Chapter 10: Slade Wilson AKA Deathstroke
This character is much more in line with his DCU version. I did place him in the Arrowverse incidents, but because he is different, he reacts differently. The general personality of the Arrowverse version from the island is very much in line with the DCU version. The Mirakuru version is NOT. Not to mention they made him an Aussie and his kids evil. Joe became a Teen Titan for heaven's sake. Grant was killed off by HIVE. Adeline hated Rose, but Rose was most like Slade. VERY COMPLEX CHARACTER that the Arrowverse just destroyed.
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ORIGIN:
Slade Wilson served in the US Army Special Forces, Team 7 before he was Medically Retired. He became a Mercenary after he stabilized after the ACTH experiments. He met and married Adeline while he was in the Special Forces. Grant was born while he was in Special Forces. Joe was born after he joined Team 7. Rose was born after he started mercenary missions.
After a nearly fatal Special Forces mission, Slade was noted to have a significant healing factor. Metagenes are known. He was moved to Team 7 because of his metagene. Slade met Dr. David Isherwood while on Team 7. Isherwood discovered the activated metagene (healing in Slade). The other members of Team 7 also had active metagenes. Isherwood conducted minor experiments to enhance that metagene and strengthen it. This also gave the team members enhanced senses, flexibility, reflexes, and strength.
At the termination of Team 7, Slade volunteered for the ACTH serum program. This was a US-sponsored program. In theory, this serum would create a super soldier. Instead, most of the volunteers went into a coma or died. Slade experienced a coma and blackouts after the experiments. He was eventually medically retired.
Slade recovered from his coma and his blackouts. Even retired, he needed to feel active. He found that he had an even greater healing ability, enhanced strength, flexibility, agility, durability, reflexes, stamina, senses, and increased intelligence. He decided to start working as a mercenary. This started his arguments with Adeline. On one of his first missions, he rescued several women from Vietnam. Rose was the result of a liaison with one of the rescued women.
As Slade's reputation as a mercenary grew, he was able to take better contracts. He adopted the name Deathstroke. He commanded high prices due to the success of his high-risk missions.
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FAMILY:
Slade Wilson married Adeline Kane while still in the US Army Special Forces. His first son, Grant, was born while he was still in Special Forces. Joseph was born after Isherwood had started his experiments. Joseph inherited his father's enhanced genetics.
Rose Wilson was born from an affair with her Vietnamese mother and Slade. She inherited all of his advanced genetics and ACTH enhancements.
One of his early mercenary missions left one party looking for revenge on Slade before he adopted the name Deathstroke. They found his son Joseph home alone. Slade was able to rescue the boy, but not before Joseph was critically injured. This injury activated Joseph's metagene. This led to Adeline trying to kill Slade by shooting him in the head through his eye. Slade was able to recover due to his healing enhancements, but his eye, even grown back, would never see again. They divorced shortly after. This injury led Bill Wintergreen to speculate that Slade could not die.
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MY AU MOTIVATION:
For this story, Slade has worked in the mercenary community for several years. As he grew in reputation, he was able to command higher prices. He always took the contracts with the highest risk or the greatest difficulty, especially after Joseph was injured. He also tried to limit who else would participate in his missions. He knew his limits, but he preferred to take all the risks himself.
His mark of honor was to always complete a contract, if possible. Once the contract was accepted. He was set to complete the mission. He would never withdraw a contract once accepted. No matter the price.
He refused a time limit on his contracts. He wanted to gather intelligence on the subject before completing the mission. He preferred contracts with complexity and risk. William 'Billy' Wintergreen is his agent. He is a former SAS agent that Slade had rescued.
Slade is independently wealthy. He does not need to take any new contracts. He cherry picks his contracts based on how challenging they will be. He prefers to minimize collateral damage. He isn't paid to kill indiscriminately.
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PERSONALITY:
Slade is very focused on his honor. He ties much of who he is into how well he can complete a job. It is honorable to choose one side and stick to that side. It is honorable to care for your children. Slade can recognize others with honor and those without.
Slade also has some anger issues. He can control his anger when he is on a mission, but it usually escalates when he is thwarted in his goals. He loves a challenge, but he hates to lose. Those who thwart him are the focus of his wrath.
Slade can justify his actions in killing and mercenary work by rationalizing that everyone is a mercenary to some degree. That makes his actions no less honorable than a businessman. It comes down to talent, skill, and service. He provides a rare service. He has the talent and skill to back it up.
Slade is also able to justify a flexible morality by declaring that each society has determined what is moral and what is not. He doesn't claim to follow societal rules. He will often pull up the Romans as an example of a civilized society with slavery that frequently fed people to wild animals for entertainment.
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NOTES:
Slade is one of my favorite anti-heroes. His DCU version had some serious issues (like the whole Teen Titans thing), but he is often used as both a good and a bad character. An anti-hero. It works with his personality. The quick fix of the Mirakiru was a stupid idea that let a good character go to waste. They made him Aussie because of the actor. I'm not constrained by TV limits. My Slade is mostly the DCU version with his exposure to Arrowverse problems.
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