The Basics of Mister Wick

❛ That
‘‘ fucking nobody ’’ . . Is John Wick. ❜

THE STORIES YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS MAN,
IF NOTHING ELSE. .
HAS BEEN WATERED DOWN.

Chapter I

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Chapter II

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Chapter III

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Skills and Weaknesses

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THE BASICS OF
MR. WICK

Full Name 
Jonathan ‘‘John’’ WickJardani Jovonovich
Aliases
Baba Yaga, The Legendary Hitman, The Boogeyman, The Devil, The Reaper.
Day of Birth:
September 2nd,1964
Nationality 
BelarusianAmerican
Occupation 
U.S. MarineHitman
Affiliations  
United States Marine CorpsTarasov MobThe Continental
Relationships   
Helen Wick (Wife)The Director (Adoptive Mother)Daisy (Dog)[Nameless] Dog (Dog)
  • He was a Ruska Roma orphan from Belarus taken under the wing of the Director and brought to the United States. Under her tutelage, he developed various martial arts skills. At some point, Jardani adopted the name Johnathan Wick and left the Ruska Roma.

  • Wick served in the United States Marine Corps 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines at some point, as evidenced by his tattoos. It was in the Marine Corps where he met Marcus.

  • After leaving the Marine Corps, John became a professional hitman. He joined the Continental, a hotel catering exclusively to criminals, and after gaining a reputation for his efficiency he became highly respected and feared within the criminal underworld as almost all top brasses in the Mafia and criminal organizations knew about him. At some point, he began a professional relationship with Russian mobster Viggo Tarasov. Viggo valued Wick as an associate for his skill, even witnessing him kill three men with a single pencil. Wick met a woman named Helen, whom he fell deeply in love with. He sought to leave his life as a criminal to be with her. He asked Viggo's permission to leave, Viggo reluctantly agreed to let Wick leave, on the condition he completes "an impossible task," killing all of his rivals in a single day. Needing assistance, Wick sought the help of Santino D'Antonio for manpower and equipment, in exchange for making a blood oath with him. Upon completing the task, Wick was freed from his service to Viggo, and retired from his life of crime.

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  • A polite gentleman

  • One of not so many words, ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ quiet type most of the time

  • Man of focus

  • The type who wants to get his work done as soon as possible, get it over with

  • A big legend in the crime world, but those few who know John very well and are close with him know he is a very kind man. One just needs to get on his good side.

  • John doesn’t wish to introduce himself by saying his last name, for it could give him away since many know of him—and doesn’t like to talk about his ‘ work ’.

  • He does not treat women lower than men—especially the women in his kind of business. They all get equal treatment and are not treated like pieces of meat to stick his—you get the point.

  • He hasn’t named his dog (pitbull) because he does not wish to get attached to it as he did with Daisy.

  • The dog seems to be fond of Wick and is a very good dog, very obedient.

  • He tries to leave the dog out of trouble when he’s working.

  • In many situations, John actually keeps himself cool and calm. Both on the inside and outside. Sometimes it may be just on the outside. Who knows?

CHAPTER ONE

I ONCE SAW HIM KILL THREE MEN IN A BAR WITH A PENCIL. WITH A FUCKING. . PENCIL.

After John Wick loses his wife, Helen, to a terminal illness, he receives a beagle puppy named Daisy from his late wife to help him cope with his grief. Despite John's stoic demeanor, he bonds with the puppy and they spend their day driving around in his vintage 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1. At a gas station, he encounters a trio of Russian gangsters whose leader, Iosef, insists on buying his car, but John repeatedly states that it is not for sale. Frustrated, the mobsters follow John to his home, knock him unconscious, steal his car, and kill Daisy. Iosef takes the Mustang to a chop shop to have the VIN changed. Aurelio, the shop's owner, recognizes the car and, upon learning that Iosef stole it from John, punches him before kicking him out of his shop. John visits Aurelio, who identifies Iosef as the son of Viggo Tarasov, the head of the Russian crime syndicate in New York City. Viggo, informed by Aurelio of Iosef's activities, beats and berates Iosef before explaining to him who John Wick is: a famed assassin formerly in Viggo's employ, nicknamed "Baba Yaga" (translated in the film as Russian for '"Boogeyman"'). When John wanted to retire and marry Helen, Viggo gave him an "impossible task", implied to involve multiple assassinations in a short period of time. John succeeded, and his efforts were key in establishing the Tarasov syndicate.

