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|History=Growing up poor in Hell's Kitchen sucks. Growing up the son of a single father - a boxer, is even rougher, especially when one day, you're blinded by a chemical spill. It wasn't any easy childhood by any stretch, especially since his father kept fighting to support them, and young Matt struggled to contend with the heightened senses he found himself with after the chemical spill. One day, Matt overheard his father being offered a lot of money to throw a fight by local gangsters. Although he initially agreed, Jack didn't end up throwing the fight. He bid a large sum of money on himself with instructions that it go to his son. Jack was killed by the mobsters he betrayed.<br><br>When his mother failed to care for him, Matt was moved to St Agnes' orphanage. It was there he met a man named Stick, who seemed to intuitively know about the young man's enhanced abilities. Over several months, Stick put Matt through a harsh and rigorous training regimen that taught him to use his abilities to their fullest extent. When Matt tried to make an emotional connection with Stick (in the form of a bracelet he made from an ice cream wrapper) the man promptly abandoned him and disappeared.<br><br>Although abandoned and alone, Matt managed to keep pushing on. He was a bright young man who excelled despite his disability. He hid the fact that he could perceive the world better than any blind man. He finished school, entered pre-law, then law school. It was at Columbia that he met the man who would become his best friend and partner in business - Foggy Nelson. The two hit it off almost instantly and formed a strong and lasting friendship.<br><br>As interns, both Foggy and Matt worked at the large and prestigious firm, Landman and Zack. What the experience taught both of them is that they didn't want to be practicing the kind of law that defended large coroporations against powerless individuals. So, with some cajoling on Matt's part, they broke away to form their own firm - Nelson and Murdock.<br><br>Matt's vigilante career began the night after he and Foggy decided to form their own firm. He severely beat his neighbour after he escaped prosecution for abusing his daughter. That was the first mask, and the first step to taking the law into his own hands. <br><br>Since then, Matt's been making his presence known in his alterego, Daredevil. He's trying to get control of the crime in his neighbourhood. He balances his dual life as hard-luck lawyer by day, and the Devil of Hell's Kitchen by night.  
|History=Growing up poor in Hell's Kitchen sucks. Growing up the son of a single father - a boxer, is even rougher, especially when one day, you're blinded by a chemical spill. It wasn't any easy childhood by any stretch, especially since his father kept fighting to support them, and young Matt struggled to contend with the heightened senses he found himself with after the chemical spill. One day, Matt overheard his father being offered a lot of money to throw a fight by local gangsters. Although he initially agreed, Jack didn't end up throwing the fight. He bid a large sum of money on himself with instructions that it go to his son. Jack was killed by the mobsters he betrayed.<br><br>When his mother failed to care for him, Matt was moved to St Agnes' orphanage. It was there he met a man named Stick, who seemed to intuitively know about the young man's enhanced abilities. Over several months, Stick put Matt through a harsh and rigorous training regimen that taught him to use his abilities to their fullest extent. When Matt tried to make an emotional connection with Stick (in the form of a bracelet he made from an ice cream wrapper) the man promptly abandoned him and disappeared.<br><br>Although abandoned and alone, Matt managed to keep pushing on. He was a bright young man who excelled despite his disability. He hid the fact that he could perceive the world better than any blind man. He finished school, entered pre-law, then law school. It was at Columbia that he met the man who would become his best friend and partner in business - Foggy Nelson. The two hit it off almost instantly and formed a strong and lasting friendship.<br><br>As interns, both Foggy and Matt worked at the large and prestigious firm, Landman and Zack. What the experience taught both of them is that they didn't want to be practicing the kind of law that defended large coroporations against powerless individuals. So, with some cajoling on Matt's part, they broke away to form their own firm - Nelson and Murdock.<br><br>Matt's vigilante career began the night after he and Foggy decided to form their own firm. He severely beat his neighbour after he escaped prosecution for abusing his daughter. That was the first mask, and the first step to taking the law into his own hands. <br><br>Since then, Matt's been making his presence known in his alterego, Daredevil. He's trying to get control of the crime in his neighbourhood. He balances his dual life as hard-luck lawyer by day, and the Devil of Hell's Kitchen by night.  
