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Real Name: Christopher Powell
Occupation: High school student, crime fighter
Identity: Secret
Legal Status: Citizen of the United States with no criminal record, still a minor
Place of Birth: Queens, New York
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Grace Powell (mother), Jason and Jonathan (brothers), Michael Powell (father, deceased)
Base of Operations: Queens, New York
Past Group Affiliations: None
Known Powers:
Alter Ego: Chris Powell has a mystical amulet that allows him to change between his normal form and the Darkhawk at will. In his normal form, Chris has the following stats:
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Grappling Hook: The retractable grappling hook in Darkhawk’s costume allows him to climb at Excellent speed and can grapple surfaces up to two areas away. Darkhawk fires the hook from the right forearm of his suit with Remarkable accuracy. The hook and cable can grab small objects and entangle larger objects, including people, with a successful Agility FEAT roll using Darkhawk’s adjusted Agility for the roll. The hook can also inflict Good (10) Edged Attack damage in melee combat.
Gliding: Darkhawk can glide at Typical air speed (6 areas/round) using the glider wings under the arms of his Darkhawk armor.
Blast/Shield: The amulet in Darkhawk’s chest armor can provide him with a Darkforce blast of Remarkable Intensity that has a two area range, or a force shield that gives him Remarkable protection against physical and energy attacks from Darkhawk’s front side only. Darkhawk can project either a blast or a shield during a round, not both.
Enhanced Vision: Darkhawk has a Good range vision power used for targeting with his grapple-claw; this reduces distances of up to four areas down to one area for purposes of targeting. Darkhawk also has Remarkable level and range Infravision, allowing him to see in nearly total darkness.
Talents:
Darkhawk has the Blunt Weapons talent and the Marksman talent with his grappling hook.
Contacts:
Darkhawk has earned the friendship of the Amazing Spider-Man and Moon Knight, and is an ally of the New Warriors. He is also close to a mysterious vagabond known as “Saint Johnny.”
Role-Playing Notes:
Chris Powell is still trying to come to grips with the effects Darkhawk is having on his life. Chris is sometimes confused and angry, as are most teens, and Darkhawk has only complicated things. Yet, Chris refuses to give up; he has shown tenacity and honor in dealing with his problems. Chris has decided to avoid using lethal force and unethical solutions to his problems, but he has a temper, particularly regarding Philippe Bazin.
History:
Christopher’s Powell’s father was a New York police officer; his mother an assistant district attorney. He had two brothers who he had to babysit a lot, but life always has a few problems for teens, right? Unfortunately, life for Christopher Powell was about to get a lot worse. His mother was receiving offers of—and refusing—bribes from a mobster, Philippe Bazin, whose case she was prosecuting. His father was constantly working late.
Once, his brothers disappeared from home and his charge to go to anamuse ment park. Chris followed them, only to find his father taking bribes from Bazin’s men. When the mobsters discovered him, Chris began to throw objects at them to slow their pursuit. When he picked up the strange amulet he found there, Chris was transformed into Darkhawk. Darkhawk easily defeated Bazin’s goons, though one died when he ran into a fuse box while carrying a live electrical cable with which he had intended to electrocute Darkhawk.
Realizing that he had a chance to atone for his father’s sins, Chris began to fight crime as Darkhawk. There appears to be a link between the Darkhawk amulet and the homeless man, “Saint Johnny” though what form the relationship takes is unknown as of this writing.
Darkhawk immediately came up against several dangerous foes in his battles against crime. These others wanted to learn the secrets of Darkhawk and take possession of the amulet, including the villainous Hobgoblin. Hobgoblin, the mobster Bazin, as well as the villains Tombstone and Lodestone all tried to get the amulet from him. He battled such deadly foes such as Portal and the U-Foes, and the mysterious Savage Steel. His battles often saw him stand side-by-side with such heroes as Spider-Man, Captain America, Daredevil, and the Punisher.
More recently, one of his brothers was seriously injured when a bomb that Ba zin’s men placed in his mother’s car exploded. His father had vanished, only to reappear at Bazin’s trial where he was promptly kidnapped by Bazin. Tombstone stole the amulet from Darkhawk’s costume, leaving him unable to transform back to Chris. He followed Bazin, only to crash land on an island ruled by Venom. Darkhawk managed to defeat Venom and, later, Tombstone to regain his amulet. He would not have survived the battle for his amulet had it not been for the selfless sacrifice of Michael Powell. Now, Darkhawk has become one of New York’s fastest-rising superheroes, seen often in alliance with Spider-Man as well as the New Warriors.