Masters, Thomas

[tommy]

SHIELD Files
~THOMAS Steven MASTERS!!

Anything you can do I can do better, I can do anything better than you.

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Name: Thomas Masters
Nickname(s)/Alias: Tommy
Codename: Taskmaster
Identity: Secret
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Profession: Mercenary
Character Type: Human
Faction: Neutral
Powers:
Photographic reflexes- Like his father, Tommy has photographic reflexes allowing him to perferctly perform actions he's seen or store them in his memory for later use or to modify for his own use, allowing him to copy whole fighting styles. Tommy cannot copy actions if they require superhuman enhancement(making the likes of Superman and other such heroes' style useless to him) If he watches an action performed in fast forward, he is able to duplicate it at superhuman speeds(he is also able to copy the Flash and other such heroes) however these actions harms him as he it strains his muscles. Unlike his father, remembering actions does not erase his regular memory, but they sometimes cause him to blackout, forgetting some events after they happen. Tommy has deeply studied and memorized the fighting styles of: original Batman, Spider-man, Hawkeye, Green arrow, Iron fist, Captain America, Nightwing, Luke Cage, Swordsman, Black Knight, Black Panther, Wolverine, Deathstroke, Deadpool, X-23, Bronze Tiger, Daredevil, Prometheus, Silver Samurai, Punisher, Elektra, Deadshot. With more to possibly come.
Ablities:
Master martial artist(both armed and unarmed)
Master marksman
Expert strategist
Canon?: Original


PRETTY FACES

Eyes: Black
Hair: Black
Height: 5'11
Weight: 167 lbs.
Any outstanding features?: N/A

Appearance:



As Taskmaster:


Hello THeRE

Likes:

• Under the radar or non-powered heroes/villains
  
• Steak
  
• Weaponry
  
• Exercise
  
• Martial arts
  

Dislikes:

• Loud and obnoxious people
  
• Disorganization
  
• Poster boy heroes(Superman, Captain America)
  
• Heroes he can't study from(Superman, Flash, Green lantern)
  
• Waiting

Fears:

• Unpredictable people
  
• Being fooled
  
• Pointless death

Weaknesses:

• His abilities give him random blackouts, causing him to forget certain instances
  
• A bit anti-social due to isolation from regular people
  
• Unoriginal with his methods at times
  
• Easily angered when things go out of plan

Strengths:

• Analytical
  
• Quickly adaptable
  
• Can plan far ahead
  
• Emotional numbness in battle(for the most part)

Any secrets?: Knows the true identity of the first Taskmaster(who he himself had forgotten for many years)

PERSONALITY:
The nature of a mercenary is easy to find in Tommy. He is cold, cruel, and doesn't trust anything but numbers. He will always be thinking five steps ahead of anybody else, trying to make sure ehe gets the upper hand and nobody can take advantage of him. He often gets his kicks off of his sarcasm and cruel humor, which he inherits from his father. Not growing up in a normal society, Tommy is naive to feelings and normalities of a regular teenager, or a regular citizen for that matter. He can act like a regular person for certain purpose, but doesn't fully grasp the experience. As such, this leaves him with a curiousity for these feelings, possibly opening doors for him to fall into that type of world.
BACKGROUND:

Mother: Woman in Russia (Name unknown to both Tony and Tommy, Tommy is not aware of her existence)

• Dead or Alive? Age and Cause of Death (if applicable):

Alive, estimated late-20s
FATHER: Tony Masters - Taskmaster I

• Dead or Alive? Age and Cause of Death (if applicable):

late-40s, whereabouts unknown(presumed dead by Tommy)
SIBLINGS: Unknown to Tommy, a twin sibling that was seperated from him by his father

• Dead or Alive? Age and Cause of Death (if applicable):

N/A
OTHER FAMILY: N/A

• Dead or Alive? Age and Cause of Death (if applicable):

N/A

HISTORY: (
Tony Masters, more infamously known as Taskmaster, was always resilient. He had escaped captivation from the avengers and othe rheroes many times, and even when captured all he did was cause mor etrouble and then escape. Being one of the most dangerous human villains on the planet was definitely something, but why have it end. It was obvious that he was getting older, and his own past was long forgotten by himself, perhaps he figured it was time to start a new legacy. Taking a permanent base of operations in Russia, Tony didn't exactly have a love to go by to create a seed, so he had to force one. Taskmaster went out to Russia, finding a suitable looking woman to bear his children, one that wouldn't be likely to abort. He took the girl out and date raped her, monitoring her after that night. Nine months later she gave birth, deciding to use adoption because kids were bad for her at the time, and she couldn't bear keeping kids that she concieved from being raped. Soon after, Taskmaster easily snuck into the orphanage, seeing two babies in the crib, the woman had twins. Taskmaster only wanted to raise one, so he picked one at random, figuring the other could just live on its own normally.

