Brian O’Brian was a street smart, but not a book smart kid living in NY. He was always getting into trouble, but nothing major or dangerous. His last year of high school he ended up with a fever and almost died. After he recovered he was suddenly more athletic. He lettered in football and baseball eventually getting an athletic scholarship to play football at a local community college. A friend of his in college ran a debt up with a local bookie who told Brian to throw the next game to pay off the debt. Brian refused and won the game, in stellar fashion. Later that evening Brian was framed for the murder of his friend who was killed by associates of the bookie. Unable to overcome the staged evidence Brian was sent to 20 years in prison for the murder. In prison Brian was attacked but successfully defended himself after watching a self defense video the day before. Slowly Brian realized if he saw a physical act executed, he could mimic the act with almost a 90% success rate. This kept him alive in prison for three years as he was targeted by other inmates associated with the bookie. During a prison riot, Brian defended a visiting District Attorney from harm and helped the guards recover the prison. To thank Brian for the help the District Attorney spent a year overturning the guilty verdict and helped Brian become a free man. Brian visited the bookie and his thugs, beat them up and left them all wrapped up nicely for the police he called. He then embarked on a career as the vigilante called Sentinel, eventually joining the American Watch after they lost a brutal fight against Col Stanislav and his Sinisquad. Sentinel possesses photographic physical reflexes. If he sees a physical act occur, he can mimic the act almost to perfection. The reflexes stay in-bedded in his brain for up to 24 hours, sometimes longer if the act is not very difficult. Every morning Brian watches a Krav Maga video, Kendo video, a shooting video and an acrobatic video. He is usually armed with a variety of firearms and a katana. Brian is also a minor biokinetic and is at peak levels in human physical conditioning.
