Knightstrike

Knightstrike is a fictional character created by William Avitt for the reality television series Who Wants to be a Superhero hosted by Stan Lee. Although he wasn't selected for the show's second season, Knightstrike remains active in the nation's Real Life Superhero community. He is registered with the online World Superhero Registry and is mentioned on the Superhero Anonymous website. Knightstrike is acquainted with many RLSH such as Master Legend and Italy's Entomo, the Insect Man, and is friends with Feedback, the winner of the show's first season. He is also pursuing becoming a role model for troubled teens in his home city of Dayton, Ohio.

Fictional Biography:

David Doyle was a seminary student studying to be a catholic priest when he received news that his father was terminally ill. He returned home in time for his father to tell him of the family legacy. Descended from the Knights Templar, it has been the duty of the males in David's family to safeguard a medallion created from gold and jewels from the fabled Ark of the Covenant. David's father told him that any soldier who went into battle wearing the medallion would be invulnerable and undefeatable. He also told David that the medallion was being preserved for the day the world needed a hero. His father's dying words were, "That time is now and that hero is you."

Powers and Weaknesses:

Knightstrike is protected by the power of God throught the Covenant Medallion. While wearing the medallion he is impervious to mortal harm as well as being able to summon a various array of superpowers from it. Among them are superhuman strength, sustained flight and the exhausting ability to rain down fire and brimstone. Knightstrike loses all of his abilities if the medallion is taken from him and the medallion also prevents him from using his powers to commit a mortal sin.

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