor and front flip into a kick to the latter's face.

*"I see my target in the distance. I feel the variation in the wind. I hear the bowstring tighten, and I let go."*
—Jason Kade
* **Bow Mastery:** Jason is a toxophilite; a lover of archery. He has trained himself to become a master archer, particularly with a recurve bow, with high accuracy. He can shoot an apple atop a man's head from a distance of 90 feet away. Throughout his time as "Blue Arrow," Jason rarely missed his target. He can combine his skills as a bowman with close-quarters combat, allowing him to shift between melee and archery with ease, such as using his bow as a melee weapon.
* **Expert Marksman:** Jason is an excellent marksman, due to his ultra-fast reflexes and coordination. While he lacks skill with firearms, he is accurate with throwing weapons, such as one of his battle staves, kunai or shuriken. He can use these projectiles to relieve his enemies of their weapons, as diversions for evasion or simply injure them. Jason has handled several firearms in his life, including pistols, revolvers, rifles and machine guns, but not as properly as his friends and enemies. He can, however, wield pulse firearms. He has practiced the fundamentals of marksmanship with two Marines, John Roy and Clark, but he is still incompetent and prefers his other weapons.

*"Fight with stealth, strike from the shadows."*
—Jason Kade
* **Stealth:** Jason learned from Lance to make use of any kind of darkness; he could conceal himself in shadows, or, if necessary and conditions were right, hide in plain sight. He was taught to physically hide every part of him, and to use the naturally dark areas of his costume and integrate himself into the dark parts of the environment around him. He was already adept at stealth, which aids him in infiltrating enemy territory. In addition he can utilize various corners and objects to evade his enemies. Jason's most impressive feats of stealth are liberating Kaz Becker from Maxside Prison and surprising Barry Parker from the shadows, despite the latter's superhumanly fast reaction time.
* **Intimidation:** As the vigilante Almanac, Jason can command an intimidating presence and instill fear in individuals due to his reputation for not only dealing brutal damage to criminals but also the fact that he has survived numerous encounters with Death. As such, he dons a blood-red and black uniform to scare criminals, and if that is insufficient he compensates by hissing threats and meting out justice with his bare hands. Star has called Jason "terrifying."

