Mexican-born billionaire jetsetter and world champion fencer and acrobat Alexander De La Diego living a life of party going and adventuring, when he returned home to Mexico City to claim his inheritance from his grandfather who recently passed away. While setting up for his new home in his grandfather’s mansion, he found a secret that changed his life forever. Upon discovering a secret room hidden under the mansion were news clippings, rusted gadgets and the wrinkled, aged costume of one of his childhood heroes, the legendary swashbuckling crime fighter “The Masked Matador”. Alexander now found out that his late grandfather was Mexico City’s first costumed protector famous for battling American gangsters and Nazi spies in the early 1940’s.

        But after seeing the rise of crime and corruption in the city streets, Alexander uses this opportunity to use his fencing skills, acrobatic agility and his grandfather’s legacy to create a new breed of crusader to take back the streets of Mexico City and protect the citizens from those who would do harm. The only trouble is… he does not have the experience or know-how to be a crime fighter.

        Now using hi-tech gadgets, and hours of research reading comic books, the hapless but confident Alexander dons the guise of “Vengador Kamen” (former is Mexican for “Avenger”, latter is Japanese for “Mask“), romantic defender and scourge of all evil, at least in his own mind.

        But due to his inexperience and his occasional goof-offs, Vengador was at first considered the laughing stock of the city, and to the eyes of the police force, a wanted vigilante who must be apprehended at all costs. Facing impossible odds, and a bad publicity campaign from the media, even masked crime fighters need help.

        And help comes by a young wanderer named Rafael Francisco, who, for his age, is a lot smarter and mature then Alexander. Rafael reluctantly teams up with him as his sidekick El Poncho. Also assistant is Alexander’s frustrated by somewhat loyal butler Nigel and his cute Japanese maid Kanako, who also became sidekicks and assist Vengador in his epic adventures.

        Now pursued by a determined police inspector, target by a vicious drug kingpin who rules the city with an iron grip, and helped unexpectedly by a sympathetic and beautiful female reporter who moonlights as his rival and occasional ally Dark Rose Blossom, Vengador Kamen has to get over his inflated ego and compensate for his inexperience as well as trusting his friends to rid Mexico City of the evil that is plaguing the city. It is a tough job, but some jerk got to do it.

·    Alexander De La Diego/Vengador Kamen – (NOTE: “Vengador” in Spanish for “Avenger” and “Kamen” in Japanese for “Mask”) Mysterious and romantic masked crusader from Mexico City; former globetrotting adventurer and professional ladies man; handsome but occasionally a goofball; has little self-esteem and prone to stress; parents died in ski accident; inherits his late grandfather’s mansion and defense company; found out that his grandfather was the legendary swashbuckling crime fighter “The Masked Matador”, who was famous for protecting and defending Mexico City from gangsters and Nazi spies in the 1940s; decided to become a crime fighter himself after seeing the corruption of the police force and the ongoing criminal activity; more like a fish-out-of-water type when is comes to crime fighting, he researches his newfound profession by reading comic books and watching superhero shows on TV; likes to be a public hero than a dark vigilante (has frequent appearances on live TV); always like to swoon the ladies in his Vengador Kamen alter ego (beautiful female police got swept off their feet when confronting him); favorite hobbies include skiing, sampling wines and reading comic books; favorite food is spicy burritos and stuffed jalapenos; Olympic-level athlete and gymnast; black belt in judo and karate; don’t have any experience in detective work, so his butler (much to his chagrin) and maid help him with investigations; master fencer; sword is made of an experimental indestructible material that is three times stronger than steel or aluminum; has access to his company’s high-tech weapons division for gadgets and vehicles

·    Rafael Francisco/El Poncho – Vengador Kamen’s young sidekick; more smarter when it comes of the superhero biz that his partner; loves to play guitar

·    Nigel McMullen – Alexander’s trusted yet sometimes frustrated butler; former British SAS (Special Air Service) operative who can handle a machine gun at his age (he keeps a M249 SAW in the broom closet); always gets upset at Alexander’s crime-fighting activities but tags along nevertheless; sometimes helps Cruzado Kamen as the gun-toting “British Commando”

