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Thundrax (born February 20, 1969) is a veteran Canadian superhero who's associated with the RCMP, UNTIL, and a reserve member of Toronto's Starforce team. Formerly a politician, he now runs a large energy and mining corporation, Flux-Carson Enterprises, as well as the Carson Foundation charity. He is a friend and confidante of many superheroes in Canada and Millennium City and leads the unofficial Circle of Justice team.

Thundrax has a number of comic book inspirations (two of which should be immediately obvious), however, even back when I first ran him as a PnP character he was never intended to directly copy anyone. The East Vancouver background is pretty much taken from where my mom grew up and where my grandparents lived for many years; as they were old CCFers, Thundrax's political affiliations were lifted from them (I tend to be far more centrist/Red Tory than Craig).

| caption = <div style="color:#BDEDFF; font-size:14px; font-family: Georgia">''"Don't try to be a hero, try to be a good man. Strive to make each tomorrow better than each yesterday -- that's more important than any glory you might receive or any label people might put on you, like 'hero'."''</div>

| relatives = Jack Carson (brother, deceased/resurrected), Catrina Carson (cousin), John Carson (grandfather, deceased), William Carson (father), Eileen Carson (mother, deceased), Tristan Carson (great great grandfather)

<div style="font-size:12px; font-family: Georgia">'''"If I were half the man Craig is.. then I'd be half the man Craig is. But I'm not."''' ''-- Ravenspeaker''</div>

===SUNDER===

[[File: Thundrax_Classic.jpg |200px|thumb|left|Thundrax in his original costume, with mask and without mullet.]]

A few weeks after gaining his powers, Craig encountered Vancouver's '''SUNDER''' (Superhuman United Nations Defense Emergency Reserve) super-team, foiling a '''VIPER''' and '''GRAB''' robbery at a library in downtown Vancouver. SUNDER's leader '''Shamus''', a telepathic detective, liked what he saw in the kid and inducted him into the team (uietly overlooking the fact that Craig was barely in his teens). It was a bit rough balancing high school and superheroing and keeping his identity a secret, especially from his brother.

Craig served with SUNDER for nine years. Their mainstays were '''Shamus''', the semi-reformed vigilante Mark ('''Avenger''') Derringer, the frost-powered mutant '''Cryo''', mining engineer turned superhero '''Flux''', mutated Canadian astronaut Greg ('''Solar Sentinel''') Jenkins, the powerful earth elemental '''Elemmus''', and '''George''', a physicist who refused to accept any codename. Serving under UNTIL's sponsorship, these heroes fought numerous bizarre villains including the would-be messiah '''Borealis''', the chaotic cosmic entity '''Amok,''' the would-be conquerer '''Overlord''', the mad genetiicist '''Malachite''', the international criminal mastermind known as '''the Colonel'''. a group of superthieves called '''PLUNDER''', the superhuman pest '''Dark Prowler''', as well as VIPER.  

In 1984 SUNDER first encountered the demon lord '''Zorasto''' lieuteneant of a demon-god named Asmiak. Zorasto used roleplaying gamers to unwittingly perform a ritual that transformed Vancouver's Stanldy Park into a huge pentagram that would serve as a portal to Hell. SUNDER closed the portal, then travelled to the infernal reaches to rescue them, a trip that cost SUNDER the life of their fire elemental ally '''Inferno'''. Zorasto would return to plague the team -- especially Thundrax -- on numerous occasions.

SUNDER was a small local team which garnered little attention outside of British Columbia. However, despite their relatively low profile, they were powerful and capable, and were a supriringly effective weapon in UNTIL's arsenal of superhumans. There was, however, one incident that would prove especially pivotal for Craig's future.

[[File: Borealis.jpg |200px|thumb|left|Canada's greatest foe, the archvillain Borealis.]]

The words haunted Craig. Idealistic teenager that he was, it occurred to him that he had to do more than just punch out the world's problems. The world needed much more, and SUNDER (and superheroes in general) were capable of doing much more. Craig got together with his teammates and set up a private foundation. Using Flux's mining engineering expertise and the earth elemental Elemmus's ability to find deep mineral and petroleum reserrves, SUNDER went into business, with the goal of creating a cash stream to found charitable projects. Craig, who was politically liberal, enthusiastic, and a good public face, agreed to front the agency. It was extremely successful. Though Craig only kept a small portion of profits for petty cash, when the price of resources shot through the roof in the 2000s, his fortunes grew exponentially. By 2005, he was an accidental billionaire.

In 1988. Craig graduated from high school and began pursuing a degree in social services at the University of British Columbia. His first year roommate was a young, practical joking First Nations student named Billy Edenshaw, himself secretly the superhuman '''Ravenspeaker'''. After the typical "misunderstanding" where they tripped over each other's secrets, they became good friends and Thundrax took Ravenspeaker under his wing and taught him the tricks of the crimefighting trade. However (much to Craig's disappointment), Ravenspeaker refused Craig's invitation to join SUNDER.

===Jack===

Jack Carson, boxer and plumber, didn't realize his brother's identity. He (as well as Craig) also didn't realize he had an enemy. The demon lord Zorasto was, for reasons that remain a mystery to this day, an ancestral enemy of the Carson family. After Jack was crippled by a rampaging sewer monster, Zorasto came to him and offered to restore him to health. Jack agreed, and became the Demon Knight '''Jaxx''', a weapon Zorasto quickly turned against SUNDER. Fortunately the team discovered a ritual to restore Jack to health, and  in 1990 trapped Zorasto in a mystic gateway. The demon lord lay bound within the hellhate for twenty years. Still empowered (though no longer demonic) Jack decided to become a superhero and christened himself "'''Two-Fist'''". He was assigned to UNTIL's flagship '''UNITY''' team, where he served with distinction from 1990-1992.

===Destroyer===

[[File: CraigPortrait.jpg |200px|thumb|right|Thundrax in the shadow of his old enemy, Dr. Destroyer.]]

[[File: Craig_and_david.jpg |200px|thumb|right|Thundrax helped train Justiciar and served on two teams together. There's an enormous bond of respect and friendship between them.]]

<div style="font-size:12px; font-family: Georgia">'''"Like a bad penny, a decade after their second invasion attempt the Gadroon showed up on Earth again. Most experts believe this “attack” was in fact more in the nature of a scouting or reconnaissance mission (which is one reason some of them think that about the second invasion). This time a dozen Gadroon starships landed in northern Canada and attempted to establish a base of operations. Half a dozen Canadian heroes including Forceknight, Ravenspeaker, Justiciar, and Thundrax responded, defeating the Gadroon personnel on the ground so handily that the entire “invasion force” distracted the heroes with a feint, recovered the injured, and then fled the planet. The heroes, pleased with how well they’d worked together, formed the second incarnation of the Northern Guard team."''' ''-- Champions Beyond, p. 15''</div>

After a couple of years soloing in Vancouver, Craig received a phone call from one of Canada's most prominent heroes, '''Forceknight III''' (Lyle Doerksen) who asked for his help in battling a secret '''Gadroon''' invasion. Joining forces with other noteworthy heroes, the Guard tracked down Gadroon technology to the lab of the supervillain''' Cyberlord''', where the team freed David Burrell from stasis: he became the superhero '''Justiiciar''' and joined them. Together they tracked down the Gadroon to their landing site, repulsed the invasion, defeated the Gadroon leader, '''the Inquisitor''', and decided to remain together as a team. This was the start of the second Northern Guard, arguably the finest hero team Canada ever assembled.  

