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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8335014" data-attributes="member: 30538">Dú Láng (I)<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-8DjCd5C/0/3640ca15/S/five-deadly-venoms-S.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Most of what is definitely known about the first costumed protector of Hong Kong has been told in the account of his successor. What follows is conjecture and supposition, based on a handful of reports from the Hong Kong Police Department's archives which were, to put no fine a point upon it, stolen by Argus operatives shortly before the handover. It appears that more information about him was in the possession of British intelligence, but those files were destroyed in a mysterious fire in 1979.Fa Hoi-yun, the most likely candidate to have been Dú Láng, was born in 1947 in Kowloon. From an early age, both he and his younger sister, Fa Ni-chen, were trained as acrobats and martial artists, with the intention that they would follow their parents into careers with the Cantonese opera, and possibly the Hong Kong film industry. However, it seems that Hoi-yun was a somewhat hot-headed child, frequently brawling in the streets, and acquiring his fair share of enemies.In 1966, the consequences of that life style were made horrifically clear to him. Ni-chen was attacked by some people who had grudges against her brother. While she was able to defend herself to some degree, their intentions were clear, and she attempted suicide to preserve her honor. Fortunately, or perhaps not, she survived, though she was horribly scarred by the experience, to the point where her hoped for career as an entertainer was now a mirage.Infuriated by this, and the fact that the authorities were unable or unwilling to discover the whereabouts of his sister's attacker, Hoi-yun decided to take matters into his own hands. To protect his remaining family, he adopted the masked identity of the Lone Wolf, Dú Láng, and began carving a swath through Hong Kong's underworld. While his initial intent was just to take vengeance on Ni-chen's attackers, Dú Láng gradually came to have a more general sense of anger at the suffering that the Triads, in particular, were causing.In 1970, Dú Láng finally discovered the whereabouts of the last of his sister's attackers, who had supposedly become the personal agent of the legendary Lord of Strange Deaths. Having gained the assistance of agents of British intelligence during his campaign, Dú Láng infiltrated a secret martial arts tournament, discovering that its supposed mastermind had been dead for quite some time, and defeated his own personal nemesis in a final battle. Vengeance was at last his ... and it did not satisfy him at all.He was apparently still sorting through his feelings about all of this when he died in the Battle of Vietnam, where he attempted to rescue the young Kid Wolf from Stardust's attack on him, only to die in the process. Despite suggestions that he had recovered from death, it seems likely that the disappearance of his body was simply an accident in the disposition of his remains. But this would not be the least of the mysteries surrounding him.Dú Láng (I) - PL 7Abilities:STR 2 | STA 3 | AGL 3 | DEX 1 | FGT 6 | INT 2 | AWE 3 | PRE 2Powers:Striking Strength: Strength-based Damage 2 - 2 pointsAdvantages:Agile Feint, Assessment, Defensive Attack, Defensive Roll, Evasion, Fearless 2, Hide in Plain Sight, Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative, Improved Trip, Languages 2 (English, others [Cantonese is native]), Power Attack, Uncanny Dodge.Skills:Acrobatics 6 (+9), Athletics 6 (+8), Close Combat: Unarmed 4 (+10), Deception 6 (+8), Expertise: Streetwise 7 (+9), Insight 6 (+9), Intimidation 7 (+9), Investigation 5 (+7), Perception 5 (+8), Stealth 6 (+9).Offense:Initiative +7Unarmed +10 (Close Damage 4)Defense:Dodge 7, Parry 7, Fortitude 5, Toughness 5/3, Will 7Totals:Abilities 44 + Powers 2 + Advantages 15 + Skills 29 + Defenses 11 = 101 pointsComplications:Justice--Motivation. Family (sister). Secret Identity.Note: For those of you wondering why his defenses are low -- "Forget about winning and losing, forget about pride and pain: let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life! Do not be concerned with your escaping safely – lay down your life before him!" - from The Tao of Jeet Kune Do, by Bruce Lee.</blockquote>

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