Name: Kevin Bradley Childress

Alias: Razor

Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Residence: Fresno California, USA

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Species: Cyborg Panther

Race: Terran

Family: Razor never knew his father, and has only vague recollections of who his mother is. He lives with his older brother Dwayne (Nightshade), sister-in-law Kesa, and niece Lexa. His step-sister, Kayla Bryer (Charade) is the current CEO of Aftershock Cybernetics, Inc., which she inherited after their father, Dr. Marcus Bryer’s, passing from lymphoma.

Friends: Razor’s sense of humor and sociable nature has earned him many friends. He works primarily with his AI assistant, Sentinel, who feeds him with info and news on his latest missions and bounties. Razor’s main source of companionship come from the ghost pick-pocket Nighty, whom he willingly lets into his house and lends donations from his earnings to. The stealth assassin, Remiel, is one of his most relied-upon colleagues and friends, whom he usually attempts to console due to the weasel’s socially challenged and self-depreciative ways. Razor also works very closely with fellow hunter and friend, Melody Morrow, as well as the dhampir knight, Raven. He has a bit of a problem with Houdini’s crude and womanizing nature, but puts up with him better than most of his other buddies do.

Enemies: The life of a bounty hunter brings along numerous animosities, and Razor is no exception to being marked for death by many adversaries. He has an outstanding record of busting many mafia informants and enforcers in service to Steven Magelli Jr., an act that caused several mob organizations to put a huge reward on anyone who brings him down. Terrorists Azrael Grimm and Dogel Romer have also been the panther’s crosshairs due to the hefty bounty on their heads, though to date he has yet to make a successful capture of either of them. But of all the foes Razor has ever faced in his phenomenal career, only one truly makes him cower in fear: the telepathic sadist known as Dyrge. Razor’s mind was telepathically “raped” by a twistedly gleeful Dyrge and left the cyborg with a lasting mental scar, and even the thought of him makes Razor shudder.

Alignment: Good

Appearance: Razor is a black panther with green eyes and brunette hair. While repairing a broken generator in his adoptive father’s labs, young Kevin Childress got his arm caught in the ventilator while the generator unexpectedly reactivated. His right arm was gruesomely shredded all the way up to the shoulder and the high-voltage shock damaged many of his vital organs. In order to survive, he had his heart and right arm replaced by cybernetic prosthetics, and several scars from his automation surgery are visible on his body. Though the accident changed his life and crushed his childhood dream of playing in the NFL, he then chose to make his father proud by using the machines that saved his life for the good of others. Adopting the alias of Razor, a name he earned during his days on the High School football team due to his ability to “slice” through defensive lines, he had an additional combat pack installed his back to house a sophisticated field computer and portable armored exoskeleton. Razor primarily wears jean shorts, Nikes, a jersey modeled after that of Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers, and an LA Dodgers baseball cap. In his armored form, he encases his body in a form-fitting suit of midnight-blue reinforced steel suit, complete with a green-visored helmet. The armor bears a yellow stylized lightning bolt insignia on both shoulder pads and on the left side of the chestplate, while the right side of that piece bears the white decals of “03”.

Personality: Razor is pretty much considered by most people to outwardly be a jock and a slacker. He enjoys spending his off-time doing what most people his age do: Play X-Box, read pornography, and watch ESPN. Razor grew up an avid fan of the NFL, and his entire room is covered head-to-toe in San Diego Chargers paraphernalia and merchandise. Most of the time he appears to be a persistent optimist, always looking on the bright side of things and making witty wisecracks about situations. Despite his almost unwavering optimism and laid-back nature, this feline is one of the most potent tools in the eternal war against corruption. Razor works at his best as a sentinel to acquire mission-critical data and as fire support to his allies. He also uses his armored exoskeleton to venture into dangerous areas to pull out civilians or downed comrades in the most dangerous of environments, such as burning buildings or rooms filled with noxious gases. But even this cat has his personal demons, as Razor is known to be a fierce alcoholic who once turned to vodka to repress memories and regrets he had with his now-deceased love, Caitlin Jaeger. Razor also suffered severe psychological trauma at the hands of the rouge psychic known as Dyrge, and since then has been subconsciously branded with an overwhelming fear of telepathy as well as suffering extreme physical pain when someone enters his mind.

Powers and Abilities: Razor has no actual superpowers, and most of his abilities are based upon his cybernetic implants. His artificial right arm houses an experimental gauss cannon that serves as his main means of attack. This cannon, the JS-55 “Boltstorm”, fires small ballistic bursts of gauss projectiles packing about the same amount of firepower as a standard AK-47 assault rifle. For added firepower, the cannon can charge gauss energy into a single larger and stronger blast, though this puts a strain on Razor’s power supply from his cybernetic heart and will render him tired and almost defenseless during the cool-down period. Razor wears a special gauntlet on his left hand called the “MK. III Shredder” that, when prompted, engages a three-pronged claw-like blade set from the back of his hand that he uses as a melee weapon and a gripping tool. The panther’s signature “SWITCHBLADE III” armorsuit is also vital to his survival on the field of battle. The suit itself is actually surgically grafted into his body via the pack in his back, and functions by interfacing with implants in Razor’s nervous system that allow him to move almost totally unrestricted as if it were a second set of skin. The armor is made from reinforced steel and generates a small energy field that blankets its wearer. This allows the SWITCHBLADE III to protect the wearer from most environmental hazards and reduces the shock of projectile and blunt impacts by almost 50%.

Personal Quote: “Peace is just a pretty word unless someone’s willing to get their hands dirty to back it up with force.”