The Cleaner

[Garland Hobbes]

The Cleaner

Attributes

Eyes: Dark Brown

Hair: Bald

Height: 6'2"

Weight: 235 lbs.

Age: 45

Powers

Skills: Strong hand-to-hand combat ability honed in countless street fights, gangwars, and illegal prizefights. Street generalship from his years as a gang leader and head of a volunteer vigilante force.

Equipment/Weapons: A utility belt fixed with nitroglycerin grenades

Powers: His body has the ability to spontaneously produce as well as expel soap and other cleaning agents.

Strength Level: Equivalent to a heavyweight professional fighter of similar size

Limitations: Loses his powers briefly if covered from head to toe in grease and grime. His body must maintain a consistent pH balance that isn't too acidic.

Summary

Current Occupation: Agent

Associations: The less fortunate "customers" of Delta City

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois

Background Leon Byrd grew up in the rough streets of Chicago and in the 1980s quickly rose up the ranks of a notorious youth based street gang, colloquially known as the Clean-Up Crew. As leader Byrd took the small insignificant gang to new heights taking over a tremendous amount of territory. After Leon was arrested the gang was abolished. Leon while in prison appeared to be behaving well and on the way towards rehabilitation. After being released Byrd took a job as a bouncer at a Caribbean bar that was known to put on prize fights. Although the fights were done illegally Byrd justified that by being the "clean-up" man, so whenever anything would get "messy" Byrd had the ability to immediately calm the situation down. Byrd earned a tremendous amount of respect from the local community and this inspired him to protect them as a vigilante. Unfortunately Byrd's vigilante group's success was more based on fear than anything else. In many ways Byrd's group operated much like a gang and it seemed like he was slowly starting to fall back to his old ways. A shoot-out occurred between the vigilante group and an up and coming gang that had civilian casualties. Byrd's popularity continued to plummet and was eventually shot by a supposedly unknown assailant claiming to act in the public trust.

In an attempt to once again "clean-up" his image, he took a job in the now recently developed Delta City. His cleaning abilities were recognized and given a position as a janitor at Machiavelli Tower.

Byrd's powers came about by an accident with some of Dos Santos more experimental cleaning products. The products bonded with him and became part of his inner molecular structure.

Byrd is now living the high life with his new position as an Agent, tasked with environmental clean-up and keeping the peace in Old Lakeshore. Byrd's embracing of various vices though could prove to be his downfall.