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"When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Dr. Pascal Hugo Kaufmann. The Doctor. The Medicine Man. The Silver Scalpel. THE Man in White. Previously an infamous assassin specializing in metahuman targets and after that leader of the now disbanded criminal organization Men in White. The Doctor is currently drifting from job to job, offering his skills and expertise to villains, heroes and anyone in-between. If there is an ulterior plan, the Doctor remains tight-lipped about it. And yet, as recent discoveries show, there is far more to his story than previously thought.

Dr. Kaufmann

Player: @kampfykaufmann

Trust him, he's a doctor.

Biographical Data

Real Name:

Dr. Pascal Hugo Kaufmann

Known Aliases:

The Doctor, the Medicine Man, the Silver Scalpel, Medicus (when posing as a FEMA-sponsored hero), Dr. Hugo M. Locke (alias)

Gender:

Male

Species:

Human

Ethnicity:

Caucasian

Place of Birth:

Unknown (suspected to be Germany)

Base of Operations:

Millennium City, USA

Relatives:

Unknown

Characteristics

Age:

Unknown

Height:

6'1"

Weight:

195 lbs

Eyes:

Dark Brown

Hair:

Black

Complexion:

Pale

Physical Build:

Athletic

Physical Features:

White stripe in his black hair
Heavily tattooed
Vampire bite scar on his neck

Status

Fame:

██	██	██	██	██	██	██	██	██

Global

Alignment:

LG	LN	LE
NG	TN	NE
CG	CN	CE

Identity:

Public

Years Active:

Unknown

Citizenship:

Various (through fake identities)

Occupation:

Former assassin, gang leader, arms deale & criminal mastermind; currently "consultant" for hire

Education:

Unknown (claims to be a medical doctor)

Marital Status:

Unknown

Known Powers and Abilities

Excellent physical condition
Skilled marksman
Skilled hand-to-hand combatant
Vast experience in dealing with the metahuman world
Extraordinarily cunning

Equipment and Paraphernalia

Customized handguns
Customized sword cane
Various kinds of poisons, chemicals and combat drugs
Multi-purpose explosives
Other minor equipment (depending on the situation)

Physical Attributes

Strength

Weapon

Durability

Armor

Speed

Reflexes

Resistance

Stamina

Dexterity

Agility

Combat

Regen

Non-Physical Attributes

Energy

Psionics

Telepathy

Willpower

Sorcery

Tech.

Intel.

Knowledge

Charisma

Bravery

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Appearance

"You know when someone has a healthy glow? The boss has the opposite of that, basically. Impeccable drip though." - Malik "T-Bone" Fahiri, former Men in White

The Doctor is a Caucasian male of slightly taller than average height with a wiry build. He is extraordinarily unhealthy looking: Pale, sallow skin. Bloodshot eyes with dark rings underneath. Prominent white stripe in otherwise black (probably dyed) hair, which he shaves on the sides and has the rest in a short ponytail. A rather grisly scar is visible on his neck from when a vampire tried to take a bite out of him during the attack of the vampire lord Adrian Arkwright on Millennium City. He has a large number of tattoos covering his body, the most visible being the caudecus on his neck and the letters on his knuckles spelling the phrase DONT HARM.

He likes to dress stylishly. Black and white formal and business casual wear with crimson accents and black leather accessories, if the situation calls for it made from reinforced fabric. His outfits are usually tailor-made and contain a multitude of hidden compartments and pockets to store weapons, equipment and nasty surprises for his enemies. He never leaves the house without some sort of sunglasses or shades, mostly tinted in some shade of red and made from reinforced material to prevent them from breaking in combat situations. He has also been known to carry a walking cane with a silver tip and handle, the latter formed like a serpent's head to emulate a rod of Asclepius.

The Story

Activities before Disappearance

"I'd be famous for my deadly skills if it weren't for my deadly skills." - The Doctor

Reports about the Doctor's interactions with the metahuman world before his appearance in Millennium City are sketchy at best. Some evidence exists which suggests the involvement of a mercenary and assassin for hire fitting the Doctor’s description in various civil wars, military coups and organized crime syndicates around the world, but the validity of this evidence is questionable. The first confirmed sighting of the Doctor is the murder of the British vigilante Mr. Grey in Edinburgh. From that point on the Doctor has been confirmed to regularly come into conflict with various superheroes and supervillains. A list of the Doctor's most infamous accomplishments and (suspected) victims follows:

Royal Mile, Edinburgh: The Doctor is confirmed to be responsible for the murder of the British vigilante Mr. Grey. Mr. Grey was found with his neck broken on the roof of a commercial building on Edinburgh's Royal Mile. Residents reported several loud explosions coming from inside the building. Mr. Grey was seen entering the building several minutes later. Most CCTV cameras had been damaged by the explosions, but a few seconds of blurry footage confirms a fight between the vigilante and the Doctor occurred. The commercial building was scheduled for demolition afterwards and the property bought by an ARGENT subsidiary.

One of the few intact pieces of surveillance footage of the Doctor's activities during that time.

Salle D'Paix, Marseille: The Doctor is the prime suspect in the murder of the superheroine Miss International. A highly proficient omniglot, telepath and martial artist, she was to hold a speech at an UNTIl-sponsored gala event. During her speech she was shot to death by the security personnel as her psychic powers unintentionally activated and placed repeated telepathic suggestions to do so in the minds of the guards. Investigation of the crime scene reveals that Miss International might have been the victim of brainwashing herself. Subliminal messages convincing her of convincing the security personnel to shoot her had been added to the speech on her prompter. Eye witnesses later testified that one of the technicians preparing the event resembled the Doctor.

Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore: The Doctor is suspected to be responsible for the death of the supervillainess Shinigami on behalf of an unknown client. Shinigami was an infamous superpowered terrorist who saw it as her personal mission to 'guide as many lost souls to the next life, no matter if they like it or not'. Together with a large number of her followers she attacked Singapore Changi Airport, planning to blow it up - along with everyone inside. The Doctor ambushed Shinigami on the runways, eventually killing her with her own explosives. While Shinigami's mass murder had been prevented and most of her followers captured, the resulting damage to the airport ran into the billions and the Doctor was able to escape in the panic.

Congo River Delta, Congo Republic: The Doctor is suspected to be responsible for the murder of the renegade VIPER supervillain Snapping Turtle. Snapping Turtle was the leader of a VIPER operation tasked with smuggling blood diamonds out of the country before he and his troops betrayed VIPER and attempted to flee with a large shipment. According to one of Snapping Turtle's surviving soldiers, their VTOL crashed in the Congo River Delta after a precise anti-materiel rifle shot to the engine. Afterwards they encountered a number of carefully designed traps and ambushes during their trek back to civilization. Only a few made it back, with Snapping Turtle himself dying in a devious microfilament wire trap. The shipment of diamonds disappeared in the chaos.

Villa 31, Buenos Aires: The Doctor is confirmed to be responsible for the murder of the DEMON supervillain Padre Venganza, who was the leader of a Demonhame in the shanty town Villa 31. As a surviving DEMON cultist confirmed, his plan was to incite a riot against the richer parts of Buenos Aires and use the resulting rage and misery to saturate the source of his power, a talisman in the form of a necklace. Padre Venganza was found dead with a gunshot wound in his forehead in his apartment, surrounded by a pile of necklaces, which one of his cultists confirmed to be exact copies of his own. The Demonhame was raided shortly after by local law enforcement and eye witnesses have confirmed to have seen the Doctor at several parties in the richer parts of Buenos Aires during the following days. The real necklace remains lost.

Project Greenskin, New Mexico: After the infamous German supervillain Offizier 99 tried to steal a US nuclear weapon in transit and had been stopped and captured by the US superhero Supreme, a prisoner transport was scheduled to bring Offizier 99 from Project Greenskin to Stronghold. Supreme himself escorted the convoy, which unfortunately never made it to Stronghold. A team of unknown but highly trained black ops soldiers under the leadership of a man resembling the Doctor attacked the convoy, killed Offizier 99 and disappeared. Supreme died in the attack from a precise shot to the head with a kendrium-coated bullet.

Downtown, Millennium City: In what is quite possibly one of the only jobs he ever botched, the Doctor is one of the prime suspects in the attempted murder of Claire Thompson, heir to the multi-million shipping company Pegasus Shipping. On her 18th birthday Claire Thompson was on her way to sign the papers that would make her the sole heir to the company when she was ambushed by an unknown assailant and shot in the chest three times. Even though she was on the brink of death, she awoke only a few hours later without any injuries and perfectly healthy in a hospital, ready to claim her fortune. Unknown to the public, Claire Thompson also discovered her powers that day and subsequently became the heroine Demoness.

Westside, Millennium City: A bomb threat of considerable magnitude caused Millenium City authorities to send a team of heroes to investigate. The team managed to track down the source of the threat and subsequently had to fight through a warehouse full of deadly traps and remote-controlled combat drones, before managing to confront the masked terrorist. While they managed to defeat and capture him, he revealed the location of his bombs before they managed to unmask him: All over the city and already activated. The heroes had to split up to disarm each one in time. When they returned to the warehouse the mysterious terrorist had disappeared. Some of the involved heroes claim that the terrorist's voice and mannerisms resembled the Doctor's.

Westside Central Prison, Millennium City: The Doctor is the prime suspect in the murder of the supervillain Blaster. Several of the assigned prison guards had complained about a number of incidents including technological malfunctions, unusually rowdy inmates and missing equipment, which kept them occupied with menial tasks and paperwork almost the whole night. Blaster was found in the morning in his still locked cell with his throat slit. Unusual energy readings were found at the scene, but scans and analyses of the readings are inconclusive.

Downtown, Millennium City: The Doctor is the prime suspect in the double murder of the superheroine Ballista and the supervillain Brimstone. Ballista and Brimstone killed each other during a vicious battle in the streets of Millenium City, despite both of them being known as unwilling to kill. Autopsy reports revealed a high dose of a yet unidentified hallucinogenic chemical in their bloodstreams. Ballista, known as a dedicated clubber and part-time DJ was seen leaving the Incubus nightclub on the previous evening in the company of a man roughly resembling the Doctor, while underworld rumors suggest that Brimstone left the Black Salon nightclub in the company of an unknown red-haired woman.

Millennium City Convention Center, Millennium City: Witnesses claim that the Doctor was sighted in the crowd during a presentation of cybernetics and prosthetics mogul George Verner during which he was to present his company's latest breakthrough in cybernetic spines. The gala was crashed by supervillainess Litany, who the Doctor allegedly helped fight off. He disappeared together with a team of unknown black ops soldiers after relaying a message to George Verner after the battle. Mr. Verner still refuses to disclose the nature of the message.

Duskview Apartment Complex, Millennium City: The Doctor allegedly helped a group of heroes investigate the disappearance of a SWAT team in the Duskview Apartment Complex of Westside and battled the responsible supervillainess Spiderling together with the heroes. He disappeared just like Spiderling herself after an explosion brought down half of the building before further law enforcement personnel could arrive. Neither Spiderling's nor the Doctor's body was found in the ruins.

Downtown, Millennium City: Eyewitnesses claim that the Doctor was involved in an attack on a group of Lemurian ambassadors to Millennium City. While on the way to meet mayor Calvin Biselle, the ambassadors' convoy was attacked by the supervillains Dirge and Judicator along with a group of hired thugs. The Doctor and a group of unknown black ops soldiers also attacked, resulting in a chaotic three-way battle between the security forces (MCPD, a group of superheroes and the Lemurian bodyguards), Dirge and Judicator's forces and the Doctor's men. While none of the ambassadors were injured and a diplomatic crisis was averted, Dirge and Judicator as well as the Doctor and his men were able to escape in the chaos.

Renaissance Center, Millennium City: During one of Dr. Destroyer's attacks on Millennium City, the Doctor - together with several unknown black ops soldiers - has been seen in a black helicopter circling over a battle of several superheroes against one of Dr. Destroyer's Mega-Destroids. He has allegedly participated in the battle on the side of the heroes, taking several shots at one of the Mega-Destroids with a sniper rifle out of the helicopter. A similar helicopter was sighted two weeks later during one of Takofanes' attacks on the city, helping to keep the lich's hordes of zombies at bay.

Maxwell Avenue, Millennium City: The Doctor is suspected to be involved in an instance of unusual energy readings which occurred here. A group of heroes was sent to investigate these spikes of dimensional energy near City Hall. Upon arriving at the site of the latest spike, the heroes disappeared and could not be found in any way, magical or technological. An hour later the group appeared again in the same spot and the energy readings stopped. Witnesses claim to have seen the Doctor in the area, but his involvement is still arguable, since the heroes have no memory of the time they 'disappeared'.

The Doctor, seen battling fellow assassin Killshot.

Old Detroit Memorial Park, Millennium City: The Doctor is the prime suspect in the double murder of the superhero Captain Eagle and his sidekick Girlscout II. Captain Eagle and Girlscout II have been found dead (blasted with thermobaric explosives and shot in the head respectively) in the area after their vehicle, the Patriot Plane, had been shot down by an unknown attacker using a thermobaric missile launcher. Despite quick response of law enforcement and several superheroes, no trace of the killer could be found, but analysis of the crime scene confirms that similar explosives were used by the Doctor on several other occasions.

Westside, Millennium City: According to witnesses, the leader of a group of VIPER agents responsible for a hostage situation near Carl's Gym bore a striking resemblance to the Doctor. The group of agents assaulted a jewelry store and took the girlfriend of a well-known and highly popular superhero hostage, while her boyfriend was trapped in the sewers of the city during an investigation after several hidden explosives went off. A group of unaffiliated heroes managed to free the hostage, but the group of VIPER operatives managed to escape. NOTE: The hostage's boyfriend was involved with the investigation of the above-mentioned double murder of Captain Eagle and his sidekick.

Inner Easton, Vibora Bay: Eyewitnesses confirm that the Doctor is responsible for the murder of the vampire Mina Rose. Ms. Rose was a prominent member of the New Shadows gang and herself responsible for the murder of 18 people. The Doctor ambushed the her and her posse in a park in Inner Easton and used a wide variety of anti-vampire weaponry and equipment to dispose of them. Ms. Rose herself (or rather a pile of ash and bones confirmed to be her through DNA analysis) was found with a collapsible steel stake buried in her ribcage. After two weeks the investigation had been closed due to public protests.

Place D'Concorde, Paris: The Doctor is confirmed to be responsible for the murder of the French superhero Solar. Solar was to hold a speech about the importance of metahumans and baseline humans working together in harmony as part of festivities spanning several days. He died in the middle of his speech from an until then unknown poison in his drink. A member of the catering service for the event was later found unconscious and tied up in his apartment in one of Paris' suburbs. The man claims to have been ambushed in his apartment by a man whose description fits the Doctor.

Ionizer HQ, Neo-Tokyo: The Doctor is confirmed to be responsible for the murder of Japanese superhero Ionizer. After Ionizer had fought against multiple unknown assailants in several areas of Neo-Tokyo and investigated a large fire in the warehouse district, he was found poisoned and with various severe bone fractures just outside of his partly destroyed HQ on the outskirts of the city. Partly restored CCTV footage revealed that the Doctor left the area shortly after Ionizer's confirmed time of death.

Rivertown, Millennium City: The Doctor is the prime suspect in the murder of industrial magnate Cornelius Preston AKA retired superhero Forgemaster and the disappearance of his daughter Alice Preston. Cornelius Preston was found dead with a single gunshot wound in his forehead in his luxury mansion in the neighborhood of Rivertown. No signs of forced entrance or other evidence has been found. Alice Preston was later found (and after a number of chaotic events also involving the Doctor arrested, see below) in the company of Chinese supervillain Golden Dragon.

PRIMUS Quarantine Zone, San Francisco: During the outbreak of an unknown virus with mutagenic properties in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Doctor had allegedly infiltrated the PRIMUS quarantine zone disguised as a FEMA-sponsored superhero. After the outbreak had been contained, PRIMUS officials discovered that blood samples of infected individuals as well a batch of the vaccine had been stolen in the chaos.

Downtown, Millennium City: The Doctor has been sighted during a kaiju attack on Millennium City. Witnesses claim that he observed the battle between the giant monsters emerging from the Detroit river and several superheroes. He also occasionally contributed with precision attacks to help tip the battle in the heroes' favor. After the kaiju were driven away, he disappeared and a thorough search of the area provided no clue regarding his involvement.

Halcyon R&D Facility, Canadian Wilderness: According to underworld rumors the Doctor has participated in an attack on a R&D facility of Halcyon Industries in a remote area of Canada together with several other supervillains. The attack cost most of the guards and personnel their lives, utterly destroyed the facility and unleashed a giant monster of unknown species onto the nearby forests. While the threat of the monster was later neutralized by a team of dedicated heroes, the purpose of the attack, the nature of Halcyon Industries' research at the site and the Doctor's exact involvement in the event is still unknown.

Las Vegas, Nevada: The Doctor is one of the prime suspects for the massacre that took place during the wedding of Las Vegas superhero Chevalier and his bride Melissa Wyatt. Both bride and groom were found dead in the garage of the Seraph Gate Hotel and Casino after several fights between two unknown assailants, Chevalier, his best friend and Las Vegas vigilante Night Stalker and the security personnel broke out. The couple seems to have been killed by Chevalier's own questionite saber. Both assailants fled the scene and Night Stalker has also disappeared since then. Investigation by local authorities revealed a suspicious entry in the wedding's guest list: Dr. Hugo M. Locke.

In total, the Doctor is confirmed to be responsible for the murder of 7 superheroes and supervillains and the prime suspect in at least 13 more, along with a rather extensive list of other crimes ranging from burglary to terrorism. Despite the best efforts of law enforcement and various superheroes, the Doctor has never been detained for longer than a few days, with evidence linking him to many crimes often mysteriously vanishing, causing many to suspect that he has one or even several influential allies or sponsors.

Then, some day he just disappeared from the face of the earth, with his last confirmed sighting at the Millennium City airport, boarding a private flight to Canada.

Activities after Disappearance

"I didn't choose the Doc life, the Doc life chose me." - Also the Doctor

Almost one year passed with no trace of the Doctor. Many believed that his lifestyle and rep sheet had finally caught up to him, until he reappeared one day with both manpower and resources as well as the clear plan to permanently establish himself as a fixture in Millennium City's underworld. That was the birth of the criminal organization known as the Men in White. The MiW soon carved out a place between Westside's other gangs for themselves, greatly aided by the Doctor's experience and cunning. In particular, the MiW muscled in on the market for drugs, weapons and similar illicit goods. Under the Doctor's leadership, later supported by the raw killing power and skill of heavyweight metahuman assassin Killshot, who the Doctor recruited to the cause, the MiW - despite being deeply rooted in Westside and street-level crime - managed to become a legitimate threat to heroes of all power levels and an institution respected by villains and criminal organizations throughout Millennium City and beyond. Some of the Doctor's and the MiW's most (in)famous accomplishments during that time can be found below:

The Doctor, surveying his turf.

Graham Industrials Facility, Millennium City: A surprise attack on the Graham Industrial facility by a mysterious group of white-clad thugs led to a chaotic battle, as the unknown attackers, a large group of Maniacs, two of Millennium City's heroes and Graham Industrials' security forces clashed on the company's property. Witnesses report that the leader of the unknown thugs identified himself as the Doctor towards one of the heroes. Even though the combined forces of heroes and security personnel managed to prevent the situation from getting out of hand, the Doctor and his forces managed to escape with several samples of potentially dangerous chemicals via a cloaked VTOL gunship.

Westside, Millennium City / Monastery of the Order of the Mutilated Saint, Romania: During the attack of the ancient vampire lord Adrian Arkwright on Millennium City, the Doctor and his gang settled on an uneasy truce with the city's heroes to help stem the tide against Arkwright's legions and clean the streets of the magical drug called the Thirst, which Arkwright used to infect the people and increase his own power. The Doctor and his gang - along with members of several other criminal organizations he managed to convince - helped defending Westside and its population against the vampires' onslaught. According to rumors the Doctor was also sent on a secret mission to Romania along with several heroes to retrieve an ancient artifact which proved to be crucial in Arkwright's defeat. As usual, the Doctor and his troops disappeared shortly after the crisis was over.

Airspace near Iwo Jima, Pacific Ocean: The Doctor was responsible for organizing the breakout of the infamous mercenary Killshot from PRIMUS custody. Killshot was to be transported to a high-security facility in Australia via a PRIMUS aircraft. Said aircraft was to meet the UNTIL Heli-Carrier Helsinki near Iwo Jima and subsequently accompany it to Sydney. However the aircraft was hijacked by a group of villains and Killshot was freed. Even though the Helsinki managed to intercept in time, the villains escaped custody together with Killshot via a VTOL clearly identified as the Phaeton, the Doctor's personal aircraft. During the breakout, the Helsinki was heavily damaged and the heroine Lady Scout lost her life when she engaged the Phaeton with her own aircraft.

Westside, Millennium City: Using intel gained during Adrian Arkwright's attack on Millennium City, the Doctor exposed the identities of the collaborators the vampire lord used to distribute the Thirst. The people of Westside - assisted by a team of vigilantes calling themselves the Justiciars - reacted to this information by rioting and forming a lynch mob for these dealers (the Doctor's competition in the drug trade). If not for a team of dedicated heroes, the dealers would have been publically executed by the mob. The heroes managed to talk down the Justiciars and by extent the mob. Afterwards a member of the Justiciars - Jury - helped the heroes track down the source of the propaganda the Doctor had used to rile up the public. However when they infiltrated the abandoned printing company the Doctor had used as his base of operations, the only thing they did find was a hologram of the Doctor taunting them and siccing a vampire he had captured during Arkwright's attack and subsequently 'improved' via drugs on them. Unfortunately the creature managed to kill Jury before the team of heroes managed to destroy it. Even though the riots were stopped and Millennium City was safe again, the Doctor managed to escape once more.

Jameson Docks, Westside: The Doctor and a large group of Men In White were seen assaulting a private freighter on the St. Jameson Docks. A vicious shootout between the Men in White and a group of black-clad paramilitary personnel defending the freighter broke out. A team of heroes investigating the disturbance was able to break up the fight, only to discover that the freighter contained a massive shipment of drugs, weapons and other illegal goods. The heroes were also attacked by the Chinese terrorist supervillain Xing Tian, who apparently tried to protect said shipment. While the team of heroes managed to defeat Xing Tian and his men and secure the freighter, the Doctor's involvement with Xing Tian and his mysterious employer, the Golden Dragon remains unclear. The Doctor and the Men in White managed to leave the scene shortly after Xing Tian was apprehended.

Jameson Docks, Westside: Only a few days after the above mentioned incident, a sleeper cell of the Golden Dragon's men managed to break Xing Tian out of Westside Central Prison. The villain immediately made his way back to the now abandoned freighter at St. Jameson Docks to retrieve another set of power armor from a secret stash. The Doctor and a group of Men In White intercepted Xing Tian and his soldiers. A chaotic battle broke out when the trio of vigilantes known as the Justiciars (the new Jury being the sister of the previous one) intervened. The already damaged freigther was completely destroyed and all of the Justiciars, Xing Tian and his soldiers as well as a large number of Men In White were found dead at the scene. The Doctor was not to be found.

ACI Security Solutions Warehouse, Westside: The Doctor and a group of his Men In White were responsible for an assault on the Westside storage facility of ACI Securtiy Solutions, a subsidiary of Franklin Stone's ACI Technologies. The assault was stopped in time by a group of heroes who managed to take the Doctor and his men into custody. The arriving MCPD managed to secure the area, but the Doctor was able to trick law enforcment into giving him the means of remotely hijacking the warehouse's security drones and ordered them to attack both MCPD and heroes. While the heroes managed to take out the haywire drones and nobody was severely hurt, the Doctor managed to escape in the chaos.

Millennium City Opera House, Downtown: The Doctor along with a large number of Men In White were responsible for an attack and subsequent short occupation of the Millennium City Opera House during a performance of Richard Wagner's Die Walküre. They took both the audience and the opera house staff hostage. MCPD and a group of the Protectors of the World discovered that the Doctor and his men had proceeded to inject their hostages with some sort of strange chemical. As they prepared to storm the opera house, the Doctor called for negotiations to explain the situation. He and his men were hunting for the Chinese shapeshifting terrorist Bai Gu Jing, another associate of the mysterious Golden Dragon. The chemical's purpose was to find the Bai Gu Jing among the crowd. A reluctant alliance was formed and when the sinister shapeshifter revealed herself, the Protectors managed to defeat her with the Doctor's assistance. While he managed to escape once more, the Doctor promised to contact the Protectors again to deal with the Golden Dragon himself.

International waters near Greenland, North Atlantic / Wall Street, New York City / Taihang Mountains, China / Vladivostok, Russia: The Doctor and the Men in White are confirmed to be involved in the Golden Dragon conspiracy, which threatened not only Millennium City, but the whole world economy. While exact details are unclear to this day, apparently the Men in White and the Protectors of the World set their differences aside once again to stop the Golden Dragon's forces from destroying a high-tech oil processing facility in the North Atlantic, conducted a secret mission in New York City to weaken the Golden Dragon's power, confronted the Golden Dragon in his mansion in China and finally hunted down the true culprit behind the conspiracy in Vladivostok.

Goodman Institute, Millennium City: The Doctor and the Men in White were involved in a terrorist attack on Millennium City's Goodman Institute, which caused extensive damage to the facility and led to the supervillain Conner Blackwood AKA Rift being freed from custody inside the institute. While all hostages were freed by the Protectors of the World, the Doctor and the Men in White were able to flee the scene along with Rift. According to witness reports the Men in White were utilizing a powerful, new hallucinogenic chemical weapon in their attack and subsequent battle with the Protectors.

Downtown, Millennium City / UNTIL HQ, Millennium City: The Doctor and the Men in White, along with the top assassin Killshot, the chronokinetic Rift, the malevolent AI M.A.D.A.M., the sinister demigod Misercorde, the power-armored mercenary Vulture, and the cyborg Campaign were part of the Shadow Manifest, an alliance of supervillains brought together by the mysterious Arc-Angel. While Arc-Angel's goal was the utter annihilation of the superhero Peacemaker, the members of the Shadow Manifest were tasked with distracting the heroes of Millennium City while furthering their own personal goals at the same time, even assaulting the UNTIL HQ in Millennium City at some point! Even though Arc-Angel's plan was ultimately foiled by a coalition of heroes, the Shadow Manifest terrorized Millennium City for a whole week.

Suspected Victims

Mr. Grey
Miss International
Shinigami
Blaster
Ballista
Brimstone
Supreme
Snapping Turtle
El Padre Venganza
Captain Eagle
Girlscout II
Bloody Rose
Solar
Ionizer
Forgemaster
Chevalier
UNTIL Colonel Jennifer Klein
Lady Scout
Judge
Jury
Executioner
Xing Tian

Personality

"People say I'm condescending. That means I talk down to people." - The Doctor

The first and most important thing to know about the Doctor's personality is that he thinks he is better than you and anyone else he does not consider his equal in skill, intelligence or simply style. How he expresses this notion depends on the situation though. Sometimes he will be utterly professional and stoic to show you how childish and laughable he finds the situation at hand. At other times all you will get out of him will be smug smiles and empty small talk, like you are not even worth a serious conversation. And sometimes every second sentence out of his mouth will be a sarcastic comment or snide remark to let you know exactly what he thinks of you. And that's the Doctor on a good day.

He also has rather extreme mood swings which become especially frequent when things do not go his way. Cool and consummate professional to throwing temper tantrums that would even cause Grond to take a step back can happen from one second to the next. The tendency of the various drugs he consumes on an almost daily basis to affect his psyche makes these changes even more sudden and terrifying. Even though he tries to keep his cool around the few friends and allies he still has, they are not safe from the occasional barb or tongue lashing. In general however he tries to be a rational and benevolent boss to his allies in the Men in White, preferring to reward success instead of punishing failure, except in extreme cases. And even then, the most an incompetent henchman can expect is a rather lengthy tirade, a pay cut and several weeks of boring assignments.

And then there is of course the little but important detail that the Doctor is insane. While he is better than most supervillains at hiding it and keeping his more eccentric side in check, there is no doubt that several screws in the Doctor's head are just a bit too loose. First there is the above mentioned superiority complex, which is directly responsible for his actions as a criminal and scientist: If other people were as skilled and intelligent as he is, they could easily prevent themselves from any harm caused by him and his actions, which means that everything that happens to them is their own fault. However, the Doctor understands and accepts the common perceptions of what is right and wrong; he simply chooses to ignore it when it is convenient for him to do so. He has no compulsive need to kill (in fact he prefers not to, as unnecessary deaths clearly show that the plan was not flawless), but absolutely zero qualms about doing so.

Powers

"I'd be famous for my deadly skills... If it weren't for my deadly skills." - The Doctor

The Doctor was once one of the deadliest assassins on the planet. Even though he has officially left this business, the years of training, experience and skills he learned during that time are still as deadly as ever and together with the equipment, resources and manpower of the Men in White make him more than a match for every superhero.

Skills and Abilities

That's the smile of a man who can't decide HOW to kill his enemy.

Genius: The most tragic thing about the Doctor is that he could have put his mind to eradicating most diseases on the planet and succeeded. He is gifted with a level of intelligence rarely seen among non-superpowered individuals. A master of a multitude of disciplines ranging from business administration to pop culture trivia (and of course medicine), the Doctor has the knowledge and skills to deal with almost every problem he encounters with ease. Additionally he is not only book smart, but also able to analyze and react to new situations in record time, outsmarting and outmaneuvering his enemies with a level of cunning that borders on precognition.

Physical Condition: Years of using and abusing various substances, serums and combat drugs along with his training and experience as an assassin have elevated the Doctor's body close to what could be considered superhuman. His strength, endurance, speed and reaction time are easily on par with every Olympic athlete and in combination with his razor-sharp mind, this allows him incredible feats of precision, accuracy and agility. Deflecting bullets with his sword, easily gaining the upper hand against multiple opponents in close combat or moving before the opponent can even perceive the movement are no bigger deal for the Doctor than walking up a set of stairs is for a normal person.