Viggo tries to talk John out of seeking retribution, but John refuses. Viggo then sends a twelve-men hit squad to John's house, but John kills them all and has the bodies professionally removed. An unsurprised Viggo places a $2 million bounty on John's head and personally offers the contract to John's mentor, Marcus. John seeks refuge at the Continental Hotel, which caters exclusively to the criminal underworld and permits no assassinations on its premises. Viggo doubles the bounty for those willing to break the rules to kill John at the Continental. Winston, the Continental's owner, tells John that Viggo has Iosef under guard at his nightclub, the Red Circle. John enters the Red Circle and makes his way to Iosef, but Viggo's henchman, Kirill, waylays John, allowing Iosef to escape.

John retreats to the Continental to patch up his injuries. Ms. Perkins, an assassin and former acquaintance, sneaks into John's room to kill him but Marcus alerts John, allowing him to subdue Perkins. He forces Perkins to reveal the location of Viggo's front, knocks her unconscious and leaves her with Harry, a fellow assassin, to await punishment. However, Perkins frees herself and kills Harry. John travels to the Little Russia church, which serves as Viggo's front and destroys Viggo's cache of money and blackmail material. When Viggo and his team arrive, John ambushes them, but is subdued and captured. Viggo taunts John for thinking that he could leave his old life behind. Marcus intervenes again, allowing John to free himself and to kill Kirill before accosting Viggo, who (implied to be tired of his son's behavior) reveals Iosef's location. John then travels to the safe house, killing Iosef and his bodyguards.

Perkins learns that John and Marcus have been in contact and tells Viggo, who has Marcus beaten and tortured before executing him in his home. Viggo calls John to report this, planning to have Perkins ambush him. While waiting for John, Perkins is called to a meeting with Winston, who has her executed for killing Harry on Continental grounds. Winston calls John to inform him that Viggo is planning to escape by helicopter. John races to the harbor helipad, where he kills Viggo's remaining henchmen before engaging Viggo in a battle on the dock. Viggo pulls out a knife, and John allows himself to be stabbed, surprising Viggo. John then disarms Viggo and fatally wounds him. John breaks into a waterfront animal clinic to treat his wound and releases a pit bull puppy scheduled to be euthanized. John and the dog walk home along the boardwalk, where he had his last date with Helen.

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CHAPTER TWO

WHOEVER COMES, WHOEVER IT IS...I’LL KILL THEM. I’LL KILL THEM ALL.

With his vengeance against the Tarasovs accomplished, John recovers his car from Abram Tarasov. Wanting peace, he allows Abram to live in exchange for a truce. He then returns to his retirement with a new dog.

However, Santino D'Antonio arrives at his house, asking him to pay his debt. When John refuses, Santino destroys his house with a grenade launcher. Afterwards John goes to the Continental Hotel where he is confronted by Winston, the owner of the Continental, who tells him to fulfill his debt, otherwise, his life is forfeit. John then confronts Santino in a museum and the Italian tasks him to kill his sister, Gianna D'Antonio. Reluctantly the Norman accepts and completes his mission.

So, Wick reluctantly travels to Rome and eliminates Gianna after she orders his subordinate Cassian to he left alone, only to find that completing his mission has made him Santino's next target. He then fights his way through a rigorous assault by Ares, Santino's bodyguard, and her cohorts. After escaping the ambush, he is forced to battle Cassian as well and the two men crash at Continental Hotel of Rome. In the bar, John apologizes for killing Gianna, while Cassian vows revenge.

Santino places a 7.000.000$ bounty in John Wick's Head. A lot of hitmen attempted to kill John, including Cassian. But John kills them all, except Cassian who is left alive for professional respect. John Wick arrives at the Bowery King where his wounds are treated. And then John convinces the Bowery King to help him kill Santino, who provides him with a gun with seven bullets and information about Santino's location. John manages to kill most of Santino's henchmen and leaves Ares badly injured, while Santino escapes at Continental Hotel. The Italian demands Winston to revoke John Wick's membership, but he decided and tells him that Continental is his kingdom and John hasn't broken any rules yet. In the same time, Winston tells Santino that he has privileges in the Continental. However, John arrives and finds Santino. Winston tells Wick to walk away, but the hitman ignores his warnings and kills Santino inside the Continental before returning home.

The next day, John is asked to come to a park where Winston informs John that his bounty has been doubled by the camorra and The High Table and is now international. He is informed that he is now excommunicado, however, John is provided 1 hour to prepare.

At first, John casually walks away from Winston but after hearing cell phone after cell phone ring, John realizes the danger he is in and the urgency to prepare for what comes next. Wick and his dog start to run.

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CHAPTER THREE

A FOURTEEN MILLION DOLLAR BOUNTY ON HIS HEAD, AND EVERY INTERESTED PARTY IN THE CITY WANTS A PIECE OF IT, I'D SAY THE ODDS ARE ABOUT EVEN.

