Argonaut

* Civilian
* Argonaut

*"There are always people you care about. You just... don't realize how much until they're gone."*
—Kaz Becker quoting Bruce Wayne
**Kazimieras Jones "Kaz" Becker** is a member of the Arcadian Rebels, under the codename **Argonaut**. Kaz gained training from the Guild of Death, an organization of assassins who believe in replacing evil with death, and is an expert with his vast armament of knives. He was trained by the mysterious Axel Trevor, but started his own path after understanding just how cruel his master was. He left the organization to pursue his own life while using his new skills to protect the innocent.

Kaz led a very interesting life, against all odds ranging from losing close friends and almost his sanity. When he joined the Rebels, he developed a proper sense of loyalty, family, and friendship. He came along for many missions, up until his disappearance at the hands of Javelin Black. He briefly returned but was killed by an unknown virus. His close friend Jason Kade deeply desired to avenge him. He would be brought back thanks to alien medicine Brian Henshaw provided, but would soon decide to leave the Rebels to spend time with his wife Jane Manning back in Smog City.

Kaz would soon be forced to suit up once more after Axel returned this time much more powerful, skilled, and ready challenging Kaz and his fellow Rebels along with the entirety of Neo Arcadia. Axel briefly took control of Kaz and even got Jane involved, but they were saved by his Rebel friends. Near the end, Axel gave Kaz the ultimatum of Jane losing her life, or Kaz's identity being revealed; Kaz chose the latter, and came out as the vigilante Argonaut, and was quickly incarcerated. His friends would remember him for his sacrifice. Kaz was loyal, selfless, a hero, a force for good. It is for these reasons that his friend Jason would not give up on his freedom.

After numerous months of incarceration, Jason and KJ would break Kaz out via one of KJ's breaches. Kaz would reunite with Jane in the hopsital where she would give birth to their son Noah. After a tearful farewell, Kaz, Jane, and their newly born son would move to Emerald City and start a new life.

## Biography

### Early Life

Kazimieras Jones Becker was born in Manhattan, Smog City on October 15, 1990, to Rory Becker and Leslie Cordero. Kaz was raised in a Spanish-speaking household due to his mother's Ecuadorian-Guatemalan heritage, learning to speak English as well. Growing up, Kaz never knew his father and was raised by his lone mother.

At a young age, Kaz was never an outdoor kid. He always was inside, either reading or writing, which many made fun of him for. Kaz tried to play sports; he tried soccer but he didn't really care for it. He also tried basketball but he ended up hating it.

Kaz's mom tried pushing him to do more sports. After the September 11 attacks happened, Kaz's mother stopped pushing him to go outdoors, though that didn't last long. After that, he did fine in academics. Nothing amazing, but he did fine. When Kaz was 12 and when his mother stopped worrying, she forced him to go outside every day.

Over time Kaz really started to enjoy being outside. He always went to this one area at his park that had a bench and a waterfall that goes into a river. Kaz enjoyed being there. Nearly everyday Kaz spent some time there.

### High School

#### Downfall

Kaz began to attend high school at the age of fifteen but was bullied because many found his name to be "weird," and that he was a shy introvert. Kaz harbored a bit of depression mainly because his mother would rarely ever be home and that he never had a father figure in his life, which is another reason why people would bully him at school.

At a point in his life, he would slowly be giving up on life and that nothing will ever go his way. Kaz felt like he was alone for the rest of his life. He would always wonder who his father was. The only thing Kaz knew about his father was his name, Rory Becker, and he only had faint memories of him.

Soon enough, his mother, Leslie, finally told Kaz about Rory. She told him that he disappeared about a month after Kaz was born. He only left a note that said, *"I'm sorry, I just can't do this anymore."* She later revealed to him a picture of him.

#### Kaz and Jane

Throughout freshman year, Kaz only had one friend, whom he felt close to, by the name of Jane. She was his best friend, and he found her to be kind, funny, and beautiful.

On May 12, 2005, Kaz asked Jane on a date, At this point, they have known each other for a while now. With a smile on her face, Jane happily said "yes." This wasn't their last date; this was just one of many to come.

Kaz and Jane went out on many dates. On May 25, 2005, Kaz and Jane became official. Even though Jane was made fun of being with Kaz after it broke out that Kaz and Jane were together, Jane never stopped caring for Kaz. Kaz and Jane were together from May 25, 2005, to October 9, 2006.

Kaz and Jane have been together for a long time, and many didn't believe it would last long. On October 14, 2006, the day before Kaz's sixteenth birthday, his life was going great. He had a girlfriend, he had two friends named Jacob and Marco, both of whom were Jane's friends but slowly became Kaz's, too. At school, Jane always had a sad look on her face. Kaz didn't know why. Jane wanted to wait to tell him.

After school, like always, Kaz waited for Jane before leaving. Jane went up to Kaz, and her parents pulled up afterward. Kaz was confused since Jane's parents never came and pick her up from school. Jane told Kaz that it was great being with him, that she wishes she could be with him for the rest of her life. Then that's when it all ended. Jane told Kaz she was moving away. Kaz felt like his heart had literally stopped. Jane said she tried to convince her parents to not go, but there was no way. Kaz was praying that this was all a nightmare, but it wasn't: this was real, this was real life. Jane left and that was it. The next day Kaz spent his birthday without Jane.

#### Feeling Alone

Kaz spent the rest of sophomore year without Jane. He missed her. He never dated anyone after Jane. Jacob and Marco were still Kaz's friends but without Jane, they stopped hanging out with Kaz and slowly Kaz became alone. He had no friends, he was still made fun of, and now Jane left. Kaz felt like the world hated him now. Now Kaz started making some bad decisions.

#### Living Without a Meaning

Kaz felt like the entire world hated him. He had nothing anymore. At age 16 Kaz started drinking. Kaz felt like his life meant nothing anymore. The only person who knew or suspected that Kaz was drinking and doing other stuff was his history teacher, Mr. Matthews. Mr. Matthews cared for Kaz. Kaz felt that history class was the only place other than his home that he felt safe and happy.

Soon, Kaz began getting into some trouble with the law. He began to steal from many stores so he could make a living because his mother would rarely ever be home to provide for him. Once Kaz was actually arrested for stealing beer from a liquor store. His mother had to pick him up. The next day at school all of his classmates knew what happened and distanced themselves from Kaz.

Mr. Matthews knew that something was wrong with Kaz. Everyone knew that Kaz felt broken once Jane left; the entire school knew. Mr. Matthews tried to help Kaz. One day Mr. Matthews told Kaz to meet him after school at 6:00. Kaz came to school. Mr. Matthews could tell that Kaz was drunk, by the smell of his breath and the way Kaz was acting. Kaz did tell Mr. Matthews that yes he has been drinking and why he started to drink. Mr. Matthews tried to help him, and over time Kaz stopped drinking. Then after a while, Kaz was better, having stopped drinking and he tried to put his life back to normal.

#### Next Chapter in Life

On June 21, 2008, Kaz graduated. After a while, Kaz was still called "weird" but he didn't care anymore. Kaz was excited for the next move in his life, yet he didn't know what would come to him.

### Post-High School

#### Mother's Death

After graduating high school, Kaz purchased his own residence. At age 18, Kaz took up bartending. One day he came to visit his mom, but he found her on the floor dead. A day later, Kaz received a message from a man named Axel, whom had told him to go to a certain area to continue what his ancestor from 100 years ago, Richard Becker had started, and Kaz agreed. There, he found Axel, who recruited him into an organization known as the Guild of Death.

