Hero Killer

### Occupation

Criminal, Murderer, Assassin, Cage Fighter, Labourer (formerly), bodyguard/ thug for hire (formerly).

## Power Information

### Special Abilities

Endurance, Resilience, Strength, Thuggish combat.

## Other Information

### (IRL) Created by

Austin

**Hero Killer** is a supervillain and Assassin notorious for the hunting and murder of many low-level vigilantes and superheroes around America

Thanks to the genetic mutations he received from an experiment, he gained powers of super-strength and supreme endurance that elevated him above the peak performance of any normal man.

## History

### Youth

Dwayne was born to an impoverished family living in an apartment in the poor part of \_\_\_, New Jersey. Along with his brother Luther, he naturally grew into a life of crime.

The two brothers eventually moved to Metro Ryde in Ryde county, New York where they shared an apartment and worked jobs in manual labour while committing crimes and competing in illegal Cage Fights on the quiet to make ends meet.

Following the uprising of heroes in America, Metro Ryde became flooded with pedestrians taking the law into their own hands and donning colourful spandex and silly stage-names to prove themselves and stand up against petty criminals. The Ross brothers encountered a few of these heroes over time, most were useless civilians that had never even been in a real fight; often ending up bloodied and beaten in the gutter. But some proved more of a challenge and a few resembled actual heroes.

On one occasion, Dwayne’s brother fell victim to a specific vigilante going by the name “Ass Beater” that jumped him while robbing the back room of a Strip Club. The vigilante beat down Luther breaking several of his bones and blinding him with his own blood, in a truly un-heroic act attempting to show-boat; struck a killing blow and ended Luther Ross’ life.

Dwayne was dismayed by his brother’s death and vowed to get revenge on Ass Beater and all other amateur vigilantes.

### Mutation X Revenge

Ross started to work full time as a criminal thug and made a point of targeting any would-be heroes he could find and acting out revenge on all of them. At one point he was hired as a bodyguard for mobster Tony Calzone who needed extra backup for a deal in a secret laboratory. On this job, he witnessed the hand-over of a chemical sample named “The Hero Killer gene” that Calzone had commissioned from the lab. Overhearing what this formula can do and what purpose it would be used for so Calzone can create a team of mutant super-gangsters, Ross decided that the gene would be more useful for him if he took it for himself.

Seizing the opportunity, Ross turned on Calzone and his other bodyguards. He neutralised the gangsters and trashed the lab, killing the only scientist with the knowledge to recreate the formula. Ross acquired the only existing sample of the gene and injected himself with it.

The injection altered his genetic structure; after a troubling period of blinding pain and sickening nausea, he awoke feeling vastly stronger and tougher then he knew possible. He was much stronger, now able to break through a brick wall with his bare hands and lift cars above his head. His endurance and Resilience had improved, greatly as he could barely feel the punches he took during his cage fights anymore as though his opponents were wearing padded gloves and he was able to last for hours in the cage without being bested.

Finally able to take down any and all heroes he could possibly encounter, he started on his mission to kill Ass Beater and every other reckless amateur vigilante in Metro Ryde. Ross donned a personalised set of Police riot gear he had acquired throughout his criminal endeavours and took on the name “Hero Killer” after the gene that gave him his abilities as well as a reminder of his purpose and his promise.

Hero Killer patrolled Ryde, with the goal to kill every vigilante that crossed his path. He never bothered to learn the names of any of the heroes he killed, only remembering them as just another count on the tally he kept on his armour. Ross never made these kills personal but he still took tremendous joy in the suffering and panicked regret in the eyes of the naive heroes before he ended their lives. The only single hero he cared about was “Ass Beater”; besides killing him, Ross was determined to make Ass Beater suffer more than any of the others.

Eventually Hero Killer did just this; encountering Ass Beater he easily overpowered him and took him prisoner, Ross unmasked Ass Beater and leaned his real name to be Aaron Goldbery. For a long time Goldbery was locked away in a storage locker rented by Ross, Goldbery would be left strung up from the ceiling for days at a time with Ross occasionally turning up to torture him, gloat and keep him barely alive. Only when Ross tired or keeping him alive did he decide to put an end to it and finish off his victim.

On the final day, Ross turned up and pretended to let Goldbery go. He undid his chains and opened the locker door to let him walk free. Aaron Goldbery didn’t trust this but took his chance to try and stumble home, only reaching the open garage door before Hero Killer shot him in the back of the head.

Ross was not sure what he expected to feel from finally getting his revenge, but nevertheless he remained disappointed. He felt empty with Ass Beater dead and his promise fulfilled but deep down, the anger remained. In the end he came to the decision that Ass Beater was never really the end goal; just the beginning, Hero Killer needed to expand his horizons, Ryde was clearly too small a target and the only solution was to travel further afield. Ross decided that Hero Killer would travel the whole country and kill as many heroes as he could across The United States America.

## Powers

### Strength

The Hero Killer Gene granted Ross super-strength. Hero Killer is able to smash through brick walls, break bones and lift cars with his bare hands. This strength has its limits but does extend a little way beyond the capabilities of any human that has not been genetically altered.