Profile: Deathstroke

Additional Information

Nathaniel Wilson (father, deceased); Frannie LaFarge (stepmother, deceased); Wade LaFarge (Ravager, half-brother, deceased); Adeline Kane (ex-wife, deceased); Grant Wilson (Ravager II, son, deceased); Joseph Wilson (Jericho, son); Rose Wilson (Ravager III, daughter); Lillian Worth (ex-lover, mother of Rose, deceased).

• Regeneration: Slade has a regenerative healing factor at Incredible (40) rank.
• Self Recovery: Unearthly (100)
• Self-Revival: Unearthly (100) power rank ability to return from the grave and regenerate himself.
• Resistances: Unearthly (100) resistance to Toxins & Disease.
• Decelerated Aging: Deathstroke ages at an extemely slow rate due to his regeneration, appearing younger than he actually is.
• Hyper-Reflexs: Deathstroke possesses instantaneous reflexes at Amazing (50) rank.
• Hyper Leaping: Incredible (40) rank
• Hyper-Senses: All of Slade's five sense operate at Remarkable levels.
• Hyper Intelligence: Deathstroke is capable of using 90% of his brain capacity making him a tactical genius, adept at turning an opponents' own abilities against them.
    - Combat Sense (Tactical Analysis): Slade can predict the actions of any opponent. Each round he tries to do so, he receives an Intuition Feat roll for each enemy he is aware of in the vicinity. If the roll is successful, Deathstroke's action for the round are not decided until his opponents' have declared their actions.
• Infravision: The right eye he lost has been restored with an artificial eye, equipped with Remarkable (30) infrared vision.

Deathstroke possesses a regenerative healing factor in his blood that enables him to heal from physical injury much faster than a normal person; it does have limitations as he could not heal his right eye and cannot regenerate entire limbs. This enables him to recover from what would otherwise be fatal injuries, though recovering from such resurrections renders him insane and/or animalistic for a short-time period (1d100 rounds).

Weapons Specialist: Energy Lance, Broadsword; Martial Arts A,B,C,D, & E; Guns; Marksman; Weapons Master; Thrown Objects; Sharp Weapons; Wrestling; Boxing; Acrobatics; Tumbling; Military; Demolitions; Pilot; Strategist/Tactician; Detective/Espionage; Intimidation/Interrogation; Crime; Thievery; Resist Domination; Stealth; Blending; Tracking/Hunter; Survival; Armour (weapons repair & modification); Multilingual: English, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Russian being his weakest.

Right eye lost due to gunshot wound, later replaced with artificial eye equipped with infrared vision.

Slade Wilson is a very complicated man. He is a man of honor who operates under a strict code of ethics, yet his sense of morality is flawed. Slade is a man who believes in using deadly force, and at times has acted as judge, jury and executioner for those he deems without honor or worth. Slade is, however, particular about the jobs he chooses, often turning down jobs that would compromise his personal moral compass, such as it is. In some occasions, Slade has fought on the side of angels merely because he believed in the cause. Other times, he has taken cases and committed acts other heroes would be disgusted by.

Slade, however, is a man capable of extreme devotion, whether it is to his family, friends or ex-lovers. He has always sought to protect those who have been close to them, and would not hesitate to lay down his life in exchange for theirs. His greatest tragedies have been his inability to prevent the destruction of those who have loved him. The death of his sons and ex-wife continue to haunt Slade. He is tortured by his helplessness to have saved them.

Slade is also a man who has a hard time expressing his feelings. His lack of expression made him neither a good father or husband. At times, he has distanced himself from those he loved for their own protection. On separate occasions, he curtly cut ties with Rose Wilson, his daughter, and Pat Trayce, his lover, in a effort "save" them from his way of life.

Despite his recent changes, Slade remains a man of mystery. Whether he will walk the side of angels or take the path to hell remains to be seen. You never know quite what to expect from him... and he would have it no other way.

Deathstroke only has one eye, his confidence in his physical abilities are such that he makes no secret of his impaired vision allowing his opponents full knowledge of this weakness marked by his mask which has a black featureless half covering the right side of his face. Without his mask, Slade wears an eyepatch covering his right eye.