#### Training with a Psycho

Axel had taken Kaz to a far-off mountain, where he was trained for a full month. During this time, Axel burned a tattoo onto Kaz's shoulder that everyone must have. The tattoo had a gray skull and a black "x" under it. After the month had passed, a rogue man disobeyed Axel. In anger, Axel killed the man. Kaz grew to learn that Axel kills in a very brutal way, but only if one were to disobey him.

In his training, Kaz met a man named Eli Chase, who was in the Guild of Death for the same reason as Kaz. Kaz's ancestor from 100 years ago made a deal with Axel's ancestor from 100 years ago that every Becker from that point on will have to go to that Organization and be there, to be trained and tortured.

One day Kaz was personally training with Axel. Axel was obviously better than Kaz and nearly killed him, leading the latter to feel a great deal of pain. felt. Since he failed, Axel and Kaz would fight every day until Kaz could defeat Axel.

Axel considered Kaz as his right-hand man. Axel wanted to make Kaz the top of the Guild of Death and put him in charge at some points. Every day, Axel kept giving Kaz multiple tasks he needed to complete, and even sometimes gave Kaz a time limit to complete those tasks. Kaz noticed that the way Axel mainly kills is by beheading someone, due to him doing this in front of Kaz on multiple occasions.

After three years of training, Kaz had enough. He and Eli both hatched a plan to escape, along with other members. Axel found out about this, and in vengeance killed almost all of the other people. Kaz and Eli were the only ones who were close to making it, but Axel shot Eli. Kaz approached Axel with intent to end him. He almost did, but Kaz left him. At this moment, Axel revealed to Kaz that he was the one responsible for his mother's death. Kaz instinctively used a knife and stabbed Axel.

#### Return and Regret

Kaz eventually made it back to Smog City. One unfortunate night, saw a criminal trying to mug a mother and her four-year-old daughter. Kaz went up and dispatched the criminal, but in turn, shot and killed the mugger. Kaz quickly realized his mistake and turned around to remember he committed this murder in front of a little girl. Kaz fled the scene before the police came.

### Vigilantism

#### First Actions

Kaz continued to live in Smog City. He learned the name of the mugger, Steven Ray, and hid from the public, as the police were still looking for him. In his hiding, Kaz learned Smog was a dark place. He took into consideration Smog's golden rule, "No Heroes." Kaz decided to rectify that by becoming a vigilante and stopping criminals from making the same mistake he did: kill. Kaz set out for the city wearing a dark trench coat and green helmet and goggles, armed with his knives from the Guild of Death.

Kaz used the darkness to his advantage by hiding behind buildings. On his first night, Kaz found two men attempting to rob a bank. In the darkness, Kaz dropped down and fought them. While fighting he noticed a man in the shadows behind a nearby building.

In the blink of an eye, he was gone. Kaz's interest was quickly piqued, and before he left, he secured the criminals to a pole with a chain. With the sound of sirens becoming louder and louder, Kaz climbed the ladder of a building to escape the police and observed the arrest from high up.

Kaz began his search for the dark figure. After some time, Kaz retreated to his home.

#### Not Alone

After two weeks, Kaz continued to enjoy fighting criminals he felt deserved it, but still felt watched. One night, he saw a group of ten people trying to break into a house. Kaz went to fight, but he noticed someone was coming to them. Kaz hid behind a building, believing it was the police, but it was another person: a vigilante.

He observed him fight the men. The vigilante was able to take them down, just before the police came. The vigilante grappled away, and Kaz followed him from rooftop to rooftop. He eventually caught up to him and found him smoking a cigarette, without his helmet. Kaz came closer but was punched in the face, and Kaz fought back.

The fight went on until Kaz's pocket knife went from his sheath to the vigilante's knee in a matter of seconds. Effectively immobilized, the vigilante attempted to get up. Kaz interrogated him for his identity, but the figure only stated the alias of **Gunsmoke**. Kaz helped him up and realized they had the same cause: helping out the broken city. The two talked and exchanged stories of their pasts, bonding and becoming friends.

With trust built, Gunsmoke revealed his identity to Kaz: Rene Chase. Kaz was shocked by his surname and found out his brother was his departing friend, Eli.

#### Teamwork

Months of crime-fighting partnership later, Kaz and Rene stuck together. They were so close, that Rene even bestowed unto Kaz his crime-fighting nickname, **The Shadow of the Night**, for his adeptness in stealth. However, over time Kaz wondered if he should tell Rene about what happened to Eli. This came to a halt one night when they found one man.

##### The Mystery of the Hooded Man

The man wore goggles, a hood, a cloak, a bulletproof shirt, and just regular jeans. The man had a group of men following him into a museum, and Kaz and Rene set out to stop them. Kaz and Rene then managed to break into the building, Kaz inside and Rene on the rooftop.

The group began stealing various items, though Kaz managed to take some of them down. Unfortunately, the leader of the group stepped into the building.

Kaz hid from him until the leader noticed him. The two fought until the leader managed to take him down and escaped. Rene ran in and saw Kaz laying on the floor, and took him to his apartment. Later on Kaz, found out the man he fought was Nathaniel Crane.

##### Who are You?

Kaz and Rene were trying to find out where Crane could be. One night, Kaz was hanging out on a rooftop, until he was approached by a goon, though Kaz managed to take him down.

Kaz grabbed him by the shirt and threw him to the ground, and started interrogating him. The man explained that he was sent by a man named Night-Vision. Kaz asked him where Night Vision was, but the man didn't say anything. Kaz threatened to throw him off the building, though the man didn't budge, so Kaz did. Before he hit the ground, he grabbed him using his grapple hook.

With the help of Rene, the man was able to tell them where Night-Vision was, and his identity. Night-Vision was Nathaniel Crane. The man told them that Crane was going to take a plane to leave Smog City. Before the man could finish his sentence, he was quickly shot dead. Kaz and Rene noticed that a man was on another roof holding a gun.

Kaz shot his grapple hook to the rooftop to follow the man. The man began running as Kaz got there, and the latter ran after him. Rene then heard a jet flying through the air. Rene pulled out and shot his grapple hook to the jet, which the goon did the same.

##### I Know Where You Are

The plane went faster, and Kaz couldn't run anymore, so he shot himself up into the jet via his grapple hook, and was pulled up by Rene. Rene explained that he overheard them talking about going to Japan. The two stayed hidden from Crane and his other men with him. One of his men walked to where the two were, so Kaz opened up the back of the plane.

Some of Crane's men flew out of the plane, and the two vigilantes ran to the front of the plane. Kaz and Rene ran up to Crane and began fighting him, until Crane once more, took down Kaz.

Rene began fighting Crane and believed he took him down, though Rene noticed that Kaz was about to fall out of the plane. Rene managed to save Kaz until Crane kicked them out of the plane. Rene, while falling, grabbed his gun and shot Crane's leg so he could fall too.

##### Two Against One

Kaz and Rene fell on a train that was below them. Rene managed to wake Kaz up, though watched as the plane landed and were greeted by more of Crane's goons. They took them down, and when all was thought to be well, Rene was shot off of the train.

Kaz ran up to try to grab Rene but was unable to do so. Kaz turned and saw Crane. The two fought until Kaz noticed a strange figure. The dark figure pressed a button on a remote, and the bridge the train was on exploded.

