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Keith Baring
“ | I always… wanted to cry like this… I never… forgot about him. Not for a single day… Ever since he died, I was scared. I felt like even the slightest sign of weakness would make it all crumble. I acted like I felt nothing. Like nothing disturbed me. I thought then I… might be able to fool everyone, even myself. It was so stupid… I was broken a long time ago. It was all garbage, but I acted like a champion of justice… It always felt off. Whoever I was working for, I never felt repaid. And when I saw you were safe… and you came up to me… Finally, I felt happy again. Acting strong just made me weak… it was pointless. Tod would never forgive his father staying broken forever. ...Because I promised I’d protect his mom. I’ll take off the blindfold. I’m gonna laugh, even if it’s at a stupid TV show. If I’m pissed, I’ll get mad, and if I’m sad, I’ll cry. First… I guess there’ll have to be counseling. There’s something seriously wrong with my head, seems like. It’s gonna be a busy time. It’s gonna be so busy… I won’t be able to do it alone… Helena. I don’t think I can deal with just being a good loser. …I want a chance. Let me chase after you. Let me get down on my knees. ...You’re the only one I want waiting for me. | „ |
~ Keith to Helena |
Background
Keith Baring is the protagonist in The Boogie Man. He is a police inspector, the husband of Helena Baring and the father of Tod Baring.
Keith has a personality of layers; on the surface, he is blunt, sharp-tongued, cold and not afraid to speak his mind. He is always honest, and hates people who lie, but perpetually determined to help out others. Underneath these characteristics, Keith is not as tough as he leads on - when his son was alive, Keith was always cooped up with work, and now acquires an obsession with protecting other people out of guilt over never spending enough time with Tod afore his passing. He becomes emotionally broken due to Tod's death - shutting out other people that care for him (notably Dick Anderson and his wife, Helena) and never talks about his problems from others which causes strains in their relationships and worry for his well-being. However at the end of the game it implies he opens up his bottled-up feelings to his loved ones and starts the healing process of Tod's death with his wife.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 9-A
Name: Keith Baring
Origin: The Boogie Man
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Human, Detective
Attack Potency: Small Building level (Can harm Sophie Grundler. Comparable to Brendon Dumont who beheaded a large dog, break down doors, and could knock out David Hoover. Kicked a metal door open could knock down shelves could break through a locked door with an old rusty axe, has access to a pistol, a saw, a sledgehammer, a knife, and a fire axe)
Dimensionality: 3-D
Travel Speed: Superhuman
Combat Speed: Supersonic
Reaction Speed: Supersonic (Could easily avoid a trap that made even David question how could he dodge it, avoided a crossbow, should be comparable to Lance who can block fire from an automatic machine gun for an extended period of time)
Lifting Strength: Peak Human
Striking Strength: Small Building Class
Durability: Small Building level (Survived a fall, can take an attack from Brendon’s saw), higher with Iron Plate (Can block all gunfire with his iron plate)
Stamina: Average
Range: Standard Melee Range, Extended Melee Range with weapons like Fire Axe, Kilometers with Handgun
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Weapon Mastery (A trained cop and detective with over 15 years of experience, who has access to guns), Acrobatics (Able to jump large gaps, could climb up to a window through various jumps), Fire Manipulation (Via lighter), Pain Tolerance (Capable of doing several tasks and getting in a full on fist fight with Brendon Dumont with a bleeding arm)
Standard Equipment: Pistol, Saw, Rusty Axe, Fire Axe, Knife, Sledgehammer
Intelligence: Genius (A skilled detective with over 15 years of experience. Had perfect memory of the exact time he slept and the time Brendon killed a suspect could tell how long ago a victim was killed from the amount of blood and how much it had dried, this was viewed by Lance as Keith “calculating” the victim’s time of depth)
Standard Tactics: Keith will deploy punches or use his weapon if he has access to them, such as firearms.
Weaknesses: Keith is so emotionally fragile to the point that failing to save anyone close to him will cause him to lose himself and kill the ones he loves or kill himself.
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