====Snowblinded====

The Northern Guard continued successfully until  1998, facing foes like '''the Ultimates''', '''Mechanon''', '''Magnus Aignur''' (a technician who'd worked for Albert Zerstoiten who posed as Dr. Destroyer), '''Magnifique''', '''ARGENT''', VIPER and its '''Dragon Syndicate''' superteam, the demonic '''Tilingkoot''', as well as extradmensional invasions from the parallel dimensions of '''Cabotia''' and '''Laurentia'''.  They faced powerful extradimensional villains like '''the Entity''', '''the Song''', and '''Le Seigneur d'Histoires''', enduring death and heartbreak as well as experiencing amazing triumphs. For a second time, Craig found a superhuman family to call his own (he remains close to Ravenspeaker, Justiciar, and the now retired Forceknight). In the end, the team was torn apart by prophecies and the machinations of one of its own, Augury, who'd been driven insane after her sojourn in Laurentia. Augury later joined the archvillain Borealis and became one of Canada's most wanted criminals. After 1995, Craig became a part-timer with the team, splitting time between the Guard and an even more famous squad of heroes.

Unfortunately, public backlash to Quasar's appointment in UNITY caused a panicked reaction smong the UNTIL brass, as the press demanded that UNITY be a fully transparent operation. The team's UNTIL coordinator, Captain '''Nicholas "The Wolf" Silvers''' threw them a bone by revealing Thundrax's identity, previously a closely guarded secret. Craig was now "outted".

====My Ex-Secret Identity====

Silvers was dismissed, but Craig remained bitter about the loss. Also, he generally felt intimidated within UNITY. He didn't speak some of the members' native languages and found it much harder to make friends than usual. One of his few close friends on the team, the American superhero '''Wildstar''', died in 1996 after he foolishly swallowed a supervillainess' power gem. Craig was devastated.

====No Mircea====

[[File: Thundrax_vs_worms.jpg |200px|thumb|right|Thundrax takes the fight to the elder worms on Monster Island.]]

<div style="font-size:12px; font-family: Georgia">'''"We have done well, this day, Mr. Carson. Go now, and have few desires.''' '' -- Peacekeeper, Guardian of the Nexus of All Realities''</div>

In 1996, UNITY had its most dramatic case -- the supervillain '''Dark Seraph''' had come into possession of a dimension-spanning artifact called the '''Hand of God'''. UNITY charged into the '''Nexus of All Realities''', where they joined forced with teams from five other dimensions to defeat his plan to reshape reality in his image. It was the most epic battle of Craig's life. In the end, Darkest Seraph was unmade from the timelines of Creation (though a shadow of his previous self would later return in the so-called Champions Universe) and '''Peacekeeper''', a Buddhist Saint from the '''Gestalt Universe''', assumed the role of keeper of the Nexus.

<div style="font-size:12px; font-family: Georgia">'''"I can think of no finer hero to lead this team than Thundrax. Besides, no other hero seems to want the damn job."''' '' -- Lyle Doerksen, Forceknight III''</div>

In the post SUNDER-era, with Ravenspeaker and Thundrax protecting it, Vancouver was a much quieter place for supercrime than it had been in the 80s: a band of terrorists from '''Awad''', and VIPER were the two major sources of trouble. With relatively little to do, the bored Craig became increasingly interested in politics. In 2001, he was asked to run for mayor. He declined, but admitted he was open to switching careers. "Wherever I can do the most gooc, that's what I'll do."

[[File: Justiciar_fight2.jpg |200px|thumb|right|Craig sparring with his Starforce teammate.]]

It was Craig's first stab at actually leading a supehero team, and he didn't enjoy it very much. The roster: Thundrax, '''Surfacer, Fire Maiden, the CN Tower''', and '''Trumpeter''', weren't the most powerful team of Canadian heroes ever assembled, and Craig found his tactical options limited, especially compared with the Guard. The nadir came when the CN Tower was kidnapped by his brother, the insane '''Dr. Babylon''', who had taken over '''New Bedlam Asylum''' in '''Fell's Point''' and was using at as a nexus point in a plot to drive all of humanity insane. During the rescue attempt, The Tower was killed, and for the first time, Thundrax took a life in battle, as he was driven into a berserk frenzy by Babylon's '''Insanity Engine'''. Thanks to Trumpeter, the team survived the encounter and destroyed the Engine. Trumpeter managed to talk Craig out of retiring from the supers business for good. Edmonton's goofball lycanthrope '''Polar Bear''' replaced the Tower on the team, who came to be known as "the out o'towners" in Toronto for the lack of a local member on the squad. He openly admitted that the team's lack of acceptance among the locals bothered him.

====The Battle for the Soul of Canada====

Shortly after the Tower's death, StarForce embarked on their biggest adventure, "The Battle for the Soul of Canada", which Justiciar dubbed "Craig's Big Time Travel Adventure". An encounter with '''Captain Chronos''' at the CN Tower's funeral led to Starforce being catapulted through time to several key dates in Canadian history. In the end, it turned out the Nazi war criminal '''Baron Nihil''', Hitler's designated anti-Canadian supervillain, had stolen some of Chronos's time travel technology and had summoned a '''Time Predator''' to destroy key points in Canadian history in order to cause Canada to unravel. These points were:

Though he didn't realize it at the time, Craig's tenure as leader of Starforce was rewarding. It increased his public profile and he began to be regarded across Canada as a leading national superhero, not the second-stringer he'd been for most of his career. However Borealis's admonishment from 1986 still haunted him, as well as Zerstoiten's accusation that he was afraid of real change. He had now been a superhero for twenty years -- but was dressing up in tights and beating up bad guys all that there was? Was being a second-tier Canadian superhero all he was capable of becoming? Craig decided to take a gamble with his life. In 2004, Thundrax retired from superheroics, and found a new career.

[[File: Politics.jpg |200px|thumb|right|Vancouver-East elects "The Mullet"]]

 

More positively, Craig served as Parliament Hill's unofficial superhuman protector, most notably in 2006, when he and''' Red Ensign III''' and Ottawa's '''COMET''' team repelled an attack by Baron Nihil. However, Thundrax also found life on the sidelines to be far more difficult than he had anticipated. In 2005, with the help of Craig's former teammate Augury, Borealis escaped Stronghold North. In 2007, he was badly shaken when Red Ensign III was murdered by Baron Nihil, and in 2008, when '''Vanguard''' (a Vancouver-based team he'd help to mentor) and '''Forceknight IV''' (Alan Hellion) were slaughtered by '''Necrull'''. Canada's supervillains were becoming increasingly dangerous.

[[File: M-Town.jpg |200px|thumb|right| Craig Carson, patrolling near Millennium City's Ren Center.]]

Later in the year, reports came out that Dr. Destroyer had returned to Millennium City. This reopened serious emotional wounds. Blaming himself for what had happened in Detroit --- especially the death of his brother, Craig effectively abandoned politics to come to Millennium City and search for hi.,

 

At first, Craig found himself in something of a mid-life crisis. Seemingly immortal, he had doubts on whether he could be effective in a new world of superhumans. Furthermore, Craig's hiatus had done some things to the Living Thunder -- the power demands to be used! - and Craig found himself getting more and more irrational as he sought ways to placate the elemental force within him.

Aside from a casual remark made by the Hittite Sword-God when the Northern Guard fought him, Craig had no clue as to the origins of the Thundrax body. He sought answers from time to time, always unsuccessfully. Craig came to the conclusion that he needed to know more about his origins if he was to master his psychological issues. With the help of a friend, Craig performed a spirit walk that informed him that his body was that of the son of a sky god -- and that his deceased mother's family had a connection to the spirit world which played a part in the acquisition of that body.

These answers brought Craig a little peace, though he had to struggle to reconcile them with his own deeply held Christian faith. He also had to make another adjustment -- he discovered that he still had a living relative, the California-born Catrina Carson, who is descended from Craig's great-grandfather. Catrina is also a superhero: she serves on the '''Silver Age Sentinels''' as the superheroine '''Recurve'''. The two have become friends, and Catrina refers to him affectionately as "Uncle Craig".

[[File: Craig_and_Strays.jpg |200px|thumb|left|Craig next to Sarah, along with his friends Feral Son, Maiden China, and Zephaniah of the Strays.]]

Craig started off in Millennium City as almost a stranger, a neglible Canadian in a city teaming with superheroes, many of them far more colorful, powerful, and brash than Craig could ever hope to be. Nonetheless, Craig didn't care: he saw these new supers as opportunities to forge new riendships and alliances. He began to take on more responsibilities with UNTIL, who welcomed his return to UNITY form. Much to his embarassment, many of the younger heroes looked up to Craig as a moral leader.

[[File: CraigvsZ.jpg |200px|thumb|rightt|Craig engaged in a fight with his archnemesis, Zorasto the Defiler.]]

Thundrax also incurred the emnity of David Sutherland, a Virginia congressman who was the secretly corrupt superhero '''Invictus''', exposing his misdeeds to the press. Invictus and his agents, '''the CenturyCorps''' attampted to kill him, but Craig defeated their plans to build a death ray on Monster Island. Craig played a role in the defeat of '''Superior''' and '''the Dark Templars''', and engaged in a struggle against '''the Serpent's Court''', a murderous VIPER faction. His most persistent enemy, however, remains Zorasto. Freed in 2010 from the gateway in Hell where SUNDER sealed him, Zorasto will stop at nothing to destroy Thundrax's life, break him, and transform him into his new servant.

Technology, however, was not Craig's only area of interest. He had always championed metahuman causes as a member of parliament; now, Bothered by the widespread bigotry he'd seen over his lifetime --to Indo-Canadians, First Nations' peoples, mutants, Francophones, mystics and extraterrestrials--Craig decided to become an advocate for sapient rights.  

[[File: Craig_Church.jpg |200px|thumb|left| Thundrax, Mr. Indomitable, and Indestructible get ready to bring their brand of religion to a church in Vibora Bay.]]

[[File: Craig_and_Bird.jpg |200px|thumb|left| Thundrax may be a bleeding heart liberal who's committed to manimal rights, but when push comes to shove, he will defend himself.]]

The registration issue was not the only one bothering Craig. After visiting Monster Island and seeing the suffering of the manimals first-hand, Craig made arrangements to work with '''the Champions''' and '''Dr. Silverback''' on a plan to help manimals reintegrate with society. Also concerned over rising antimutant sentiment, Craig's spending money on candidates who oppose the anti-mutant organization '''the IHA''' (Institute for Human Advancement) and support mutant rights.

Craig's goal is to be a complete superhero, helping the world on multiple fronts, whether by supporting scientific research, battling social injustice, organizing resistance to terrorists and supervillains, or punching the bad guys in the face. His highest priority though, is to locate Albert Zerstoiten, and make sure the Detroit tragedy never happens again.

[[File: Thundrax_New_Suit.jpg |200px|thumb|right|Craig faces stormy and uncertain times in Millennium City.]]

Craig's life was turned upside down when Zorasto opened a time rupture between 1992 and 2010, a rupture that pulled Jack Carson to the present day, Believing that Jack would have to go back to his original time and perish, UNTIL withheld the information from him. Thanks to a revelation from '''[[Wolfgirl]],''' Craig learned the truth.  

Wrestling with the revelation, Craig was shaken by other events. First, there was the death of his friend '''Giga-Gal''', who fell prey to a Qlipthotic entity and attempted to destroy the world before she was killed by her lover,''' Hunter''' of the New Templars. Second, Sarah was kidnapped for eight months by her own rogue creation,''' Robo'''. Eventually coming back as an insane gestalt entity, Sarah tried to recruit Thundrax into her colective and Craig was forced to physically subdue her and sever the link. Freed from the collective, Sarah's sanity returned. After a shaky reunion, the two reconciled, however Sarah's continued fascination with cyberunions has put some strains on the relationship and Sarah has had second thoughts about the marriage. The two remain engaged.

[[File: ThundraxandRSD.jpg |200px|thumb|Left| Craig teams up with Real Soviet Damaage to battle the menace of Red Winter!]]

Craig was used to being a second tier Canadian superhero. By the end of 2010, however, things had changed radically. In part to the publicity over the amnesty campaign, Craig had emerged as a leader of the superhero community, standing alongside '''Defender, Brawler, Black Rose, Tetusronin''' and '''the All-American''' as one of the most recognized supers on the planet. Many heroes community looked to Craig for leadership and inspiration, roles which made  Craig felt intensely uncomfortable. After being defeated by '''Atomos''' during a battle with the Dark Templars, Craig almost retired from superheroing, believing that he might eventually lead his generation of supers into a catastrophe, however the return of Albert Zerstoiten, the orginal Dr. Destroyer who'd had been long imprisoned in Multifaria, changed his mind.

So Craig continued his superhero career. He helped free his friend '''Mr. Indomitable''' from the influence of the '''Faceless Dahlia''', only to become the object of the Dahlia's affections himself. an incident that brought the wrath of Zorasto on the Aegis of Justice. He also ran afoul of the US military by freeing Wolfgirl's brother from an experimental super soldier facility, for which one particular military commander has vowed revenge. He also confronted Genocide Omega, a mutant-hunting robot that's been speculated as linked to the IHA (and possibly PURGE), but was actually an agent of Invictus.

Craig has categorically denied a return to politics, nonetheless he was a major fundraiser in the last election. and his success and loyalty has soothed most of the resentment in the party over his stand on Afghanistan and his departure from poliics. Craig's recent international success has only added to his political elan: he remains one of the most high profile NDPers in Canada. A few people are speculating that he'll be drafted as NDP leader, following the recent death of Jack Layton. Craig, however, continues to refuse to reenter the political arena.

In the end of 2011, Craig has formed an unofficial team, the [[Circle of Justice]], to deal with crises mo single superhero can face alone. The team rescued Celestar from an ill-conceived attempt to enter the Frost Tomb, and have been investigating Dr. Destroyer's planetary defense network. The capture of Albert Zerstoitten is Craig's chief priority, however the CoJ often looks into a wide variety of bizarre threats; his Circle of Justice team had its greatest battle against '''the Warmonger''', a cosmic entity that planned to conquer the earth and press gang the human race into service in his army against the universe.  

Another returning enemy was Siris, the clone brother of Keioseth. Siris killed Keio's daughter Kara and then murdered Keio himself, badly wounding Thundrax in the process. Craig managed to rally and played a key role in preventing Siris from destroying earth and using it as a source of dimensional energy.

2013, Craig continued to involve himself in superhero work, but slowly moved aside from Millennium City, operating as a global troubleshooter. He fought against a Lemurian invasion of Millennium City (and against his old enemy Firewing in the Malvan arena), but his frequent absences were noted and resented by the general public, and in February, various members of the conservative media held a rally to demand that Thundrax leave Millennium. Many heroes showed up to support him, but the most noteworthy guest was none other than the arch-sorcerer Josiah Brimstone, agent of Belial Duke of Hell. The lords of hell would kill Thundrax if they did not strip the amulet of Luxon from him.

At this time, Craig became involved with a Millennium City based superhero team known as the [[Protectors of the World]], which was led by his friend [[Sparrowhawk]]. Craig became a field commander with the team, though greatly at odds with its tactical leader, [[All-Star]], who rubbed Craig the wrong way from the moment they first met.

Unfortunately, our heroes were unable to get the amulet from Zorasto, and the dukes of hell lost patience. In August, they lured Craig into a trap, and Josiah Brimstone tore Craig's soul from his body and delivered it to Belial at the Citadel of Absolute Darkness and Despair in Hell's ninth circle, where Craig was tormented. His Protectors teammates embarked on a very dangerous journey, first heading to the library of Kryptos, Keeper of Secrets in the Briah, where they learned the amulet was actually a trapped psychopomp from Death's Domain. Then they ventured into Luxon's abandoned pocket dimension where they met his wife, who transformed herself into an artifact that could free Luxon from bondage. At last the Protectors traveled back in time, stopped Zorasto from the alteration of history, and freed Luxon. The lords of hell grabbed Zorasto and bound him in torment, and true to their word, restored Craig's soul. Although after a month in a state of existential hopelessness, Craig was in sad shape. The release of "Thundrax: The Movie" to largely negative reviews and poor box office did not lift Craig's spirits.

<div style="font-size:12px; font-family: Georgia">'''"And that leads us to the latest flying brick of the month, this time with a Canadian twist, as the sheep-media desperately searches for yet another vanilla replacement for Vanguard, the man who got beat by a rock. "Ooo, look at dose musckles. I can bench press a Buick and outfly a Canada goose! And I throw lightning bolts out of my ass! And I make long-winded political statements because I don't know how to shut up!" Boring powers, boring hero, take off eh, back to your Igloo, Phaildrax."''' '' -- Monopole, editor of the supervillain fanzine, Villainy Unbound''</div>

Yeah, he's strong. Really strong. Thundrax can lift 400 tons (which I'm placing at the upper echelon of the "9" rating on the Reldin scale). He can comfortably hoist much smaller weights (in the 50 ton range) nearly indefinitely. After his fight with Dreadnought in 1986, Craig undertook extensive training in structural engineering. He's a great person to have around when a building is collapsing and people need to quickly evacuate.

[[File: Craig_vs_Destroid.jpg |200px|thumb|Right|Thundrax displaying his toughness and courage against the might of a Mega-Destroid!]]

===Flight===

Craig can fly. He has a maximum flight speed of approximately Mach 2 (1300 MPH). He can also supercharge himself to burst flight at much greater speeds for a few seconds. His evil counterpart, Darknolt, was able to transform himself into a thunderbolt and move short distances at the speed of light: Craig has recently learned how to duplicate this, but his control is rudimentary at best.

[[File: Craig_Lightning.jpg |200px|thumb|right|Craig is about to charge a Hunter-Patriot cyborg.]]

Craig's physical body hasn't aged in the 30 years he's had it. It's also extremely resistant to high levels of heat, cold, and radiation, and surprisingly resistant to telepathic control (though not on par with a trained telepath).  

[[File: Craig_Storm.jpg |200px|thumb|Right|Thundrax, ready built for apocalypses.]]

Craig's body is clearly a divine avatar of some kind. The exact deity and pantheon have been left deliberately vague, but Thundrax is most probably related to primal storm deities. The Hittite deity Tarhunt, whom the Hittite Sword-God identified with Thundrax, has its analogs in the proto-Indo-European deity Perkwunas, the Slavic deity Perun, the proto-Germanic deity Thunaraz (better known to us as the Scandanavian Thor), the Celtic deity Tanaris, and the Sanskrit Parjanya. Thundrax could be an avatar of one of those, a related deity from a now-lost culture, or a primal force common to all of those gods (and possibly to North American thunder spirits as well).

The identity of the goddess who bestowed the Thundrax body on Craig is another major mystery. Signs point to it being a primal mother goddess, the Hindu Prithvi Mata, herself a derivation of the proto-Indo-European Plithwih, being the most accessible derivative.

Thundrax is the embodiment of the Storm. While the archetype is controlled by Craig, the powers that manifest in Craig's body sometimes have a will of their own, pushing Craig into new, wild experiences (preferably those that require him to use his powers). A side effect of this power is that he can sense oncoming storms and gauge their strength and duration. Another side effect is that Craig tends to get wilder when the weather's raging around him. Finally, when Craig is badly hurt (or powerless), exposure to storms will revive him.

Craig doesn't consciously control the weather, though when he's in a very bad mood, there will sometimes be a roll of thunder, even in a clear sky.

[[File: Qliptho_Craig.jpg |200px|thumb|right|Craig in his specially made anti-Qlipthotic suit.]]

Perhaps Thundrax's oddest power is his ability to change into any sort of clothing in a thunderclap. One of the items in his wardrobe is an anti-Qlipthothic suit, designed to help him survive in the madness of that dimension, which was built by Dr. Wraithe of the Protectors. (The suit, however, will only protect him for a few minutes. You can't thwart primal chaos and anti-life *that* easily.)

Recently Craig was subject to two protective enchantments. First, his life force is protected from drains: when he's subject to those powers, the surrounding life force of the planet will instantly replenish him. Second, he was given a couatl feather. This provides additional protection from elemental forces and will also resurrect him if he dies -- once.

It's arguable that Craig's big weakness is Conservative politicians. More seriously, however, there is:

'''Claustrophobia'''

Craig likes big open spaces. Underground spaces, especially

labyrinthine caves, drive him crazier than a Qularr being forced to listen to a hundred beacons going off at once.

[[File: Ahem.jpg |200px|thumb|right|Craig is not always very patient.]]

'''ADHD'''

Craig has attention deficit issues. He doesn't like being forced to spend too much time on one topic and is perpetually restless. It can be frustating to have a conversation with him, as he'll often look for an excuse to wander off.

'''"Mythic Blades"'''

As proven in a fight against the Hittite Sword-God in 1995, Craig's invulnerability does not work against "mythic knives", primal blades used by titans and older pantheons to shape heaven and earth in the primordial world. The Hittite Knife of Kuntarra is the most noteworthy example of such a weapon. His enemy Encryptra, an alternate universe version of Miss Servo, found a way to mimic the properties of a mythic blade with technology. The master villain Wraith also found a way to perform similar efffects using the Ragnarok Rune, a godslayer artifact that's capable of reducing a god's power to mortal levels.

Since the formation of the Circle of Justice, Craig's actively looked for new bases from which to conduct operations. Currently Craig has four main bases, recently completed (or on loan from others).

 

 

His most-frequently used crimefighting lab, '''Thunder-1''', is located in a hidden sub-basement of Carl's gym in Milennium City, which Craig constructed while renovating the gym following a particularly destructive sparring session with Indestructible. Using contractors recommended by James Harmon, Thunder-1 combines state of the art crimefighting facilities with a superhero's home gym (inclding neutronium lined weights that are two thousand times heavier than comparable iron weights) and a shower and laundry (including chemicals designed to sanitize his clothing during Bloodmoon).

 

'''Thunder-2''' is a small cave complex in Northern Canada, not far from the Lynx's Fold. Its primary use is an advance watch base, helping him to keep an eye on Necrull and Kigatilik.

 

'''Thunder-3''' is a small wing of the Verdant Library, located in the boundary between Earth and Faerie. Given to him by the Trismegistus Council to assist hm when he encounters mystical matters.

 

'''Thunder-4''' is located on the mooon, formerly a part of a complex belonging to the 1960s supervillain Revenger (and later Dr. Destroyer). Craig occupies it with permission from the Selenites, who trust Thundrax to keep the moon safe from invaders.

 

Foe more on this hideout, see [[To The Moon, Malice!]]

 

Craig also has a spacious penthouse in downtown Millennium City to replace the suite that was destroyed at the Barlowe. The current penthouse is Craig's second: the third was destroyed in November 2011. during a fight against aliens who were using''' Orithian''' technology in an attempt to seize Craig's friend '''Astron''', the second was destroyed by a herald of the Warmonger.

 

In Craig's penthouse, hidden behind a solid concrete barrier lined with lead and recycled destreum steel, is Craig's trophy case, which includes momentos of Thundrax's past. The trophy case mostly contains pictures of Thundrax's old teammates and action shots that span Thundrax's long career, as well as several books of press clippings (which includes Thundrax's "hall of shame", the worst articles ever written about him). Other items in the trophy case include:

'''Professor Alternative's Gay Ray.''' Created by a socially conscious 90s mad scientist supervillain, this ray gun that rewires a person's orientation for 24-36 hours.

'''The Golden Spear of Alrull the Avenger'''. One of the Cosmic Retinue, if Craig knew how badly certain galactic knightly orders wanted this legendary weapon, he might think twice about holding it. It was a high-tech spear used by the Golden Hunter Alrull to slay the Elder Worm god Zhalnathet during the Malva-Elder Worm war. The spear itself was a gift from the Warmonger, who perceived that an Elder Worm conquest of the galaxy would end strife and conflict.

any Elder Worm. Unfortunately, until awakened by its maker, the power of the spear is mostly dormant. It was stolen from Alrull's crypt many millennia ago and drifted from owner to owner until it fell into the hands of the Gadroon Interrogator, from which Thundrax claimed it in 1994. The spear's life-force was revived by the Warmonger, and currently sits in the Great Arsenal of the cosmic king of conflict.

'''The Dreamcatcher of the Summer Fox'''. This was given to Craig by Ravenspeaker to help sooth the nightmares that constantly plague his dreams. It has the power to protect people from bad dreams, however Craig found himself becoming addicted to its use, so he stopped using it in 2005. He keeps it in his trophy case, in the event that the nightmares become more than he can stand.

Thundrax was also involved in training both '''Ravenspeaker''' and '''Justiciar''' and he remains on very good terms with them. He also remains close to the now retired '''Forceknight III''' (Lyle Doerksen) and is an honorary uncle to his children Sean and Patricia. '''Celestar''' is also a former teammate, though their relationship is much less friendly and they usually keep a respectful distance. An incident where Craig and the Circle of Justice prevented Celestar from freeing the trapped Mighty Canadians has further estranged the two men.

[[File: Craig_and_Jim.jpg |200px|thumb|right|Craig at the Peacemaker's funeral with Nathan Raynes on his left, Mr. Invulnerable, White Lips, and Darius Phen on his right. Fortunately, the Peacemaker got better.]]

Craig is a man with about a dozen people he could call his best friend. Most recently, that role was filled by '''Paragon''' (now departed to outer space), '''[[Flynn]] T. Megantic''', '''Bear Claw''', and Arthur Conrad (aka '''Arthur the Barbarian''', who is his blood brother).

[[File: Craig_vs_Cap.jpg |200px|thumb|right| Canada vs. USA! Clash of titans! Thundrax vs. the juggernaut of muscle and power that is Captain US.]]

===Teams===

Of all the teams in Millennium City, he was closest to '''the Strays''': though he and their leader, '''Maiden China''', often butted head, they were the team he counted on the most when he needed help.  '''Zephaniah''', one of the team lieutenants, was Craig's pupil and something of a surrogate son, and their departure shook Craig to his core. He was also close to the '''[[New Templars]]''' (particularly '''[[Hunter]]''', '''[[Giga Gal]], [[Smokin Mirrors]]''' and '''[[Berzerkka]]'''), though Giga-Gal's death left their future in doubt, as well as the now disbanded Meta-S.W.A.T, Statesmen, and Protectorate teams.

