Powerfist

Andre Jay King, also known as Powerfist, is an anti-hero of the MYverse. He is a former MMA fighter turned gym owner who also takes up the job as a vigilante at night. Him, Black Velvet, Bronze Dragon and the Penalizer are part of a band of vigilantes called The Watchdogs.

## Biography

### Personality

Andre has a spirit for fighting and he never seems to be giving up. He is highly motivated on fighting because he was raised in a violent background and had a rough home growing up. As a gym owner, he knows what he was doing and what he wants in order to give the gym and himself a good reputation after the accusations of him killing an opponent in a competition by a gut punch.

### Appeareance

Andre is an African-American man who's bald and has facial hair. He has a muscular build.

## Story

### Background

Andre grew up in a very shabby childhood in the outskirts of Harlem. He has witnessed violence in the streets, and everywhere else. In his younger days, he would tend to experience a lot of racism and hate crime. Before MMA, he took up kung fu and boxing classes, and also Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) classes, that leads him to have a lot of experience in street fighting. His first street fight happened when he was 18 years old. When his parents discover that he has gotten himself into fights, he decided to run away from them and live in a small and shabby flat. Two years later, he trained in MMA and became a fighter himself. He was known as the King due to his powerful punches and kicks, and his signature finishing move---the gut punch, that causes an opponent to get heavily injured.

### After the Accusations

This is a turning point in his career. Dre became the target of media, because he was accused of killing an opponent, which is later revealed to be Marshall Lin, his soon-to-be partner in crime. He was in court 5 times and landed in prison for 3 years. However, he was innocent and there is no way that he killed Marshall, especially by accident.

### The Watchdogs

Lawyer Javier Hernandez helped set him free from prison and prove his innocence in court, and eventually, justice has been served. This led to him taking up a new persona, a vigilante named Powerfist. They joined Black Velvet and the Bronze Dragon, who's revealed to be Marshall, as the Watchdogs. During the fight against the God of War, he punched him until his body went unconcious.

### Recent years

After the Watchdogs, he still gets in touch with all of the members. He then owned a gym and took care of his two sons, despite being divorced from his ex-wife. He now has a girlfriend named Ruby Lopez, who's a former U.S. Army medic. Him and Ruby has made a promise to treat his kids and family well and give them the future they deserve.

At one point, he was a target for Lady Lawless, because of his victory over a Russian MMA fighter, who is revealed to be one of her trusted accompliances. They got into a fight, and the Watchdogs reunite and joined the fight together. Eventually, they witness a portal being opened, and it was revealed that the Avenging Angel is there to help. Lady Lawless tried to attack her, but Dre, as Powerfist, thinks that she's "just a kid" and decided to stop the fight and save her instead. This leads to him being a mentor of hers and now he accompanies her around the BeatDown tournament.

He was badly tortured, beaten and was starving while spending weeks in Russian prison. His adoptive daughter would write him letters. Then, a prison guard named Yuri set him free, flew him to Alaska, fed him, tell him stories and expose the accusations and who made them. Turns out, a Lethal Lady named Katya Karkova was the mastermind of the whole thing. While failing to assasinate him, Dre dodged the bullet and the bullet landed over to his opponent, the infamous Russian MMA Fighter "The Bear".

He now takes Avenging Angel legally as a part of the King family, and gave the legal name "Serena King", because Ruby and himself stated that she reminded them of the Latin pop singer Selena, whom had a similar aura.

## Abilities & Powers

### The Punch

Powerfist has a signature punch that causes an opponent to be unconcious.

## Character Relationships

### Allies

His proud allies are The Watchdogs. They've been teaming up together and stopping crime together.

### AI-Mystress/The Avenging Angel

She is his legally adopted daughter. He gave her the legal name of Serena Jane King, and is confirmed that she is his now adoptive daughter.

After saving her from the unfinished fight with Lady Lawless, Powerfist helped and motivated her to be a better fighter. He trained her in more fighting styles, even though her background is mostly Baguazhang and Piguaquan. He also helped her with some combinations that created her victories. They are both close friends, have a master-apprentice dynamic and he treats her like his own daughter.

Sometimes, Dre likes to take her out to his favorite places in New York, especially his home, while introducing her to Ruby and his two sons. Now, he sent her to Faraday School, where Nate studied.

### Ruby Lopez

Andre met Ruby when he was visiting a military base to coach soldiers in self-defense. Eventually, they found out that they have a lot of things in common, and decided to get close. Dre offered her a spot as the secretary of the gym, but however, she would rather do nursing. Now she's a medic in a local civillian hospital after three years of military service.

### Yuri

Yuri is the Russian prison guard who saved his life. He noticed that he was tortured, thinning out, starving while at the same time, badly injured after a couple fights against prisoners. He ran away with an old plane, and he flew him to Alaska to give him more comfort before heading off to New York. Yuri and Dre are now closest friends, and they currently reside in his New York home.