Kaz and Crane both started running as train kept moving. The figure mysteriously vanished, though he kept running as fast as he could as it started falling off the bridge. While Kaz was running well, Crane was slowing down until he fell off of the moving train. Kaz took a huge jump to reach a ledge, though didn't reach it, and was about to fall until the surprisingly living Rene grabbed Kaz and pulled him up.

They watched as the train crashed into the ocean under the bridge, and the two went back to Smog City.

#### Being Noticed

##### Arrested

On December 12, 2012, Kaz and Rene set out to find any other muggers or criminals and found a few muggers. Some on a rooftop, and some on the sidewalk. Kaz took the sidewalk, and Rene took the roof.

The group of men walked up to a family and aimed their guns and demanded they give them their money. They refused, so one of the men grabbed the youngest child and aimed a gun at his head. Kaz managed to kick the gun away from the child, though it fell into Kaz's hand. Then the police arrived.

The police arrived and arrested Kaz, though were unable to catch the muggers.

##### A Friend...

At this point, Kaz has been in prison for about a week and he met a man named Curtis Allen. Curtis was also a vigilante, named Eagle. They both shared each other past. Eagle was sent to prison because the police thought that he was criminal. Kaz and Curtis talked over time and became close allies. Curtis told Kaz that he wishes he could just leave Smog City. Curtis told Kaz whenever he has the chance to disappear, he should take it.

##### A Bullet Through the Chest

The two devised a plan to escape. On January 14, 2013 they broke out of prison with the help of other prisoners. Kaz and Curtis ran out, but a prison guard followed and started shooting, and landed a shot in Curtis' chest.

Kaz carried Curtis and ran him to the hospital. A nurse told Kaz that Curtis didn't make it and asked for Curtis' name. Kaz remembered that Curtis told him whenever he has the chance to disappear he should take it, so he took it and told her Curtis' name was Kaz Becker. The nurse asked for Kaz's name, and he responded with Curtis Allen.

Soon, Kaz went back to his apartment and through a window, watched as Rene watched the news and learned that Kaz had died.

#### Decisions

That night, Kaz returned to his apartment, until Rene came out and saw Kaz in his room, retrieving his belongings. Kaz explained that he was going to leave Smog City, to which, hesitant, Rene accepted his decision, and walked Kaz to the bus station, until he went back to his apartment.

##### Never Left

When Rene arrived at his apartment, he saw that Kaz had returned and told Rene that he wasn't going anywhere, deciding to keep his dignity and fight on.

##### Pain from a Spike

On February 20, 2013 Rene was invited to go to an old friend's party, which would last for about four hours. Kaz stayed home to keep Smog City safe. Kaz was getting worried that Rene has been gone for longer than he said he would be, and went to the party to see if everything was fine. Kaz knocked on the door but no one answered. Kaz kicked the door open and ran in, seeing the whole house was a mess. Kaz heard someone yelling for help and ran to where the voice led him. Kaz saw a lady laying on the floor with a knife in her chest. Kaz tried to carry her but she said to just leave her there. Kaz asked what happened, and she responded, saying that a man named Alexander was responsible. Then the lady stopped breathing.

Kaz ran downstairs and saw a man tied up on a chair with a weird man in a mask aiming a gun at him. Then the masked man looked up and saw Kaz, and stabbed the man in the eye. Kaz jumped down and ran to the man, who was now dead. Kaz ran to the room the man went to and saw him with Rene. The man introduced himself as Alexander Ramon. Kaz was about to run in, but then Alexander threw a ball on the floor and smoke came out, he saw that Alexander and Rene disappeared.

Kaz was about to run out of the room, but then the doors closed by themselves. Kaz tried to open the door, to no avail. Kaz punched the door out of anger, but was still trapped inside. Kaz started walking around and saw an open door at the very end of the hallway. He ran to the door but stopped when a group of men appeared and punched Kaz, knocking him out. One of the men walked up to Kaz and looked at him laying on the floor, telling him to call him Spike.

##### Diving Deep

Kaz woke up in a dark room tied up to a chair next to Rene. Kaz saw the same masked man who captured Rene walking up to Kaz. The man looked at him. Kaz asked him who he was, even though he like he saw him before. Kaz remembered before he was knocked out; he recalled a man in the same mask who told him to call him Spike. Kaz looked at him. The man took off his mask. Kaz noticed the man was Alexander.

Alexander called a few men to take Rene away. Kaz told him not to hurt Rene, and then asked Alexander why he was doing this. Alexander talked to him about his early adulthood. Alexander revealed that he was a vigilante in Emerald City when he was around Kaz's age. Alexander use to work with Rene, and they used to be close. They were so close that they were almost like brothers; they have been friends ever since they were in middle school. Alexander and Rene wanted to help the city, knowing that life isn't all happy. Alexander told him the story of one criminal named Spike that tried to kill Alexander and Rene. They both had one rule to not kill. Once they were close to bring Spike to where he belongs, but Rene out of anger killed Spike. Alexander pulled off Spike's helmet he was wearing, and found out that Spike was Alexander's older brother who has been brainwashed.

Alexander hated Rene from that day on. Alexander wanted to kill Rene for taking his brother's life. Honoring his now deceased brother, Alexander took up the alias Spike. From that day on Alexander made an oath that he would avenge his brother by killing Rene and anyone close to him. After many years Rene believed that Alexander now forgave him but he was wrong. Kaz and Alexander heard fighting in the room Rene was in. Rene kicked the door open and shot Alexander, and he fell to the ground. Rene let Kaz free and they escaped. Alexander got up and started shooting both of them. Kaz and Rene were close to getting out of the building. Alexander pressed a button to set off a series bombs to hinder their escape.

Kaz and Rene started running, but then they heard a loud noise. Kaz knew that it was a bomb. Kaz told Rene to run. They both ran. They were able to make it out. They looked back and Alexander's house exploded. Back at their apartment, Rene and Kaz watched the news talking about the unexpected explosion at Alexander's mansion. They found Alexander's body, but he was somehow still alive, unlike everyone else.

##### This Just In...

Kaz started hating how darker Smog started becoming, yet he couldn't leave his home. He made an oath when he first became a vigilante to stop the criminals of Smog City until the day he dies. Only a few people such as the police knew that he was around. One rainy afternoon, Kaz was standing on a rooftop, looking down at the city.

Kaz saw two men breaking into a school building. They were planning a shooting. Kaz ran into the school building. The doors were closed. The security guards came to the men, but they both shot all of the guards. Rene went to go save everyone in the building. Kaz went up to one guy and started fighting him. Kaz took him down. Kaz turned around and saw the other guy aiming a gun to a little girl. Kaz remembered the day he killed Steven Ray. Then Rene went up behind the guy and pulled the gun away from the girl and he knocked the man out.

Everyone went up to them. Everyone cheered that the two saved the school. Kaz and Rene heard the sirens of police cars, and Kaz and Rene left the building. On the news it stated that there were these two armed men planning a shooting and two masked vigilantes stopped the men from harming any of the children and teachers. Everyone viewed them as heroes. Rene was pleased with that. Kaz wasn't, he never signed up to become famous.

##### Friend or Foe

On, December 20, 2013, Kaz and Rene saw a lady fighting a group of men. Kaz realized that she was able to handle herself. She ultimately was able to finish them off.

