Joseph Wilson // Jericho

PERSONAL FILE

HIGHLY CLASSIFIED AND CONFIDENTIAL

GENERAL INFORMATION

NAME: Joseph William Wilson
ALIAS: Joey, Joey Wilson, Jericho
GENDER: Male
AGE: 26
OCCUPATION: Adventurer; Crimefighter; superhero
ALIGNMENT: Good
AFFILIATION(S): The Titans. Formally Teen Titans, Searchers Inc.

PHYSICAL PROFILE

HEIGHT: 6’0
WEIGHT: 195Ibs
EYES: Green
HAIR: Blond
CLASSFICATION: Metahuman
UNUSUAL FEATURES: None

BEHAVIOR PROFILE

Kind and caring: Joseph is a genuinely kind and caring individual. He’s very kind to everyone he meets, even those he has just met. He is kind and caring to his friends and others. He has a fondness for children and animals and his fellow man. He is a very caring person and just can’t help but be kind and caring to everyone, even strangers and his enemies but especially this trait is shown to his friends and family.

Selfless, sacrificing, considerate and respectful: Jericho is a very considerate man, he is selfless and sacrificing he’ll help a complete stranger out or even help an old lady cross the street or help a little child with something or other. He is very respectful towards others, especially his elders. He enjoys helping other people, children and animals.

Empathic: Joseph may not be an Empath but he is empathic and he sympathies with a lot of people even the bad guys. He just cares about people but especially his friends and his family. He enjoys seeing his friends and family happy and carefree.

Willing listener: Joseph is one of kinds of people who just truly enjoys listening to other people. He is somebody someone can come to talk to him, to spill your problems to or unload your troubles or concerns or worries to. He’s the kind of person that could listen to someone talk, complain and rant for hours on end and still be hanging onto your every word just as aptly as the conversation first began. He usually won’t have an answer to your problems but he will be both your secret keeper and confident.

Gentle soul: Joseph is a gentle person, he prefers music over fighting and painting over guns. He is a very gentle young man; he disproves of fighting and tries very hard to keep from having to fight someone. You can’t even get him to spar with someone seriously without forcing his hand or making him angry enough to want to hit someone. He prefers to solve things, fighting and arguments peacefully, even if it is a harder thing to do. He’d much rather have people talk things out rather than fight it out.

Pacifist: Joseph is a pacifist, he doesn’t like fighting and would much rather solve things through nonviolent means. In fact he prefers to handle things through nonviolent ways. Seriously he’d much rather settles things peacefully and without the need for violence. Even if those non-violent ways of his mean forcing a man to make eye contact with him possessing that bad person and making them stop their evil deeds and turning the criminal in while he’s still possessing said criminal.

Fear: Jericho is not fearless, he does fear a few things, the death of family being one, the death of one of his friends being another and finally his mind fracturing again and being driven insane because of the aftereffects of his powers, the psyches of the people he has possessed that reside in his mind.

Anger, rage, hate and any other negative emotions: Jericho does feel these emotions but they are rare, rarer than rare really. They happen once in a blue moon really. Jericho is one of these people that you can not rile up or anger. He doesn’t always show these emotions and usually tries not to even when he is feeling them. The worst someone can get from him is a frown or a snarl(which is even rarer than a frown).

Doubts: Everyone has doubts about themselves and others at times and Jericho is no exception to this.

Joseph William Wilson is the son of Slade Wilson and Adeline Kane Wilson. Joseph's parents met while in service to the United States Army, where Adeline had been Slade's instructor in Guerilla warfare. Sparks ignited immediately between the two, and they quickly fell in love and wed.

As Slade was called into service, Adeline gave birth to a son, Grant. Slade continued on active duty, and volunteered for a medical experiment in resisting truth serums. The experiment had an unforeseen side effect: it gave Slade enhanced strength and heightened reflexes. Shortly after this, Adeline gave birth to a second son, Joseph William Wilson.

Slade soon was discharged from the army. He took up hunting for awhile, but it failed to quench his thirst for the life he once led. To the world, Slade Wilson became a celebrated hunter. Unknown to even his wife and family, Slade secretly became a mercenary known as Deathstroke, the Terminator. Although Slade was gone for weeks a time, he was a good father. He was closest to Grant, who idolized him. But Slade also loved Joseph, who preferred music over fighting and painting over guns.

One one of his assignments, Slade assassinated a Colonel from the country of Quarac. The president from Quarac sent a terrorist known as the Jackal to find Slade, and find out who hired him to kill the Colonel. To gain leverage, the Jackal kidnapped a young Joseph Wilson.

