The Spectre

The Spectre

> *"It ain't no secret that I didn't get these scars falling over in church."*
>
> — Alex Stab

**Alexander David Stabryla**, otherwise known as **The Spectre**, is a Captain serving in the NY Insurgents and is the biological son of Luke Stab, who is presumed deceased. He currently serves in the difficult fight against the Organisation, first joining the Rebels due to their Commander having respect for the military history of Alex's father.

He currently works alongside his close friend, The Captain.

## Biography

### Early Adult Life

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Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

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### Rise of the Organisation

Little is known about what exactly the Spectre did on the very day in which the Organisation finally made it's assault on the United States, but what is known is what exactly he did next.

As the East Coast began to fall into the clutches of the Organisation following the death of the Avengers and the defeat of the Defenders, Alex departed from the F.B.I headquarters in Manhattan alongside several fellow agents and began a long journey to Washington DC in order to seek out his father and the remnants of SHIELD. Upon arrival Alex witnessed the fall of the Capitol Building and briefly joined the fighting in and around the Lincoln Memorial.

As the long day of fighting progressed in the city, Alex finally made his way to the Triskelion, which SHIELD was preparing to defend as a last ditch attempt to the defeat the Organisation. It was during this preparation that Alex finally found his father, Deputy Director Luke Stab, who promised Alex that once the Organisation had been repelled he would finally retire from active service. The defenders fought valiantly against the oncoming villains, with Alex fighting side by side with his highly skilled father for the first time as the last of SHIELD's helicarriers and jets fought overhead, however their effort was to be in vain.

Magneto, who had arrived on the battlefield only a few moments earlier, used his metal manipulation powers to turn SHIELD's own helicarriers against them. In mere seconds the high-powered turrets of the carriers fired down upon the SHIELD agents fighting on the ground and on the Triskelion, hundreds were killed in a few seconds and Alex was knocked unconscious after a hail of bullets ripped him apart. The forces of SHIELD were decimated and finally defeated.

Alex did not regain consciousness until five days after the battle, after opening his eyes he found himself lying within the rubble where the Triskelion had once stood, mutilated corpses of agents and heroes were spread out all around him and the air was marked by the distinct stench of burning metal and dried blood. The sight of this massacre forever changed Alex, leaving a lasting effect on the young immortal who forever swore vengeance against Magneto. Worse yet, he was unable to find his father amongst the rubble after rising from the ground in order to search for survivors.

After wandering aimlessly and finally reaching the inner city Alex discovered that something much, much worse had occurred than he could have ever expected. The United States of America had completely fallen to the grip of the Organisation...

#### Becoming Spectre

Once he had fully recovered from the wounds sustained during the Fall of S.H.I.E.L.D, Alex began a long journey back to New York City, travelling by foot. Along the way Alex aided several surviving military battalions in their preparations for the evacuation of the North American continent, a notable example of this would be his tracking down of a local Organisation captain, who he promptly executed.

Upon arriving back in his home of New York City, Alex first made his way to his Uncle's Home in Ethora Heights. He found the entire neighbourhood abandoned and looted by a local large aider settlement, who had taken a young woman prisoner during their pillaging. Luckily the raiders had been completely oblivious to his Uncle's Katana, which sat untouched above his fireplace. Alex promptly took the katana and began devising a plan to attack the local raider settlement and free whoever they had taken hostage.

During the dead of night, Alex stealthily snuck into the large settlement with his only weapons being his katana and a pair of throwing knives. Over the course of a single hour, Alex silently slaughtered over 55 of the bandits within with his katana both silently and outright. Moving as if he were a shadow and outmatching each one of the savages in hand-to-hand combat, Alex almost effortlessly decimated the raiders occupying the land before setting the kidnapped young woman free.

When the sun rose over the camp, only one lone raider corporal had survived. He was picked up wandering aimlessly through the streets of Brooklyn, traumatised. He expressed warnings to others of a fighter so menacing and ruthlessly unbeatable that it could only be described as supernatural. He called it, a Spectre...