Kaz and Rene approached her. They both could tell she had potential, so they asked her if she wanted to join them. Kaz and Rene always wanted to build a team, and maybe with Kendra, she could be their first recruit.

##### The Shikari is Born

Kendra told them about her past; she was raised by a poor family and lived in the forest. Her father always had to go out and look for some food out in the forest, and when she was old enough she did the same. Her father said she was great at hunting animals, and thus gave her the nickname, "The Shikari" With that, she made "The Shikari" her codename.

#### Attack on Smog City

##### Face to Face

A group of twenty men came into the city. One of the men threatened Kaz, Rene, and Kendra to come to him or else Smog City will burn to the ground. Kaz, Rene, and Kendra came to him that night.

When the three arrived, the man announced Kaz's name out loud. When he lowered his hood, Kaz realized that he was a man from the Guild of Death and that his name was Jefferson Merlyn.

##### When the Battle Begins

When the fight began, Merlyn ran to the top of a roof with Kaz following. In the fight, Rene and Kendra met a police officer by the name of Sebastian Williams.

Kaz, on his way to the top of the building, encountered a few of Merlyn's men. Kaz was able to take them down one by one. Arriving on the rooftop, Merlyn went Kaz head on.

##### Cut, Sliced, Stabbed, Oh My

The two of them fought for a good few minutes until Kaz was able to pin Merlyn on the floor. Merlyn proceeded to call Kaz and animal and that if he were to kill him, he'd become an animal. Without hesitation, Kaz shoved a blade in Merlyn's neck.

##### The Animal Within

Kaz ripped the blade out of Merlyn's neck and carried him back to the fight. Arriving, he saw that Rene and Kendra had already finished off all of the men and were standing beside Officer Williams.

When asked about Merlyn's dead body, Kaz lied, saying that he killed himself. On the news, the biggest thing that they were talking about was the attack on Smog City.

#### The Return of Old Foes

##### Back from the Dead

One rainy night a gang of armed men broke into the building Kaz, Rene, and Kendra lived in. The three of them stepped into the hallway and saw people being hauled out of their apartments. One of the people in the gang stood out, a hooded man wearing an oddly colored ski mask from the rest.

The three made an attempt to take down the gang, while Kaz went to the hooded man and soon enough was able to take off his mask and realized that he was Alexander.

The fight continued to Rene's apartment. The two of them fell out of a window and before Kaz managed to take him down, Alexander shot himself.

##### Lost in the Ashes

Oddly enough, this changed Kaz almost completely and made him almost a legitimate ruthless animal like how Merlyn said he would become.

##### Coming Back to Bite

A mysterious man entered a bar and began attacking the people inside. Realizing this, Kaz, Rene, and Kendra made their way to the bar. While Rene and Kendra helped the civilians, Kaz went to the mysterious man though was unfortunately quickly knocked out by a bat.

Kaz awoke in a warehouse and when he looked at a window, he realized he was in a familiar place, Japan. He soon put the pieces together and figured he was taken by Crane mainly due to the fact that last time he was in Japan, he was fighting Crane. Soon enough, Crane appeared and the two of them dueled it out. Rene and Kendra managed to make their way to a jet and searched for Kaz.

Kaz and Crane fought for a good few minutes until Crane revealed explosives and detonated them. They continued fighting as the building around them began crumbling. Rene and Kendra hovered above them and managed to get Kaz while the three of them left Crane in the debris.

#### Going Downhill

##### Wickedness

Kaz, Rene, and Kendra have been fighting the criminals of Smog City for a year now. The crime wave of the century recently hit and criminals have started roaming more than usual, much to their disappointment. One day on the news there was this man named Elliot Taylor who broke out of prison recently. Kaz has heard about Elliot before he became a vigilante and teamed up with Rene and Kendra. He was a very dangerous man. The man hasn't broken out of prison in two years. Everyone thought that he was done with being a criminal. Just recently he broke out and now Kaz had to go bring him to where he belongs. Rene was out visiting family, and Kendra went to a wedding, so Kaz was alone on this one. Kaz went out to go and put an end to whatever he has planned.

Kaz found Elliot on a rooftop with two people tied up to a chair. Elliot told Kaz that he has to choose which one he will save. Kaz looked at the person on the left. Kaz was shocked, it was Kendra. Kaz looked at the other person. She just an innocent lady. Elliot pushed both of them closer to the edge of the building. Kaz looked at Elliot and told him to not let them go. Then Elliot pushed them off the edge.

Kaz jumped down to grab the lady first. Then he grabbed his grapple hook and tried to get Kendra, but he sadly missed her. Kendra fell to her death. Kaz went down to the building and let the lady go. Kaz looked at Kendra and held her hand. Once again he let another person in his life die. Kaz went after Elliot and nearly killed him, but he let the police take him to where he belongs. A few days later Kaz and Rene went to her funeral with family and friends there.

##### Truth Unfolds

Kaz felt terrible that he hasn't told Rene what happened to Eli. Kaz finally decided to tell him. On December 31, 2014 Kaz decided to tell Rene what happened to Eli. Kaz knew that telling Rene what happened to Eli may just break their friendship, but Kaz kept this secret long enough. On a rooftop Kaz decided to tell Rene what happened. Kaz told him that he knew Eli very well for the years he has been in the Guild of Death. They were both sick and tired of everything Axel put them through. Kaz told him that both of them devised a plan to escape the Organization.

They gathered a group of other people who wanted to escape. They both hatched a plane to escape. Axel found out about what they were doing and killed the people following Kaz, including Eli. Kaz even showed Rene the signature tattoo everyone from the Organization must have so Rene would believe him. Rene looked at Kaz and walked up to him, telling him that he was responsible for Eli being killed. Kaz nodded and Rene punched him. Kaz let Rene punch him because he knew he deserved the pain Rene was going to give him. Rene kept on punching Kaz. Then he stopped punching Kaz. Rene looked at Kaz in anger knowing that he spent this whole time working with the man who killed his brother.

Rene walked to the edge of the building. Rene grabbed his gun and turned around wanting to shoot him, but when he did so, Kaz was gone. Kaz packed his bags and moved out of Rene's apartment. Kaz knew what he did was the right thing, but he felt that this will be the last time he will ever see Rene ever again. Kaz moved to a small apartment using the name Keith West. Kaz had to now be a vigilante by himself. From that day on he never saw Rene again.

##### Stuck in a Lonely Place

Ever since Kaz told Rene the truth, Kaz never heard from Rene since then. Kaz went on missions by himself. Kaz stood on a rooftop looking down at the city thinking if it was his time to quit. Smog City was a dark city. Kaz couldn't keep going. He kept letting people in his life die. On July 13, 2015 Kaz saw a group of men taking a lady to a sewer. It seemed like the men were wearing some type of uniform. Kaz jumped down to follow them.

Kaz noticed that the lady seemed very familiar. Kaz looked at the group of people. They took out a picture of a man and they showed it the lady. The lady shook her head in fear. Then one of the men grabbed his gun and shot her to death. Then they threw a smoke bomb and disappeared. Kaz ran up to her. Kaz looked at her laying dead on the floor. Kaz ran to look for the group of men. It took about an hour, but he still found them. The group of men all stood in a line and one of the men went up to Kaz and said his full name, Kazimieras Jones Becker. Kaz looked at him and asked him how he knew his name. The man looked at him and smiled. All of them said his full name at once. They all surrounded him and grabbed their guns. One of them said that they had a mission to assassinate him.

