Henry Leman (Heroes Uprising)

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Well well...what is a beautiful mademoiselle doing alone here hmm?
The Joker, Henry Leman

Name: Henry Leman
Codename: Joker (when with the SXM)
Alias: Vice-Captain "Ace" Leman
Age: 36
Height: 6.4
Weight: 164 lbs (mostly muscle)
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Identity: Secret
Citizenship: France (assumed)
Marital Status: Single
Sexuality: Bisexual
Species: Mutant
Ethnicity: French
Personality: Henry is very gentlemen like, never raising his hands on women, even if it costs him a fight. However, he's also a cutthroat pirate who will do anything for money. He's fiercely loyal to Manny and will do anything for him.
Base of Operations: Caribbean
Universe: 616
Known Relatives: None known

Allies: Manny's crew, SXM

Enemies: MRD

Occupation: Pirate, thief
Religion: Atheist
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Skills:
He's a very good shot, being the one in charge of the firearms in the crew. He's also a expert hand to hand combatant, especially making use of Shaolin Kung Fu, staffs in particular
He's an expert card player, and can cheat to the point not even mutant eyes can track the tricks. He uses his cards in battle, charging them and then throwing them with deadly accuracy

Weapons:
He makes use of a battle staff made of a very resistant metal alloy. He also uses playing cards as projectiles.

Powers:
Henry is a mutant who possesses powers dealing with kinetic energy, like Anna. His, however, are much weaker. He's the second strongest fighter in the crew. His eyes are constantly red, unlike Anna's that only turn red when using her power.

-Molecular Acceleration: Henry has the power to take the potential energy stored in an non organic substance and convert it to kinetic energy thus “charging” that item with explosive results. He prefers to charge smaller objects, such as his ever-present playing cards, as the time required to charge them is greatly reduced and they are much easier for him to throw. The only real limitation to this ability is the time required to charge the object. The larger it is the more time it takes. Most charging takes place through direct skin contact. He can't charge organic matter.

-Enhanced Agility: Henry's ability to tap energy also grants him superhuman agility and dexterity which gives him an added edge he has used to his advantage by developing a unique acrobatic fighting style, creating from the savate he's a master at

-Static Interference: Ability to create static, because of the charged potential energy always in his body, that shields his mind from detection and intrusion by even the most powerful telepaths. The shield has the added effect of destabilizing (but not nullifying) touch based powers.

-Hypnotic Charm: Ability to "charge" the kinetic energy within a person's brain, allowing a subtle influence over any sentient mind. This power allows Ace to compel others to believe what he says and agree with anything he suggests. More powerful minds have proven immune to Ace's charm of course.

Stats:
STR: D
AGI: C
CON: D
ENE: B
LCK: B
INT: C
FSK: A

Bio:
Henry is French, however, he only knows because of his accent. He has no memories of his past life, having one day woken up in India. He became a servant (really a slave) to a wealthy family. He grew older and his own nature lead him to be attracted to the family's daughter.
The girl was attracted to him, and the two often flirted with each other, as things got serious. However, the father found them one day, and had Henry taken away to receive a beating, and was about to do the same to the girl. Henry lost control and activated his powers, first quickly blowing up the floor under him, and the throwing a rock that exploded onto the father. He asked the girl to run away, but she refused, scared of him. Henry took off on his own

As he was running away, he meet Manny and was helped to escape from his attackers. In Manny's dept, he became his first mate. Manny named him Henry Leman, Henry because Manny liked the name and Leman because it reminded him of the Le-Mans grand prix held in France, which was the only thing Henry knew about himself.

The two have been together ever since, and are know throughout the Indian sea as great men and even greater pirates. Manny decided to travel to the land of pirates, the Caribbean. On the way, they meet first Eston, and then Henrique. Henry and Henrique get along well, as they often joke about having similar names.

The pirate crew first appear during the Brimstone arc, where Manny joins the Akatsuki. Henry takes leadership and they get to the bottom of the events, striking a friendship with the SXM and getting their captain back.
Their next major appearance was during the Kree invasion, where Sandra was threatened by the Kree. Henry like the others tried to no avail to help her.
Like the others he went after Eston when he defected to get him back

Next, he appeared fighting in the Hunter war, arriving late but on time to defend the coast from the Hunter attack vessels, and later helping to secure Washington.
The crew thus became members of the SXM, with the occasional leave of absence to sail around the open waters.

They were all locked up by MRD during the Brood wars, but escaped. They later joined Sandra for a visit and ended up getting sucked into her troubles with Warp