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The Canadian Government had always enjoyed a strong and successful relationship with Canadian Shield, the country's premier superhero team; but a handful of politicians and military advisors wanted more security in a world which was increasingly being affected by threats from uberhumans and international criminal syndicates. They wanted to deal with the dangerous terrorists in a way which would result in swift justice and not overburden the legal system. They wanted someone who would get rid of threats, no questions asked.

In a bid to stop criminal organisations, however, the small cartel of patriots unwittingly delivered their plans into the hands of one of greatest threats to the world today: C.L.A.W.

The criminal organisation had set up a scientific facility which was contracted under secrecy to create an enhanced human which would then be trained to become the black operative the cartel was hoping to secure. C.L.A.W. plundered the Canadians' resources and scientific research in the course of twelve months and hoped to use the three test subjects for their own ends.

They would have succeeded too, except that Canadian Shield tracked down the C.L.A.W. base and destroyed all of the research, thinking that the laboratories contained the components needed to create a neutron bomb. During the raid, Canadian Shield rescued the three test subjects but had no idea that they were guinea pigs for a government experiment. Members of the secret cartel moved swiftly on to the scene, and representatives took the three subjects away.

One of those subjects was the man named Z. The other two were X and Y, although they have not been active as yet. Only Z has been a full success.

Z has no living family or friends, partially through chance and partially through government meddling, although they stopped short of actually killing anyone. He is a Vietnamese Canadian in his late twenties and has some memories of living in Toronto.  He has been given the fictitious identity of Zane Morrison.

He currently works with the Canadian Government and believes that he is a fully sanctioned law enforcement agent, although the cartel which 'created' him has long since splintered. He is supplied a handler to monitor his everyday requirements, but this handler is replaced every three to six months. His assignments come via his radio and he has never actually met the man who issues them. While the cartel has dissolved, an advisor to the Minister for Defence currently organises Z's assignments, for the good of the country. Z is called upon to assassinate threats to Canada as well as to retrieve or destroy sensitive material.

Z underwent an enhanced human training program, financed jointly by a military department of the Canadian government and a scientific research facility which was actually a front for C.L.A.W., the infamous criminal organisation. The program boosted Z's physical attributes, especially his dexterity and reaction speed.

He has received advanced martial arts training and has access to a weapons cache, as needed.

Z is a Vietnamese Canadian with dark olive skin, wavy dark brown hair and hard brown eyes. When on assignment, he wears black body armour, boots and coat which enable him to slip into the shadows more easily. His gloves are a pristine white and he wears red shades, in deference to his country's flag. When off duty he wears whatever will help him go unnoticed in society. Z is a man who does not exist, and apart from his handler and faceless advisors, no one is allowed to get to know him at all.