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Full Name: Virgil Hawkins
Codename or Alias: Static, Virge
Gender:Male
Age:16
Birthdate:
Place Of Birth: Dakota
Occupation/Status: High School Student
Alignment: Hero
Factions: Teen Titans
Canon Or Original?: Canon (http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Virgil_Hawkins_(Dakotaverse))
Powers/Abilities:Generation of various electromagnetic phenomena, Electrical manipulation, Magnetism manipulation, Some resistance to telepathic tampering
Weapons/Items: Disk- A small piece of mylar that folds out to become a disk that Static rides on to fly through town.
zap caps 1st edition- With a small charge, Static can throw these to cause a mini explosion as a distraction.
zap caps 2nd edition- These are used to wrap any of the meta-humans, but they can be broken out of.
Shock box - Walkie Talkies used between Virgil/Static and Richie/Gear to contact each other.
Tracking devices- Static can attach these to people and track them as long as he is within a 2-mile radius.
Appearance
Visual Appearance:
Physical Appearance: Static is an Afghanistani/American of average build who's 5ft 7in tall and weighs 142lbs. He has black hair and brown eyes, and is currently single.
Clothing and Armor:
Personality
Likes: comic books, role playing, being a super hero, nachos and Frieda
Dislikes: N/A
Fears: Virgil fears that his powers will go out of control and he will make the mistake of hurting his friends and loved ones.
Bad Habits: showing off while on patrol and fighting other meta-humans, endangering the lives of the citizens and of himself.
Sexual Orientation: Straight
General Personality: Virgil is cocky and very arrogant and he jumps to conclusions far too often, but he has a good heart and will never hesitate to help someone in need.
Character's History
Siblings: Sharon Hawkins (alive)
Mother: Jean Hawkins (dead)
Father: Robert Hawkins (alive)
History: The poorest and most crime-ridden neighborhood of Dakota City is Paris Island. Gangs were commonplace, and turf wars a regular occurrence. So much so that eventually all the local gangs agreed to settle things once and for all, at an intersection of the three main gang's territories, a spot they termed "Ground Zero".
Trouble at the Big Bang
This "Big Bang" was no secret, and when more than five hundred gang members converged that night, armed and ready, everyone in the area, police included, knew what was going down. Even the Mayor of the city knew about it, and she had decided to take advantage of the unique situation and mark herself as a "tough on crime" candidate for the next elections. Once everything started she had ordered the police to release a special tear gas containing a harmless radioactive marker, which would allow them to track any gang members who got away for days afterwards, and then they'd move in on the gangs in force and apprehend as many of them as they could. By morning the vast majority would be incarcerated, and the stragglers could be chased down and picked up over the next few days.
Things went hideously wrong. The gas killed over ninety percent of the people exposed to it, with the survivors either being hideously mutated into monstrous forms or gaining superhuman powers. Those survivors became known as "Bang Babies"; to the world at large the deaths were put down to gang violence. Fifteen-year old school kid Virgil Hawkins was bullied, like most kids are. But after taking one beating too many he was given a gun by some gangbanger friends, who told him that if he was tired of being pushed around, then he should link up with them at the Big Bang. Virgil showed up, and hid behind some crates and old oil drums, but while he was waiting he decided this wasn't for him. Throwing the gun away into the water, he wandered off, deep in thought and heedless to where he was walking. Thus it was that Virgil, although not a gang member, ended up present at Paris Island on the night of the Big Bang. Exposed to the gas he gained a variety of electromagnetic powers, and inspired by the superhero comics he had grown up reading, he decided to become a superhero, Static.
Static
It's not all good being a superhero though. At school the only person who knows Virgil's secret is his best friend, Frieda Goren; he can't use his powers to deal with bullies for fear of giving away his secret identity. Because his sense of duty means he will drop everything to deal with threats to the city, he finds it impossible to hold down even the most menial job. He's got enemies aplenty - Hotstreak, Commando X, Holocaust, and more. His close friend Rick Stone came out as gay, forcing Virgil not only to deal with his own homophobia, but also to protect Rick when a gay rights rally was attacked by a homophobic super villain.
And then there's Dusk. Dusk was another teen vigilante, with a strong code of justice, whom Static encountered. He and the young lady hit it off immediately (in spite of having somewhat different viewpoints on what constituted reasonable force), and combined patrolling and dating. Then the two of them assisted the police on a drug bust, only for Static to discover one of the dealers was Frieda's boyfriend Larry. Shocked, Static initially let Larry go, putting a slight rift between him and Dusk. A day later, the two heroes caught up with Larry just as some other dealers decided it was time to silence him. Dusk was shot trying to protect Larry, who died anyway, and if Static hadn't carried her to safety, Dusk might have died as well. Afterwords, Static told Frieda he had decided to abandon his costumed identity. He was convinced not to by Dusk, who was leaving Dakota because she had become wanted for murder.
Role Play Sample:
It was just past midnight when Virgil decided to patrol the city as Static because he was trapped in his room all evening doing his homework on the quantum physics presentation he had sat through during class that day. On his patrol, Static picked up a police report about a robbery in place down by the warehouses. He quickly flew over there and found three criminals looting the warehouses, so he decided to teach the robbers a lesson. Static magnetized the two closest robbers to the truck and magnetized the third that tried to attack him from the back to the ceiling of the warehouse and waited for the cops to arrive before releasing them.
