ORESTEZ
ORESTEZ
Real Name: Orestez Natchios
Identity/Class: Human (martial artist)
Occupation: Unrevealed
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Elektra
Enemies: Christina Natchios
Known Relatives: Christina Natchios (mother, deceased), Hugo Kostas Natchios (father, deceased), Elektra Natchios (sister), Demetrios Natchios (paternal uncle), Alexia (paternal aunt by marriage)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Greece
First Appearance: (In shadows) Elektra: Root of Evil#2
(April, 1995);
(fully seen) Elektra: Root of Evil#3 (May, 1995)
Powers/Abilities: Orestez is an accomplished warrior and swordsman.
History:
(Elektra: Root of Evil#3 (fb)) - A drunken Hugo told Orestez that his mother was
a whore and that he wasn't sure that her second child was his own. When Hugo
complained that his mother shamed them both, Orestez told him "Never again..."
(Elektra: Root of Evil#3 (fb)) - Angered by his mother's open affections and his belief that she had become pregnant by a man other than a husband--and by his father's grief and subsequent drinking--Orestez hired men with a talent for cruelty to punish her.
(Elektra: Root of Evil#3 (fb) - BTS) - Shortly before noon on
August 13th, a helicopter flew over the vacationing Hugo and Christina who were
relaxing on an isle, firing down on them. Though Christina was the target of the
attack, Hugo was shot as well. Christina died, but her baby, Elektra, was born
alive.
(Elektra: Root of Evil#3 (fb)) - Guilt over injuring his father drove Orestez away from his family.
(Elektra: Root of Evil#4 (fb)) - Nine years later, Orestez
saved the young Elektra from being assaulted by a group of lecherous adults,
slaughtering the men. His father gratefully thanked him and asked him to come
back to his family, but Orestez's shame was as great as the day his mother died,
and he left them, telling Hugo to keep Elekta safe and teach her how to protect
herself.
The next day, Hugo flew in a sensei to begin training Elektra
in the martial arts.
Comments: Created by D. G. Chichester, Scott McDaniel, and Hector Collazo.
I had TOTALLY forgotten about this guy and came across him while doing research for the Daredevil Handbook's Elektra profile.
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
No known connection to:
not so much
images:
Elektra: Root of Evil#3, p3, panel 1 + 3
Elektra: Root of Evil#4 (June, 1995)
Last updated: 01/02/05
Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.
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