This forced Slade to admit to his Adeline that he was secretly the mercenary known as Deathstroke, the Terminator. Adeline and Deathstroke together confronted the Jackal in an alleyway in Tangiers. Slade refused to give the Jackal the information he requested, because it would violate his professional code of ethics. Slade gambled he could react fast enough to save his son; He saved Joseph's life, but not before one of Jackal's men had begun to slit his throat. Joseph was now mute. Slade always needed to be the best. But now, his own son suffered for his monumental ego.

Adeline furious at Slade's betrayal and the risking of her son's life - confronted Slade at gunpoint. Only Slade's quick reflexes saved his life, but he lost his right eye due to the gunshot inflicted by his wife. Adeline then divorced Slade and raised her two sons by herself. Grant followed in his father's footsteps and attended military school.

Joseph, however, was quite different from his brother; He was a kind, gentle soul who flourished in the arts. Joseph was both a talented artist and musician. Adeline nurtured this side of Joseph, and he grew up to be a fine young man under Adeline's care.

When Joseph was young, his powers unexpectedly manifested when his young friend was in danger. To save the boy's life, Joseph possessed his body when they locked eyes. Unknown to his parents, Joseph's DNA had been altered due to the biological experimentation that was done to his father. He was gifted with the power to possess others through eye contact. Initially traumatized by the experience, Joseph's powers would lay dormant until his late teens.

Sometime after her divorce from Slade, Adeline established her own organization, Searchers, Inc. As he grew older, Joseph worked closely with his mother, apparently receiving combat training and tactical fighting maneuvers from her. Searchers, Inc. provided espionage services for a number of clients.

On a mission for the U.S. government, Joseph and his mother separated briefly for reconnaissance. Joseph spotted his mother in danger from an assassin she did not see. Joseph wanted to scream, but couldn't. The assassin laughed and prepared to fire at Adeline. Joseph intensely stared at him across the room, desperately wanting to stop him. It was at this moment that his mutant power manifested for the first time since childhood; Joseph felt his body separate and enter into the assassin, controlling the man's motor skills.

Shortly after, Adeline discovered the Terminator's latest activities involving the Titans. With the help of Terra, Slade had finally fulfilled the H.I.V.E. contract to deliver the Titans into their hands.

Adeline and Joseph surveyed Slade's activities, and approached Nightwing, offering to help rescue the captured Titans. At this time, Joseph first adopted the name Jericho, and fashioned a costume for himself. Nightwing and Jericho successfully freed the kidnapped Titans and brought Slade Wilson to justice. Adeline was quite pleased with herself; It appeared she wanted Joseph to become a member of this team of young adults from the beginning.

It took awhile before the Titans fully trusted Joseph and offered him membership to the team. Joseph was, after all, the Terminator's son. And the Titans had just been betrayed by Terra. Changeling in particular was still hurting from this and convinced himself that Joseph was duplicitous as well. It didn't take too long for Jericho's true colors to show through: he proved himself a loyal friend and teammate. Joseph was a caring and sensitive individual who reached out to anyone in need. He found a sad quality in Raven and sought to ease her troubled spirit. Unfortunately, this would ultimately end in tragedy. When Raven felt Trigon's presence grow within her, Joseph entered her soul, and was immediately thrown into a state of shock. This, however, brought him to the attention of Trigon. Shortly after that, Raven's dark side took over and Trigon returned. The elders of Azarath gathered their strength and souls together; this force proved powerful enough to enter and overcome Trigon.

Unknown to the Titans, however, the souls of Azarath - now tainted by Trigon - needed a vessel to survive. They sought Raven, but she was protected by her soul self. The souls of Azarath were aware of Jericho, and his powers made it easier for the souls to enter him. The souls of Azarath resided in Jericho, but were still quite weak. They would lay dormant, and build up strength as time passed.

In the meantime, Jericho continued to be a valuable asset to the team. Joey befriended Kole, a confused crystal spinner who joined the group for a short period of time. Joey was later crushed when he discovered that Kole had died during the Crisis on Infinite Earths. When the Titans team became fractured after the Crisis, Joey decided to join Searchers, Inc., the worldwide information network owned by his mother, Adeline Kane Wilson. The group claimed to be a detective agency, but once Jericho realized that the methods used by Searchers, Inc. were not always legal, Joey opted out of the company.

As time passed, the souls of Azarath regained their strength and merged with Jericho. The souls now needed powerful vessels for each of them to survive. Now possessed by this force, Jericho sought to acquire superhuman beings as vessels for the souls of Azarath. Jericho also acquired new abilities to help in his mission: a savage and powerful soul self that took the form of a lion and a healing ability that repaired his throat and enabled him to speak.

