Jean-Paul Valley (ME-Prime)

"You didn't make me to be a Knight of God's divine justice, you made me to be a servant: to God, and to all of you. You didn't give me a choice. You robbed me of freedom, gave me a sword and told me to go rob other people of theirs'. Tell me, is the irony lost on you."

Engineering a Soldier for Christ
Jean-Paul Valley, Junior was a test-tube baby, from his conception Jean-Paul's genetic structure was altered by by the Order of Saint Dumas with, engineering him to be capable of feats beyond those of a normal human. Jean-Paul was engineered specifically to be Azrael, The Order's vigilante. After Batman began his career, and started to assert control over the criminals, the Order forced Valley to shadow Batman, learn his methods, learn his motives, and find out if he could be assilmilated into their Order, or if he must be dealt with.