• Body Armor Suit: Deathstroke's helmet and armor are lined with Kevlar and Promethium mesh that provides: Excellent Body Armor vs. physical attacks, Good vs. energy attacks, Remarkable vs Fire.
• Energy Lance (Power Staff): Unearthly (100) material strength Bo Staff and does Incredible (40) blunt damage, capable of firing an Amazing (50) intensity Force Blast with rank range.
• Broadsword: Deathstroke's Broadsword is made from Unearthly (100) material strength Promethium alloy and does Remarkable (30) edged damage.
• Automatic pistol: .45 ACP semi-automatic pistol
Damage: 10 points from standard ammunition.
Rate Of Fire: 1 per round
Rounds: 8+1 per clip (assume at least 3 spare clips).
Range: 3 areas

* Deathstroke main weapons of choice are his Broadsword, Power Staff, and Automatic pistols. Slade also uses various knives, throwing weapons, sniper equipment, and other balistic weapons. All his other weapons are standard issue or basically as needed weapons only. He has unlimited access to all weapons including Military grade should he desire.

Underworld, Various mercenary organisations, Third World Nations, Titans, Ravager.

Deathstroke possesses various enhanced abilities. These include the strength of ten men and heightened speed, agility, stamina, and reflexes. He has the capacity to use up to 90% of his brain at any one time making him a tactical genius, adept at turning opponents' own abilities against them; this can also be attributed to his years in the military and combat with various heroes. Deathstroke also possesses a regenerative healing factor in his blood that enables him to heal from physical injury much faster than a normal person (bordering on immortality). This ability has limitations, as he can not regenerate lost eyes or limbs. He has recovered from otherwise fatal injuries, but the experience is traumatic. He has suffered from short-term periods of insanity and/or animalistic behavior after these "resurrections" (much like Ra's Al Ghul after using a Lazarus Pit), but he eventually regains control of himself.

Slade Wilson was always a strong, determined personality. As a young man, he lied about his age to get into the Army when he was only sixteen. He quickly distinguished himself and became one of the youngest decorated soldiers. It was during his service that he met British Major William Randolph Wintergreen, who would become his closest friend. Slade possessed a strict moral code that never wavered. And despite the fact that Wintergreen was his elder by several years, Wintergreen became the student, and Slade, the mentor.

When Slade Wilson arrived for training at Camp Washington, young Captain Adeline Kane was both frightened and fascinated by him. Already decorated as a war hero, Wilson was an army legend before he joined the camp. Despite his background, Adeline took Slade down a few pegs by besting him during a guerilla warfare training session. Beguiled by Adeline's beauty and brains, Slade soon became her eager new student, as she passed along her fighting techniques. In truth, their mutual interest in one another was more than professional. Sparks ignited immediately between the two, and they quickly fell in love and wed within six months.

As Slade was called into service, Adeline gave birth to a son, Grant. Slade continued on active duty, and volunteered for a medical experiment in resisting truth serums. It was later revealed that these experiments with "truth serums" were, in reality, an attempt by the government to covertly create meta-humans through experimentation on human test subjects. The experiment left Slade weakened and bedridden for a time. But the experiment, unbeknownst to anyone but Slade, had an unforeseen side effect: it gave Slade enhanced strength and heightened reflexes.

Shortly after this, Adeline gave birth to a second son, Joseph William Wilson. Weeks later, Slade launched a rogue rescue mission to rescue his best friend, Major William Randolph Wintergreen. Badly beaten and tortured, Wintergreen awoke to witness his rescuer – a costumed man who easily bested all the soldiers with an unrivaled ferocity. The mystery assailant unmasked himself, revealing himself to Wintergreen as Slade Wilson.

Slade soon was discharged from the army. He took up hunting for awhile, but it failed to quench his thirst for the life he once led. To the world, Slade Wilson became a celebrated hunter. Unknown to even his wife and family, Slade secretly became a mercenary known as Deathstroke, the Terminator. Although Slade was gone for weeks a time, he was a good father. He was closest to Grant, who idolized him. But Slade also loved Joseph, who preferred music over fighting and painting over guns.

