Spades

Spades
Real name	Unknown
Alias	Spades
Pronouns	he/him
Age	Unknown
Alignment	Villain
Occupation	Vigilante
Born	Unknown
Status	MIA
City	Apopka Lights
Height	Varies
Mark information
Mark	Me, Myself, I
Level	Rotas
MARK ⬢⬢⬢⬢⬢⬢⬢ STRENGTH ⬢⬢⬢⬢⬢⬡⬡ AGILITY ⬢⬢⬢⬢⬢⬡⬡ CUNNING ⬢⬢⬢⬢⬢⬢⬡ TECHNIQUE ⬢⬢⬢⬢⬡⬡⬡ COOL HAT ⬢⬢⬢⬢⬢⬢⬢
OOC information
Player	Mesh

Spades is a vigilante and villain from Apopka Lights’ Modern Sector. He began his career as a vigilante hero, first active during the summer of 2072. Public opinion has declined in response to increasingly anti-social behavior in the execution of his duty, especially in his ongoing feud with Jackson “The Toymaker” Teller. Spades’ mark, ‘Me, Myself, I,’ gives him the power to inhabit and control the bodies of others.

He is currently wanted by Apopkan authorities for charges of: kidnapping, identity theft, aggravated assault, and murder. The investigation is ongoing.

Career

Early Hero Work

The first case of vigilante justice attributed to Spades was reported in 2072. Subsequent appearances established a pattern of behavior, he mostly concerned himself with stopping or avenging petty crimes. Locals who encountered him during this period were appreciative. He gained no media attention for his actions, his reputation as a hero was instead substantiated by rumor.

VS The Toymaker

Before Jackson Teller’s supervillain persona ‘The Toymaker’ broke into the mainstream, he committed a string of murders in the latter half of 2074 which attracted Spades’ attention. Much of the evidence linking The Toymaker to Jackson Teller, provided anonymously to Apopkan Police, was later discovered to have originated from Spades. Teller subsequently became a full-time supervillain and named Spades his arch-nemesis.

Spades’ involvement with such a high profile supervillain granted him national attention. His popularity never made him a celebrity hero, but after 2074 he began to take on more conventional hero work due to his visibility.

His dedication to bringing The Toymaker to justice soon became his main focus. Their feud was initially defined by Teller’s bombastic style. His plans culminated in elaborate public stunts, separated by long periods of preparation. Spades followed this pattern, only making sparse appearances between Teller’s. He successfully fought for the complete disruption of many otherwise deadly schemes, sometimes before they came to fruition. In 2078 he facilitated Teller’s brief arrest and imprisonment. Their relationship was described as a “compelling mutual obsession” that “captured the hearts and minds of Apopka” by Apopka’s ‘Capes, Capes, Capes!’ magazine.

Decline & Classification as a Villain

2080 saw a sharp decline in Spades’ heroic conduct following a confrontation with The Toymaker. The exact nature of this confrontation is unknown, though Teller described it briefly as a “mistake.”

His retaliations became uncharacteristically violent and he was willing to use methods which he had previously implied he considered unethical. This ultimately led to the death of two civilian hosts and the kidnapping of a comatose patient to escape arrest at Solstice General hospital, where he was interrupted in the process of trying to murder The Toymaker. Both escaped and remain in hiding.

Personal life

Spades’ personal life remains a mystery. However, Teller revealed some of what he knew in an interview with Heropedia: "Oh, yes, I know all about Spades. We go way back. I mean, we’re thick as thieves, aren’t we? He’s got a whoooole history… a mythology even! Like, maybe he came down from a different planet, adopted by regular human parents, and it’s our yellow sun that gives him powers… or… Or! Or maybe he’s a disillusioned billionaire who thinks the best course for justice is by vigilante action due to the death of his parents! Or maybe he’s just a bored teenager on some power fantasy? Maybe he’s got a wife and kids to go home to! I mean, who knows? I do!!!" Teller then broke down into maniacal laughter.