*"Tactics are about clearly grasping a tough situation and formulating the best plan."*
—Jason Kade
* **Gifted Intelligence:** Jason is an intelligent and sharp-witted young man, with aptitudes in stratagems, detective skills, chemistry, engineering, deception, and leadership. Although he is more adroit at physicality, he is capable of intelligence, acumen, and cognitive reasoning. Under Sarah Malvolia's tutelage, he became highly skilled in body armor and weaponry (including his own suit, twin staves, and Leah's lasso and sword). While he is not the most academically-gifted, he has a creative intellect, and he is very articulate. In college, Jason read up on social engineering, psychology and intimidation tactics, and his burgeoning wisdom has greatly contributed to his leadership skills and tactical mind. As noted by Minato, Jason has an aptitude for predicting his enemies' movements in battle. He has an IQ of 117.
	+ **Expert Tactician:** Jason has an instinct for battle strategy, and leadership skills. He is an ardent strategist and planner, believing strategy on a game board is no different from strategy on the field of battle. His tactics and ingenuity are far beyond those of typical ninja. He rarely lets his emotions cloud his judgment or panics, and is able to calmly assess his tactical situation and determine the wisest course of action, and even has the wisdom to retreat if his position is untenable, meaning he has clarity: a vital trait in both a ninja and leader. He has expanded on John Nash's game theory, the study of strategic decision making, and he has shown to prepare before engaging in combat and overtaking a stronger enemy, laying out countermeasures. He can formulate, coordinate and execute both attack strategies and tactical retreats, and devise methods of locating enemies, such as when he knew Goonie Soldiers' blood had trace isotopes that would appear on a chemical scan, and he also knows when someone is teleported based on tau-neutrino energy residue and backtracing the source of the signal. He can also quickly think on his feet, shown by when he was arrested and, using his study of psychology, called Kevin Jenkins to retrieve one of his items before hotheaded police officers could search his house, anticipating that they would catch him in the act and suspect what Jenkins was retrieving to be the Almanac Suit (in truth being art supplies), leading them to a waste of time due to not locating incriminating evidence of him secretly being a vigilante. He has coined some of his own strategies, such as the Dodgeball Strategy, where a speedster gathers enemy ammunition, or the Patty Cake technique, where he and a speedster perform an elevated hand slap at high velocity to generate a lateral concussive shockwave. Jason possesses leadership skills, able to command his very own CrimDroids. After thoroughly studying the nature of superpowers and memorizing his teammates' files, he became skilled in organizing and deploying others for missions based on their resources. When he was officially being appointed to lead the Arcadian Rebels, he began using his original unorthodox strategies for missions, but to also use his ability to motivate and inspire his teammates to accomplish goals. Isaac Morov also occasionally went to Jason for tactical input.
	+ **Expert Investigator:** Jason is capable of meticulous research, and can effectively search for information and follow clues. He is very precise with forensics, able to analyze and gather information. From his analysis of various residues and such, he is also shown a considerable knowledge of chemistry. He is very effective at information gathering, and was able to track down his sister and aid Leo Clark in the search of Lance White when he went missing. Barry Parker relied on Jason's detective skills when he returned, and Clark Flat later stated that "[he] can find anything but God," referring to his atheism. Jason cleverly followed the getaway route of Connor's heist by searching for temporarily disabled cameras. He was also able to deduce the Rebels were on Earth-76 based on their surroundings.
	+ **Expert Interrogator:** Jason has a great skill at reading people and getting inside their minds. When criminals (and people in general) talk to him, Jason is able to analyze what they say and find the information necessary. His studies of social engineering, psychology and intimidation tactics greatly amplify his interrogation skills.
	+ **Expert Deceiver:** Jason is a practiced liar with years of experience of selective misinformation, and can easily accept the covenant of keeping a secret. As a seasoned crimefighter, he is skilled in devising scenarios that plausibly explain his absence from social obligations as being a vigilante contains an inherent obligation to maintain confidences. He can casually lie with a lack of a physiological response (rapid breathing, increase in perspiration, involuntary muscular contractions etc.) and is not concerned with what he says, his facial expressions nor his autonomic reflexes. His deceptive capabilities were bolstered during his shinobi training.
	+ **Skilled Thief:** Jason has basic lockpicking skills and his ability in stealth is helpful when breaking into a place. He learned to pickpocket when he was briefly affiliated with the Lobos Negros.
	+ **Skilled Engineer:** While nowhere near as accomplished an engineer as the likes of Sarah Malvolia, Cody Nakamura, Lance White or Saul Collins, Jason is skilled in armor design, weapons customization, working with electronics (including microelectronics) and metalwork, even earning slight praise from White. Among his designs include his own suit and gear, other suits and weapons, trick arrows, the Boomstick, and removing a resistor from a DVD burner's laser diode and fitting it into a flashlight housing to improvise a lightsaber.
	+ **Skilled Musician:** Jason can play the piano and some guitar, and can also sing. He performed Charlie Puth's *"One Call Away"* at Clark Flat's second wedding on the piano. His favorite songs to play on the piano are *"Bohemian Rhapsody"* by Queen, *"Africa"* by Toto, *"Take Me To Church"* by Hozier, *"Writing's on the Wall"* by Sam Smith, *"Scared of the Dark"* by Lil Wayne, Ty Dolla $ign and XXXTentacion, *"Lose Yourself"* by Eminem, and *"The Last Of The Real Ones"* by Fall Out Boy.
	+ **Skilled Survivalist:** Through several lessons with Flag, Almanac is able to survive in the wild for a certain period of time. He learned how to pinpoint directions and the time without a compass and watch. He has a basic understanding of knots and filtering water to be useable. Jason's resourcefulness came in handy on the hunt for Ted Kaczynski, where he skinned a wolf for clothing and harvested its meat for provisions.
	+ **Multilingualism:** Jason speaks English, Spanish, and adequate Japanese and Russian. He also knows sign language, Morse code and some Latin, and is in the midst of learning Mandarin Chinese and French. He excelled in Spanish in high school, learned Japanese and sign language from Lance and Morse code from Clark, and he learned some Russian, Latin, Mandarin and French on his own.
* **Meditation:** Jason regularly meditates before and after battle to sustain energy. This helps to increase his strength, focus and to heal his wounds faster, and can also let him lower his body temperature and slow his heartbeat to avoid detection from enemies. This helps him retain his health and virility, as well as regaining hidden truths and memories buried deep in his sub-conscious.
* **Indomitable Will:** Jason is a courageous and bold man; despite being called "unbelievably damaged" by Barry Parker and having lived through a lot of darkness, Jason still cares about trying to make sure nobody else has go through what he has gone through. Aside from his qualities of martial arts and fitness, Jason possesses bravery, a will of steel, and dedication to an ideal. He is all about resolve; he is limited compared to some of the other heroes, but it never stops him from doing what has to be done in the pursuit of justice. He is extremely driven, determined and deeply motivated in his goals to preserve life, protect the innocent and punish the guilty. He almost never gives up under most situations, even when he is facing more powerful opponents. Jason's force of will was exhibited when he bore the Shield of Jupiter, a weapon enchanted to possess durability directly proportionate to the wielder's will. The shield has withstood mighty blows from the god-like Roman Legion and impacts from dangerous weapons. Jason also temporarily sustained the effects of Autumn Stone's insanity waves. Jason's close friend Clark Flat has stated that Jason is "too stubborn to die."

