<strong>Villain</strong><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Jacob Kendrick<br/><strong>Alias:</strong>The Procacious Parvenu<br/><br/>(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/rcburner/SteampunkGentleman.jpg)<br/><br/><strong>Heritage: </strong>Caucasian<br/><strong>Age: </strong>32<br/><strong>Sexual Orientation: </strong>Doesn't ask and doesn't tell!<br/><br/><strong>Abilities</strong><br/><br/><em>Primary:</em>Unnatural luck.  The odds have a rather peculiar tendency to sway in the Parvenu's favor.  Bullets miss him by millimeters, perfectly maintained guns jam when fired at close range, punches swing far off target, heists go off without so much as a hitch, or police show up just a little too late because of the sudden falling of an oak into the middle of the road...when there was no tree planted there in the first place.<br/><br/>Of course, this luck seems to vanish whenever Mister Kendrick is in a particularly foul mood.  Given his chipper demeanor, this is a monumentally rare occurrence.  However, when it does backfire, it backfires in a particularly bad way.  Unfortunately, this applies not only to him, but to everyone in the immediate vicinity.  The last time he was in a sour frame of mind (and under great physical duress besides), every gas tank within five hundred yards exploded spontaneously, causing widespread panic as the ensuing fires consumed everything in their vicinity.<br/><br/><em>Secondary: </em>Excessively Polite.  The Parvenu is civil beyond all proper reason.  He will dust off a man's jacket before his partners shoot him in the face, anonymously pay for the ensuing dry cleaning and funeral bills, and attend said funeral to pay his respects.  He is prim and proper even when fired upon, apologizing profusely for property damage (of which there tends to be a rather large amount) over the hail of bullets.  He treats both men and women with the same courtesy and respect, just as he would have either gender killed without batting an eye.  He is everything a gentleman should be, and quite a few things it shouldn't be besides.<br/><br/><em>Travel:</em><br/><br/>(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/rcburner/DieselpunkCarwoman.jpg)<br/><br/>Disregarding the eye candy (who was hired purely for promotional purposes, or so I am told), the Parvenu drives a custom built vehicle of dubious quality.  Its speeds and acceleration are top notch, and both its frame and windows are fully bulletproof.  It houses a wide variety of weapons and traps, and can transform from its current state into that of an airboat or gyrocopter.  The Parvenu's pride and joy.<br/><br/><br/><strong>History:</strong><br/><br/><Work in Progress><br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong><br/><br/>Mister Kendrick is an exceedingly buoyant individual of singular properness, as stated above.  He seems quite firmly situated in the Golden Age, despite the fact that both villains and heroes alike have evolved quite a bit since those somewhat happier times.  Still, he seems perfectly content where he is.  Unfortunately, there is an indication of something far darker in the works.<br/><br/>The Parvenu thrives on publicity, recognition, and creative solutions to mundane problems.  Each successive heist<em>must</em>be more spectacular than the last.  Bigger, louder, and brighter.  Flash with Substance.  It is a compulsion, with each robbery planned for terribly long periods of time in advance.  Some have theorized that, once Kendrick has pulled off the most magnificent bank robbery of all, one that is truly and completely incapable of topping, he will move on to yet another 'genre' of crimes to commit.  In the event that he chooses murder...  Well, some things are best left unsaid.<br/><br/>If not for his partners, Kendrick would very likely be broken and destitute.  While he plans, they are fully capable of acting on their own, making them infinitely more useful than typical henchmen.  Each is a trained soldier of unusual caliber, and as a unit even organized gangs find themselves overwhelmed by superior military-grade tactics and weaponry.  At the end of the day, they are as much parts of the Parvenu's family as they are breadwinners.<br/><br/><More to Come><br/><br/><strong>Parters:</strong><br/><br/>(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/rcburner/Lee_Carter_artventure1.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/rcburner/Lee_Carter_Concept_13.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/rcburner/Lee_Carter_Concept_8.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/rcburner/Lee_Carter_Concept_14.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/rcburner/Soldier_by_Chronoperates.jpg)<br/>