Full Name: John Tobias Gray

Nicknames/Aliases: Armory

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Species: Human/Cyborg


Original Canon: When man was still young and just learning how to survive in the world magic covered the Earth, things beyond even a modern man's comprehension wandered the land, and mystical forces were spread far across the globe. In time where man once cowered in the face of these forces they soon realized they could harness it, use this magic to do great things. Though not everyone could manipulate these forces, and those that could were of the most respected and powerful people in the world. Man lived in prosperity, though these people, these mages grew greedy, and mad with power. In a time of need, though what exactly that need was is left up for debate an event known as the Great Conscription occurred. it was a mass event caused by some of the most powerful mages in the world, where tens of thousands of people were granted incredible powers, though much unlike magic in their natures. This became the undoing of the mages as in time the Conscripted grew in number revolting against their magic wielding masters. Those who could use magic essentially became extinct with only a small number surviving into the modern world.

With the eradication of mages, the Conscripted ruled. Science began to replace magic as the dominating force in people's minds. These days in the modern world many people are born Conscripted, and hold a variety of unique powers. Others hold the potential to be Conscripted, and their powers either manifest later in life, or is unlocked via a life endangering catalyst. Though many people without the potential are granted powers through scientific enhancements instead.

In these days the Conscripted began to do battle. There were some who used their powers to do good, donning disguises and false identities. Others sought to take what they wanted through force not caring for the laws of man. Though these villians would do little to truly danger the world they were a public menace and many young Conscripted rose up to stop them. Heroes and vilians were born. Some heroes are more prominent than others, with one of the most famous being a plant manipulating hero known as Briar. He was the first to go public with his identity thus he set of the trend of heroes being seen as celebrities in the public eye. Many of Briar's foes have been cast in the public eye as figures of notoriety, and infamy, with many unsavory types idolizing them. Eventually more destructive and eldritch foes rose up to do battle with Briar, often putting the world in danger like never before.



Description: John is a rather large and intimidating figure standing at 6'6. He is decently large thanks to his cybernetic enhancements. His implants cover the whole of his body, with every inch of him being covered in thick steel plating. The plating on his arms and legs is slightly thinner than the rest so as to still allow him relatively fast and unrestricted movement speed. He has short black hair, and his eyes are of two different colors, with one being a vibrant blue, and the other being an odd shade of red. This is due to an ocular implant he received as a part of his augmentations. Aside from the holster he wears around his waist john avoids wearing cloths as they tend to undermine his movement, and have been rendered slightly pointless since his augmentations.

Personality: John is very much a friendly individual, with a jovial, and playful demeanor. His generally nice demeanor often makes people think of him as a fairly nice guy despite his grim profession. Though despite this he is also fairly serious about his job and his targets, being very stubborn and unrelenting in the completion of a job. This usually results in Armory talking to his victims in a kindly manner, asking them how their day was before placing a bullet in their heads. Not because he likes to trick people but simply because he is friendly individual who enjoys talking to others and just so happens to have a job to do. This being said he is not adverse to killing and violence in the least, and in fact quiet enjoys a decent fight. He enjoys thrills and adventure, and absolutely hates boredom.


Skills/Powers: While not a Conscripted himself John has several abilities, skills, and powers he has gained through severe augmentation, and training. John boasts considerable strength able to move weights most men would find difficult with ease. The majority of his body is also far more durable than a normal human, due to his body being mostly cybernetics. The cybernetics provide him many other advantages such as thermal, and night vision due to an ocular implant. John is powered by an internal battery, which recharges as he moves. This device has essentially replaced his heart and it allows him to go for long periods of time without tiring, and though he does still require rest, it is much less than a normal humans.He also has access to a considerable number of weapons, such as two concealed wrist mounted machine guns, a large hidden blade stored in his left arm, and the palm of his right hand functions as a powerful flamethrower, a function he had installed specifically to deal with a certain, plant controlling superhero. If those prove too little fire power he also has access to no less than fourteen guns. Two of which he keeps on a holster around his waist, as well as twelve more concealed in secret compartments placed within his legs, with six guns per leg.

