Devastation

Devastation is the Warlord of Eternal War, and was one of the first Transhumans.

Early Life
Devastation (formerly Robert Kleine) was born sixteen years before the Invasion and was recovering from a heart transplant in a South London hospital when America was destroyed. While he fled to the South with his family in case London was hit next, his heart stopped for ten minutes and when he miraculously awoke, he found he could easily lift cars and shrug off injuries that would fell a lesser man.

Taking the name Devastation, Robert joined with other people who found they had aquired special powers and started taking the fight to the Invaders. This worked for a while before the Invaders tracked the Transhumans to their base and attacked, killing many of the human defenders and some of their super-powered allies. The strain of watching so many of his allies broke Devastation, and he left to walk the Earth, fighting the aliens as he met them.

Almost a century later when the Invaders left, Devastation found himself in the reasonably intact remains of Dover and, without a second thought, started to build. As he built, several groups of survivors found him and started to help. As he talked to them, they found sense in his tales of strength and personal improvement, and in his justifications to himself that his friends would have survived if they were stronger. They joined with the broken Transhuman and followed him, leading lives of strength by combat. Unlike the other Faction leaders, Devastation didn't want to be a leader, he resigned himself to it.

Current Situation
Naturally, the existance of what ammounted to a cult that believed in trials by combat couldn't last for long, and upon meeting the groups that would eventually become the Factions, Devastation realised that his followers needed to live more rounded lives. To this end, he slightly altered their goals from being the best on combat to being the best in a chosen goal, from combat to trading. His followers, initially skeptical, eventually embraced his ideas and became a true Faction, with guards who strived for perfection in combat guarding tradesmen constantly improving on their best works.

This new Faction became highly respected in the Clean Zones, developing quick reputations for excellent craftsmanship and soldiers.

In Combat
When asked for tips on trying to bring down Devastation in combat, every veteran will give the same word of advice; don't. Devastation has almost a century and a half of combat experience, the best weapons that his Faction's master crafters can produce and superhuman strength and endurance. Decades of doing nothing but fighting against a vastly superior foe quickly taught Devastation all of his possible weaknesses, and the fact he survived is testament to how well he learnt to work round or eliminate them as problems. He favours a simple, technical brawling style that is designed to take down his enemies quickly and cleanly.

It is said that the best chance someone has of surviving a fight with Devastation is to challenge him one-on-one. Devastation is aware of his reputation and is impressed by those who are stupid or brave enough to challenge him to combat anyway. While challengers may walk away with several broken bones and coughing up blood, he will at least make sure they live to walk away.

Why Noel Clarke?
Like most people, I found Noel Clarke through the new Dr Who. where he played Mickey Smith. After this, I found his performance in Kidulthood to be especially powerful. It is my belief that, while there may be many British actors that can portray Devastation, Noel Clarke is by far the most capable.