Daredevil
May 14, 2013 17:03:42 GMT -5
Post by Matthew "Daredevil" Murdock on May 14, 2013 17:03:42 GMT -5
Matthew Michael Murdock
[/font][/size][/color]"The name's Daredevil... remember it! You'll be hearing it again... I promise!!"
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Full Name: Matthew Michael Murdock
Code Name: Daredevil
Age: 27
Date of Birth: November 2
Sexual Orientation: Hetero
Species: Human
Alliance: Free Lance Hero
Citizenship: Marvel
Canon or Original?: Canon
"Victory is MINE Baldy!
And if you had any hair I'd take that too!"
And if you had any hair I'd take that too!"
Hair: Matt's hair is a dirty blonde color, that shines in the sun. His hair turns darker during the winter time, making it a mix of light brown and a blondish fade. He usually prefers the formal haircut, but usually just shaves it all in one length.
Eyes: His eyes are a light blue color, that engulfs the entire pupil because of his blindness. You can definitely tell that the man's blind, just by looking in his eyes. He prefers shielding them with a pair of sunglasses, to cover up the fact that he's blind.
Height: 6'0
Weight: 200 lbs.
Distinguishing Marks: Matt has a few bullet scars on his back, and a tattoo of his father, placed on his upper right arm. The tattoo is a boxing glove, with a small subscript DD.
Appearance: Matthew prefers to be dressed in his business attire, which consists of a suit, loafers, his sunglasses, suitcase, and his white tipped multipurpose cane. The cane is often used as a weapon for self defense, but is mainly used for his balance and mobility. When Daredevil is suited up, his suit is made of a shiny maroon leather. Matthew Murdock is an adult male in excellent physical shape. He initially presents as confident and collected with a speech pattern that suggests both his roots in Hell's Kitchen as well as his extensive schooling and knowledge of the law. However, when presented with frustrations, Matt often reacts with a quick temper. He is also occasionally prone to emotionally distancing himself from situations and "putting on a mask" of disinterest or detachment.
Face Claim: Ben Affleck
"I’m not interested in making new friends,
I don’t even like the ones I have”
I don’t even like the ones I have”
Likes: Being a Lawyer, Bringing Justice, Alcohol, Painkillers, Cigars, Law
Dislikes: Being made fun of, Killing, Arrogance, Dirty Cops, Loud Noises, Excessive scents
Personality: Matt Murdock is a loner by nature. His views on justice are very strict, he feels that the weak and wronged need a champion, and he with his gifts will use them. Murdock lost a lot of people in his life. First his mother who abandoned him at an early age, then his father who fell victim to the Fixer, two girlfriends, and almost recently his wife. Matt still blames himself in a way, because he couldn't save any of them. He lives with these regrets every single day, and only wishes he could go back and sacrifice his own life, for their well-being. His quick temper is definitely seen through his frustrations.
Murdock has demonstrated great resilience in the face of tragedies. The fact that he has carved out any kind of life at all for himself is a testament to his will. That having been said, he has often forced himself forward without taking the time to properly mourn and/or process the misfortunes and heartbreaks that have befallen him. As such, they are ever close to the surface and seemingly the slightest of reminders can set him off. When taken back to these events, Matt has a binary reaction. He either assumes responsibility for the disaster and its consequences, mentally admonishing himself endlessly, or he blames his enemies and lashes out at them. His friends, in his eyes, are incapable of bad choices; there are only his wrong decisions and the malicious intents of his enemies.
"With great power comes great responsibility"
Powers: Although blind, the Daredevil's remaining four senses function with high levels of superhuman accuracy and sensitivity, giving him abilities far beyond the limits of a sighted person.
Radar Sense - Daredevil's heightened senses allow him to "see" what's around him. His radar sense is similar to echolocation.
Super Hearing - Daredevil's hearing functions so well he can hear a person's heartbeat at a distance of over twenty feet, or people whispering on the other side of a standard soundproofed wall.
Super Touch - Daredevil's sense of touch is so acute that his fingers can feel the ink on a page allowing him to read by touch. He can also feel minute temperature and pressure changes, including body heat from people standing nearby.
Super Smell - Daredevil's sense of smell is so precise that he can focus on a person's smell and follow it through a crowd of people at a distance of 50 feet or gunpowder from a sniper rifle almost 3 blocks away. He also has a great ability to remember smells, so he can identify people by smell alone.