John Wick is now a marked man on the run in Manhattan. He is declared "excommunicado" by The High Table which places a $14 million contract bounty on his head as a result of Wick's unauthorized killing of High Table member Santino D'Antonio. At first, Wick travels to the New York Public Library and retrieves two concealed items–a "marker" (medallion) and a crucifix necklace. Wick leaves but is pursued by a gang into an antique warehouse which leads to a bloody fight between Wick and the gang involving antique weaponry.

Elsewhere, The Adjudicator-a representative of The High Table-visits both Winston (the Continental Hotel manager) and The Bowery King in his hideout due to both previously providing assistance to Wick. Both are ordered to relinquish their positions of authority within seven days or face consequences. Meanwhile, having survived the warehouse fight, Wick visits The Director – a figure from his past who runs Ruska Roma. He hands over the crucifix necklace to her as a form of currency which allows him safe passage to Casablanca.

In Casablanca, Wick visits a local branch of The Continental and meets with Sofia–a woman from his past who owes him a favor. Wick hands Sofia the "marker" he retrieved from the library-a medallion which symbolizes an unbreakable promise by one person to fulfill a task requested by another. Wick requests Sofia fulfill the marker by helping him locate The Elder-a senior member of The High Table.

Sofia reluctantly agrees, and takes Wick to a local man named Berrada. Berrada provides Wick with The Elder's location within the desert, however, becomes confrontational and shoots one of Sofia's dogs. In retaliation, Sofia shoots Berrada. With the help of her two trained dogs, Sofia and John fight their way out of the area before traveling to the desert. Having fulfilled her "marker", Sofia leaves. John continues walking in the desert alone, before collapsing due to exhaustion. John is found by a passing traveler and taken to The Elder's location. The Elder gives John the choice between dying or accepting a mission to kill Winston, Wick's friend, on behalf of The High Table in exchange for the removal of the bounty on his head. John accepts the mission, and as a show of commitment to The High Table, severs his ring finger and gives his wedding ring to The Elder.

Meanwhile, The Adjudicator recruits an assassin (Zero) and his gang to act as enforcers for The High Table. They visit both The Bowery King and The Director, kill several of their associates before inflicting physical punishment on both of them as a consequence for helping Wick. Wick arrives back in New York. He is confronted by Zero's gang but manages to escape on a motorcycle. After killing the pursuing gang members, Wick is chased by Zero to The Continental where Wick takes sanctuary. Wick speaks with Winston who tells Wick he is aware he is there to kill him. The Adjudicator arrives, however, Wick refuses to carry out the kill order and Winston refuses to surrender his position at the hotel.

As a consequence, The Adjudicator declares The Continental as "deconsecrated", permitting killing on the premises once again, before requesting an armed unit from The High Table attend the hotel to kill Winston and Wick. With the help of the hotel's concierge Charon, John takes on The High Table's forces inside the hotel, ultimately defeating them before being confronted by Zero's gang once again. Wick eventually overcomes the gang members before fighting and killing Zero.

The Adjudicator contacts Winston and offers to negotiate, eventually agreeing to allow Winston to remain at The Continental, but states Wick remains a problem. Winston betrays Wick, shooting him before Wick falls from the roof of the hotel. The Adjudicator leaves The Continental but notices Wick's body is gone. She informs Winston, and both agree that Wick continues to be a threat to both of them. An injured John Wick is taken to a heavily-scarred Bowery King's new hideout by the Tick Tock Man. The Bowery King tells John he is "pissed off" with The High Table, and asks Wick if he feels the same way. Wick replies, "yeah".

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STORYLINES

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EVERYTHING’S
GOT A PRICE.

  1. Before he had met Helen, before he retired ( working for Viggo ).

  2. After meeting Helen, still working for Viggo.

  3. After retiring, married to Helen and living the best, regular life.

  4. After Helen passes away, John trying to continue life without her and caring for Daisy, the final gift from his wife.

  5. After the incident of of Viggo’s son and his friends stealing his car and killing his puppy.

  6. During John going after Iosef and anyone who dares to protect that asshole.

  7. After killing Iosef.

  8. After killing Viggo himself.

  9. ‘ Adopting ’ a new dog and taking him home.

YOU STABBED THE DEVIL IN THE BACK. TO HIM, THIS ISN’T VENGEANCE; THIS IS JUSTICE.

