User blog:TheMightyTom99/Paladin - Superhero Idea

This is my idea for a superhero for my own superhero series (Spartan). Paladin is a superhero whose incredible powers rival Spartan's own. His martial arts skills no where near rival Spartan's, however, he can still stand against a plethora of opponents.

Backstory
Frederick Hughs was born in Riverside, California on 22nd August, 1999. His father, David Hughs was a novelist and received large amounts of royalties for his books. Meanwhile his mother, Lavender Hughs (originally Malcolms), was redundant and almost entirely forced to live off David's income and unemployment benefits.

Fred was fascinated by the superhero Spartan from an early and took it upon himself to help the Armoured Knight. He fashioned himself a battle suit from cardboard and began attempting to make a difference in Riverside.

However, on his first outing, he was stabbed twelve times by drug dealers and rushed to A and E. His parents demanded that the dealers were arrested. However, the dealers worked for Drug Lord Rico Liberatore and he sent his best lawyers to prevent them from being prosecuted. Enraged by this, Frederick's parents went in search of the dealers and shot them both. It was then that the family went into hiding in San Jose with David's brother James.

However, Rico sent operatives after them and killed the entire family, except Frederick, who one of the killers felt pity for and let him live. Frederick was now alone in the world.

That was, until Spartan took him in. Zachary had heard of the ordeal and rushed to the family's aid, but to no avail. Thus the hero took Frederick in and trained him to be his apprentice. Because of his experiences with death, the boy abhorred killing and thus followed Spartan rules to the T.

Paladin decided that he should define himself as another hero, away from Spartan and he now serves throughout the United States. His base of operations is known simply as B.A.S.T.I.O.N (Battlefield Atmospheric Surveillance Targeting and Immediate Operation Network). It is an extremely well fortified stronghold, and has served Paladin well, being a storehouse for most of his weapons and gear, as well as a lookout point and last stronghold if need be.

The Siege of B.A.S.T.I.O.N
In 2026, a number of terrorist assaults took place worldwide, targeting major military bases, even including Fort Knox and Thule Air Base.

Skills

 * Advanced fighting capabilites including training in Muay Thai and Jiujitsu.
 * Augmented Battle Suit equipped with wrist-mounted missile and dart launchers, jet pack, resistant armours and flamethrowers. It also increases his physical strength, agility and stamina.
 * Genius Level Intellect.