Name: Fergus Blake Lesley
Codename: Deadeye
Age: 19
Date of Birth: June 9
Height: 6'
Weight: 177
Hair Color: Dark brown
Eye Color: Brown
Hometown: Missoula, MT
Nationality/Race: Mulatto
Classification/Origin of Powers: Mutant
Status: Resident
Occupation: Blake's Big Bang Gun Range
Personality Profile: Fergus is an especially friendly individual. Time on a small competition circuit has made him quite sociable, as well. He has no fear in attempting to meet new people. When it comes time to shoot, though, he's all business, shutting out distractions as much as possible.
Physical Description: This six-foot teen keeps himself fit and active, nearly to the point of gymrat status; his excuse is so that he'll be able to lift heavier rifles and be able to withstand their kick. He's most comfortable in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, though every so often he'll break out a kilt. His hair is dark brown shoulder-length dreadlocks, usually kept down under a black knit cap to keep it out of the way of his glasses. When not wearing his frames, he enjoys crosshair novelty contacts.
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Powerset: Sharpshooting
Ability One: Perfect Aim - Fergus has great aim normally, but with this power, if it can be seen, he won't miss. Hand guns, rifles, paintball markers, and even some thrown weapons - all find their mark unerringly. As the ability activates, blood rushes into the chosen eye, turning it red. This, along with his ability to bulls-eye, gave him his alias.
Ability Two: Situational Awareness - The combining of new information with existing knowledge in working memory and the development of a composite picture of the situation along with projections of future status and subsequent decisions as to appropriate courses of action to take. With a quick glance, Fergus can make note of everyone/everything he can see, and recall its state at will. This allows him to recognize when things change, approach, disappear, etc. When combined with Perfect Aim, it makes hitting moving targets a breeze.
Ability Three: None yet.
Drawbacks & Weaknesses
Perfect Aim: Only effects one eye at a time. Use of this ability puts a strain of Fergus' optic nerves. After use, vision in the chosen eye gets blurry, but returns to normal with time. The time the ability is used is how long it takes for vision to return to normal. Prolonged use (>1 hour) leads to more permanent vision loss and eye bleeding. Currently, its use extends to hand guns, rifles, paintball markers, and some thrown items (knives and spoons).
Situational Awareness: Awareness only extends to what Fergus can see. He won't know if someone/something is hiding behind/in someone/something, but will know once it comes into the open. Once inactive, his knowledge of everything's place and state in a given area is immediately forgotten. All future projections are "best guesses"; Fergus has no precognition. Prolonged use (>1 hour) can lead to unconsciousness and short comatose states.
Both: The mental processing needed to make note of, and recall the state and place of everything around him, as well as the concentration and control needed for perfect aiming, causes headaches once the ability is inactive. The strain on his optic nerves adds to these headaches. The longer he uses either ability, especially if used simultaneously, the stronger the headache. An hour total of simultaneous use (30min Aim + 30min Aware, etc) will lead to a nearly debilitating migraine.
Skills: Sharpshooting, trick shooting, some cooking
Background: While vacationing in Scotland, an African American woman had a week-long tryst with a Caucasian Scot. 9 months later, Fergus was born. Although his mother never went on to marry, or even see the father, she made sure the boy grew up as close to his traditions as she could manage. The result? Think Samuel L. Jackson in Formula 51, with less facial hair and no anger issues. At the very start of puberty, Fergus' mother began to notice how uncanny his accuracy seemed to be, and since Montana was so welcoming to it, she enrolled in him gun safety classes and began entering him into shooting competitions. He won his first at the age of 14; the next year, he won in an adult's division. Lately, though, with wind of mutant legislature, and news of violence against mutants, Fergus has been sent to Cobalt; the hope is that there, he'll be able to finish his high school education, continue immediately to college courses, and the entire time be in a safe environment.
Criminal Record: None
Quirks, Extras, Random Character Facts
- *Always carries large-dose (800mg) prescription Ibuprofen with him
*Prefers pince nez frames to traditional/common frames
*Ambidextrous
*Has a strong, vocal dislike for chewing gum