HISTORY

Virginia was born to unknown parents and was abandoned on the steps of an orphanage. While living there she was teased by the other children. At the age of 5 she ran away because of the teasing. Coming upon the train yard she climbed into an empty freight car to find several hobos. The hobos take her in as one of their own.

One of the hobos was long washed up P.I. who had decided to ride the rails. Now a grizzly old man he shared all his stories to anybody who would listen. Virginia saw the old man like a grandfather and hung on his every word. So she heard all his stories a hundred times over. This created a special bond between them. As she grew older she asked him more details about everything in the stories. She would ask him about all he knew. The washed up P.I. had vast knowledge of weapons which he imparted to her. However when she was 15 she witnessed the old man’s senseless murder at the hand of two bit thugs. With the man being so dear to her she swore to avenge his death. To do so she decided to learn more about the weapons he told her about and any other weapon.

Being in a big city at the time she goes to the library and starts on her quest she learns about all the kinds of weapons and where to find the master of the various weapons. At this she starts to travel the world in hopes of learning to master all the weapons she can.. In her travels she learns that poisons be a very useful weapon. So Virginia decides to learn all she can about poisons as well.

When she finally satisfied she knows enough to complete her task. Virginia then sets out to find the murders of the man that was so dear to her. Upon finding and killing the people responsible for the old man’s death. Virginia found that the killing of these men gave her a high and that it was so simple with all her knowledge and skills. This brings her to the decision to hire herself out as an assassin. Over time she realizes she needs a persona so people will know her work and a disguise so she can be free to spend her money without anyone recognizing her. Remembering something that caught her eye while scanning the encyclopaedia she decides to fashion her look and persona after that. After gathering materials and designing her costume and putting it together she decides to adopt the name of that which she took her look and persona from that being Horsefly.

POWERS AND SKILLS

Horsefly has excellent hand to hand combat skills. In her travels she learned various forms of fighting to train herself to be a weapon in and of herself. She has also learned and near mastered almost all kinds of weapons. If there is a weapon she has yet to master she is in the process of mastering it. Virginia also knows how to make and use any form of poison. She knows also what the various poison will do.