Jean-Baptiste von Bennewitz Dumont

**Jean-Baptiste Maurice von Bennewitz Dumont** is a former French figure skater, now operating as an anti-hero smuggler of mostly diamonds and other valuables, known under the pseudonym **The Executor** *(Le Exécuteur)*.

## Biography

### Origin

Jean-Baptiste was born into a classy French family. His father was an opera singer and his mother a former gymnast for France with German roots.

### Figure skating

Jean's early childhood was calm. The first few years, he grew up as any other child. He had hobbies, he liked to play with horses, he liked learning about dinosaurs, he was interested in animal anatomy and he loved ice skating... His parents didn't force him into anything. Until he hit the age of three. Then, his mother signed him up at the local figure skating club. Jean started attending trainings ever since he can remember. He would be able to ice skate before he could even read! And oh, he loved it. The speed, the jumps, the rotations. Everything. He really enjoyed it.

Later on, Jean would even show that he is actually talented and that he's not just a kid with a love for splashing around ice. With the passing years, his trainers and parents would actually start taking it seriously. Even him. The transition was so unobstructed and slow that he may not have noticed it himself. It was very strange though. Suddenly, it wasn't so much fun. It was just work. Hard work. Hard boring work.

At the age of 10, Jean would start competing in the mixed pairs category with his partner Anna Duffek, who was also 10 at that time.

Jean's mother, as a former gymnast, understood how important training and hard work is for a success. She would force Jean to train even 5 hours a day and later even 8 hours a day. But he wanted to do it. He was fed with all those stories of athletes that were average, sometimes even straight-up bad and got to professional levels only due to the hard training. He saw that it made his mother proud. And he wanted her to be proud. Plus, somewhere deep in Jean, a love for his partner Anna was slowly and gradually forming. The hours of training with her became even likable.

They were rising talents. At the age of 16, Jean and Anna would win the 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

In 2010, they would qualify for the winter Olympics in Vancouver. They finished 14th.

At the winter Olympics in 2014, they were placed 3rd and claimed the bronze medals.

#### Anna

Year after that, they won the silver at 2015 World Figure Skating Championships. However, right month afterwards, Anna badly injured herself during one of their intense trainings, and the pair was forced to stop training together at least for four following months. Jean took it pretty hard. Of course, he did train, in fact, he trained a lot on himself, but it was strange. For the first time in 12 years, he was supposed to train without his partner for a choreographies with his partner. And that's where the real point of breaking came.

When Anna finally came back, Jean pressured by the knowing that they are 4 months of training behind forced Anna to train even more than before. Right off the start. Anna thought that it was a crazy thought. She should start lightly, she's returning into sport after months of injury, goddamn! That's why Jean and Anna started to fight. But not just over that. They started to fight over everything. Every little thing, every banality was a reason to have an argument. Jean was gradually forcing her to do even more and more training, even mentally abusing her in order to achieve it. It was clear that their partnership wasn't now working as it did months ago. When Anna injured herself for the second time while training Jean's pressed her to withstand, she definitely ended the cooperation.

#### Career in singles

Jean was never as good in singles as in pairs. But, he couldn't find himself an appropriate partner after what Anna retired from professional figure skating. Maybe he should do the same. But what is he if not a good figure skater? Nothing. All he's ever known was triple Axel, double Lutz, quadruple Salchow etc. What should he do now? Mother says he should train more. And so he did. He did.

2 years later, Jean got even worse. He suffered many injuries. It was impossible to get on top. He couldn't do anything. He was absolutely helpless. And so when he got offered to take the mysterious doping substance that precisely manufactured so the commission wouldn't be able to find it in one's body, he couldn't refuse. He was so desperate, that he really to allow himself to be doped.

#### Doping

The substance was administered intravenously. Everything seemed to go well. At least the first few months. Jean's performance has increased unbelievably. Everything went as it should. Several times he even performed many quintuple jumps. Jean's body began to be several hundred times stronger than ever before as it seemed utterly impossible.