Martial Training: The Doctor prefers the quick, precise shot of a sniper rifle or the subtle, clean work of a well-placed poisoned drink or - the best option - having someone else do his fighting for him. However this has never stopped him from getting his own hands dirty if necessary and he has the training and skills to do so. He is a practicioner of canne de combat, savate and Polish cross-cut fencing along with capoeira and shōtōkan karate. All of this combines into an incredibly agile and fluid fighting style which makes it extremely hard to anticipate the Doctor's strikes and even harder to lay hands on him. Unsurprisingly he is also very proficient with all manners of knives, shivs, scalpels and other small and sharp objects. His extensive knowledge of the human body as well as his assassin training allow him to target weak spots efficiently and incapacitate or kill with a few well-placed strikes. Finally, years of experience in the criminal underworld have taught him a variety of dirty tricks and underhanded tactics he is not afraid to use in a fight. Kicking a downed opponent, going for the eyes or kicking a girl in the crotch are by no means beneath him.

Assassin Experience: On account of having worked in one of the most dangerous businesses for years, the Doctor has learned a variety of deadly skills. He has vast experience in using a variety of common and less common weapons, from handguns to throwing knives. He also has extensive knowledge of nearly every aspect of stealth operations, including espionage, disguises, surveillance, infiltration, exfiltration, crime evasion, assassination and how to mix a damn good martini. Finally, evading the authorities for so long has given him insight into modern criminological methods, allowing him to use a combination of his intellect and his knowledge about crime scene investigation and forensic medicine to conceal his tracks and deceive his pursuers. He can make any kill look like a suicide or unfortunate accident.

Master Tactician: His genius intellect allows the Doctor to quickly assess any situation, analyze it, compare the possible outcomes and choose the most appropriate plan of action. This skill gives him an edge in many situations. Outside of combat, the Doctor is able to stay one step ahead of his enemies, easily coming up with backup plans and ensuring that even unfortunate situations still have some benefit to him. On the negotiating table it is almost impossible to pin him down, as he makes sure that he always has some sort of bargaining chip at the ready. And finally on the battlefield this allows him to efficiently use his enemies' physical, mental or emotional weaknesses against them.

Mental Defense: Despite his dislike for anything esoteric or mystical the Doctor has spent some time training with a secluded order of monks in the Himalayans to learn a unique form of defense against telepathy and similar mental attacks. Instead of 'building a wall' against such attack in his mind, the Doctor usually lets intruders in, just to hit them with a mental counter-attack consisting of a variety of memories and sensations from his time as an assassin and mercenary, which include delightful impressions like mass graves, child soldiers, executions and similar.

Medical Expert: The Doctor - true to his chosen codename - is an expert in all things medical. As a trained physician and surgeon, he can heal and treat diseases and injuries as efficiently as he can cause them and his skill with the scalpel has ended just as many lives as it has saved. His expertise in the many fields of life sciences allow him to develop, improve and utilize many different kinds of drugs, poisons, diseases and other substances.

Weapons and Equipment

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Sword Cane: While he most definitely does not need it, the Doctor is rarely seen without his cane since he reappeared in Millennium City. It is a black walking cane with a silver, snake-shaped handle made from extremely sturdy materials, which would already be an effective bludgeoning weapon by itself. However the cane also serves as a sheath for a sword hidden inside. Simply twisting the handle while pressing a button on the cane allows the blade to be drawn. The sword is double-edged and made from cryogenically treated Damascus steel coated by a fine layer of questionite dust. Perfectly balanced for the Doctor it is an extremely deadly weapon in his hands. Additionally a second button on the cane itself activates a high-voltage electric charge on the tip, turning it into a powerful shock baton. The Doctor has been seen dual-wielding sword and shock baton.

Customized RSh-12 12.7mm Assault Revolver: Currently only available to Russian special forces, one of these weapons has somehow found its way into the Doctor's hands, who immediately commissioned underworld weaponsmith Wayland Talos to make a slew of adjustments and improvements to it. The result is one of the most powerful kinetic handguns currently in use. This weapon is powerful enough to blow a normal human's head clean off and can even punch some very nasty holes into werewolves, power armor and other highly resilient targets while maintaining acceptable accuracy, recoil and reload time. ((OOC note: As ridiculous as it sounds, this is actually a real weapon. Check it out: http://thefunnybeaver.com/rsh-12-most-powerful-revolver-in-the-world/))

Knife: During his time as an assassin, knives were the Doctor's melee weapons of choice. Eager to not let his skills and experience go to waste, the Doctor still uses his old knife as a secondary melee weapon if his cane is not available or simply a bad choice for the situation. Said knife resembles a traditional bowie knife, but like his cane sword the blade has been cryogenically treated and coated with a fine layer of questionite dust, making it both highly resilient and extremely sharp. The Doctor usually carries it hidden under his clothes as a surprise for those who think they have disarmed him.

The Doctor's Bag: The Doctor's Bag is just that. A small black leather bag which the Doctor usually carries at his belt. It is filled with all kinds of medical equipment which could prove useful on the battlefield. From staples like painkillers, bandages and suture to the more exotic equipment like cryogenically treated scalpels (can and have been used as a weapon of last resort), syringes filled with various poisons and a variety of combat drugs; all that and more can be found in the Doctor's Bag, depending on what is required by the situation at hand. A list of the Doctor's staple poisons and combat drugs can be found below.

Multi-purpose Explosives: Old habits die hard. His days as an assassin have taught the Doctor that having a few explosives with you at all times is never a bad idea, if just for the intimidating effect. These explosives - crafted by Wayland Talos - take the shape of black spheres roughly the size of an orange. They carry a special fordite charge with impressive destructive power, even against heavily defended targets. A small interface linked to his cell phone allows the Doctor to choose the type of explosive (grenade, mine, remote-triggered bomb) as well as adjust detonation force and timer.

Fingertip Flash Powder: Deceptively simple, this is a type of magnesium powder which the Doctor has treated in a special chemical procedure. By dusting his fingertips with it and then snapping his fingers, the Doctor can create a flare of bright light for a few seconds. Usually used for blinding or distracting enemies and perfect for surprise attacks or quick, tactical retreats. Quite painful when used on bare fingertips though.

Microfilament Wires: Described as the essential tool of every assassin by the Doctor himself, microfilament wires have been a part of his arsenal for a long time. Incredibly sharp, extremely durable and almost invisible under the right conditions these wires can be used for a multitude of sinister purposes. The Doctor has been seen using them as a garrote, whip or to set up insidious traps. He keeps them on a coil hidden under his vest. His gloves can emit a weak magnetic field, which allows him to handle the deadly wires without danger of hurting himself.

Razor Mines: Razor Mines combine two of the Doctor's favorite things: explosives and microfilament wires. Upon detonation (either through proximity or remotely controlled by the Doctor) these devices eject a mesh of microfilament wires. The wires are partly coated with a layer of quickly-hardening glue, which allows them to stick to victims or walls, creating either very messy deaths or a convenient way of area denial.

Nanoweave Clothing: On top of being incredibly stylish, almost all of the Doctor's outfits are made of a reinforced nanoweave fabric, which hardens for split-seconds in response to kinetic force, giving it protective properties on par of light body armor. For additional protection of vital organs, the Doctor wears a state-of-the-art Regor Plastic kevlar vest beneath. Additionally the clothes have limited thermal regulation abilities, allowing them to be worn in moderately hot or cold environments. Extreme temperatures however still require him to wear specialized clothing. They also house numerous pockets and secret compartments to hold additional equipment and weapons. His gloves are of a resilient black leather and reinforced with tiny compartments of metal to protect his hands and give his punches just a bit more force. His shoes are also made of the same black leather, but with special sound-dampening soles, metal tips for painful kicks and hidden spring-loaded blades, just in case.

Combat Shades: These crimson-tinted glasses are a marvel of technology (and style). They are equipped with magnifying properties, an advanced combat HUD with uplink to the Men in White's databases, target identification and analysis software and several vision modes (including night and thermal vision). They are made from a reinforced material, preventing them from breaking easily in combat situations. The Doctor has several different designs, purely for style.

Improved Cell Phone: While many superheroes and supervillains prefer wrist computers, the Doctor has never been able to warm up to them. Instead he has paid the super-hacker Ixion to improve a standard business blackberry in numerous ways. Heavy encryption software and a unique, almost hack-proof operating system allow it operate flawlessly, even in combat situations. In turn it features a simple AI able to bypass standard security protocols for hacking tasks, has a GPS uplink, encrypted access to the Men in White's databases and a secure web-browser on top of all the other features of the latest generation of smart phones. The Doctor can also use it to remotely control certain pieces of his equipment (for example, detonate his explosives).

Travelling in style.

The Phaeton: The Doctor likes to travel in style. While he prefers a black Cadillac XTS for ground travel, the Phaeton - an advanced VTOL gunship of unknown design and manufacture - is his choice for air travel. An outer hull of a kendrium/teflon alloy over lightweight but sturdy materials gives it unparalleled mobility while still keeping it very durable. An emergency forcefield can boost its defensive capabilities even further by re-routing energy from other systems. An advanced onboard AI as well as telemetric and target identification and analysis software help the pilot to utilize the Phaeton's capabilities to their fullest. Two front-mounted 20mm autocannons, two missile pods under the wings capable of simultaneously firing up to 8 missiles of different kinds (the usual loadout are thermobaric missiles) and one heavy 60 mm cannon capable of firing incendiary tungsten-carbide rounds make up its offensive potential. Finally it is equipped with advanced holographic cloaking technology, allowing it to move nearly undetected. It is capable of transporting up to 6 persons comfortably (including the pilot). As the Doctor's personal vehicle it is of course equipped with several luxuries inside including leather seats, a plasma screen and a well-stocked mini-bar. It is usually piloted by the Doctor's own driver and pilot Frank Wilson, codename Paramedic. Unfortunately it didn't come in white.

Dirty Tricks: In addition to all its other equipment, the Doctor has some sinister surprises for his enemies up his sleeve.

• He has treated his fingertips in a painful procedure with biological acids. They are now completely smooth, leaving no traces at all.

• He also recognized the danger of being completely disarmed: Making incisions on suitable parts of his skin, the Doctor was able to insert small pieces of equipment directly under his skin, creating subdermal pockets to hold that item after the wounds healed. He has four of them.

• His tie can emit a powerful electric shock in case someone had the smart idea to grab onto such an obvious weak spot in the heat of combat.

• The poisons and drugs he carries with him are deliberately labeled wrong. While the Doctor can recognize the various substances he uses in combat by sight and smell alone, his enemies usually can not.

• Last but not least, he has rigged almost all of his equipment to explode after certain verbal commands (usually the names of his ex-girlfriends).

Drugs, Poisons and other Substances

The Doctor's vast medical expertise allows him to create, improve and utilize a wide range of different substances in and outside of combat. Usually he carries them with him in specially prepared stainless steel syringes, but he has also no qualms about using them in the form of pellets or grenades. Below a short list of the Doctor's staple poisons and combat drugs can be found, but he is known to use a far greater variety of common and less common substances.

Stranglehold (Poison): Stranglehold, created of a chemically enhanced version of the common poison ivy's toxins is a powerful poison, which causes rapid respiratory shutdown along with painful pharyngeal contractions, making it impossible for the target to breathe. It is not unheard of victims of Stranglehold to suffocate in the span of less than a minute.

Whiplash (Poison): Whiplash is a chemically enhanced version of the neurotoxin of the box jellyfish. It amplifies nerve conductivity to extreme levels and causes the thermoreceptors of the target to work on overtime, causing such extreme pain that even moving, the feeling of clothing on skin or a light breeze becomes unbearably painful for the target.

First Blood (Poison): First Blood saturates the bloodstream of the target with an experimental chemical that causes extensive hemolysis and thins the blood of the target to an extreme level, causing rapid exsanguination. The target's blood runs from every wounds and orifices in a rather horrifying display. In extreme cases complete exsanguination was reached in less than two minutes.

Inner Fire (Poison): Based on a similar chemical as First Blood, Inner Fire floods the bloodstream of the target with a chemical that bonds to the targets red blood cells and starts absorbing the oxygen they carry. After absorbing enough oxygen (usually after two to three minutes), they ignite which causes the target to burn out from the inside.

Natural Bone Killer (Poison): Natural Bone Killer utilizes a batch of genetically engineered bacteria with an appetite for calcium, attacking the target's bone structure and causing symptoms similar to extreme cases of osteoporosis. The target's bones start disintegrating inside its body, causing extreme pain, inability to move and finally death by asphyxiation.

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Nightmare (Poison): This artificial neurotoxin hyperstimulates the part of the brain responsible for the fight-or-flight response. The target is overcome by an overwhelming sense of panic and fear without any obvious reason. In some reported cases the psyche of the victim actually invented some sort of dreadful imagery to justify said feelings.

Blitz (Combat Drug): This drug comes in the form of small white pills and increases alertness, improves concentration and enhances reaction speed by drastically speeding up the communication between the left and right brain halves. Taken in small doses for short periods of times, it is mostly harmless, but extended use can lead to paranoia and anxiety attacks.

Serenity (Combat Drug): This milky, white liquid is a potent cocktail of morphine and amphetamines, which is injected directly into the bloodstream. A single shot of Serenity is enough to suppress the pain from nearly any injury without the side effects usually associated with similar substances. Serenity has to be handled with great care, as it is highly addictive on psychological level.

Berserk (Combat Drug): Berserk comes as a clear liquid injected directly, which stimulates the adrenal gland of the user with acetylcholine, causing it to substantially increase the adrenaline production. Users feel an almost instant boost in strength after taking it, along with increased aggressiveness. Berserk is easily overdosed and can lead to fatal heart attacks.

Apathy (Combat Drug): Apathy, readily available in the form of small brown pills, saturates muscle fibres with high doses of protein and makes them extraordinarily resistant to the stress and tension of use, allowing the user to exert himself greatly for a certain amount of time. Unfortunately the pain that this drug suppresses comes back in full after the effects wear off.

Mind Game (Combat Drug): Mind Game comes as a small bag of blue powder and actually started as a party drug popular with the supervillain community. It hyperstimulates nerve receptors in the brain, causing intense feelings of alertness and greater sensitivity for all known senses, allowing the user to perceive the battlefield (or dancefloor) much more intensively.

Liquid Spite (Other): There is no universal solvent, but Liquid Spite comes very close. Held in magnetic suspension in a specially designed syringe, because he has not yet found any container that could hold it, the Doctor uses this incredibly potent acid to dissolve the most heavily secured locks, armors and ultimately metahuman flesh and bone rapidly.

Gentle Touch (Other): This healing foam is similar to the healing patches used by the MCPD and many other organizations, but many times more potent. Applied to a wound it hardens to a flexible layer of protection, preventing both infection and blood loss and stimulating the cells to start the healing process. It can (and should) be easily removed later for further, advanced treatment.

Nr. 7 (Other): This substance comes as a spray, which applies an invisible, microscopically thin sheen to user's skin, which is completely impermeable to odors, eliminating the user's presence completely on the olfactory spectrum. The Doctor uses it to escape and/or ambush metahumans known for their highly sensitive noses (typically werewolves and similar).

Liquid Stasis (Other): This substance comes as light blue liquid injected directly, which causes a complete but ultimately temporary (and harmless) shutdown of the target's nervous system, brain activities and body functions, making it appear clinically dead for up to three hours or until the antidote is administered. Useful for infiltration purposes or other deceptive maneuvers.

Weaknesses

"I'm not perfect. Yet." - The Doctor

Despite his own claims, the Doctor is not without weaknesses.

Still Human: While he was among the deadliest assassins in the world and has lost little of his edge when since he left that business, the Doctor is - despite all his training and equipment - still ultimately human with all that entails. He has no superpowers, no magic or inherent regenerative abilities. He ages like anyone else and is just as likely to catch a cold as die from a bullet to the head as anyone else. Compared to most metahumans he simply lacks the raw power to go toe to toe with them and is painfully aware of that fact and trying to level the field in every possible way.

Declining Health: Ironically the Doctor's own health is a precarious matter. Years of years of abusing the effects of various combat drugs have taken a toll on his body. A healthy man in his 30s with his training and experience would be exponentially more dangerous than the Doctor is currently. In many cases the damage done to his body by overdosing and withdrawal symptoms have proven to be irreversible even for his expertise and his tendency to overwork himself and lead a comparatively unhealthy lifestyle with little sleep, as well as too much alcohol, caffeine and nicotine make these effects only worse.

Big Ego: There is no other way to say it: The Doctor is an arrogant bastard. He is incredibly convinced of his own intellectual superiority towards pretty much everyone. He is also not shy to mention and prove this fact if necessary, which makes achieving his goals often more difficult than it has to be. While he is aware of the fact that his megalomaniacal tendencies can be a weakness and tries to keep his ego in check, repeated insults and humiliation at the hands of people he considers inferior can cause him to quickly lose his cool and focus his attention towards complete destruction of the offenders - to the detriment of his other plans.

Competitive: Similarly the Doctor relishes the rare moment when he finds somebody he considers a worthy opponent to his intellect, skills and talents. Should he find such a person, he will gleefully test himself time and time again against him or her, even dragging out said competition longer than necessary, because he is certain that it will be a long time until he finds someone worthy again. This arrogance can be easily exploited by those he considers his equal as he is more willing to parley, negotiate and sometimes even help such individuals.

A Wanted Man: During his time as an assassin he already made a lot of enemies and this list did not get any shorter when he decided to enter the drug and weapons trade. He is wanted by a multitude of law enforcement agencies in many parts of the world and the fact that he has not yet been captured appears to be a miracle. Additionally the list of his enemies also includes many criminal organizations and individuals and while many of them are still willing to work with him and the Men in White, they would gladly betray him as soon as that course of action is more beneficial to them.

Accomplices

"Ladies and gentlemen, showtime." - The Doctor

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The Men in White

The Men in White are the Doctor's growing criminal organization. While they are currently mostly operating as a street gang in Westside of Millennium City, they are growing rapidly in both numbers and influence. They are already controlling a rather large part of the drug trade in and around the city and their superior training and equipment as well as their subtle methods and careful planning means that it is only a matter of time before they start being a national or even global threat. MCPD and PRIMUS estimate that they currently have around 100 members and rising. Their recruits usually come from other street gangs, ex-military or ex-law enforcement; the Doctor does not want amateurs in his organization.

Janine "Red" Guiliani, the Doctor's Secretary

Red

Janine is the Doctor's secretary, personal assistant and best friend. Born as the oldest child of a family of second-generation immigrants to the United States from Italy, Janine's childhood and adolescence was marked by crime. By the time she was 18, she had ran with almost every gang in Millennium City and picked up a variety of skills and talents along the way. Together with her street smarts and her stunningly good looks, she quickly made a name for herself on the streets and soon rose quickly in the ranks of any gang she joined. She met the Doctor when her then boss refused to pay the assassin, which led to a quite unglorified end for him. Now without a job, Janine gladly accepted the Doctor's offer to work for him. He had recognized the young woman's potential and over the years Janine became invaluable to the Doctor's business, handling contracts, finances and client interactions for him. However they also developed a close friendship and she quite possibly the only person the Doctor truly cares about. Their relationship is endlessly ambiguous: Some Men In White swear that they must be romantically involved, others point to the Doctor's rather eccentric character and the fact that Janine flirts just as much with everyone else. Today her role in the Men in White is similar: She handles administrative and financial aspects of the organization, negotiates with customers and is also still the Doctor’s secretary. However she also handles delicate situations which require a more ‘feminine’ touch, even though the Doctor hates to expose her to any sort of danger.

Tamara "Cross" Aristopoulos, the Doctor's Adjutant

Cross

Officially Tamara is the Doctor's bodyguard, but since the Doctor is more than capable of defending himself, she usually serves as a field commander and top enforcer. In her former life, Tamara was one of the most promising Greek biathletes in the history of the sport. Modeling and advertising deals galore promised a secure future and a successful, handsome fiancée was ready to marry her at any moment. Her life took a turn for the worse when one biathlon she participated in became the battleground of the superhero Phalanx and the supervillain Frostfire. A stray attack by Frostfire left a horrible cross-shaped scar covering the right half of her face. The loss of her beauty along with her fiancée and modeling and advertising deals drove her off the edge. She faked her suicide and left Europe for Millennium City. Lost and desperate she turned to drinking and drugs and met the Men in White at some point. The Doctor recognized the scar on her face and came to the right conclusions: He offered her to put her talents to a better use. Without much purpose in life and a lot of anger to take out on the world she accepted. The Men in White supplied her with training and equipment best suited to her skills as a former biathlete: A sophisticated energy rifle and anti-gravity boots which allow her to ‘ski’ through the air.

Frank "Paramedic" Wilson, the Doctor's driver

Paramedic

While the Doctor is able to drive a car or fly an aircraft, a mix of overenthusiasm, short temper and plain bad luck makes that a dangerous endeavor for everyone in and around the vehicle in question. That's where Wilson (he prefers his surname or his codename) comes in. Wilson used to be a celebrated Air Force ace pilot until his wife died of cancer, leaving him to care for their daughter Mari. Wilson did not take it too well. He started to drink outside of and at some point even on duty, got into fights over the slightest provocations and stopped taking care of himself. It did not take too long before he was dishonorably discharged. While that was motivation enough for him to get his life back on track, he was angry at the world and the military in particular. However he still needed a job. It might have been sheer luck or destiny that the boyfriend of his daughter's best friend happened to be a member of the Men in White. With no other options, Wilson contacted the organization and the Doctor was quite happy to have an experienced pilot in his ranks. While Wilson is no hardened criminal, he recognized that the Doctor and the Men in White can provide easy money for him and his daughter, which is good enough for him to go along with it, especially when he gets to take out his anger issues on all sorts of authority figures on the way. Wilson serves as the Doctor's driver and also pilots the Doctor's personal aircraft, the Phaeton. His training as a soldier and his uncanny skill with any sort of vehicle make him a valuable asset to the Men in White.

Killshot, the Scalpel of the Men in White

Killshot

Killshot is one of the most proficient and successful assassins on the planet. Blessed with enhanced senses, an impressive regeneration ability, a wide range of high-tech weapons and equipment and years upon years of experience in combat, Killshot is one of the very best in the business. His most impressive feat is his incredible accuracy and proficiency with firearms, easily outshining even highly trained elite soldiers of many armies. Killshot has been known to do freelance work for various individuals and organizations and is rumored to be connected to both VIPER and certain unsavory elements in ARGENT. For a long time Killshot and the Doctor were rivals in "the Business". Sometimes they were allies when hired by the same client combining their skills to frightening effect, other times outright shooting at each other when competing for the same contract. When the Doctor retired from the business after his disappearance Killshot took over his place in the ranking of top assassins and their rivalry faded in the background. After the Doctor hired a team of supervillains to break Killshot out of PRIMUS custody and several projects and business endeavours they worked on together, Killshot has more or less officially joined the Men in White. Today Killshot belongs to the innermost circle of the organisation and serves as a field commander, assassin and leads the Men in White's elite squad.

Wayland Talos, Underworld Weaponsmith

Wayland Talos

Wayland Talos is THE man you want to go to when you need a perfectly calibrated blaster rifle, a set of razor-sharp knives with questionite coating or a custom hover-disc and don't want to worry about the legal intricacies of getting such gadgets. He is an arms dealer, inventor and technological consultant, who is eager to sell his wares and services to the highest bidder, especially if that bidder shares Talos' hatred of superheroes. Earlier in his life, Talos' wife Maria died in a terrorist attack a group of superheroes was unable to stop, because the terrorists were much better prepared and armed than the heroes expected. Talos blamed his wives death on the incompetent superheroes and let his hatred consume him. Subsequently he lost his job as a technology designer due to his obsessive hatred and brooding, which he also blamed on the superheroes. He was determined to get revenge on the so-called heroes who ruined his life and began to use his immense technological expertise to provide criminals, terrorists and anyone else who would fight against superheroes with weapons, gadgets and equipment. The Men in White contact Talos readily and often for more specialized equipment or technical advice. The Doctor and Talos also seem to get along quite well on a personal level, likely due to their shared dislike of costumed superheroes.

Enemies

"We can't stop here. This is New Shadows turf." - The Doctor

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Protectors of the World

The Protectors of the World are one of the premier superhero teams on the planet, with members from all over the world united for one common purpose: to fight crime and protect the innocent on Earth and beyond. The Doctor (both before he founded the Men in White and afterwards) and the Protectors clashed on numerous occasions and sometimes even worked together on others. While he was always able to escape capture, the Doctor has started to grudgingly recognize them as a force to be reckoned with.

The Progeny

The Progeny are a team of young superheroes based in Millennium City. Even though they are still inexpirienced, their talent and skill is undeniable and it is clear that they firmly belong to the next generation of defenders of Earth. Since both the Doctor and his Men in White and the Progeny call Millennium City's Westside their home, the two factions have clashed several times. Even though neither side has managed to claim a decisive victory so far, the fact that a bunch of teenagers is opposing him, is annoying the Doctor to no end.

Spiderling, the Matriarachnid

Spiderling

During his time as a hired killer, a peculiar contract made it necessary for the Doctor to work together with a team of heroes, much to his dismay. Undercover he joined the heroes to help investigate the case of a disappeared SWAT team in the Duskview apartment complex near the docks of Westside. Not only did they find the apartment complex covered with cobwebs on the inside, but they also discovered that the residents were too terrified to leave their rooms because of 'something stalking the halls at night'. For the Doctor this contract was beyond annoying. Not only did he have to sneak around in a dirty, low-class apartment complex, he also had to do it together with a group of superheroes he considered 'delightfully inept' to use his least insulting thought. It all got worse when they were attacked by a swarms of spiders, led by their monstrous matriarch Spiderling. After a series of unfortunate incidents during the battle, like one of the heroes sending the Doctor falling down a set of stairs accidentally, Spiderling was defeated. The finishing blow against the arachnid antagonist was struck by a - at that point very angry and very annoyed - Doctor, who used a well-placed thermobaric explosive to bring a good part of the apartment building crashing down on Spiderling. Law enforcement and superheroes presumed her to have died that day, but the Doctor is not too sure about that. No body was found and it might be quite possible that the spider queen is still out there, plotting her revenge on the Doctor.

Demoness, the Dark Mistress of Justice

Demoness

Claire Thompson, heir to the multi-million dollar shipping enterprise Pegasus Shipping is secretly the heroine Demoness. From her earliest childhood on she was raised to one day take over her father's company. However many board directors distrusted her father's judgement. Haughty, arrogant, spoiled and a magnet for tabloid rumors, she seemed unfit to lead the company to them. Their distrust and dissatisfaction with her father's decision led them to conspire with ARGENT to take over Pegasus Shipping. They paid ARGENT to get rid of her and ARGENT subsequently subcontracted an assassin to take care of the job. On her 18th birthday she was gunned down on her way to signing the papers which would have made her the sole heir to the company. However she survived. When she was killed, her soul made its way down to hell due to her pride and avarice in life. At the same time a demoness attempted to escape the netherworld, clashed with Claire's soul on the way and both essences merged together in one, reviving Claire's body again. Somehow the two conflicting essences managed to come to an agreement and so Claire Thompson returned, taking her rightful position as vice-president of Pegasus Shipping. However, the fact that she nearly went to hell made her also reconsider many aspects of her life and she decided to save her soul from eternal torment by fighting the good fight, using the powers her half-demonic soul grants her. She became the superheroine Demoness. The underworld rumors however are true this time: it was indeed the Doctor who ARGENT hired to kill Claire Thompson. While it is unknown if she remembers who her assailant was, the Doctor definitely does remember that failed job. He might no longer be in the business, but should the opportunity present itself, he will gladly erase that particular stain on his reputation. And this time she won't get up again.

Vladic Dracul, Leader of the New Shadows

Vladic Dracul

Legend claims it was his son, Vlad Tepes, and not he, who became a vampire. In truth, it was a legacy he chose, and one that his son upheld. Although the world around him has changed through the centuries, he has in many ways stayed the same. He is still a warrior, still a man of power and still determined to reshape the world in his image. His dream, now, is to create a vampire nation. Among vampires he is one of the oldest and one of the strongest; if anyone were to father a vampire nation, it would be him. The Doctor's relationship with vampires has always been strained, but he and Vladic Dracul share a special hatred for each other. During his time as a hired killer, the Doctor and Vladic fought two times and while the vampire won both battles by a hair he also learned to not underestimate this particular human. The fact that the Doctor killed the Bloody Rose of the New Shadows who was almost like a daughter to the elder vampire only cemented the hatred and grudging respect he feels for the Doctor. Their respective hatred is reflected in how their gangs interact. While the Men in White are careful when dealing with most other criminal organizations, open warfare between them and the New Shadows is common, even more now that the Doctor and his gang are looking to establish themselves in the Vibora Bay drugs market as well.

Devana Hawke, the Doctor's Favorite Person To Hate

Devana Hawke

Is a super-powered do-gooder constantly throwing a monkey wrench in your schemes? Need them taken down quietly? For the right price, (and if she's interested) Devana Hawke will take on the assignment. Not one to simply go in guns blazing, Devana will take her target down at the most opportune time. Usually when the target is at their weakest, physically and mentally. Whether it means orchestrating situations to break down heroes or get to them through their loved ones, Devana always completes her assignments by any means necessary. By now the enmity between Devana Hawke and the Doctor is something of a running gag in the supervillain community. It started when they were both still in the same business as simple professional rivalry. However a series of misunderstandings, unfortunate incidents and hurt egos turned this rivalry into a veritable cold war, which turned burning hot whenever they saw each other. Now that the Doctor has retired from the business, they have both cooled down somewhat, but their intense dislike for each other remains. Devana will happily take on every contract which makes the Doctor's life more difficult, while the Doctor will happily try to complicate her work whenever he can do so without too much hassle.

Comments and Rumors

"This is my fan club. The bladed end is for people who talk shit." - The Doctor

Do you have anything to say about the Doctor? Rumors, gossip, leads for other heroes? Here's the place for it.