Jericho found a unique opportunity: He invaded and took over the Wildebeest Society, a petty group of villains made up of former H.I.V.E. operatives. Using them as a front, he abducted current and former Titans to act as vessels for the souls of Azarath. The remaining Titans Nightwing and Troia - along with new allies Arella, Phantasm, Pantha, Red Star and Deathstroke - found the Wildebeest lair and came into conflict with Jericho. During the soul transfer process, Jericho resurfaced briefly, begging his father to kill him. To spare his son any more pain and save the remaining Titans, Slade Wilson was forced to drive a sword through Jericho, seemingly killing him.

Raven was his best friend for a while. They had so many things in common, like their families issues. He couldn't talk but she understood him perfectly. She liked him because she said he was the only one who likes to listen to her. He always cared deeply for her. He protected her while she was manipulated by Eric Forrester. He defeated Eric to save her. He was one of her closest friends.

Years later, Deathstroke discovered the spirit of his son, Jericho, had actually survived and taken refuge deep inside his body. With the help of Wintergreen, Deathstroke attempted to exorcise his son from him, but was quickly overpowered. Jericho murdered Slade's faithful manservant, Wintergreen, and embarked on a hunt for the newly-formed Teen Titans.

Jericho confused the new team when he confronted them as Deathstroke, vowing to prevent kids from becoming costumed adventurers. During the battle, Jericho revealed himself to the Titans and body-jumped from Titan to Titan, until his corrupted spirit was absorbed by Raven. During a battle with Brother Blood, Jericho's damaged spirit was transferred into a computer file by Cyborg.

Deathstroke later hired the meta-human known as Bombshell to infiltrate the Teen Titans and retrieve the Jericho computer disk. Once in the tower, Bombshell stole the Jericho disk, only to have it stolen from her by Raven. Raven successfully brought back Jericho by using one of Brother Blood's resurrection rituals, cleansing him of any evil influence. Bombshell tried to stop her but Cassie and Rose helped her. Once the team located Raven and Jericho, Bombshell was revealed as a the real traitor and apprehended. At this time, Jericho rejoined the Teen Titan and met his sister, Rose, for the first time. Jericho's obtained a new body. The new body's vocal chords were undamaged.

After a battle with Deathstroke's nefarious Titans East team in New York, Jericho was forced to possess the body of Match, Superboy's bizarro clone. Unable to separate from the dangerous and unstable powerhouse, Jericho was forced to take a leave of absence from the Teen Titans.

While Jericho's soul was restored, his psyche was another matter altogether. After years of melding with individuals, many of them deranged, Jericho's mind began to fracture. Under this psychosis, Jericho attempted to assassinate the presidential candidates in a series of suicide bombs. Once the Justice League exposed Jericho and prevented his mad scheme, the once gentle hero planned a bizarre deathtrap for his former friends, the Titans and Teen Titans. He tried to kill all the Titans with a bomb but he failed.

Meanwhile, the mysterious new Vigilante hunted Jericho, intending to kill him for his crimes. After promising Rose Wilson that he would spare Jericho's life, Vigilante stopped the threat without resorting to murder, He cut out both of Jericho's eyes. Unable to make eye contact, this left Joseph Wilson powerless. Tragically, this did nothing to cure Jericho's deep psychosis, leaving the once-hero in a world of utter darkness.

Unbeknownst to all, Jericho's eyes grew back. When the Black Lanterns came for him he was able to posses them. In this way he found Ravager and Deathstroke fighting for their lives against the deceased Grant Wilson, Wintergreen, Adeline Kane, and Wade DeFarage. While they escape he possesses all the Black Lanterns in turn, having them destroy each other. While Ravager searches for her mother, who she believes is alive, Jericho teams up with Deathstroke, who Jericho hopes will be able to help him.

Jericho vanishes for a time, out of sight while Deathstroke runs the Titans…but it turns out it's all for him. Deathstroke, along with Dr. Sivana, has been building a device called the Methuselah that can rejuvenate human tissue in order to heal Jericho's body--which is suffering from massive cellular breakdown. As it turns out, the device not only heals him, but makes his cells self-renewing. After learning of all the crimes his father has committed in order to save his life, Jericho is overcome with guilt. He then possesses Deathstroke and tells him that he intends to destroy the Methuselah as well as end both of their lives. A rift forms between Deathstroke's Titans about whether or not to use the Methuselah to revive their dead loved ones, and then a battle ensues. Jericho and Deathstroke are separated when DJ Molecule attacks them from behind. After the Methuselah is destroyed by Cinder, Deathstroke escapes, and Jericho decides to leave again.

Currently; Jericho went solo for a while(three months) and despite being able to speak he never does. He has currently returned to the Titans and has rejoined them as one of the older titans. He has resumed his friendship with Raven and the other titans.