## Weaknesses

* **Human Vulnerabilities:** For all his skills, Jason is still a mortal. He is vulnerable to the physical attacks of stronger and more powerful opponents; he has been pummeled, stabbed, shot, burned, overpowered and been at the edge of his life countless times. Though he usually compensates for his weaknesses quite well with his combat skills and exceptional physical prowess, he has died once at the hands of Professor Sebastian Raymond and he could not do anything about it.
	+ **Blunt Trauma:** Almanac's suit is exceptionally good at preventing damage from sharp objects and cuts, such as blades and firearms. However, blunt trauma can usually end up succeeding where these methods can't, such as the likes of 899 and his hammer, which had the capacity to knock the wind out of Almanac or break his bones.
* **Poor Social Skills:** In contrast to Jason's other skills, his social intuition is extremely wanting. This is due to the fact that he was sheltered in his youth and had few friends other than Barry Parker, whose social skills were similarly, sorely lacking. When Barry disappeared for reasons unknown to Jason at the time, he became extremely lonely and did not get along with his teammates. The bonding he missed only exacerbated Jason's acceptance of being a lone wolf, which would stick with him throughout his life. Though he possesses leadership skills, he often disagrees with his teammates outside of missions because of his nigh-inability to pick up on social cues and he occasionally cannot distinguish between sincerity and humor. His awkward social skills have caused him to develop some self-doubt and have been the catalyst of several of his failed relationships, friends and family included.
* **Poor Anger Management:** Almanac often will burst into fits of rage that cause him to make poor decisions or act irrationally. This can be seen through him flipping benches and tearing his shirt off in public while yelling at Leah Caverly, and constantly being plagued with thoughts such as "kill them all" when talking with people he doesn't like. Jason still barely acknowledges the presence of the likes of Johnathan Jacobson, Olivia Connor and Ethel Stone, simply on the grounds of disliking them.
* **Stubbornness:** Jason's indomitable will can also be one of his vices. He struggles often to compromise with others, and will refuse to see the good in some people. This is demonstrated through his hesitance to befriend former enemies turned good, such as Roger David. He also will refuse to budge or budge too late on vital issues, such as his reluctance to accept Elijah Kade as his son or take in Earth-3's refugees. Both of these decisions would not only lead to the suffering of others down the line, but also his own.
* **Overconfidence:** Jason tends to utilize a brawn-over-brains approach to combat, mostly due to his peak human physique. However, in many situations this can cause him to struggle to overcome obstacles, such as the Entertainer's riddles and mind-games. For this reason, some tend to see Jason Kade as a narcissist.
* **Borderline Sociopathy:** As a vigilante, Jason has been called a violent sociopath by the media. He has the characteristics of a sociopath, such as tenacity and lack of a physiological response while casually lying, like rapid breathing or an increase in perspiration. He lives on the fringes of society and is a compulsive liar due to living two lives. It is difficult, but not impossible, for him to establish meaningful relationships and form attachments with others. He is capable of empathy in certain limited circumstances, but not in others, and with a few individuals, but not others. While he has suffered trauma, he still maintains moral conscience, empathy, and ability to form emotional attachments, although they are sometimes weak.