Codename or Alias: Static, Virge
Gender:Male
Age:16
Birthdate:
Place Of Birth: Dakota
Occupation/Status: High School Student
Alignment: Hero
Factions: Teen Titans
Canon Or Original?: Canon (http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Virgil_Hawkins_(Dakotaverse))
Powers/Abilities:Generation of various electromagnetic phenomena, Electrical manipulation, Magnetism manipulation, Some resistance to telepathic tampering
Weapons/Items: Disk- A small piece of mylar that folds out to become a disk that Static rides on to fly through town.
zap caps 1st edition- With a small charge, Static can throw these to cause a mini explosion as a distraction.
zap caps 2nd edition- These are used to wrap any of the meta-humans, but they can be broken out of.
Shock box - Walkie Talkies used between Virgil/Static and Richie/Gear to contact each other.
Tracking devices- Static can attach these to people and track them as long as he is within a 2-mile radius.
Appearance
Visual Appearance:
Physical Appearance: Static is an Afghanistani/American of average build who's 5ft 7in tall and weighs 142lbs. He has black hair and brown eyes, and is currently single.
Clothing and Armor:
Personality
Likes: comic books, role playing, being a super hero, nachos and Frieda
Dislikes: N/A
Fears: Virgil fears that his powers will go out of control and he will make the mistake of hurting his friends and loved ones.
Bad Habits: showing off while on patrol and fighting other meta-humans, endangering the lives of the citizens and of himself.
Sexual Orientation: Straight
General Personality: Virgil is cocky and very arrogant and he jumps to conclusions far too often, but he has a good heart and will never hesitate to help someone in need.
Character's History
Siblings: Sharon Hawkins (alive)
Mother: Jean Hawkins (dead)
Father: Robert Hawkins (alive)
History: The poorest and most crime-ridden neighborhood of Dakota City is Paris Island. Gangs were commonplace, and turf wars a regular occurrence. So much so that eventually all the local gangs agreed to settle things once and for all, at an intersection of the three main gang's territories, a spot they termed "Ground Zero".
Trouble at the Big Bang
This "Big Bang" was no secret, and when more than five hundred gang members converged that night, armed and ready, everyone in the area, police included, knew what was going down. Even the Mayor of the city knew about it, and she had decided to take advantage of the unique situation and mark herself as a "tough on crime" candidate for the next elections. Once everything started she had ordered the police to release a special tear gas containing a harmless radioactive marker, which would allow them to track any gang members who got away for days afterwards, and then they'd move in on the gangs in force and apprehend as many of them as they could. By morning the vast majority would be incarcerated, and the stragglers could be chased down and picked up over the next few days.
Things went hideously wrong. The gas killed over ninety percent of the people exposed to it, with the survivors either being hideously mutated into monstrous forms or gaining superhuman powers. Those survivors became known as "Bang Babies"; to the world at large the deaths were put down to gang violence. Fifteen-year old school kid Virgil Hawkins was bullied, like most kids are. But after taking one beating too many he was given a gun by some gangbanger friends, who told him that if he was tired of being pushed around, then he should link up with them at the Big Bang. Virgil showed up, and hid behind some crates and old oil drums, but while he was waiting he decided this wasn't for him. Throwing the gun away into the water, he wandered off, deep in thought and heedless to where he was walking. Thus it was that Virgil, although not a gang member, ended up present at Paris Island on the night of the Big Bang. Exposed to the gas he gained a variety of electromagnetic powers, and inspired by the superhero comics he had grown up reading, he decided to become a superhero, Static.
Static
It's not all good being a superhero though. At school the only person who knows Virgil's secret is his best friend, Frieda Goren; he can't use his powers to deal with bullies for fear of giving away his secret identity. Because his sense of duty means he will drop everything to deal with threats to the city, he finds it impossible to hold down even the most menial job. He's got enemies aplenty - Hotstreak, Commando X, Holocaust, and more. His close friend Rick Stone came out as gay, forcing Virgil not only to deal with his own homophobia, but also to protect Rick when a gay rights rally was attacked by a homophobic super villain.
And then there's Dusk. Dusk was another teen vigilante, with a strong code of justice, whom Static encountered. He and the young lady hit it off immediately (in spite of having somewhat different viewpoints on what constituted reasonable force), and combined patrolling and dating. Then the two of them assisted the police on a drug bust, only for Static to discover one of the dealers was Frieda's boyfriend Larry. Shocked, Static initially let Larry go, putting a slight rift between him and Dusk. A day later, the two heroes caught up with Larry just as some other dealers decided it was time to silence him. Dusk was shot trying to protect Larry, who died anyway, and if Static hadn't carried her to safety, Dusk might have died as well. Afterwords, Static told Frieda he had decided to abandon his costumed identity. He was convinced not to by Dusk, who was leaving Dakota because she had become wanted for murder.
Role Play Sample:
It was just past midnight when Virgil decided to patrol the city as Static because he was trapped in his room all evening doing his homework on the quantum physics presentation he had sat through during class that day. On his patrol, Static picked up a police report about a robbery in place down by the warehouses. He quickly flew over there and found three criminals looting the warehouses, so he decided to teach the robbers a lesson. Static magnetized the two closest robbers to the truck and magnetized the third that tried to attack him from the back to the ceiling of the warehouse and waited for the cops to arrive before releasing them.
