Character Name: Tony Masters (presumed)
Codename: Taskmaster
Height/Weight: 6'2" | 220 lbs
Alignment: Neutral; only takes the job which provides the most cash.
Powers: The Taskmaster's only superhuman abilities were that of his photographic reflexes. He was able to duplicate almost any physical act he sees after seeing it done by someone else only once. Due to these reflexes, he can do things which border on superpowers. For instance Taskmaster has discovered that after watching martial arts movies on fast-forward he is able to briefly duplicate the moves at a greatly increased velocity, effectively giving him a limited form of super-speed.
However, as he does not have any sort of enhanced endurance, this puts a great strain on his body and he is only able to fight in this manner for short periods of time. He can also copy the subtle muscle movements of others so precisely that he can at times do things such as copying another persons voice so precisely as to fool voice recognition software.
He can also do things such as figuring out the sleight of hand techniques of a master poker cheater simply by watching them. He can even duplicate the nearly superhuman abilities with thrown projectiles which Bullseye exhibits, or approximate the agility of someone like Spider-Man, at least up to a point that doesn't require superhuman effort. He is also capable of using this ability to master complex gymnastics routines and play difficult pieces of music. However, he typically prefers to use this ability to copy the combat skills, both armed and unarmed, of costumed crime-fighters and expert martial artists from around the world, typically seen through watching videos of them in combat situations.
He has often shown the ability to actually predict an opponents next move before they make it if he has studied their fighting style enough. Opponents who are skilled at improvisational fighting styles, or who have a more random unpredictable style are less likely to have their moves predicted by Taskmaster. The Taskmaster is a master strategist and tactician.
Bio: "Tony Masters" was a married SHIELD agent, and an impeccable athlete who served with the government until a mission gone awry left him injected with an experimental serum created by Nazis which left him the his ability known as "photographic reflexes". He noted his abilities, and steadily began to forget his past, all the way up to even his name, and took on the title of "Taskmaster" as his assassin/mercenary code-name. With cash he could gather from jobs, he had scientists develop weapons for him between missions in the styles of costumed vigilantes, whom he was also mimicking the fighting techniques of.
Extra: Taskmaster's ability to completely memorize the fighting styles he observes has the unfortunate side-effect of erasing the memories of a more personal sort. He can retain practical memories, ones that are related to skills, but not even his real name or those he gets close to for longer than a few days without help.
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