Wade Wilson (Deadpool)

Full Name: Wade Wilson
Codename: Deadpool
Age: Unknown
Occupation: Mercenary, former US Special Forces, former Weapon X agent
Mutant Abilities: Powerful healing factor that includes ability to regrow limbs, enhanced reflexes and agility, superhuman endurance and stamina, immune to telepathic intrusion

History: Like a many victims of Weapon X, the life of Wade Wilson has been largely obscured. But unlike the other victims, the legacy if Wade Wilson is even more convoluted due to his unstable and at times erratic persona. His mental instability makes it difficult to discern any significant details from his life. He admits whole-heartedly that he’s crazy and at times even flaunts it. Despite his limited sanity, his life can be traced back to a point where he was of a sound mind.

While his exact age is unknown, it is known that Wade Wilson was born somewhere in North Dakota shortly after World War I. His father was a returning veteran who made his living working on oil rigs. He was known by his friends and enemies as a violent and ill-tempered man. This may have been due to post dramatic stress disorder as a result of his service in the war, but whatever the cause it became his most defining trait. It is believed that this violent nature caused Wade’s mother to leave when Wade was only two-years-old. There are no records of who she is or where she ran to, but her absence did little to tame his father’s anger. As such, Wade was an early target for his father’s wrath at a young age.

His father’s anger created a violent environment for young Wade, but as he got older he adapted to it some unique and at times odd ways. He found out that he could temper his father’s rage by making jokes. It established in him a wry sense of humor that quickly became one of his defining personality traits. He also found out that if he showed he was as tough as his father acted, he would avoid further wrath. This didn’t spare him future beatings. After his father developed a severe drinking problem, even his jokes didn’t help. It eventually led Wade to distance himself from his father as much as possible. By the time he was a teenager, he had largely cut himself off.

As Wade grew older and more distant from his father, he became more undisciplined and hot-headed. He thumbed his nose at authority and often picked fights. By age 16 he was hanging out with biker gangs and burglarizing houses. By age 17 he was expelled from school for assaulting one of his teachers. In that time he was arrested on multiple occasions. In many of those instances, he demonstrated poor judgment and impulsive behavior. On one such occasion, his judgment was so poor that he tried to carjack an off-duty police officer. Even after the officer informed him, Wade chose to pick a fight rather than run away. This landed him in jail and in front of a judge. But rather than just throw him jail, the judge gave him the choice of joining the army instead. Wanting to avoid jail, Wade chose this army. This fateful decision would prove a turning point in his life.

At first, army life was not ideal for Wade. His poor judgment and lack of discipline made him a challenge for every officer he faced. He was constantly reprimanded and transferred to a number of squads over the course of his service. However, when he wasn’t annoying his officers, Wade demonstrated uncanny killer instincts. Since his father had been a World War I veteran and had taught him to handle weapons at a young age, Wade was better than most of his fellow soldiers when it came to shooting. He was also better than most when it came to toughness. Having been hardened by his father, he was able to ensure any punishment his officers could dish out. He showed a natural willingness to run into the heat of battle without fear or regard. This led him to be deployed to a number of war zones where Wade got his first taste of killing.

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