<div class="floatright">(https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/77/94843-4639-black-knight.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;">Black Knight</span></strong></span><br/><strong>Legal Name:</strong>Dane Whitman<br/><strong>Origin of Powers:</strong>Magic Items<br/><strong>Age:</strong>Early 30's<br/><strong>Sexuality:</strong>Heterosexual<br/><strong>Description (Appearance):</strong>Dark hair, brown eyes, handsome, solidly built knight in shining armour.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Powers</strong></span><br/>None.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Special Skills and Other </strong></span><br/><strong>Gifted Scientist:</strong>Whitman started out as a scientist, though specializing in physics (having earned a Master's degree in physics), he is proficient in a wide array of advanced sciences and technologies, including genetic and mechanical engineering; and continues to approach things from a scientific perspective more often than not, despite his ties to the world of magic.<br/><br/><strong>Expert Swordsman:</strong>Whitman is an excellent swordsman whose skills have allowed him to best the Swordsman in combat.<br/><br/><strong>Magic Immunity:</strong>The Sword that Whitman is using is immune to magical powers, granting him an immunity to magic.<br/><br/><strong>Skilled Martial Artist:</strong>He is an excellent fighter, able to hold his own against such highly skilled fighters as Captain America and Wolverine.<br/><br/><strong>Expert Horseman:</strong>He is also an expert horseman.<br/><br/><strong>Magical Knowledge:</strong>Whitman has become somewhat familiar with magic.<br/><br/><strong>Skilled Tactician:</strong>He has also demonstrated good leadership skills as leader of both the Avengers and Ultraforce. He has strong strategic and tactical skills<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Equipment </span></strong><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">The Ebony Blade</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://static3.comicvine.com/uploads/original/10/105264/4338483-black-knight.jpg)</div></div><br/><strong>* </strong>The Ebony Blade deflects most magical attacks. When angled in a certain way, it can instead absorb energy directed at it. It seems mostly immune to magical effects.<br/><strong>* </strong>It can cut through any substance (except other enchanted weapons or extremely strong metals like adamantium), even piercing Iron Man's Extremis armor with one slash, though how much of a certain substance it can cut through depends on the strength of the wielder. The sword is also indestructible.<br/><strong>* </strong>The blade and its wielder are linked. The wielder can be transported to the blade's location through mystic ceremony. In a few cases Dane Whitman has been transported into the body of an ancestor to wield the blade.<br/><strong>* </strong>Merlin has enchanted the blade so that its wielder can be injured, but not killed. The one exception is when the wielder is attacked by a weapon forged from the same starstone as the blade (such as the dagger Merlin himself crafted).<br/><strong>* </strong>The link between blade and wielder means that evil acts committed by the wielder can taint the blade. If used to spill too much blood in evil acts, it will begin to crave blood, and induce the wielder to kill even more. If enough blood is shed the wielder becomes the Bloodwraith. Only a worthy person can resist it. Dane Whitman once cleansed the blade of the taint accumulated over the years by casting it into the Brazier of Truth, but it could become tainted if used for evil again.<br/><div class="floatright">(https://static1.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11129/111291233/5307126-8423028886-49148.jpg)(https://i2.wp.com/metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pomp.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;zoom=1&amp;resize=644%2C732)</div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">The Shield of Night</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://comicvine1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/scale_medium/1/11352/292922-149749-black-knight.jpg)</div></div>The shield can absorb energy.<br/><br/><strong>Elven Armour:</strong>Dane wears protective armor, apparently of elven design. He also possesses a necklace that can contain his armor, sword and shield and reappear whenever he says Avalon.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Strider</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/11/fc/e2/11fce21aed18be8fa00aa740045d81e9.jpg)</div></div>Dane normally rides the white winged horse, Strider, a gift from the Lady of the Lake.Strider is capable of super-sonic flight and can survive in a variety of environments (including underwater).<br/><br/><strong>Amulet of Avalon</strong>Saying 'Avalon' summons his items to him or stores them back in the amulet. Calls for Strider as well.<br/><br/><strong>The Brazier of Truth</strong><br/>This allows Dane to summon the Ghost of Sir Percy his ancestor and seek advice. He also used it to clear the curse of the ebony blade.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>History:</strong></span><br/>Born and raised in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Dane Whitman attended university as a young man, eventually obtaining a Master's degree in physics. The descendant of a long line of heroes who took up the mantle of the Black Knight, Whitman assumed the role after his uncle Nathan Garrett had resurrected the name to partake in villainy.<br/><br/>Garrett was seriously wounded in a fight with Iron Man, and on his deathbed expressed his wish that his nephew should restore the family legacy by making the Black Knight a hero once again. Initially resistant to this idea, Whitman eventually took up the mantle to fight the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, whom he had accidentally summoned to Earth, and soon established himself as a hero.<br/><br/><strong>== Character Extras =<br/>Played By:</strong>Bowen<br/><strong>Face Claim:</strong>Kit Harrington<br/><strong>Ons/Offs</strong>Bowen's O/O's (https://elliquiy.com/forums/onsoffs.php?u=60136).<br/><strong>Character Soundtrack: </strong><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Requiem for a dream</div><div class="spoiler_body">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OH8aCNVbx0</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">The Sound of Silence</div><div class="spoiler_body">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">I want Something Like This</div><div class="spoiler_body">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM7MFYoylVs</div></div>