[attr="class","official-title"]Dominic Xavier

[attr="class","official-header"]Death Wish

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[attr="class","official-content"]Dominic Xavier spent his whole life in the glades of starling city. He was a mistake that came from a one night stand. He never meet his father while his mom worked as a stripper in order to make enough money to pay the necessities. His whole life was a struggle growing up as he didn't have much, and people would often make fun of him for his mother being his stripper and his father not wanting him. As Dominic grew up he began to learn MMA, and became rather good at it. Then when those people made jokes he was quick to shut them up which ended that torment rather quickly. He was always a independent kind of guy who never really had friends or cared to make them. After making it through high school he got a job as a bartender as stable work to support himself. It seemed as if everyone's dream was to one day make it out of the glades but not Dominic. See Dominic knew that having a dream wasn't smart knowing that it wouldn't come true was what was. People like him couldn't escape this life so instead he focused on making the most of it.
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Dominic feel in love with a fellow co worker by the name of Jenny. She soon became to center of his happiness and the one thing that didn't make the glades all that bad. It was young love at it's finest and the two were crazy about each other. After several years of dating they went on to get married and then have a baby girl. Dominic was no longer just making the best out of his situation for himself anymore, he wanted to make it the best for his family. His notion of being stupid for dreaming was started to change as he now wanted to move his family out of the glades and take them some place better. However they seemed comfortable there and it was easy to accept comfort until it was no longer there. Dominic loved his family and they were having a great life, until that one tragic day.
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Dominic would have done everything to protect them however he felt as if they city was pretty safe with the police and the Arrow there to protect. He had heard about the Arrow cleaning up the streets and striking fear into the hearts of criminals everywhere. However just like the saying goes a hero can't save everyone and that was the case when the glades came under attack from a plan to destroy it. When this happened Dominic was away from his family and as soon as the event began to transpire he began to make his way through the glades to them. However when he got there it was to late his wife and his daughter had been killed along with many others in this attack on the glades. Everything that Dominic had to live for had been ripped away from him. As far as he was concerned the man known as Dominic Xavier died the same night his wife and child did. From that day on Death Wish: The Warrior of The Night was born.
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It was clear to Dominic that the glades needed their own here. The Arrow as good as he might be just couldn't save everyone, and it was now time for him to take justice in his own hands. Justice for him meant stopping those people who do wrong or harm the innocent by any means necessary. That night Dominic picked up on his MMA skills and began a more rigorous training. He continued to learn different styled of martial arts as well a things to help with is agility, speed, and strength. Dominic knew also that his combat skills would be enough to take out the criminals. He also began training with a double-edged spear as he trained with a local swordsmen. Dominic also learned the technique of throwing knifes to add to his arsenal. Dominic would spend countless hours each day training and training in order to be the hero that the Glades needed. He vowed to himself that he would make it his mission to rid the city of people like those who murdered his family and to ensure the safety of the citizens of the glades.
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When it comes to stopping these criminals Dominic has a very simple method. Once he catches a criminal in the glades he leaves them with three options either they turn themselves in, they leave the glades and starling city never to return again, or if they don't chose either of those options then he will find them and he will kill them. To Dominic this is justice. These people should pay for the crimes they have committed and he leaves it up to them as to which punishment they choose. He doesn't show mercy to them because no one showed mercy to his wife or his daughter or any other people who died that night in the glades. Mercy is weakness and Death Wish doesn't show any weakness. Starling City may be a safer place with The Arrow some may argue, but the glades needs their own hero, someone who will protect them against any more harm, the glades deserves a warrior of the night and for any criminals who dare try to harm the glades or get in Dominic's way of protecting it then they have made their own Death Wish.

[attr="class","official-header"]Powers/Abilities if Applicable

[attr="class","official-content"]Hand to Hand Combat: Dominic had studies many forms of Mixed Martial Arts prior to becoming a vigilante. Since he has been training to save the glades he has further developed his skills from knowing how to knock someone out, or submit them unconscious to being able to break different bones in their bodies to even quick ways of killing people with his bare hands. While Dominic is pretty well skilled in hand to hand combat he stills relies on his strength a little to much which is one of his weaknesses as of now.
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Weapon Training: Dominic uses his double edged spear as his primary weapon. He has become very skilled with it in ways of fighting in combat with it as far as attacking and blocking go as well as using it to pierce through ones body and kill them. Since it is double edged it makes it easier for him to take on multiple enemies as once. His spear made of metal is the span of about half his body giving him plenty of reach to attack. He carries it with a strap on his back while on the move. This is his primary way of attack against another armed person. He also several usually three throwing knifes of different sizes and available distance that he keeps on him for certain situations life if a criminal is running away or he needs to hit someone from a further distance.
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Parkour: This is probably Dominic's greatest ability. With his steady increasing training in this field he is able to get from one place to another more efficiently. This can involve multiple things as jumping from building to building, or scaling and climbing things. The basic concept is that he uses every part of the environment around him to get from one destination to another as fast as possible. These skill's along with his favorable attack time of the night and darkness allow him to sneak up on criminals and catch them when they least expect it. This also allows him to chase down criminals faster, and really stick to the shadows to be unnoticed by people.

