Dan Drake- The Pink Comet

History:

Dan Drake is a former street thug from a small coastal city, feared for his incredible strength. His entire gang, the Dagger Flamingos, marked by their pink clothing, was contracted by a cult to guard them during a ritual. It seemed like an easy job, with even the police unwilling to approach the bulletproof and brutal Cheng Xu. However, Huntsman was. He tore through them like a blender, wounding Dan and turning the rest into a pile of body parts on his way to the ritual. Looking over the carnage, the most horrifying thing he had ever seen, he swore off his old life and fled the country. Six years later, as a cage fighting martial artist, he never learned what it was that killed his gang, but he may soon find out.

Changing his real name, he mostly participates in cage matches along the Pacific coast, never sticking around longer than he needs to to collect his prize money. However, his powers rob him of a lot of the thrill he seeks from battle. These abilities are not only his enhanced stats but his ability to fire off extremely close-ranged bursts of spiritual energy and a strange pheromone ability.


Appearance:

Dan is a tall and muscular Chinese man. His brown hair is permanently tied in a ponytail and while he doesn't always wear his tattered pink gi, he does usually wear something pink. A little antennae of hair not in his ponytail always springs forward over his forehead. Under his gi, he tends to wear a blue undershirt. Another consistent feature is his tendency to go barefoot, as he dislikes shoes. His brown eyes are small but emotive on his tanned face, right above a strong nose.

In avatar state, his canine teeth, hair, and nails grow. His voice has a weak Cantonese Chinese accent that grows stronger when excited and is somewhat soft for his size. At Christmas, he received a baseball cap from the seamstress Hitomi. It's mostly pink but the front section, a triangular bit framing the bill, is white. This front section contains an embroidered pink fist surrounded by dark red flames.

Personality:

Dan has three very distinct states of mind. Normally, he is calm, reserved, and somewhat shy, finding it nigh impossible to start a conversation. He mostly just reads, trains, or plays his saxophone when alone, which is most of the time. In battle, he becomes a very different person. He becomes, loud, brash, and cocky. The thrill of battle fills him, leading to his normal personality being even more pronounced upon leaving it. This is a reemergence of a personality that had started to emerge when he was the top fighter of the Dagger Flamingos, unbeatable by anybody he knew, but than as now, it only lasts as long as his blood's pumping.

Not as different as is apparent is his avatar state. In this form, he seeks only survival and reproduction. His pragmatic side comes to the forefront as his emotions recede. He comes off as antagonistic to men and possessive of women in this form, and even more withdrawn afterwards due to the embarrassment of his actions. However, he retains much of his social clumsiness and acts on many of his normal state's desires. After being trapped in the avatar state for over a year, he refuses to enter it again no matter the stakes. He also struggles with guilt from taking the lives of multiple FMY members in his first adventure in the hidden world. Guilt for these many failures continues to gnaw at him even as he tries to raise a child.

Powers:


Most of Dan's avatar powers were lost when the Primal Roar was removed from his body, leaving him temporarily powerless. However, while raiding the JHWAB's Shirokumo Prison, his fighting spirit was awoken by Goemon Williams. With this, he has become a spirit boxer, with a technique/durability focus. He has yet to properly train these new powers and focus his considerable skill into the art of boxing. The only remnants of his former powers are his abnormally powerful heart and lungs. 

Spirit Boxer:

Strength- C
Speed- D
Stamina- B
Durability- B
Technique- B
Guts- C
Stance- Orthodox High Guard

Red Spot- A straight where Dan throws a devastating punch at extremely close range. This punch carries nearly the full power of a regular-distance punch and sometimes even more. Known for precision and breaking blood vessels beneath the skin, although the results are more often purple than red.

Cosmic Returns- Dan already uses his aura to defend against other people's attacks, absorbing much of the force before the blow can land. With this skill, he can keep the energy that his aura absorbs, using it to fuel a tremendous attack.

Meteor Swarm- Instead of unleashing all of his built up power in one blow, Dan concentrates it in a series of punches, making them much stronger than his average blows, but significantly weaker than a full Cosmic Return.

Moonchaser- A fearsome uppercut, made mostly for closing vertical distance. It isn't incredibly powerful, but it can carry Dan significant distances straight into the air. Dan learned this skill to deal with flying enemies, something his master noted posed a significant threat to him.

Support skills:

Shoulder bull- Dan slams the opponent with his shoulder, usually used to push the target where he wants them to be. In a regular fight, he might combine this with a leg behind his opponent's to throw them off balance.

Non-boxing moves:

Head smash- Dan enjoys using his head in combat, particularly enjoying attacking the nose with his forehead at his favored close range. 

Flying knee- One of Dan's only regular leg-based attacks. Often used to close distance while landing an attack.

Precision Sledgehammer- An elbow strike aimed at vulnerable places with maximum power placed behind it.

Weakness:

Range- Dan is mid ranged at best. His energy attacks are weakened quickly by distance.

Social train wreck- Shy and reserved normally, arrogant and impulsive in battle and around it. Either way, Dan isn't great at making friends.



Relationships: