~Undated Journal Entry~ "My Mother, Jadehunter, the leader of the Troubleshooters, was taken from me - transported by some freak twist of Fate's design - and sent to a future I would likely never see. At least not without some sort of intervention. The man who was, for all intents and purposes, my Father - the Omega Sector agent, Garrett Grey (Code name: Warrior), became withdrawn and moody after she vanished. He took my young siblings and left to try and find her one night. I would not see him again for a longer span of time than I can even bear to calculate. At the same time Jade vanished, other fellow Troubleshooter agents: BlackJack and Jaguar were also spirited away to the future. I took whatever measures I could to ensure that I was reunited with my family. No cost was too great. No pain beyond endurance. The technology the Troubleshooters had. Omega Sector. Doc Starr. The Raptorians. Even what we had gleaned from the FireStrike squadron. All exploited to their fullest to garner a future for an, admittedly, angry young man, to gain his own ends. I became what my Mother had once been - an assassin - a man who killed for money...and occasionally for the sheer brutal sport of it. A hired thug with personal and political ties to one of the most powerful Empires that stood after the Earth fell prey to it's fate. The avian hunters that I had gained succor for my pain and companionship offered me a means to accomplish my desires. My birds of prey gave me wings on which to, literally, rise above my adversaries. To survive. To become that which I was fated to. Where once stood a young man known as Falcon, now there is only Raptor! And I will NOT be stopped!" ~~~~ The son of the leader of the Troubleshooters, Jadehunter, and her one time partner, Rogue (deceased), Falcon was shattered when both his Mother and Stepfather vanished from his life. Leaving him a bitter and oft times angry young man. He made a deal though his beloved, Silvertail, with the Emperor of the Raptorian Empire, Adam Hawke, and others, to ensure his survival to a distant future where his Mother was transported to. Withdrawing into himself for transformations that went beyond merely the physical aspects of change. Though a mix of technology and magic he became something far more than merely 'human'. Taking wings from his cherished birds of prey, he was changed forever, ceasing to be Falcon and taking for himself, a new name, a new identify, becoming a new being altogether. When he would be reunited with Jadehunter, Garrett and the other Troubleshooters in the dark dawn that was looming for the future. He became Raptor. ~~~~ Still working on compiling a few of our Halloween images from the display this year and ole Falcon...er...Raptor here wouldn't take 'I'll post your image later!' for an answer. Falcon/Raptor, Jadehunter, BlackJack, Jaguar, the Troubleshooters and FireStrike are my characters/groups from a role play Garrett Grey/Warrior, Doc Starr, Adam Hawke, Silvertail, Omega Sector and the Raptorian Empire belong to my partner in crime, Scott. All are copyrighted to their repective storylines - even if they do cross over more than a few times. *grin* ~~~~ M4 -- DAZ Qain Hair -- AprilYSH Jaden (mats and morphs) -- Liquid Rust Warpmaster for M4 -- Sarsa and Lyrra Madril Enigma Warpmaster -- HH Drache Design Feathered Wings -- etujedi H4 M4 Jouneyer Scout (sword) -- WillDupre and MAB Hero Fx Extreme -- Netherworks Studio Eagle and Eagle 2 -- DAZ Adventures in Grobland 2 -- DM Productions Sunset backdrop -- Freebie Pose adjustments and lighting -- Me