  1. Before going ahead and getting his car.

  2. After getting his car. All fucked but he got it and found a card from his wife.

  3. Before Santino comes to his place and has that talk.

  4. After Santino comes and is rejected, blasting John’s home and burning it down.

  5. John goes to Santino in order to do this favor.

  6. While / Before John gets ready to kill Santino’s sister.

  7. After ‘ killing ’ Santino’s sister.

  8. Before the open contract is—well, out there.

  9. After the open contract is out.

  10. Before going to Bowery King.

  11. After going to Bowery King.

  12. Before going to Santino to kill him.

  13. In the middle of John chasing Santino, his men and shooting up all over the place(s).

  14. Before going to find Santino in the Continental.

  15. After going to find Santino in the Continental.

  16. Before killing Santino.

  17. After killing Santino.

  18. While walking to his destroyed home with his dog.

  19. After arriving to his destroyed home and being seated there with his dog.

  20. While being taken to Winston to meet up with him.

  21. After meeting up with Winston—one hour before his (excommunicado) contract is up there and running, available for everyone.

  22. As he runs away with his dog.

I have served.
I will be of service.

  1. Before he runs out of the one hour provided to prepare.

  2. Running away in the rain with his dog.

  3. Before sending his dog to the Continental for safety.

  4. After sending his dog to the Continental for safety.

  5. Before going to the library.

  6. While he is at the library, getting the things he needs.

  7. After going to the library.

  8. Before / After the knife ‘ party ’.

  9. Before / During / After riding a horse and killing multiple.

  10. Before getting to The Director.

  11. After getting to The Director.

  12. Before going to Casablanca.

  13. After arriving to Casablanca.

  14. Before meeting up with Sofia and her dogs.

  15. After meeting up with Sofia and her dogs.

  16. After Sofia’s dog was shot, staring a gun fight all around.

  17. During the gun fight along with Sofia’s dogs.

  18. Before being dropped off by the desert.

  19. After being dropped off and being left alone at the desert.

  20. Before meeting The Elder.

  21. During the meet up with The Elder.

  22. After meeting up with The Elder, a mission being assigned to him—already missing his wedding finger and wedding ring.

