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The Black Tiger’s Gift contains strengths and abilities possessed by the ancient masters of martial arts. The extent to which the wielder of the Gift can tap the powers depends on multiple factors, including discipline, natural abilities, and disposition towards wielding the powers. The Gift was original used by ascetic monks in old China for combating evil. The monks’ traditional values were challenged by Ying Chi Fong who, when forced to choose between his true love and his responsibilities, chose both – an action not without consequences.
| Height: 5’8 Weight: 165 lbs. |
Eyes: Dark
Brown Hair: White |
History: In China, while pregnant with him, his mother received a vision from her ancestors saying the strength and goodness of his spirit will have no bounds, thus she named him Ying Chi, Inner Spirit. At a young age he was the best martial artist in all of China. He was recruited by Xiaolin Monks to join their ranks and eventually take on the mantle of the legendary Black Tiger. While believing in his fight for justice, he did not agree with all of the tenets of the monastery. Eventually, he broke his vow of celibacy, secretly married his true love, Cho Yi. He continued his duties at the monastery until Cho Yi became pregnant. Fearing for the lives of his family, due to a prophecy, Ying Chi and Cho Yi fled China for the United States. Ying Chi continued to fight for justice as the Black Tiger in the United States. Eventually he bequeathed the Gift to his son, Pacific, shortly after which Cho Yi was murdered. Ying Chi suffered a mental breakdown and was institutionalized.
| Height: 5’10
Weight: 175 lbs. |
Eyes: Dark
Brown Hair: Black |
History: Pac, named after the Pacific Ocean, was born on a boat between Hawaii and California as his parents were immigrating to the United States. Knowing at a young age that his father was the Black Tiger, Pac looked forward to receiving the Black Tiger’s Gift when he grew up. Pac trained hard and even shared some adventures with his father at a young age. Evel Carrigan, Sr., had a strong influence on Pac when he was young, and after his death, Pac looked up to Evel, Jr., Following in the footsteps of both Evels, Pac joined the Los Santos Police Department, where he was partnered with Evel Carrigan, Jr., and soon after received the Black Tiger’s Gift. Pac married and had a daughter, Jennifer. Three years later his wife died giving birth to their second child, Eric. Pac was tough on Eric while raising him, trying to prepare him to be the next Black Tiger, but was continually frustrated by his rebellion. Recently, Aside from his appointment as Captain of the Metahuman Activities Division, Pac started a police task force to bring down the Red Dragon Triad Society, wanting to protect Eric, who had become heavily involved. Pac was murdered while following a lead in Little Italy as the Black Tiger.
| Height: 5’10
Weight: 170 lbs. |
Eyes: Dark
Brown Hair: Black |
History: The son of Pac, Eric’s mother died giving birth to him, and he has always harbored feelings of guilt for her death. As a youth, he rebelled against his father’s authority. His father was not only a cop but was the Black Tiger with expectations of Eric following in his footsteps. The fact that his older sister, Jenn, was a straight A student only added fuel to the fire. Eric barely finished high school after which he mulled around without direction. He then joined the Red Dragon Triad Society. After working for the Triad a couple of years he gained favor, until the leader of the Red Dragon Triad Society, Genghis, learned that Eric’s father was the cop leading a newly developed task force against the Triad. Genghis was about to kill Eric when Eric’s father, the Black Tiger, was killed and Eric instantaneously received the Black Tiger’s Gift. Eric used the power to kill Genghis and become the Triad leader. Despite not getting along with his father, Eric was deeply hurt by Pac’s murder and focused his life on vengeance as the Black Tiger’s Gift corrupts his soul. Now Eric has initiated all-out war against Skull Face, the man he holds responsible for his father’s murder.
| Height: 5’7 Weight: 135 lbs. |
Eyes: Dark
Brown Hair: Black |
History: Jenn is a lawyer, whose interest in law was spawned by her desire to stay in good graces with her father, a law officer who, in her mind, always seemed to favor her brother, Eric. Although very Americanized, she holds more of the old cultural values than her brother and has always felt slighted that her father pushed Eric to excel instead of her while growing up. In an attempt to escape the constraints of tradition in her life, Jenn finds herself in relationships with men that fit the bill of the “red blooded American man,” as represented by the media. She gets what she is initially looking for in these relationships, but not what she really needs. Moreover, she is not in a place in her life to truthfully examine what she really needs, leaving her personal life a mess. Aside from being book smart, Jenn has a very deductive mind, thinks well on her feet, and is a natural-born detective. Initially, she was unaware of the Black Tiger’s Gift or its link to her family, but with her father’s shrouded murder she begins digging and quickly begins to learn the truth. Jenn races against the clock to piece together the puzzle of the Black Tiger’s Gift and her family in order to save both, and the only living person she can trust is her institutionalized grandfather, Ying Chi.