<strong>Character Name:</strong>The King<br/><strong>Real Name:</strong>Sebastian Shaw<br/><strong>Age:</strong>45<br/><strong>Sexual Orientation:</strong>Straight<br/><strong>Height:</strong>6'4"<br/><strong>Weight:</strong>210 lbs<br/><strong>Affiliation:</strong>Hellfire Club's inner circle/ Shaw Industries<br/><br/><strong>Appearance:</strong><br/><br/>(http://static.cinemagia.ro/img/db/actor/03/07/03/manu-bennett-938802l.jpg)<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong><br/><br/>Sebastian Shaw was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. His powers manifested shortly after he was accepted to engineering school. Devoting himself to his studies Shaw created "Shaw industries" and became a millionaire at age 30 and billionaire at age 40. Shaw became engaged to a woman named Lourdes Chantel, also a mutant, and was soon initiated into the Hellfire Club thanks to his vast fortune along with Warren Worthington, Jr. (father of Archangel), Howard Stark (father of Tony Stark) and Sir James Braddock (father of Captain Britain and Psylocke), having caught the attention of Ned Buckman, then White King of Hellfire Club's New York Branch. Shaw became part of the Council of the Chosen, earning the rank of Black Bishop. Lourdes did not trust Buckman, and feared that Shaw's ambition and the nature of the Hellfire Club would corrupt him.<br/><br/><br/>Lourdes is soon killed by Sentinels in a battle. Upon discovering that Ned Buckman, the White King of the Council, is supporting Steven Lang's Project: Armageddon and its Sentinels, he executes a coup, using Emma Frost's telepathy to make Buckman kill all the Council of the Chosen, including his own White Queen, Paris Seville, and then himself. Shaw proclaims himself Black King, remakes the Council of the Chosen into his Inner Circle and gathers Emma Frost, Harry Leland and the non-mutant cyborg Donald Pierce as the Lords Cardinal of Hellfire Club.[5] At Shaw's side is Tessa, who, unbeknownst to him, is a spy working for Charles Xavier.  As the leader of the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club, Shaw starts plans to dominate the world through force, money and power. His connections to top officials of corporations and government, acquired via the Club and through his position as CEO of Shaw Industries, make him a powerful enemy. Shaw becomes a major supporter and builder of Sentinels. This activity brings him into frequent contact with the major players of Project: Wideawake, Senator Robert Kelly and Henry Peter Gyrich, to whom he appears to be an anti-mutant bigot<br/><br/><br/><strong>Powers/Abilities:</strong><br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Energy Absorb:</span>Shaw has the unique ability to absorb energy to increase his strength, speed, stamina, Endurance and recuperative abilities to super human levels. He absorbs the energy of direct blows from anything from a punch to knives, bullets and less successfully concussive energy blasts.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Endurance:</span>By absorbing consecutive blows Shaw has even absorbed attacks from adamantium attacks but only for a short time. This is however super human in it's own right.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Strength:</span>Shaw has endured enough during combat to be able to purely over power his foes from increasing his own strength.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Speed:</span>When he absorbs attacks, Shaw can outpace most of his opponents and strike before they get the chance to counter attack.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Stamina:</span>After storing enough energy Shaw has been shown to be able to forgo sleep completely.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Resources and Business:</span>Shaw also has a successful business acumen and access to sophisticated weaponry. He not only prides himself on his power and the connections it allows him, but on knowing his opponents and how best to defeat them, whether in battle or in business. He also possesses technology that can block telepathic intrusions by Professor X.<br/><br/><strong>Weaknesses:</strong><br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Energy fade:</span>Shaw's stored energy fades at different levels depending on what he uses it for. It drains fastest when he is forced to endure harsh conditions for humans.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Human:</span>When he doesn't have energy stored, Shaw is simply a healthy man who seems to work out regularly.<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Driven, Ruthless and cunning are only a few words that describe the leader of the hellfire club. Sebastian always has a plan and is willing to do whatever it takes to get his job done.<br/><br/><strong>Equipment:</strong>Whatever Shaw can get from his company and whatever form of the Hellfire Club at his disposal.<br/><br/><strong>Notable Enemies:</strong>The X-Men, Nimrod and anyone opposing his goals.<br/>