One one of his assignments, Slade assassinated a Colonel from the country of Quarac. The president from Quarac sent a terrorist known as the Jackal to find Slade, and find out who hired him to kill the Colonel. To gain leverage, the Jackal kidnapped a young Joseph Wilson.

This forced Slade to admit to his Adeline that he was secretly the mercenary known as Deathstroke, the Terminator. Adeline and Deathstroke together confronted the Jackal in an alleyway in Tangiers. Slade refused to give the Jackal the information he requested, because it would violate his professional code of ethics. Slade gambled he could react fast enough to save his son; He saved Joseph's life, but not before one of Jackal's men had begun to slit his throat. Joseph was now mute. Slade always needed to be the best. But now, his own son suffered for his monumental ego.

Adeline - furious at Slade's betrayal and the risking of her son's life - confronted Slade at gunpoint. Only Slade's quick reflexes saved his life, but he lost his right eye due to the gunshot inflicted by his wife. Adeline then divorced Slade and raised her two sons by herself. Grant followed in his father's footsteps and attended military school. Joseph, however, was quite different from his brother; He was a kind, gentle soul who flourished in the arts. Joseph was both a talented artist and musician. Adeline nurtured this side of Joseph, and he grew up to be a fine young man under Adeline's care.

Slade continued his activities as the famed mercenary known only as Deathstroke, the Terminator. Although a merc, Slade only accepted jobs his conscience would allow him to. One such mission was a search and rescue assignment in the Orient. The mission was simple enough to Slade: The Khmer Rouge were holding prisoner a Cambodian princess - Lillian Worth - in the Siem Pang Wat. The plan was to bring her from war-torn Cambodia across the border into Thailand, where she would be free from her oppressive captors. Slade successfully freed "Sweet Lili" and her girls, and the group headed into the jungle to avoid the patrols.

Expecting Lili to be a woman of privilege, Slade was both surprised and impressed by her resilience. The Khmer Rouge later gunned down the entire rescue team, killing Lili’s girls in the crossfire. Slade himself was injured and feverish from a gunshot wound, which Lili helped heal with local herbs. In the week it took for Slade’s fever to break, Lili defended them from snakes and insects - and even stray Rogue soldiers. During their intense journey to Thailand, Slade and Lili became lovers.

Slade and Lili remained in contact through the years, embarking an an on/off love affair whenever their paths crossed. During one of their trysts, Slade impregnated Lili, who later gave birth to Rose Worth. Lili kept Rose a secret from Slade, rationalizing it was in the child's best interest to do so.

A few years later, Slade casually refused a job that would change his life forever. The criminal organization known as the H.I.V.E. offered Slade a contract to kill the Teen Titans. Slade refused. But Slade's estranged son, Grant, assumed the contact himself.

The H.I.V.E. offered to amplify Grant's natural abilities artificially so he could exact his revenge on the Teen Titans, whom he blamed for ruining his life. Grant Wilson was the instrument of destruction to unleash on the Titans, since the H.I.V.E. were unsuccessful in recruiting Deathstroke for that same mission. Grant received powers and a costume reminiscent of his father's and named himself the Ravager. Whereas Deathstroke’s abilities were amplified so that 90% of his brain capacity was being used, the H.I.V.E. offered to increase Grant's mental faculties to 100%. This made the powers unstable, a fact the H.I.V.E. knew well in advance.

The Ravager attacked the Titans, but his attempts to kill them were interrupted by Deathstroke. Ravager fought alongside Deathstroke, never knowing his fellow mercenary was also his father. Deathstroke was there to save his son’s life, only to be forced into a battle he never wished to wage. Then, tragedy struck. The experiment was a failure, and Grant’s powers proved too taxing for his body. Slade Wilson could only watch as the Ravager – his first born son – died in his arms.

Upon Grant’s death, Slade swore to fulfill his son’s contract and destroy the Teen Titans in his stead. This, of course, was exactly what the H.I.V.E. engineered all along. They planned Grant's death in order to force Deathstroke into their employ.