Since making his bargain with Tristan, Zorasto has groomed the Carson family for his purposes. Though Craig does not know it, Zorasto is directly responsible for his father abandoning his family. In 1990, Zorasto assimilated the power of the demon god Asmiak and attempted to launch a demonic invasion of earth. He was stopped by SUNDER, who sealed him in the gateway of the demon gate that he was using to transport his legions to eatth. In 2010, Arthur the Barbarian's archenemy Baskerville O'Brien accidentally freed Zorasto from his mystic gateway. Zorasto has since redoubled his campaign against the Carson family.

 

===Invictus===

Craig's other major nemesis is David Sutherland, the superhero '''Invictus'''. Invictus was one of the most popular superheroes in Washington and the American south, but used his powers to cover up debauchery, rape, and murder. Craig was one of several heroes who helped expose him, but Invictus decided that Thundrax should be the sole object of his revenge. Craig sent him away to Stronghold, but Invictus has secretly been recruited by Shadow Destroyer for his "League of Destruction". In July 2011 Invictus engineered the escape -- and the retcon of his criminal record -- using entities from the Briah called the Song. While the Circle of Justice foiled his attempt to alter America's icons and usher in a dark America under his rule, Invictus remains at large.  

Back in the 80s, with three mutants (Shamus, Avemger, and Cryo) as their mainstays, one of SUNDER's most persistent enemies was the anti-mutant group '''Genocide'''. Defeated in that decade by SUNDER sand other hero teams, elements of this organization went on to join the more politically friendly (at least in name) IHA. However, Gernocide built an army of robots, and not all of them were destroyed. Recently one of the most powerful robots, Genocide Omega, was reactivated and attempted to kil Thundrax. As it turned out, its reactivation was an elaborate deathtrap set by Invictus, who attempted to seal them inside a cave on Monster Island and persuade UNTIL to nuke it, but thanks to the magic of Tomonari, the heroes escaped. Genocide Omega was captured and dismantled, but other Genoide robot caches undoubtedly remain, awaiting reactivation.

The Venomous Imperial Party of the Eternal Reptile. '''VIPER''' has been an enemy of Craig's since his very first mission, when he helped SUNDER stop VIPER and GRAB from stealing microfilm from a Vancouver library. Craig's role in UNTIL's anti-VIPER Task Force has made him a priority target of the snakes. Over the years, Craig has, like King David, slain (well, pummelled) his tens of thousands, many of them VIPER. Craig's actions have warranted the attention of the highest level of VIPER. While their Serpent Court task force has been inactive for a year, they (or a similar agency) might be activated at any moment.

Craig's first appearances saw him join with SUNDER to remove Vancouver's VIPER Nest, but over the years, they returned to plague him. In March 1995, Craig was captured by VIPER (after a battle against by the Northern Guard againsr Tax'et where he was presumed dead). Following two months of torture and indoctrination by then-VIPER leader Lancehead, Craig was made part of VIPER's Dragon Syndicate team, but was freed by the Guard. Craig still has nightmares about the time he spent as their "guest".

In June 2010, Craig was launching a Flux-Carson orbital power station at Cape Canaveral when he was attacked by Viperia and the Serpent's Court, resulting in the death of seventeen NASA employees. Thundrax was placed in a coma for nearlty two weeks, until he was restored by his fiancee Sarah and Erik the Red, head of the Mystic Waymeet.

===Necrull===

Another of Craig's most powerful enemies is '''Necrull'''. The centuries old nercullitic sorcerer-scientist is responsible for the death of Craig's proteges, the Vanguard, as well as Craig's friend Alan Hellion, aka Forceknight IV. Craig's one attempt to confront him in 2008 ended wth Necrull nearly killing Thundrax and absorbing his powers, but he was rescued by the Starforce and Forceknight V. Since then, UNTIL and the RCMP have ordered Craig to not directrly conftont the necromancer, however it's only a matter of time before some sort of batte takes place, especially after Necrull raised a zombie version of Craig's brother Jack in early 2010 (before Jack's return through time).

'''Lady Lightning''' (no relation to the golden age heroine of the same name) is Dr. Lydia Brower, a reseachjer in artificial weather systems whose misguided expeiments resulted in her transformation into a woman  of "Living Lightning". Viewing Thundrax's Living Thunder as a natural complement, she attempted to kill Thundrax in the belief that his death would transfer her powers. She was defeated by the combined might of Thundrax and Arthur the Barbarian and now sits in Stronghold.

'''The Black Banner''' is  Hugh Brock, son of the second Red Ensign, Canada's most renowned superhero of the 1960s and 70s. Feeling neglected by his dad, when he took up the Canada Staff after his dad's death, he chose to become a supervillain, but was stopped by Forceknight III; the Canada Staff was stripped from him and given to his cousin Davie, who became the third Red Ensign. In prison, Hughh developed the delusion that he was "king of Canada. In 2010 he escaped from Srronghold North and fixated on Craig as the newest national iconic superhero, but was eventually defeated.  

 

Two of Thundrax's oldest enemies were Xavier Bliztter and Terry Zhao, a pair of Vacouver area anarchists known as '''Punk-X''' and '''Punk-Z'''. They were witnesses to Thundrax's origin, and picked up "background radiation of the Living Thunder" , which Zorasto later cultivated to transform them into demon knights, granting them power in exchange for an unbreakable oath to kill Thundrax. Both men have the power to sap Thundrax's strength; X is nearly as strong as Thundrax, while Z is an incredibly fast and skilled practioner of Shaolin dragon style kung-fu, They came very close to killing Thundrax several times in the 1980s, and they led the gang of C-list villains who destroyed the Carson family home in 1995 after Craig's identity was outted. They bequeathed part of their powes to their kids, who tried to kill Craig during a visit to Vancouver in 2010.

 

'''Blackstar''' of the Ultimates has always had a hate-on for Craig, and continues to try to prove his superior stength.  

===Rivals===

In addition to those who will trade punches with Craig, Thundrax has more subtle enemies (ie. those who prefer to attack Craig bhind the scenes). The biggest of these is probably '''PRIMUS''', owing to an incident where Craig exposed  an illegal PRIMUS research base on Canadian soil, though Craig has never gotten along well with any of the Golden Avengers). PRIMUS brass doesn't want to kill him, but would love to see him humiliated or discredited. However, many PRIMUS officers consider Craig a good friend and capable ally.

[[File: Craig_and_the_Press.jpg‎ |200px|thumb|right|Sometimes Thundrax needs to work on his PR skills]]

The negative coverage does not extend to Canada, where even the right wing press usually mutes its criticism, given Craig's surging reputation, though Canadian prume minister Stephen Harper is not a fan. Thundrax does have defenders in the American press: most famous of these are Jon Stewart and Rachel Maddow, who have done expert disections of some of the media's anti-Craig stories, though Stewart always mocks the mullet in the process.