|Abilities=<span style="color:#B22222">'''MEDITATION TO HEAL'''</span><br>Between Matt's boxer-like tenacity and martial arts conditioning, he has also learned the art of meditation to speed healing. Some of it is simply mind-over-matter, where he convinces himself not to feel the pain associated with his injuries. Some of it however, is quite real. He can, with rest and focused meditation, heal approximately 20 to 30 percent faster than an ordinary human.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''SUPERHUMAN AGILITY'''</span><br>Matt's enhanced senses and years of training has made him extremely agile, quick and able to react with lightning speed and precision. He can incorporate acrobatic moves into his fighting to dodge and best position himself for knock-out blows.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''SUPERHUMAN BALANCE'''</span><br>Matt has absolute perfect balance. This along with physical conditioning allows him increased agility and allowing him to make precise movements.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''SUPERHUMAN SENSES'''</span><br>Matt may not be able to see, but all of his other senses are heightened to an extraordinary level. His sense of smell is so acute, that he can smell a man's cologne three floors away. His hearing is so precise that he can hear a bullet cutting the air or someone's heartbeat to tell if they're lying. His sense of taste is strong enough that he can eat ice cream and tell what dairy farms the milk came from. All of these super-enhanced senses combine to allow him to see the world in an unique - and in many ways superior -way.
|Abilities=<span style="color:#B22222">'''MEDITATION TO HEAL'''</span><br>Between Matt's boxer-like tenacity and martial arts conditioning, he has also learned the art of meditation to speed healing. Some of it is simply mind-over-matter, where he convinces himself not to feel the pain associated with his injuries. Some of it however, is quite real. He can, with rest and focused meditation, heal approximately 20 to 30 percent faster than an ordinary human.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''SUPERHUMAN AGILITY'''</span><br>Matt's enhanced senses and years of training has made him extremely agile, quick and able to react with lightning speed and precision. He can incorporate acrobatic moves into his fighting to dodge and best position himself for knock-out blows.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''SUPERHUMAN BALANCE'''</span><br>Matt has absolute perfect balance. This along with physical conditioning allows him increased agility and allowing him to make precise movements.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''SUPERHUMAN SENSES'''</span><br>Matt may not be able to see, but all of his other senses are heightened to an extraordinary level. His sense of smell is so acute, that he can smell a man's cologne three floors away. His hearing is so precise that he can hear a bullet cutting the air or someone's heartbeat to tell if they're lying. His sense of taste is strong enough that he can eat ice cream and tell what dairy farms the milk came from. All of these super-enhanced senses combine to allow him to see the world in an unique - and in many ways superior -way.
|Skills=<span style="color:#B22222">'''BILINGUAL'''</span><br>Matt speaks fluent Spanish. He also knows a lot of Latin because, well, lawyer.<br><br>INVESTIGATION<br>Being a lawyer requires an analytical mind and an ability to draw logical connections. Matt has extended this into his nocturnal endeavors and uses his investigatory skills to help him track down gangsters and drug dealers.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''LAWK TALKIN' GUY'''</span><br>Matt is a fully accredited lawyer. He graduated summa cum laude from Columbia. He could have gotten a job at nearly any of New York's top firms. Instead, he decided to strike out on his own. Nelson and Murdock might not be very large or have many billable hours, but their consciences are clear and the believe in what they're doing.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''MASTER OF MARTIAL ARTS'''</span><br>Matt is an expert of several different forms of martial arts that he combines into a personal style. He is brutally efficient in a fight, able to react and counter ways even some of the finest fighters in the world would have trouble adjusting to. His weapon style of choice is with his billy club, but he's also very efficient at hand-to-hand or at using improvised weapons. He is also a brutally efficient boxer - a talent he inherited from his father.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''PEAK PHYSICAL CONDITION'''</span><br>Matt is at the absolute peak of physical conditioning for a man of his age. He's been beaten around a lot (and that might cause him problems later in life) but for now, he's at the top of his game. There isn't an ounce of wasted fat or un-toned bit of muscle. He couldn't be in better shape even if he was an Olympic athlete with a professional trainer. His hero-ing makes sure he stays in shape.
|Skills=<span style="color:#B22222">'''BILINGUAL'''</span><br>Matt speaks fluent Spanish. He also knows a lot of Latin because, well, lawyer.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''INVESTIGATION'''</span><br>Being a lawyer requires an analytical mind and an ability to draw logical connections. Matt has extended this into his nocturnal endeavors and uses his investigatory skills to help him track down gangsters and drug dealers.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''LAWK TALKIN' GUY'''</span><br>Matt is a fully accredited lawyer. He graduated summa cum laude from Columbia. He could have gotten a job at nearly any of New York's top firms. Instead, he decided to strike out on his own. Nelson and Murdock might not be very large or have many billable hours, but their consciences are clear and the believe in what they're doing.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''MASTER OF MARTIAL ARTS'''</span><br>Matt is an expert of several different forms of martial arts that he combines into a personal style. He is brutally efficient in a fight, able to react and counter ways even some of the finest fighters in the world would have trouble adjusting to. His weapon style of choice is with his billy club, but he's also very efficient at hand-to-hand or at using improvised weapons. He is also a brutally efficient boxer - a talent he inherited from his father.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''PEAK PHYSICAL CONDITION'''</span><br>Matt is at the absolute peak of physical conditioning for a man of his age. He's been beaten around a lot (and that might cause him problems later in life) but for now, he's at the top of his game. There isn't an ounce of wasted fat or un-toned bit of muscle. He couldn't be in better shape even if he was an Olympic athlete with a professional trainer. His hero-ing makes sure he stays in shape.