"Dr. Kaufmann, or simply "The Doctor" was considered the 5th best assassin in the world according to the Bounty Board, ranking just behind Jack Knife (4), The Tallyman (3), Andrès Panthanatos (2) and of course, Taipan (1). Last year Killshot took his place after he retired from the Business." - The Middle Men

"The sassy assassin with the classy sense of fashion, that's my boss alright!" - Janine "Red" Guiliani

"Zis man is a Monster, ich vill be on zee vatch for him, und ich vill stop him, ich does not vish for anymore lives to be taken." - Fräulein Über

"Kaufmann... Feel bad for whoever pisses this bloke off.. He is cold, calculatin', and will chain-smoke ya sorry ass into the dirt. Luckily, I was a vastly superior killer, to this pale sod of a boss. He goes on drunken tirades about someone either stealin' his smokes, or the idea that fuckin' gnomes are out to get'm.. Swear those drugs got to his head.. But what can I say, the man did get me out of some jail time, so cheers!" - Killshot

"He has a reputation, even if he tries to keep it quiet. Impressive. One day, we might have to see who is better." - Crow

"He freaks me out!" - Coyote

"What happens when an immovable object meets an unstoppable force? You put this guy, and I, together. He's almost my direct antithesis in terms of combat skill, fighting style, even appearance. I get the nasty feeling the two of us are going to come to blows one day, and it's not gonna be something to write home about!" - Snowtalon

"Heard about this guy through the grapevine. Real cold-blooded killer type. Probably thinks he's the best there is, too. Heh. He's certainly not." - All-Star

"I find it sad and frustrating when someone has the talents to help shape the world into something better and they instead squander it for their own personal gain due to their megalomania. He's dangerous, for sure, and I pray that no one underestimates him simply because he lacks super human prowess: It would be a fatal mistake." - Sparrowhawk

"Ah, him. He's managed to put a chip on my shoulder in a short amount of time. Dangerous in his own right, but it's irrelevant in the end - he figures he can come on top either with brains or with brawn. If I didn't have bigger things to worry about than a narcissistic drug peddler, he'd have been proven wrong on both fronts by now." - The Peacemaker

"Highly experienced killer. Background unknown. Behavior implies narcissistic personality disorder. Top of UNTIL's watchlist. He plays the game well, using heroes to get rid of his competition and indirectly help him gain control of the drug trade. If he has bigger plans for this city, then I need to prepare myself. His ego will be his undoing." - The Watchman

"They say he is from Germany, right? In that case I have a message for the Doctor: 'Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall.'" - Fahrenheit

"Smug ass attitude aside, the Doc is brutally efficient. If he calls me a replacement henchman again, I'm gonna slap him." - Tesseract

"I've had the...interesting experience of working with the Doctor. Enemy of my enemy is my friend type deal. He's certainly an unscrupulous man, his track record speaks of that. But I have to admit, his pragmatism and efficiency is something I can appreciate. Maybe even admire on some level. It's a shame that it's wasted on himself, he'll be seeing the inside of padded four wall cell soon enough." - Fathom

"I've had to work with this guy before, I've luckily never been on the receiving end of a fight with him, er, not that I couldn't take him, I could totally take him! He's a total dweeb! Yeah!" - Imp

"I had the "pleasure" of dealing with his associates. I have a feeling this guy is absolute bad news, and like in chess, he's playing a long game." - African Violet

"Dr. Kaufmann taught me a lot of things when I got to know the super villain. We make choices in our lives and, sometimes, even the very best choose to be evil. He chose his path while I chose mine... and even the very best have their limits. I don't want to be the one to show him where his limits are but I will, if he faces me and chooses to harm innocent lives." - Cosmic Glory

"What an asshole." - Spite

"If anybody thinks that a man with no powers isn't a danger, then they are... incredibly wrong and narrow-minded. The Doctor has resources - both in terms of manpower and funds - as well as combat skills that put him on par with even well-trained fighters. The man is dangerous, and the men who work for him? Just as dangerous. I'll be happy to show the scars he left behind to any person who doubts that." - Faith

"What cosmic game of "Russian Roulette" did I lose to run into this nutcase, one of the best assassins on the planet? A hired gun and hired killer aren't really the same thing, but I gotta respect the man's skills. The only reason I survived the Doctor was luck, but he almost killed my friends, and he almost killed my girl. Next time, he's gonna be lucky I don't forget to switch to rubber bullets when I perforate that sonofabitch." - Kid Ballistic

"Really? So did he say that before or after the time he ran from me like a coward?" - Wolfgirl

"I'm not such a big fan of doctors in general, but this one takes the cake. The fact he makes house calls does not exactly improve matters." - Black Ice

Other Stuff

"Dr. Kaufmann. The Man in White. He does cocaine." - Janine 'Red' Guiliani

Bang, you're dead.

Trivia

Various more or less interesting bits about the Doctor can be found here.

The Doctor has alluded to having a younger sister.

The Doctor once killed someone with a golf club. He took the golf club with him and tried playing golf afterwards, only to fail miserably. He kept the club though, just in case.

The Doctor loves to quote oldschool rap lyrics in appropriate situations...

...which has caused some of the younger members of the Men in White to joke that the destruction of the Qularr Invasion of 2009 is rather the result of the Doctor's mixtape dropping.

The Doctor's most visible tattoos are the letters DONT HARM on his knuckles, but he has many more. On his right arm he has a full sleeve depicting various instances of normal humans fighting the supernatural (David killing Goliath, Siegfried slaying the Dragon, the Witchfinder General burning a witch and Abraham Van Helsing staking Dracula). On his left arm he has a full sleeve of stylized molecular geometry of a wide range of different drugs and poisons along with several chemical formulas. His torso is covered with a wide range of medical and business imagery, including but not limited to the Rod of Asclepius on his back, the Caduceus on his neck, a bull and a bear fighting in front of a stylized stock board on his left side and a 'bloody' carving of the dollar symbol over his heart.

The Doctor likes his coffee with both milk and sugar, his steaks blue and his martini with vodka.

The Doctor has been voted 'Best Dressed Supervillain' on three different occasions by the Millennium City yellow press.

The Doctor loves to play chess, but is not very good at it. He claims it helps him think.

The Doctor once caused an earthquake in Timbuktu through unknown means. He is sorry for it.

Fittingly enough, the three books the Doctor has read more than any others are The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, the Art of War by Sun Tzu and On War by Carl von Clausewitz. The Doctor can quote many passages from all three books by heart.

The Doctor's birthday is April 18th.

The Doctor once managed to kill a man using a trumpet, a cactus and a dropkick, but doesn't like to talk about it any further.

The Doctor is a spectacularly bad driver, but does not acknowledge that fact. Both passengers and bystanders are in danger, albeit due to different reasons. Bystanders from concussive force, passengers from heart attack.

The Doctor has a bit of a problem with getting older. He diligently researches pop culture references he does not know, just to be prepared for the next time they come up in conversation.

The Doctor is a very heavy sleeper. He once missed a turf battle between the New Purple Gang and the Cult of the Red Banner going on right next to his apartment while asleep. He also likes to sleep very long on his free days, often waking up at 1 or 2 PM. Despite this, he is quite the morning person if he needs to get up earlier.

The Doctor once claimed to have the power of toasterkinesis. Investigation of the claim is still ongoing.

The Doctor is an average cook and prefers to go to restaurants or even fast-food chains whenever he can. His potato salad is surprisingly delicious though.

Ironically enough the Doctor has not seen a single episode of Doctor Who and no desire to do so. The same goes for Breaking Bad.

The Doctor has an aquarium with five rather large leeches in his office as both a conversation starter and intimidation tool. It's unknown where he found them but they all show an unusual level of intelligence. Their names are Goethe, Kafka, Nietzsche, Humboldt and Bismarck.

There is a sealed envelope in the top drawer of the Doctor's writing desk. It contains two million U.S. dollars and is labelled 'Joe'.

When it comes to magic, the Doctor is suspicious of it at best and downright hostile towards it at worst, which is mostly due to the fact that he does not have any sort of magical ability himself, which makes it hard for him control its influence on his operations.

The Doctor and Killshot have side bets over just about everything, from which alien race is going to invade Earth next to Dr. Destroyer's favorite dessert.

Tropes

Appearance

Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette - The Doctor's most prominent physical feature is his unnaturally pale skin and generally haggard appearance...

Creepy Shadowed Undereyes - ...made even worse by the dark circles under the Doctor's eyes, suggesting a severe lack of sleep and unhealty lifestyle.

Tainted Veins - The veins on the Doctor's neck and forearms are highly visible against his pale skin (when not covered by tattoos). His tendency to experiment with all kinds of barely approved combat drugs and performance enhancing stimulants is probably to blame for this.

Skunk Stripe - A large white stripe runs through the Doctor's black (okay, formerly black and now slightly greying) hair. It's supposedly the result of an experiment going terribly haywire.

Sinister Shades - The Doctor is rarely seen without some type of red tinted glasses, even at night or in other situations where it would make no sense to wear them. Possibly justified by the fact that they have several useful features built into them.

Man In White - Duh. Not only does his whole gang follow this dress code (and is even named the Men in White!), the Doctor's own outfits are also often predominantly white...

Man Of Wealth And Taste - ...in addition to being incredibly stylish, impeccably clean and extraordinarily expensive. He is most definitely paying attention to how he presents himself.

Pimp Duds - In general the Doctor's outfits are a toned down, classier version of this, but the theme is still there with his pimp cane and the tendency to wear multiple pieces of silver jewelry.

Coat Cape - For some reason the Doctor is particulary fond of wearing his coats this way whenever possible, even though he regards normal capes on superheroes and -villains as silly.

Classy Cane - Most of the time the Doctor carries a simple black cane with a silver handle with him. It's both a stylish accessory and an effective melee weapon in his hands.

Tattooed Crook - In stark contrast to his choice of clothing are the many tattoos covering his hands, arms and torso. Chemical formulas and molecular geometry, medical and business imagery and scenes of normal humans fighting against the supernatural seem to be the most common themes.

Knuckle Tattoos - Ironically enough the Doctor's read DON'T HARM.

Background

Multiple-Choice Past - Nobody really knows much about the Doctor's past before he started to work as a mercenary and assassin and the Doctor likes it that way. Some rumors float around, but most of them sound... unlikely.

Training From Hell - With the Doctor's level of skill and expertise, it's likely that he has to have been subjected to this at some point.

Mad Doctor - Nobody really knows if the Doctor is actually a doctor. There is certainly no university who has records of him as a student, but his expertise in all things medical make his claim of being DOCTOR Kaufmann quite likely.

Professional Killer - Regardless of his origins, for the longest time the Doctor's occupation was killing people for a living, specializing in highly dangerous high-profile targets. He was considered one of the best in business and one of the deadliest men on the planet.

Cape Busters - The Doctor used to be a one-man version of this and has racked up quite the body count of metahumans.

Bringing In The Expert - He was the expert in question. Whenever your normal henchmen didn't quite do the job, you could rely on the Doctor doing the job reliably, in time, and under budget.

Corporate Samurai - When not freelancing, the Doctor has worked as an enforcer for many other supervillains, shady organizations and questionable authorities. The guy has connections.

Murder Inc. - Supposedly he worked for one these - called the Middle Men - for a long time before he mysteriously disappeared for over a year. Nobody knows if they fell out or not.

Token Evil Teammate - On some occasions however the Doctor has worked on the side of the heroes, much to the dismay of both parties.

The Bus Came Back - After mysteriously disappearing for almost a year, the Doctor has retired from the killing business to concentrate on building his own criminal empire.

Personality & Motivation

The Cynic - The Doctor is a deeply cynical individual. To him the world is a cruel place, people are bastards and nothing lasts forever. Ideals, altruism and hope for a better future are ridiculous concepts to him.

It Amused Me - Despite his cynicism, the Doctor is however neither a fatalist nor a nihilist and his outlook on the world doesn't depress him. Since nothing matters in the end, the Doctor's main motivation is simply doing whatever he finds amusing or challenging. Unfortunately many things the Doctor finds amusing or challenging aren't very nice.

Greed - And here's the other part of the Doctor's motivation. Money, status, power, influence. Even though it doesn't matter in the long run, all of these four are important to the Doctor for the simple reason that they allow him to do one important thing: whatever the hell he wants.

Troll - Messing with people for the hell of it (especially those he considers his intellectual inferiors, so most people) is one of those things the Doctor finds amusing. His trolling can go from slightly irritating to very cruel, depending on his mood.

Insufferable Genius - Even when he is not actively messing with people, the Doctor is often an arrogant, condescending jerk, albeit one with enough cunning, skill, and intelligence to at least partly justify his ego.

Smug Snake - The Doctor's ego, quick wit, and sharp tongue combine into a distinctly unlikeable individual towards those on the opposite side of the battlefield (and sometimes also on the same side).

Wicked Cultured - The Doctor has an impeccable sense of style, a flair for the dramatic, excellent taste and sophisticated interests. He is also a devious, amoral criminal and former assassin who can kill people without hesitation or remorse.

Pragmatic Villany - The Doctor believes that excessive bloodlust, unnecessary cruelty and overt displays of villainy are signs of bad planning, lack of style and a waste of resources. And the Doctor prides himself on being stylish, resourceful and a good planner.

The Mentally Disturbed - It's not entirely sure if his cynical worldview is the reason or a consequence, but the Doctor is not sane. He often displays a distinct lack of empathy for other people, along with a severe case of narcissism. In addition, the Doctor seems to be frequently on the verge of a nervous breakdown and occasionally suffers from both paranoid delusions and bouts of extreme megalomania.

Even Evil Has Loved Ones - Despite his cynicism, arrogance, and questionable sanity, there is at least one positive thing about the Doctor. His friendship with his secretary Janine 'Red' Guiliani is deep and genuine. Both of them would do anything for each other and even going so far as implying to hurt her while the Doctor is present is a very, very bad idea.

The Men in White

Five-Bad Band - Within the leadership of the Men in White, it looks like this:

• The Big Bad: The Doctor

• The Dragon: Killshot

• The Evil Genius: ???

• The Brute: ???

• The Dark Chick: Red

• The Mook Lieutenant: Cross

The Syndicate - The Men in White are a large and highly dangerous organized crime syndicate consisting of street gangs, ex-soldiers and mercenaries. They deal in drugs and weapons, have their hands in a number of other criminal activities, and allegedly have ties to some very powerful people. Approach with caution.

Diabolical Mastermind - The Doctor has no ambitions of conquering the planet or becoming a god. He simply wants money, power and influence behind the scenes and plans to achieve these goals through cunning, intelligence and calculated ruthlessness.

Opportunistic Bastard - Yes. The Doctor and the Men in White as a whole will work with anyone - even superheroes - as long as there is profit to be made or if it benefits their goals in any way.

Benevolent Boss - In contrast to many other supervillains, the Doctor actually cares about the problems and issues of his henchmen and works to ensure their safety as well as physical and mental wellbeing. Not because he cares about them as people, but because he knows that they perform better if he does.

Private Military Contractors - If you can convince the Doctor, the Men in White can also be hired for all kinds of jobs, from almost legal to plain criminal. With both the Doctor and Killshot leading the Men in White, their success rate is quite impressive and definately justifies their often steep prices.

Gang Of Hats - The Men in White's hat is either the color white and their medical theme or being completely ruthless opportunists, depending on who you ask.

Doom Troops - The Men in White's elite enforcers are the Adjutants. Equipped with the very best equipment available on the black market, highly trained and led by Killshot himself, they are a force to be reckoned with. They outfits and masks are inspired by medieval plague doctors and designed to leave a lasting impression on allies and enemies alike.

Super Soldiers - Many Men in White can technically achieve metahuman prowess when overdosing the organization's combat drugs (especially the dreaded Fiends), but the effects do not last long and come with dangerous side effects, which severly undermines the effectiveness and frequency of their deployment.

Back-Alley Doctor - Unsurprisingly the Men in White do offer all kinds of medical procedures and surgeries to those who have the money and don't want questions asked. The quality of their work is surprisingly good, especially if you are willing to pay the premium rate for the Doctor himself.

Skills

Charles Atlas Superpower - The Doctor does not have any superpowers per se, but his abilities, vast range of skills, intelligence, and level of competence are beyond what any 'normal' human could ever achieve outside of comic books.

Combat Pragmatist - The Doctor fights dirty. Very dirty. He's not averse to using the environment, distractions, henchmen, traps, ambushes, hostages, psychological warfare, biological and chemical weapons and all manners of dirty tricks to tip the fight in his favor againt opponents he would otherwise not be able to defeat.

Awesomeness By Analysis - While the Doctor lacks the raw power of many superheroes and supervillains, he is able to tip the odds in his favor by analyzing enemies, situations, fighting styles, powers and weak spots accurately and in record time. He then uses this information to quickly develop strategies and counter-strategies which often target and exploit the physical, mental, and emotional weaknesses of even vastly more powerful opponents.

Dangerously Genre Savvy - In addition to his training, his tendency to fight dirty and his analytical abilities, the Doctor has been in this business for a long time now and pretty much seen it all. And probably dealt with something like this before.

Trap Master - Ahh, traps. Two of the Doctor's favorite things at the same time; defeating an enemy by outsmarting them and not getting his hands dirty. The Doctor is extremely skilled in combining his many skills to create both literal and metaphorical traps for his enemies to walk in.

Deadly Doctor - Despite the ambiguity of his doctorate, the Doctor certainly knows how to utilize his medical knowledge in a variety of ways, from using anatomical knowledge to target weak spots to performing impressive feats of medicine and surgery on the battlefield to skillfully using different kinds of poisons, drugs and other substances in combat.

Master Poisoner - With the Doctor's expertise in all matters medical, biological, and chemical it's easy for him to tailor a variety of poisons, biological and chemical weapons to a wide range of situations and enemies, all of them extremely dangerous.

Dance Battler - The Doctor is a very proficient practicioner of Capoeira. Combined with his training and a small dose of combat drugs, this allows the Doctor to twirl, lunge and back-flip through battles with amazing agility and quickness (and style), outmaneuvering enemies and nonchalantly dodging attacks.

Cane Fu - The Doctor's cane is much more than meets the eye. ot only is it a stylish accessory, it's also a quite effective melee weapon in his hands, aided by his skill in the arts of baritsu and savate. And since it's a sword cane...

Implausible Fencing Powers - ...stabing and slicing the enemy is also an option. The Doctor is quite adept at fencing, preferring the rather obscure Polish cross-cutting technique. He's also good with knives.

Sword And Gun - Of course the Doctor is not above bringing a gun to a knife fight. Or a sword fight. Or a fist fight. In fact, the Doctor likes shooting people. And while he is trained in a wide range of firearms, he prefers handguns, mostly due to the fact that they are versatile, easy to hide, and stylish.

Firing One-Handed - Comes with the job. Long years of training, customization of his weapons and some help from combat drugs allow him to maintain accuracy while compensating for the recoil.

Weapons & Equipment

Hand Cannon - It's a highly customized and modified RSh-12 12.7mm Assault Revolver with reduced recoil, improved accuracy and enough stopping power to make even superpowered enemies think twice about charging the Doctor. He refuses to give it a name.

Sword Cane - For melee combat the Doctor prefers this stylish piece of weaponry. It's a sturdy black walking cane with a serpent-shaped, silver handle. Hidden inside is a sabre-like blade made of cryogenically treated Damascus steel, coated with a fine layer of questionite dust. The tip of the cane also contains a powerful electric charge allowing it to be used as a shock baton. He can also just hit people with the cane.

Knife Nut - The Doctor is a fan of all kinds of knives and owns an extensive collection. He is very good at using them too, and yes, if necessary he is able to use a scalpel as a melee weapon and has killed someone with one. His favorite is his customized bowie knife, made from the same material as the blade of his sword cane.

Hidden Weapons - Keeping with his philosophy of never giving the enemy a fair fight, the Doctor carries a number of hidden weapons with him; a secondary knife strapped to his leg, spring-loaded blades hidden in the tips of his shoes, flash powder coating his gloves, small explosives hidden underneath his clothes, and scalpels and syringes filled with all manner of nasty substances in a small bag. Catching the Doctor unarmed is nearly impossible.

Poisoned Weapons - Insidious like he is, more often than not, the Doctor's melee weapons will be coated in one of the various poisons he likes to use. Sometimes he will even use poisoned bullets, if it is a viable tactical choice.

Throw Down the Bomblet - Maybe there are really people who don't love explosions, but the Doctor is not one of them. All manners of grenades, mines and remote-controlled bombs have been used by the Doctor in the past when it was tactically sound, discretion was not necessary or simply when a show of force was necessary.

The Poor Man's Atomic Bomb - Poison, chemical and biological weapons, sometimes even thermobarics when he can get his hands on it; if it gives him an advantage in combat the Doctor will use it with frightening skill and expertise. Let's hope he never gets his hands on something truly destructive...

Razor Floss - Microfilament wires were one of the Doctor's favorites back in the day when he was still a killer for hire. He hasn't forgotten how to use them as garrotes, tripwires or to set up nasty traps for his enemies.

Psycho Serum - If even his already impressive set of talents and equipment is not enough, the Doctor uses a variety of combat drugs and other stimulants to boost his physical and mental abilities to even higher (often metahuman) levels. However the effects are only temporary and the side effects are... unpleasant.

Future Copter - The Phaeton is the Doctor's personal (and incredibly stylish) way of getting from A to B. This high-tech VTOL aircraft is outfitted with the latest in weapons and stealth technology and is the Doctor's trump card in combat when all else fails. Piloted by Frank Wilson AKA Paramedic.

Misc.

The Nicknamer - It's not like he is unable to remember the names of people he meets, he simply likes to do it to mess with people.

Drives Like Crazy - There is a reason why the Doctor has employed a personal driver and pilot for both his car and his VTOL aircraft. That reason is that a mix of overenthusiasm, short temper and bad luck tends to turn rides with the Doctor into a matter of life and death for both passengers and bystanders.

Sophisticated as Hell & Sir Swears-a-Lot - Due to spending almost all of his life among mercenaries, soldiers and criminals the Doctor's vocabulary is not entirely as posh as one would expect.

Crazy Prepared - The Doctor believes that every plan should have a back-up plan. The same rule goes for back-up plans.

Cooperation Gambit - Of all the villains who made Millennium City their home, the Doctor is one of those who are most ready to strike a deal and cooperate with groups of heroes (local law enforcement not so much, the Doctor doesn't respect them enough for that...). He will also not necessarily betray the heroes, but they can be sure that the cooperation somehow furthers the Doctor's own goals on the side.

Extended Disarming - Don't ask him to drop his weapons unless you've got some time to spare. It takes a while.

Functional Addict - The Doctor is quite the hedonist, which has led to him being addicted to alcohol, nicotine, caffeine and a slew of other drugs. Until now - thanks to his incredible self-control and a good bit of luck - his addictions have not yet affected his ability to function, but he is definately not a healthy person.

Horrifying the Horror - The Doctor is prone to this. Even vampires, werewolves, demons, mutants and cultists have been horrified by the Doctor's amoral attitude, calculated ruthlessness and complete disregard for anything even vaguely resembling fair play.

Playing with Syringes - While the Doctor ususally focuses his efforts on more tangible endeavours like gaining money, power, and influence, he is a brillaint scientist. That, combined with his disregard for most tenets of morals and ethics have led to some truly impressive (and in most cases twisted) creations. Highlights include an improved but very unstable version of Adrian Arkwright's vampire plague, a variant of the Graham formula which can supercharge the human body and metabolism for a few minutes (with catastrophic side effects though), and Nightmare 2.0, a highly potent, hallucinogenic combat agent.

Renaissance Man - The Doctor is talented and knowledgeable in a wide variety of fields, ranging from business administration to languages to biology, chemistry, medicine and toxicology to pop culture trivia.

Laughably Evil - The Doctor is many things, but the fact that he is an eccentric, sarcastic and quite insane criminal mastermind with an ego the size of Texas and a distinct lack of empathy is often just as hilarious as it is terrifying.

Crazy Awesome - We are talking about a guy who has (in that order) manipulated a telepath via subliminal messages on her teleprompter into manipulating her guards into killing her, escaped an omega-level binding circle by using the shockwave of his own grenade to blow him out of it, brought the Westside Central Prison of Millennium City to a standstill by flooding an entire floor with coffee, blew up an entire apartment building to kill a single supervillain and a swarm of mutated spiders, accidently saved Thundrax from being killed by a Mega-Destroid, fought Vladic Dracul of Vibora Bay's New Shadows to a standstill on two separate occasions all by himself after killing Dracul's adopted daughter, poisoned a superhero in front of a crowd of thousands while remaining unseen, shot a kaiju's eye out with an anti-materiel rifle and killed another kaiju by feeding it a thermobaric satchel charge, defeated a powerful vampire by poisoning it with his own blood, nearly destroyed an entire UNTIL skycarrier while rescuing Killshot from UNTIL custody, engineered a Westside-wide riot to take out several of his competitors in the black market, helped the Protectors of the World take down the Golden Dragon and save the wrold economy from collapsing, escaped MCPD custody by cutting a hole in the floor of his prison transport with a cutting laser hidden in the temple of his glasses, took out a whole group of Protectors of the World with hallucinogenic gas and robbed Millennium City's Goodman Institute at the same time, led a successful attack on Millennium City's UNTIL HQ, engineered an alliance of all Westside gangs and attacked the Progeny during the ensuing riot with a modified bulldozer and escaped the National Guard in it afterwards. During all of this he was rarely completely sober.

Janine "Red" Guiliani

Girl Friday - Janine is an essential part of the Men in White leadership. She handles important administrative and financial tasks, negotiates with customers and suppliers and keeps the organization running smoothly. In addition she is also the Doctor's trusted personal assistant.

Sassy Secretary - Probably due to them knowing each other for so long (and enabling each other's sass), Janine is one of the few people who can throw down with the Doctor in a verbal smackdown.

Fiery Redhead - Her nickname comes from her fiery red hair (it's natural, thank you very much!) and her passionate, outgoing and quick-witted personality matches. What a woman!

Satisfied Street Rat - Janine spent most of her teenage years on the streets, had ran with almost every gang in Millennium City by the time she was 18 and is very proud of the fact that she managed to make a name for herself in Westside. She's definitely not a delicate flower and is not shy to prove that to anyone who thinks she's just the Doctor's arm candy.

Dark Mistress - Maybe? The exact nature of the Doctor's and Janine's relationship is one of the great mysteries of Westside. They're definately VERY good friends and would go to the end of the world for each other.

Tamara "Cross" Aristopoulos

Good Scars, Evil Scars - The origin of her nickname and source of unending bitterness for Cross is the large, cross-shaped scar on her right cheek, covering almost half of her face. Despite not being utterly disfiguring, it is the reason her life before the Men in White went down the drain.

Minor Injury Overreaction - Zig-zagged. There is no way Cross' scar could be called 'minor' and the humiliation and emotional trauma which came afterwards are anything but minor, but faking your suicide, leaving everything behind and joining a criminal organization as to get revenge on the world is definately an overreaction.

Broken Bird - Cold, bitter and full of barely contained resentment for superheroes, supervillains and society in general, Cross is not a very pleasant person. While she is both feared and respected in the Men in White for her skill and no-nonsense attitude when it comes to getting things done, only a few people are truly friends with her.

Sky Surfing - Cross' experience as a former biathlete was too valuable to let go to waste for the Men in White. They commissioned Wayland Talos to craft a pair of anti-gravity boots for her, allowing her to 'ski' through the air, giving her unmatched mobility in a fight.

Mook Lieutenant - Cross' official position in the Men in White is as the Doctor's adjutant. She serves as a field commander for the Men in White, oversees smaller operations herself and co-ordinates training and logistics of the Men in White's forces together with Killshot and the Doctor.

OOC Information

Dr. Kaufmann combines the best (and/or worst) of Albert Wesker, Kiritsugu Emiya, Lex Luthor, Kirsten Geary, Roman Torchwick, Mr. 47, and Pagan Min.

Theme Songs:

1. Business Casual: Marilyn Manson feat. Tyler Bates - Killing Strangers

2: Trust me, I am THE Doctor: Muse - Supremacy

3. Businessman, Scientist, Entrepreneur: Panic! At The Disco - Victorious

4. The Men in White: Lifeseeker - Gone Guru

5. Ladies and Gentlemen, Showtime: Emigrate - My Pleasure

6. Just Business, Nothing Personal: Powerman 5000 - You're Gonna Love It, If You Like It Or Not

7. First, Do No Harm: Combichrist - What The Fuck Is Wrong With You?

8. This Might Hurt A Bit: Clawfinger - Biggest & The Best

9. Just As Planned: VNV Nation - Control

10. Work Hard, Party Hard: Noisuf-X - Let's Rock

Should there ever be a Champions Online Live-Action Movie, my pick for the actor of the Doctor would be Adrien Brody (an animated version would be voiced by Stephen Merchant). His secretary Janine "Red" Guiliani would be Natalie Dormer, his second-in-command Tamara "Cross" Aristopoulos would be Rosario Dawson and his driver/pilot Frank "Paramedic" Wilson would be Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.

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-<div style="text-align:center">---------------'''"No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution." - Niccolo Machiavelli'''---------------</div>
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-<div style="text-align:center">'''Dr. Pascal Hugo Kaufmann. The Doctor. The Silver Scalpel. The Surgeon General. Medicus. L'Angelo della Morte. This man has many names and even more faces and identities. He is rumored to be many things. A psychotic serial killer that hunts metahumans. A top enforcer for a global conspiracy. One of the best assassins on the planet. Whatever he is, he is damn good at it.'''</div>
+<div style="text-align:center">'''"When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle'''</div>
+<div style="text-align:center">Dr. Pascal Hugo Kaufmann. The Doctor. The Medicine Man. The Silver Scalpel. THE Man in White. Previously an infamous assassin specializing in metahuman targets and after that leader of the now disbanded criminal organization Men in White. The Doctor is currently drifting from job to job, offering his skills and expertise to villains, heroes and anyone in-between. If there is an ulterior plan, the Doctor remains tight-lipped about it. And yet, as recent discoveries show, there is far more to his story than previously thought.</div>
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   | name = Dr. Kaufmann
   | player = @kampfykaufmann
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-  | caption = "Trust me. I'm a doctor."
+  | caption = Trust him, he's a doctor.
   | realname = Dr. Pascal Hugo Kaufmann
-  | alias = The Doctor, Silver Scalpel, Surgeon General, Medicus, L'Angelo della Morte
+  | alias = The Doctor, the Medicine Man, the Silver Scalpel, Medicus (when posing as a FEMA-sponsored hero), Dr. Hugo M. Locke (alias)
   | gender = Male
   | species = Human
   | ethnicity = Caucasian
-  | birthplace = Unknown (Suspected to be Germany)
+  | birthplace = Unknown (suspected to be Germany)
-  | operations = Millenium City, USA
+  | operations = Millennium City, USA
-  | relatives = Unknown (Has alluded to having a sister)
+  | relatives = Unknown
-  | age = Unknown (Seems to be around 30)
+  | age = Unknown
-  | height = 188 cm
+  | height = 6'1"
-  | weight = 90 kg
+  | weight = 195 lbs
   | eyes = Dark Brown
   | hair = Black
-  | complexion = Unnaturally Pale
+  | complexion = Pale
   | build = Athletic
-  | features = White 'skunk stripe' in his black hair
+  | features = <hr>
-  | fame = 1
+* White stripe in his black hair
-  | alignment = Lawful Evil
+* Heavily tattooed
-  | identity = Secret
+* Vampire bite scar on his neck
+<hr>
+  | fame = 6
+  | alignment = Neutral Evil
+  | identity = Public
   | years_active = Unknown
-  | citizenship = Various (Through fake identities)
+  | citizenship = Various (through fake identities)
-  | occupation = Unknown
+  | occupation = Former assassin, gang leader, arms deale & criminal mastermind; currently "consultant" for hire
-  | education = Unknown (Claims to be a medical doctor)
+  | education = Unknown (claims to be a medical doctor)
   | marital = Unknown
   | powers = <hr>
-* Peak Human Condition
+* Excellent physical condition
-* Skilled Marksman
+* Skilled marksman
-* Skilled Hand-to-Hand Combatant
+* Skilled hand-to-hand combatant
-* Master Assassin
+* Vast experience in dealing with the metahuman world
-* Medical Expert
+* Extraordinarily cunning
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-* Customized Handguns
+* Customized handguns
-* Customized Sniper Rifle
+* Customized sword cane
-* Customized Combat Knife
+* Various kinds of poisons, chemicals and combat drugs
-* Various kinds of Poisons and Combat Drugs
+* Multi-purpose explosives
-* Various kinds of Explosives
+* Other minor equipment (depending on the situation)
-* Microfilament Wires
-* Various other equipment
-* Seemingly unlimited Funds
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   | weapon = 6
-  | durability = 5
+  | durability = 4
   | armor = 3
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+  | speed = 4
-  | reflexes = 6
+  | reflexes = 5
   | resistance = 2
   | stamina = 4
   | dexterity = 6
   | agility = 6
-  | combat = 6
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-  | regen = 3
+  | regen = 4
   | energy = 1
   | psionics = 1
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   | intelligence = 7
   | knowledge = 7
-  | charisma = 2
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   | bravery = 6
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+=<div style="font-size:25px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Appearance'''</div>=
-[[File:Posing.jpg|210px|thumb|left|The Doctor is in.]]
+<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"You know when someone has a healthy glow? The boss has the opposite of that, basically. Impeccable drip though." - Malik "T-Bone" Fahiri, former Men in White''</div></div>
-<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"I dress to impress." - The Doctor''</div></div>
+The Doctor is a Caucasian male of slightly taller than average height with a wiry build. He is extraordinarily unhealthy looking: Pale, sallow skin. Bloodshot eyes with dark rings underneath. Prominent white stripe in otherwise black (probably dyed) hair, which he shaves on the sides and has the rest in a short ponytail. A rather grisly scar is visible on his neck from when a vampire tried to take a bite out of him during the attack of the vampire lord Adrian Arkwright on Millennium City. He has a large number of tattoos covering his body, the most visible being the caudecus on his neck and the letters on his knuckles spelling the phrase DONT HARM.
-Dr. Kaufmann is tall with the build of a man who exercises regularly. He usually has his shoulder-long black hair neatly combed and slicked back, preferring to wear it in a ponytail. He could be considered handsome if it weren't for his ghastly pale skin, the prominent dark circles under his eyes and the highly visible veins on his neck. To make matters worse the stress of his work and lifestyle have given him wrinkles and gaunt features which make him look older than he actually is. Another prominent feature is a large streak of white running through his otherwise black hair, covering up a large scar on his scalp. Surprisingly enough - given his line of work - he does not have any other noticable scars. He prefers to dress very classily in private and occasionally also sports expensive business suits on missions (which usually means that he needs a new one after the mission).
+He likes to dress stylishly. Black and white formal and business casual wear with crimson accents and black leather accessories, if the situation calls for it made from reinforced fabric. His outfits are usually tailor-made and contain a multitude of hidden compartments and pockets to store weapons, equipment and nasty surprises for his enemies. He never leaves the house without some sort of sunglasses or shades, mostly tinted in some shade of red and made from reinforced material to prevent them from breaking in combat situations. He has also been known to carry a walking cane with a silver tip and handle, the latter formed like a serpent's head to emulate a rod of Asclepius.
-His common outfit on missions consists of a white dress shirt and black dress pants, both made of a special reinforced nanoweave fabric which allows these clothes to withstand certain amounts of kinetic force. Underneath it he wears a state-of-the-arts kevlar vest for additional protection. He also sports black leather gloves with hidden metal inlays to protect his hands and act as knuckledusters as well as black dress shoes with a special sound-dampening sole, metal tips and a hidden spring-loaded blade for emergency use. He also wears crimson-tinted shades equipped with a combat HUD, target identification software and several switchable vision modes. They are made from a reinforced material to prevent them from breaking easily in combat situations. He completes his outfit with a crimson-red tie and a long black scarf, usually loosely wrapped around his neck to hide the prominent veins. In the colder months of the year he also sometimes wears long dark trenchcoats with many hidden pockets to store additional equipment. He is also rarely seen without his briefcase. It is a silver-gray metal briefcase reinforced with a ultra-lightweight coating of titanium and has his personal emblem etched into one side: The Rod of Asclepios with a leech instead of a snake wrapped around it.
+=<div style="font-size:25px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''The Story'''</div>=
-= '''History''' =
+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Activities before Disappearance'''</div>==
-[[File:Standard Mission Kaufmann.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Another satisfied customer.]]
+<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"I'd be famous for my deadly skills if it weren't for my deadly skills." - The Doctor''</div></div>
-<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"Who cares about the past? Life happens - and ends - in the Now." - The Doctor''</div></div>
+Reports about the Doctor's interactions with the metahuman world before his appearance in Millennium City are sketchy at best. Some evidence exists which suggests the involvement of a mercenary and assassin for hire fitting the Doctor’s description in various civil wars, military coups and organized crime syndicates around the world, but the validity of this evidence is questionable. The first confirmed sighting of the Doctor is the murder of the British vigilante Mr. Grey in Edinburgh. From that point on the Doctor has been confirmed to regularly come into conflict with various superheroes and supervillains. A list of the Doctor's most infamous accomplishments and (suspected) victims follows:
-Dr. Kaufmann's past is as mysterious as the doctor himself is. Some people claim that about five years ago he just showed up in Millenium City, selling his skills and talents to the highest bidder. People who dig deeper usually dont find out anything than rumors and contradicting stories. Some claim that he must have been part of some secret government project of the GDR of East Germany with the goal of creating the perfect secret operative. Others claim that he isnt even human, but some sort of vampiric freak of nature who got exiled by his brethren for being able to walk during the day and lacking other typical vampire weaknesses. Others claim that he was a simple physician in Berlin who snapped during the carnage of Dr. Destroyer's attack on the city and started killing the metahumans who hadn't managed to protect his family from Destroyer's robot legions. Some rumors say that he has a certain resemblance to the prime suspect of a series of murders of about 30 superheroes and supervillains all over the world, but no law enforcement agency ever has had any hard evidence (or managed to capture him). Often he shows up with some sort of legal coverage or official papers, which nobody has until now been able to prove to be forged.
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-The mysteries dont stop there though. What exactly is Dr. Kaufmann doing in Millenium City? Is he a highly skilled mercenary and assassin who will work for anybody? Is he the top enforcer of a secret global conspiracy of government officials, tycoons and crimelords? Or is he simply a rich thrill-seeker with a slightly murderous streak? Nobody knows for sure and Dr. Kaufmann usually brushes questions about his past or background off with a smirk and a smug comment. Most often heroes (and villains) will encounter the doctor swooping into the action with a mission he wants to accomplish at any cost necessary.  Sometimes his current goal coincides with theirs and the doctor makes for a formidable ally and at other times their goals will be incompatible and then the doctor makes for a truly threatening foe. Any any case he will usually disappear into the shadows with an arrogant smirk and a sarcastic comment as soon as his mission is finished.
+* '''Royal Mile, Edinburgh:''' The Doctor is confirmed to be responsible for the murder of the British vigilante Mr. Grey. Mr. Grey was found with his neck broken on the roof of a commercial building on Edinburgh's Royal Mile. Residents reported several loud explosions coming from inside the building. Mr. Grey was seen entering the building several minutes later. Most CCTV cameras had been damaged by the explosions, but a few seconds of blurry footage confirms a fight between the vigilante and the Doctor occurred. The commercial building was scheduled for demolition afterwards and the property bought by an ARGENT subsidiary.
-= '''Personality ''' =
+[[File:Standard Mission Kaufmann.jpg|400px|thumb|right|<div style="color:#000000;">One of the few intact pieces of surveillance footage of the Doctor's activities during that time.</div>]]
-<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"The secret code to your base? For me? Oh, you shouldn't have! What did it? My charming personality or the poison for which only I have the antidote?" - The Doctor''</div></div>
+* '''Salle D'Paix, Marseille:''' The Doctor is the prime suspect in the murder of the superheroine Miss International. A highly proficient omniglot, telepath and martial artist, she was to hold a speech at an UNTIl-sponsored gala event. During her speech she was shot to death by the security personnel as her psychic powers unintentionally activated and placed repeated telepathic suggestions to do so in the minds of the guards. Investigation of the crime scene reveals that Miss International might have been the victim of brainwashing herself. Subliminal messages convincing her of convincing the security personnel to shoot her had been added to the speech on her prompter. Eye witnesses later testified that one of the technicians preparing the event resembled the Doctor.
-From the few times he has worked in a team with heroes, villains and individuals from various organizations it has become clear that he is not an easy person to have around. Apparently he considers himself to be a professional first and foremost and he takes his work very seriously. That leads to a rather stoic and impersonal approach to other people. What's also apparent is that he is quite arrogant. He seems to have a rather dismissive attitude towards anyone he does not consider his equal in skill, intelligence or simply style.
+* '''Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore:''' The Doctor is suspected to be responsible for the death of the supervillainess Shinigami on behalf of an unknown client. Shinigami was an infamous superpowered terrorist who saw it as her personal mission to 'guide as many lost souls to the next life, no matter if they like it or not'. Together with a large number of her followers she attacked Singapore Changi Airport, planning to blow it up - along with everyone inside. The Doctor ambushed Shinigami on the runways, eventually killing her with her own explosives. While Shinigami's mass murder had been prevented and most of her followers captured, the resulting damage to the airport ran into the billions and the Doctor was able to escape in the panic.
-This boils down to a distinct sarcastic streak whenever he can get away with it, for example towards occasional henchmen or enemies on the battlefield who usually get the worst of it. Some people say that he is even more precise with his insults than with his sniper rifle. Others also claim that he can have surprising and extreme mood swings, going from cool and consummate professional to throwing temper tantrums that would even make Grond take a few steps back. Chances are that you will never see this side of him when dealing with him though. If he has too, he can be humble, charming, friendly and sometimes even downright flirtatious but always with an ironic smile.
+* '''Congo River Delta, Congo Republic:''' The Doctor is suspected to be responsible for the murder of the renegade VIPER supervillain Snapping Turtle. Snapping Turtle was the leader of a VIPER operation tasked with smuggling blood diamonds out of the country before he and his troops betrayed VIPER and attempted to flee with a large shipment. According to one of Snapping Turtle's surviving soldiers, their VTOL crashed in the Congo River Delta after a precise anti-materiel rifle shot to the engine. Afterwards they encountered a number of carefully designed traps and ambushes during their trek back to civilization. Only a few made it back, with Snapping Turtle himself dying in a devious microfilament wire trap. The shipment of diamonds disappeared in the chaos.
-= '''"Powers"''' =
+* '''Villa 31, Buenos Aires:''' The Doctor is confirmed to be responsible for the murder of the DEMON supervillain Padre Venganza, who was the leader of a Demonhame in the shanty town Villa 31. As a surviving DEMON cultist confirmed, his plan was to incite a riot against the richer parts of Buenos Aires and use the resulting rage and misery to saturate the source of his power, a talisman in the form of a necklace. Padre Venganza was found dead with a gunshot wound in his forehead in his apartment, surrounded by a pile of necklaces, which one of his cultists confirmed to be exact copies of his own. The Demonhame was raided shortly after by local law enforcement and eye witnesses have confirmed to have seen the Doctor at several parties in the richer parts of Buenos Aires during the following days. The real necklace remains lost.
-[[File:Kaufmann Hologram - Sketch - Small.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Holograms.]]
+* '''Project Greenskin, New Mexico:''' After the infamous German supervillain Offizier 99 tried to steal a US nuclear weapon in transit and had been stopped and captured by the US superhero Supreme, a prisoner transport was scheduled to bring Offizier 99 from Project Greenskin to Stronghold. Supreme himself escorted the convoy, which unfortunately never made it to Stronghold. A team of unknown but highly trained black ops soldiers under the leadership of a man resembling the Doctor attacked the convoy, killed Offizier 99 and disappeared. Supreme died in the attack from a precise shot to the head with a kendrium-coated bullet.
-The Doctor has once been described as being able to break a man's neck in a crowded room, shoot two more people and vanish before anyone knows what's going on. That is actually a pretty accurate description. Dr. Kaufmann claims to be one of the deadliest men on the planet and with his skills, experience and equipment in mind, few people doubt the deadly part, but some are not so sure about the man part...
+* '''Downtown, Millennium City:''' In what is quite possibly one of the only jobs he ever botched, the Doctor is one of the prime suspects in the attempted murder of Claire Thompson, heir to the multi-million shipping company Pegasus Shipping. On her 18th birthday Claire Thompson was on her way to sign the papers that would make her the sole heir to the company when she was ambushed by an unknown assailant and shot in the chest three times. Even though she was on the brink of death, she awoke only a few hours later without any injuries and perfectly healthy in a hospital, ready to claim her fortune. Unknown to the public, Claire Thompson also discovered her powers that day and subsequently became the heroine Demoness.
-== '''Skills and Abilities''' ==
+* '''Westside, Millennium City:''' A bomb threat of considerable magnitude caused Millenium City authorities to send a team of heroes to investigate. The team managed to track down the source of the threat and subsequently had to fight through a warehouse full of deadly traps and remote-controlled combat drones, before managing to confront the masked terrorist. While they managed to defeat and capture him, he revealed the location of his bombs before they managed to unmask him: All over the city and already activated. The heroes had to split up to disarm each one in time. When they returned to the warehouse the mysterious terrorist had disappeared. Some of the involved heroes claim that the terrorist's voice and mannerisms resembled the Doctor's.
-<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"I'd be famous for my deadly skills... If it weren't for my deadly skills." - The Doctor''</div></div>
+* '''Westside Central Prison, Millennium City:''' The Doctor is the prime suspect in the murder of the supervillain Blaster. Several of the assigned prison guards had complained about a number of incidents including technological malfunctions, unusually rowdy inmates and missing equipment, which kept them occupied with menial tasks and paperwork almost the whole night. Blaster was found in the morning in his still locked cell with his throat slit. Unusual energy readings were found at the scene, but scans and analyses of the readings are inconclusive.
-* '''Genius:''' Even though there exist no official documents to prove it, the doctor is certainly close to being a genius. His mind is as sharp as a razorblade, he has invented and continously improved countless strategies and tactics to deal with his enemies, he picks up new skills very fast and is incredibly cunning, easily outsmarting most people he meets.
+* '''Downtown, Millennium City:''' The Doctor is the prime suspect in the double murder of the superheroine Ballista and the supervillain Brimstone. Ballista and Brimstone killed each other during a vicious battle in the streets of Millenium City, despite both of them being known as unwilling to kill. Autopsy reports revealed a high dose of a yet unidentified hallucinogenic chemical in their bloodstreams. Ballista, known as a dedicated clubber and part-time DJ was seen leaving the Incubus nightclub on the previous evening in the company of a man roughly resembling the Doctor, while underworld rumors suggest that Brimstone left the Black Salon nightclub in the company of an unknown red-haired woman.
-* '''Vast Common Knowledge:''' Dr. Kaufmann claims to be an actual medical doctor. Nobody can really confirm or disprove it, but he seems to have an excellent educational background. This has also proved useful on missions. Or did you know you could kill certain vampires by stealing his left sock and throwing it over your shoulder into a river which flows eastwards?
+* '''Millennium City Convention Center, Millennium City:''' Witnesses claim that the Doctor was sighted in the crowd during a presentation of cybernetics and prosthetics mogul George Verner during which he was to present his company's latest breakthrough in cybernetic spines. The gala was crashed by supervillainess Litany, who the Doctor allegedly helped fight off. He disappeared together with a team of unknown black ops soldiers after relaying a message to George Verner after the battle. Mr. Verner still refuses to disclose the nature of the message.
-* '''Medical Expert:''' Similarly Dr. Kaufmann at least seems to have received extensive medical training, which goes along well with his natural resourcefulness and intellect. He is a veritable genius when it comes to the practical application of the knowledge in his chosen field of work too...
+* '''Duskview Apartment Complex, Millennium City:''' The Doctor allegedly helped a group of heroes investigate the disappearance of a SWAT team in the Duskview Apartment Complex of Westside and battled the responsible supervillainess Spiderling together with the heroes. He disappeared just like Spiderling herself after an explosion brought down half of the building before further law enforcement personnel could arrive. Neither Spiderling's nor the Doctor's body was found in the ruins.
-* '''Criminology:''' Over the course of his career the doctor has apparently learned much about modern criminological methods. Together with his intelligence this knowledge about crime scene investigation and forensic medicine have proven useful for him on many occasions. He can make any kill look like suicide.
+* '''Downtown, Millennium City:''' Eyewitnesses claim that the Doctor was involved in an attack on a group of Lemurian ambassadors to Millennium City. While on the way to meet mayor Calvin Biselle, the ambassadors' convoy was attacked by the supervillains Dirge and Judicator along with a group of hired thugs. The Doctor and a group of unknown black ops soldiers also attacked, resulting in a chaotic three-way battle between the security forces (MCPD, a group of superheroes and the Lemurian bodyguards), Dirge and Judicator's forces and the Doctor's men. While none of the ambassadors were injured and a diplomatic crisis was averted, Dirge and Judicator as well as the Doctor and his men were able to escape in the chaos.
-* '''Hacking:''' He claims to be no expert in this field, but over time he has gotten some experience with common security protocols, which allows him to infiltrate many locations without the need for specialized equipment.
+* '''Renaissance Center, Millennium City:''' During one of Dr. Destroyer's attacks on Millennium City, the Doctor - together with several unknown black ops soldiers - has been seen in a black helicopter circling over a battle of several superheroes against one of Dr. Destroyer's Mega-Destroids. He has allegedly participated in the battle on the side of the heroes, taking several shots at one of the Mega-Destroids with a sniper rifle out of the helicopter. A similar helicopter was sighted two weeks later during one of Takofanes' attacks on the city, helping to keep the lich's hordes of zombies at bay.
-* '''Tactician:''' Whether it is his natural intellect or just years and years of experience on and off the battlefield, the Doctor has an uncanny grasp on strategies, tactics, plans and using his enemies' weaknesses against them in the most effective way possible. Still, when working with others he takes the role of the leader of a team only hesitantly, preferring to work from the background.
+* '''Maxwell Avenue, Millennium City:''' The Doctor is suspected to be involved in an instance of unusual energy readings which occurred here. A group of heroes was sent to investigate these spikes of dimensional energy near City Hall. Upon arriving at the site of the latest spike, the heroes disappeared and could not be found in any way, magical or technological. An hour later the group appeared again in the same spot and the energy readings stopped. Witnesses claim to have seen the Doctor in the area, but his involvement is still arguable, since the heroes have no memory of the time they 'disappeared'.
-* '''Multilingual:''' Dr. Kaufmann has been reported to speak several languages, including German (apparently his mother language), English on a native speaker level, Spanish on an advanced level, Japanese on a basic conversation level, Russian on a basic conversation level and bits of French.
+[[File:Killshot-vs-Kaufmann.jpg|500px|thumb|right|<div style="color:#000000;">The Doctor, seen battling fellow assassin Killshot.</div>]]
-* '''Assassin Training:''' Anyone who has ever seen him in action has no doubt that the doctor is a deadly opponent. He seems to have been trained in the ins and outs of military combat and tactics along with extensive training with various common and less common weapons like sniper rifles, handguns, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, explosives, knives, throwing knives... and quite a few more. Years of travelling the world as an assassin, undercover agent and secret operative have granted the him vast knowledge in nearly every aspect of stealth operations, from espionage, stealth, disguises, surveillance, infiltration, exfiltration, crime evasion, assassination to how to mix a damn good martini. He claims to have fought and survived in some of the world's harshest environments against many extremely dangerous individuals and organizations, superpowered or not.
+* '''Old Detroit Memorial Park, Millennium City:''' The Doctor is the prime suspect in the double murder of the superhero Captain Eagle and his sidekick Girlscout II. Captain Eagle and Girlscout II have been found dead (blasted with thermobaric explosives and shot in the head respectively) in the area after their vehicle, the Patriot Plane, had been shot down by an unknown attacker using a thermobaric missile launcher. Despite quick response of law enforcement and several superheroes, no trace of the killer could be found, but analysis of the crime scene confirms that similar explosives were used by the Doctor on several other occasions.
-* '''Stubborn Bastard:''' Whether it is a coping mechanism for a secret inferiority complex, a good bit of hidden insanity or something else, the doctor is extremely stubborn if push comes to shove. He ignores pain that would incapacitate others and resists telepathy and other attacks on his mind from all but the strongest invaders.
+* '''Westside, Millennium City:''' According to witnesses, the leader of a group of VIPER agents responsible for a hostage situation near Carl's Gym bore a striking resemblance to the Doctor. The group of agents assaulted a jewelry store and took the girlfriend of a well-known and highly popular superhero hostage, while her boyfriend was trapped in the sewers of the city during an investigation after several hidden explosives went off. A group of unaffiliated heroes managed to free the hostage, but the group of VIPER operatives managed to escape. NOTE: The hostage's boyfriend was involved with the investigation of the above-mentioned double murder of Captain Eagle and his sidekick.
-* '''Martial Arts:''' The doctor has once said that he does not like melee combat, preferring the quick, precise shot of a sniper rifle or the subtle, clean work of a well-placed poisoned glass of water. Nobody knows if that was one of his sarcastic jokes, because the doctor is a quite competent and deadly melee combatant, who is apparently well-trained in several martial arts and other close-combat techniques. Though his fighting style seems to be a bit hodgepodge, some distinctive moves have suggested that he received training in tradtitional Western Boxing, Sambo, Muay Thai Boran and Brazilian Knife Fighting.
+* '''Inner Easton, Vibora Bay:''' Eyewitnesses confirm that the Doctor is responsible for the murder of the vampire Mina Rose. Ms. Rose was a prominent member of the New Shadows gang and herself responsible for the murder of 18 people. The Doctor ambushed the her and her posse in a park in Inner Easton and used a wide variety of anti-vampire weaponry and equipment to dispose of them. Ms. Rose herself (or rather a pile of ash and bones confirmed to be her through DNA analysis) was found with a collapsible steel stake buried in her ribcage. After two weeks the investigation had been closed due to public protests.
-* '''Marksman:''' There are people who shoot better than he does, no doubt. But not many. The doctor possesses an incredible proficiency and accuracy with firearms. Shots that would be all but impossible for common people are not really a challenge for him and "easy" shots he can pull off almost without looking.
+* '''Place D'Concorde, Paris:''' The Doctor is confirmed to be responsible for the murder of the French superhero Solar. Solar was to hold a speech about the importance of metahumans and baseline humans working together in harmony as part of festivities spanning several days. He died in the middle of his speech from an until then unknown poison in his drink. A member of the catering service for the event was later found unconscious and tied up in his apartment in one of Paris' suburbs. The man claims to have been ambushed in his apartment by a man whose description fits the Doctor.
-* '''Disguises, Deceit and Dirty Fighting:''' Possibly the his most dangerous skill. When the doctor has a job to do, he does not f*ck around, but will do everything to win. He will take hostages, create morally-challenging scenarios for foes, exploit his enemies' personal tragedies and weaknesses, pervert medical knowledge, hire henchmen, utilize disguises and generally use every single dirty trick in the book. Some could say he wrote some chapters in said book. He also knows that kicking a girl in the crotch works.
+* '''Ionizer HQ, Neo-Tokyo:''' The Doctor is confirmed to be responsible for the murder of Japanese superhero Ionizer. After Ionizer had fought against multiple unknown assailants in several areas of Neo-Tokyo and investigated a large fire in the warehouse district, he was found poisoned and with various severe bone fractures just outside of his partly destroyed HQ on the outskirts of the city. Partly restored CCTV footage revealed that the Doctor left the area shortly after Ionizer's confirmed time of death.
-== '''That Other Stuff''' ==
+* '''Rivertown, Millennium City:''' The Doctor is the prime suspect in the murder of industrial magnate Cornelius Preston AKA retired superhero Forgemaster and the disappearance of his daughter Alice Preston. Cornelius Preston was found dead with a single gunshot wound in his forehead in his luxury mansion in the neighborhood of Rivertown. No signs of forced entrance or other evidence has been found. Alice Preston was later found (and after a number of chaotic events also involving the Doctor arrested, see below) in the company of Chinese supervillain Golden Dragon.
-<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"I dont fight, I kill." - The Doctor''</div></div>
+* '''PRIMUS Quarantine Zone, San Francisco:''' During the outbreak of an unknown virus with mutagenic properties in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Doctor had allegedly infiltrated the PRIMUS quarantine zone disguised as a FEMA-sponsored superhero. After the outbreak had been contained, PRIMUS officials discovered that blood samples of infected individuals as well a batch of the vaccine had been stolen in the chaos.
-Dr. Kaufmann claims to be a completely normal baseline human. While he is certainly not able to fly, throw fire from his hands or read minds, some people claim to have witnessed certain signs that make the doctor's claim dubious. For a normal human he seems just a bit too strong, lugging around his giant anti-materiel rifle a bit too effortless and punching a bit too hard. He seems a bit too resilient, taking hits that should put him down for a long time. His wounds seem to heal just a bit too fast to chalk it down to a good metabolism. He seems just a bit too perceptive with his incredible accuracy, precision and reaction time. Sometimes he seems to run, dodge and jump just a bit too fast to be just excellent training. And last but not least: He seems to move from shadow to shadow and between pieces of cover just a bit too smoothly and quickly, almost appearing to be teleporting small distances when nobody is looking directly at him. So, is it possible that he isnt quite baseline? Maybe there is some truth to the rumor that he is somewhere between human and vampire? Maybe there was some sort of super-soldier project in his background? Or maybe those abilities are the result of a continous abuse of illegal combat drugs? Or are those claims of inhuman feats nothing but exaggeration of his skills by witnesses?
+* '''Downtown, Millennium City:''' The Doctor has been sighted during a kaiju attack on Millennium City. Witnesses claim that he observed the battle between the giant monsters emerging from the Detroit river and several superheroes. He also occasionally contributed with precision attacks to help tip the battle in the heroes' favor. After the kaiju were driven away, he disappeared and a thorough search of the area provided no clue regarding his involvement.
-== '''Weapons & Equipment''' ==
+* '''Halcyon R&D Facility, Canadian Wilderness:''' According to underworld rumors the Doctor has participated in an attack on a R&D facility of Halcyon Industries in a remote area of Canada together with several other supervillains. The attack cost most of the guards and personnel their lives, utterly destroyed the facility and unleashed a giant monster of unknown species onto the nearby forests. While the threat of the monster was later neutralized by a team of dedicated heroes, the purpose of the attack, the nature of Halcyon Industries' research at the site and the Doctor's exact involvement in the event is still unknown.
-<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"I majored in medicine with a minor in ''pain''." - The Doctor''</div></div>
+* '''Las Vegas, Nevada:''' The Doctor is one of the prime suspects for the massacre that took place during the wedding of Las Vegas superhero Chevalier and his bride Melissa Wyatt. Both bride and groom were found dead in the garage of the Seraph Gate Hotel and Casino after several fights between two unknown assailants, Chevalier, his best friend and Las Vegas vigilante Night Stalker and the security personnel broke out. The couple seems to have been killed by Chevalier's own questionite saber. Both assailants fled the scene and Night Stalker has also disappeared since then. Investigation by local authorities revealed a suspicious entry in the wedding's guest list: Dr. Hugo M. Locke.
-* '''Hexenschuss:''' A heavily customized and upgraded Heckler & Koch Mark 23, mostly used with silencer. Various upgrades, accessories and additional gimmicks make it a deadly all-around weapon and quite dangerous even against superpowered enemies when wielded by someone like Dr. Kaufmann.
+</div>
-* '''Schreckschuss:''' A heavily customized and upgraded AMC Auto Mag. This handgun is the pinnacle of firepower in a small package. This weapon is powerful enough to blow the heads of normal humans clean off and even punch very nasty holes into werewolves and other highly resilient targets.
+In total, the Doctor is confirmed to be responsible for the murder of 7 superheroes and supervillains and the prime suspect in at least 13 more, along with a rather extensive list of other crimes ranging from burglary to terrorism. Despite the best efforts of law enforcement and various superheroes, the Doctor has never been detained for longer than a few days, with evidence linking him to many crimes often mysteriously vanishing, causing many to suspect that he has one or even several influential allies or sponsors.
-* '''Blattschuss:''' This weapon may be one of the most advanced anti-materiel rifles on earth and is the doctor's pick for long range combat. It has incredible firepower, a laser triangulation system, a high-powered scope with several vision modes and the options to outfit it with a laser sight and a bipod. Despite its impressive size it is extremely light-weight and accurate and can be disassembled and carried in a briefcase. In the hands of a marksman like the doctor it becomes extremely deadly, even against superpowered individuals. Reinforced glass, common tanks and even most forms of standard power armor provide no shelter from Dr. Kaufmann's favorite weapon. Rumors say that it is based on the Truvelo .50 BMG Caliber Rifle.
+Then, some day he just disappeared from the face of the earth, with his last confirmed sighting at the Millennium City airport, boarding a private flight to Canada.
-* '''Ammunition:''' The Doctor uses a wide variety of different ammunition.
+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Activities after Disappearance'''</div>==
-'''- Normal Rounds:''' Including standard, full metal jacket, hollow point, armor piercing and incendiary.
+<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"I didn't choose the Doc life, the Doc life chose me." - Also the Doctor''</div></div>
-'''- Depleted Uranium Rounds:''' Very expensive and very powerful.
+Almost one year passed with no trace of the Doctor. Many believed that his lifestyle and rep sheet had finally caught up to him, until he reappeared one day with both manpower and resources as well as the clear plan to permanently establish himself as a fixture in Millennium City's underworld. That was the birth of the criminal organization known as the Men in White. The MiW soon carved out a place between Westside's other gangs for themselves, greatly aided by the Doctor's experience and cunning. In particular, the MiW muscled in on the market for drugs, weapons and similar illicit goods. Under the Doctor's leadership, later supported by the raw killing power and skill of heavyweight metahuman assassin Killshot, who the Doctor recruited to the cause, the MiW - despite being deeply rooted in Westside and street-level crime - managed to become a legitimate threat to heroes of all power levels and an institution respected by villains and criminal organizations throughout Millennium City and beyond. Some of the Doctor's and the MiW's most (in)famous accomplishments during that time can be found below:
-'''- Remote-Triggered Explosive Rounds:''' Hold a powerful fordite charge, which can be detonated remotely.
+[[File:Kaufmann Turf.jpg|400px|thumb|right|<div style="color:#000000;">The Doctor, surveying his turf.</div>]]
-'''- Poisoned Rounds:''' Break open upon penetrating the target and release a deadly mixture of poisons.
+* '''Graham Industrials Facility, Millennium City:''' A surprise attack on the Graham Industrial facility by a mysterious group of white-clad thugs led to a chaotic battle, as the unknown attackers, a large group of Maniacs, two of Millennium City's heroes and Graham Industrials' security forces clashed on the company's property. Witnesses report that the leader of the unknown thugs identified himself as the Doctor towards one of the heroes. Even though the combined forces of heroes and security personnel managed to prevent the situation from getting out of hand, the Doctor and his forces managed to escape with several samples of potentially dangerous chemicals via a cloaked VTOL gunship.
-'''- Acid Rounds:''' Work in the same way as the poisoned rounds, but hold a potent acid instead.
+* '''Westside, Millennium City / Monastery of the Order of the Mutilated Saint, Romania:''' During the attack of the ancient vampire lord Adrian Arkwright on Millennium City, the Doctor and his gang settled on an uneasy truce with the city's heroes to help stem the tide against Arkwright's legions and clean the streets of the magical drug called the Thirst, which Arkwright used to infect the people and increase his own power. The Doctor and his gang - along with members of several other criminal organizations he managed to convince - helped defending Westside and its population against the vampires' onslaught. According to rumors the Doctor was also sent on a secret mission to Romania along with several heroes to retrieve an ancient artifact which proved to be crucial in Arkwright's defeat. As usual, the Doctor and his troops disappeared shortly after the crisis was over.
-'''- Blessed Silver Rounds:''' Made out of blessed silver, these are used against supernatural targets.
+* '''Airspace near Iwo Jima, Pacific Ocean:''' The Doctor was responsible for organizing the breakout of the infamous mercenary Killshot from PRIMUS custody. Killshot was to be transported to a high-security facility in Australia via a PRIMUS aircraft. Said aircraft was to meet the UNTIL Heli-Carrier Helsinki near Iwo Jima and subsequently accompany it to Sydney. However the aircraft was hijacked by a group of villains and Killshot was freed. Even though the Helsinki managed to intercept in time, the villains escaped custody together with Killshot via a VTOL clearly identified as the Phaeton, the Doctor's personal aircraft. During the breakout, the Helsinki was heavily damaged and the heroine Lady Scout lost her life when she engaged the Phaeton with her own aircraft.
-'''- Hypervelocity Rounds:''' A special magnetic flux core allows these bullets to utilize the geomagnetic field of Earth to accelerate to incredible speeds, which allow them to penetrate almost every type of protection. Devastating in conjunction with the Marker Rounds. Limited numbers.
+* '''Westside, Millennium City:''' Using intel gained during Adrian Arkwright's attack on Millennium City, the Doctor exposed the identities of the collaborators the vampire lord used to distribute the Thirst. The people of Westside - assisted by a team of vigilantes calling themselves the Justiciars - reacted to this information by rioting and forming a lynch mob for these dealers (the Doctor's competition in the drug trade). If not for a team of dedicated heroes, the dealers would have been publically executed by the mob. The heroes managed to talk down the Justiciars and by extent the mob. Afterwards a member of the Justiciars - Jury - helped the heroes track down the source of the propaganda the Doctor had used to rile up the public. However when they infiltrated the abandoned printing company the Doctor had used as his base of operations, the only thing they did find was a hologram of the Doctor taunting them and siccing a vampire he had captured during Arkwright's attack and subsequently 'improved' via drugs on them. Unfortunately the creature managed to kill Jury before the team of heroes managed to destroy it. Even though the riots were stopped and Millennium City was safe again, the Doctor managed to escape once more.
-'''- Phaser Rounds:''' These bullets contain a small teleportation generator, together with a simple AI. Those two devices allow the bullets to identify obstacles and 'phase out' before hitting one, effectively bypassing armor, forcefields and other barriers. Limited numbers.
+* '''Jameson Docks, Westside:''' The Doctor and a large group of Men In White were seen assaulting a private freighter on the St. Jameson Docks. A vicious shootout between the Men in White and a group of black-clad paramilitary personnel defending the freighter broke out. A team of heroes investigating the disturbance was able to break up the fight, only to discover that the freighter contained a massive shipment of drugs, weapons and other illegal goods. The heroes were also attacked by the Chinese terrorist supervillain Xing Tian, who apparently tried to protect said shipment. While the team of heroes managed to defeat Xing Tian and his men and secure the freighter, the Doctor's involvement with Xing Tian and his mysterious employer, the Golden Dragon remains unclear. The Doctor and the Men in White managed to leave the scene shortly after Xing Tian was apprehended.
-'''- Marker Rounds:''' These bullets contain an array of monomolecular barbed hooks which activate upon penetrating the target, causing the bullet to be firmly stuck. A powerful magnetic beacon then activates, effectively 'guiding' any further bullets towards the target. Limited numbers.
+* '''Jameson Docks, Westside:''' Only a few days after the above mentioned incident, a sleeper cell of the Golden Dragon's men managed to break Xing Tian out of Westside Central Prison. The villain immediately made his way back to the now abandoned freighter at St. Jameson Docks to retrieve another set of power armor from a secret stash. The Doctor and a group of Men In White intercepted Xing Tian and his soldiers. A chaotic battle broke out when the trio of vigilantes known as the Justiciars (the new Jury being the sister of the previous one) intervened. The already damaged freigther was completely destroyed and all of the Justiciars, Xing Tian and his soldiers as well as a large number of Men In White were found dead at the scene. The Doctor was not to be found.
-* '''Explosives:''' When discretion is not necessary, the doctor prefers explosives to take care of his targets. Almost all explosives he uses are fordite, which has impressive destructive power, even against the most heavily defended targets. The Doctor uses grenades, mines and (his favorite) remote-triggered bombs. He also uses non-lethal explosives, mostly flashbang, smoke or tear gas grenades.
+* '''ACI Security Solutions Warehouse, Westside:''' The Doctor and a group of his Men In White were responsible for an assault on the Westside storage facility of ACI Securtiy Solutions, a subsidiary of Franklin Stone's ACI Technologies. The assault was stopped in time by a group of heroes who managed to take the Doctor and his men into custody. The arriving MCPD managed to secure the area, but the Doctor was able to trick law enforcment into giving him the means of remotely hijacking the warehouse's security drones and ordered them to attack both MCPD and heroes. While the heroes managed to take out the haywire drones and nobody was severely hurt, the Doctor managed to escape in the chaos.
-* '''The Incisor:''' The Incisor is Dr. Kaufmann's favorite (and only) melee weapon. It seems to combine aspects of a bowie knife and a surgical scalpel. It is outfitted with a silicone grip and the blade is made of cryogenically treated surgical steel coated by a layer of questionite dust. Additionally it has been perfectly calibrated and balanced for the doctor, making it a highly dangerous weapon in his hands.
+* '''Millennium City Opera House, Downtown:''' The Doctor along with a large number of Men In White were responsible for an attack and subsequent short occupation of the Millennium City Opera House during a performance of Richard Wagner's Die Walküre. They took both the audience and the opera house staff hostage. MCPD and a group of the [[Protectors of the World]] discovered that the Doctor and his men had proceeded to inject their hostages with some sort of strange chemical. As they prepared to storm the opera house, the Doctor called for negotiations to explain the situation. He and his men were hunting for the Chinese shapeshifting terrorist Bai Gu Jing, another associate of the mysterious Golden Dragon. The chemical's purpose was to find the Bai Gu Jing among the crowd. A reluctant alliance was formed and when the sinister shapeshifter revealed herself, the Protectors managed to defeat her with the Doctor's assistance. While he managed to escape once more, the Doctor promised to contact the Protectors again to deal with the Golden Dragon himself.
-* '''Syringes:''' The needles of these stainless steel syringes have been reinforced and cryogenically treated, allowing them to pierce metahuman skin in most cases. The syringes themselves are filled with various deadly poisons or anesthetics, most of them adjusted to be able to affect metahuman metabolisms too. Dr. Kaufmann uses commonly known poisons, but has created some specialized ones to deal with metahuman enemies, like...
+* '''International waters near Greenland, North Atlantic / Wall Street, New York City / Taihang Mountains, China / Vladivostok, Russia:''' The Doctor and the Men in White are confirmed to be involved in the Golden Dragon conspiracy, which threatened not only Millennium City, but the whole world economy. While exact details are unclear to this day, apparently the Men in White and the [[Protectors of the World]] set their differences aside once again to stop the Golden Dragon's forces from destroying a high-tech oil processing facility in the North Atlantic, conducted a secret mission in New York City to weaken the Golden Dragon's power, confronted the Golden Dragon in his mansion in China and finally hunted down the true culprit behind the conspiracy in Vladivostok.
-'''- Stranglehold:''' Stranglehold, created of a chemically enhanced version of the common poison ivy's toxins causes rapid respiratory shutdown along with causing painful pharyngal contractions, making it impossible for the target to breathe. It's not unheard of victims of Stranglehold to suffocate in the span of less than a minute.
+* '''Goodman Institute, Millennium City:''' The Doctor and the Men in White were involved in a terrorist attack on Millennium City's Goodman Institute, which caused extensive damage to the facility and led to the supervillain Conner Blackwood AKA Rift being freed from custody inside the institute. While all hostages were freed by the [[Protectors of the World]], the Doctor and the Men in White were able to flee the scene along with Rift. According to witness reports the Men in White were utilizing a powerful, new hallucinogenic chemical weapon in their attack and subsequent battle with the Protectors.
-'''- Whiplash:''' Whiplash is an artificially enhanced version of the neurotoxin of the box jellyfish. It amplifies nerve conductivity to extreme levels and causes the thermoreceptors of the target to work on overtime, causing such extreme pain that even moving becomes unbearably painful for the target. The doctor uses it to capture prey alive.
+* '''Downtown, Millennium City / UNTIL HQ, Millennium City:''' The Doctor and the Men in White, along with the top assassin Killshot, the chronokinetic Rift, the malevolent AI M.A.D.A.M., the sinister demigod Misercorde, the power-armored mercenary Vulture, and the cyborg Campaign were part of the Shadow Manifest, an alliance of supervillains brought together by the mysterious Arc-Angel. While Arc-Angel's goal was the utter annihilation of the superhero [[The Peacemaker|Peacemaker]], the members of the Shadow Manifest were tasked with distracting the heroes of Millennium City while furthering their own personal goals at the same time, even assaulting the UNTIL HQ in Millennium City at some point! Even though Arc-Angel's plan was ultimately foiled by a coalition of heroes, the Shadow Manifest terrorized Millennium City for a whole week.
-'''- First Blood:''' First Blood saturates the bloodstream of the target with an experimental chemical that causes extensive haemolysis and thins the blood of the target to an extreme level, causing rapid exsanguination. The target's blood runs from every wound and orifice in a horrifying display of Dr. Kaufmann's medical genius. He likes it for the psychological shock value.
+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Suspected Victims'''</div>==
-'''- Liquid Fire:''' There is no universal solvent, but Liquid Fire comes very close. Held in magnetic suspension in a specially designed syringe, because he has not yet found any container that could hold it, Dr. Kaufmann uses this potent acid to dissolve the most heavily secured locks, armors and ultimately metahuman flesh and bone.
+<gallery caption="">
+File:Mr Grey.jpg| Mr. Grey
+File:Miss International.jpg| Miss International
+File:Kaufmann Shinigami.jpg| Shinigami
+File:Blaster.jpg| Blaster
+File:Ballista.jpg| Ballista
+File:Brimstone.jpg| Brimstone
+File:Supreme.jpg| Supreme
+File:Snapping Turtle.jpg| Snapping Turtle
+File:El Padre Venganza.jpg| El Padre Venganza
+File:Captain Eagle.jpg| Captain Eagle
+File:Girlscout II.jpg| Girlscout II
+File:Bloody Rose.jpg| Bloody Rose
+File:Solar.jpg| Solar
+File:Ionizer.jpg| Ionizer
+File:Forgemaster.jpg| Forgemaster
+File:Chevalier.jpg| Chevalier
+File:Jennifer Klein.png|UNTIL Colonel Jennifer Klein
+File:Lady Scout.jpg| Lady Scout
+File:Kaufmann Judge.jpg| Judge
+File:Kaufmann Jury.jpg| Jury
+File:Kaufmann Executioner.jpg| Executioner
+File:Kaufmann Xing Tian New.jpg| Xing Tian
+</gallery>
-'''- Nightmare:''' Eager in his attempts to weaponize everything he knows, the doctor created this poison as a method of instant psychological warfare. This artificial neurotoxin hyperstimulates the part of the brain responsible for the fight-or-flight response. The target is overcome by an overwhelming sense of panic and fear without any obvious reason. In some reported cases the psyche of the victim actually invented some sort of dreadful imagery to justify the feeling, sometimes involving demonic apparations of Dr. Kaufmann himself. He finds the thought highly amusing.
+=<div style="font-size:25px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Personality'''</div>=
-* '''Combat Drugs:''' Though they have devastating long-time effects on his body (and mind), the doctor utilizes combat drugs and stimulants freely in battle to give him that little advantage he needs. He is certain that his own medical genius will prevent him from sustaining any long-lasting damage from the drug abuse. It's still unknown if he is right about that. Commonly used by him are...
+<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"People say I'm condescending. That means I talk down to people." - The Doctor''</div></div>
-'''- Blitz:''' This combat drug increases alertness, improves concentration and enhances reaction speed by drastically speeding up the communication between the left and right brain halves. Taken in small doses for short periods of times, it is mostly harmless, but extended use can lead to paranoia and anxiety attacks. The doctor uses it to boost his already impressive reflexes and dexterity in combat to even higher levels.
+The first and most important thing to know about the Doctor's personality is that he thinks he is better than you and anyone else he does not consider his equal in skill, intelligence or simply style. How he expresses this notion depends on the situation though. Sometimes he will be utterly professional and stoic to show you how childish and laughable he finds the situation at hand. At other times all you will get out of him will be smug smiles and empty small talk, like you are not even worth a serious conversation. And sometimes every second sentence out of his mouth will be a sarcastic comment or snide remark to let you know exactly what he thinks of you. And that's the Doctor on a good day.
-'''- Serenity:''' This drug is a potent cocktail of morphine and amphetamines. A single shot of Serenity is enough to surpress the pain from nearly any injury without the side effects usually associated with similar substances. Serenity has to be handled with great care, as it is highly addictive. The doctor uses it in anticipation of a particulary hard battle, to prevent any sort of pain to interfere with his combat performance.
+He also has rather extreme mood swings which become especially frequent when things do not go his way. Cool and consummate professional  to throwing temper tantrums that would even cause Grond to take a step back can happen from one second to the next. The tendency of the various drugs he consumes on an almost daily basis to affect his psyche makes these changes even more sudden and terrifying. Even though he tries to keep his cool around the few friends and allies he still has, they are not safe from the occasional barb or tongue lashing. In general however he tries to be a rational and benevolent boss to his allies in the Men in White, preferring to reward success instead of punishing failure, except in extreme cases. And even then, the most an incompetent henchman can expect is a rather lengthy tirade, a pay cut and several weeks of boring assignments.
-'''- Berserk:''' Berserk is a drug that stimulates the adrenal gland of the user with acetylcholine, causing it to substantially increase the adrenaline production. Users feel an almost instant boost in strength after taking it, along with increased aggressiveness. Berserk is easily overdosed and can lead to fatal heart attacks. The doctor uses it to surprise his enemies with a sudden burst of strength and speed.
+And then there is of course the little but important detail that the Doctor is insane. While he is better than most supervillains at hiding it and keeping his more eccentric side in check, there is no doubt that several screws in the Doctor's head are just a bit too loose. First there is the above mentioned superiority complex, which is directly responsible for his actions as a criminal and scientist: If other people were as skilled and intelligent as he is, they could easily prevent themselves from any harm caused by him and his actions, which means that everything that happens to them is their own fault. However, the Doctor understands and accepts the common perceptions of what is right and wrong; he simply chooses to ignore it when it is convenient for him to do so. He has no compulsive need to kill (in fact he prefers not to, as unnecessary deaths clearly show that the plan was not flawless), but absolutely zero qualms about doing so.
-'''- Prometheum:''' Prometheum, named after the Titan who endured an eagle eating his liver every day, saturates muscle fibres and makes them extraordinarily resistant to the stress and tension of use, allowing the user to exert himself greatly for a certain amount of time. Unfortunately the pain that this drug surpresses comes back in full after the effects wear off. The doctor uses it to ensure that his combat performance isn't hindered by exhaustion.
+=<div style="font-size:25px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Powers'''</div>=
-* '''Microfilament Wire:''' A length of very sharp but still very durable microfilament wire, the doctor keeps the wire on a coil under his sleeve. His gloves can emit a tiny electric charge which activate magnetic properties in the wire and allow it to stick to his fingertips. That way the he can handle the deadly wire without danger of hurting himself. The doctor uses the wire as a garrote, whip or to set up traps.
+<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"I'd be famous for my deadly skills... If it weren't for my deadly skills." - The Doctor''</div></div>
-* '''Doppelganger:''' This useful little device known as the Doppelganger is a high-tech holographic projector. The doctor uses it in combat to trick and deceive his enemies. It has a wide range of pre-recorded situations and movements of Dr. Kaufmann available, complete with audio and video. One of his favorite tactics is to let one of his holograms 'shoot' at the enemy, while he synchronizes his shots with the hologram from a completely different direction, confusing the enemy and bypassing shields, armor and other defenses.
+The Doctor was once one of the deadliest assassins on the planet. Even though he has officially left this business, the years of training, experience and skills he learned during that time are still as deadly as ever and together with the equipment, resources and manpower of the Men in White make him more than a match for every superhero.
-* '''Assassin's Outfit:''' While he prefers not to get hit at all (which works most of the time), the doctor's usual clothing is made of a reinforced nanoweave fabric, which allows it to withstand certain amounts of kinetic force. For additional protection, the Doctor wears a state-of-the-arts Regor kevlar vest beneath it. The clothes also have limited thermal regulation abilities, which allow the doctor to wear them in moderately hot or cold enviroments, but extreme conditions still require him to wear specialized clothing. They also house numerous pockets and secret compartments to hold his equipment. His gloves are made of resilient black leather and contain tiny compartments of metal to protect his hands and give his punches a little more force. His shoes are also made of black leather, but with a special sound-dampening sole, metal tips and a hidden spring-loaded blade. The doctor's scarf houses a hidden rebreather. All of his clothes are flame-retardant to a certain extent.
+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Skills and Abilities'''</div>==
-* '''Assassin's Shades:''' These crimson-tinted shades are a marvel of technology and allow him spectacular feats of accuracy. They are equipped with an advanced combat HUD, target identification software, several vision modes, including night vision, thermal vision and sonar vision and have magnifying properties, allowing the doctor to perceive even miniscule details accurately. They are also made from a reinforced material to prevent them from breaking easily in combat situations. The Doctor possesses several designs purely for style.
+[[File:The Doctor - Title.jpg|400px|thumb|right|<div style="color:#000000;">That's the smile of a man who can't decide '''HOW''' to kill his enemy.</div>]]
-* '''Cell Phone:''' While many superheroes and villains prefer wrist computers, the doctor likes it oldschool in this field. His cell phone is a standard business blackberry improved in numerous ways by unknown experts. It is heavily encrypted and features a satellite uplink as well as an universal detonator for the doctor's explosives. It also houses an encrypted access link to his personal databases, a web-browser, GPS and a unique almost hack-proof operating system. It also has a high-tech version of Tetris.
+* '''Genius:''' The most tragic thing about the Doctor is that he could have put his mind to eradicating most diseases on the planet and succeeded. He is gifted with a level of intelligence rarely seen among non-superpowered individuals. A master of a multitude of disciplines ranging from business administration to pop culture trivia (and of course medicine), the Doctor has the knowledge and skills to deal with almost every problem he encounters with ease. Additionally he is not only book smart, but also able to analyze and react to new situations in record time, outsmarting and outmaneuvering his enemies with a level of cunning that borders on precognition.
-* '''Other Equipment:''' The Doctor also sometimes uses other, more common equipment. He possesses a notebook with the same capabilities as his blackberry, high-tech binoculars with similar vision modes as his shades, an extremely powerful flashlight with UV capabilities, a lockpick set, questionite zipcuffs stolen from Special Unit Omega of the MCPD, a small rebreather, duct tape (of course), a multi-tool and several other more or less useful gadgets. Most of his equipment (along with his sniper rifle if he brings it with him) is carried in a reinforced steel briefcase with his personal logo (a leech wrapped around the Staff of Asclepios) etched on the side.
+* '''Physical Condition:''' Years of using and abusing various substances, serums and combat drugs along with his training and experience as an assassin have elevated the Doctor's body close to what could be considered superhuman. His strength, endurance, speed and reaction time are easily on par with every Olympic athlete and in combination with his razor-sharp mind, this allows him incredible feats of precision, accuracy and agility. Deflecting bullets with his sword, easily gaining the upper hand against multiple opponents in close combat or moving before the opponent can even perceive the movement are no bigger deal for the Doctor than walking up a set of stairs is for a normal person.
-* '''Ghost Touch:''' Early in his career the doctor figured that something which put most professionals behind bars - fingerprints - would not be a weakness for someone like him. He smoothened the tips of his fingers in a painful procedure using specialized biological acids, so his fingerprints disappeared forever. The tips of his fingers are now completely blank and leave no fingerprints at all.
+* '''Martial Training:''' The Doctor prefers the quick, precise shot of a sniper rifle or the subtle, clean work of a well-placed poisoned drink or - the best option - having someone else do his fighting for him. However this has never stopped him from getting his own hands dirty if necessary and he has the training and skills to do so. He is a practicioner of canne de combat, savate and Polish cross-cut fencing along with capoeira and shōtōkan karate. All of this combines into an incredibly agile and fluid fighting style which makes it extremely hard to anticipate the Doctor's strikes and even harder to lay hands on him. Unsurprisingly he is also very proficient with all manners of knives, shivs, scalpels and other small and sharp objects. His extensive knowledge of the human body as well as his assassin training allow him to target weak spots efficiently and incapacitate or kill with a few well-placed strikes. Finally, years of experience in the criminal underworld have taught him a variety of dirty tricks and underhanded tactics he is not afraid to use in a fight. Kicking a downed opponent, going for the eyes or kicking a girl in the crotch are by no means beneath him.
-* '''Killer Skin:''' A professional is nothing without his equipment, but sometimes you just cant bring your briefcase full of murder tools with you. The doctor found an ingenious, but horrifying way around this problem. Making a small incision on a suitable part of his skin, the doctor was able to insert some small pieces of equipment under his skin and let the wound heal, creating a subdermal pocket to hold that item. Currently the doctor has four of them. One on his left thigh holds a high-tech lockpick and two on the inside of his upper arms hold a capsule of emergency combat drugs each. Nobody knows where the fourth subdermal pocket is and what it holds though.
+* '''Assassin Experience:''' On account of having worked in one of the most dangerous businesses for years, the Doctor has learned a variety of deadly skills. He has vast experience in using a variety of common and less common weapons, from handguns to throwing knives. He also has extensive knowledge of nearly every aspect of stealth operations, including espionage, disguises, surveillance, infiltration, exfiltration, crime evasion, assassination and how to mix a damn good martini. Finally, evading the authorities for so long has given him insight into modern criminological methods, allowing him to use a combination of his intellect and his knowledge about crime scene investigation and forensic medicine to conceal his tracks and deceive his pursuers. He can make any kill look like a suicide or unfortunate accident.
-= '''Weaknesses''' =
+* '''Master Tactician:''' His genius intellect allows the Doctor to quickly assess any situation, analyze it, compare the possible outcomes and choose the most appropriate plan of action. This skill gives him an edge in many situations. Outside of combat, the Doctor is able to stay one step ahead of his enemies, easily coming up with backup plans and ensuring that even unfortunate situations still have some benefit to him. On the negotiating table it is almost impossible to pin him down, as he makes sure that he always has some sort of bargaining chip at the ready. And finally on the battlefield this allows him to efficiently use his enemies' physical, mental or emotional weaknesses against them.
-<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"No, you cant beat me!" - The Doctor''</div></div>
+* '''Mental Defense:''' Despite his dislike for anything esoteric or mystical the Doctor has spent some time training with a secluded order of monks in the Himalayans to learn a unique form of defense against telepathy and similar mental attacks. Instead of 'building a wall' against such attack in his mind, the Doctor usually lets intruders in, just to hit them with a mental counter-attack consisting of a variety of memories and sensations from his time as an assassin and mercenary, which include delightful impressions like mass graves, child soldiers, executions and similar.
-Despite his own claims, the doctor is not without weaknesses.
+* '''Medical Expert:''' The Doctor - true to his chosen codename - is an expert in all things medical. As a trained physician and surgeon, he can heal and treat diseases and injuries as efficiently as he can cause them and his skill with the scalpel has ended just as many lives as it has saved. His expertise in the many fields of life sciences allow him to develop, improve and utilize many different kinds of drugs, poisons, diseases and other substances.
-* '''Not So Super...:''' Dr. Kaufmann might be one of the world's deadliest men and maybe he is not fully human, but his power level is actually quite low compared to most metahumans. In terms of raw power he is still quite far down on the food chain.
+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Weapons and Equipment'''</div>==
-* '''Combat Drug Addict:''' While they are his trump card, they are also a big weakness. They have some uncomfortable side effects, have to be dosed carefully and the withdrawal symptoms can be severe. Not to mention that they are also anything than easy to acquire.
+[[File:Kaufmann Title 2017.png|400px|thumb|right|<div style="color:#000000;">We sell death and death-related merchandise.</div>]]
-* '''Enemies:''' During his time in the business, the doctor has made a lot of enemies, heroes and villains alike. There are many individuals and groups who would love to get their hands on him and then make sure nobody else ever does again.
+* '''Sword Cane:''' While he most definitely does not need it, the Doctor is rarely seen without his cane since he reappeared in Millennium City. It is a black walking cane with a silver, snake-shaped handle made from extremely sturdy materials, which would already be an effective bludgeoning weapon by itself. However the cane also serves as a sheath for a sword hidden inside. Simply twisting the handle while pressing a button on the cane allows the blade to be drawn. The sword is double-edged and made from cryogenically treated Damascus steel coated by a fine layer of questionite dust. Perfectly balanced for the Doctor it is an extremely deadly weapon in his hands. Additionally a second button on the cane itself activates a high-voltage electric charge on the tip, turning it into a powerful shock baton. The Doctor has been seen dual-wielding sword and shock baton.
-* '''Big Ego:''' Arguably the doctor's greatest weakness is the fact that he is incredibly convinced of his own superiority - intellectually and otherwise towards... everyone. And he goes out of his way to prove it, which often makes his jobs much, much harder than they would have to be.
+* '''Customized RSh-12 12.7mm Assault Revolver:''' Currently only available to Russian special forces, one of these weapons has somehow found its way into the Doctor's hands, who immediately commissioned underworld weaponsmith Wayland Talos to make a slew of adjustments and improvements to it. The result is one of the most powerful kinetic handguns currently in use. This weapon is powerful enough to blow a normal human's head clean off and can even punch some very nasty holes into werewolves, power armor and other highly resilient targets while maintaining acceptable accuracy, recoil and reload time. ((OOC note: As ridiculous as it sounds, this is actually a real weapon. Check it out: http://thefunnybeaver.com/rsh-12-most-powerful-revolver-in-the-world/))
-* '''Lonely at the Top:''' At least the doctor thinks it should be. Not only does he mistrust most people on principle, his arrogance and conviction of his own superiority also often prevents him from accepting help from his true allies, even when it would maybe be wise to do so.
+* '''Knife:''' During his time as an assassin, knives were the Doctor's melee weapons of choice. Eager to not let his skills and experience go to waste, the Doctor still uses his old knife as a secondary melee weapon if his cane is not available or simply a bad choice for the situation. Said knife resembles a traditional bowie knife, but like his cane sword the blade has been cryogenically treated and coated with a fine layer of questionite dust, making it both highly resilient and extremely sharp. The Doctor usually carries it hidden under his clothes as a surprise for those who think they have disarmed him.
-= '''Accomplices''' =
+* '''The Doctor's Bag:''' The Doctor's Bag is just that. A small black leather bag which the Doctor usually carries at his belt. It is filled with all kinds of medical equipment which could prove useful on the battlefield. From staples like painkillers, bandages and suture to the more exotic equipment like cryogenically treated scalpels (can and have been used as a weapon of last resort), syringes filled with various poisons and a variety of combat drugs; all that and more can be found in the Doctor's Bag, depending on what is required by the situation at hand. A list of the Doctor's staple poisons and combat drugs can be found below.
-<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"Ladies and Gentlemen: Showtime." - The Doctor''</div></div>
+* '''Multi-purpose Explosives:''' Old habits die hard. His days as an assassin have taught the Doctor that having a few explosives with you at all times is never a bad idea, if just for the intimidating effect. These explosives - crafted by Wayland Talos - take the shape of black spheres roughly the size of an orange. They carry a special fordite charge with impressive destructive power, even against heavily defended targets. A small interface linked to his cell phone allows the Doctor to choose the type of explosive (grenade, mine, remote-triggered bomb) as well as adjust detonation force and timer.
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+* '''Fingertip Flash Powder:''' Deceptively simple, this is a type of magnesium powder which the Doctor has treated in a special chemical procedure. By dusting his fingertips with it and then snapping his fingers, the Doctor can create a flare of bright light for a few seconds. Usually used for blinding or distracting enemies and perfect for surprise attacks or quick, tactical retreats. Quite painful when used on bare fingertips though.
-[[File:Classified.png|80px|thumb|left|Janine?]]
+* '''Microfilament Wires:''' Described as the essential tool of every assassin by the Doctor himself, microfilament wires have been a part of his arsenal for a long time. Incredibly sharp, extremely durable and almost invisible under the right conditions these wires can be used for a multitude of sinister purposes. The Doctor has been seen using them as a garrote, whip or to set up insidious traps. He keeps them on a coil hidden under his vest. His gloves can emit a weak magnetic field, which allows him to handle the deadly wires without danger of hurting himself.
-'''"Janine"'''
+* '''Razor Mines:''' Razor Mines combine two of the Doctor's favorite things: explosives and microfilament wires. Upon detonation (either through proximity or remotely controlled by the Doctor) these devices eject a mesh of microfilament wires. The wires are partly coated with a layer of quickly-hardening glue, which allows them to stick to victims or walls, creating either very messy deaths or a convenient way of area denial.
-Nobody knows who Janine is, but she seems to act as Dr. Kaufmann's mission control and handler. He has been observed to communicate with her in a nontypical casual style, suggesting some kind of personal relationship. Otherwise not much about her is known, except for the fact that she seems very capable at whatever her responsibilites exactly are. Dr. Kaufmann himself refuses to divulge any further information about her in front of mostly anyone.
+* '''Nanoweave Clothing:''' On top of being incredibly stylish, almost all of the Doctor's outfits are made of a reinforced nanoweave fabric, which hardens for split-seconds in response to kinetic force, giving it protective properties on par of light body armor. For additional protection of vital organs, the Doctor wears a state-of-the-art Regor Plastic kevlar vest beneath. Additionally the clothes have limited thermal regulation abilities, allowing them to be worn in moderately hot or cold environments. Extreme temperatures however still require him to wear specialized clothing. They also house numerous pockets and secret compartments to hold additional equipment and weapons. His gloves are of a resilient black leather and reinforced with tiny compartments of metal to protect his hands and give his punches just a bit more force. His shoes are also made of the same black leather, but with special sound-dampening soles, metal tips for painful kicks and hidden spring-loaded blades, just in case.
+* '''Combat Shades:''' These crimson-tinted glasses are a marvel of technology (and style). They are equipped with magnifying properties, an advanced combat HUD with uplink to the Men in White's databases, target identification and analysis software and several vision modes (including night and thermal vision). They are made from a reinforced material, preventing them from breaking easily in combat situations. The Doctor has several different designs, purely for style.
+* '''Improved Cell Phone:''' While many superheroes and supervillains prefer wrist computers, the Doctor has never been able to warm up to them. Instead he has paid the super-hacker Ixion to improve a standard business blackberry in numerous ways. Heavy encryption software and a unique, almost hack-proof operating system allow it operate flawlessly, even in combat situations. In turn it features a simple AI able to bypass standard security protocols for hacking tasks, has a GPS uplink, encrypted access to the Men in White's databases and a secure web-browser on top of all the other features of the latest generation of smart phones. The Doctor can also use it to remotely control certain pieces of his equipment (for example, detonate his explosives).
+[[File:Kaufmann Predator.jpg|400px|thumb|right|<div style="color:#000000;">Travelling in style.</div>]]
+* '''The Phaeton:''' The Doctor likes to travel in style. While he prefers a black Cadillac XTS for ground travel, the Phaeton - an advanced VTOL gunship of unknown design and manufacture - is his choice for air travel. An outer hull of a kendrium/teflon alloy over lightweight but sturdy materials gives it unparalleled mobility while still keeping it very durable. An emergency forcefield can boost its defensive capabilities even further by re-routing energy from other systems. An advanced onboard AI as well as telemetric and target identification and analysis software help the pilot to utilize the Phaeton's capabilities to their fullest. Two front-mounted 20mm autocannons, two missile pods under the wings capable of simultaneously firing up to 8 missiles of different kinds (the usual loadout are thermobaric missiles) and one heavy 60 mm cannon capable of firing incendiary tungsten-carbide rounds make up its offensive potential. Finally it is equipped with advanced holographic cloaking technology, allowing it to move nearly undetected. It is capable of transporting up to 6 persons comfortably (including the pilot). As the Doctor's personal vehicle it is of course equipped with several luxuries inside including leather seats, a plasma screen and a well-stocked mini-bar. It is usually piloted by the Doctor's own driver and pilot Frank Wilson, codename Paramedic. Unfortunately it didn't come in white.
+* '''Dirty Tricks:''' In addition to all its other equipment, the Doctor has some sinister surprises for his enemies up his sleeve.
-[[File:The Middle Men.png|300px|thumb|left|The Middle Men]]
+• He has treated his fingertips in a painful procedure with biological acids. They are now completely smooth, leaving no traces at all.
-'''The Middle Men, Organizers of the Mercenary Underworld'''
+• He also recognized the danger of being completely disarmed: Making incisions on suitable parts of his skin, the Doctor was able to insert small pieces of equipment directly under his skin, creating subdermal pockets to hold that item after the wounds healed. He has four of them.
-((OOC Note: The Middle Men are not my invention, but that of @swedsman. Ask him for more info!))
+• His tie can emit a powerful electric shock in case someone had the smart idea to grab onto such an obvious weak spot in the heat of combat.
-The Middle Men are a curious organization that handles a worldwide bounty hunter network known as the Bounty Board that works to bring contracts and clients closer to the actual bounty hunters. The Middle Men themselves work as messengers and liasons, taking the contracts from client anonymously and passing them onto an interested "Contractor", which is a universal name for mercenaries, contract killers, soldiers of fortune and bounty hunters used by the Middle Men. Once the contract is completed, the Middle Men pick up the money from their client and hands it over to the bounty hunter. If the client refuses to pay... well, then the Middle Men will give up their identity to the unpaid contract killer. That is the only time they will give out the client's identity. They all dress in a similar manner, fit for someone in mourning. A man only known as Smiling Man seems to be their de facto leader. All of them are believed to have been former assassins, and while noone can be certain they are indeed a force to be reckoned with and not to be taken lightly. That said, there seems to be few records of their actual work.
+• The poisons and drugs he carries with him are deliberately labeled wrong. While the Doctor can recognize the various substances he uses in combat by sight and smell alone, his enemies usually can not.
+• Last but not least, he has rigged almost all of his equipment to explode after certain verbal commands (usually the names of his ex-girlfriends).
+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Drugs, Poisons and other Substances'''</div>==
+The Doctor's vast medical expertise allows him to create, improve and utilize a wide range of different substances in and outside of combat. Usually he carries them with him in specially prepared stainless steel syringes, but he has also no qualms about using them in the form of pellets or grenades. Below a short list of the Doctor's staple poisons and combat drugs can be found, but he is known to use a far greater variety of common and less common substances.
+* '''Stranglehold (Poison):''' Stranglehold, created of a chemically enhanced version of the common poison ivy's toxins is a powerful poison, which causes rapid respiratory shutdown along with painful pharyngeal contractions, making it impossible for the target to breathe. It is not unheard of victims of Stranglehold to suffocate in the span of less than a minute.
+* '''Whiplash (Poison):''' Whiplash is a chemically enhanced version of the neurotoxin of the box jellyfish. It amplifies nerve conductivity to extreme levels and causes the thermoreceptors of the target to work on overtime, causing such extreme pain that even moving, the feeling of clothing on skin or a light breeze becomes unbearably painful for the target.
+* '''First Blood (Poison):''' First Blood saturates the bloodstream of the target with an experimental chemical that causes extensive hemolysis and thins the blood of the target to an extreme level, causing rapid exsanguination. The target's blood runs from every wounds and orifices in a rather horrifying display. In extreme cases complete exsanguination was reached in less than two minutes.
+* '''Inner Fire (Poison):''' Based on a similar chemical as First Blood, Inner Fire floods the bloodstream of the target with a chemical that bonds to the targets red blood cells and starts absorbing the oxygen they carry. After absorbing enough oxygen (usually after two to three minutes), they ignite which causes the target to burn out from the inside.
+* '''Natural Bone Killer (Poison):''' Natural Bone Killer utilizes a batch of genetically engineered bacteria with an appetite for calcium, attacking the target's bone structure and causing symptoms similar to extreme cases of osteoporosis. The target's bones start disintegrating inside its body, causing extreme pain, inability to move and finally death by asphyxiation.
+[[File:Kaufmann Dueling Stance.jpg|400px|thumb|right|<div style="color:#000000;">En garde.</div>]]
-[[File:Wayland Talos.jpg|180px|thumb|left|Wayland Talos]]
+* '''Nightmare (Poison):''' This artificial neurotoxin hyperstimulates the part of the brain responsible for the fight-or-flight response. The target is overcome by an overwhelming sense of panic and fear without any obvious reason. In some reported cases the psyche of the victim actually invented some sort of dreadful imagery to justify said feelings.
-'''Wayland Talos, Underworld Weaponsmith'''
+* '''Blitz (Combat Drug):''' This drug comes in the form of small white pills and increases alertness, improves concentration and enhances reaction speed by drastically speeding up the communication between the left and right brain halves. Taken in small doses for short periods of times, it is mostly harmless, but extended use can lead to paranoia and anxiety attacks.
-Wayland Talos is THE man you want to go to when you need a perfectly calibrated blaster rifle, a set of razor-sharp knives with questionite coating or a custom hoverdisc and dont want to worry about the legal intricacies of such gadgets. He is an arms dealer, inventor and technological consultant, who is eager to sell his wares and services to the highest bidder, especially if that bidder shares Talos' hatred of superheroes. Earlier in his life, Talos' wife Maria died in a terrorist attack a group of superheroes was unable to stop, because the terrorists were much better prepared and armed than the heroes expected. Talos blamed his wives death on the incompetent superheroes and let his hatred consume him. Subsequently he lost his job as a technology designer due to his obsessive hatred and brooding, which he also blamed on the superheroes. He was determined to get revenge on the so-called heroes who ruined his life and began to use his immense technological expertise to provide criminals, terrorists and anyone else who would fight against superheroes with weapons, gadgets and equipment. While none of Dr. Kaufmann's standard equipment seems to be made by Wayland Talos (or any other known black market supplier), he is known to have contacted the weaponsmith on several occasions for more exotic or specialized equipment.
+* '''Serenity (Combat Drug):''' This milky, white liquid is a potent cocktail of morphine and amphetamines, which is injected directly into the bloodstream. A single shot of Serenity is enough to suppress the pain from nearly any injury without the side effects usually associated with similar substances. Serenity has to be handled with great care, as it is highly addictive on psychological level.
+* '''Berserk (Combat Drug):''' Berserk comes as a clear liquid injected directly, which stimulates the adrenal gland of the user with acetylcholine, causing it to substantially increase the adrenaline production. Users feel an almost instant boost in strength after taking it, along with increased aggressiveness. Berserk is easily overdosed and can lead to fatal heart attacks.
+* '''Apathy (Combat Drug):''' Apathy, readily available in the form of small brown pills, saturates muscle fibres with high doses of protein and makes them extraordinarily resistant to the stress and tension of use, allowing the user to exert himself greatly for a certain amount of time. Unfortunately the pain that this drug suppresses comes back in full after the effects wear off.
+* '''Mind Game (Combat Drug):''' Mind Game comes as a small bag of blue powder and actually started as a party drug popular with the supervillain community. It hyperstimulates nerve receptors in the brain, causing intense feelings of alertness and greater sensitivity for all known senses, allowing the user to perceive the battlefield (or dancefloor) much more intensively.
+* '''Liquid Spite (Other):''' There is no universal solvent, but Liquid Spite comes very close. Held in magnetic suspension in a specially designed syringe, because he has not yet found any container that could hold it, the Doctor uses this incredibly potent acid to dissolve the most heavily secured locks, armors and ultimately metahuman flesh and bone rapidly.
-= '''Enemies''' =
+* '''Gentle Touch (Other):''' This healing foam is similar to the healing patches used by the MCPD and many other organizations, but many times more potent. Applied to a wound it hardens to a flexible layer of protection, preventing both infection and blood loss and stimulating the cells to start the healing process. It can (and should) be easily removed later for further, advanced treatment.
-<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"We can't stop here. This is New Shadows turf." - The Doctor''</div></div>
+* '''Nr. 7 (Other):''' This substance comes as a spray, which applies an invisible, microscopically thin sheen to user's skin, which is completely impermeable to odors, eliminating the user's presence completely on the olfactory spectrum. The Doctor uses it to escape and/or ambush metahumans known for their highly sensitive noses (typically werewolves and similar).
-'Surprisingly' enough, the Doctor has made some enemies on his travels and missions, some of them good guys, some of them bad guys, some of them somewhere in between. The following individuals are still active and more or less dedicated on making the Doctor's life more difficult.
+* '''Liquid Stasis (Other):''' This substance comes as light blue liquid injected directly, which causes a complete but ultimately temporary (and harmless) shutdown of the target's nervous system, brain activities and body functions, making it appear clinically dead for up to three hours or until the antidote is administered. Useful for infiltration purposes or other deceptive maneuvers.
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+=<div style="font-size:25px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Weaknesses'''</div>=
+<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"I'm not perfect. Yet." - The Doctor''</div></div>
+Despite his own claims, the Doctor is not without weaknesses.
-[[File:Competition.png|500px|thumb|left|Mercenaries, Assassins, Hitmen, Psychos for Hire]]
+* '''Still Human:''' While he was among the deadliest assassins in the world and has lost little of his edge when since he left that business, the Doctor is - despite all his training and equipment - still ultimately human with all that entails. He has no superpowers, no magic or inherent regenerative abilities. He ages like anyone else and is just as likely to catch a cold as die from a bullet to the head as anyone else. Compared to most metahumans he simply lacks the raw power to go toe to toe with them and is painfully aware of that fact and trying to level the field in every possible way.
+* '''Declining Health:''' Ironically the Doctor's own health is a precarious matter. Years of years of abusing the effects of various combat drugs have taken a toll on his body. A healthy man in his 30s with his training and experience would be exponentially more dangerous than the Doctor is currently. In many cases the damage done to his body by overdosing and withdrawal symptoms have proven to be irreversible even for his expertise and his tendency to overwork himself and lead a comparatively unhealthy lifestyle with little sleep, as well as too much alcohol, caffeine and nicotine make these effects only worse.
+* '''Big Ego:''' There is no other way to say it: The Doctor is an arrogant bastard. He is incredibly convinced of his own intellectual superiority towards pretty much everyone. He is also not shy to mention and prove this fact if necessary, which makes achieving his goals often more difficult than it has to be. While he is aware of the fact that his megalomaniacal tendencies can be a weakness and tries to keep his ego in check, repeated insults and humiliation at the hands of people he considers inferior can cause him to quickly lose his cool and focus his attention towards complete destruction of the offenders - to the detriment of his other plans.
+* '''Competitive:''' Similarly the Doctor relishes the rare moment when he finds somebody he considers a worthy opponent to his intellect, skills and talents. Should he find such a person, he will gleefully test himself time and time again against him or her, even dragging out said competition longer than necessary, because he is certain that it will be a long time until he finds someone worthy again. This arrogance can be easily exploited by those he considers his equal as he is more willing to parley, negotiate and sometimes even help such individuals.
+* '''A Wanted Man:''' During his time as an assassin he already made a lot of enemies and this list did not get any shorter when he decided to enter the drug and weapons trade. He is wanted by a multitude of law enforcement agencies in many parts of the world and the fact that he has not yet been captured appears to be a miracle. Additionally the list of his enemies also includes many criminal organizations and individuals and while many of them are still willing to work with him and the Men in White, they would gladly betray him as soon as that course of action is more beneficial to them.
+=<div style="font-size:25px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Accomplices'''</div>=
+<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"Ladies and gentlemen, showtime." - The Doctor''</div></div>
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+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''[[The Men in White]]'''</div>==
-'''The Competition'''
+The Men in White are the Doctor's growing criminal organization. While they are currently mostly operating as a street gang in Westside of Millennium City, they are growing rapidly in both numbers and influence. They are already controlling a rather large part of the drug trade in and around the city and their superior training and equipment as well as their subtle methods and careful planning means that it is only a matter of time before they start being a national or even global threat. MCPD and PRIMUS estimate that they currently have around 100 members and rising. Their recruits usually come from other street gangs, ex-military or ex-law enforcement; the Doctor does not want amateurs in his organization.
-The mercenary underworld is a dangerous place. Alliances are formed, then break up after a single quarrel. Partnerships are established before both partners stab each other in the back over the earnings of a job. Codes of honor are held up high, then discarded as the situation makes it necessary. Profits are shared brotherly, before everyone is out for himself again. Nothing is for sure in this world. People change sides faster than bullets and who is your friend today, might be your enemy tomorrow.
+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Janine "Red" Guiliani, the Doctor's Secretary'''</div>==
+[[File:Kaufmann_Red 2017.png|170px|thumb|left|<div style="color:#000000;">Red</div>]]
+Janine is the Doctor's secretary, personal assistant and best friend. Born as the oldest child of a family of second-generation immigrants to the United States from Italy, Janine's childhood and adolescence was marked by crime. By the time she was 18, she had ran with almost every gang in Millennium City and picked up a variety of skills and talents along the way. Together with her street smarts and her stunningly good looks, she quickly made a name for herself on the streets and soon rose quickly in the ranks of any gang she joined. She met the Doctor when her then boss refused to pay the assassin, which led to a quite unglorified end for him. Now without a job, Janine gladly accepted the Doctor's offer to work for him. He had recognized the young woman's potential and over the years Janine became invaluable to the Doctor's business, handling contracts, finances and client interactions for him. However they also developed a close friendship and she quite possibly the only person the Doctor truly cares about. Their relationship is endlessly ambiguous: Some Men In White swear that they must be romantically involved, others point to the Doctor's rather eccentric character and the fact that Janine flirts just as much with everyone else. Today her role in the Men in White is similar: She handles administrative and financial aspects of the organization, negotiates with customers and is also still the Doctor’s secretary. However she also handles delicate situations which require a more ‘feminine’ touch, even though the Doctor hates to expose her to any sort of danger.
+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Tamara "Cross" Aristopoulos, the Doctor's Adjutant'''</div>==
+[[File:Kaufmann_Cross 2017.png|170px|thumb|left|<div style="color:#000000;">Cross</div>]]
+Officially Tamara is the Doctor's bodyguard, but since the Doctor is more than capable of defending himself, she usually serves as a field commander and top enforcer. In her former life, Tamara was one of the most promising Greek biathletes in the history of the sport. Modeling and advertising deals galore promised a secure future and a successful, handsome fiancée was ready to marry her at any moment. Her life took a turn for the worse when one biathlon she participated in became the battleground of the superhero Phalanx and the supervillain Frostfire. A stray attack by Frostfire left a horrible cross-shaped scar covering the right half of her face. The loss of her beauty along with her fiancée and modeling and advertising deals drove her off the edge. She faked her suicide and left Europe for Millennium City. Lost and desperate she turned to drinking and drugs and met the Men in White at some point. The Doctor recognized the scar on her face and came to the right conclusions: He offered her to put her talents to a better use. Without much purpose in life and a lot of anger to take out on the world she accepted. The Men in White supplied her with training and equipment best suited to her skills as a former biathlete: A sophisticated energy rifle and anti-gravity boots which allow her to ‘ski’ through the air.
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+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Frank "Paramedic" Wilson, the Doctor's driver'''</div>==
+[[File:Kaufmann Paramedic 2017.png|170px|thumb|left|<div style="color:#000000;">Paramedic</div>]]
+While the Doctor is able to drive a car or fly an aircraft, a mix of overenthusiasm, short temper and plain bad luck makes that a dangerous endeavor for everyone in and around the vehicle in question. That's where Wilson (he prefers his surname or his codename) comes in. Wilson used to be a celebrated Air Force ace pilot until his wife died of cancer, leaving him to care for their daughter Mari. Wilson did not take it too well. He started to drink outside of and at some point even on duty, got into fights over the slightest provocations and stopped taking care of himself. It did not take too long before he was dishonorably discharged. While that was motivation enough for him to get his life back on track, he was angry at the world and the military in particular. However he still needed a job. It might have been sheer luck or destiny that the boyfriend of his daughter's best friend happened to be a member of the Men in White. With no other options, Wilson contacted the organization and the Doctor was quite happy to have an experienced pilot in his ranks. While Wilson is no hardened criminal, he recognized that the Doctor and the Men in White can provide easy money for him and his daughter, which is good enough for him to go along with it, especially when he gets to take out his anger issues on all sorts of authority figures on the way. Wilson serves as the Doctor's driver and also pilots the Doctor's personal aircraft, the Phaeton. His training as a soldier and his uncanny skill with any sort of vehicle make him a valuable asset to the Men in White.
-[[File:Hawke.png|130px|thumb|left|Devana Hawke]]
-'''Devana Hawke, the Doctor's Personal Rival'''
-Is a super-powered do-gooder constantly throwing a monkey wrench in your schemes? Need them taken down quietly? For the right price, (and if she's interested) Devana Hawke will take on the assignment. Not one to simply go in guns blazing, Devana will take her target down at the most opportune time. Usually when the target is at their weakest, physically and mentally. Whether it means orchestrating situations to break down heroes or get to them through their loved ones, Devana always completes her assignments by any means necessary.
-Devana Hawke, master archer and recent addition to the Millennium City supervillain community is quite possibly the one person on earth the Doctor hates the most. Just like him, she is an assassin specializing in superhuman targets and the two instantly disliked each other over the simple fact that they were stealing each other's business. Since then their professional rivalry has grown into an absurd hatred and subsequent cold war, which turns searing hot instantly when they see each other. They have been fighting their personal little war in the criminal underworld of Millennium City ever since.
-[[File:Bladed Jack.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Bladed Jack]]
+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''[[Killshot]], the Scalpel of the Men in White'''</div>==
+[[File:MiW_Killshot.jpg|180px|thumb|left|<div style="color:#000000;">Killshot</div>]]
+Killshot is one of the most proficient and successful assassins on the planet. Blessed with enhanced senses, an impressive regeneration ability, a wide range of high-tech weapons and equipment and years upon years of experience in combat, Killshot is one of the very best in the business. His most impressive feat is his incredible accuracy and proficiency with firearms, easily outshining even highly trained elite soldiers of many armies. Killshot has been known to do freelance work for various individuals and organizations and is rumored to be connected to both VIPER and certain unsavory elements in ARGENT. For a long time Killshot and the Doctor were rivals in "the Business". Sometimes they were allies when hired by the same client combining their skills to frightening effect, other times outright shooting at each other when competing for the same contract. When the Doctor retired from the business after his disappearance Killshot took over his place in the ranking of top assassins and their rivalry faded in the background. After the Doctor hired a team of supervillains to break Killshot out of PRIMUS custody and several projects and business endeavours they worked on together, Killshot has more or less officially joined the Men in White. Today Killshot belongs to the innermost circle of the organisation and serves as a field commander, assassin and leads the Men in White's elite squad.
-'''Bladed Jack, Mistress of Knives and the Cult of Blades, the Doctor's Great Mistake'''
-[[File:Mistress of Knives.jpg|130px|thumb|right|Mistress of Knives]]
-There are some people you shouldnt kill. The man who is now known as Bladed Jack is one of them. Nobody remembers his real name. He was once an unimportant employee at a high-tech corporation in Millennium City who was assassinated by the Doctor, because he discovered the shady deals of the higher-ups in the corporation. Unfortunately, the night of the assassination was one of the first times a Blood Moon was shining over Millennium City. The resident magical energy caused by the cosmic event somehow reacted with the subconscious magical abilities of the employee and brought him back as a vengeful revenant a few days later. Driven completely insane by his undead status, he called himself Jack Knives and has made it his goal in unlife to get revenge on the Doctor and help the rest of mankind to 'ascend' to his plane of existence. His undead nature grants him exceptional physical abilities, great prowess with all kinds of bladed weapons (which he just picked for the terror they cause) and the ability to raise the people he kills as his undead servants. He started his revenge by convincing the suicidal telekineticist Melinda Rosefield - an outcast for her whole life due to her powers - to start a cult. Glad for a purpose in life the bipolar woman obeyed her 'master' and the Cult of Knives was born, a strange mix of biker gang and death-worshipping secret society. Officially led by Melinda Rosefield - who trained herself to use her abilities to fight with a huge number of knives at once and subsequently called herself the Mistress of Knives - it serves mostly as a recruitment pool for Bladed Jack's gang of undead enforcers. They've been terrorizing Millenium City out of the shadows ever since along with being a thorn in the Doctor's side.
-[[File:Dr. Isabelle Locke.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Dr. Isabelle Locke]]
-'''Dr. Isabelle Locke AKA VIPER-A, the Mysterious Adversary'''
-Who is Dr. Isabelle Locke? What's sure is that she seems to be a high-ranking VIPER scientist, who specializes in combining modern scientific methods with more mystical and esotheric practices. She claims to have managed to find a remnant of the legendary Serpent of Eden and utilize its power. Her ability to transform herself into a weresnake at will (she calls herself VIPER-A in that form) seems to confirm that claim.
-But why is she an enemy of the Doctor? Did they work together on an unfortunate scientific project for VIPER? Did they meet during the Doctor's travels and crossed each other? Or is their enmity the result of a disastrous love affair? Neither of them will tell when asked. Fact is, when they meet there is bound to be bad blood.
+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Wayland Talos, Underworld Weaponsmith'''</div>==
+[[File:Wayland Talos.jpg|180px|thumb|left|<div style="color:#000000;">Wayland Talos</div>]]
+Wayland Talos is THE man you want to go to when you need a perfectly calibrated blaster rifle, a set of razor-sharp knives with questionite coating or a custom hover-disc and don't want to worry about the legal intricacies of getting such gadgets. He is an arms dealer, inventor and technological consultant, who is eager to sell his wares and services to the highest bidder, especially if that bidder shares Talos' hatred of superheroes. Earlier in his life, Talos' wife Maria died in a terrorist attack a group of superheroes was unable to stop, because the terrorists were much better prepared and armed than the heroes expected. Talos blamed his wives death on the incompetent superheroes and let his hatred consume him. Subsequently he lost his job as a technology designer due to his obsessive hatred and brooding, which he also blamed on the superheroes. He was determined to get revenge on the so-called heroes who ruined his life and began to use his immense technological expertise to provide criminals, terrorists and anyone else who would fight against superheroes with weapons, gadgets and equipment. The Men in White contact Talos readily and often for more specialized equipment or technical advice. The Doctor and Talos also seem to get along quite well on a personal level, likely due to their shared dislike of costumed superheroes.
-[[File:Der Bogenschütze.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Der Bogenschütze]]
+</div>
-'''Der Bogenschütze (The Archer), the Doctor's First Enemy'''
+=<div style="font-size:25px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Enemies'''</div>=
-Der Bogenschütze is one of Germany's most well-known and respected superheroes. His secret identity is that of Ivo Baldner, heir to a wealthy family, who owned a company specializing in the design of vehicles. In his youth Baldner was a womanizer and party animal, not caring about responsibility or what was wrong or right. His only real interest was archery, a skill he mastered at the hands of several coaches who thought he could be Olympic material if he’d only commit himself to training. But Baldner had no interest in competition, preferring to practice alone in the large woods on his family’s estate. When he fell in love with a woman - Charlotte - who rejected him for his irresponsible and carefree nature, he decided to turn his life around by becoming a superhero, stylizing himself after the British superhero Scarlet Archer who freed his grandfather and many more out of a concentration camp in 1945. Calling himself der Bogenschütze he set out with a few trick arrows he designed himself to do good and impress Charlotte. He had a few unqualified successes, but when he presented them to his beloved, he discovered that she had became entangled in a relationship with the supervillain Fallensteller (Trapper). In the subsequent running battle between Bogenschütze and Fallensteller Charlotte was killed by the villain and after Bogenschütze finally managed to defeat the supervillain, he realized while he mourned for his beloved that his reason for becoming a hero was a wrong one. He reaffirmed his commitment to being a force for good in the world and has not wavered since.
+<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"We can't stop here. This is New Shadows turf." - The Doctor''</div></div>
-Der Bogenschütze was the first superhero that the Doctor ever fought. Back then the Doctor was still inexperienced and the only thing he had going for him was the Aderlass Serum. Der Bogenschütze soundly defeated him and the Doctor only barely escaped. Even though the Doctor and Bogenschütze have not seen each other since then, Bogenschütze sometimes thinks about who that young villain was and what he might be doing at the moment, while the Doctor has not forgotten about the humiliation of that first battle with a superhero and sworn bloody revenge. Some day at some point the paths of the Doctor and Bogenschütze will cross again and now victory doesnt seem to be so certain for the archer...
+((Should this category be edited with one of your characters? Tell me!))
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+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''[[Protectors of the World]]'''</div>==
-[[File:Spiderling.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Spiderling]]
+The Protectors of the World are one of the premier superhero teams on the planet, with members from all over the world united for one common purpose: to fight crime and protect the innocent on Earth and beyond. The Doctor (both before he founded the Men in White and afterwards) and the Protectors clashed on numerous occasions and sometimes even worked together on others. While he was always able to escape capture, the Doctor has started to grudgingly recognize them as a force to be reckoned with.
-'''Spiderling, the Matriarch of Spiders'''
+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''[[The Progeny]]'''</div>==