After failing to fulfill this contract himself, Slade came in contact with a young sociopath with dangerous powers named Tara Markov. Markov had powerful earth-shaping powers, but was emotionally unstable. Full of blind hate, she agreed to work with Slade, acting as a double agent as a member of the Teen Titans, gaining access to all their secrets and weaknesses.

Adeline Kane Wilson soon learned that Slade has co-opted Grant Wilson's contract to kill the Titans. With the help of Terra, Deathstroke had finally fulfilled the H.I.V.E. contract to deliver the Titans into their hands. Adeline and Joseph surveyed Slade's activities, and approached Dick Grayson, offering to help rescue the captured Titans. At this time, Joseph first adopted the name Jericho, and fashioned a costume for himself. Nightwing and Jericho successfully freed the kidnapped Titans and brought Slade Wilson to justice. Adeline was quite pleased with herself, as it was her hidden agenda to place Joseph in the Teen Titans.

Slade's case was thrown out of court because the prosecutor failed to prove that the Terminator who did the kidnapping was indeed Slade Wilson. Actually, Gar Logan sabotaged the trial so he could destroy Slade Wilson himself. Slade showed up for their ‘final battle' in his civilian garb, forcing Gar to see him as a man, not a simple vessel for his rage at Terra's betrayal. The two men parted on truce terms. Slade saw his freedom as an opportunity to re-examine his life. He took up hunting again in Africa, as his own son joined the Teen Titans as Jericho.

Months later, Slade became involved with a Titans' case involving a dangerous plague. He became active again as Deathstroke, and eventually resumed his mercenary activities, with an even stricter code of ethics. Shortly after this, current and former members of the Titans were hunted and kidnapped by the Wildebeest Society. Deathstroke was instrumental in tracking down the captured Titans, with the help of allies Nightwing, Troia, Pantha, Phantasm, Arella and Red Star. Upon locating the captured Titans, the heroes were shocked to learn the identity of the leader of the Wildebeests was Slade's own gentle son, Joseph Wilson.

Tainted by the corrupted souls of Azarath, the possessed Jericho had taken control of the Wildebeest Society. Now controlled by this force, Jericho sought to acquire superhuman beings as vessels for the souls of Azarath. He used the Wildebeest Society as a front to kidnap the super-powered Titans to act as hosts to the tainted souls of Azarath. During the soul transfer process, Jericho resurfaced briefly, begging his father to kill him. To spare his son any more pain and save the remaining Titans, Slade Wilson was forced to drive a sword through Jericho, seemingly killing him. Slade now felt responsible for the death of both his sons.

Deathstroke continued his life as a mercenary, but also became something of an anti-hero, aiding the Titans or acting on his own to help others. Against his better judgment, Deathstroke agreed to train former cop Pat Trayce, who petitioned to become the new Vigilante. Pat Trayce and Slade quickly became lovers, and began an tumultuous on again/off again relationship.

After Slade stopped an assassination attempt on the president, he was framed for the murder of a U.S. Senator. As Deathstroke became a hunted fugitive, a new man assuming the identity of the Ravager began to hunt and kill Slade's friends and loved ones.

It was during the nationwide manhunt for Deathstroke that Slade's regenerative healing abilities became even more pronounced. After being seemingly killed, Slade awoke in the county morgue very much alive and fully healed from all injuries. Eventually, Deathstroke was able to clear his name. Working with Sarge Steel and the New Titans, he proved the assassination attempt was actually a bizarre plan of the Crimelord, Steve Dayton, who was driven insane by the Mento helmet.

Meanwhile, the mysterious new Ravager's vendetta escalated. The costumed assassin kidnapped Rose Worth, who stood revealed as Slade's long-lost daughter. Wintergreen rescued Rose in the snow-covered wilderness, but Rose's mother died at Ravager's hands. Reunited with his estranged daughter, Slade feared he would not be a good father. He left Rose primarily in the care of Wintergreen, and then, the Titans.

