Hatchet Face
<infobox> <title source="name"><default>Hatchet Face</default></title>
<image source="Image"></image> <image source="image"></image> <group><header>Basic Information</header> <label>Civilian Name</label> <label>Aliases</label> <label>Gender</label><default>Unknown</default> <label>Death</label> <label>Age</label><default>Unknown</default> <label>Post-timeskip</label> <label>Ward start</label> <label>Relations</label> <label>Family</label></group> <group><header>Professional Status</header> <label>Occupation</label> <label>Classification</label> <label>Unique Features</label> <label>Alignment</label>
<label>Status</label><format><label>Location</label> <label>Teams</label> <label>Previous Team(s)</label> <label>Base of Operations</label></group> <group><header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label></group> </infobox> Hatchet Face was a member of the Slaughterhouse Nine.
Appearance
Hatchet Face was maimed by a parahuman when he got his powers,<ref name="SB1"/> which may be what inspired his cape name. His face is a mass of scar tissue, with a shaved head.<ref name="10.6">Parasite 10.6</ref>
Personality
Hatchet Face hated parahumans, and only joined the Slaughterhouse Nine because Jack Slash convinced him he would kill more capes as a member. He had a particular dislike for brutes.<ref name="SB1">Comment by Wildbow on Spacebattles</ref> It can be safely assumed that he possessed almost no sense of irony whatsoever or a very developed one. As Bonesaw claimed he was never very bright,<ref name="I11h">Interlude 11h</ref> it was probably the former. He began his career as a brutal vigilante, but quickly devolved into simply targeting powerful parahumans.<ref name="R1">Wildbow on Reddit</ref> He would target parahumans in places where they thought they were safe.<ref name="SB1"/> This Blinding obsession eventually brought him into the orbit of Jack Slash.
Abilities and Powers
Hatchet Face is a parahuman with superhuman strength and enhanced durability, as well as the ability to nullify the powers of parahumans nearby.<ref name="list">Wildbow's Parahuman List</ref> This combination made him a highly efficient cape-killer, as any close-quarters battle between him and another parahuman essentially turned into a fight between a regular human and a Brute.<ref name="R1"/>
His durability has been stated to allow him to survive being run over by a steamroller, observed evidence has a clone being tossed by the head over several blocks and standing up unscathed and barely noticing attempts to cut his throat. His strength allowed him to move incredibly fast for his frame and allowed him to swing his namesake hatchet through a car if need be.<ref name="26.5">Sting 26.5</ref>
His aura instantly nullified the power of anyone inside it.<ref name="26.5"/>
He was vulnerable to attacks and ability effects from outside the range of his powers,<ref>Another comment by Wildbow on Spacebattles</ref> as Cherish used to her advantage during her induction into the nine.<ref name="11.g"> Interlude 11g (Anniversary Bonus)</ref> Tinkers were largely unaffected<ref name="26.5">.
History
Having triggered from an injury experience involving parahumans, he announced himself by killing a superhero during a live interview.<ref name="R2">Another comment by Wildbow on Reddit</ref> He became a serial killer specifically targeting capes, and especially Brutes. Jack Slash convinced him that the easiest way to do this would be by joining the Slaughterhouse Nine.<ref name="SB1"/>
Story Start
Hatchet Face had by this time gained a reputation as a Bogey man in the cape community.<ref name="Cast1">Cast (spoiler free)</ref>
Post-Leviathan
Hatchet Face was killed by Cherish as part of her attempt to convince Jack Slash to let her join the Nine. Bonesaw combined his corpse with that of Oni Lee in order to create a lobotomized robotic puppet called Hack Job.<ref name="Cast2">Cast (in depth)</ref>
Post-Timeskip
Bonesaw created nine clones of Hatchet Face for the Slaughterhouse 9000, with another used in making a special combo-clone dubbed Tyrant. Several clones were killed with great effort by the Chicago Wards and people like Chevalier and Tecton.<ref name="26.5">Sting 26.5</ref>
Trivia
- He may have taken the name of Hatchet Face after the character Mona "Hatchet Face" Malnorowski, a woman with a disfigured face from the 1990s film Cry-Baby directed by John Waters.
References
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