Richard Belfry (X-Ray)

Weight: 200

Apparent Age: 55

Archetype: Physical Adept: Circle Unknown

Preferred Weapon: Sword Cane

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 Bio: Well when it comes to curmudgeon and angry runners one name comes to mind and that is X-Ray, this man is not a nice man and it is really surprising that anyone is willing to work with him. I think this is who he ended up in the Library, little is known about this order but what is known is that they are the seekers of knowledge and some say they hold enough information that they can blackmail anyone at any given time. This is where X-Ray comes in as he might not be a social warrior but do to his bluntness and his twisted view of the world he is the perfect man to lean on anyone and so he has become the blackmail specialist of the Library and well any other agency willing to pay his outrageous fees to employ his services. This has made X-Ray one of the most hated shadow operators out their but also one of the few that has actually protected his ass from retaliation from his employers do him holding enough secrets to be a liability and risk. To call X-Ray a loose end is nice, this man is the definition of loose ends and he is smart enough to protect himself from any cleaner that would be dispatched to remove this man.

        It also doesn’t help that he actually has X-Ray vision and not the proxy Gamma X-Ray that actually just allows the user to see into certain substances. This vision gives this keeper a serious advantage in that he physically can’t be surprised, pare this up with the tactile computer and thermo sense organ he is virtually living on guard. X-Ray has made a career of blackmailing the world and he doesn’t seem to care or any willingness to stop, with all the enemies this man has made you would think he would wise up, but for X-Ray it’s all about the information and the power the knowledge gives him over even his employers. Why would someone outsource their blackmailing well in most cases it’s trying to keep their hands clean and being able to claim ignorance when the police come knocking. Though this is how X-Ray maintains his power hold and he is able to stay the go to guy for all sorts of extortion.

       This man is not free from sin though as X-Ray is a man that is not afraid to get his hands dirty and enforce the fact that he is more then an information broker and that he is as well a physical advisory that can and will go to extremes if needed and he won’t think twice about sending someone to an early grave if it comes to that. This man is also in possession of a portable brain dancing and memory stealing device that he can even pry the information out of an unwilling subjects head. They don’t need to be alive for this to work, and their head doesn’t even need to be attached to their body. Are you starting to see a pattern here with the Library, they are willing to go to any extent to gain the upper hand against anyone they deem the enemy and these keepers can direct the flow of any government with the information the hold.

      What’s lucky for our politicians, leaders and military commanders is that these keepers are more focused on hoarding knowledge and keeping the veil of secrecy that they are not fully embedded into the political arena. Though the biggest issue is most of these keepers are involved in the various agencies that have declared war on the UCAS, NAN and World Court. These Keepers are these agencies military intelligence operators and these men are masters of playing the propaganda and spreading false information as well as exposing factual information. So be very concerned about this order now that we know about them and their keepers hold more power than anyone else who is involved in this game.

      X-Ray is a serious problem though this man holds a vast majority of the secrets in his little noggin and his mind is a steel trap, nothing can penetrate that fortress. This man can with a single phone call or email bring to light information that many would kill to keep secret and he serves the Library and is as well attached to the Freedom Patriots. Though he is not officially on their roster but as we have seen in the past that doesn’t mean anything. This man is the master of extortion and he is still getting paid for work he performed over thirty years ago and some corporations that refused to pay his fee’s of silence have since been bankrupted by the scandal that was unleashed by X-Ray as a show of power. Many sit in jail or have been executed by the state for the information he has let loose. So you would think that X-Ray would not be still employable but with every change of the guard in the corporate or criminal world the new bosses are willing to way the risk versos reward and play a dangerous game with X-Ray.

       This is man who’s fee is so high and he really could’t be bothered with the common man so the average citizen really doesn’t need to worry about X-Ray paying them a visit, though they might have to worry about the wake that is caused if their employer employs the services of this man or is on the receiving end of X-Ray. So quick tip, if you see this man enter your work place, you might want to think about a career change quickly cause you will not know what he is doing there and whatever reason it is, your job just became a whole lot less secure.

        So when it comes to X-Ray it is best to just avoid him and never hire this man, he might be the best in the business when it comes to extortion but that doesn’t mean he is worth the risk. Anyone that has made a career out of blackmail, is an advisory that you don’t want to risk dealing with unless you want to paying his fee for the rest his life. Killing X-Ray has proven to be harder then many thought and with a pile of dead assassins and cleaners to sift through, this has proved to be troublesome for other reasons as well. remember he has that very scary device that can extract information from the brains of even the recently deceased; again creating a very nasty cycle that will never end.

     In conclusion when it comes to X-Ray don’t become a victim of his speciality, unless you want to invite a Keeper into your building and then deal with the consequences of your own actions. He might solve one problem but he will create many more for you. This man is a legend and master, but you don’t become as good as he is without breaking a few eggs and the history book is full of companies and criminals that are sitting in jail or lay buried in a nameless grave do to this man. He has many enemies and he doesn’t seem to care at all, he has very few friends and again he doesn’t care. Please heed this warning and don’t employ the services of X-Ray and end this cycle of abuse that he has started.

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