Lie Detection - Daredevil can tell whether a person is lying by listening to changes in their heartbeat, or by smelling their sweat when they are under pressure.
Agility - Due to the fact that Daredevil's sensory organs have such a high level of development, his inner ear, which controls the equilibrium and motions of the body, is also highly developed, aiding him in acrobatic feats that may surpass even Olympic-level athletes.
Tracking - Daredevil's heightened senses make him particularly adept at tracking people. He uses his sense of smell to track their scent and his sense of hearing to discern vocal patterns, heartbeats and gait.
Weapons Matt currently wields a multi-purpose cane that has many different modes. Its initial form is two short sticks held together by an extendable cable. It can be configured into a nunchaku- like weapon to a manrikigusari(a long rope/chain weapon with two weights on its ends), dual short sticks which can be wielded in a pair, staff, or a cable with a grappling hook. The weapon can also be adjusted to combine both sticks into a larger stick. The weapon is held by a holster on the side of Matt's left leg.
Strengths/Abilities: Gifted Intellect: Matt has a high IQ; he's an accomplished strategist as well as an expert in interrogation, disguise, medicine, science and detective work.
Expert Detective: Daredevil has shown to be an expert detective using his intellect to figure out complex problems and hyper-senses to find clues and evidence to crime scenes.
Master Acrobat: Daredevil is classed superb-Olympic athlete, gymnast, acrobat, and aerialist due to constant training and exercise since his preteens. His reflexes and agility are equally remarkable and are on par with the finest human athletes.
Expert Marksman: He is very dead on accurate in throwing most projectile-like weaponry along with his sticks.
Expert Stick Fighter: Matt is an expert in wielding all types of stick weapons which include staffs, batons, nunchaku, and paired short sticks due to training from Stick.
Weaknesses: Daredevil's superhuman senses render him extraordinarily vulnerable to excessive sound, odors, etc., which can temporarily weaken his Radar Sense. If he is bombarded by too much sound at once, Daredevil can easily be immobilized which causes him great pain and leaves him disoriented. Due to his blindness he is unable to discern pictures or video images, and he can only guess at colors based on the amount of heat they are absorbing or reflecting, but he has been able to make out images by feeling them out. Also, Daredevil is as susceptible to physical injury and disease as any normal human.
"All it takes is one bad day to reduce
the sanest man alive to lunacy,"
the sanest man alive to lunacy,"
History: Matt Murdock was raised in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City, by his father, boxer "Battlin" Jack Murdock. From a young age, Matt was pushed to work hard in school so he wouldn't have to fight like his father. His father also worked hard to provide for him so he would have a better life. As boxing work became scarce Jack went to work for a local mobster, The Fixer, moonlighting as an enforcer in addition to taking fights. While his father was away though, Matt secretly started training himself on his father's equipment.
While walking down a street one day, Matt noticed a blind man was about to get hit by a truck. He ran in front of the truck, and pushed the blind man out of the way. However, the truck was carrying radioactive waste, and some spilled out directly onto Matt's eyes causing him to go blind. With his vision gone, Matt's remaining senses of hearing, touch, taste, and smell became heightened, and he was able to "see" using a "radar" sense, that showed outlines and shapes. The radiation also may have had an impact on his mind as well, allowing him to retain information easily.
Matt continued with his studies and his secret training regime. His hard work paid off when he got into Columbia to study law. It was there that he met his roommate and future business partner Franklin "Foggy" Nelson. During this time, Jack Murdock was enjoying some success in the boxing ring, so Matt got tickets for himself and Franklin to go see a bout. However, before the fight Jack found out that all his matches were fixed, and he was going to get killed if he didn't fix the match. Jack didn't want to lose his match in front of his son in the audience, so he went against his orders to fix the match and won. The Fixer did not take this well, and so he took matters into his own hands. Jack Murdock came out after the match and was trying to go home. But, he was murdered in minutes that night.
Shortly after, Matt and Nelson graduated from Columbia and started their own law firm Nelson & Murdock right away. After graduation, Matt also devised a plan to avenge his father's death. He made the Daredevil costume, and brought The Fixer to justice. Thus "The Man Without Fear" was born.
"Next time guys, we should just
rebuild this place outta Lego."
rebuild this place outta Lego."
Writing Sample:
Hulk, Punisher
"I'm through talking, get out of my cave,"
Your name/alias: Sam
Timezone: East
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