Raqib – The Watcher

Blair Davis is a native of Vancouver, Canada, although he works out of Ottawa for a government-sponsored think-tank. Blair is a field agent often assigned to work with investigatory branches of international governments, such as the FBI, CSIS, MI-6 or Interpol.

Blair’s ability to understand the interconnectivity that leads to violence is heightened when the think-tank’s paranormal research division uncovers a gem within the contents of a subversive cell (working for Rughal). When Blair comes into contact with the gem, he becomes The Watcher, with the superhuman ability of heightened awareness, from a sensory standpoint, but also with an intuitive awareness of non-organic matter around him. He can tell if a person is lying from a block away by the sound of their heartbeat or the incremental increase of their perspiration, but he can also tell when an old rusted-through underground water pipe is about to burst.

Blair has become something of an urban legend in Canada – a hidden “superhero” who has solved or prevented crimes that most people don’t even know about.

Blair is also gaining a greater awareness of a conspiracy that is growing at an alarming rate on an international level. He has yet to put the pieces together, and he can’t inform his co-workers, because he fears they may be part of the problem. There is someone out there who has subtly, slowly and painstakingly planned to conquer the world through a combination of finance, psychology and strength.

When he meets Dr. Ramzi, he understands they will be the force that will oppose this growing conspiracy… but does he trust The 99 enough to join their cause?    

 The Raqib stone enhances all the senses of the user to superhuman levels (for example, it is possible to hear somebody else’s heartbeats from a different room) and grants the power to see through solid objects. This sensorial boost also grants the gembearer the ability to anticipate enemy actions in combat through a limited form of body reading.