adam kowalski, immortal
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'''FBI Special Agent'''
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'''Kowalski the Immortal'''
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John Doe was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After John graduated high school and went on to the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated from Penn with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps via the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps. While at Penn, John decided to become an infantry officer.
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'''Full name:''' Adam Kowalski
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'''Other aliases:''' Various
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'''Occupation:''' Bounty hunter
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'''Legal status:''' Currently a U.S. citizen with no criminal record
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'''Place of birth:''' Stróüa, Poland
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'''Known relatives:''' Marek Kowalski (father, deceased), Maria Kowalski (mother, deceased)
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'''Base of operations:''' Las Vegas, Nevada
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After The Basic School, he went on to the Infantry Officer Course. Upon completing the course, John was assigned as a rifle platoon commander to 1st Battalion 8th Marines. He was later assigned as a guard platoon commander to Marine Corps Security Force Company Guantanamo Bay at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Soon after being promoted to Captain, John was assigned as a platoon commander to the 2nd Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Company. He eventually rose to the position of company executive officer and then company commander.
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'''History:''' Since the dawn of humanity there have been those known as "Immortals." Bonded to their physiology is a very powerful electromagnetic field known as the "Quickening" and it allows them to live forever if they are first killed by something other than disease, poisoning or natural causes. Upon their 'first death', Immortals resurrect, stop aging and can only be permanently killed when they are beheaded. The Immortals are involved in an epic conflict of battle. They duel each other to the death (via decapitation), with the victor absorbing the Quickening of the defeated. This dueling is done for a legendary and unknown power beyond comprehension known as the "Prize". Nobody knows what it is exactly, but it's supposed to be powerful. According to legend they must fight each other until there's only one Immortal left. When there are only a few Immortals left, they will feel a mysterious pull to a certain place where they will fight till the last. The last one gets the Prize. This event is referred to as "The Gathering". This battle through the ages until then is called "The Game," and there are certain rules, such as only one Immortal can challenge another, and that no Immortals will fight on holy ground.
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John left the Marine Corps after eight years of service and applied to join the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Before he could join the Bureau, he had to go through the FBI application and hiring process, which included a physical fitness test, a background investigation, and a medical examination. After successful completion of the hiring process, John went on to attend the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Upon graduating from the Academy, he was sworn in as a Special Agent and assigned to the New York Field Division as a member of an Organized Crime Squad.
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Adam Kowalski is one of these Immortals. He was born on December 17, 1632 in the village of Stróüa, Poland. He first met Pawel Najdek, a traveling cleric, in 1647. In 1655, Adam went into battle against the Swedes, who were invading Poland. On August 5 of that year, Pawel Najdek died when a horse stepped on his head. Adam's best friend was killed a few days later, and he went berserk. He rushed into battle, striking blindly, and, on the 10th of August, he was run through by a Swedish lancer. Jan awoke in the battlefield later, surrounded by many fallen soldiers. He wandered aimlessly, and was found by Pawel Najdek, who told him that they were alike, Immortal, and cannot die, except in the case of decapitation. Adam was shocked to learn that on August 18, 1655, Poland all but surrendered, and by September, the Swedes had overrun the country. He then left the country with Najdek, who continued his travels.
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For the next ten years, Adam learned the rules of the Game, about the Quickening, the Prize, and how to fight. Najdek was eventually killed by an unknown Immortal in 1672. The following year, Adam settled in Italy and led a peaceful life as a priest until 1691, when he assumed a new identity and worked as a blacksmith. He left Italy in 1700, feeling that the time had come for him to move on. He wandered Europe for the next several years, mostly living in France, but returned to Poland every few years. In 1723, he settled in England, near Sheffield, and farmed. By 1736, Adam had become disenchanted with the monotony of farm life, so he entered a monastery, and stayed for many years, changing identities twice as not to arouse suspicion.
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He returned to the outside in 1785 and went to Poland, only to find that his country no longer existed, split between Russia, Austria, and Germany. In 1786, he went to America, and bought 100 acres of land near Roanoke, Virginia under the name of Adam Smith. He turned the land into a moderately successful farm. In the middle of the woods on his property, he built a cabin, with a small chapel next to it, which made the land Holy Ground. Adam kept farming there for over 20 years.
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In 1808, Adam arrived in Madrid, Spain where he met an Immortal named Michele de Vicenzo. While Madrid, Adam became aware of a terrorist group known as "the Cry" who planned to rid the country of Napoleon's troops who had occupied the city since the recent 'abdication' of the king. Adam and Michele later discovered that this movement was led by a man named Luis Mendes, better known by his alias of 'Mallos' - an Immortal. Michele was outraged at the extent to which this Immortal believed he could affect the lives of mortals and ventured forth to stop him. Adam believed that as none of this was their affair, then they ought to leave this well alone. After Michele set out to battle Mallos alone, Adam had second thoughts and departed to aid his friend in battle. However, he soon discovered that Mallos had a devious plan to defeat his foes: by tiring Michele, he would force him onto a tripwire and as he lay prone, his marksmen would pepper him with crossbow bolts, leaving his head an easy target. Adam tried to warn Michele of this but it was to no avail, because as he was distracted, Mallos took Michele's Quickening. Adam watched in horror, but fled before Mallos could kill him as well.
