Elite

## Elite (1940s) - The Shield of The World

Elite (1940s) was a primary member of The Great Samaritans, considered to be one of the world's greatest heroes.

## History - The Bravest Of Us All

### Pre-Super Soldier Serum

~~Bj Blazkowicz~~ Dick was, from birth, an odd case. He was very large, his mother's "Little soldier boy." His life was very simple, he worked on his family's farm, went to church on Sunday, having the stereotypical life of a country bumkin, all until the states joined WW2. His father won the Medal of Honor in WW1, and he wanted to continue the legacy of the Marcus name. Additionally, his mother was Jewish, making this intensely personal. He signed up for the Marine Core, racing through basic training and being deployed in the European Front, fighting alongside the other allied nations and their soldiers. He became known as "Hardhead" and "Terror Dicky " to his fellow soldiers after taking several rounds to the face and tanking through them. After a particularly rough fight, he was on the brink of death, when his commander, a man named John Doe, carried him away to safety, bringing him back from the absolute brink with a rushed injection of a weird substance, before rushing him away to a strange laboratory, where he was hooked up to a machine and injected with even more of that substance. It's later revealed that this substance is a form of Super Soldier serum, created from the DNA of a specific alien refugee, alongside a German superweapon turned allied superhero. When he finally awoke, Dick felt empowered, stronger than ever. This whole situation was explained to him, as a smile came across his face. He knew he was gonna do something special with this.

### Post-Super Soldier Serum

Dick soon took up the name "Elite" after testing his powers. He was fitted with a costume shortly afterwards. With the flag of his home upon his back, a mighty shield emblazoned with a star, and a helmet based upon the Greek God Hermes, he soon took to the field as a member of the newly formed Great Samaritans, leading the charge on Omaha Beach. Soon, he and his teammate, Olympian, reached the Reichstag, in which they came face to face with the Nazi leadership. Olympian went straight for Hitler himself, while Elite got rid of Rommel and Himmler, before the two set the building on fire, Goring going up in flames. They all soon returned to America as heroes. The rest of the Samaritans settled down, while Dick simply couldn't. His time as a normal soldier had changed him, made him bitter and angry. He now resided at the absolute peak of the military, answering to only the President, coming out of the woodwork in the Elite costume every once in a while. At the peak of the Cold War, both the US and the Soviets fired every missile they had due to miscommunication, as Elite put on his suit one last time. As they flew through the air, he rounded up all the nukes he could, dragging them all into the outer atmosphere at once, to a place where they could hurt nobody, as they detonated simultaneously, killing him on the spot. All that remained was Richard's skull, and the shield.

Shortly after, a statue was erected in his memory, in the memory of the man who saved the world, the man who rose far beyond the call of duty. The skull was buried in a massive tomb, while his shield was passed down through the generations, a prized artifact kept in peak condition.

## Powers and Abilities

### Abilities

#### Master Marksman

Dick is a master sniper, a deadshot with a rifle

#### Skilled Fighter

Dick has the spirit of a warrior, alongside general martial training and a lot of experience in bar brawls back home, he's basically an action movie protagonist

#### "Hardhead"

Dick has an uncanny ability to shrug off pain, and is incredibly lucky with injuries.

#### "Terror Dicky"

Uttering the name "Elite" or "Terror Dicky" will make a Nazi shit themselves with fear.

### Powers

#### Super Strength

Dick has beyond superhuman strength, able to lift small houses with one hand.

#### Superhuman Durability

Dick is nearly indestructible, with his skull being entirely indestructible.

#### Healing Factor

Dick's body heals almost instantly, rendering him immune to disease and sickness.

#### Telekinesis

Dick can telekinetically bind things together

#### Shockwave Creation

Dick can create massive shockwaves beneath his feet.

#### Earthquake Creation

Dick can create earthquakes within a 5 mile radius

### Weapons

#### The Elite Shield

Dick's shield is entirely indestructible, and has several experimental plasma-based weapons, reverse-engineered from Maalonite tech, attached to it.

#### "The Two-Time Champ"

A modified Colt 1911 his father used in WW1. It was left at HQ when he put on the helmet one last time, and still works perfectly to his day, rumored to contain the spirit of Dick himself.