|Resources=<span style="color:#B22222">'''ARMOURED SUIT'''</span><br>After Matt observed that one of his enemies had an armored suit that looked and felt almost like regular material, he convinced the man who made it to make him a suit of his own. Rather than mimicking the finest from Brooks Brothers, Matt's suit looks like a devil. It affords him a great deal of protection from weapons fire, melee strikes and the elements while not impeding his movements. His horned helmet protects his skull from concussion and other impacts.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''NELSON AND MURDOCK'''</span><br>It's not much, but it's theirs. The team of Nelson and Murdock have a small law firm in the heart of Hell's Kitchen. It pays the bills. Sometimes. Well, OK, so it keeps them in pie.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''THE DEFENDERS'''</span><br>They're a team. sort of. Who watch each others' backs, sometimes? Maybe they're more like drinking buddies? Or maybe co-workers who occasionally help each other out? Either way, they are a resource.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''WEAPONRY'''</span><br>Matt's weapon of choice is a billy club that can be separated into two sticks with a long wire between the halves. It's a very versatile, and in his hands, brutal weapon.
|Resources=<span style="color:#B22222">'''ARMOURED SUIT'''</span><br>After Matt observed that one of his enemies had an armored suit that looked and felt almost like regular material, he convinced the man who made it to make him a suit of his own. Rather than mimicking the finest from Brooks Brothers, Matt's suit looks like a devil. It affords him a great deal of protection from weapons fire, melee strikes and the elements while not impeding his movements. His horned helmet protects his skull from concussion and other impacts.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''NELSON AND MURDOCK'''</span><br>It's not much, but it's theirs. The team of Nelson and Murdock have a small law firm in the heart of Hell's Kitchen. It pays the bills. Sometimes. Well, OK, so it keeps them in pie.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''THE DEFENDERS'''</span><br>They're a team. sort of. Who watch each others' backs, sometimes? Maybe they're more like drinking buddies? Or maybe co-workers who occasionally help each other out? Either way, they are a resource.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''WEAPONRY'''</span><br>Matt's weapon of choice is a billy club that can be separated into two sticks with a long wire between the halves. It's a very versatile, and in his hands, brutal weapon.
|Weaknesses=<span style="color:#B22222">'''BARELY GETTING BY'''</span><br>While it's true that lawyers tend to make a lot of money, that's not the case for Nelson and Murdock. They only tend to take on cases where Matt is sure the client is in the right, or so he can gather more information about the guilty party. Being that picky might be good for the conscience, but it's bad for the bottom line. A ham is a fine thank you from a client, but it doesn't keep the lights on.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''BLIND'''</span><br>For all his superhuman gifts, Matt is still blind. He can't go to the theatre. He can't watch TV. He can't appreciate art. He also has to act like he has a harder time getting around in his daily life than he actually does.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''CATHOLIC CONSIENCE'''</span><br>Some people draw strength from religion. For Matt, for the most part it just causes him to beat himself up. He grapples with sin and damnation, between good and evil - and more specifically, where his place in the world is. He resigns himself to being a balancing force, but in his heart he knows he's a sinner. Sometimes he uses his faith to justify his actions, and other times his faith tortures him.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''COLLATERAL DAMAGE'''</span><br>If anyone finds out that Matt is Daredevil, there are people he cares about very much who will get hurt. Foggy, Karen, Claire - his clients who became his friends - they're all very potent targets. If someone were to hurt them, he may very well break his own 'no killing' rule.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''DOUBLE LIFE'''</span><br>Matt lives two lives - one, as mild-manner blind overachieving lawyer, Matt Murdock, and the other as the Devil of Hell's Kitchen. The strain of hiding himself and the strain the split has on his psyche wears him down and stresses him out.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''ENEMIES'''</span><br>His secret identity might allow him to have a normal life if he doesn't put on the suit, but there's more than a few people gunning for the Devil of Hell's Kitchen. He's vulnerable when he patrols or engages, especially since some of his enemies are, or employ very powerful individuals.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''SENSORY OVERLOAD'''</span><br>One of the downsides of Matt's incredibly acute senses is that they can be overloaded. It takes a lot (he does live in New York City, after all) but if an enemy knew his weakness, they could use that against him. Sudden loud sounds, potent smells, that kind of thing, can all temporarily overload him and create a moment of vulnerability. Water in particular can really mess up his senses.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''THOU SHALT NOT KILL'''</span><br>Matt's willing to do a lot of things, but he's unwilling to kill. He'll maim someone for life, put them in a coma, break all their limbs - but he won't kill. That may make him vulnerable when killing someone is the best strategic move. He'll also let the bad guys live - potentially to fight another day and come after him for revenge.<br><br>TOO GOOD AT LAW<br>Standing up for the little guys may be the right thing to do, but it tends to put you on the radar of the big guys. He and Foggy are effective enough as lawyers that they can actually win, David-like against Goliath. That does not make them any friends.
