Major General Herschel Horowitz (Checkmate)

Weight: 135

Apparent Age: 70

Archetype: Cybered Physical Adept: Circle Unknown

Preferred Weapon: Katana

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 Bio: The newest member of the dreaded Deaths Hand is the legendary general known a Checkmate, this man has been a scourge to the free world for generations and has worked alongside Warlords, Dictators and Conquerors for his entire professional life; Checkmate has caused the enslavement and exploitation of many local civilisations and allowed for the regime of evil to remain in control for far longer than deserved. Checkmate being a soldier of fortune means that he normally is not sworn to one specific Warlord and follows the money, this is a tactic that allows for Checkmate to traverse employers and maintain staying on the top of his game. As well once he moves on to another ruthless dictator, he can watch as the regime he once helped build and hold in the palm of his hand crumble and fall into disrepair; thus causing the failing dictator to reach out to Checkmate to return to restore order to a troubling order.

         This commander is known for his ruthless behaviour, his lack of compassion and his soulless butchering of the local citizens; even going as far as to cause some ancient tribes and civilisations to become extinct in order to prove to rebellious citizens that he is more than serious and is willing to go to extremes. Checkmate is a man that is always looking for a challenge and a way to continue his rule of terror, so when the Deaths Hand approached him about working alongside the Dictator to rule and command the newly acquired territory of Germany; Checkmate gladly jumped at the chance to enforce his will over the once free German people. Checkmate gladly stepped up to the plate that was abandoned by Maximilian Yates shortly before his coronation ceremony, this commander knows that the Deaths Hand is not a normal dictatorship and he will have to remain in command for the remainder of his professional career.

         The records of Checkmate’s long career have been well guarded so besides the historical records of the uprisings and civil war he has been personally involved in we have no actual information at the moment to report on his conquests. If you are looking for further information on Checkmate you can find it within the World Courts documents on War Criminals and Crimes against Humanity. I don’t feel that the information about Checkmate will become available anytime soon since the Deaths Hand is quite skilled at combating any cyber attack and even better at repelling any physical assault to gather information; though as it becomes available we will continue to update this page.

         Checkmate might seem like a simple old man, but don’t be fooled this general has is a master of the blade and has been a soldier his entire professional life so hi skills are unparalleled to a vast majority of the known world and seeing he has had access to state of the art gear, cyber and bio implants as well as the best education and training money can buy; I would never underestimate the skills and powers of Checkmate. Checkmate like many of his generation have sold their soul for money and power thus creating a soulless killer that will do anything to remain in power. Checkmate is yet another terrorist that see’s the world as a chess board and he is a true master of the game, now that the Deaths Hand has employed the legend known as Checkmate into their ranks; I feel that the German people have just been put in checkmate and will feel his unrelenting wrath as he begins to fully subjugate, enslave and butcher the people under the rule of the Deaths Hand.

Page Written By: Dr. Winston Willows