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Author's Note: Okay, there are going to be some revisions on this character since he's become more of a permanent cast member instead of a recurring character.
Name: Jean-Paul Renard
Age: 23
Sex: Male
Known Contacts and Affiliations:
Bomb Voyage (father-deceased)
Nichlas DeYorke/Slapstick (Nova Elite Assassin)
Powers: Enhanced reflexes, enhanced strength, extreme regenerative healing
Personality: A smart-ass...pure and simple. Jean lives to piss people off and seems to have made it his goal to piss off every elite nova mercenary out there...along with almost every other organized hero group or organization. He has the skill and capabilities to make himself 'elite of the Elites'...if he wasn't too busy slacking off, drinking beer, surfing, snowboarding, or going wherever an extreme sports event holds an open invitation.
History: Jean-Paul Renard first appeared in Austria where he inadvertently crossed paths with Totentanz, one of the deadliest nova assassins in the world. Details are sketchy, but reports indicate that Renard, while using the codename 'Bomber', was in the middle of a heist when Totentanz arrived on the scene intending to lie in wait and assassinate the target who lived in the mansion. Totentanz, believing Bomber to be a rival mercenary on the same contract, did what he did best...engaged Bomber in a brutal hand to hand fight that ended with Totentanze impaling Renard with his trademark battle-spears before tossing him off the top of the mansion to the ground below.
However, things didn't go quite as planned as Renard picked himself up off the ground, pulled the spears out of his body (cursing loudly in English, French, Italian, and Punjabi), pulled a detonator off his utility belt and set off the explosives he had wired through the mansion before Totentanz had arrived. The explosion buried Totentanz alive and is perhaps the most humiliating moment in the elite's career.
Since that moment, "Bomber" has become the bane of the Elites...where professionalism is a standard in the world of elite nova mercenaries, Bomber is a stain. He is arrogant, cocky, unorthodox, and his smart-ass comments have resulted in several bounties put on his head. He has been shot, burned, dropped from sub-orbital heights, and blown up...and he returns, more annoying than ever.'
As if that's not enough, his live-streaming video blog series called "Bomber's Bay" is very popular world-wide and is one of Via-View's most viewed channels. He is occasionally joined by his best friend/occasional enemy Nicholas "Slapstick" DeYorke. The two have known each other since their early childhood and tend to cause a lot of destruction whenever they collaborate.
Power Evaluation:
Enhanced Reflexes & Strength – Though not impressive as other abilities, Bomber's reflexes allow him to react at least four times faster than a normal human. He has also managed to dodge bullets on a few occasions.
Massive Regeneration – As noted previously, Jean Paul's body has suffered severe physical trauma and other types of damage, but has managed to regenerate from it. He is practically indestructible (though he is not immune to pain...he may survive being tossed out of a jet at forty-thousand feet, but he will be in pain and agony for the next day as his body heals from the damages).
The following excerpt is from an interview conducted by the N! Channel:
N!: "Some say you're controversial-"
Bomber: "Really? Only controversial? That's it?"
N!: "Actually, not done yet. You've been called controversial, a disgrace, flamboyant, a fraud, and a delusional wannabe. How do you respond to that?"
Bomber: "Um, in order? Okay...controversial, yes. A disgrace, by whose definition? Flamboyant...um I don't swing that way. A fraud...funny given the fact most Elites kill people for a living and get action figures made of them that get sold at Wal-Mart and have the gall to accuse me of being a fraud. As for being a delusional wannabe...sorry, have no desire to be a member of the Teragen."
N!: "You do realize that last statement may have just pissed off some very powerful people."
Bomber: "Like I care. I mean c'mon, I'm one of the few people who survived facing off against Totentanz...Totentanz, for crying out loud, the man who strikes fear in novas worldwide because he can probably kill them. He tried to kill me...and failed."
N!: "And you blew up the building he was in and buried him alive."
Bomber: "Hey, that was after he stabbed me with those damn blades of his and tossed me out the fourth story window. By the way...that fucking hurt!"
N!: "He claims that you were trying to take out his target before he could."
Bomber: "C'mon! I wasn't even aware of the contract on that guy. I was only interested in that painting he had which was rendered worthless when Totentanz speared it while trying to turn me into a pin cushion. That was two million...gone! He deserved to be buried alive when I blew that building."
N!: "And now he has a vendetta against you."
Bomber: "Oh no! Woe is me! I'm being hunted by the 'elite of the Elites'. Face it, if he hadn't erupted, Totentanz would still be Klaus Kleisner, a whiny little bitch working an automobile assembly line for BMW or whatever company is based out of Germany."
N!: "Those are bold words."
Bomber: "Hey, he's skewered me a couple times and I've lived to tell about it...I have every right to be 'bold'."
N!: "Fair enough...if you want to have a death wish..."
Bomber: "Hey, it's not a death wish. I mean, c'mon, I know that I'm mortal and I will die some day, but I just don't see it at the hands of an Aryan stereotype who suffers from some serious mental problems. I dunno', maybe he has mommy issues or something."
N!: "Okay...let's move on to another topic. Pursuer."
Bomber: "Oh crap. Now THAT was a mistake, okay?"
N!: "What exactly happened between you two?"
Bomber: "Look, that was an accident. I didn't know they were holding a dog-show at that resort, and I didn't know that Pursuer would be there showing off his prized show-dogs. And I didn't know that they were trained to retrieve! If he had just kept them leashed, they would not have grabbed that grenade when I tossed it at my target, all right!?"
Overview: Though he is a freelance Elite and could pose a dangerous threat, Bomber seems content with doing "small contract" work, preferring extractions and raids instead of assassinations. While he does pose a threat, it is minimal. Suggest light surveillance. However, when teamed with Slapstick, consider him to be a high level threat as they tend to leave a high bodycount and government regimes in ruins when they are contracted (most notablly when dealing with rogue nations and cartel bosses).
