Taskmaster

Taskmaster Attributes Agility: 4 Strength: 3 Toughness: 3 Perception: 7 Intellect: 3 Willpower: 3   Abilities Gear: Arsenal 4 Gear: Body Armor 3 Gear: Image Inducer 4 Gear: Omni-Tool 5 Skill: Athletics 7 Skill: Martial Arts 9 Advantages Combat Expertise Photographic Memory Photographic Reflexes Rogue Agent Voice Impersonation Flaws Criminal Ego Hydrophobia Memory Condition Information Name: Anthony "Tony" Masters Position: ' Team: Non-Affiliated Age: 31 Sex: Male Race: Metahuman Type: FC Actor: N/A Alts: None Timezone: PST Music: You're Going Down by Sick Puppies Quote: N/A Tone Likes: N/A Tone Dislikes: N/A Background The man known as Taskmaster has reconstructed his own past life. He believes he discovered his powers randomly while watching television as a child, also thinking he grew up to become an all-star athlete in school and even championship quarterback... All of this may very well be a lie - the truth the man does not see or know is that he was an Agent of SHIELD, a covert operative who worked for the super spy organization for many years; long enough to become highly decorated and even establish a career, a life and a marriage. This life changed when he was assigned to lead a mission in the Bolivian Andes where the Nazi's had created a replica of Himmler's SS Grail Castle. It's here that ODESSA, the organization for former SS members began stockpiling clones of Hitler and experimenting with super human serums. Cornering Gorscht and suffering heavy losses against juiced up former Nazi soldiers Anthony Masters had no choice but to take the experimental serum himself. So ends the story of the SHIELD agent Anthony Masters and begins the criminal career of the Taskmaster; a name he adopted while under his first job for the Org. It was in Central America while retraining Mexican Special Forces to take over operations of drug cartels that Taskmaster truly takes on his new face, finding solidarity in the face of the Saint Death - Santa Meurtre - the Lady of Shadows. Abilities Gear: Arsenal (4) From knives to brass knuckles, katanas and more unconventional military firearms up to the anti-tank level ranges Taskmaster has a size-able weapons collection. Most commonly he has a sword, knives, bow and arrows, various grenades and customized dual 45 APCs. Gear: Body Armor (3) A skull theme and stylized Kevlar body suit with web-gear - it gives good protection against most modern conventional weaponry along with some resistance to fire and weather conditions. Built in audio and video systems come equipped within the helmet that grant some optical enhancements such as night-vision or telescopic options. Gear: Image Inducer (4) A holographic projector that can be used to alter to disguise and mask features along with clothing clothing. It can also produce a very short lived decoy of himself or a 'scanned' object that lasts several minutes. Gear: Omni-Tool (5) A SHIELD tech solid energy projection device; this grants him the ability to mimic various forms of weaponry via 'hard light' - it has a thin line maximum range of around forty feet. Skill: Athletics (7) Having kept up with his SHIELD training and then some to accurately duplicate moves that are almost superhuman the man has honed himself to near Olympic levels. Skill: Martial Arts (9) Taskmaster is a master in more forms than he can remember (literally) he has stolen countless moves from all of the greats. Advantages Advantage: Combat Expertise Taskmaster has extensive knowledge as an assassin, mercenary, spy, commando, combat instructor and martial artist. Due to his special abilities he has studied some of the worlds deadliest fighters and countless martial arts; his talents lie in boxing, fencing, archery, juggling, gymnastics, wrestling so on and so forth - the list goes on and extends in to weaponry from modern on back to ancient cultural. Advantage: Photographic Memory Though not completely perfect due to that major flaw of permanent memory loss (he will lose most memories no matter what) this gifts Taskmaster with a precise and unnaturally accurate memory allowing him to recall things down to the finest detail. Advantage: Photographic Reflexes Whatever Taskmaster sees he can perfectly and without practice duplicate it. Even by reviewing recordings he can learn moves it also grants him an insight in to their fighting styles allowing him to predict, anticipate and determine weaknesses in styles. This not only extends to combat but also to every day activities that involve muscle memory or routine action such as pickpocketing, facial expressions, etc. Advantage: Rogue Agent The man known as Anthony Masters was once an accomplished SHIELD Operative. Due to issues while in service he became compromised, this is a serious SNAFU mess up and it is covered up. Only the highest rank operatives in SHIELD know this and his ex-wife and 'handler' special agent Mercedes. As such this means he is monitored and kept directed by secret channels (they will on occassion even cover up his tracks). Advantage: Voice Impersonation Another attached ability connected to his Photographic Reflexes and Memory. Taskmaster can alter his own voice mannerisms and imitate others down to the letter. He can do this with almost any sound the human voice is capable of mimicking. Flaws Flaw: Criminal He has worked with unsavory sorts in the past (still does) and even tarnished his own reputation to an extent, not everything can be covered up or hidden and in some locations the man is seen as a villain who allies himself with people far worse than himself, not to mention being a mercenary doesn't always leave a shining mark on a persons record. Flaw: Ego Taskmaster very much has the mindframe of "anything you can do I can do better" and for good reason, he usually can. This gets away from him though and often causes him to be reckless and foolish - just because he mimics someones talents or abilities doesn't mean he has the philosophy behind it down pat. At his worst times he has even been known to monologuing and leaving himself open. Flaw: Hydrophobia Taskmaster whether real or imagined has a very intense fear of drowning. He has overcome it briefly in the past but that does not mean it is something that has left him for good - he still struggles with it when encountered with situations that put him at risk. Flaw: Memory Condition Taskmaster is a cursed man - whenever he learns a new ability or talent; especially combat styles he forgets something of his past life or long term memory. He has what he calls his own "Memory Palace" where he tries to retain and keep skills, memories and talents stored or tied to specific events, sounds, smells and senses. Without this practice he would lose much more than he has; thanks to this very potent flaw the man has forgotten all of his true past life and remembers nothing of his own wife or the fact that he was once an agent of SHIELD. Gallery

Taskmaster Logs

• 2012-10-18 One Hot Mess
• 2012-10-18 One Hot Mess
• 2012-10-18 One Hot Mess
• 2013-01-23 Yum! BBQ Rat!
• 2013-02-12 Your Money, Their Funeral
• 2013-02-12 Your Money, Their Funeral
• 2013-02-14 Expensive Duck Suit
• 2013-02-28 1 Hour to Sunset