## Techniques

* Taijutsu
* Chi
* Combos

* **Boxing:** Jason uses jabs, crosses, hooks, uppercuts, haymakers and shovel hooks for offense. He keeps his fists up and close by his face for defense. Jason also sways his head back and slips the jab to avoid being hit, and uses the Ali shuffle to distract his opponent. While his cardio is impressive, Jason takes quick breaths between jabs to keep attacking, knowledge which he imparted unto Ezra. He frequently blends his boxing prowess with his training in Taekwondo, such as performing a corkscrew uppercut leading into a roundhouse kick to the head, or a snap roundhouse to the midsection followed up by a cross or a hook. Jason can be methodical with his technique, as seen when he took Brock Denisovich out of commission with a single punch to his liver, although the Russian had been out of practice.
* **Taekwondo:** Jason's staple martial art involves him executing numerous kicks, e.g. the roundhouse kick, axe kick, side kick, jump spin hook kick, tornado kick, jump spin back kick, rear horse kick, 540 kick, and spinning hook kick. Jason also uses the inside block for defense. One of his more advanced and favored techniques is the jump spin hook kick (also known as eedan dwi huryeo chagi or known by ninja as the "leaf hurricane"), by jumping and twisting into the air as he swings his leg out in a hook-like motion to strike with the sole of his foot. Similarly, he used a spinning hook kick against Matillo, who said he mastered the technique. He can combine his weaponry with his kicks, such as when he throws a kunai to distract his opponent as he delivers a flying side kick (also known as twi-myo yeop chagi) to their chest.
* **Jujitsu:** Jason can overpower physically superior opponents through the use of proper technique. This was seen when he quickly hyperextended Rath's arm. Jason also uses chokeholds to incapacitate his enemies, the armbar, the flying armbar (tobi juji gatame), flying pendulum sweeps, triangle chokes (sankaku-jime), the reverse ude garami (Kimura lock), the yawara wrist-flip, and the okuri eri jime.
* **Karate:** Jason uses techniques from Okinawan and modern Karate, including knifehand strikes, back fists, straight punches and the yubi hasami for offense, and blocks such as chudan uke, kakuto uke, or mawashi uke for defense. He also uses front kicks, wheel kicks, front sweeps, and back thrust kicks. For stealth, he can deliver brachial strikes to his enemies. Jason's style of Karate is diametrically opposed to his former rival's, Daniel Silver, whose style is influenced by Tang Soo Do.
	+ **Crane Kick:** Jason stands on his right foot, lifts his left leg, opens his arms and takes balance. He jumps on his right foot and delivers a front kick with the same foot, his arms will go down on guard but his opponent will expect a left-foot kick.
	+ **Kiai:** Jason releases the power of his inner self with a noise, e.g. "kiai" or "aits."
* **Eskrima:** Jason is highly skilled in wielding batons and knives in combat. With batons, he can extend his reach in order to better strike his opponent, and block more effectively. He is also capable of various weapon disarming techniques based around ranges and relative body positions and their effects on joints. For example, Jason can twist one's wrist inward inward to get them to drop their firearm. His eskrima techniques include the Heaven Six Sinawali, the Abanico, and the Labai.
* **Professional Wrestling:** Jason uses pro wrestling techniques, namely drop kicks, headbutts, suplexes, Superman punches, Brogue kicks, chokeslams, the enzuigiri, the hip toss, the arm drag, the armbar, the hammerlock, and the Swanton bomb. Not dissimilar to lucha libre, Jason also uses the huricanrana, headscissor takedowns and the frankensteiner, but he is surpassed by Quetzal in proficiency. Jason has been compared to Jeff Hardy, Daniel Bryan, and Sheamus.
* **Muay Thai:** Jason uses Thai boxing techniques, including flying knees, elbow strikes, knee strikes, power angle kicks, question mark kicks, and the cartwheel kick. He also uses his shins to check kicks from his opponents.
* **Capoeira:** Jason showcases speed, balance, and constant movement in his attacks. He can conceal his strikes with techniques such as the martelo de negativa kick or the meia lua de compasso, where he places his hand on the ground and swings his heel around like a baseball bat. His other techniques include the inverted martelo de chao for sweeping, the au batido, and he also uses fluid, acrobatic dodges, such as the macaco em pe.
* **Kobudō:** Jason was trained by Lance in Okinawan weaponry, such as nunchaku and tonfa, but not sai. With his nunchaku, Jason can rapidly swing them around to compound force behind his strikes, trap his opponents' limbs and disarm them.
* **Wing Chun:** Jason was also trained by Lance in Wing Chun, a close combat style of Kung Fu from southern China. The style combines defense and attack; he attacks and fights to defeat his opponnet as quickly as possible with simultaneous defense and attack. The style specializes in dealing rapid-fire punches and trapping his opponents' limbs to counterattack. He practices on a muk yan jong. His techniques include roll punches and the one-inch punch, but he is not familiar with the martial art's weapons, the butterfly sword and the dragon pole.
* **Wushu:** Jason was trained by Lance in another style of Kung Fu, which is very acrobatic and allows him to utilize his high levels of agility, flexibility and precision. Such moves include the butterfly kick, the b-twist, the inward 360 dive roll, and the full twist side kick. Jason can also perform a running b-twist jump to set up throwing his shield.
* **Judo:** In addition to his black belt in jujutsu, Jason knows some judo maneuvers. He was able to dispatch Four-Armageddon with a throw and threw Rath over his hip after linking arms and kicking the back of his leg. He chiefly uses the ippon seoi nage, as well as the ko-uchi-makikomi, the kosoto gari, the sumi gaeshi, the kata guruma, the tomoe nage, the kiri gaeshi, the osoto-gari, the ō goshi, the koshi guruma, the tai otoshi, the uki otoshi, and a flying backflip variation of the ude gatame.
* **Aikido**: Jason is also somewhat familiar with the art of blending with his attacker's force and redirecting it to neutralize his opponent. Some of his moves include the shihonage, the kotegaeshi and the occasional sumi otoshi. He considers the hiji kime to be reminiscient of the ude garami, and he also uses another hiji waza known as the hije shime.
* **Ninjutsu:** Jason is the former apprentice of a shinobi. Hence, he was trained in the ancient Japanese battle art of Ninjutsu. He is versed in several of its disciplines, or "ninja juhachi kei," including Taijutsu (hand-to-hand combat), Kenjutsu (swordsmanship), Bōjutsu (staff and stick-fighting), Shurikenjutsu (throwing blades), Kayakujutsu (smoke bombs), Hensōjutsu (disguise and impersonation), Shinobi-iri (stealth and infiltration), Bajutsu (equestrianism), Sui-ren (water training), Bōryaku (tactics), Chōhō (espionage), Intonjutsu (escape and concealment), Chi-mon (geography) and Kuji-Kiri (hand seals). Hence, Jason is skilled in weapons, stealth, and hand-to-hand combat. He is also familiar with the deceptive attacks of kyūshojutsu nerve strikes; when Lincoln was brainwashed by Nazis, Jason gripped where his neck met his shoulders, and he later delivered a precise blow to the axillary nerve in Cogent's right armpit to temporarily paralyze him.
	+ **Taijutsu:** Jason is trained in ninja-hand-to-hand combat, which covers striking and grappling. Some of his taijutsu techniques include omote kote gyaku (outer wrist reversal) and koho tenkai (a backhandspring to escape such a submission).
		- **Koppōjutsu/Gōken:** Jason tends to concentrate on inflicting external damage. He uses crushing blows to raise contusions and break limbs, pounding his enemy. Not dissimilar to Tantōjutsu, he was also taught how to wield and disarm knives, such as with the "hamukai" technique.
		- **Konoha Senpū/Leaf Hurricane:** Jason's signature kicking technique is a jump spin hook kick, occasionally varied as 540-degree hook kick. He can use a stronger version of the kick known as Konoha Gōriki Senpū/Severe Leaf Hurricane, which Matillo said he had mastered. He taught the Leaf Hurricane to Ember.
		- **Shishi Rendan/Lions Barrage:** Jason does a front flip and slams the back of his heel into his opponent.
		- **Shōryūken/Rising Dragon Fist:** Jason performs a jumping, spinning uppercut on his opponent.
	+ **Kenjutsu:** Jason is trained in Japanese swordsmanship. Rather than a katana, he wields a ninjatō when he is not using his nunchaku, shuriken or kunai. When he does use his sword, his favored stances are hassō-no-kamae for defense and waki-gamae for offense. Jason trains in Japanese swordsmanship with a bokken.
	+ **Bōjutsu:** Jason is trained in wielding a staff, and he is most intuitive with stick-based weaponry. As such, he is not only highly skilled in wielding a staff, but also improvising other items of similar size and shape as a staff in combat, such as a hat rack or a museum's display regal scepter.
	+ **Sōjutsu:** While not often shown, Jason learned spear fighting techniques in his ninja training. As such, he was able to use the Roman Legion's spears against them, disarmed one of Evan Broxton's demons of their spear, and used two of Andrew Lavellan's spears to combat a dark creature in collaboration with the latter.
	+ **Shurikenjutsu:** Jason is trained in throwing small blades, specifically shuriken and kunai. He has practiced relentlessly to improve his accuracy in order to disarm his enemies as well as harm them in a less than lethal manner. He can also use his shuriken to disrupt his enemies' environment to his advantage, such as throwing them at garbage cans to distract them.
* **Krav Maga:** Jason learned some Krav Maga techniques, namely gun disarms, from Clark. He would eventually pass on one disarm, which includes placing one hand underneath the barrel of his enemy's pistol while the other applies pressure on the wrist to flip the gun into his own hand, to Lina.
* **Xiao Lee/Shaori:** Jason learned Xiao Lee from Deus Rex, which included techniques on using his opponent's strength against them.

