Spade Stranahan

Spade Stranahan is a main character appearing in Taylor Gorrell's Numbershots. Enhanced by his own Number, he's a good friend yet very mischievious.

Appearance
Spade has short, shaggy dark orange hair and blue eyes. Unlike most characters, Spade is not shown consistently wearing the same outfit. One thing that stays consistent is that Spade is always seen wearing a green jersey with white trim over his top. A white 48 is on the back.

Personality
Spade is an easy-going guy with a very mischievious side. If he sees an oppotunity, he won't miss the chance to pull a prank on someone. Apart from this, though, he's a friendly guy and good to hang around, and is loyal to his friends. However, he can become quite the potty-mouth if angered. Some time after his first appearance, he develops a crush on Akari.

Spade enjoys going fast, and his favorite hobby is simply running through Number 48's power. He watches some anime, but his favorite is Sonic X, and he's sometimes heard singing the theme songs (both English and Japanese).

Spade is of Irish descent (though he has no accent), using words commonly associated with Irish culture (Ex. "Top o' the mornin'") and being an expert at step-dancing, high-speed or not.

Biography
Spade first appears in Numbershot 48, blazing through Heartland and pulling unseen pranks on people. Akari hears about this unknown prankster and decides to try and find him. But she realizes what she's dealing with when Spade runs up beside her car and he goes super-speed, the "48" flashing on his shoulder. She snaps a photograph and shows it to Yuma, positively identifying it as a. Yuma and his friends (along with Akari) eventually meet the high-speed teen, but don't realize who he is due to a blurry photo. Impressed by Yuma's spirit, Spade starts a Duel, but ends up losing even with his Synchro Monsters. Spade reveals his secret of super speed, but makes them promise not to tell anyone and speeds off. Later, when Yuma, Kotori, and Akari are accosted by crooks, Spade speeds on the scene and takes them on, taking them out with "Number 48: Godspeed Mirage" and chasing them away. The Number Distributor watches from behind and remarks that the Number was "useless", indicating that he gave it to Spade. Spade then becomes good friends with Yuma and the others, making appearances here and there in Taylor Gorrell's stories.

In "Double Win", it's revealed that Spade and Akari got married and had two children, a boy and a girl.

Abilities
As a result of holding Number 48, Spade is gifted with super speed, allowing him to run at absurd speeds, appearing as merely a blur. This lets his fight with impressive ease. Whenever he uses its power, the 48 appears on his shoulder.

Deck
Spade plays a Level 2 Deck capable of mega-quick Summoning. Unlike most people in ZEXAL, Spade is capable of performing Synchro Summons alongside Xyz Summons. In times of need, he can Special Summon a bunch of monsters in order to Xyz Summon "Number 48: Godspeed Mirage".