Growing up with a mercenary as a father was definitely not the ideal way of living. It was obvious that Tommy wasn't going to have a normal life, Tony raised him to be just as good as his himself, if not better. Quickly discovering he inherited his photographic reflexes, Taskmaster forced him to study the moves of many heroes and villains, comitting the styles to memory until he mastered them himself. Being raised as a mercenary, Tommy wasn't allowed to go outside other than to run errands. In that window of time when he had to run to do things, he began to befriend a little girl, seeing her eceryday. Tony quickly figured this out and killed the girl's parents, forcing her to move. He didn't want Tommy to stray from his training. Tommy was chastised if he showed emotion that didn't involve his training, so he couldn't let his sadness at her disappearance show, shaping him to a worse person.

Well into his late teens, Tommy had developed himself into a very lethal assassin, being able to match his father in a fight so he told Tommy. After he turned seventeen, his father just left. He found a note from Taskmaster,informing Tommy that he had one last job that was likely to kill him, and to move on without his presence. He had no way of knowing whether or not this was actually true, but he trusted in his father and was hapy he trusted him on his own. Gaining all of his father's equipment, resources, and bases around the globe, Tommy took up the mantle of Taskmaster and works on his own.


ACTOR/ACTRESS USED: Gerard Nolan Funk

POST RP EXAMPLE:
Used from Avengers assemble, a marvel rp site where I play the original Taskmaster

The explosion roared through the air, blowing a breeze in everyone's face. Things hadn't happened exactly how he planned, but it wasn't going to affect anything besides how he got the job done. He flipped through the air, escaping the small building as it blew and landing on the ground. The base was small, so the disappearance of the one building was significant aesthetically. A number of HYDRA soldiers quickly ran out and began to shoot at him. He quickly pulled out his shield, holding it in front of him and running for cover. He felt and heard the attacks hitting his shield before hiding behind a corner. He put his shield away and pulled a bow, drawing an arrow from his quiver as well. "Guess I'm gonna have to be more direct than I thought, oh well." Memories of master archers came to mind, mostly Hawkeye himself, he was using his technique after all. He ran from the corner and shot an arrow at the group of soldiers. It hit the floor, which was what he was going for. The trick arrows exploded, knocking away several of the soldiers. He drew another one of the same arrows, firing it at a wall near another group, exploding next to them. The herd was thinned a bit, but more continued to pop up.

He ran to a building that had some supply crates stacked up, using them as stepping stools onto the top of the building. From a distance he could see his target rushing to a truck to escape. "Oh no you don't." Taskmaster had come too far for his paycheck to just get away like that, he needed this money as of now. Shooting another explosive arrow at the soldiers below, he jumped to another nearby building. Running all the way through to the truck, which had started to drive off with his target. He shot a net arrow at a group directly below him as he ran, quickly incapacitating them, he had no time to deal with the small fries. Putting the bow away, he quickly got on a HYDRA motorcycle nearby and rove off after the truck. Of course it didn't take too long to catch sight of the truck, the base was pretty much in the middle of nowhere, so that's exactly where they had to go.

He wasn't going to fully catch up anytime soon, he had to stop it from there. He pulled his handgun from it's holster and began to try and take aim. It was hard for anyone to aim a gun like this, but it had to be done. He took two shots at one of the bacxk tires, missing from such a long distance. He blew the tire on the third shot, the truck beginning to lose control. He took his time with the next shot and hit the second back tire, the truck now swirving uncontrollably. The truck came to a forced stop after Taskmaster blew the tires, he came to a stop quite a bit away. He got off the bike, walking towards the truck. Three soldiers came out of the truck, to protect his target of course. They raised their own handguns to shoot at Taskmaster, but he shot them right out of their hands with three well placed shots. Recovering their hands from losing the guns, they ran at Taskmaster. That wasn't a very smart move, Taskmaster remembered very clearly how HYDRA soldiers fought, they would be no match. The one in front went for a simple right hook to his chin. Taskmaster ducked under it and shot an elbow to his side, causing him to fall on the ground. The second went for a kick and the third tried to simply jab him. He caught the kick with his free hand and knocked away the punch with the other, then knocking the soldier over the head with his pistol to knock him out, and finally kicked the vulnerable soldier in the groin, causing him to fall over in pain.

Now that that was out of the way, he walked up to the truck, where his target was in the backseat. He was supposed to be pretty big in HYDRA, a scientist if he could recall correctly. It didn't matter, he was just a pile of cash to him. The scared man backed to the far side of the backseat in panic. "Why are you after me?" Taskmaster looked at him, answering with indifference. "Nothing personal to me. Somebody is mad at you, somebody with cash." He aimed the gun at him, pulling the trigger.

* THE face BEHIND the MASK!

Alias: Taskmaster, Task, Tasky, TM, anything under those lines
Age: [insert estimates here]
Gender: Male
RP Experience: About..4-5 years
Where did you find us?: Somebody mentioned this site somewhere else, not sure what they go by here

Rules: Fully

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