- **Seiken:** Jason discovered after a year of operating with the Rebels that he could unleash a razor-sharp rotating blade of wind, much like his master. This is due to receiving spiritual guidance and training from a Shiro. With it, Jason has resorted to using this as a final move due to the strain it causes him.
	* **Kamaitachi:** Jason created the Kamaitachi technique, similar to how his master created the Seishin no Ken. With the technique, Jason expels several smaller blades of wind in rapid succession.

- **Daisan no Me/Third Eye:** Jason focuses his internal energy to his eyesight, placing a filter over his eyes to see the unseen. For instance, can see energy trails left behind by people and hidden objects, but with a limited range.

- **Hachimon/Eight Inner Gates:** Jason was taught to open the first of the Eight Inner Gates, the Gate of Opening (開門), enabling him to release his brain's restraints on his muscles, freeing him to bring forth his body's strength to its full extent. When he opened the first gate at Limehouse Penitentiary, he was strong enough to throw Wild Bear over his shoulders and into a group of Roman soldiers.

- **Patty Cake:** Jason's collaborative technique with Barry Parker involves an elevated hand-slap at high speeds. The two used it against Oas and Marx, which created a shockwave to knock them down. He would later have Barry use this technique again, but instead of his hand, he has Barry strike his shield. Jason replicated the technique with Oz Hellas striking his shield with his energized cane.

## Equipment

*"Being prepared for everything means that that situation statistically just won't occur."*
—Jason Kade
### Attire

* **Almanac Suit:** Jason designed for himself a red and black suit with a facemask and helmet, a lightweight tactical suit with a polymer Kevlar weave, which is light and can carry gear. The suit provides resistance to small arms fire, and has advanced flexibility for close quarters combat. The helmet of the suit is nearly indestructible, allowing for Jason to survive in fights with superhuman opponents, and the bodysuit itself is highly tear-resistant, not to mention bulletproof. The suit is red and black to symbolize nighttime and blood, while also allowing for intimidation and stealth.
	+ **Utility Belt:** Jason's specially designed belt, with its many pouches filled with an arsenal of numerous gadgets, weapons and tools at all times, to aid him in his mission.
* **Shinobi Shozoku:** In the future, Jason dons the traditional garb of the ninja, designed for stealth operations. Along with it he wears a black domino mask, forehead protector, sound-absorbent boots, and a sheath for White Fox.

