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[Trained Chicken]

No, it's not as interesting a post as you might like, but I do need to know, has there been a major character in the superhero genre named Hallow? I made the mistake a while back of calling my guy Nighthawk, and I'd rather not be embarassed thus again.

[CraterMaker]

Who cares? Sounds cool, what's he like?

Seriously, tho I'm not a comic guru, I've read a lot - Mainstream there's nobody that I know of named Hallow..

-CraterMaker

[Lord Liaden]

I'm not aware of any character by that name, and a Google search didn't turn up anything either. If such a character does exist, he/she/it must be so obscure that I wouldn't worry about it.

So TC, let me Rep you for apparently coming up with a name for a supers character that hasn't been used before.

[Trained Chicken]

Hallow is an original name huh? Well, the headline should read, "Blind Squirrel Finds Nut" or something else, perhaps more relevant to chickens.

I have a few sketches made up of him, but no scanner, so you're out of luck there. His colors are black with red and orange highlights. The only thing I need to work on is an insignia. I was toying with jack-o-lanterns, bird's claws and stylized ravens. Anyone have an idea, let me know and I'll credit you.

Anyway, Hallow is my martial artist detective, who has a Halloween-themed utility belt arsenal, basically lifted from Batman and the Green Goblin. He also uses a collapsable baton. This isn't a weapon like a billy club, but rather a tool, with a swingline/hook and winch, boom microphone, compartment for smoke pellets, mini cassette recorder, and lock picks.

I built this with two multipowers- one for his arsenal and a few other useful things, OIF Utility Belt (60 point reserve, most slots with OAF, Charges and Lockout); and one for the few things I have listed above, OAF Baton (20 point reserve).

His fighting style is a hybrid of Son Kung Fu (an imaginary style I made up) and South American Judo, concentrating on defense and evasion, with submission-wrestling holds and nerve strikes instead of straightforward striking power.

In battle, a lot of his tactics have to do with avoiding fights rather than having them, and he uses stealth and misdirection as well as Presence attacks to head off trouble when he can. He's also very concious of collateral damage. His main goal in any conflict with innocent bystanders involved is to get them out of danger- his second priority is to thwart the bad guys- and his third, to save property.

He wears a dark cape and collar, but it has no special abilities. His costume is bulletproof (PD Armor 8) and insulated (ED Armor 2 plus 50% rED Damage Resistance, Electricity Only), which was initially developed by a college buddy who works as Hollywood stunt coordinator. Because of this, his costume looks more like Evel Keneival than Batman, aside from the three-quarter cowl he wears.

He at one time worked as a government super-agent, but has parted company with them because it takes him out of town too much. Subsequent to this amicable split, he adopted his Hallow identity. He has no proof that his former handlers know who he is, but he's pretty sure they do. Due in large part to the information he had access to in that phase of his career, he has had success rooting out VIPER activity in his home, Pope City. Of course, this has earned him a dangerous Hunted, and VIPER doesn't go away that easily.

In his private life, he is a prominent litigator specializing in children's welfare, but not strictly a child advocate. He has an adopted daughter who knows about his two careers, but no other relatives. They live in a modest home in a nearby town, and his base of operations is the basement of his law office. He uses no special vehicles or robots, and has no partner (but is training his daughter to take care of herself).

[Mojo_Bones]

No, it's not as interesting a post as you might like, but I do need to know, has there been a major character in the superhero genre named Hallow? I made the mistake a while back of calling my guy Nighthawk, and I'd rather not be embarassed thus again.

I use major names all the time, sometimes intentionally, but usually not ( I am not a big comic guy).
It can be fun to use the name but make the character completely different from the original. Some people will keep expecting you to act like the original, but I think that is also part of the fun

[BobGreenwade]

It's very hard to come up with completely original names for supers, with most of the good ones already taken. I've come up with a character, the Night Watchman, that I'll use if I ever get to send in an audition tape for a future edition of Who Wants To Be a Superhero? It turns out that this is also the name of a hero who's appeared in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic (though the two have very little else in common -- both operate mostly at night, have Batman overtones, and are legacy heroes, but that's about it.)

[wcw43921]

There is one thing you might wish to consider--the word "Hallow" has a different connotation by itself; it means to consecrate or make sacred.

Here's one link to a definition--

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hallow

And here's another--

http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_18...69/hallow.html

While you might wish to dispense with the Halloween motif, you can keep the name--you can have him say he "makes the streets sacred (safe) by sweeping away the unclean (criminals)."

Hope that helps.

[Trained Chicken]

Sure lets him break out of the black-and-orange costume. I keep imagining base white with Jets green accenting.