[[File: Franklin_Stone.jpg‎ |200px|thumb|left|Mr. Franklin Stone]]

Another major rival is '''Franklin Stone''', the head of ACI. Not only is Craig a superhuman who's foiled some of his plans, Stone resents Thundrax's superhuman gifts and sees him as a potential rival to his industrial empire. He's been actively working with the press to destroy Craig's reputation, as well as attempt to subvert Craig's friend Indestructtible to his cause, in part to drive a wedge between them.

-- Craig loves 70s and 80s music. His very favorite band is Led Zepellin, but other bands he likes include: Zepellin, AC/DC, Kiss, The Clash, The Kinks, The Who, The Stones, The The, Nick Cave, The Beatles, Elvis Costello, and early U2. He also has an appreciation for folk music (especially Bruce Cockburn and Gordon Lightfoot) and is a closet Springsteen fan. He has a cursory knowledge of classical music.

[[File: Craig_Normal.jpg |200px|thumb|right|Thundrax in his original form. Now you know why he likes the mullet.]]

-- Craig usually habitates the Thundrax body, as the Living Thunder dislikes it when Craig goes back to his original. Where the original is stored when he's in Thundrax, no one knows.

-- Craig is a good guitarist, though he usually needs to switch to Craig form to avoid breaking strings with his superhuman fingers. His singing voice is decent too.

-- Craig enjoys the company of some of Millennium City's francophone community, and has developed ties with some of them. (The player enjoys playing with French players a lot, but wishes he had a better command of their language.)

-- Craig's brother was a plumber as well as a boxer and taught him much of the trade. As well as being a general handyman, Craig's got a background in civil engineering, structural engineering, and architecture. Craig is surprisingly intellectual for a bruiser, though he's also absent-minded and has a very short attention span.

-- Once a year, Craig returns home for a week at Christmas, doing odd jobs for the poor (particularly pensioners who can't perform heavy labor) and working in soup kitchens.

<div style="color:#151B54; font-family: Georgia; font-size:12px">'''"You have overstayed your welcome, Canadian." ''Robert Kauffman''' '' </div>

[[File: Craig_Brawl.jpg |200px|thumb|right| Craig, having fun in Vibora Bay.]]

Thundrax is a veteran hero. He's a celebrated local hero in Vancouver ("go Craig, you're the best!"), Alhough his popularity lags behind figures such as Justiciar and Le Fort, he's well-known in the rest of Canada ("Thundrax? He's been around forever!"). In the States, he languished in obscurity for decades, only to come into the public eye recently with a lot of publicity about his political views. In the rest of the world, he's somewhat well known (at least to those who pay attention to the superhero world-- "oh yeah, I heard of that guy").

[[File: Craig_and_Avenger.jpg |200px|thumb|right|Thundrax and Mark "Avenger" Derringer, his oldest friend, bonding as they usually do.]]

[[File: Craig_and_Blue.jpg |200px|thumb|right|Despite their political differences, Craig and the very right wing Blue Bruiser remain good friends.]]

<div style="color:#151B54; font-family: Georgia; font-size:12px">'''"Another fool who will not fall. I will embrace you for your fighting spirit, brother... with fire." -- ''Firewing''' '' </div>

[[File: Thundrax vs Firewing.jpg |200px|thumb|right| Craig slams the champion of Malva in the Forum Malvanum!]]

In the ensuing battle, as captured on camera and beamed live to the nation, Thundrax refused to fall. He was outmatched, but despite enduring terrible burns, he kept fighting until his last strength fell, breaking Firewinge's nose and shattering six of his ribs in the process. This was sufficient to earn Firewing's respect, and he left the field without killing anyone. The honor of Starforce was restored, and Craig became much more popular in Canada after the battle, though the rest of the world didn't pay much attention yet.

== November 2011: Thundrax vs the Tirithians ==

== June 1996: Thundrax vs. Seger: The Battle of Thunder Bay ==

== August 1999: Thundrax vs. Black Paladin ==

The existence of the Ravenyear is a carefully guarded secret: which few (even of ravens) have knowledge of, however the Black Paladin's pet raven Cataclsyme discovered it and informed his master. Long a plague upon the world, Sir Gilles de Morphant, the Black Paladin was the blackest of all black knights. He had faced Lancelot in the days of Camelot nearly slaying him and his beloved Elaine before Lancelot dispatched him and sent him to Hell. After making assorted mystic pacts, Sir Gilles returned to the world in the superheroic age, eaget to work his malice. Armed with Cataclysme's information, the Black Paladin took counsel with his demonic patrons and devised a way that the Ravenyear's power would come to him instead of the ravens who collected it.

== October 1986: Thundrax vs. Dreadnought ==

Donaldson, realizing that Avenger was vulnerable, hired the mercenary villain Dr. Meklar to assure he didn't survive to election day. Meklar sent his cyborg assassin Dreadnought, and former Brotherhood member Nightshade to kill him. In his way stood Avenger's teammate Thundrax. Dreadnought threw everything he could at the teenage hero, knocking him through walls, elevators, down staircases -- he even tried to bring a building down on him. However Thundrax was determined to stand between Dreadnought and his teammate at all costs. Finally Nightshade teleported Dreadnought from the fight to attack Avenger, but a panicking Craig caught up with them, knocked out Dreadnought, and nearly beat Nightshade to death. Donaldson won the election, but was soon exposed by SUNDER and the veteran local vigilante Acrobat. Avenger survived to remain the scourge of crime on the west coast.

It was Craig's first major battle against a powerhouse without the aid of his teammates and cemented his reputation locally as a hero to be reckoned with. Meklar headed many of the early projects involving what later became the Hunter-Patriots and is responsible for their cyborgs and their teleportation technology. He has never been captured and his current whereabouts is unknown; some suspect that Meklar is an alias of Cyberlord, the villain responsible for Justiciar's cybernetics, though Cyberlord's son Circ has denied the connection.

[[File: Thundrax 361 (4).jpg |200px|thumb|right| One of the oldest Thundrax comics lines (thanks to Recyclable for the cover!)]]

[[File: Craig_North.jpg |200px|thumb|right| "I love to fly. It's one of those primodial urges that are locked inside the human soul. When I rise from the ground, my passions are fulfilled, and I'm one step closer to God."]]

'''On Politics''':  

"I am a socialist. I believe that the poor should be lifted up to a certain level of comfort, dignity, happiness, and security, regardless of whether some people view their lives of value or not. Poverty does not denote personal weakness and should not be a stigma, life is hard, misfortune happens, and people's values as human beings are not solely determined by their ability to make money. So I believe society should support the so-called "underclass". Unlike some of my colleagues, however, I believe there are many roads to this goal, and not all of them come at the expense of others."