## Personality

Alex is fearless, intuitive, adaptive, intelligent and indomitably willed individual. He is relatively confident amongst both those he knows personally and those who he has just met, and has a keen mind for strategy and combat. After first becoming a vigilante/rebel fighter, Alex hesitated in situations that involved killing and extreme violence, however he has slowly become dulled to this as his time as a justice-seeking vigilante has progressed.

He had received minimal combat training from his father, Luke Stab, during his teenage years, however it was not satisfactory to prepare him for the rise of the Organisation. Hence when he first ditched his chosen path in life in favour for the life of a justice-seeker he began training under several combat veterans and martial arts specialists to hone his skills to a level that might level his fathers.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Regenerative Healing Factor:** Inherited from his father, Alex's body naturally regenerates most damaged tissue or organs at a rate that exceeds that of a normal human. However the rate of regeneration is not proportional to the damage caused, instead Alex regenerates at a uniform rate that is far slower than his father's regardless of the damage inflicted. Supposedly if he clinically dies, he can quickly resuscitate himself, making him near-immortal, however Alex has yet to discover if this is the case. His healing factor does not seem to stop Alex from feeling the pain of his wounds nor the pain of his body regenerating itself. Unlike his father, while damaged area or lost anatomy will be completely restored eventually, even forcing objects embedded out to heal properly, there will be lingering side effects if significant damage has been dealt, i.e. impaling or mutilation.
	+ **Decelerated Aging:** In addition, Alex's healing factor provides him with an extended lifespan by slowing the effects of the aging process. Alex, although still relatively young, will likely go on to retain the health, appearance and physical vitality of a man in the physical prime of his life.
	+ **Containment Immunity:** Alex's natural healing also affords him varied immunity to moderate poisons, viruses, diseases, and most drugs.
	+ **Fatigue Resistance:** Alex is partially resistant to fatigue poisons produced from physical activity, such as Lactic Acid.
	+ **Psionic Resistance:** Alex is highly resilient, if not immune, to all but the most powerful of telepathic manipulation.
	+ **Enhanced Reflexes and Agility:** Alex's reflexes and agility are enhanced beyond the capabilities of the normal human body as a side-effect of his healing factor mutation.

## Equipment

### Weapons

* **Spectre's Katana:** After adopting the moniker of Spectre following the rise of the Organisation Alex obtained a katana once owned by his Uncle, Harry Stab, from his home in New York and began utilising it in combat. Alex soon modified the katana to display a rather interesting construction, similar to a modern katana appearance. However, the katana does not have a fuller or back bevel. The entire back section of the blade is nearly empty with the exception of a series of vertical bars.
* **Recurve Bow:** Alex often uses a Recurve Bow as a ranged weapon, he prefers it over firearms due to it's stealth capabilities and it's lighter weight.
	+ **Specialised Quiver:** Spectre's quiver is supplied with a multitude of different arrowheads in the bottom section. By dialling up an armament setting from control on his bow, Spectre can cause the quiver to affix these special arrowheads. This effectively increased the capabilities from conventional arrows to explosive arrows, a grapple line, poison-tip arrows, barbed arrows and more.
* **Wristbow:**The wristbow is a small wrist-mounted weapon, worn occasionally on Spectre's left arm, that stores seven miniature arrows: three on either side and one in the center already drawn, ready for quick fire. Once fired, another arrow moves into the center via a rotating mechanism similar to Spectre's specialised quiver. The wristbow is similar to a crossbow, consisting of a horizontal prod and a locking mechanism to maintain the draw. A shot can then be taken via depressing the trigger, which fires the arrow at a draw force greater than a regular bow. It also has a flashlight attached to it to illuminate dark areas and help see his target. The wristbow also contains a grappling hook arrow to support Spectre's weight and scale him upwards once attached to his body.

## Relationships

### Family

* Luke Stab (Father)
* Ashley Stab (Nee Roberts) (Mother)
* Rose Stab (Sister)

### Allies

* The Captain - Close Friend, Fellow Insurgent.