They grabbed their guns and looked at Kaz and they started fighting Kaz. Kaz began fighting back. They were all better than Kaz in every way. They somehow knew all the moves Kaz was going to do. They all nearly killed him, until they all mysteriously disappeared in the blink of an eye. Kaz was in pain. He got up and tried walking, but then he fell back down. Then he closed his eyes. Kaz woke up in a hospital. Kaz looked to the right of him and there was a man who looked oddly familiar. The man smiled. Kaz smiled back and closed his eyes.

##### All Good Things Must Come to an End

When Kaz woke up again he was in his apartment. His left arm was in a cast. Kaz got up. Someone brought Kaz there. Kaz started thinking who was the person that brought him to his apartment. A month later when his arm healed he packed his bags. Kaz couldn't be a vigilante. He keeps letting people in his life that he cares about die. Kaz decided to start a regular life.

### Time in Tokyo

#### Meeting Cain Jetson

Once Kaz quit being a vigilante, Kaz spent a month in Tokyo. It was there he developed an interest in street racing. Kaz met a man named Cain Jetson, and he became close friends with him. Cain showed Kaz the ropes of Tokyo and they raced often in the same spot as everyone else.

Cain picked up on the fact that Kaz had a talent for racing, and eventually introduced the latter to his crew, consisting of two men, Han and Baron, as well as Cain's girlfriend, Lola. Kaz grew close with all of them, so much that Kaz considered permanent residence in Tokyo, to forget his past.

#### Betrayal

Kaz, while close with his friends, grew suspicious of the mysterious Han, as he was always leaving for something. Kaz brought this up with Cain, and convinced the rest of the crew to follow Han and see what he was up to. They happened upon Han talking with other men, and when Han showed them a picture of Kaz, surprisingly enough, they all went to their cars and took off.

Cain talked to one of the men, and they revealed what they had planned: Han worked with the Organization Kaz used to be in, and they had orders to assassinate Kaz. Kaz, extremely surprised, got in his car and chased after Han. Cain, Baron, and Lola did the same to protect him.

Han's goons approached Baron's car and crashed into him, instantly killing Baron. Kaz went up to Han, but Han pulled a gun on him and fired off rounds at Kaz's car, and in response, Kaz crashed into Han's car. Kaz crawled out of the wreckage, and Cain held a gun to Han. Fortunately, the police arrived and arrested Han. Kaz decided to go back to America to figure out his next move in life.

### Adventures with the Rebels

#### Recruitment

*"You've trained to fight, I've been trained to kill."*
—Kaz Becker to Jason Kade/Almanac

Kaz's trail led to Neo Arcadia, where he returned to his job as a bartender in an old-school restaurant. One day, a man walked in and strangely ordered a glass of water. They became acquainted, but this was interrupted not long afterwards, as an armed man waltzed in and demanded all the money in the register.

Before his new friend Jason reacted, Kaz took a kitchen knife, and threw it with accuracy from behind the counter and knocked the gun out of the robber's hand, giving Jason the opportunity to take him down.

Jason saw potential in Kaz, and let him in on his secret: defending the city, and deemed the latter a worthy candidate for his team. Kaz soon made the cut.

#### The Multiverse

Kaz soon became acquainted with his Earth-2 counterpart, KJ Becker.

#### Disappearance

After a disappearance on a mission, his Earth-2 counterpart KJ filled his shoes until he could repair the Multiverse Gun.

#### Return

*"I found my place. It's standing here with these people, against you."*
—Kaz Becker
Kaz soon returned slowly, with him barely revealing glimpses of his still-existing. He first divulged to Kade, after the apparent death of Lance White.

#### Infected

In early October 2017, Kaz was walking through streets of Neo Arcadia until a hooded man appeared and started attacking him. They fought for a few minutes until the hooded man injected Kaz with a disease that he didn't notice at first until way later. The hooded man then disappeared.

#### Death

In early October 2017, Kaz's disease started fully kicking in and it pigmented his skin to a dark green and severely weakened him. As his friends attempted to save him and rushed him to Saint Kenway's Hospital, the virus swiftly spread to his heart.

EPF agent-doctors supplied Kaz with medical nanotechnology, but it had no effect on him. Kaz died on the operating table in front of KJ, Kade, Saul Collins and Douglas State.

### Legacy

*"It's never goodbye. No matter where you are, whether it's a quarter mile away or halfway across the world... you'll always be with me. And you'll always be my brother."*
—Jason Kade, quoting Dominic Toretto
Kaz Becker would be remembered for his subtle humor and friendly attitude, but also for his honesty about his grim past. The Rebels appreciated him for it, and reciprocated by letting him into their hearts.

Kaz's alien friend Brian Henshaw would fill in for Kaz.

#### Rise From the Ashes

Kaz would be brought back thanks to KJ and Brian's alien medicine he provided. Kaz would then reunite with his father Rory Becker and would live with him for a bit.

#### Rene's Return

Kaz would be hanging out with his father, Rory at his apartment until a man broke in. The man began attacking him and Kaz began fighting back. After a while the man had the upper hand and was able to take Kaz down. The man then grabbed Rory and pointed a gun to Kaz while he was on the floor.

When Kaz awoke, he noticed that the man was Rene. Kaz got up and quickly got a knife from his pocket and hid it behind him. Rene, still holding Rory, kept a gun pointed at Kaz. After a few minutes of Rene talking about how he and Eli were very close and that Kaz took that from him, Rene was about to shoot Kaz while he was down until Kaz launched his knife to the barrel of the gun and while Rene was firing to Kaz. It pushed him back, and he dropped Rory.

Kaz grabbed Rory and pushed him away from Rene and Kaz began brutally attacking Rene. After Kaz apologized to Rene, Kaz noticed that Rene was different; he became insane. Kaz could tell Rene was planning something else so Kaz grabbed his knife and stabbed Rene through the neck, killing him and preventing him from doing whatever he had planned. Soon Kaz found out Rene planned to bomb a few buildings and Kaz thankfully stopped him, though Kaz never revealed this to his teammates.

#### Apartment Fight

Kaz would visit his old apartment where he, Rene, and Kendra once lived. He then heard loud footsteps. Kaz quickly grabbed his very first knife he got from the Organization out of his pocket. He looked around and there he saw a hooded figure and the figure attacked him.

They fought for a few minutes until Kaz had the high ground. The figure lowered his hood and revealed it was Axel Trevor. Kaz was in shock. Axel revealed he was the one who sent all those villains who Kaz once fought such as, Nathaniel Crane, Alexander Ramon, Jefferson Merlyn, The Tribe, and Han Amari. Axel also revealed that he was the one who infected Kaz with the virus that almost killed him. After this revelation, they fought once more.

Kaz then was able to get Axel to the closest window in the apartment. Axel started reminding Kaz of all the people he lost in his life. Out of anger, Kaz threw Axel out of the window. Kaz then grabbed his grapple hook and brought Axel back up. Kaz decided to take Axel where he belongs. Kaz went to Axel's Organization to lock up the remaining assassins. Axel was then put in a prison for the criminally insane.

#### Moving Forward

Kaz would continue to be with the Rebels up until he reunited with his ex-girlfriend, Jane Manning. They would reconnect. Not too long later, Kaz and Jane would start dating. Kaz would decide to hang up the cape and hood to start a regular life with Jane. Not too long later, they would get married, have a child named Noah Becker and would move back to Smog City where everything began. Kaz would spend the rest of his life with Jane and Noah in Smog City.

