Power Patron
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| "Yeah, I'm pretty much famous." | |
| Power Patron | |
| Player: @Power Patron | |
| Origin: | Mutation |
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| Archetype: | Blaster |
| Security Level: | 50 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Darren Swan |
| Known Aliases: | Confidential |
| Species: | Human |
| Age: | 32 |
| Height: | 6'2" |
| Weight: | 210 lbs |
| Eye Color: | Light Blue |
| Hair Color: | Black |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | First Nations (Ojibwe)/ Canadian |
| Occupation: | Former NHL Star, Hero |
| Place of Birth: | Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada |
| Base of Operations: | Aces Wild Base |
| Marital Status: | Single & Looking |
| Known Relatives: | Confidential |
| Known Powers | |
| Energy blasts, Energy melee/enhancements | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Flying, Power blasts, etc.. | |
| Equipment | |
| Signature Shades | |
| No additional information available. | |
((Well, this character was pretty random, I was just messing around with some power sets and I landed on a cool name and the energy powers. I was fairly new at any types of RP but I enjoyed the concept of RPing in Paragon, so I got into it and fairly quickly I started to develop Power Patron into what I think is a unique kind of guy. He is my first ever 50 thanks to the Double XP Weekend in February of 2008.))
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[edit] Early Life
Darren Swan, just another little Indian kid growing up on a reserve. The usual duties, cutting hay, wrangling horses, milking cows..that sort of thing. Darren was the only child of his family, consisting of his father who was Chief of his community, and his mother who was a stay-at-home lady. Education was a big part of Darren's early life, his father was very strict at home made sure he was always at school on time and made sure his chores were done to the utmost perfection. When not doing chores and school work Darren could most oftenly be found at the rink, skating with his friends and some of the older kids. They would get together after school and play for-fun hockey games. Darren grew up idolizing famous NHL stars such as Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Bobby Orr, and Bobby Hull. Playing hard and working hard Darren began feeling somewhat odd, his vision always seemed to be bright. His father consulted a medicine man and infromed him that he was infact going blind. His heart was shattered at the fact he wouldn't ever make it to a pro league in hockey.
[edit] Miarcles do happen..
Life went on, Darren was totally blind by the age of 15. Practicly giving up on everything Darren seemingly gave up on life, feeling punished for doing nothing. Luckily his uncle was a freelance scientist working on his own experiments and what not. Things started looking good, his uncle managed to muster up a laser-beam like device that could "restore ones vision". Very excited Darren agreed to go through with the procedure. "The damn thing actully worked.." were the only words Darren could push out of his mouth at that moment..unknowingly he had no idea of any "side effects".
[edit] Hockey
Darren was playing Major Junior hockey in the WHL, for the Brandon Wheat Kings. Even in his junior days people were comparing his gritty, toughness to the likes of Dave Semenko who was the "bodyguard" of Gretzky during his opening years in the NHL, and his scoring ability to that of Gretzky. Unknowingly in a playoff game, an NHL scout out of New York attended the game to check out Darren's skills and abilities. After a short meeting it was mentioned that the New York Rangers were very interested in getting him drafted and to become a NYR. Overwhelmed with joy Darren quickly agreed. On the 28th of June 1994, the NHL Draft took place, when in the 2nd round Darren was picked 52nd overall by the NYR. At the start of the 95 season Darren was ready to start play after much conditioning and training, but due to the Lockout of the players and owners the season was shortened to 48 games, thus Darren's fist game starting on the 11th of January 1995. His first game in the NHL was a very fiesty one, scoring his first goal, getting his first assist, and fighting his first NHL fight. In the hockey world this is known as a "Gordie Howe hat trick."
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1991-92 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL | 21 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992-93 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL | 40 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1993-94 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL | 53 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1994-95 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL | 37 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 31 | ||
| 1995-96 | New York Rangers | NHL | 48 | 52 | 54 | 106 | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1996-97 | New York Rangers | NHL | 82 | 46 | 46 | 92 | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1997-98 | New York Rangers | NHL | 79 | 63 | 52 | 115 | 62 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| WHL Totals | 151 | 36 | 33 | 69 | 106 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 35 | ||||
| NHL Totals | 209 | 161 | 152 | 313 | 166 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
[edit] Rise to stardom
After his first very satisfying seaon Darren was at his peak, playing the best hockey of his life. The press always going to his stall in the dressing room to get his words after a big game. Making the news nation-wide, making his people happy back home, and the NYR very happy with his play, Darren was now considered at star amongst the league.
[edit] Powers, unleashed
During a game with New York rivals, the New York Islanders Darren started feeling more "energized" then ever, his stamina and everything feeling very much heightened. His team was down 4-1 in the 3rd period, all hopes seemed to be gone for this game, until Darren was skating in hard on a 2 on 1 rush against the Islanders goaltender when he decided he would rip a slapshot, so he did. Oddly enough the shot flew by the goalie and burned right through the net. Amazed at the feat the goal was allowed. Still losing the game the press flocked to him as a reaction to the amazing goal. "Yeah I don't know what got into me, I just felt empowered.." Darren told reporters. Suposivly the procedure his uncle did on him in his younger days mutated his DNA, giving him many abilities not normal in regular human beings.
[edit] Downfall
He played three successful seasons in the NHL before the NHLPA decided that shooting pucks through the nets, and pummeling opposing players to near death wasn't good for their game, so they figured that no suspension would fit these kind of acts..there last step was to ban Darren from the NHL for life.
[edit] New life
After hearing about Paragon, Darren decided that if he had such abilities that they could be used for something good, taking up beging a superhero seemed like the right thing to do. So off to Paragon he went, successfully getting his hero license and taking up his new hero name, "The Power Patron".
[edit] Recent news
After a very long absence Darren has found himself back in Paragon, not really doing much yet but still showing up at the D regularly.
[edit] Rumors, comments, any outside information
((This is for anyone to make any comments about Power Patron.))
"Hm? Power Patron? Oh he's a blast! Yeah I followed that guy when he was in hockey and now he's a hero right? I think I met him one time and we discussed forming a super-powered sports league for heroes. I think it'll do well if we can swing it. He's good people, definitly. Great guy, great hero, great drinker." - The Human Miracle
[edit] Fun Facts
-The man behind the toon is a HUGE hockey fan, if you can't tell already...and the number Darren wore while playing for the NYR was "71", also he was an "Assistant-captain" in his last season before being banned.
-Darren is a big ladies man, and can almost always be seen talking to some new ladies.
-He wears his shades mostly all the time, but occasionally takes them off to reveal his beautiful, sparkling blue eyes.
-While playing hockey he rarely ever wore a visor, but after taking a puck to the face he finally made the choice to wear one in the NHL.