In addition to the many physical advantages of cybernetic enhancements John has several skills he has acquired through his profession over the years. He is skilled in the use of hand to hand combat often not even needing to use his strength and weapons to deal with weaker foes. John is also an expert marksmen skilled in the use of firearms, when properly focused on his target, he rarely misses. Though he isn't by any means a trained engineer, or knowledgeable robotics expert he knows his way around machines, and robots. A consequence of always having to repair his cybernetics. John is also surprisingly intelligent, something which catches most people off guard.
Weaknesses: His cyborg body provides him many strengths, and it may indeed be his greatest strength. However it has proven on multiple occasions to also be his greatest weakness. As a cyborg John is impervious to many things like disease, and even hunger, however it leaves him vulnerable to things such as electricity, and water. His internal systems, and power supply are surprisingly delicate and can easily be disrupted by currents of electricity. Electricity is a terribly lethal force to John, it messes with his systems, and disrupts his power supply, even a small current of electricity can prove fatal. Water is similarly dangerous as it can cause his body to rust, and wreck havoc on his internal devices. Though most of his body serves as durable armor there are a few weak points. The most obvious weakness is his face which is the only part of his body which is still flesh. These parts are wholly organic, and are as vulnerable as a normal humans. His limbs also all share a common weakness. On each limb right at the joint between his elbows, and knees is wholly unprotected and easily broken. It is meant to allow for a full range of movement, and provide cooling for his internal mechanisms, however if these are targeted and destroyed it often ends up in the loss of a limb.

In addition to the flaws of his body he has several moral and mental weaknesses. The first of which being his recklessness, and cockiness. He has been lead to believe that he is superior to all non-augmented humans and and even most Conscripted. This results in him being far less cautious than he should be. He is also an incredibly greedy, and materialistic individual. Greed is essentially his primary motive in life, and the best way to manipulate him is often through the use of money and materiel objects


Brief History: John hails from a large though poor family, being the youngest of six children. Despite their lack of money however they were happy, and John had a decent childhood with loving parents. At least he did until he lost his mother in a car accident. This brought upon a gruesome change in John's father, who through grief, and despair had turned into an abusive monster. His older siblings had managed to get away after only a few years as they moved away as soon as they turned eighteen. John however was unable to escape, and eventually he could no longer live with the abuse.

He ran away when he was fifteen, and took to a life on the streets. It wasn't easy and food was harder, and harder to come by each day. He was getting desperate, and soon he had to resort to undignified, drastic measures. Eventually a strange, and rather suspicious man came up to him, and offered a large sum of money if he volunteered to be a part of an experimental surgery. He had no choice and accepted. The surgery, made him stronger, and faster. Entirely superior to a normal human, though not to a Conscripted. The shady man, not seeming entirely satisfied upheld his end of the bargain, letting John go with a lareg amount of money.

Though it lasted fro quiet some time eventually he found himself broke again. He used his new found strength and resorted to crime, and he seemed eerily suited to the life of a criminal. Eventually he found his way into the career of a hit man, killing whoever for a paycheck.He was good at it, and it kept him off the streets so he didn't complain. Unfortunately the life of a hit man was dangerous, and he made countless enemies. They wanted him dead and they did their damnedest to see that happen.

John was hospitalized for weeks, as the majority of his body was left broken beyond repair. He managed to survive in a hospital bed, though just barely, and life was fading from him every day. He had come to terms with it. He was going to die, and he was okay with it. It was for this reason he was utterly surprised to wake up one day, on an operating table. His body repaired, saved through the miracles of science, melded together with metal, and advanced technologies most would fail to comprehend. It didn't take long until he found himself face to face with the same mysterious man that saved him from the streets some time ago. They were impressed with the results of the first test and were ready to move on.

It was explained to him that both the initial surgery and cybernetics were an attempt to turn a normal man into a terrifying weapon, a soldier capable of matching even the most powerful of Conscripteds. Conscripteds were dangerous and their needed to be a way to stop the most dangerous ones after all. It was revealed that the man was apart of the United States government, a part that did not officially exist dedicated to the study and eradication of Conscripted individuals. They were known as the Guardian Group, and now they owned John.

They turned him into a soldier, designated him Armory and set him loose on the Conscripteds. He was a rousing success easily killing most foes in his path. The Guardian group was much less benevolent then they presented themselves however as they seemingly killing these powered individuals indiscriminately. John didn't care, it was exciting, and they were even paying him for his work so he followed orders diligently. This set him at odds with the hero Briar, and they often found themselves locked in battle.

john didn't particularly enjoy the pesky hero, and tried to kill him as often as possible. However he had no issue working with the hero when it was found that the Guardian Group had placed a kill switch of sorts into Armory's systems. Together they took down the Guardian Group, and removed the kill switch from Armory's system.

Now free from the thumb of the Guardian Group John sold himself as a hired gun to some of the most unpleasant people in the world. Often coming to clash with Briar again, as the cyborg had cemented himself as one of the hero's most dangerous adversaries. Currently he had found himself working for a cyborg terrorist known only as The Collective.