-A peculiar contract made it necessary for the Doctor to work together with a team of heroes, much to his dismay. Undercover he joined the heroes to help investigate the case of a disappeared SWAT team in the Duskview apartment complex near the docks of Westside. Not only did they find lots and lots of cobwebs inside the apartment complex, but also residents too terrified to leave their rooms of 'something stalking the halls at night'. For the Doctor this contract was beyond annoying. Not only did he have to skulk around in a dirty, low-class apartment complex, he also had to do it together with a group of superheroes he considered 'more than unprofessional' to use his least insulting thought. It all got worse when they were attacked by a huge swarm of spiders, led by their monstrous matriarch Spiderling. After a series of unfortunate incidents during the battle, like one of the heroes sending the Doctor falling down a set of stairs accidentally, Spiderling was still defeated. The finishing blow against the arachnid antagonist was struck by a at that point very angry and very annoyed Doctor, who used a well-placed high-powered explosive to bring a good part of the apartment building crashing down on Spiderling. She has been assumed dead since then, but is she? And if she still alive, did she take exception to being blown up with a thermobaric mine?
+The Progeny are a team of young superheroes based in Millennium City. Even though they are still inexpirienced, their talent and skill is undeniable and it is clear that they firmly belong to the next generation of defenders of Earth. Since both the Doctor and his Men in White and the Progeny call Millennium City's Westside their home, the two factions have clashed several times. Even though neither side has managed to claim a decisive victory so far, the fact that a bunch of teenagers is opposing him, is annoying the Doctor to no end.
-= '''A Listing of the Doctor's Most Important Hits''' =
+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Spiderling, the Matriarachnid'''</div>==
+[[File:Spiderling.jpg|130px|thumb|left|<div style="color:#000000;">Spiderling</div>]]
+During his time as a hired killer, a peculiar contract made it necessary for the Doctor to work together with a team of heroes, much to his dismay. Undercover he joined the heroes to help investigate the case of a disappeared SWAT team in the Duskview apartment complex near the docks of Westside. Not only did they find the apartment complex covered with cobwebs on the inside, but they also discovered that the residents were too terrified to leave their rooms because of 'something stalking the halls at night'. For the Doctor this contract was beyond annoying. Not only did he have to sneak around in a dirty, low-class apartment complex, he also had to do it together with a group of superheroes he considered 'delightfully inept' to use his least insulting thought. It all got worse when they were attacked by a swarms of spiders, led by their monstrous matriarch Spiderling. After a series of unfortunate incidents during the battle, like one of the heroes sending the Doctor falling down a set of stairs accidentally, Spiderling was defeated. The finishing blow against the arachnid antagonist was struck by a - at that point very angry and very annoyed - Doctor, who used a well-placed thermobaric explosive to bring a good part of the apartment building crashing down on Spiderling. Law enforcement and superheroes presumed her to have died that day, but the Doctor is not too sure about that. No body was found and it might be quite possible that the spider queen is still out there, plotting her revenge on the Doctor.
-<div style="text-align:center"><div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"Miss, for you this will always be the night where you fought a fierce, dramatic and desperate battle for your ideals, convictions and eventually even for your very survival against overwhelming odds and a deadly opponent. For me it will be contract #231." - The Doctor''</div></div></div>
+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''[[Demoness]], the Dark Mistress of Justice'''</div>==
+[[File:Demoness.jpg|130px|thumb|left|<div style="color:#000000;">Demoness</div>]]
+Claire Thompson, heir to the multi-million dollar shipping enterprise Pegasus Shipping is secretly the heroine Demoness. From her earliest childhood on she was raised to one day take over her father's company. However many board directors distrusted her father's judgement. Haughty, arrogant, spoiled and a magnet for tabloid rumors, she seemed unfit to lead the company to them. Their distrust and dissatisfaction with her father's decision led them to conspire with ARGENT to take over Pegasus Shipping. They paid ARGENT to get rid of her and ARGENT subsequently subcontracted an assassin to take care of the job. On her 18th birthday she was gunned down on her way to signing the papers which would have made her the sole heir to the company. However she survived. When she was killed, her soul made its way down to hell due to her pride and avarice in life. At the same time a demoness attempted to escape the netherworld, clashed with Claire's soul on the way and both essences merged together in one, reviving Claire's body again. Somehow the two conflicting essences managed to come to an agreement and so Claire Thompson returned, taking her rightful position as vice-president of Pegasus Shipping. However, the fact that she nearly went to hell made her also reconsider many aspects of her life and she decided to save her soul from eternal torment by fighting the good fight, using the powers her half-demonic soul grants her. She became the superheroine Demoness. The underworld rumors however are true this time: it was indeed the Doctor who ARGENT hired to kill Claire Thompson. While it is unknown if she remembers who her assailant was, the Doctor definitely does remember that failed job. He might no longer be in the business, but should the opportunity present itself, he will gladly erase that particular stain on his reputation. And this time she won't get up again.
+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Vladic Dracul, Leader of the New Shadows'''</div>==
+[[File:Kaufmann Vladic.jpg|130px|thumb|left|<div style="color:#000000;">Vladic Dracul</div>]]
+Legend claims it was his son, Vlad Tepes, and not he, who became a vampire. In truth, it was a legacy he chose, and one that his son upheld. Although the world around him has changed through the centuries, he has in many ways stayed the same. He is still a warrior, still a man of power and still determined to reshape the world in his image. His dream, now, is to create a vampire nation. Among vampires he is one of the oldest and one of the strongest; if anyone were to father a vampire nation, it would be him.
+The Doctor's relationship with vampires has always been strained, but he and Vladic Dracul share a special hatred for each other. During his time as a hired killer, the Doctor and Vladic fought two times and while the vampire won both battles by a hair he also learned to not underestimate this particular human. The fact that the Doctor killed the Bloody Rose of the New Shadows who was almost like a daughter to the elder vampire only cemented the hatred and grudging respect he feels for the Doctor. Their respective hatred is reflected in how their gangs interact. While the Men in White are careful when dealing with most other criminal organizations, open warfare between them and the New Shadows is common, even more now that the Doctor and his gang are looking to establish themselves in the Vibora Bay drugs market as well.
-[[File:Mr. Grey.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Mr. Grey]]
+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Devana Hawke, the Doctor's Favorite Person To Hate'''</div>==
+[[File:Hawke.png|130px|thumb|left|<div style="color:#000000;">Devana Hawke</div>]]
+Is a super-powered do-gooder constantly throwing a monkey wrench in your schemes? Need them taken down quietly? For the right price, (and if she's interested) Devana Hawke will take on the assignment. Not one to simply go in guns blazing, Devana will take her target down at the most opportune time. Usually when the target is at their weakest, physically and mentally. Whether it means orchestrating situations to break down heroes or get to them through their loved ones, Devana always completes her assignments by any means necessary. By now the enmity between Devana Hawke and the Doctor is something of a running gag in the supervillain community. It started when they were both still in the same business as simple professional rivalry. However a series of misunderstandings, unfortunate incidents and hurt egos turned this rivalry into a veritable cold war, which turned burning hot whenever they saw each other. Now that the Doctor has retired from the business, they have both cooled down somewhat, but their intense dislike for each other remains. Devana will happily take on every contract which makes the Doctor's life more difficult, while the Doctor will happily try to complicate her work whenever he can do so without too much hassle.
+</div>
+=<div style="font-size:25px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Comments and Rumors'''</div>=
+<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"This is my fan club. The bladed end is for people who talk shit." - The Doctor''</div></div>
+Do you have anything to say about the Doctor? Rumors, gossip, leads for other heroes? Here's the place for it.
+* "Dr. Kaufmann, or simply "The Doctor" was considered the 5th best assassin in the world according to the Bounty Board, ranking just behind Jack Knife (4), The Tallyman (3), Andrès Panthanatos (2) and of course, Taipan (1). Last year Killshot took his place after he retired from the Business." - The Middle Men
-'''- Mr. Grey''' / British Vigilante / Master Martial Artist, Gadgets, Master Detective / Neck broken
+* "The sassy assassin with the classy sense of fashion, that's my boss alright!" - Janine "Red" Guiliani
-[[File:Stone Judge.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Stone Judge]]
+* "Zis man is a Monster, ich vill be on zee vatch for him, und ich vill stop him, ich does not vish for anymore lives to be taken." - [[Fräulein Über]]
+* "Kaufmann... Feel bad for whoever pisses this bloke off.. He is cold, calculatin', and will chain-smoke ya sorry ass into the dirt. Luckily, I was a vastly superior killer, to this pale sod of a boss. He goes on drunken tirades about someone either stealin' his smokes, or the idea that fuckin' gnomes are out to get'm.. Swear those drugs got to his head.. But what can I say, the man did get me out of some jail time, so cheers!" - [[Killshot]]
+* "He has a reputation, even if he tries to keep it quiet. Impressive. One day, we might have to see who is better." - [[Crow]]
+* "He freaks me out!" - [[Coyote]]
+* "What happens when an immovable object meets an unstoppable force? You put this guy, and I, together. He's almost my direct antithesis in terms of combat skill, fighting style, even appearance. I get the nasty feeling the two of us are going to come to blows one day, and it's not gonna be something to write home about!" - [[Skarius Snowtalon|Snowtalon]]
+* "Heard about this guy through the grapevine. Real cold-blooded killer type. Probably thinks he's the best there is, too. ''Heh.'' He's certainly not." - [[All-Star]]
+* "I find it sad and frustrating when someone has the talents to help shape the world into something better and they instead squander it for their own personal gain due to their megalomania. He's dangerous, for sure, and I pray that no one underestimates him simply because he lacks super human prowess: It would be a fatal mistake." - [[Sparrowhawk]]
+* "Ah, ''him''. He's managed to put a chip on my shoulder in a short amount of time. Dangerous in his own right, but it's irrelevant in the end - he figures he can come on top either with brains or with brawn. If I didn't have bigger things to worry about than a narcissistic drug peddler, he'd have been proven wrong on both fronts by now." - [[The Peacemaker]]
+* "Highly experienced killer. Background unknown. Behavior implies narcissistic personality disorder. Top of UNTIL's watchlist. He plays the game well, using heroes to get rid of his competition and indirectly help him gain control of the drug trade. If he has bigger plans for this city, then I need to prepare myself. His ego will be his undoing." - [[Watchman|The Watchman]]
+* "They say he is from Germany, right? In that case I have a message for the Doctor: 'Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall.'" - [[Fahrenheit]]
+* "Smug ass attitude aside, the Doc is brutally efficient. If he calls me a replacement henchman again, I'm gonna slap him." - [[Tesseract (@gijoespouse2)|Tesseract]]
+* "I've had the...interesting experience of working with the Doctor. Enemy of my enemy is my friend type deal. He's certainly an unscrupulous man, his track record speaks of that. But I have to admit, his pragmatism and efficiency is something I can appreciate. Maybe even admire on some level. It's a shame that it's wasted on himself, he'll be seeing the inside of padded four wall cell soon enough." - [[Fathom (Carmen Tethys)|Fathom]]
+* "I've had to work with this guy before, I've luckily never been on the receiving end of a fight with him, er, not that I couldn't take him, I could totally take him! He's a total dweeb! Yeah!" - [[Imp (Angel Anderson)|Imp]]
-'''- Stone Judge''' / US Superhero / Earth Manipulation, Stone Body, Super-Strength / Headshot with handgun (Bullet coated with questionite dust)
+* "I had the "pleasure" of dealing with his associates. I have a feeling this guy is absolute bad news, and like in chess, he's playing a long game." - [[African Violet]]
-[[File:Phoebus.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Phoebus]]
+* "Dr. Kaufmann taught me a lot of things when I got to know the super villain. We make choices in our lives and, sometimes, even the very best choose to be evil. He chose his path while I chose mine... and even the very best have their limits. I don't want to be the one to show him where his limits are but I will, if he faces me and chooses to harm innocent lives." - [[Cosmic Glory]]
+* "What an asshole." - [[Spite]]
+* "If anybody thinks that a man with no powers isn't a danger, then they are... incredibly wrong and narrow-minded. The Doctor has resources - both in terms of manpower and funds - as well as combat skills that put him on par with even well-trained fighters. The man is dangerous, and the men who work for him? Just as dangerous. I'll be happy to show the scars he left behind to any person who doubts that." - [[Faith]]
+* "What cosmic game of "Russian Roulette" did I lose to run into this nutcase, one of the best assassins on the planet? A hired gun and hired killer aren't ''really'' the same thing, but I gotta respect the man's skills. The only reason I survived the Doctor was ''luck'', but he almost killed my friends, and he almost killed my girl. Next time, ''he's'' gonna be lucky I don't forget to switch to rubber bullets when I perforate that sonofabitch." - [[Kid Ballistic]]
+* "Really? So did he say that ''before or after'' the time he ran from me like a coward?" - [[Wolfgirl]]
+* "I'm not such a big fan of doctors in general, but this one takes the cake. The fact he makes house calls does not exactly improve matters." - [[Black Ice]]
+=<div style="font-size:25px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Other Stuff'''</div>=
+<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #848484"><div style="font-size:15px; font-family: Times New Roman">''"Dr. Kaufmann. The Man in White. He does cocaine." - Janine 'Red' Guiliani''</div></div>
+[[File:Kaufmann_Hologram_-_Sketch_-_Small.jpg|300px|thumb|left|<div style="color:#000000;">Bang, you're dead.</div>]]
+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Trivia'''</div>==
+Various more or less interesting bits about the Doctor can be found here.
+* The Doctor has alluded to having a younger sister.
+* The Doctor once killed someone with a golf club. He took the golf club with him and tried playing golf afterwards, only to fail miserably. He kept the club though, just in case.
-'''- Phoebus''' / Demon of Fear / Fear Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation, Assorted Demonic Powers / Burned to death with flamethrower (Using blessed fuel)
+* The Doctor loves to quote oldschool rap lyrics in appropriate situations...
-[[File:Fahariel.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Fahariel]]
+* ...which has caused some of the younger members of the Men in White to joke that the destruction of the Qularr Invasion of 2009 is rather the result of the Doctor's mixtape dropping.
+* The Doctor's most visible tattoos are the letters DONT HARM on his knuckles, but he has many more. On his right arm he has a full sleeve depicting various instances of normal humans fighting the supernatural (David killing Goliath, Siegfried slaying the Dragon, the Witchfinder General burning a witch and Abraham Van Helsing staking Dracula). On his left arm he has a full sleeve of stylized molecular geometry of a wide range of different drugs and poisons along with several chemical formulas. His torso is covered with a wide range of medical and business imagery, including but not limited to the Rod of Asclepius on his back, the Caduceus on his neck, a bull and a bear fighting in front of a stylized stock board on his left side and a 'bloody' carving of the dollar symbol over his heart.
+* The Doctor likes his coffee with both milk and sugar, his steaks blue and his martini with vodka.
+* The Doctor has been voted 'Best Dressed Supervillain' on three different occasions by the Millennium City yellow press.
+* The Doctor loves to play chess, but is not very good at it. He claims it helps him think.
+* The Doctor once caused an earthquake in Timbuktu through unknown means. He is sorry for it.
+* Fittingly enough, the three books the Doctor has read more than any others are The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, the Art of War by Sun Tzu and On War by Carl von Clausewitz. The Doctor can quote many passages from all three books by heart.
+* The Doctor's birthday is April 18th.
+* The Doctor once managed to kill a man using a trumpet, a cactus and a dropkick, but doesn't like to talk about it any further.
+* The Doctor is a spectacularly bad driver, but does not acknowledge that fact. Both passengers and bystanders are in danger, albeit due to different reasons. Bystanders from concussive force, passengers from heart attack.
+* The Doctor has a bit of a problem with getting older. He diligently researches pop culture references he does not know, just to be prepared for the next time they come up in conversation.
-'''- Fahariel''' / Angel of Death / Enchanted Scythe, Death Magic, Assorted Powers Of An Angel of Death / Poisoned with a flask of 'Water of Life'
+* The Doctor is a very heavy sleeper. He once missed a turf battle between the New Purple Gang and the Cult of the Red Banner going on right next to his apartment while asleep. He also likes to sleep very long on his free days, often waking up at 1 or 2 PM. Despite this, he is quite the morning person if he needs to get up earlier.
-[[File:Supreme.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Supreme]]
+* The Doctor once claimed to have the power of toasterkinesis. Investigation of the claim is still ongoing.
+* The Doctor is an average cook and prefers to go to restaurants or even fast-food chains whenever he can. His potato salad is surprisingly delicious though.
+* Ironically enough the Doctor has not seen a single episode of Doctor Who and no desire to do so. The same goes for Breaking Bad.
+* The Doctor has an aquarium with five rather large leeches in his office as both a conversation starter and intimidation tool. It's unknown where he found them but they all show an unusual level of intelligence. Their names are Goethe, Kafka, Nietzsche, Humboldt and Bismarck.
+* There is a sealed envelope in the top drawer of the Doctor's writing desk. It contains two million U.S. dollars and is labelled 'Joe'.
+* When it comes to magic, the Doctor is suspicious of it at best and downright hostile towards it at worst, which is mostly due to the fact that he does not have any sort of magical ability himself, which makes it hard for him control its influence on his operations.
+* The Doctor and Killshot have side bets over just about everything, from which alien race is going to invade Earth next to Dr. Destroyer's favorite dessert.
+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''Tropes'''</div>==
+=== Appearance ===
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette] - The Doctor's most prominent physical feature is his unnaturally pale skin and generally haggard appearance...
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CreepyShadowedUndereyes Creepy Shadowed Undereyes] - ...made even worse by the dark circles under the Doctor's eyes, suggesting a severe lack of sleep and unhealty lifestyle.
-'''- Supreme''' / US superhero / Super-Strength, Super-Thoughness / Headshot with sniper rifle (Bullet coated with questionite dust)
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TaintedVeins Tainted Veins] - The veins on the Doctor's neck and forearms are highly visible against his pale skin (when not covered by tattoos). His tendency to experiment with all kinds of barely approved combat drugs and performance enhancing stimulants is probably to blame for this.
-[[File:Blaster.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Blaster]]
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SkunkStripe Skunk Stripe] - A large white stripe runs through the Doctor's black (okay, formerly black and now slightly greying) hair. It's supposedly the result of an experiment going terribly haywire.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SinisterShades Sinister Shades] - The Doctor is rarely seen without some type of red tinted glasses, even at night or in other situations where it would make no sense to wear them. Possibly justified by the fact that they have several useful features built into them.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ManInWhite Man In White] - Duh. Not only does his whole gang follow this dress code (and is even named the Men in White!), the Doctor's own outfits are also often predominantly white...
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ManOfWealthAndTaste Man Of Wealth And Taste] - ...in addition to being incredibly stylish, impeccably clean and extraordinarily expensive. He is most definitely paying attention to how he presents himself.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PimpDuds?from=Main.PimpSuit Pimp Duds] - In general the Doctor's outfits are a toned down, classier version of this, but the theme is still there with his pimp cane and the tendency to wear multiple pieces of silver jewelry.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoatCape Coat Cape] - For some reason the Doctor is particulary fond of wearing his coats this way whenever possible, even though he regards normal capes on superheroes and -villains as silly.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ClassyCane Classy Cane] - Most of the time the Doctor carries a simple black cane with a silver handle with him. It's both a stylish accessory and an effective melee weapon in his hands.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TattooedCrook Tattooed Crook] - In stark contrast to his choice of clothing are the many tattoos covering his hands, arms and torso. Chemical formulas and molecular geometry, medical and business imagery and scenes of normal humans fighting against the supernatural seem to be the most common themes.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KnuckleTattoos Knuckle Tattoos] - Ironically enough the Doctor's read DON'T HARM.
+=== Background ===
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MultipleChoicePast Multiple-Choice Past] - Nobody really knows much about the Doctor's past before he started to work as a mercenary and assassin and the Doctor likes it that way. Some rumors float around, but most of them sound... unlikely.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TrainingFromHell Training From Hell] - With the Doctor's level of skill and expertise, it's likely that he has to have been subjected to this at some point.
-'''- Blaster''' / US superhero / High-Tech Firearms, Master Marksman, Technological Genius / Throat slit with scalpel
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MadDoctor Mad Doctor] - Nobody really knows if the Doctor is actually a doctor. There is certainly no university who has records of him as a student, but his expertise in all things medical make his claim of being DOCTOR Kaufmann quite likely.
-[[File:Lamia.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Lamia]]
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProfessionalKiller Professional Killer] - Regardless of his origins, for the longest time the Doctor's occupation was killing people for a living, specializing in highly dangerous high-profile targets. He was considered one of the best in business and one of the deadliest men on the planet.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CapeBusters Cape Busters] - The Doctor used to be a one-man version of this and has racked up quite the body count of metahumans.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BringingInTheExpert Bringing In The Expert] - He was the expert in question. Whenever your normal henchmen didn't quite do the job, you could rely on the Doctor doing the job reliably, in time, and under budget.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CorporateSamurai Corporate Samurai] - When not freelancing, the Doctor has worked as an enforcer for many other supervillains, shady organizations and questionable authorities. The guy has connections.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MurderInc Murder Inc.] - Supposedly he worked for one these - called the Middle Men - for a long time before he mysteriously disappeared for over a year. Nobody knows if they fell out or not.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TokenEvilTeammate Token Evil Teammate] - On some occasions however the Doctor has worked on the side of the heroes, much to the dismay of both parties.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBusCameBack The Bus Came Back] - After mysteriously disappearing for almost a year, the Doctor has retired from the killing business to concentrate on building his own criminal empire.
+=== Personality & Motivation===
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheCynic The Cynic] - The Doctor is a deeply cynical individual. To him the world is a cruel place, people are bastards and nothing lasts forever. Ideals, altruism and hope for a better future are ridiculous concepts to him.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItAmusedMe It Amused Me] - Despite his cynicism, the Doctor is however neither a fatalist nor a nihilist and his outlook on the world doesn't depress him. Since nothing matters in the end, the Doctor's main motivation is simply doing whatever he finds amusing or challenging. Unfortunately many things the Doctor finds amusing or challenging aren't very nice.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Greed Greed] - And here's the other part of the Doctor's motivation. Money, status, power, influence. Even though it doesn't matter in the long run, all of these four are important to the Doctor for the simple reason that they allow him to do one important thing: whatever the hell he wants.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Troll Troll] - Messing with people for the hell of it (especially those he considers his intellectual inferiors, so most people) is one of those things the Doctor finds amusing. His trolling can go from slightly irritating to very cruel, depending on his mood.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InsufferableGenius Insufferable Genius] - Even when he is not actively messing with people, the Doctor is often an arrogant, condescending jerk, albeit one with enough cunning, skill, and intelligence to at least partly justify his ego.
+*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SmugSnake Smug Snake] - The Doctor's ego, quick wit, and sharp tongue combine into a distinctly unlikeable individual towards those on the opposite side of the battlefield (and sometimes also on the same side).
-'''- Lamia''' / Ex-VIPER Superhero / Serpent Mage, Sibling Empathy / Blown up with fordite explosive
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WickedCultured Wicked Cultured] - The Doctor has an impeccable sense of style, a flair for the dramatic, excellent taste and sophisticated interests. He is also a devious, amoral criminal and former assassin who can kill people without hesitation or remorse.
-[[File:Naga 2.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Naga]]
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PragmaticVillainy Pragmatic Villany] - The Doctor believes that excessive bloodlust, unnecessary cruelty and overt displays of villainy are signs of bad planning, lack of style and a waste of resources. And the Doctor prides himself on being stylish, resourceful and a good planner.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheMentallyDisturbed The Mentally Disturbed] - It's not entirely sure if his cynical worldview is the reason or a consequence, but the Doctor is not sane. He often displays a distinct lack of empathy for other people, along with a severe case of narcissism. In addition, the Doctor seems to be frequently on the verge of a nervous breakdown and occasionally suffers from both paranoid delusions and bouts of extreme megalomania.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Even Evil Has Loved Ones] - Despite his cynicism, arrogance, and questionable sanity, there is at least one positive thing about the Doctor. His friendship with his secretary Janine 'Red' Guiliani is deep and genuine. Both of them would do anything for each other and even going so far as implying to hurt her while the Doctor is present is a very, very bad idea.
+=== The Men in White ===
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FiveBadBand Five-Bad Band] - Within the leadership of the Men in White, it looks like this:
+• [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigBad The Big Bad]: The Doctor
+• [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheDragon The Dragon]: Killshot
+• [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilGenius The Evil Genius]: ???
+• [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBrute The Brute]: ???
+• [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DarkChick The Dark Chick]: Red
+• [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MookLieutenant The Mook Lieutenant]: Cross
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSyndicate The Syndicate] - The Men in White are a large and highly dangerous organized crime syndicate consisting of street gangs, ex-soldiers and mercenaries. They deal in drugs and weapons, have their hands in a number of other criminal activities, and allegedly have ties to some very powerful people. Approach with caution.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DiabolicalMastermind Diabolical Mastermind] - The Doctor has no ambitions of conquering the planet or becoming a god. He simply wants money, power and influence behind the scenes and plans to achieve these goals through cunning, intelligence and calculated ruthlessness.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OpportunisticBastard Opportunistic Bastard] - Yes. The Doctor and the Men in White as a whole will work with anyone - even superheroes - as long as there is profit to be made or if it benefits their goals in any way.
-'''- Naga''' / Ex-VIPER Superhero / Serpent Mage, Sibling Empathy / Strangulated with microfilament wire
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BenevolentBoss Benevolent Boss] - In contrast to many other supervillains, the Doctor actually cares about the problems and issues of his henchmen and works to ensure their safety as well as physical and mental wellbeing. Not because he cares about them as people, but because he knows that they perform better if he does.
-[[File:Echidna.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Echidna]]
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PrivateMilitaryContractors Private Military Contractors] - If you can convince the Doctor, the Men in White can also be hired for all kinds of jobs, from almost legal to plain criminal. With both the Doctor and Killshot leading the Men in White, their success rate is quite impressive and definately justifies their often steep prices.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GangOfHats Gang Of Hats] - The Men in White's hat is either the color white and their medical theme or being completely ruthless opportunists, depending on who you ask.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DoomTroops Doom Troops] - The Men in White's elite enforcers are the Adjutants. Equipped with the very best equipment available on the black market, highly trained and led by Killshot himself, they are a force to be reckoned with. They outfits and masks are inspired by medieval plague doctors and designed to leave a lasting impression on allies and enemies alike.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SuperSoldier?from=Main.SuperSoldiers Super Soldiers] - Many Men in White can technically achieve metahuman prowess when overdosing the organization's combat drugs (especially the dreaded Fiends), but the effects do not last long and come with dangerous side effects, which severly undermines the effectiveness and frequency of their deployment.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BackAlleyDoctor Back-Alley Doctor] - Unsurprisingly the Men in White do offer all kinds of medical procedures and surgeries to those who have the money and don't want questions asked. The quality of their work is surprisingly good, especially if you are willing to pay the premium rate for the Doctor himself.
+=== Skills ===
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CharlesAtlasSuperpower Charles Atlas Superpower] - The Doctor does not have any superpowers per se, but his abilities, vast range of skills, intelligence, and level of competence are beyond what any 'normal' human could ever achieve outside of comic books.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CombatPragmatist Combat Pragmatist] - The Doctor fights dirty. Very dirty. He's not averse to using the environment, distractions, henchmen, traps, ambushes, hostages, psychological warfare, biological and chemical weapons and all manners of dirty tricks to tip the fight in his favor againt opponents he would otherwise not be able to defeat.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AwesomenessByAnalysis Awesomeness By Analysis] - While the Doctor lacks the raw power of many superheroes and supervillains, he is able to tip the odds in his favor by analyzing enemies, situations, fighting styles, powers and weak spots accurately and in record time. He then uses this information to quickly develop strategies and counter-strategies which often target and exploit the physical, mental, and emotional weaknesses of even vastly more powerful opponents.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DangerouslyGenreSavvy Dangerously Genre Savvy] - In addition to his training, his tendency to fight dirty and his analytical abilities, the Doctor has been in this business for a long time now and pretty much seen it all. And probably dealt with something like this before.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TrapMaster Trap Master] - Ahh, traps. Two of the Doctor's favorite things at the same time; defeating an enemy by outsmarting them and not getting his hands dirty. The Doctor is extremely skilled in combining his many skills to create both literal and metaphorical traps for his enemies to walk in.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadlyDoctor Deadly Doctor] - Despite the ambiguity of his doctorate, the Doctor certainly knows how to utilize his medical knowledge in a variety of ways, from using anatomical knowledge to target weak spots to performing impressive feats of medicine and surgery on the battlefield to skillfully using different kinds of poisons, drugs and other substances in combat.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MasterPoisoner Master Poisoner] - With the Doctor's expertise in all matters medical, biological, and chemical it's easy for him to tailor a variety of poisons, biological and chemical weapons to a wide range of situations and enemies, all of them extremely dangerous.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DanceBattler Dance Battler] - The Doctor is a very proficient practicioner of Capoeira. Combined with his training and a small dose of combat drugs, this allows the Doctor to twirl, lunge and back-flip through battles with amazing agility and quickness (and style), outmaneuvering enemies and nonchalantly dodging attacks.
-'''- Echidna''' / Ex-VIPER Superhero / Serpent Mage, Sibling Empathy, Immortality Talisman / Driven to suicide after the death of her sisters
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CaneFu Cane Fu] - The Doctor's cane is much more than meets the eye. ot only is it a stylish accessory, it's also a quite effective melee weapon in his hands, aided by his skill in the arts of baritsu and savate. And since it's a sword cane...
-[[File:Brimstone 2.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Brimstone]]
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImplausibleFencingPowers Implausible Fencing Powers] - ...stabing and slicing the enemy is also an option. The Doctor is quite adept at fencing, preferring the rather obscure Polish cross-cutting technique. He's also good with knives.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SwordAndGun Sword And Gun] - Of course the Doctor is not above bringing a gun to a knife fight. Or a sword fight. Or a fist fight. In fact, the Doctor likes shooting people. And while he is trained in a wide range of firearms, he prefers handguns, mostly due to the fact that they are versatile, easy to hide, and stylish.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FiringOneHanded Firing One-Handed] - Comes with the job. Long years of training, customization of his weapons and some help from combat drugs allow him to maintain accuracy while compensating for the recoil.
