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FILE COPY - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
SUBJECT DOSSIER: DOE, JOHN (103)
FILE Nº O-2694-5, METAHUMAN INCIDENT RESPONSE AGENCY
SECTION Nº1: BASIC CHARACTERISTICS
| SKETCH ARTIST RENDITION, 10/20/21 |
SECTION Nº2: CONDENSED ANALYST ASSESSMENT
I. METAHUMAN FACTORS.
A. ENHANCED PHYSICALITY
John Doe No.103, heretofore acknowledged as "STRIX" in further documentation, possesses a substantial set of enhanced factors pertaining to dexterity, cognition, and flexibility. Available eyewitness accounts include mention of: environmental damage from strikes indicative of enhanced strength and force, predictive movement to dodge bullets and other lethal projectiles, leaping and running capabilities past the ability of a factor-absent human, and contortionist abilities which aid in stealth capabilities. Chinese authorities have refused to collaborate with MIRA emissaries and release available body-camera footage for usage by ORG-LEVEL analysts; however, Strix's activities in the United States have provided available, yet limited, firsthand surveillance of abilities.
B. "WAY OF THE JIANGSHI"
Strix's complementary secondary factor has been observed mainly by Chinese authorities, and a leaked batch of compromised correspondence between Beijing authorities with the CCP has allowed MIRA the opportunity to observe and log this information for later analysis. Termed "Way of the Jiangshi" as a working title in recovered records, Strix possesses the otherworldly ability to leap, fly, and hover through the air with significant defiance to established physics and gravitational laws. Additionally, the subject appears to possess some degree of supernatural "aura manipulation", as termed by Beijing police. Leaked documentation contains multiple accounts of dehydrated and rotted cadavers left in the aftermath of sightings; bodies that could be identified through implant or dental records possessed a biological age far younger than what the level of decomposition would suggest. Documentation also contains references to apparent body camera footage in which this ability is directly surveilled; however, no such footage is available to MIRA at this time.
The combination of apparent biological vampirism and gravity-defying feats has caused Beijing authorities to refer to both Strix and his modus operandi as similar to the Chinese hopping vampire, or Jiangshi. Analysts are currently determining whether or not this comparison is spiritually or culturally accurate, as well as whether or not common talismans and wards meant to counter Jiangshi would be necessarily effective against the subject.
Oddly, Strix's movements and navigation of the environment bear stark similarity to traditional wuxia Chinese fiction.
The combination of apparent biological vampirism and gravity-defying feats has caused Beijing authorities to refer to both Strix and his modus operandi as similar to the Chinese hopping vampire, or Jiangshi. Analysts are currently determining whether or not this comparison is spiritually or culturally accurate, as well as whether or not common talismans and wards meant to counter Jiangshi would be necessarily effective against the subject.
Oddly, Strix's movements and navigation of the environment bear stark similarity to traditional wuxia Chinese fiction.
II. SPECIALIZATIONS AND SKILLS.
A. MIXED MARTIAL ARTISTRY
John Doe #103 employs a variety of martial artistry when directly confronted. The most obvious of these styles is the usage of Chinese kung fu-- notably, the southern style of Wing Chun. Given the spiritual importance of qi in Chinese martial artistry, investigative analysts are attempting to determine a concrete relationship between Strix's method of combat and Section Nº2B "WAY OF THE JIANGSHI".
III. EQUIPMENT.
A. SUIT
Strix, true to the namesake, employs an outfit thematically and aesthetically similar to that of an owl. The outfit is identity-concealing. Lenses of the mask are polarized and appear to be bulletproof. The cloth of the outfit appears to be made of an unknown cloth, leather, and metal; the materials appear to be resistant to wear-and-tear and other smaller forms of damage.
B. WEAPONRY
The subject possesses retractable blades on the gloved fingers of the suit. Additional daggers appear to be housed on the left hip, along with a rope-dart coiled on the right.
SECTION Nº3: DOCUMENT APPENDIX
SECTION NO.1 FOOTNOTES.
[1] Is this guy who we think he is? - J. Irving
SECTION NO.2 FOOTNOTES.
N/A.
END DOCUMENT
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