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Dusk
Real Name: Antonio Derek Michael Merrelli
Aliases: Dusk
Identity: Secret
Occupation: High School Student
Citizenship: United States of America
Education: High School Sophomore
Birthplace: Sacramento, California
Date of Birth: July 18, 1994
Known Relatives: Giovanni "Gino" Merrelli Sr (father), Evelyn Merrelli (mother), Giovanni "Gene" Merelli Jr (older brother), Antonio "Big Tony" Merrelli Sr (grandfather), Antonio "Fat Tony" Merrelli Jr (uncle), Antonio "Little Tony" Merrelli III (cousin), Salvador "Sal" Merrelli (uncle), Antonia "Toni" Merrelli (cousin)
Group Affiliation: none
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Background


Stats


Real Name: Antonio Derek Michael Merrelli
Aliases: Dusk
Age: 16
Hair: black
Eyes: gray
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 110 lbs
Known Relatives: Giovanni "Gino" Merrelli Sr (father), Evelyn Merrelli (mother), Giovanni "Gene" Merelli Jr (older brother), Antonio "Big Tony" Merrelli Sr (grandfather), Antonio "Fat Tony" Merrelli Jr (uncle), Antonio "Little Tony" Merrelli III (cousin), Salvador "Sal" Merrelli (uncle), Antonia "Toni" Merrelli (cousin)

Complications

  • Dark Secret (Criminal Family) : though Derek has no criminal record himself, and his father has managed to avoid any convictions, it’s a well-known secret in the right circles that the Merrelli family is very connected to various organized crime organizations, both in Sacramento and now in the growing San Angeles area. Fortunately for Derek, this fact isn’t well known to most of his schoolmates at the public school he’s now attending – and he’d really like to keep it that way.
  • Secret Identity : no one other than his best friend, Timo Lopez, knows that Derek has another dark secret – literally. Nevermind the legal trouble he could get into, running around being an unregistered vigilante superhero. If his father ever found out, there’d really be hell to pay!
  • School : It’s hard enough being a superhero and maintaining a secret identity, but even harder when you have to maintain a passable GPA as well. And unless it’s a truly dire emergency, Derek can’t go running off to save the city during school hours.

Why I'm Derek
You may be wondering why I’m not Tony. After all, my first name is really Antonio. So why do I go by my middle name, Derek? Truth is, there are already too many Tonys in my family. See, I was named for my grandfather, Antonio Merrelli, Senior. He’s always been called Big Tony. My uncle, Dad’s older brother, is Antonio Junior. He’s Fat Tony, though he really isn’t overweight. But he is huge, taller and beefier even than Grampa Big Tony. His son, my cousin, is Antonio, III, called Little Tony. While this may have fit just fine when he was a baby, it’s ironic now, because he’s almost as gigantic as my uncle, and he’s only nineteen. Finally, my Uncle Salvador’s daughter, Antonia, who’s a year younger than me, is known as Toni. So calling me Tony would just be confusing.

My father’s real name is Giovanni, but he’s always gone by Gino. My brother is Giovanni Junior, but we call him Gene. Derek was the name of my mother’s grandfather, and it’s my middle name. I’m told that, for a short while when I was a baby, the family tried calling me The Other Little Tony, but it never stuck, thank goodness. Calling me by my middle name was Mom’s idea. It could be a lot worse – Dad wanted my middle name to be Angelo, and I could have ended up being called Angie!

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