'''On Heroism''':  

"I am not a hero. I am a man with powers who tries to make the world a better place. It's up to other men to decide whether or not I'm a hero. I'm just trying to be a good man and on most days, that's enough of a challenge for anyone."

[[File: Craig_Church.jpg |200px|thumb|left| Thundrax, Mr. Indomitable, and Indestructible get ready to bring their brand of religion to a church in Vibora Bay.]]

'''On Religion and Superheroism''':  

"I'm not the most religious guy on the planet, but I am a Christian --despite the fact that this body is steeped in other mythologies -- and I do look at what I do from a Christian perspective. Jesus was a servant. How can I be any better than Christ? Obviously, I can't. So I serve, happily. I see myself as a "servant", not a "hero". It's a far more honorable title."

'''On Memorials''':  

"I once looked into a city in a parallel dimension where they built giant statues of dozens of superheroes. Gaudiest things I'd ever seen, and the city was littered with them. I'm sure they were honorable men and women, however, I was appalled at the thought that someone might do the same for me when I'm gone. If someone does, I hope VIPER blows the damn thing up."

[[File: Thundrax_Bad_Dog.jpg |200px|thumb|right| "The most unappreciated job on the planet is the role of the diplomat".]]

'''On Role-Models''':  

"I'm flattered if someone looks up to me, but really, they should find a good relative or a teacher and use them as a role-model. A lot of what I do isn't something I want kids to emulate."

'''On Enforcing Compliance With Registration Laws''':  

"Hunting them (registration violators) down is a bad idea for two reasons. First, it deflects superhero attention from violent crime. In cities such as Millennium, Vibora, and Hudson, innocent lives are under continuous assault. When superheroes divert their attention to prosecute those whose sole crime is non-compliance with bureaucracy, it is these innocents who suffer. Second, studies show that metahumans who do not threaten society but who are attacked by authorities are more likely to become villains.  

"Aggressively prosecuted registration acts encourage negative attitudes to authority, and negative attitudes to authority breeds supervillains. The sole practical use of registration is to give the law an additional charge to list against violent metahumans. If a supervillain get off on a technicality, they have additional ways to put them behind bars. Registration offenses can be prosecuted after the fact to put otherwise untouchable superhumans away. This does not require deploying superhuman squads dedicated to hunting them down."

[[File: Darkbolt.jpg |200px|thumb|left|Darkbolt, evil Thundrax of another world. How do you know he's evil? No mullet.]]

'''On Sapient Rights''':  

"When any creature seeks to contribute to society in good faith, it is our duty to reward that effort unequivocally, taking joy in the correction of injustice, and delight in the empowerment of those once held as weak, in celebration of our shared humanity."

'''On The Use of Lethal Force By Superhumans''':  

"In law enforcement situations -- against your basic street criminal, and even a high tech goon, like some Argent personnel are *alleged* to be,  I believe in using the minimum amount of force necessary to get the job done. If you're setting out to take no prisoners, regardless of the situation, you're doing your job wrong. If you use the "I only use lethal force when they do" axiom and you just happen to be bulletproof, you're still doing the job wrong. You subdue when you can do so safely, to yourselves and to the innocents around you, and when it isn't safe, then you use lethal force. Obviously it's a judgment call.

"A gun is a tool. A superhuman who uses guns and shoots people in the limbs to incapacitate them is no worse than a brickhouse or a martial artist who breaks a limb to incapacitate them. It's not the tool, it's how it's used that counts."

'''On Torture''':  

"Even in a situation where we are forced into a military role... we abide by the Geneva Convention, we don't execute prisoners, we don't torture prisoners, we detain them as efficiently as possible without violating the Convention. It doesn't matter that they won't do the same to us -- I was their (VIPRR's) prisoner for two hellishing months back in the 90s, I know first-hand what they do. It doesn't matter. We have rules of civilized conduct, and they define who we are, our character and convictions. We should be proud to live up to those standards."

[[File: Craig_and_Toll.jpg |200px|thumb|left| Craig knocks Toll to the canvas. Good punch! Too bad he will get up in a few seconds and hand Craig a pasting.]]

'''On Why He Likes To Fight''':  

"Yeah, I get into a lot of friendly fights, sparring and even a few friendly brawls. I don't deny that I enjoy the rush. But that's not the big thing for me. Putting on a pair of trunks and getting in the ring helps honor my brother's memory. More important than that, for types of supers like myself, it's a friendship ritual. I've made friends from all parts of the world and all walks of life, simply by going toe-to-toe with them in a squared circle."

[[File: Craig_Shock.jpg |200px|thumb|right|Craig meets a critic.]]

=Your Opinion: What Other Superhumans Have To Say About Thundrax!=

''I look at Craig and I see hope for the future. He is a truly amazing man and I am blessed to know him.''[[Muse@Mallyburns]]

[[File: Baddrax.jpg |200px|thumb|right|Baddrax, the Thundrax of Earth Xtreme!]]

''For someone who seems to have it all, I'm so surprised that it hasn't gone to his head. Thundrax is one of the most down to earth and friendliest people in the hero community. He is a good example for all and he makes me feel proud to be Canadian.'' - [[Spirit@UPRC|Spirit/Winterstar]]

''I wouldn't want to get on his bad side...Not to say I'm not prepared for that..'' - [[Mr. Blank]]

''"He's Definitely a guy I admire. Saw a speech he did when he was a MP. I think I saw him in 2011 during the NHL All-Star Game, in one of the boxes."'' - [[A.L.I.C.E.]]

''"What can I say? The guy looks up to me. That funky hairdo he's rocking? I told him it was cool. The costume? My idea. Thought it matched his eyes. Flux-Carson Enterprises? Well, who the hell do you think Flux-Carson is? Boom. Good luck un-blowing your mind."'' - [[Flea|The Flea]]

''"Dependable. Resourceful. Good to have in a fight. When it comes down to it, I think most would agree he's the hero other heroes aspire to be."'' - [[Sparrowhawk]]

 

''"The big guy? Ehhh, he's alright, I guess. Maybe a little too old-fashioned. Those capes all seem to look up to him for some reason, though. I don't get it; I think the guy's overrated."'' - [[All-Star]]

''"The mullet, eh? Blondie strikes me as a decent, hard-working type, even if he's an ex-politician. But hey! No-one's perfect, right?"'' - [[Skarius Lexzaan Snowtalon|Snowtalon]]

''"Have ran into him plenty of times both off and on duty and I gotta say he is one helluva guy. We both got our own views on how to handle things but I will both respect and back up his decisions most times.  Although I will fight him on which brew is better."'' - [[Soulstar]]  

''"Hmmm... an Thunder man oky. This person follow the rules and the god will be proud. with this person will be my friend but they have a lucky. because the '''Thundrax''' will save and do freedom."'' - [[Spider-Web]]