Nathaniel Shaw

Nathaniel Shaw is a superhero, and also kind of a prick.

Biography
Nathaniel Alexander Shaw, by his original name, was born on the side of a highway in rural texas. They’d been on the way to the hospital, obviously, but that just hadn’t worked out. Their car wasn’t the best and his father certainly wasn’t a mechanic, so the highway was the best they had at the time.

He grew up quite far from Texas though, even though he was born there. Quite soon after his coming into the world his family moved more towards the Boston side of things. Living in a small home in a town close to the city, Nathan grew up hearing wondrous stories about powerful individuals, superheroes. Hell, his father told him all his life that he was one, and that Nate would be too. This was when Nathan’s problem began, because while his father might have meant his constant talks of being a hero as a sort of bed-time story for Nathan, the kid took it to heart. He’d always been stronger, always got hurt less, so when he was around ten and his father was still telling him these stories, it was simply ingrained into him. He would be a hero, and god damn it if he wouldn’t be the best there was.

When Nathaniel was young he was always close to his sister, Lillian. She pretty much raised him until he was fifteen, which is when she passed. She was mostly forced to do this due to the pair's busy parents, with Nate's mother always working and his father always out trying to become a big time hero dude. If only the gods had favored him. Cutler, perhaps. She’d been diagnosed with cancer at around the age of fifteen, and being five years older than Nathan she mostly hid that fact from him. She had the right in her mind, but when she died this left Nathan confused. When he finally did find out what happened to his sister, he was heartbroken. Due to their closeness, he made a vow that he would honor her in some way when he turned eighteen. He chose to change his middle name to fit.

However, that wasn’t where he went wrong. No, he might have grown into a perfectly fine hero. However, on his little side hustle of attempting to be a big time hero, his father was killed. He’d only had a light version of super strength, nothing too big. This loss shifted Nate’s thoughts, his prominent beliefs in his life. This was when he was fifteen, going through puberty and having lost his sister to cancer, it was a tumultuous time in the kid’s life. He began to think less of his father as he found out he was a liar, and his belief was no longer that he simply wanted to be the best there was, but that he had to be. For if his father had lied to him about his own life, why wouldn’t he lie about Nathan’s?

That’s where Nathan’s fearlessness and casual cockiness come from. His sense of never being afraid, never being beaten, stems from the fact that he believes that he simply can’t. His past victories simply added onto his already shitty mentality, and you get what Nathan is today.

Nathan’s mentality is what drove his fame, his slow rise to stardom. Now he is a rather well known hero in Boston, after a couple years' work.

Physical Appearance
A mesomorph build enhanced by slight muscle, Nathan is the peak of human fitness without even looking like it. The man has only a half sense of style, and his hair tends to look quite disheveled, as if he just dropped out of bed or as if he just doesn’t care. It’s likely the latter, given his personality.

Personality
Nathan’s never really cared for the whole fear thing. Does he feel it? Yes. The difference between Nathan and others is that he doesn’t show it, instead he only uses that fear to fuel a sort of childish confidence. He quite obviously thinks he can do anything, no matter the threat to himself or others. That being said, this makes him different from your usual superhero. He isn’t in it for the helping people part, no. He’s in it for the thrill, the adrenaline high he gets from flying into a dangerous situation and getting into a fight with guys at least three times larger than him.

Speaking of adrenaline high, to chase this Nathan can get a tad out of hand. He’s been known to rush into situations without much of a plan, purely due to the fact that he believes whole-heartedly that he’ll come out victorious. He isn’t stupid, he knows when he’s in another league of strength in terms of his opponent, but that doesn’t mean he won’t try. This sort of cockiness has not only fueled Nate to become a hero, but it’s what fuels his simple ability to get hit and simply get back up again, and go back for more.

Nathan has an almost innate charm to him, and that’s allowed him to get out of more than a few sticky situations. While he can come across as cocky, and to be fair he is, the man is still a silver-tongued devil. He’s a talker, and it shows when he does things for the press or even when he’s just casually talking to someone.

Powers
Superhuman Strength ~ With higher gamma level superhuman strength, Nathan is truly a force to be reckoned with.

Enhanced Durability ~ Nathan’s body is bullet and blade proof, and while he can take those hits one after another, things starting from around small explosions begin to stun him. Not penetrate the skin just yet, but of course you can only go up from grenades and such.

Flight ~ Nathan can go approximately 770 MPH at a maximum when flying.

Skills
Nathan’s a quick thinker, and on top of that has learned mostly how to fight over the years. He’s gotten a good enough handle on how to beat the shit out of someone, but that isn’t to say he is trained at all. He can use a little help there. Other skill wise, he is good at crocheting, driving and cooking. Quite the man, he knows.