### Weaponry and Gadgets

*"The greatest arsenal any man can bring to the party consists of the resources of his own mind: his intelligence, his stratagems, his force of will."*
—Jason Kade
* **Battle Staves:** Jason's signature weapons are two short sticks that can be connected to form a staff, with both kept in twin holsters on his suit's thighs. These can be disconnected or held together with a special steel fiber composite cable to simulate a grappling hook or nunchaku for close-quarter combat. Since late 2017, Jason has taken a likening to utilizing the nunchaku form of his staves and emphasizing his training in Kobudō paired with his new ninja training. With the nunchaku, Jason can build momentum into his strikes akin to how he often adds flips to his kicks. Jason can also conduct electrical currents in his nunchaku form, using them to shock his enemies with intense voltage. Clark Flat gave him the idea to activate a release of electricity from the ends of the handles whenever his enemy attempts to disarm him.
* **Bow:** Jason, during his time as **Blue Arrow**, utilized a spare hybrid-compound bow to fire his Trick Arrows. The bow is customized with a red laser sight, a blue taut string and the ability to collapse and fold. It uses an alloy center riser and detachable limbs to allow flexibility of draw weight. The draw weight of the bow is 150 pounds, meaning that is the weight Jason pulls back every time he nocks an arrow.
* **Combat Knife:** Jason's army knife from Vietnam has a 10.5-inch razor sharp stainless steel blade with a serrated edge. This is kept in his calf-sheathe.
* **Pulse Rifle:** Jason's pulse rifle fires compressed red energy rounds and remains particularly steady while unloading fully-automatic pulse fire. Its recoil compensation allows for accurate, sustained fire.
* **Jonas Harris' Bar Staff:** Jason was given a custom bar staff by Jonas Harris after the latter failed to locate his son. Jason keeps the weapon in his home for emergencies.
* **Boomstick:** Jason created a collapsible thermite torch to burn through metals for certain missions. He keeps this attached to his belt close to his lower back.
* **Kunai:** Jason began carrying eight kunai on his person after he began embracing his ninja training. He uses them for close-quarters combat, as well as ranged combat, by fighting with them or throwing them, respectively. The knives' blades are diamond-shaped and coated with black oxide so as to not reflect light. Jason also keeps one up each of his sleeves so he can slide them into his hands.
* **Shuriken:** Jason also started carrying four-pointed throwing stars along with his kunai, often using them by throwing them into the back of his enemies' hands to make them drop their weapons. He can hit his intended target from distances as great as 45 feet, at 65 mph.
* **Shuko Spikes:** Jason carries a pair of Shuko claws in one of his utility belt's pouches to climb up walls.
* **Shield of Jupiter:** During the Druid-Crusade War, Jason obtained a heater shield made of an unknown material, but enchanted by "Jupiter" to possess a durability equivalent to the strength of the wielder's force of will. He lost it to Titus during the Rebels' assault on the Roman Legion, but he eventually reclaimed it and made it one of his staple tools.
* **Ninjatō:** After his master disappeared, Jason began to forge ninja swords to continue his training. He chose to practice wielding a black ninjatō, a sword which is shorter and straighter than a katana, and still a weapon of precision and skill. The sword is simple yet sharp and reliable.
	+ **Tantō:** Jason concealed a dagger in his sword's hilt.

### Former

Originally, Jason took to the streets with an aluminum baseball bat, his step-father's golf club, and hockey sticks with explosive pucks. The EPF agent Tech Commander provided him with an electrokinetic detonation tennis ball, designed to explode and release a surge of electricity after being struck. After joining the Rebels, Jason discarded his E-Comm and took up usage of a MaxComm.

He occasionally used weapons from AirShock Industries, such as their CloudPuncher, against the Memory Eaters.

Jason was bestowed the sword White Fox when Lance died at the hands of Ankou in February 2018. He occasionally trained with it, but he mostly kept it sheathed until he completed his ninja training. He eventually returned White Fox to Lance when the latter's mind was placed in a tritanium android body. Now that both are missing, Jason has taken to wielding different weapons.

Jason owns a pair of Eilat knuckles as a Christmas 2017 gift from Leah, but he has placed them in storage in his home. He used a straight kris against a member of the Guild of Death disguised as Axel Trevor. He also obtained Tim's sword, Bravesoul C, after he threw it into his shoulder, and infused it with the power Seiken shortly after. The sword then chose Jason as its new owner and adapted for his non-lethal fighting style. However, Jason does not usually wield swords and elected to keep the sword in his room for emergencies.

