Character name: (unknown)
Codename: V
Alignment: Neutral
Powers: Artificially enhanced physiology, reflexes and mental capacity; skilled armed and unarmed hand to hand combatant; demolitions expert; posesses an arsenal of weapons and equipment.
Bio: Viewed as a terrorist by the English government and a freedom fighter by the English people, the man called V views himself as Anarchy incarnate. He does not see the codename 'V' as his name, always saying, "I do not have a name. You may call me V." He is at one point an inmate at "Larkhill Resettlement Camp" - one of many concentration camps where political prisoners, homosexuals, Jews, Pakistanis, Muslims and black people are exterminated by Britain's new fascist regime, Norsefire. While there, he is part of a group of prisoners who are subjected to horrific medical experimentation, conducted by Dr. Delia Surridge, involving artificially-designed hormone injection. Lewis Prothero is the camp's commandant, and a ****** priest, Father Lilliman, is at the camp to lend "spiritual support". All prisoners so injected soon die under gruesome circumstances, with the sole exception of "the man in room five" ("V" in Roman numerals). During that time, the man had some level of communication with Valerie Page, a lesbian former actress, kept in "room four", who wrote her autobiography on toilet paper and then pushed it through a hole on the wall. Although there is nothing physically wrong with him, Surridge theorizes that his mind had been warped by the experimentation. Still, his actions seem to maintain a twisted logic to them. The experiments actually yield some beneficial results: he develops Olympic-level reflexes, increased strength, and incredibly expanded mental capacity. Over time, the man is allowed to grow roses (violet carsons) and raise crops for camp officials. The man eventually starts taking surplus ammonia-based fertilizer back to his cell, arranges it in bizarre, intricate patterns on the floor. He then takes a large amount of grease solvent from the gardens. In secret, the man uses the fertilizer and solvent to make mustard gas and napalm. On a stormy night (Nov. 5th), he detonates his homemade bomb and escapes his cell. Much of the camp is set ablaze, and many of the guards who rush in to see what happened are killed by the mustard gas. The camp is evacuated and closed down. He adopts the new identity, "V", and dons a Guy Fawkes mask and costume. V then spends the next five years planning his revenge on the Norsefire government, building his secret base, which he calls the "Shadow Gallery". He then kills off most of the over 40 surviving personnel from Larkhill, making each killing look like an accident. However, he saves Prothero, Lilliman and Surridge, (the 3 most responsible for the experiments on him) for last, showing only the remorseful Surridge a bit of mercy by injecting her with a painless poison in her sleep.
Extended Bio
Extra: V is a genius in the fields of explosives, martial arts, philosophy, literature, politics, computer hacking, music and chemistry.
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OOC Note: I will be displying mannerisms from both the comics and the movie. Also, I posted V in the DC Bios because Vertigo Comics, the publisher that released 'V For Vendetta' in the USA, is a subsidiary company of DC Comics.
