Art by Mel and colours by Vale

Written by Mel, August 2002.

Updated, December 2006.

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Code Name: Noir
Real Name: Collin Bradley Shardwik.
Nicknames: Scarecrow, Beanpole.
Occupations: Noir is fairly brilliant as far as computer software technology goes - his skill in mastering even the most complicated of programs is a natural one. He's simply good with numbers and good with codes. For the past six years he's been completely self-employed, running a small one-man website design company online called Beta Noir Tech. He gets paid a comparably good amount of money to build complex flash websites for those who hire him - he does personal websites, corporate sites, celebrity fan sites- the works- and he loves every minute of his work.
Legal Status: Noir's picked up the 'habit' of hacking into competing websites and screwing up their html... but he's yet to have been caught. He's a fairly law abiding citizen for the most part. His existing criminal record lists crimes committed whilst with Nexus.
Identity: Noir's identity is known by the authorities and, to a minor degree, by the media and general public, due to his affiliation with Nexus.
Aliases: None
Place of birth: Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Age: 25
Marital Status: Single and on the prowl.
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual. Noir loves eeeeeverybody.
Known Relatives: Collin is completely unaware of any of his family member’s existence, if they are in fact alive. He was abducted by the Spiritors as an infant, and was never granted the knowledge of his family or a proper family structure as a result. Now, as far as he's concerned, Nexus are his family, and that’s all he needs to get by.
Group Affiliation: Nexus
Base of Operations: The WolfsBaren Tavern- New York City and Xavier's School for Higher Learning- Westchester New York. (Temporary).
First Appearance: Nexus, #6, "Suicide Kings and an Innocence Lost".
Origin: Noir is a mutant.
Height: 6 foot 2 inches
Weight: 162lbs. (11 stones and 8 pounds)
Eyes: Pure black
Hair: Black, straight and long.
Distinguishing Marks: Collin has a pale, death-like skin tone, making him appear, despite his lively personality, quite dead. He also has jet black eyes, hair, finger and toenails, a "thing" for gothic fashion and multiple body piercings. His gothic dress code and love for black attire usually makes his corpse like skin look all the more odd.
Strength Level: Noir possesses the normal strength of a human his age who engages in intensive regular exercise.
Known Superhuman Powers: Collin’s deadly, almost satanic appearance mirror his powers in their dark nature. Behind Noir's pitch-black eyes lies an extremely powerful and dangerous telepathic ability. his mutation enables him to lock his own mind onto his targets’ deepest paranoia’s and fears, and once he does so, he is able to trigger those fears, causing his victims to hallucinate. Once triggered, the person’s mind will literally play out their worst fears right in front of them, or inflict them upon them. Although they are never physically marred by Noir when engulfed in his powers, they have the potential to be driven completely insane, or in the worst scenarios, to self mutilation or suicide. Noir’s ability has hit hard on his own emotions, because of his love for life. He regrets the few lives that have been lost because of them, but is still willing to use them when needed to further Nexus’s fight against violent anti-mutant activists. Noir also has an advance fighting capability, due more to his ample ability to concentrate on anything and everything that goes on around him then because of any mutation.
Abilities/Special Skills: Noir is very technologically skilled and can hack into complex systems with the best of them. He's an elite martial artist, and is, pun intended, a black belt. He is also the most socially skilled individual out of the Nexus team members. He draws people like flies and can get through to almost anyone who will give him the time of day. Noir is also extremely talented in composing electronic music.
Weapons Used: Noir rarely utilizes weapons while fighting, preferring to use his own body as a weapon through his skills in marital arts.
Personality: Collin its the class clown of the Nexus elite. His unstoppable energy, comedic antics, and love for life and the humor within it contrast starkly with the wicked, somewhat evil powers he's been granted. He's a bouncy thing, always on the move, always tinkering, always enamored with something, regardless of what. He loves people, finding amusing aspects of even the most ignorant of jerks, his team Nexus- his 'family'- are his heart and soul.
While Collin's dark attire and appearance resembles the foreboding nature of his powers, it also manages to mirror the quirkiness of his personality. Collin is tall, skinny and extremely lanky, resembling
somewhat of a cynic scarecrow cadaver. He's enamored with Gothic fashion, feeling a connection with its dark appearance, and its peaceful, effortless calm. He's always garbed in a black something, with collars, bondage gear, jewelry, and has his tongue, ears, upper naval ridge, and something else I'm not going to mention pierced. Collin also has a *thing* for pointless knickknacks and junk, almost always running around with pant pockets chock full of listless nothings, such as key chains, used batteries, chewed erasers, decapitated Gumbie toys, those little barn animal toys that poop, sporks.... you name it. If its bizarre, its there.
Despite his loquacious, humorous, fun loving nature, Noir is on a day-to-day struggle with what he good-naturedly has dubbed The Dark Side. With his powers comes what has shown to be a dreadful link into the epitome of Evil, Paranioa, Fear and Human suffering. He sees images within his mind that would drive the average individual mad, and is often ridden with images, thoughts and sensations that he is entirely unsure of how to handle. This flaw plays havoc on his emotions, and is the one thing in life that he truly hates. He is on massive amounts anti depressant medication in order to curve what could eventually lead to a complete emotional breakdown, and he continues to stress ever so hard to over shadow his emotional trials and morbid inner self with humor, smiles, and the love he gives to and receives from the people around him.

Personal Interests: One of Noir's greatest talents and interests is his love and exploration of techno shock rock music. He composes his own music regularly under the tag name of, not surprisingly, 'Noir', having quite the large underground following online and on his self-created music website hub. Noir is a computer and video game fanatic, and loves to spend long stints on the internet. He's in the midst of learning Wu Shu, and a few other various forms of martial arts. He often gluts on anything edible, pulls the legs off of bugs, and tickles the living snot out of the Nexus femmes. Collin likes cheesy b-rated movies, watching old 19th century sitcoms, (particularly The Iron Chef), techno\rock music, Japanese anime (scantily clad women are always a plus) collecting various tidbits of pointless junk, cracking jokes, perusing a slight infatuation with Annex, and holding needed objects completely out of Kayo's reach, because the girl is just SO damned short.
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