### Transportation

* **Star-Cycle:** A Ducati Streetfighter, a state-of-the-art sport bike that Jason spray painted black and red. The Star-Cycle uses a kinetic energy recovery system, allowing Jason to store the energy he uses braking to accelerate later on.
* **Sportsmobile:** Jason's car features a high-performance racing engine with a full nitrous system and bulletproof windows. However, it was destroyed by a car bomb.
* **Ducati Monster 821:** Jason's backup motorcycle is deployed by an EPF jet whenever his Star-Cycle is trashed during a chase.

## Relationships

* Clarissa Marx - Mother
* Lawrence Thatcher † - Step-Father
* Mallory White - Sister
* Lance White/Argent † - Adoptive Father, Best Friend, Mentor, Former Leader
* David White - Adoptive Brother
* Izzy White - Adoptive Sister
* Max Shiro/Cross - Adoptive Brother
* Michael Clifford † - Adoptive Son
* Amelia Prince - Adoptive Daughter
* Lexa Caverly - Adoptive Daughter
* Unborn Child †
* Cynder North - Adoptive Mother
* Moris Walther - Adoptive Brother
* Lina Fournier - Wife
* Lishan Bao - Adoptive Daughter

Allies* Barry Parker/Rapidity † - Best Friend
* Eastman Gym
* Emerald City Police Department
* Anna Stone † - Good Friend
* Essentials - Original Teammates
	+ Nismo Cipher/Flare - Best Friend
	+ Cole Grant/Tech Commander - Best Friend
	+ Alex Karn/Crimson Chi - Friend
* Carmine Incorporated - Employers
	+ Sarah Malvolia - Supervisor, Good Friend
* Arcadian Rebels - Teammates
	+ Cody Nakamura/Ghost - Good Friend, Teammate
	+ Autumn Stone - Good Friend
	+ Chris Felix/Kodachi - Good Friend, Teammate
	+ Kaz Becker/Argonaut - Best Friend, Teammate
	+ John Roy/Wolftrot - Friend, Rival
	+ Doug State/Bullet Kid - Good Friend, Apprentice, Semi-Legal Child
	+ Clark Flat/Flag - Best Friend, Teammate
	+ Isaac Morov/Cryomancer † - Friend
	+ Ben Jacobson/Sentinel - Friend, Son Figure, Victim
	+ Sam Fakashami/Shadow Boy - Good Friend
	+ Sam Aran/Elpis - Friend
	+ Star/Lightworker - Good Friend
	+ Matillo/Intrepid † - Friend
	+ Evan Broxton - Friend
	+ Andrew Lavellan - Friend
	+ Jess Connor/Anima Libera - Friend
	+ Cyrus Connor/Solaris - Friend
	+ Minato - Friend
	+ Aranza Whitmore/Doctor Rogue - Friend, Savior
	+ Nadjya Romankova - Teammate
	+ Daniel Silver - Teammate, Rival
	+ Lincoln Grace/Wolf Ranger - Friend
	+ Tiara Calinao/Titanium - Friend
	+ Jake Matthews/Eiron † - Friend
* AJ Styles/Rezurrection - Best Friend
* Neo Arcadia Police Department
	+ Leo Clark - Friend
	+ Joaquin Dallas - Friend
* EPF
	+ Michelle Garrington
	+ Nate Walsh/Zilla - Friend
	+ Harry Banks
* Jem Rose - Friend, Informant
* Catherine Layton - Friend, Informant
* Mitchell Cross - Friend, Lawyer
* Scarlett Evans - Friend, Doctor
* Death
* Mercury - Friend
* Jaeger Coldsman †
* Deus Rex - Former Trainer
* Taxi Driver
* Ballybrack Crew
	+ Dubliner
* Vincent Vizioso
* Killshot - Attempted Killer
* Twilight Tarantula - Attempted Killer
* Satsujin - Attempted Killer
* Stone Jones
* Dean Bronx
* Sebastian Raymond
	+ Enigma
	+ Smith
	+ Majestic
	+ Vath
* Tekorelli Crime Family
	+ Rocco Tekorelli
	+ Sangeetha - Attempted Killer
* Pestilence
	+ Hower
* Maelstrom
* Superhuman Mutants
	+ Mister Toxic
	+ Kinetic Man
	+ Inventor
	+ Four-Armageddon
* Killer Kings
	+ Harper
	+ Daryl Dixon
* Damon Malvolia
* Cassius Malvolia
* Maggie Smith
* Alex Cohoe
* Black Moth
* Oas
* Creon
* Marx
* Izron
* Torment
* Druids
* Roman Legion
	+ Gaius Aloysius †
	+ Titus Curio †
	+ Proculus Afer †
* Sam Aran/Cat Burglar
* Captain 917
* EEO
	+ Reaper's Head †
	+ White Devil †
	+ Sorrow
	+ Sadist †
	+ Paranoia
	+ Gregg Kalin †
	+ Spade †
* Liquid Coldsman
* Connor
* Roger David's Group
	+ Roger David
	+ Thomas Newton
	+ Mike Wilson †
	+ Thin White Duke
	+ High Priestess of Soul †
	+ Billy Shears
* Hades
* Persephone
* Bailey Mayhew
* Gale Daron
* Plague Doctor
* Black Bloods
	+ Wild Bear
* Brock Denisovich
* Ted Kaczynski
* John Jacobson/Tiresias
* Saul Collins/Doctor Orion
* Levi Goffee/Cogent
* Mar
* Dark Strike
* Militant - Ally turned Enemy