### Axel's Return

A few months after Kaz quit being a vigilante, he went to visit his fellow Rebel friends. He waited at a coffee shop where they'd usually hang out. Believing they were getting pizza, he left the shop until the entire shop exploded. Kaz flew out of the building onto the street. He struggled to his feet and tried locating his friends.

After a few minutes he found Brian, Jason, and Clark. Kaz collapsed on the floor after him losing a lot of blood. Brian then quickly took him to a hospital so he could be cared for. Before leaving, Brian revealed to Kaz that Axel was around and bombed a few buildings.

#### Mind Controlled

Shortly after Kaz got out of the hospital, he was kidnapped by Axel. With Axel, Kaz was tortured and beaten. Axel took Kaz to a building and left him hanging out of window waiting for the Rebels to come and attempt to rescue him.

The Rebels arrived but were being occupied by one of Axel's men. Axel's eyes began to glow green and glared at Kaz causing his eye's to glow green, mind controlling him. Axel then dropped Kaz, though one of the Rebels' friends caught him and took him to the pizza parlor.

Kaz began to attack the Rebels' friend until Jason and Brian showed up to calm Kaz down. They weren't able to do so, but they were able to handle him until Axel showed up and began to take down the Rebels one by one and took Kaz away.

#### Being Retrieved

Kaz was in charge of protecting Axel's new underwater base while he went to his old hideout to retrieve a few items. During this, the Rebels entered the base and hid from Kaz. After a few minutes of being distracted by noises and seeing and hearing pebbles falling off the base, Jason launched a dart to Kaz knocking him out.

#### Losing It

Kaz was taken to Rory's funeral the next day, though it took him about a few minutes to understand what was going on due to the fact of still being mind controlled by Axel. Once he did snap out of it, he quickly left stating that he is going to kill Axel.

#### Arrested

“*My name is Kaz Becker. Some might remember me when I was said to be dead a few years ago after a cop shot me in the chest... I wasn’t shot. My friend was. To answer that question, how many people I’ve killed? I don’t even know. All I can say is too much to count. Now you can arrest me, but don’t hurt my friends because they’re needed. You can do whatever you want to me, arrest me, put me through torture, but don’t hurt my friends, because you and I both know, the world needs us, whether you like it or not.*”
—Kaz Becker
After many things Axel has done, he gave Kaz a final ultimatum of Jane losing her life, or Kaz's identity being revealed; Kaz chose the latter. He revealed himself to the entirety of Neo Arcadia to save Jane. With that, he was quickly taken outside where the police arrested him.

A few minutes later, Jane showed up at his cell. Kaz revealed to Jane that he overheard that he'd be sent to a highly secure prison where even if he wanted to escape, he couldn't. Kaz bade farewell to Jane and his fellow Rebels and shortly after he was taken away.

## Personality

*"No one is perfect."*
—Kaz Becker
Kaz tries to hide who he really is. Onstage he is a very nice, calm, and relaxed person. He is a go with the flow kind of guy, but he does have his own dark side. Offstage he is a dark person. He is full of trauma of what he has seen in his past. He is full of rage on the inside and sometimes he shows it. He is sarcastic in his own way though. He always tries to be the best he can be and tries to improve in anything he fails at.

Kaz can easily become one of the same people he tries to stop everyday. Kaz once stated in his past that his life is a living hell. Everyday Kaz is worried that the day will come that he becomes a criminal again.

Kaz tries to always calm himself because of all the anger and rage that's in him and he does not have much patience; he has to be doing something, and starts to feel pain if he isn't, the rage in him starts to come out. He sometimes is tapping his fingers on his desk or doing something such as walking around. Kaz likes to put his knife skills to use, which is why he enjoys going out on missions with the Arcadian Rebels.

In his youth, Kaz was notably quite introverted and recluse, and even depressed due to the absence of a father figure in his life coupled with a neglectful mother. He was bullied for having a questionable name, which really put salt in his mental wounds, but he was saved by Jane Manning who cared for him deeply regardless of his tragedies. When Jane unfortunately moved, Kaz walked down a dark path, which included indulging in heavy amounts of alcohol, and caught the attention of the Smog City Police Department when he stole from a liquor store. Though he eventually recovered from this, he retained an unexplored darkness inside him, which he brutally unleashed on the criminals of Smog City. Jefferson Merlyn took notice of this dark side of his, and even claimed there was a vicious animal within Kaz's heart.

This became apparent to Rene and Kendra when he began killing criminals first instead of a last resort. He even let Nathaniel Crane die in an explosion. However, he turned around when he failed to save Kendra from falling to her death, and became sobered. His newfound appreciation for life and emotional maturity led him to divulge the truth of Eli's death to Rene. After another battle with would-be assassins, Kaz tried to abandon his life as a vigilante and pursue a sense of normalcy. When this gruesomely failed, he felt lost in life.

Following Kaz's adventures in Smog City and Tokyo, he made an attempt at a peaceful life in Neo Arcadia. It was short-lasting, as his willingness to protect the innocent came about when he rescued a restaurant of people by disarming a robber with a thrown kitchen knife. In that restaurant was Jason Kade, who would recruit him to the Arcadian Rebels and become a close friend of his.

Kaz's death in October 2017 hurt his teammates, but his resurrection with the help of Brian Henshaw gave Kaz the perspective to return to basics. He returned to Smog City one final time, where he was attacked by Axel once more. Axel reminded Kaz of his terrible life, but Kaz never gave up and even spared Axel's life.

Kaz is a brave man in his mission. He's overcome adversity time and time again, especially personal tragedy. When Axel Trevor came to terrorize Neo Arcadia, Kaz soon came to realize the importance of taking action, although initially reluctantly. He felt great remorse for the actions Trevor forced him to do, eventually feeling sorrow for killing so many of Smog City's criminals. This is what motivated his decision when Axel gave him the ultimatum of having Jane die or revealing his identity to the world.

## Physical Appearance

Kaz is a Latino man with dark brown eyes and his height is 5'11". He once had short hair, though he soon let it grow out but he mainly covers his hair with his signature blackish dark blue beanie. He also has a tattoo burned on his right shoulder that he got from Axel's organization with a gray skull over a black "x," though he usually covers it with whatever shirt or jacket he is wearing.

He used to wear a black leather jacket with dark green jeans and gray shoes, though sometime in mid-2017 he began to regularly wear a green hoodie that he usually kekpt unzipped with khaki pants and gray shoes.

During his time in prison, Kaz grew out his facial hair into a goatee, as well as head hair long enough to be put in a ponytail. He reverted to his previous appearance after he was liberated and reunited with his family.

## Powers and Abilities

### Former Powers

When Kaz was placed under mind control by Axel Trevor, he imbued him with medical performance enhancements.

* **Enhanced Strength:** On Trevor's pills, Kaz's physical strength was dramatically increased to the point where he could lift up to 506 pounds/230 kilograms, and even injure Brian Henshaw, an incredibly powerful alien. He could also apply his strength in his usual style of combat, using much force in throwing knives such as when he threw one into Almanac's shoulder from afar while still inflicting pain.
* **Enhanced Speed:** Kaz's speed is increased as well. In his fight with Arcane and Almanac, he ran up a flight of stairs with breakneck speed.
* **Enhanced Agility:** Kaz's agility is increased, so much that he could leap from a balcony onto a lower floor with no inhibitions.

