Sebastian Shaw (![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} blackking) wrote,@ 2008-08-31 08:46:00 |
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 Birth Name: Sebastian Hiram Shaw Nicknames: Shaw, The King, Bastian (by a favored few) Codename: His title is The Black King Age: 42 Gender: Male Ethnicity: Caucasian Mutant Abilities: Shaw is a mutant with the unique ability to absorb kinetic energy to increase his strength, speed, and stamina to superhuman levels. He absorbs the energy of any blow he is struck by, not just punches, but bullets, and to a less successful degree, physically based energy beams, such as Cyclops' optic blasts. He is capable of absorbing the cutting, piercing and thrusting energy from a blade which makes it exceedingly difficult to cut or stab him with sharp edged weapons. Without absorbing energy he is merely a strong ordinary human, but normally Shaw works to keep his strength at a superhuman level. For example, in one instance, he was shown to spend time hitting a wall after waking in order to build up his power reserves. Shaw also can forgo sleep if he receives enough kinetic energy. Often he will have his mercenaries pummel him so that he need not sleep for some time. As a way of aiding himself in combat, Shaw is adept at taunting, and will not let enemies realize his power until they have hit him one too many times. He is, however, vulnerable to being incapacitated, or being attacked psionically. He is also useless in the air. Shaw has also been overloaded by being struck by lightning and by falling a great distance when his gravity was increased. Other key traits are his successful business, and his access to sophisticated weaponry. He also possesses technology that can block telepathic intrusions by Charles Xavier. Occupation: CEO of Shaw Industries Education: The best. Affiliations: Himself? Plz-k-thnx. appearance Height: 6'2" Weight: 197 lbs Hair Color: Dark Brown Eye Color: Brown Defining Traits: His face is handsome, with narrow features and a cunning, penetrating stare. He wears his hair long enough to style but short enough to not be a bother. His build is rather thick, but not by nature. He has trained himself and worked with others to build bulk and strength. Clothing Styles: Sebastian dresses in suits (of two varieties: cutting edge, modern fashion and historic/vintage pieces). They come in one color: black. Okay, on occasion he wears a gray or white. Other: He's got the nasty habit of man rings. His personal hygiene and upkeep are of utmost importance and he won't show his face until he is happy to see it looking back at him in the mirror. On occasion, he sports a goatee or a full beard. personality Interests: General Likes: His way, formal dinners, playing darts, playing chess, having sex, conspiring with like-minded men (sometimes women), vampirism General Dislikes: Dogmatic hippy shit, the 'green' movement (it's too late, shut up), hearing 'no', women who can't hold their tongues, disobedience Skills Mastered: Managing a company, engineering, wooing women, taking over the world, getting what he wants, being King Sexual Preference: Women. Lots of them. Astrological Sign: CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 19) The Quinotaur (half goat, half merman). Cardinal, earth, yin - planetary ruler: Saturn. Keywords: "I USE." Capricorn is the tenth sign of the zodiac and governs the bones, joints, and knees. Positive Traits: pragmatism, maturity, patience, determination, awareness, a strong work ethic, realism, discipline, money management, the willingness to overcome hard luck, leadership, initiative, opportunism, prudence, and cunning Negative Traits: pessimism, melancholy, emotional coldness, manipulation, obsession with work and ambitions to the detriment of personal development, remoteness, and materialistic snobbery Other: etcetera Family: Jacob Shaw (father) Brigadier-General Cornelius Shaw (grandfather) Esau Shaw (paternal uncle) Shinobi Shaw (bastard son) Personal History: Sebastian Shaw was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His power first manifested shortly after he was accepted to engineering school (Speculated to be Carnegie Mellon University) and his father, Jacob Shaw, died, after he contracted an incurable disease. He devoted himself to his studies and created Shaw Industries, becoming a billionaire by age 30. Shaw became engaged to a woman named Lourdes Chantel, also a mutant, and was soon initiated into the Hellfire Club thanks to his vast fortune along with Warren Worthington, Jr. (father of Archangel), Howard Stark (father of Iron Man) and Sir James Braddock (father of Captain Britain and Psylocke), having caught the attention of then White King of Hellfire Club's New York Branch, Ned Buckman. Shaw became part of the Council of the Chosen earning the rank of Black Bishop. Lourdes did not trust Buckman and feared Shaw's ambition and the nature of Hellfire Club would corrupt him. Lourdes was soon killed in an accident caused by prototype sentinels. Upon discovering that Ned Buckman, the White King of the Council, was supporting Steven Lang's Project: Armageddon and its Sentinels, he executed a coup, using Emma Frost's telepathy to make Buckman kill all the Council of the Chosen, including his own White Queen, Paris Seville, and then himself. Shaw proclaimed himself Black King, remade the Council of the Chosen into his Inner Circle and gathered Emma Frost, Harry Leland and the non-mutant cyborg Donald Pierce as the Lords Cardinal of Hellfire Club. At Shaw's side was Tessa, who, unbeknownst to him, was a spy working for Charles Xavier. As the leader of the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club, Shaw started plans to dominate the world through force, money and power. His connections to top officials of corporations and government, acquired via the Club and through his position as CEO of Shaw Industries, made him a powerful enemy. Ironically, Shaw was for years a major supporter and builder of Sentinels, figuring that it's better to be in control of them than not. This activity brought him into frequent contact with the major players of Project: Wideawake, Senator Robert Kelly and Henry Peter Gyrich, to whom he appeared to be an anti-mutant human bigot. Etymology of Name: Sebastian (Greek) 'Venerable' Hiram (Hebrew) 'Exalted Brother' Shaw (English) 'Dweller By The Wood' PB: Christian Bale |
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