## Trivia

* Jason is an open atheist.
* Jason despises guns, viewing them as weapons of emotion and unpredictability. However, he believes a gun is just as good or as bad as the man who uses it. He tends to be very vocal about this, along with his huge reprehension against the act of killing.
* Jason is right-handed.
* Jason's favorite bands are Queen, Breaking Benjamin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Wu-Tang Clan, Nirvana, Green Day, and Imagine Dragons.
* Jason places his arrows on the right side of the bow to draw and fire in one single motion.
* Jason has a more developed visual cortex and manual ability. He has a hobby of practicing Japanese calligraphy with an inkstone.
* Jason's theme song as Almanac is *"Blow Me Away"* by Breaking Benjamin.
* Jason's favorite soda is *Mountain Dew*, and his favorite candies are *Mike and Ikes* and *Sour Patch Kids*. He also drinks bulletproof coffee, which is made from unsalted grass-fed butter with an extract of coconut oil that improves brain energy. Jason also drinks probiotic tea and he eats five raw eggs every morning in addition to an apple and vitamins and supplements like B12 and magnesium.
* Jason likes newspapers, and reads them in the order of sports, weather, then politics.
* Jason enjoys playing video games, saying that each one provides a new challenge and that it is similar to detective work.
* Jason's signature color is red: red evokes a sense of safety and confidence in the future, helps to cope with life problems. Red can have a physical effect, increasing the rate of respiration and raising blood pressure. It stimulates the nervous system and releases adrenaline. Red is hot. It's a strong color that conjures up a range of seemingly conflicting emotions from passionate love to violence and warfare. It denotes fire, heat, passion, aggression and anger, at the same time symbolizing life, energy, activeness, struggle and will.
* Jason is a fan of *Star Wars*, and is inspired by the Force. He believes "the Force" is a spiritual power one feels deep inside one when one has something to fight for.
* In high school, Jason's favorite book was *To Kill a Mockingbird*. A young girl thinks she has her whole world figured out, only to realize she had it all wrong. It is a timeless tale. The young girl keeps her humanity and perspective while the world around her goes crazy. His favorite character is Atticus, a small-town hero who believes in truth and is not willing to back down. Atticus is always the voice of reason and justice, which Jason strives to be.
* Jason is a fan of the Marvel Comics superhero Captain America. He is inspired by his dedication to uphold the hope of the American Dream, and his favorite alternate universe counterpart codename is the one from Earth-TRN634, Civil Warrior.
* Despite his Irish heritage, Jason does not believe in luck, and instead quantum entanglement. Discrete quantum particles are connected, and when triggered, they simulate a synchronicity that, to the untrained, common eye, could seem like luck.
* Jason majors in psychology and social engineering and minors in philosophy. One of his favorite philosophers is René Descartes, the French philosopher and mathematician, who famously postulated *"Cogito, ergo sum,"* which translates from Latin into *"I think, therefore I am."* It succinctly describes the uncertainty of knowledge and truth outside of our own consciousness. Descartes subjected all his beliefs to radical doubt so that he could build a bedrock belief and build his cognitive life back up on firm principles. Descartes also wrote *Mediations on First Philosophy* and invented the Cartesian plane (x^2 + y^2 = k is a circle).
* Jason has a habit of cracking his knuckles. The phenomenon of knuckle cracking is relatively harmless, but in fact the sound one hears is not a cracking at all, but rather a popping of tiny gas bubbles imploding in the synovial fluid of the metacarpal phalangeal joint.
* Jason's favorite flowers are roses, aconites and narcissuses.
* Jason deliberately pronounces "banana" as "ba-nay-nay" because he finds it humorous.
* Jason rotates Baoding balls in his hand to center himself and build his chi.
* Cyrus Connor has compared Jason to Kratos, a Spartan warrior and the demigod son of Zeus who becomes the new God of War after killing Ares.
* Minato has likened some of Jason's moves to those of professional wrestler Jeff Hardy; the athlete has been nicknamed "the Charismatic Engima," which matches Jason's personality.
* Jason's senior quote was *"Be the change you want to see in the world"* by Gandhi.
* Jason is a fan of the *Rocky* film series, with *Rocky IV* being his favorite installation, as well as the *Rambo* franchise. He is also a fan of Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, and Keanu Reeves.
* Jason is pro-life, but he is an advocate for stem cell research from miscarriage babies.