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Adam fought in the Peninsular War to drive the French troops out of Spain for good. During which he unwittingly made an Immortal out of a Clara Ballesteros Lobo - one of Mallos's followers. Adam became her teacher and together they aided the forces opposing Napoleon throughout the war. And slowly, throughout those years, their friendship became something more and they fell in love.
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In 1815, Adam faced Mallos for the last time. After an epic duel, Adam was faced with death. Mallos was tempted to take his head but decided that there is no need because he had already taken away the jewel Adam treasured most - Clara. He had convinced her that the 'Slavic pig' did not truly understand their ways and was in no way worthy of the purity of Spanish blood. In a stunned state, still shocked by the loss of his love, Adam wandered Europe for the next 41 years hiring himself out as a 'problem-solver' to numerous individuals and organizations.
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In 1856, he returned to his farm in Virginia, assuming the identity of Adam Smith's "nephew", Paul McFarland. Under his new alias, he joined the Confederate Army in 1861. When he heard about President Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in September of 1862, Adam decided that he could no longer fight to defend a system that supported slavery against people who were trying to end it. A few weeks later, he deliberately got himself killed in battle. After reviving, Adam headed to Canada and stayed there for the remainder of the war. When he returned home, his farm was in shambles, so he worked on it for a few years. He told people that he was Daniel Harris, one of Paul's friends he'd met in the war, and he'd told him to take his farm if anything happened to him.
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In 1900, Adam moved to Michigan, and settled in the highly Polish South End of Bay City. He used his native language and real name for the first time in years. Fifteen years later, he went to fight in Germany in World War I as a soldier in the Canadian Army. Afterwards, he returned to Bay City and lived there for quite some time.
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Adam returned to the farm in Virginia in 1932. He tore down the farmhouse and relocated the crops nearer to the cabin. He also rebuilt the cabin and the chapel, installing electricity and plumbing in both. Adam stayed there until the Second World War broke out, when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. He fought in World War II as a soldier in the British Army. During this time, he saw some of the worst atrocities he had ever seen. After the war, he wandered the globe, going to various monasteries, trying to restore his faith in mankind. In Denmark, he fought several Immortals, nearly losing his head a few times. In 1951, he went to Canada, and created a new alias, Jack Mercier, and lived in Vancouver. During this time, he began learning to regular play the guitar as a hobbie. In 1954, he returned to Roanoke, and lived on the farm for about eight years.
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In 1962, he traveled abroad, settling in Amsterdam under a new name, Charles Van Hoogstraten. During this time, Adam took the head of a powerful Immortal, Daniel Riley, whose Quickening caused a massive power outage. Concerned with the fighting in Vietnam, in 1968 Adam went there as a journalist to see what exactly was going on.
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Returning to the U.S. in 1970, Adam moved to Los Angeles took a new alias and became part-owner of a boxing gym. After three years, he sold his share of the gym and bought a cabin in Au Gres, Michigan. There, he used his knowledge of swords to open a custom shop in Bay City. The shop would become known for its high quality weapons. Earning a considerable amount of wealth, Adam sold the shop in 1985 and established a private detective agency in Detroit. In 1990, he returned to Virginia and completely restored the cabin. In 1992, the established a new identity and joined the Virginia Beach Police Department.
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After five years in the Virginia Beach PD, he left the force and spent a couple of years traveling around the world. He then settled in Chicago and set up a pawn shop. After establishing another identity, he joined the United States Army and would later see combat in both Afghanistan and Iraq as a U.S. Army Ranger. After four years in the Army, Adam moved to Las Vegas where he eventually became a bounty hunter. He works freelance for various bail bondsmen.
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'''Height:''' 6'1"
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'''Weight:''' 180
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'''Hair:''' Black
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'''Eyes:''' Blue
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'''Know Superhuman Powers:''' Adam Kowalski is an Immortal. He has a mystical energy field bonded to his physiology. This "Quickening" can allow him to live forever. He has stopped aging and could only be permanently killed if he was beheaded. As a very powerful electromagnetic field, the Quickening repairs Adam's body whenever it's damaged by rebuilding his flesh from scratch by stimulating the cells still there to divide far more rapidly than normal, and revives him from temporary death even after his main organs have stopped operating. It acts like a jump start on cells and the major organs to get them going again. The Quickening speeds up the healing process to such an extent that it happens within minutes, and the process is perfect, leaving no scars or marks because the Quickening allows Adam's cells to access the genetic blueprint to a greater extent than normal human cells.
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The Quickening completely protects Adam's cells from free radicals and ambient radiation, preventing any oxidative and ionization damage to his DNA. In addition, the Quickening has an effect on certain protein structures to drastically stimulate the production of telomerase (an enzyme that prevents chromosomal degeneration), so Adam continuously possess the enzyme in every cell in his body. This completely prevents cellular senescence and therefore gives every cell replicative immortality. Due to a perfect cellular replication and no added damage to DNA, the development of a degenerative condition or cancerous cells is impossible. The Quickening also suppresses the functions of the genetic sequences responsible for the natural metabolic processes involved in aging. As a result of these effects of the Quickening, Adam no longer physically ages.
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When Adam is shot, the bullets are absorbed by the Quickening. This is because when a solid object is completely contained inside the flesh of his body, the Quickening dissolves it. However, if something is swallowed, it will not be dissolved. It will simply pass through the digestive system like anything else that is eaten.
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