### Abilities

* **Peak Human Condition:** Kaz is in top physical form after years of survival, which he maintained through his Organization training and vigilante escapades. He has heightened strength, durability, speed, agility, stamina, reflexes and senses, and maintains his condition with intense training. Practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a good outlet to keep Kaz flexible and competitive with himself, but more than anything it keeps him in really good shape. He maintained his condition even while in prison, through workouts and prison yard scraps, and while on the lam as a fugitive.
	+ **Peak Human Strength:** Kaz's strength increased in his training, mainly from lifting his own body weight on a salmon ladder, as he could effortlessly lift 50 pounds with one hand, bench press 330 pounds (150 kilograms, nearly twice his bodyweight) and kick a full grown robber into a wall in his first days of vigilantism. Axel trained him to have superb muscle control, as he once gathered enough strength to throw a knife even after suffering multiple gunshot wounds from Nathaniel Crane. He's strong enough to carry the likes of Curtis Allen, kick locked doors open and flip Merlyn onto his back during their confrontation and then carry him. Finally, he was strong enough to defenestrate Axel Trevor. During Axel's siege on Neo Arcadia, Kaz punched the goon Reynold in the head in rapid succession and knocked him out, and has shown to be strong enough to carry the likes of Brian Henshaw, who weighs almost 230 pounds. He is also strong enough to break someone's neck, which requires about 1,250 foot pounds/163 kilograms/359 pounds of torque.
	+ **Peak Human Durability:** Kaz's skin, muscles and bones are vastly harder and much more durable than average humans, due to having become accustomed to the intense physical punishment sustained over his years of training. He's endured countless amounts of gunfire while wearing his suit, as he is simply stronger with it. His resilience has allowed him to survive numerous gunshots even without wearing his advanced armor. He also survived being hit over the head with a wooden baseball bat without receiving any brain damage, being attacked from uniformed assassins who knew his style and came out with just a broken arm, and later survived a deliberate car crash as to stop Han Amari and avenge Baron.
	+ **Peak Human Speed:** Kaz became able to run really fast during his time with the Organization, able to complete the forty-meter sprint in 4.3 seconds (20.81 mph/33.49 kph), and fast enough to breach his mentor's reflexes and stab Axel with a knife. His exceptional speed allowed him to run off a falling train, outrun an explosion at Alexander Ramon's mansion, catch up to Jefferson Merlyn after defeating several of his minions, escape an exploding building with his grappling hook (while simultaneously dodging falling bricks and debris), leave a rooftop before Rene Chase could shoot him (despite his injuries), and dodge much gunfire from uniformed assassins.
	+ **Peak Human Agility:** Kaz is highly agile and nimble, which contributes greatly to his acrobatic stunts performed as a part of his Olympic-level gymnastic martial arts style. As such, he can coordinate himself while moving without difficulty.
	+ **Peak Human Stamina:** Kaz is extremely endurant and can expend cardiovascular effort for long periods of time, due to Axel conditioning his body to produce fewer amounts of lactic acid than average humans through his years of vigorous physical training.
	+ **Peak Human Reflexes:** Kaz developed quick reflexes during his vigilante career. He reacted to a man holding a gun against his back by pushing his arm away and throwing him down, proceeding to throw him off a building and catching him with a shot from his grappling hook. He also instinctively kicked a gun out of Nathaniel Crane's hand. He expertly dodged one of Merlyn's blades during their confrontation. Finally, he caught Axel Trevor with a grappling hook after defenestrating him. During Axel's siege on Neo Arcadia, Kaz quickly shut a door on a charging acolyte and knocked him out.
	+ **Peak Human Senses:** Kaz was able to detect the faint footsteps of Nathaniel Crane's mercenary approaching him and Rene.
	+ **High Pain Tolerance:** Kaz has an extremely high threshold for pain due to having fought with and been frequently tortured by Axel during his time with the Guild, which is a great asset to his crimefighting.

* **Master Martial Artist:** During his time training with the Organization, Kaz gained very efficient hand-to-hand combat skills. Axel dueled with Kaz every day for a month until he could defeat him, and though he couldn't, his experience grew within three years until he could finally land a hit on Axel by stabbing him with a knife. He would hone his fighting abilities to extreme levels and developed his own unique style of combat that seems to incorporate Kali,Boxing, Wing Chun, Taekwondo, Muay Thai, Judo, Systema, Pro Wrestling, Hapkido, Karate, Savate, Capoeira, Silat, Krav Maga, Jeet Kune Do, Aikido, Tantojutsu, several Ninjutsu disciplines      (Taijutsu, Shurikenjutsu, Kayakujutsu, Shinobi-iri, and Intonjutsu), Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Sambo, and Kenpo and Gōjū-ryū Karate. Hence, he took down murderers, thieves and rapists of Smog City with ease, singlehandedly fighting off armed attackers or defeating Nathaniel Crane's group of men, his plane crew, Jefferson Merlyn's Organization faction, with the Outcasts. Even without his team, he went up against uniformed assassins and matched Rene Chase, stabbing him in the neck. He was seen skillfully practicing Kali knife-fighting techniques with Jason Kade, and has memorized numerous techniques from Taekwondo, such as the jump spin hook kick, tornado kick, roundhouse kick, low roundhouse kick, push kick, drop kick, and jumping side kick. During his time with the Organization, he also gained knowledge of pressure points and anatomical weaknesses, once using his knives to sever the median nerves of a robber, stabbing another in the pain center below his kneecap and employing a pressure point to the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. His notable defeats include Rene Chase, Nathaniel Crane, Jefferson Merlyn, Alexander Ramon, Elliott Taylor and finally Axel Trevor. Kaz is extremely fond of ground combat techniques, and is partial to executing a kata guruma.
	+ **Knife Mastery:** Kaz is skilled in using his knives, always carrying it with him and dislikes using guns, only resorting to a pulse pistol when his knife does not work or when the situation calls for it. He has fought many enemy operatives with his knives. In order to be effective with his knives, he keeps them close to him and performs quick, swift movements that serve to extend his reach and make his strikes lethal. His skill with wielding knives extends to knife-throwing, by distributing his weight on his back foot and pulling a knife back evenly. Hence, he was able to throw an off-balance kitchen knife with accuracy across a room into a robber's hand. However, whenever Kaz launches his knife-strike hand forward, if he misses his target, he could become the target himself.
* **Expert Marksman:** Kaz is somewhat skilled in combat involving firearms, but takes great discomfort in using them. His aim goes towards his knife-throwing, and was once precise enough to sever a criminal's median nerve by throwing one. Possibly his greatest feat of accuracy was throwing a knife precisely down the barrel of Rene Chase's gun, or throwing one into his alternate future self's eye.
* **Expert Acrobat:** Coupled with his training from the Organization and his time living on the streets, Kaz is able to jump from rooftop to rooftop with ease as well as perform advanced parkour maneuvers with excellent precision, dexterity and grace. He can move and scale building tops and down walls very easily, and vertical surfaces using his grappling hook. He can also simultaneously throw his knives while doing so.
* **Stealth:** Kaz is excellent at hiding himself, primarily utilizing nearby foliage. He is very elusive, as he can sneak in and out of most guarded buildings without being detected, follow his targets for long periods of time unnoticed, and quickly disappear from sight even in broad daylight. He is able to flee a crime scene by blending with the shadows to appear invisible. Kaz's first codename, the "Shadow of the Night," is directly sourced from his mastery of stealth.
* **Keen Intelligence:** Kaz, while lacking the breadth of scientific knowledge possessed by his teammates and counterparts, succeeded in high school was able to produce his own protective combat suit after beginning a career as a vigilante, a major upgrade from his dark trench coat and green helmet. Kaz is able to make plans, successfully uniting people from the Guild of Death and leading a coup to escape, and broke out of prison with Curtis Allen. He's an adept interrogator, acquiring Gunsmoke's alias and Nathaniel Crane's alias by one of his gunmen (using fear of being thrown off a building). He recognized a masked man's style of combat, and recognized that he was actually Crane. He also is an effective information gatherer, able to find out Nathaniel Crane's name through a network of sources. Kaz became well-read in his youth as he was frequently reading or writing, rather than engaging in outdoor activities.
	+ **Skilled Thief:** During high school, Kaz became an adept thief and successfully stole items for the sustenance of both him and his mother.
	+ **Expert Driver:** Kaz has a talent for driving and street racing, which was noticed by Cain Jetson.
	+ **Skilled Musician:** Jane taught Kaz how to play the piano. His proficiency is good enough to play John Paesano's "Daredevil" main title. He can also sing and play guitar.
	+ **Trilingualism:** Kaz speaks fluent English and Spanish, as they are his native languages from growing up in a bilingual household, and he picked up on some Japanese during his time in Tokyo with Cain Jetson's crew.
* **Indomitable Will:** Kaz is a brave, driven and determined man who has yet to give up in his mission of protecting his loved ones and innocents, despite exuding indescribable pain and living a patchwork of darkness of a past. He was able to overcome his teenage alcoholism with the help of Roger Matthews and get his life back on track.