+=== Weapons & Equipment ===
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HandCannon Hand Cannon] - It's a highly customized and modified RSh-12 12.7mm Assault Revolver with reduced recoil, improved accuracy and enough stopping power to make even superpowered enemies think twice about charging the Doctor. He refuses to give it a name.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SwordCane Sword Cane] - For melee combat the Doctor prefers this stylish piece of weaponry. It's a sturdy black walking cane with a serpent-shaped, silver handle. Hidden inside is a sabre-like blade made of cryogenically treated Damascus steel, coated with a fine layer of questionite dust. The tip of the cane also contains a powerful electric charge allowing it to be used as a shock baton. He can also just hit people with the cane.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KnifeNut Knife Nut] - The Doctor is a fan of all kinds of knives and owns an extensive collection. He is very good at using them too, and yes, if necessary he is able to use a scalpel as a melee weapon and has killed someone with one. His favorite is his customized bowie knife, made from the same material as the blade of his sword cane.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HiddenWeapons Hidden Weapons] - Keeping with his philosophy of never giving the enemy a fair fight, the Doctor carries a number of hidden weapons with him; a secondary knife strapped to his leg, spring-loaded blades hidden in the tips of his shoes, flash powder coating his gloves, small explosives hidden underneath his clothes, and scalpels and syringes filled with all manner of nasty substances in a small bag. Catching the Doctor unarmed is nearly impossible.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PoisonedWeapons Poisoned Weapons] - Insidious like he is, more often than not, the Doctor's melee weapons will be coated in one of the various poisons he likes to use. Sometimes he will even use poisoned bullets, if it is a viable tactical choice.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThrowDownTheBomblet Throw Down the Bomblet] - Maybe there are really people who don't love explosions, but the Doctor is not one of them. All manners of grenades, mines and remote-controlled bombs have been used by the Doctor in the past when it was tactically sound, discretion was not necessary or simply when a show of force was necessary.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThePoorMansAtomicBomb The Poor Man's Atomic Bomb] - Poison, chemical and biological weapons, sometimes even thermobarics when he can get his hands on it; if it gives him an advantage in combat the Doctor will use it with frightening skill and expertise. Let's hope he never gets his hands on something truly destructive...
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RazorFloss Razor Floss] - Microfilament wires were one of the Doctor's favorites back in the day when he was still a killer for hire. He hasn't forgotten how to use them as garrotes, tripwires or to set up nasty traps for his enemies.
-'''- Brimstone''' / Demon Superhero / Fire Magic, Enchanted Battleaxe, Assorted Demonic Powers / Shot to death with handgun (Bullets filled with holy water)
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PsychoSerum Psycho Serum] - If even his already impressive set of talents and equipment is not enough, the Doctor uses a variety of combat drugs and other stimulants to boost his physical and mental abilities to even higher (often metahuman) levels. However the effects are only temporary and the side effects are... unpleasant.
-[[File:Classified.png|130px|thumb|left|???]]
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FutureCopter Future Copter] - The Phaeton is the Doctor's personal (and incredibly stylish) way of getting from A to B. This high-tech VTOL aircraft is outfitted with the latest in weapons and stealth technology and is the Doctor's trump card in combat when all else fails. Piloted by Frank Wilson AKA Paramedic.
+=== Misc. ===
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheNicknamer The Nicknamer] - It's not like he is unable to remember the names of people he meets, he simply likes to do it to mess with people.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DrivesLikeCrazy Drives Like Crazy] - There is a reason why the Doctor has employed a personal driver and pilot for both his car and his VTOL aircraft. That reason is that a mix of overenthusiasm, short temper and bad luck tends to turn rides with the Doctor into a matter of life and death for both passengers and bystanders.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/main/sophisticatedashell Sophisticated as Hell] & [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SirSwearsalot Sir Swears-a-Lot] - Due to spending almost all of his life among mercenaries, soldiers and criminals the Doctor's vocabulary is not entirely as posh as one would expect.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrazyPrepared Crazy Prepared] - The Doctor believes that every plan should have a back-up plan. The same rule goes for back-up plans.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CooperationGambit Cooperation Gambit] - Of all the villains who made Millennium City their home, the Doctor is one of those who are most ready to strike a deal and cooperate with groups of heroes (local law enforcement not so much, the Doctor doesn't respect them enough for that...). He will also not necessarily betray the heroes, but they can be sure that the cooperation somehow furthers the Doctor's own goals on the side.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExtendedDisarming Extended Disarming] - Don't ask him to drop his weapons unless you've got some time to spare. It takes a while.
+*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FunctionalAddict Functional Addict] - The Doctor is quite the hedonist, which has led to him being addicted to alcohol, nicotine, caffeine and a slew of other drugs. Until now - thanks to his incredible self-control and a good bit of luck - his addictions have not yet affected his ability to function, but he is definately not a healthy person.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HorrifyingTheHorror Horrifying the Horror] - The Doctor is prone to this. Even vampires, werewolves, demons, mutants and cultists have been horrified by the Doctor's amoral attitude, calculated ruthlessness and complete disregard for anything even vaguely resembling fair play.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlayingWithSyringes Playing with Syringes] - While the Doctor ususally focuses his efforts on more tangible endeavours like gaining money, power, and influence, he is a brillaint scientist. That, combined with his disregard for most tenets of morals and ethics have led to some truly impressive (and in most cases twisted) creations. Highlights include an improved but very unstable version of Adrian Arkwright's vampire plague, a variant of the Graham formula which can supercharge the human body and metabolism for a few minutes (with catastrophic side effects though), and Nightmare 2.0, a highly potent, hallucinogenic combat agent.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RenaissanceMan Renaissance Man] - The Doctor is talented and knowledgeable in a wide variety of fields, ranging from business administration to languages to biology, chemistry, medicine and toxicology to pop culture trivia.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LaughablyEvil Laughably Evil] - The Doctor is many things, but the fact that he is an eccentric, sarcastic and quite insane criminal mastermind with an ego the size of Texas and a distinct lack of empathy is often just as hilarious as it is terrifying.
-'''- CLASSIFIED''' / CLASSIFIED / CLASSIFIED / CLASSIFIED
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrazyAwesome Crazy Awesome] - We are talking about a guy who has (in that order) manipulated a telepath via subliminal messages on her teleprompter into manipulating her guards into killing her, escaped an omega-level binding circle by using the shockwave of his own grenade to blow him out of it, brought the Westside Central Prison of Millennium City to a standstill by flooding an entire floor with coffee, blew up an entire apartment building to kill a single supervillain and a swarm of mutated spiders, accidently saved Thundrax from being killed by a Mega-Destroid, fought Vladic Dracul of Vibora Bay's New Shadows to a standstill on two separate occasions all by himself after killing Dracul's adopted daughter, poisoned a superhero in front of a crowd of thousands while remaining unseen, shot a kaiju's eye out with an anti-materiel rifle and killed another kaiju by feeding it a thermobaric satchel charge, defeated a powerful vampire by poisoning it with his own blood, nearly destroyed an entire UNTIL skycarrier while rescuing Killshot from UNTIL custody, engineered a Westside-wide riot to take out several of his competitors in the black market, helped the Protectors of the World take down the Golden Dragon and save the wrold economy from collapsing, escaped MCPD custody by cutting a hole in the floor of his prison transport with a cutting laser hidden in the temple of his glasses, took out a whole group of Protectors of the World with hallucinogenic gas and robbed Millennium City's Goodman Institute at the same time, led a successful attack on Millennium City's UNTIL HQ, engineered an alliance of all Westside gangs and attacked the Progeny during the ensuing riot with a modified bulldozer and escaped the National Guard in it afterwards. During all of this he was rarely completely sober.
-[[File:Father Edward.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Father Edward]]
+=== Janine "Red" Guiliani ===
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GirlFriday Girl Friday] - Janine is an essential part of the Men in White leadership. She handles important administrative and financial tasks, negotiates with customers and suppliers and keeps the organization running smoothly. In addition she is also the Doctor's trusted personal assistant.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SassySecretary Sassy Secretary] - Probably due to them knowing each other for so long (and enabling each other's sass), Janine is one of the few people who can throw down with the Doctor in a verbal smackdown.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FieryRedhead Fiery Redhead] - Her nickname comes from her fiery red hair (it's natural, thank you very much!) and her passionate, outgoing and quick-witted personality matches. What a woman!
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SatisfiedStreetRat Satisfied Street Rat] - Janine spent most of her teenage years on the streets, had ran with almost every gang in Millennium City by the time she was 18 and is very proud of the fact that she managed to make a name for herself in Westside. She's definitely not a delicate flower and is not shy to prove that to anyone who thinks she's just the Doctor's arm candy.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DarkMistress Dark Mistress] - Maybe? The exact nature of the Doctor's and Janine's relationship is one of the great mysteries of Westside. They're definately VERY good friends and would go to the end of the world for each other.
+=== Tamara "Cross" Aristopoulos ===
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GoodScarsEvilScars Good Scars, Evil Scars] - The origin of her nickname and source of unending bitterness for Cross is the large, cross-shaped scar on her right cheek, covering almost half of her face. Despite not being utterly disfiguring, it is the reason her life before the Men in White went down the drain.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MinorInjuryOverreaction Minor Injury Overreaction] - Zig-zagged. There is no way Cross' scar could be called 'minor' and the humiliation and emotional trauma which came afterwards are anything but minor, but faking your suicide, leaving everything behind and joining a criminal organization as to get revenge on the world is definately an overreaction.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrokenBird Broken Bird] - Cold, bitter and full of barely contained resentment for superheroes, supervillains and society in general, Cross is not a very pleasant person. While she is both feared and respected in the Men in White for her skill and no-nonsense attitude when it comes to getting things done, only a few people are truly friends with her.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SkySurfing Sky Surfing] - Cross' experience as a former biathlete was too valuable to let go to waste for the Men in White. They commissioned Wayland Talos to craft a pair of anti-gravity boots for her, allowing her to 'ski' through the air, giving her unmatched mobility in a fight.
+* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MookLieutenant Mook Lieutenant] - Cross' official position in the Men in White is as the Doctor's adjutant. She serves as a field commander for the Men in White, oversees smaller operations herself and co-ordinates training and logistics of the Men in White's forces together with Killshot and the Doctor.
+==<div style="font-size:20px;font-family:{{{Font|Lucida Console}}};color: #000000;padding:5px; background-color: hidden">'''OOC Information'''</div>==
+* Dr. Kaufmann combines the best (and/or worst) of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OHBP3efG4A Albert Wesker], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-x9g6fLyv0 Kiritsugu Emiya], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaCu2C3234c Lex Luthor], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA_kd4iuTwg Kirsten Geary], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLZq4hvs_30 Roman Torchwick], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ_jhw5TuxA Mr. 47], and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1Dkznd3_Qs Pagan Min].
+* Theme Songs:
-'''- Father Edward''' / British Superhero / Holy Magic / Strangulated with microfilament wire
+. Business Casual: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34jC1fmeFD0 Marilyn Manson feat. Tyler Bates - Killing Strangers]
-[[File:Kolro.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Kolro]]
+: Trust me, I am THE Doctor: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej8rdi-cwdw Muse - Supremacy]
+. Businessman, Scientist, Entrepreneur: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUChk0lxF44 Panic! At The Disco - Victorious]
+. The Men in White: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atKUCxXanXA Lifeseeker - Gone Guru]
+. Ladies and Gentlemen, Showtime: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5xGmKnVJp8 Emigrate - My Pleasure]
+. Just Business, Nothing Personal: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di0SSSHjYhg Powerman 5000 - You're Gonna Love It, If You Like It Or Not]
-'''- Kolro''' / Ancient Vampire Lord / Assorted Vampiric Powers, Darkness Manipulation, Black Magic, Soul Manipulation, Immortality / Unknown (*)
-[[File:Captain Eagle.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Captain Eagle]]
-'''- Captain Eagle''' / US Superhero / Super-Strenth, Super-Thoughness / Blown up with thermobaric explosive
-[[File:Girlscout II.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Girlscout II]]
-'''- Girlscout II''' / Captain Eagle's Sidekick / Master Martial Artist / Headshot with sniper rifle
-[[File:Princess Love.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Princess Love]]
-'''- Princess Love''' / US Superheroine / Magical Girl / Killed with poison injection
-[[File:Solar.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Solar]]
-'''- Solar''' / French Superhero / Pyrokinesis, Photokinesis / Killed with poisoned drink
-[[File:Ionizer.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Ionizer]]
-'''- Ionizer''' / Japanese Superhero / Electrokinesis / Killed through poisonous gas and several severe bone fractures
-[[File:Mina Rose.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Mina Rose]]
-'''- Mina 'The Bloody Rose' Rose''' / New Shadows Supervillain / Assorted Vampiric Powers / Unknown
-[[File:Forgemaster.jpg|130px|thumb|left|Forgemaster]]
-'''- Forgemaster''' / Retired Superhero / Power Armor / Headshot with handgun (Outside of armor)
-(*) Kolro's death is especially notable. This supervillain was known to be absolutely and completely immortal. It is not known how the Doctor managed to kill him. This shows well that this hitman is as resourceful and dangerous as he is insane.
-= '''Comments & Rumors''' =
-Do you have anything to say about this mysterious assassin? Rumors, gossip, leads for other heroes? Here's the place for it.
-"Dr. Kaufmann, or simply "The Doctor" is considered the 5th best assassin in the world according to the Bounty Board, ranking just behind Jack Knife, Tallyman, Andres Panthanatos and of course, Taipan. He's closely followed by the likes of Devana Hawke, Mechassassin, Iroslav Vargas and Killshot, competing with the latter over the title "Meta Hunter", given to the assassin who has taken down the most metahumans in their careers." - [http://primusdatabase.com/index.php?title=Dr._Kaufmann#Accomplices The Middle Men]
-"Guy needs to remember what got him where he is today. He's holding himself back from what he's -really- capable of." - [[Clownface]]
-"Zis man is a Monster, ich vill be on zee vatch for him, und ich vill stop him, ich does not vish for anymore lives to be taken." - [[Fräulein Uber]]
-"I've heard rumors 'bout this bloke, a very messed up individual. 'ell I remember when I first met the bastard, and all I remember 'bout him is his sellin' of organs from personally killed metas... Still, apart from that I've heard he is a capable combatant. He just best watch it, comin' for his spot on the board." - [[Killshot]]
-"He has a reputation, even if he tries to keep it quiet. Impressive. One day, we might have to see who is the better assassin, if a contractor so wills it." - [[Crow|"Crow"]]
-= '''Other Stuff''' =
-[[File:Kaufmann.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Remember kids: Smoking kills, but bullets kill faster. (Sketch by Soulstarisborn, thank you!)]]
-== '''Trivia''' ==
-* Dr. Kaufmann is not fond of any jokes comparing him with vampires.
+. First, Do No Harm: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYLdajxk8cI Combichrist - What The Fuck Is Wrong With You?]
-* Dr. Kaufmann is even less fond of any jokes regarding his codename and a certain time-travelling doctor.
-* Dr. Kaufmann is also not fond of any jokes regarding... Hell, just dont make any jokes on his expense.
-* Dr. Kaufmann smokes. His favorite brands are Gauloises, West and Peter Stuyvesant.
-* Dr. Kaufmann's favorite movie genre are horror movies, especially those involving ghosts, monsters and demons. While watching those movies he likes to think about strategies and plans, which would be used to kill or defeat the fictional monsters, just in case he encounters something like that in real life. In fact he really wants to see what happens if you force the girl from 'The Ring' to watch her own video.
-* Dr. Kaufmann loves playing chess, but sucks at it.
-* Dr. Kaufmann once caused an earthquake in Timbuktu. He is moderately sorry for it.
-* Dr. Kaufmann is a very heavy sleeper. He once missed a turf battle between the New Purple Gang and the Cult of the Red Banner going on right next to his apartment. He also likes to sleep very long on his free days, often waking up at 1 or 2 PM. Despite this, he is quite the morning person if he needs to get up earlier.
-* Dr. Kaufmann and his secretary Janine Golami were married for 8 hours. It was during a trip to Las Vegas. Both of them dont like to talk about it, courtesy of the fact that they both cant remember much of it.
-* Dr. Kaufmann is very proud of the fact that during his long career in ''The Business'' he has never broken a single bone. However he has strained several joints, sprained his ankles numerous times, has been stabbed in several body parts, once caught an extraterrestrial cold, suffered from insomnia for 3 months after a battle against PSI and has been injured in many more more or less amusing ways.
-* Dr. Kaufmann's birthday is April 18th.
-* Dr. Kaufmann once managed to convince an alien warlord that his personal rival's underwear drawer is a 'strategically sound ambush position'. Devana Hawke was not amused.
-* Dr. Kaufmann once killed a man using a trumpet, a cactus and a dropkick. He doesn't like to talk about it.
-* Dr. Kaufmann is an average cook and prefers to go to restaurants or even fast-food chains whenever he can. His potato salad is surprisingly delicious though.
-* Dr. Kaufmann is turned on by red hair on women.
-* Dr. Kaufmann's normal, unarmored business suits tend to have a spectacularly short lifespan. Somehow they always end up burned, ripped, dunked in strange liquids or otherwise ruined after two weeks at the latest.
-[[File:VIPER Kill.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Seriously, who wears stuff like that?]]
-* Inspiration for Dr. Kaufmann included [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFZRszQuDjI Mr. 47 from Hitman], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80oCCKfhx7M Albert Wesker from Resident Evil], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfTdJwJf8jo Luke Valentine from Hellsing], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D82T9eMcNF0 Kiritsugu Emiya from Fate/Zero], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZO_GWNryJw Mr. Teatime from Hogfather] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9W0UBBDKUc Hush from the Batman-verse].
-* Three songs for the Doctor:
-[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej8rdi-cwdw - Supremacy - Muse]
-[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUNemUvJ-JE - After The War - Mono Inc.]
-[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8pBe1Zbd3Y - Sent To Destroy - Combichrist]
-* Should there ever be a Champions Online Live-Action Movie, my picks for the actor of Dr. Kaufmann would be [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MruZ3wpjKd8/USRwAkU6bnI/AAAAAAAAAyY/RrqmFxI3s1Q/s1600/Adrien%2BBrody-15.jpg Adrien Brody], [http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/25700000/Justin-Theroux-justin-theroux-25794346-817-1104.jpg Justin Theroux] or the German actor [http://www.horizont.net/aktuell/medien/pages/protected/pics/40913-org.jpg Jan-Josef Liefers].
-== '''Tropes''' ==
-=== '''Appearance''' ===
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SharpDressedMan Sharp-Dressed Man] - Do you see that outfit? The tie has probably cost more than your whole equipment.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SinisterShades Sinister Shades] - While he has several good reasons not to take his shades off in public, he actually likes wearing them just to look intimidating and mysterious.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScarfOfAsskicking Scarf Of Asskicking] - Nobody really knows why... And nobody has dared to ask yet...
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SkunkStripe Skunk Stripe] - The Doctor firmly refuses to talk about it, but his voice and eyes betray a certain anger and sadness when this topic is brought up.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette] - Long nights filled with secret operations, battles and other shady activities along with a diet mostly consisting of cigarettes and coffee have taken their toll on the Doctor's appearance. The Aderlass Treatment doesnt help.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TaintedVeins Tainted Veins] - And here's yet another reason why the Aderlass Treatment is generally a bad idea.
-=== '''Personality''' ===
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarker] - It's his way of dealing with the world. After all he thinks he is...
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SurroundedByIdiots Surrounded By Idiots] - ...and often quite vocal about it.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SmugSnake Smug Snake] - In case you did not notice: He thinks he's better than you.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InsufferableGenius Insufferable Genius] - The problem here is: He is better at many things than most people, giving his ego at least some justification.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ConsummateProfessional Consummate Professional] - In spite of his arrogant disdain for most people, he tries to appear as a professional and businessman most of the time. Leads to...
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ColdSniper Cold Sniper] - ...this. The Doctor will shoot you without blinking twice and have forgotten about it moments later. It's just business.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WickedCultured Wicked Cultured] - Among the many things he enjoys are jazz music, modern art, fine wine or whiskey and feeding innocent metahumans to a swarm of mutant leeches.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NeatFreak Neat Freak] - "Wait, wait, wait... Did you just get blood on my suit? DID YOU JUST GET BLOOD ON MY SUIT?"
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SophisticatedAsHell Sophisticated As Hell] - "...good, listen: I understand the necessity to vomit blood when injected with this kind of poison from a medical, professional as well as from a personal point of view. But that is MY SUIT, ASSHOLE!"
-=== '''Personal Philosophies''' ===
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MugglePower Muggle Power] - The Doctor does not like metahumans. A good part of it is indeed not his, but his parents fault. But he has still enough contempt for them himself...
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhatMeasureIsANonHuman What Measure Is A Metahuman?] & [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VanHelsingHateCrimes Van Helsing Hate Crimes] - ...which leads us to this. He views all metahumans as pathetic weaklings who do not deserve their powers and success and are far beneath him. And with that attitude it's no wonder that he treats them as such, no matter if dealing with superheroes or supervillains...
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeWhoFightsMonsters He Who Fights Monsters] - ...which leads us to this. There's no doubt that the Doctor is worse than many vampires, ghouls and werewolves you will ever meet.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PragmaticVillainy Pragmatic Villainy] - The Doctor once refused to kill a defenseless heroine. Why? Because he might get a contract on her later.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MadDoctor Mad Doctor] - He sees the Hippocratic Oath more as a Hippocratic Suggestion. Not harming people would be counter-productive to his interests anyway.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Pride Pride] - And here we have the Doctor's leading motivation for everything he is doing: His ego. Painfully obvious for everyone who has talked to him more than five minutes too.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CorporateSamurai Corporate Samurai] - Repeat after me, folks: "It's just business, nothing personal... unless it is."
-=== '''Skills''' ===
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProfessionalKiller Professional Killer] - He's one of the best available.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BadassAbnormal Badass Abnormal] - Exhibit D: A genius doctor injected with a super-serum and trained to be one of the deadliest men on earth.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CombatPragmatist Combat Pragmatist] - This is the Doctor's philosophy of fighting. Shoot them in the back , then shoot them again while they are down and then shoot the corpse for good measure.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LightningBruiser Lightning Bruiser] - The Aderlass Serum allows him to punch you across the room before you can even react.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DodgeTheBullet Dodge The Bullet], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FlashStep Flash Step] & [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NeckLift Neck Lift] - Aderlass Serum. Get yours today.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DangerouslyGenreSavvy Dangerously Genre Savvy] & [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeenItAll Seen It All] - He has seen something like this back then in Malta already.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrazyPrepared Crazy Prepared] & [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FlawExploitation Flaw Exploitation] - He has many other skills and weapons, but at the core this is how he wins his battles. Study, learn, exploit, kill.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImprobableAimingSkills Improbable Aiming Skills] - His favorite weapons are firearms and once he has the target in his sights, the client can already start transfering the money in 99 % of all cases.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FiringOneHanded Firing One Handed] - He trained for this. You can use the other hand to hold your blackberry and check your mails for example.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KnifeNut Knife Nut] - Well, those scalpels arent for show.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadlyDoctor Deadly Doctor] - He did not study this stuff for nothing. [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AttackItsWeakPoint Knowledge of anatomy], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PressurePoint pressure points], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImprobableWeaponUser weaponized medical tools], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MasterPoisoner use of poisons], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FeelNoPain abuse of painkillers], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PhlebotinumPills combat drugs] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfSurgery and] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ColdBloodedTorture more]. You can make it far with a proper education.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FightsLikeANormal Fights Like A Normal] - If he uses the full effects of the Aderlass Serum against you, feel honored. He doesn't need it against most opponents.
-=== '''Weapons & Equipment''' ===
-[[File:The Doctor.jpg|300px|thumb|right|The Doctor is watching you leave this page without leaving a comment.]]
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Handguns Handguns] - He has two: The 'Hexenschuss' comes with a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HollywoodSilencer silencer] and the 'Schreckschuss' is just [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HandCannon freaking huge.]
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SniperRifle Sniper Rifle] - The 'Blattschuss'. If I were you, I wouldnt ask if he is compensating for something.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DepletedPhlebotinumShells Depleted Phlebotinum Shells] - The Doctor uses a wide range of ammunition, up to and including holy acid rounds, just in case he ever encounters demonically possesed robots. You never know.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RazorFloss Razor Floss] - The good old wire garrote, staple of assassins since the dawn of time. Now available with microfilament.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StaticStunGun Static Stun Gun] - The Doctor has two of them built into his gloves.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HandbagOfHurt Handbag Of Hurt] - The Doctor's briefcase has doubled as a melee weapon from time to time in addition to its [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IKEAWeaponry other] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BagOfHolding uses.]
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PsychoSerum Psycho Serum] - The Aderlass Serum, Ladies and Gentlemen.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HandyRemoteControl Handy Remote Control] - The Doctor likes to detonate his explosives with one of these, along with an arrogant smirk.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AbsurdlySharpBlade Absurdly Sharp Blade] - Most of his specialized 'medical' tools fall in this category.
-=== '''Quirks''' ===
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SicklyProdigy Sickly Prodigy] - The Aderlass Treatment is constantly eating away at the Doctor's health and by extension also his sanity. Ironically enough he is fully aware of that fact, but unable to do anything about it.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HumanResources Human Resources] - ...but the Doctor is constantly trying to improve the Aderlass Treatment by experimenting with different kinds of metahuman blood and tissue. The donators arent always volunteers though. Sometimes he also simply sells the organs he doesnt need on the black market. There's always some mad scientist paying for spare parts.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProfessorGuineaPig Professor Guinea Pig] - For the Doctor it is standard procedure to test most of his combat drugs, experimental painkillers and new versions of the Aderlass Treatment himself. If it were not for the fact that he needs metahuman blood and body parts for his research, nobody would have any reason to bother.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RantInducingSlight Rant-Inducing Slight] - The Doctor has a lot of patience and nerves of steel, but when one of those happens the result is usually pretty impressive...
-*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ForeignLanguageTirade Foreign Language Tirade] - ...and one of those. While the Doctor speaks fine accent-free English, he tends to slip back into his native German when he gets really, REALLY angry.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExtendedDisarming Extended Disarming] - Dont ask him to drop his weapons unless you've got half an hour or so.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MustHaveNicotine Must Have Nicotine] & [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MustHaveCaffeine Must Have Caffeine] - He's addicted to both. As if the Aderlass Serum wasnt bad enough already...
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoodleIncident Noodle Incident] - The Doctor has some of those in his past. He generally doesnt like to talk about them.
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Workaholic Workaholic] - The Doctor takes his job, his research and his reputation (and himself) very serious, rarely giving himself time to relax or have fun...
+. This Might Hurt A Bit: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yG0QE9ce3U Clawfinger - Biggest & The Best]
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ManicPixieDreamGirl Manic Pixie Dream Girl] - ...which his secretary Janine is trying to change.
+. Just As Planned: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmgyQjO6Lfk VNV Nation - Control]
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WeirdnessMagnet Weirdness Magnet] - Probably not remarkable in Millennium City, but this trope drives him mad at every occasion. How are you supposed to work if there's always some alien invasion getting in the way of your contracts?
+. Work Hard, Party Hard: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iZHdLcwlU0 Noisuf-X - Let's Rock]
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HorrifyingTheHorror Horrifying The Horror] - The Dogz and New Shadows of Vibora Bay are deathly afraid of a creature they call 'The Silver Doctor' because of the silver scalpels it uses to hunt and kidnap vampires and werewolves alike. Hmmm...
+* Should there ever be a Champions Online Live-Action Movie, my pick for the actor of the Doctor would be [https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/bc/9d/a7/bc9da7a8af825c2aa87300b3c6ff48f4.jpg Adrien Brody] (an animated version would be voiced by [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afHt_1sVQ14 Stephen Merchant]). His secretary Janine "Red" Guiliani would be [http://pinthisstar.com/images/natalie-dormer-gallery-5.jpg Natalie Dormer], his second-in-command Tamara "Cross" Aristopoulos would be [http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Rosario-Dawson-rosario-dawson-163959_1280_1024.jpg Rosario Dawson] and his driver/pilot Frank "Paramedic" Wilson would be [http://www.beautyandthedirt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/NEtQwZ4XQ5Oqxy_1_2.jpg Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje].
-* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NotThatKindOfDoctor Not That Kind Of Doctor] - Although he is knowledgeable in many subjects this happens very often. Oh, and by the way: No, he is not and has never been in possession of a Sonic Screwdriver.
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Contents

Appearance

The Story

Activities before Disappearance

Activities after Disappearance

Suspected Victims

Personality

Powers

Skills and Abilities

Weapons and Equipment

Drugs, Poisons and other Substances

Weaknesses

Accomplices

The Men in White

Janine "Red" Guiliani, the Doctor's Secretary

Tamara "Cross" Aristopoulos, the Doctor's Adjutant

Frank "Paramedic" Wilson, the Doctor's driver

Killshot, the Scalpel of the Men in White

Wayland Talos, Underworld Weaponsmith

Enemies

Protectors of the World

The Progeny

Spiderling, the Matriarachnid

Demoness, the Dark Mistress of Justice

Vladic Dracul, Leader of the New Shadows

Devana Hawke, the Doctor's Favorite Person To Hate

Comments and Rumors

Other Stuff

Trivia

Tropes

Appearance

Background

Personality & Motivation

The Men in White

Skills

Weapons & Equipment

Misc.

Janine "Red" Guiliani

Tamara "Cross" Aristopoulos

OOC Information

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