·    Kanako Mimi – Alexander’s maid, martial arts/sword fighting trainer and pilot; medium-sized jet-black brunette, moved from Japan before Alexander’s arrival; cute, warmhearted and funny; trained in the art of ninjitsu; occasionally aids Vengador Kamen as “The Black Sakura”

JULIA MARTINEZ

Real name: Julia Martinez Eyes: Green Hair: Red Height: 5 ft. 5 in. Weight: 112 lbs. Occupation: Police detective Base: Mexico City, Mexico

·    Inspector Julia Martinez – Julia Martinez is an Oxford-trained former Interpol detective who now works for the Mexico City Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit. Ever since masked crime fighter Vengador Kamen arrived in the scene months ago, she suspected that he is responsible for the escalation of crime in the city, thus now heads a task force residing to capture the romantic crusader. Unfortunately, all attempts so far in capturing Vengador Kamen resulted in failure and now forced Julia to take drastic measures. Julia is a proud and dedicated cop. She would never let corruption and crime ruined her city. She is always frustrated and angry to failing to capture Vengador Kamen leading her to occasional stress-related outbursts at work. She even is a little envy of Vengador’s flirtations and romantic quips any time they encountered each other. On a few occasions Vengador dated Julia on candlelight dinners, which usually ends in disaster when Julia tries to slam the handcuffs on him. Julia is danger-prone and sometimes ended in perilous situations resulting in Vengador rescuing her, even though she usually relies on her fellow detectives Juan Sanchez and Jose Gonzales, who were lazy at their patrol car most of the time. Despite the public’s view of Vengador Kamen as a hero, Julia believes that he is nothing more than a media-hugging vigilante and mist be brought to justice at any cost. Her favorite hobby is ballroom dancing. Her favorite food is chick enchiladas with jalapeno sauce. Julia is a seasoned veteran of both Interpol and Mexico City Police, and a bachelors degree on criminal psychology and expertise on tracking and man hunting. She is a black belt in Judo and is also trained using police batons in hand to hand combat. She carries a Glock 19 pistol and a retractable baton and a can of pepper spray. She drives a Porsche 911 sports car.


·    Detective Juan Sanchez – Mexico City Police’s top detective working for the Major Crimes Unit; has a somewhat different view to Vengador Kamen that opposes the those of Inspector Martinez

JOSE GONZALES

Real name: Jose Gonzales Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Height: 5 ft. 6 in. Weight: 220 lbs. Occupation: Police officer Base: Mexico City, Mexico

·    Detective Jose Gonzales – Detective Jose Gonzales is Juan Sanchez’s partner and also works with Inspector Julia Martinez in the Mexico City Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit. Gonzales is undecided on how to deal to rising crime fighter/vigilante Vengador Kamen; while he shares some views from his partner Sanchez believing that Vengador’s exploits help the city’s citizens and stemmed the rise of crime and corruption in his department, he also believes, like Julia, that Vengador is an illegal vigilante and should be brought to justice by any means necessary. Although Gonzales would like to stick with his partner in serious situations, he is mostly lazy and sleeps at his desk while the duo is not on patrol, and at Sanchez’s car when they are. Gonzales has a chubby physique as a result of hours eating glazed donuts and drinking too much coffee, resulting in easily tiring while pursuing a suspect. Despite his overwhelming laziness and lack of physical activity, Gonzales is somehow has a sense of justice and duty. Although he will never show it. His favorite hobbies is Chinese Checkers. His favorite food is chocolate-filled glazed donuts. He carries a Glock 22 handgun and a can of mace when on duty.

·    Catherine Manuela/Dark Rose Blossom– Reporter for the Mexico City newspaper The Daily Desperado who moonlights as the swashbuckling crime fighter Dark Rose Blossom; long jet-black brunette; she is responsible for the positive publicity about Vengador Kamen; has a secret crush on the hero and she aids him, both as a reporter and as her alter ego; jet-black brunette; amazing swordswoman and master gymnast with near-superhuman agility; master martial artist; uses a whip as backup

·    Ricardo Jimenez– Leader of Mexico City’s notorious crime syndicate; views Vengador Kamen as an irritating nuisance who interferes with his businesses time and again; seasoned fencer and swordfighter

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