Hazard/Introduction

OOC: Hazard is a loyal minion of the Wyrm, Pentex, and a few key select individuals who make up that hierarchy. Insults to the aforementioned are not taken lightly. His villainy is largely reserved for NPCs. The player prefers to avoid PvP situations. OOC Friendly rivalries and nemesis are welcome.

Insert non-formatted text here Edward 'Hazard' Leeman is not a good man. He is a simple but selfish man who uses might and fear to acquire what he desires. A life of crime was his most obvious career choice. His destructive whims have made him the perfect host for his bane, and his state of possession and the powers it yields is the only thing that has kept this man alive through a very violent past. This tendency toward violence brought the attention of Pentex, in particular Acquisitions determined Hazard more then suitable for First Team duty and promptly had him acquired.

Hazard's initial career in the First Teams is not a shiny one. A general disregard of authority and a tendency for his command officers to have 'accidents' landed him in what was clearly intended to be a useful if but lethal way to utilize his powers. He was assigned to Major Zora Vankova. To her irritation, Hazard simply refused to die. He quickly established the record for surviving Zora's suicide missions.

Having initially been contracted to First Teams (initial attempts to brain bomb him failing thanks to a very determined healing factor), Hazard was cut loose under surveillance. In reality this was a loan to favorable criminal elements with hidden ties to Pentex. Hazard established himself as an effective goon. His ingrained hatred of Gaia and ignorance of Pentex operations made him a loose end but a minimal risk. This changed when he was abducted by a rogue element of the US military. He suddenly became a liability who either needed to be eliminated or reclaimed as an asset. Fortunately for him, Major Zora Vankova and her team of Clarissa, Dr. Ivanov, and Knox opted for reclamation. After a successful extraction mission, Hazard was returned to active duty in the first teams.

Joining initially with reservations, Pentex has been good to him and the military lifestyle is starting to get its hooks to him. His violent tendencies are regularly exercised on the lower-ranking Fomori of Godspite Company. He is slowly transforming from a mere goon to more of a commissioned officer role within the company often relied upon to maintain discipline in the lower ranks of Fomori.

Hazard possesses the ability to suppress and hide his powers. In most instances, he's just a really tall if somewhat cranky dude going along with his life. When provoked or threatened, he unleashes his bane and is abruptly transformed into a tower of bulging muscle with rhino-hide like skin. Each of his knuckles are topped with bone spur. He's fast, and he hits like a freight train.