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[attr="class","official-content"]The sound of the alarm rang through the air as Dom slowly turned over hitting the off button with his hand as he groaned as it was time to get up. Working as a bartender meant a weird sort of scheduling for him which left him with not a lot of sleep since he wanted to spend as much of his free time with his family as possible. As he ran his hands through his hair he looked over to see his wife slowly awaking as a smile came across his face. He gave her a gently kiss on the cheek as she slowly moved about trying to wake from a good nights sleep. "Good morning honey." Dom and Jenny were one of those happy married couples granted it had only been around five years now but they hadn't seem to lose their touch. Even after having a child they were still as in love as they were the day they first meet. He can still remember that day his first day on the job as he was the new guy and she was the worker giving him a hard time. He still remembered how great she looked and the first time he saw the smile that made each day for him.
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She had never been a morning person however. So how she struggled to gather the energy to pull herself out of bed Dominic got up and headed to the bathroom to take a shower and get ready. They had developed quite the daily morning routine. He would take his nice warm shower waking up and cleaning himself off. This usually took him about twenty or so minutes and of course just as he was about finished his wife would come in getting ready for a shower herself of course. As he got out the two would exchange a few kissed before she jumped in the shower herself and he continued to get ready. Some people say that routines and predictability were boring, but when they were great things like this with somewhat that you loved they weren't bad at all.
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Speaking of routines it one on to his next one and probably the one he enjoyed the most. It was time to go wake up his little girl. She was three years old and the most important thing in his life no doubt about it. He sat down on her bed giving her a kiss on the forehead as he slowly woke her from her sleep. As she awoke she gave him a smile and wrapped her arms around him as he picked her up and began to carry her to the kitchen. Then it was time to make breakfast and get everyone fed and ready for the day ahead. Jenny worked from home so that she could watch and spend a lot of time with Isabella their daughter, and of course every second Dominic wasn't working he was spending time with his daughter and wife because he knew what it was like not to have a father in his life and to see his mother single for most of hers. So he wanted to be the best father and husband that he could possible be. So he spent the whole morning and a good portion of the day spending time with them and doing family stuff before it was off to the gym for a quick work out and then to work.
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It had been your typical day so far and nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary. However it was as if it was the calm before a storm that no one saw coming. As Dominic was working chaos begin to pursue as the glades were under attack from this plan to destroy it. The news was blowing up about the damage being done and the people losing their lives. The ground was shaking as things were collapsing near by. Dominic not one to freak out easily was at a loss for words as he quickly came out from behind the bar looking outside as the destruction ensued. All he could thing about was his wife and his daughter Isabella. He quickly ran out off the bar and starting head toward home. He was running down the streets jumping over stuff that had been torn down from the damage as he made his way through the city.
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The attack seemed to be coming to the end as the police were filled on the streets doing the best they could to help everyone but it was absolute chaos everywhere. It was a long distance from his work to home, but it seemed like he had made it there as fast as he could. However when he arrived his heart sunk as he saw his house part of it crumbled to pieces and a good portion of it on fire. He started to dart at it as there was an officer there to get in the way holding him back with all his might. "My wife.....my daughter they are in there." Dominic screamed out loud as he had to save them it was his family and he was suppose to protect them form anything that happened. The officer than began to speak but Dom didn't want to believe any of the words that where coming out of his mouth. He said that they didn't make it that they were gone, it was to late to save them when they arrived. "No they can't.....they can't." It was at this point that Dominic completely lost it. Tears started to fill the eyes of a man who hadn't cried since he was a young boy and he didn't know how to handle this ambush of emotions.
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He was angry and upset as he began to yell at the officer. "You are suppose to protect this city. Things like this aren't suppose to happen there is no justice in innocent people dying." He ran his hands through his hair as he couldn't even bare to look at the house anymore he fell down on the ground burying his head in his forearms. "That was my baby.....my little girl.....and the love of my life." It was at this moment that Dom begin to leave the scene but the cop stopped him and handed him the only things that were left from his house. It was a small picture of his wife and daughter and a handkerchief with a skull mouth on it. After Dominic had this stuff he disappeared into the darkness and chaos continued to ensue.  People were taking things as the city was in panic mode. Dominic knew exactly where he was going as he went to his usually secluded location in the glades that over looked part of it. On his way there he picked up a few items.
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There he now sit taking gulps of whisky which was one of the items he picks up. What was once a full bottle was now half way empty and there laid in front of him a pistol on one side and the picture of his family and handkerchief on the other. He picked up the gun as he popped out the chamber seeing it was full as he spun it around and pushed it back in. He had a choice to make that very night one that at the time he though would only influence himself but might in turn influence the lives of many others in the future. He looked at the gun a very powerful weapon and one that could surely end the sorrow and pain he was going through right now, and then he looked at his family the women who loved him and only saw the good in his life. That was the moment he knew that he couldn't let this happen to anyone else. He didn't want anyone to lose everything they held dear to them and feel as he felt now. The glades weren't as safe as people once assumed and not even The Arrow was enough to protect them this time. He took one last sip of whisky as he picked up the handkerchief and tied it around his mouth. Even though Dominic didn't use the gun that was still the moment in which Dominic Xavier died, but something else was born, someone who would take action in the night in a search for justice to rid the glades of those who were trying to destroy it, someone who can strike fear into the hearts of criminals and hope into the hearts of the innocent a true warrior of the night....Death Wish.



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