  23. While he’s at New York.

  24. Before meeting Zero and his men.

  25. During the motorcycle chase / fight.

  26. John being in front of the Continental, placing his palm on the front steps ( on the ground ).

  27. John and Zero in the waiting room (with his dog) to see Winston.

  28. While speaking to Winston.

  29. After speaking to Winston, which means Zero is given help and are now after John’s head.

  30. John fighting all the recruits and his dog safely away with Winston.

  31. John fighting Zero.

  32. John after fighting Zero.

  33. Before John goes to the rooftop to meet with Winston, The Adjudicator and Charon.

  34. While meeting up and not really knowing what is going on between the three.

  35. After Winston shoots him and John jumps off the building to make a horrible land on the street below.

  36. Before Bowery King sending someone to pick him up.

  37. After Bowery King sends someone to pick him up and have a conversation.

✳︎ S K I L L S
Peak Human Condition: John is a man who keeps himself in great shape and maintains a strict level of training. His strength, speed, reflexes, agility, and stamina are in top conditioning, for a man of his age.
Peak Human Durability: Considering his physical condition, John's body is also very durable as he was able to survive (Despite being critically injured) from falling off the Continental Hotel while colliding with other objects before landing flat on the concrete floor. Another example was shown when despite being stabbed and shot multiple times, he didn't lose any of his strengths.
Peak Human Reflexes: During John's successful attempt to retrieve his car from Abram Tarasov's Chop Shop, he dodges a car going at least 40 mph in eight-tenths of a second. Without his fast reflexes, he would have possibly died. Also, at the Continental Hotel, Marcus shoots John's pillow in order to alert him to a threat. It takes him only 1.2 seconds to understand the shot's purpose, correctly assess the situation, and react effectively.
Peak Human Stamina: John has a tremendous amount of stamina which allows him to run for great distance and fight for a considerable amount of time with multiple skilled opponents a walk away victorious. Even after being injured and tired, John needs a minimal break only to recover and can move a fight again. He can fight at his peak until he falls from wounds or complete exhaustion.
High Pain Tolerance: Despite his mastery of martial arts and firearms, John is injured frequently but rarely notices beyond checking his wounds for bleeding. During his final fight with Viggo, John allows Viggo's knife to re-enter an already existing stab wound; this causes a considerable amount of pain but allows him to win the fight by breaking Viggo's arm while simultaneously avoiding creating any new wounds. he also cut his own ring finger showing only medium pain and then blaze it with even lesser reaction.
Master Marksman: Being a former marine and war veteran, it is safe to say that John knows his way around a variety of pistols, rifles, and shotguns as well as being able to precisely eliminate targets from a long distance (as seen in his raid on the Tarasov Safehouse). John is able to effortlessly blend his marksmanship with his hand to hand skills, being able to swiftly use grappling moves combined with precision shots to take on large groups of organized gunmen. He shot The Doctor just below his floating rib, avoiding his large intestine as well as accurately below his shoulder.
Master Martial Artist: John is highly trained in hand to hand combat with training in Judo, Sambo, Jiu-Jitsu, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Aikijutsu, and Krav Maga. He can quickly outmaneuver, outmatch or simply outlast his opponents, even being capable of taking on multiple enemies at once. John is able to adapt to his opponent's fighting styles, studying them during the fight and adapting to negate their strengths as seen when he faced Zero and his students. He also sometimes uses a dirty move like kicking to crotch biting and so.
Knife Mastery: Through his training in the US Marines, John is highly skilled in the use of knives and other melee weapons. In the fight with Cassian on the train, John engaged him in a prolonged knife fight. He was also shown to be proficient in the use of swords during his fight against Zero.
Knife Throwing: John is very skilled with knives and able to throw them and other bladed weapons with expert precision and lethal force. He is able to throw many knives at assassins in a very short amount of time and hit them with each one and is even able to hit someone in the head with lethal force with a tomahawk thrown from across a long distance.
Weapon Improvisation: In addition to his impressive skills with firearms, knives and other standard weapons, John is very good at using whatever is in his immediate area as an offensive weapon, as seen when he dispatched two men with a couple of pencils, when he killed a much larger opponent with a book, and when he used a belt to fend off two master knife-fighters.
Stealth: John is extremely skilled at breaking into secure locations and escaping without being noticed and he is able to memorize complicated architectural layouts easily.
Intimidation: Due to his efficiency as an assassin and the determination with which he pursues his goals, John is widely known and feared within the Assassin community. People who know his reputation are extremely cautious about provoking his wrath. Despite of that he often underestimated by various his collages and even some of higher classes look down on him.
Master Tactician: As a master hitman, John is highly capable of casing out, planning and executing assassinations. He is also very spatially aware in combat situations, making use of the environment, weapons held by dead enemies and even, legendarily, pencils.
Expert Driver: During his "retirement." John drove his vintage Mustang 69 on a racing track as a hobby, allowing him to keep his skills behind the wheel sharp. He is able to kill enemies with vehicles, delivering sideswipes, reverses and head-on collisions to deal devastating damage.
Multilingualism: John is shown to be fluent in several languages, including English, Russian, Italian, Hebrew, American Sign Language, Arabic, Japanese, and Indonesian. He uses these skills a number of times when conversing with friends and enemies alike.
Affable Demeanor: Despite his skills, John prefers to avoid fights if he can. He is skilled at getting people to back down without resistance and will often let people go when they do and he is able to avoid allowing conflicts to escalate any further as seen when he was able to call a truce with Abram Tarasov. His friendly and professional personality allows him to maintain contacts within the assassin community who are willing to come to his aid when needed. His strong sense of honor also means he makes a point of not allowing innocent people to get caught in the crossfire of his work.
Skilled Physician: He appears to have some knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, as well as basic medicine and first aid, as he finished The Doctor's stitches on his stab wound. He stabbed Cassian in his aorta so the latter would keep the blade in place or else he would die from bleeding out.
Keen Intelligence: John was shown to be a very intelligent and wise man who could think about various things even in the critical moments and can easily make his ways out of most problems.
Indomitable Will: Once John sets his mind on a goal, he will not stop until that task is complete, no matter what obstacles get in his way. His level of focus has earned him a legendary status in the Assassin community. To be with the love of his life Helen, John completed a task that was deemed impossible, but his desire to retire and live with Helen led him to find the strength to complete this task.

✳︎ W E A K N E S S E S
Vengeance: Wick can't sate his need for revenge and stop himself from killing the people who took things from him, which led to all of his problems in the 3 films and the death of a close friend.
Bullets and Mortality: Although John Wick is feared as the legendary hitman, he is still susceptible to bullets, wounds and other injuries.
Overconfidence: John Wick is overconfident of his reputation, which can be seen when he seeks help from "The Bowery King," and again when he asks Winston to inform his would-be assassins that he will kill anyone who comes after him.
Anger: John's determination in going after his target is both his greatest strength and his weakness as he often refuses to stop pursuing them, even when it would be in his interest to do so, or even wait for a better opportunity to strike. When Santino hides in the Continental, rather than wait for him to leave or pursue another method of revenge, John murders him on the grounds and is then forced to go on the run for breaking the rules of the hotel.

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