The final battle with the newest Ravager revealed his identity as Slade's jealous half-brother, Wade DeFarge. Adeline Kane was also embroiled in the conflict, haven been driven insane by a blood transfusion from Slade months earlier. Wade gained a surfeit of satisfaction when Adeline Kane received a bullet through her eyes during the confrontation, seemingly killing her. But that same super-human blood transfusion granted her virtual immortality as well. Adeline was presumed dead but would later resurface as the new H.I.V.E. Mistress.

Deathstroke's own regenerative powers were more heightened than ever, and yielded a strange reaction when the mercenary was engulfed in an explosion at the Capital Dome. Slade Wilson awoke, now regenerated twenty years younger with no memory of his former life. This led him to cut ties with both Pat Trayce and longtime friend, Wintergreen. Shortly after this incident, Slade's regeneration abilities began to subside, and Slade soon reverted to his true age with all memories intact.

Without Wintergreen or Adeline to serve as his moral compass, Deathstroke returned to his mercenary ways, clashing with Nightwing, Batman and Conner Hawke on various occasions. Soon, an encounter with the Titans found Deatshtroke caught between the newly-reformed H.I.V.E. and the villainous group formed by Vandal Savage, Tartarus.

During the battle, Slade discovered that his ex-wife Addie had secretly become the new H.I.V.E. Mistress. She was still quite mad from his blood transfusion and sought to rid the world from all super-humans, whom she blamed for her sons' deaths. Meanwhile, the anti-Titans group known as Tartarus was tracking Adeline Kane for their own purposes; Tartarus leader Vandal Savage sought to harvest Addie's regenerative blood to create an immortality serum.

The Titans – with the help of Deathstroke – tracked Tartarus to Zandia and found themselves in a dangerous three-way battle for their lives. Savage slit Addie's throat in an attempt to synthesize her regenerative blood into an immortality serum. Addie, drained of her super-powered blood, was brain dead and suffering. To prevent Vandal Savage's plan, Starfire fired a starbolt at Addie, killing her as a gesture of mercy. This left Slade to mourn the death of his ex-wife.

Deathstroke later discovered the spirit of his son, Jericho, had survived and taken refuge deep inside his body. With the help of Wintergreen, Deathstroke attempted to exorcise his son's corrupted soul from him, but was quickly overpowered. Jericho murdered Wintergreen and embarked on a hunt for the newly-formed Teen Titans.

Jericho confronted the Teen Titans as Deathstroke, vowing to prevent kids from becoming costumed adventurers. During the battle, Jericho revealed himself to the Titans and body-jumped from Titan to Titan, until his corrupted spirit was repelled by Raven. Jericho was eventually trapped by Cyborg's mechanical eye, as he downloaded Jericho's essence into a computer disk.

Meanwhile, Deathstroke had recruited a new ally to forge as a weapon in his crusade: his daughter, Rose Wilson. Slade kidnapped Rose and pumped her full of the same chemicals that transformed him into Deathstroke. But those chemicals damaged Rose's mind. In an attempt to emulate her father, the daughter of Deathstroke gouged out her own eye.

Rose - who adopted the identity of Ravager - later returned to sanity and joined the Teen Titans. And Slade Wilson found himself truly alone once more. Later, Raven successfully brought back Jericho by using one of Brother Blood's resurrection rituals, cleansing him of any evil influence.

Angry at the Titans for 'taking' his children from him, Deathstroke organized his own Titans East team, composed of ne'er-do-well teens. Their mission: Take down the Titans and reclaim Ravager and Jericho. The mission was a failure, and it only resulted in cementing Deathstroke's offspring as trusted members of the Titans. In truth, that was Slade's true objective; He knew the Titans would provide his children with a better family than he ever could.

On the eve of a world-ending crisis, Geo-Force sought revenge against Deathstroke for his role in Terra's death. The two men fought savagely and nearly killed each other. In the wake of this near-death experience, Slade Wilson was determined to give himself a clean slate. Escaping incarceration, Slade left his mercenary approach behind him and vowed to walk his own path, free of contracts and client obligations.