|Weaknesses=<span style="color:#B22222">'''BARELY GETTING BY'''</span><br>While it's true that lawyers tend to make a lot of money, that's not the case for Nelson and Murdock. They only tend to take on cases where Matt is sure the client is in the right, or so he can gather more information about the guilty party. Being that picky might be good for the conscience, but it's bad for the bottom line. A ham is a fine thank you from a client, but it doesn't keep the lights on.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''BLIND'''</span><br>For all his superhuman gifts, Matt is still blind. He can't go to the theatre. He can't watch TV. He can't appreciate art. He also has to act like he has a harder time getting around in his daily life than he actually does.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''CATHOLIC CONSIENCE'''</span><br>Some people draw strength from religion. For Matt, for the most part it just causes him to beat himself up. He grapples with sin and damnation, between good and evil - and more specifically, where his place in the world is. He resigns himself to being a balancing force, but in his heart he knows he's a sinner. Sometimes he uses his faith to justify his actions, and other times his faith tortures him.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''COLLATERAL DAMAGE'''</span><br>If anyone finds out that Matt is Daredevil, there are people he cares about very much who will get hurt. Foggy, Karen, Claire - his clients who became his friends - they're all very potent targets. If someone were to hurt them, he may very well break his own 'no killing' rule.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''DOUBLE LIFE'''</span><br>Matt lives two lives - one, as mild-manner blind overachieving lawyer, Matt Murdock, and the other as the Devil of Hell's Kitchen. The strain of hiding himself and the strain the split has on his psyche wears him down and stresses him out.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''ENEMIES'''</span><br>His secret identity might allow him to have a normal life if he doesn't put on the suit, but there's more than a few people gunning for the Devil of Hell's Kitchen. He's vulnerable when he patrols or engages, especially since some of his enemies are, or employ very powerful individuals.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''SENSORY OVERLOAD'''</span><br>One of the downsides of Matt's incredibly acute senses is that they can be overloaded. It takes a lot (he does live in New York City, after all) but if an enemy knew his weakness, they could use that against him. Sudden loud sounds, potent smells, that kind of thing, can all temporarily overload him and create a moment of vulnerability. Water in particular can really mess up his senses.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''THOU SHALT NOT KILL'''</span><br>Matt's willing to do a lot of things, but he's unwilling to kill. He'll maim someone for life, put them in a coma, break all their limbs - but he won't kill. That may make him vulnerable when killing someone is the best strategic move. He'll also let the bad guys live - potentially to fight another day and come after him for revenge.<br><br><span style="color:#B22222">'''TOO GOOD AT LAW'''</span><br>Standing up for the little guys may be the right thing to do, but it tends to put you on the radar of the big guys. He and Foggy are effective enough as lawyers that they can actually win, David-like against Goliath. That does not make them any friends.
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[[Category:Defenders]]

Revision as of 02:20, 4 November 2017

Daredevil (Scenesys ID: 89)
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"You've got to feel what's not there as much as what is."
Profile
Full Name: Matthew Michael "Matt" Murdock
Gender: Male
Species: Metahuman
Theme: Marvel (DFC)
Occupation: Attorney at Law
Citizenship: {{{Citizenship}}}
Residence: {{{Residence}}}
Education: {{{Education}}}
Status: Active
Groups: Defenders
Other Information
Apparent Age: 27 Actual Age: 27
Date of Birth 15 December 1997 Actor: Charlie Cox
Height: 180 cm Weight: 84 kg
Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Blue
Theme Song: "Daredevil Main Title" by John Paesano and Braden Kimball

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Matthew Murdock's life has been defined by hardship, and the desire to make a difference. His adherence to his own personal code of morals has cost him more lucrative opportunities -- particularly as a lawyer, but also as a crime-fighter. Ever the 'battler', he has thrown that smirk -- bruised and bloodied -- in the faces of his adversaries, again and again, until he has achieved something good. Something right. Something...just. He has a very dry, acerbic sense of humour, which might be mistaken for *no* sense of humour, and he is extremely loyal to his friends. He is also, just as often, a pain in the ass for refusing to back down.

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