Cecil Stedman

Cecil is an old, grizzled looking Caucasian male with thinning stringy white hair and piercing blue eyes. His hair falls long in the back but is obviously thinning on the top of his head. He is not the type of man to smile lightly, and can almost always be found with a serious look upon his face.

On the right side of his face, running from the side of his mouth to the back of his cheek lies a puckered and angry-looking scar. The scar has been depicted as both flesh toned or slightly discoloured. It is all that remains of his original skin.

Cecil can always be found wearing a suit, a white dress top, an off-colour tie and black dress shoes.

Cecil is a unique individual with a singular focus. His only desire is to protect the people of Earth. He will go to any lengths to accomplish that goal. If that means resorting to questionable methods, working with criminals or betraying his allies then so be it.

Cecil expects uncompromising loyalty and focus from his subordinates. He drives them mercilessly towards their goal.

He tends to avoid creating personal connections with his employees (or people in general). This is because emotions tend to cloud one’s judgement when it is critical to making a logical decision. In several cases, he hasn’t even bothered to learn his employees names. He has a policy in place regarding personal effects within his office space.

This being said, he still has a sense of compassion and is able to form personal relationships. He simply has chosen not to over the years. Of all of the people he has encountered, he is closest only to Brit, Donald Ferguson, Invincible and Omni-man.

Cecil Stedman was the head of the Global Defense Agency and Guardians of the Globe. A man who would protect the Earth regardless of the cost. He serves as a supporting character and antagonist in Invincible. Though Cecil has no real superhuman powers per se, his body no longer requires rest in the manner that normal humans do. He literally no longer needs to sleep. As a former field agent for the Global Defence Agency, Cecil has received extensive training in hand to hand combat, firearms and all manner of stealth and espionage techniques.

He is also a capable leader. Over the years has risen in stature until he personally commands the entirety of the Global Defence Agency itself.

Though he typically works behind the scenes, Cecil is a gifted orator and possesses a charisma that few other men possess. Cecil has full access to all of the advanced technology that has been made available to the Guardians of the Globe.

He makes almost exclusive use of the American Government’s “Door” technology. That allows him to travel instantaneously across the continental United States through the clever creation of warp gates.