## Weaknesses

* **Human Vulnerabilities:** Kaz is still human and harbors the same mortality as everybody else, which has been demonstrated by him receiving a wide variety of injuries throughout his life. However, his exceptional physical condition allows him to endure this and retaliate with his supreme hand-to-hand combat training.
* **Knife Skills:** Kaz's greatest skill is with his knives, however, whenever Kaz launches his knife-strike hand forward, if he misses his target, he could become the target himself. By throwing his arm forward, he makes it easy for his opponent to shift out of the way and gain control of his arm.
* **Emotions:** Kaz, having a very dark past can be emotionally destroyed. If Kaz is reminded of his past and all the people who have died in his life it would easily break him emotionally especially if he is reminded of his mother's death. Jason Kade used this weakness as a tool to momentarily liberate him from Axel's mind control by presenting him Rory's grave. His love for his family, especially Jane, is even stronger and was ultimately exploited by Axel when the latter gave Kaz the ultimatum of revealing his secret identity to the world or being the cause of the former's death.

## Techniques

* **Sambo Techniques:** One of the fighting styles of Kaz's repertoire is the Russian martial art, Sambo. In Sambo, there is a strong emphasis in grappling techniques, throwing, groundwork, pinning his enemies into submissions, getting out of submissions, and flipping his enemies. As such, one of his most regular moves is throwing his body in an effort to pin his opponent.
* **Capoeira Techniques:** Kaz also employs kicking techniques from Capoeira, mainly the Martelo de Negativa and Meia Lua de Compasso.

## Equipment

### Attire

* **Argonaut Suit:** Kaz's green combat suit features a hood and bulletproof properties.

### Weaponry

*"You know what happens when you piss off the guy with the knife?"*
—Kaz Becker, July 20, 2017
* **Knives:** Kaz loves his blades and dislikes guns. He carries a vast arsenal of knives, all imprinted with his trademark symbol: the green skull of a sabretooth tiger.
* **Grappling Hook:** Kaz carries a gas-powered magnetic grappling gun on his utility belt. It is a line cable-firing device that automatically entangles and/or penetrates the target for attachment.
* **Pulse Pistol:** Kaz armed himself with a pulse pistol for long-range combat.

### Former

* **CZ 75 Pre-B Stainless Steel:** Kaz disarmed Steven Ray of this pistol and instinctively shot and killed him with it. He discarded this moments afterward, with the police investigating for the shooter.

## Relationships

* Rory Becker † - Father
* Leslie Cordero † - Mother
* Jane Manning - Wife
* Noah Becker/Caligo - Son

Allies* Roger Matthews - High School History Teacher
* Jacob Warren - Friend
* Marco Ledger - Friend
* Eli Chase † - Friend
* Outcasts - Former Team
	+ Rene Chase/Gunsmoke † - Good Friend Turned Enemy, Fellow Vigilante
	+ Kendra Snart/The Hunter † - Good Friend, Fellow Vigilante
	+ Curtis Allen/Eagle † - Friend
* Officer Sebastian Williams † - Friend
* Cain Jetson's Crew
	+ Cain Jetson - Friend
	+ Baron † - Friend
	+ Lola - Friend
* Arcadian Rebels
	+ KJ Becker - Earth-2 Counterpart, Close Friend/Brother Figure
	+ Lance White/Argent † - Friend, Leader
	+ Jason Kade/Almanac - Good Friend, Teammate
	+ Chris Felix/Kodachi - Friend, Teammate
	+ Cody Nakamura/Ghost - Teammate
	+ Brian Henshaw/Arcane - Friend
*"People have grudges. People have enemies."*
—Kaz Becker* Axel Trevor/Orcus - Archenemy
* Han Amari
* Steven Ray † - Victim
* Nathaniel Crane/Night Vision †
* Alexander Ramon/Spike †
* Elliot Taylor
* The Tribe of Judgement
* Jefferson Merlyn † - Victim

## Trivia

* Kaz's initial alias, Argonaut, originates from Greek Mythology. The Argonauts were a group of heroes who accompanied Jason on board the ship *Argo* in the quest for the Golden Fleece.
	+ Jason was the son of the king Iolcos in Thessaly and leader of the Argonauts. Kaz has commented on this likeness to his friend Jason and his counterparts.
* Kaz is a fan of *The Fast and the Furious* franchise, his favorite movie being the seventh installation.
* Kaz's theme song as Argonaut is "What I've Done" by Linkin Park.
* Kaz and Jane's song is "Gone Gone Gone" by Phillip Phillips.
* Kaz is a fan of the DCTV shows from the channel CW, his top favorite being *Arrow* and *The Flash*. He also enjoys *Riverdale*, *Stranger Things*, and *On My Block* on Netflix. He also enjoys *Gotham* from the channel FOX as well as *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* from the channel Cartoon Network.
	+ Kaz has also said numerous times that *Arrow* and *Strager Things* are his two favorite shows.
* Kaz is also a fan of the Marvel Netflix shows and his favorite is *Daredevil*.
* Kaz is a fan of the DC superheroes **Batman** and **Green Arrow**.
* Kaz is also a fan of the Marvel superhero **Spider-Man.**
	+ Kaz has mentioned that both Batman and Spider-Man are his favorite comic book characters of all time.
* Kaz has stated a few times that the **Joker** from the movie *The Dark Knight* *and **Mr. Glass** from* Unbreakable *are his favorite villains of all time.*
* Kaz's favorite Star Wars character is Obi-Wan Kenobi.
* Kaz's signature color is green: when we think about the color green, we imagine forest, trees, and grass. Forming a bond with nature, the green color makes people closer. When you are short of green, you lack harmony. Green helps to relax. It is the color of nature, belief, harmony, spontaneity, kindness, and gentleness.