Sebastian Shaw (Earth-727)

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 * Image                  = Sebastian_Shaw_(Earth-727).jpg
 * RealName               = Sebastian Hiram Shaw
 * CurrentAlias           = Sebastian Shaw
 * Aliases                = Black King
 * Identity               = No Dual
 * Affiliation            = Hellfire Club, Inner Circle, Shaw Industries
 * Relatives              =
 * Universe               = Earth-727
 * BaseOfOperations       = Hellfire Club Building


 * Gender                 = Male
 * Height                 = 6'2"
 * Weight                 = 210 lbs
 * Eyes                   = Blue
 * Hair                   = Black


 * Citizenship            = American
 * MaritalStatus          = Single
 * Occupation             = Adventurer, Shaw Industries founder & leader


 * Origin                 = Mutant
 * PlaceOfBirth           = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 * Creators               = Trachodon56
 * First                  = Yet to be Revealed


 * HistoryText            =

Origin
Sebastian Shaw's power first manifested shortly after he was accepted to engineering school and his father died, when he was beaten by some rednecks in a bar. Shaw devoted himself to his studies and created Shaw Industries, becoming a billionaire by the age of 40.

Hellfire Club
Shaw fell in love with a woman named Lourdes Chantel, and was soon initiated into the Hellfire Club. Soon, Shaw rose to the position of Black King, and gathered mutant associates to his side, including Sage.

Kinetic Energy Absorption: Sebastian Shaw is an Alpha-Level Mutant with the superhuman ability to absorb kinetic energy and to metabolize it to enhance his own physical strength, speed, and stamina. This makes him extremely difficult to defeat in battle, as every blow struck against him only makes him stronger. Unusual tactics are required to defeat him, usually by incapacitating him or by attacking him psionically. Shaw absorbs the energy of any blow he is struck by, not just punches, but also projectiles like bullets, and to a less successful degree, electricity and physically based energy beams. Without absorbing energy, Shaw is merely a strong ordinary human, though normally he works to keep his strength at a superhuman level.
 * Powers                 =


 * Kinetic Metabolism: Shaw can forgo sleep if he receives enough kinetic energy. Often he will have his mercenaries pummel him to give him enough stored energy that he need not sleep for some time.


 * Enhanced Durability: Shaw can still be crushed/cut, but cuts are superficial because he saps the blade of all its thrusting/cutting energy. Shaw is adept at not letting enemies realize his power until they have hit him one too many times. Hitting Shaw is often described as "punching a mattress".


 * Enhanced Strength: If properly energized, Shaw can lift and hold approximately one hundred times his weight. If bound, he can be punched by a teammate until he is strong enough to break the bonds. He is also adept at taunting foes into attacking him. Once, after being repeatedly hit by Colossus, Shaw slapped both sides of Colossus' head and Colossus' nose started to bleed.


 * Enhanced Speed: When he has absorbed kinetic energy, Shaw's speed is increased. After absorbing enough energy he can attack more quickly than opponents can react.


 * Enhanced Stamina: Shaw's stamina in increased beyond normal human levels when he absorbs kinetic energy.


 * Accelerated Healing: Shaw has healed from being hit repeatedly in the nose by Colossus in less than a few hours.

Limited Telepathy: He has also shown some telepathic ability.


 * Abilities              =  Skilled Combatant: Shaw's powers make him a formidable hand-to-hand combatant, even against superhumanly strong people like Colossus.

Skilled Leader: Being leader of the Hellfire Club has given Shaw some level of leadership and strategy skills. Shaw also has a shrewd business mind.
 * Strength               = Without having absorbed additional energy, Sebastian Shaw possesses the normal strength of a man of his age, height, and build who engages in intensive regular exercise. However, Shaw can gain superhuman levels of strength by absorbing kinetic energy, and usually takes care to absorb enough in order to keep his strength at a superhuman level throughout his waking hours: for example, upon waking he will punch walls repeatedly in order to build up his reserves of absorbed energy. There is a limit to the amount of physical strength Shaw can achieve, but it as yet remains unknown.


 * Weaknesses             = Power Limitations: Shaw's abilities can be overloaded by too great an influx of power, like being hit with too many superhumanly strong punches. Shaw can also be defeated if an opponent focuses on simply immobilizing him without striking him with significant force, or if something heavy falls on him, for though he can sap the kinetic falling energy, the weight of the object could still crush him, unless he is strong enough to lift/stop it. There is an upper limit to the amount of energy that Shaw can absorb and convert.


 * Equipment              = Shaw has the resources of both his own corporation and the Hellfire Club at his disposal.


 * Notes                  = * No criminal record, the general public is unaware of Shaw's criminal activities.}}