That wasn't all though. Later on, Jean would notice many times when he wouldn't be able to speak aloud or make any other sound. He just couldn't and didn't know why. He would come to the trainer, waving at him in front of his face like an idiot, but they would never notice him. Jean thought it was strange and didn't know what to do. He even made himself believe it's some sort of hallucination. He told himself it's nothing to worry about, maybe it's just some state caused by the drugs.

It wouldn't be a month later when he finally found out, that it's not a state. It's not even a hallucination. One time, it happened when he was standing in front of a mirror, shaving himself. The next second he would look into the looking glass and see... nothing. Just floating razor blade. Moving. He freaked out but then again, he couldn't speak nor even make a sound. He felt so helpless. What is he supposed to do now?

Then it was clear. He was turning every now and then for a couple of minutes completely invisible. How, he did not know. But he did. For a precaution, he couldn't even compete now. What if he turned invisible in the middle of the choreography? It would be a disaster.

Years later, Jean-Baptiste lost all the money he had ever made via his sport. He had nothing now. And so he got an idea... What if he uses his powers for his own profit?

#### Le Exécuteur

Jean couldn't think of any better *nom de plume* than *Le Exécuteur* as he joined a smuggler group specilized on bank thefts. He got himself a thief mask and started his stealing career. Jean's got a talent. Everyone who wasn't blind and stupid could have seen that. He was really born to do this job! But with that, he also started being cockier and cockier, feeling entitled to everyone. And needless to say, nobody really liked that. For the greater good of the smuggling group, Jean-Baptiste was kicked out.

And so he started his own group *"Légion Française"* specialized in diamond thefts.

## Personality

Jean is often a very self observed person. He doesn't really care about other people whether it's in the good meaning or the bad meaning. He just doesn't care. Although, his personality is very open. He is extroverted at it's best and doesn't find it difficult to speak or to be around more people than usual. He is pretty confident most of the time. When he's not, he does whatever it takes in order to be confident.

Jean is a very dramatic person. You have a small trouble? He'll make it everyone's big problem for no reason at all. He also loves classic culture references such as operas, classical music, classical literature and dramas. Hamlet is his favourite.

### Myers-Briggs

ESTJ - **An Executive (ESTJ)** is someone with the Extraverted, Observant, Thinking, and Judging personality traits. They possess great fortitude, emphatically following their own sensible judgment. They often serve as a stabilizing force among others, able to offer solid direction amid adversity.

### Character Strengths

Jean is dedicated, strong-willed and very honest. He doesn't like lying and would never lie in case it's not necessary. Jean is also loyal, patient and reliable. He works to exemplify truthfulness and reliability, considering stability and security very important. When he says he'll do something, he keeps his word, making him very responsible members of his company and community.

### Character Weaknesses

On the contrary, Jean is very inflexible and stubborn. Being judgemental is also one of his not so great traits. He finds it difficult to express his emotions and too much focuses on his image and social status within his community. He takes pride in how do his deeds look and would never change it.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

Injected substance reacted with Jean's body in unexpected way.

#### Invisibility

Jean-Baptist is able to turn invisible for less than six minutes. Then he turns visible again and has to methaphorically said recharge to be able do it again.

### Weaknesses

#### Laser

Whenever laser, whether strong or weak, hits him in his invisible form, Jean turns visible.

### Equipment

Jean, as the master thief he is now, uses in order to achieve the best results many gadgets.

#### Mask

Jean's group *Légion Française* members all use the same mask and clear white uniforms. The only thing Jean differs from other is that he also wears a long cape. It's the leader's complex what does that.

#### Blades

Jean also uses blades made from his ice skates he used to use when Anna dumped him as some sort of perfectly dramatic gesture. The blades may not seem very effective, nevertheless the contrary is the truth actually. Knives are terminated by the shark skate teeth.

The Executor's blade