KNOWN POWERS:

• Jericho has the unique ability to possess any living being he can make eye contact with. Immediately after eye contact is made, he is transformed into a see-through matter that can phase through things, in which Jericho phases into the body of the person he is possessing, giving him complete control. When Jericho is possessing someone conscious he can control their motor functions (except their speech). If the person is unconscious when Jericho enters, he can also speak through them, but retains any speech patterns the person may have (such as an impediment, lisp or accent). Eye contact is not required if the possessee is unconscious. It is easy to tell when he takes control of someone as their eyes will turn the same color as his own. When he jumps to another person or stops possessing someone that possessee will be unconscious after he leaves or jumps to another person to possess.
  
  
• Jericho is able to access the knowledge and memories of those he is possessing. He is also able to retain those memories as if they were his own experiences and the knowledge as if he had already knew the information prior to possessing someone, when he stops possessing that person or jumps to another person to possess.
  
  
• Jericho when possessing someone with powers or someone who is a metahuman or an alien he has access to their powers and abilities and he will automatically know how to use those powers and abilities. He can possess someone who is conscious but they can still speak and easily get someone else to do something about Jericho’s control. With allies they are more willing to let him be in control of their bodies for a little while. It is easier to possess and control someone who is unconscious and/or asleep or when someone is willingly allowing him into control for a short period of time.

KNOWN ABILITIES:

• Martial artist
  
• Musical Artist
  
• Artist
  
• Stealth
  
• Unarmed combat
  
• Escape Artist
  
• Tracking
  
• Leadership
  
• Marksmanship
  

STRENGTH LEVEL: Jericho has the strength to lift twice his body weight.

WEAKNESSES:

• He must have eye contact with the person he wants to possess(this doesn’t have to happen if the person he wants to possess is unconscious)
  
• He does not know the personality and traits of the person he is possessing(unless he has done his research before hand).
  
• He is prone to headaches, migraines and nightmares after he has possessed several different people in one day.
  
• He retains the memories and knowledge of those he has possessed.
  
• Joseph can suffer from Psychosis(such as a psychotic break).
  
• Jericho gets the psyches of all the people he has possessed. Which can drive him to insanity unless the psyches are removed.
  
• The psyches of the people he has possessed speak to him all the time, day or night and they at times can influence his decisions(but he can and usually does resist them).

EQUIPMENT:Suit: A high collared body suit, purple on the collar and black around his mid section. Arm guards on his arms they look like heavy duty light blue shoulder pads with spikes and they are metal. Purple pants that give him flexibility and protection. As well as a gold belt around his waist, black boots and black gloves covering his hands.
TRANSPORTATION: Motorcycle
WEAPONS: None.

If one were to walk by the music room or even entered the hallway that connected the music room to the rest of the tower. A soft melody was playing; floating on invisible music notes through the otherwise oddly silent tower, filling the hallway adjacent to the music room with the lovely melody. Sitting centered on the black piano stool –which was well taken care of- was none other than Joseph Wilson. Pale fingers danced across the keys keeping the melody flowing as he got lost in the beautiful sound he was creating. A smile graced the man’s lips as he continued to play.

The blonde was completely oblivious to the world outside the music he was making and his eyes were sliding shut just enjoying the gentle song as his fingers danced easily feeling the tiny vibrations as they pressed down the sleek glossy keys. Keeping the melody flowing.

All around the room were instruments each greatly taken care of by the man who used this room and its instruments more than anyone else on the Titans did. Jericho hadn’t expected anyone to be around. He had figured they were all off doing their own thing. Either training, out and about in the city of San Francisco or off saving someone, like he should be doing but he hadn’t heard anything that required his attention. Not even so much as a cat stuck in a tree. It was silent, dull day. But that suited Jericho just fine.

The sound suddenly stilled completely, he had been meaning to finish the song quietly so that it faded into silence but when he heard something behind him, his hands just stopped playing completely, making the song stop abruptly instead of how he had wanted to end it and he opened his eyes and twisted his head around to look over his shoulder, a small smile on his lips, although he was disappointed with how the song had come to an abrupt halt, none of these emotions showed on his face or in his eyes. His hands dropped from the keys and he reached over beside him, his nimble fingers grasping the pad of paper with a pen shoved into the small spiral cord that kept the paper together. Who knows when he would need it because not many from the Titans new and old had bothered to learn sign language, except for the letter J. It was sort of depressing to know that not many of his teammates were adamant about learning to communicate with him through his own language and not through a pen and paper.

He stared back at the other, waiting for them to speak to say what they wanted from him.

subject examined by Doctor Cyber

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