Scarlet Mantle

Grant Warner (a.k.a. Adam Sorrel)

The Scarlet Mantle is considered by most to be the stuff of tabloid sensationalism, and urban myth, but the underworld elements of Fortress City know him to be real.
Even among those criminals caught by him, most claim he's some sort of demon or specter but those who have encountered him most such as The Shadow or Milo Dylan (AKA The Candleman) insist he's a man.

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

The Scarlet Mantle is in peak, Olympian level physical condition, but rapidly deteriorating due to the stress and trauma of his nightly crusades.

Identifying Characteristics

Adam Sorrel has a round scar on his upper forehead that is most often hidden by his hairline.

Special abilities

The Scarlet Mantle processes no special abilities but through intensive mind-body mastery he has surpassed many normal physical and mental limitations giving him heightened strength, agility, stamina, perception, reflexes, and reasoning.

Specialized Equipment

The Scarlet Mantle uses a variable arsenal of specialized equipment including next-gen light-weigh body armor, multi-variable visual sensors, thermo-insulated and photo-reactive materials, pneumatic grapples, tools, explosives devices, and hand-to-hand weapons.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Grant Warner was an orphan for as long as he could remember. A ward of the state he fell in with a rough crowd at a young age and established a name for himself as a talented young lock-pick and burglar but when a big heist went wrong his compatriots tuned on him, attempted to kill him, and left him for dead, murdering a young family in the process.
With a gaping bleeding bullet wound in his head Warner took bloody revenge on his former allies that night and sickened with himself set off on a quest of self-reflection and flagellation.
In the small war-torn South-East Asian country of Kyinmar Warner found himself in the village of the long exiled hereditary warrior caste, descendants of the guards of ancient kings and keepers of their traditions. In their company he learned new perspectives and philosophies, he re-learned how to walk, how to run, how to climb, how to breath, how to hide, how to see, how to listen, how to think, and how to feel. He was told the myths of their faceless demon and they red-warrior and given the secrets of their treasures.
Years later a young investor named Adam Sorrel moved to Fortress City and shortly thereafter the first sightings of the Scarlet Mantle occurred.

Sexuality

Heterosexual

Employment

Adam Sorrel is an investor dealing mainly in real estate.

Mental Trauma

Grant suffers from PTSD often reliving the night he danced on the edge of death and took bloody revenge on those who wronged him and the strange young family that haunts him. He sometimes still suffers headaches and flashbacks especially in the presence of endangered or abused children.

Intellectual Characteristics

Adam is cold and calculating. He makes a strong effort to betray now emotion or weakness.

Morality & Philosophy

The Mantle has a deep disdain for those who prey on the weak or defenseless and will fight them viciously. But due to his own higher standard and the blood he already considers to stain his hands he will not intentionally kill under any circumstances.

Personality Characteristics

Motivation

The Scarlet Mantle is motivated by a combination of civil duty and personal guilt. He feels he must make up for his past mistakes and fully expects to die in the attempt.

Vices & Personality flaws

As Adam Sorrel the Mantle is reclusive and anti-social. He's known as something of an enigma in high-society and the investor class.

Social

Contacts & Relations

The Scarlet Mantle is the founder and financial backer of The Challengers.

Wealth & Financial state

Through a combination of recovered treasures and sound investments Sorrel is a multi-millionaire.

Alignment

Neutral Good

Year of Birth

1987 AD 32 Years old

Birthplace

Fortress City, New Jersey

Current Residence

Fortress City, New Jersey

Gender

Male

Eyes

blue-green

Hair

short, messy, copper-brown

Height

6'3"

Weight

235lbs

Known Languages

The Scarlet Mantle speaks English, Spanish, Russian, and Kyinese.