Alexander B. Marshall

[Alexander Marshall]

Alexander Brian Marshall

Mutant Name: Thanatos

Age: 26

Faction: Neutral

Height: 6'1

Eye Color: Grey-Blue

Physical Appearance: Alex stands at 6'1 and sports the build expected of a U.S. Marine. His hair is cut short at 1/2 inch at the sides and 1 inch on the top. While he wore a uniform in the Core, now he typically wears T-Shirts and jeans. His arms from the shoulders down are a myriad of tattoos, primarily tribal designs, with UNITED STATES MARINE CORE printed in bold letters on his right shoulder, and Semper Fidelus written in calligraphy beneath it. Once a man who smiled and laughed, now his face is set in a seemingly permanent scowl, which only breaks to show one of pure rage.

Celebrity Face Claim: Randy Orton

Strengths:

• Marine Training
  
• Ruthless
  
• Engineer
  
• Athletic
  
• Strong-Willed
  
• Parkour
  

Weaknesses:

• Poor social skills
  
• Untrusting
  
• Vengeful
  
• Self-Loathing
  
• Predatorial
  
• Loner
  
• Sociopathic(?)
  

Random Abilities:

• Leader (Marine Core)
  
• Armored Vehicle Driver (Marine Core)
  
• First Aid (Marine Core)
  
• Wrestler(Piledrive!)
  
• Sign Language (I can't hear you! I can't hear you!)
  
• Can read upside down (You'd be suprised how useful that can be)
  

Mutation: Biomass Alteration
Alex's powers are similar to that of a shapeshifter, able to alter his bodies shape, weight, etc. but he is not a 'true' shapeshifter. His power could be more accurately called 'Biomass Alteration', meaning that he alters his body down to the genetic level. He doesn't just resemble who he copies. He becomes them. However, this skill isn't a freebie. It comes at a price. In order to copy someone, he has to possess their genetic makeup. He aquires this by cannibalizing his victim, and storing their genetic memory within his own. Apart from shifting into other people, he can also shift his body parts into often grotesque, but ever useful forms (His fingers becoming razor sharp claws or blades protruding from his elbows, for example), and shows the ability to regenerate otherwise fatal wounds over extended periods of time (which can also be sped up by cannibalizing.) While he can devour animals to add to his biomass, Alex cannot shift into them, as their genetic makeup isn't compatible with his own human DNA. The final perk to his mutation is the ability to alter his biomass for physical purposes. Alex can make himself dense enough to survive falls from amazing heights, strengthen himself to lift things he otherwise couldn't dream of picking up, and strengthen his legs and lighten his density to run and jump at higher speeds, which makes his Parkour all the greater.

History:
First Lieutenant Alexander B. Marshall was born into a fifth generation Marine family on a Marine base. His childhood was rather uneventful other than the fact he was a Marines kid, which of course meant he wasn't raised without discipline. Just like his father and his grandfather and so on and so forth, he enlisted in the Marines when he turned eighteen, received a scholarship to a military college (Where he majored in Engineering), and went on to be an officer in the United States Marine Core, where he served as a Marine Sniper (Despite having the credentials to be an engineer).

When the mutant hunting began, Alex was on active duty in a war zone over seas. His mutant power was discovered when a military jeeps brakes went out. The driver shouted at him, but by the time he realised what was happening, it was to late to move. Instictively, his arms rose to protective himself, and, instead of being flattened, the jeep crashed into him. The engine sputtered for a moment, then stopped, and Alex was totally unharmed.

Report of Mutant Capture:
Alex was used to getting up at the crack of dawn, was used to trumpets blairing in his ears, was used to being shouted at earlier in the damned morning. What he wasn't used to was being pulled out of bed and thrown on the ground, with five or so gun barrels trained on his head. He noticed that they were MP's, but their uniforms seemed a little off. "What the hell are you doing!?" he barked.

"Quiet!" One of the MP's barked back, kicking him in the side. Alex was shocked to find how bad it hurt. Ever since that incident with the jeep, he'd been rather resistant to pain. "First Lieutenant Alexander Brian Marshall of the United States Marine Core, you are hereby under arrest..."

"What the hell are you talking about!?" Alex shouted. "I didn't do anything wrong! Ask anyone! My files clean, dammit!"

The MP didn't seem to hear him. "...You will be stripped of your rank and commission, and you will be transferred to a contained area. If you resist, you will be executed. Do you understand?"

"No, I don't!" Alex retorted. "What are you arresting me for? Why am I suddenly getting a dishonorable discharge? I did NOTHING wrong!"

"The laws have changed since you left the states, Marshall." The MP replied. "Mutants like yourself are to be contained. If you resist in any way, you will be labeled an enemy of the free world, and hunted. If you submit, you will be transfered to a place with people like you. You will not be allowed to leave, but its better than being on the run. It's a shame, though. A good soldier like you, turning out to be one of them..." Before Alex could say anything, the MP fired his gun. The First Lieutenant felt something sink into his neck, felt his vision blur, and passed into unconciousness. Before all went black, he muttered one phrase. "I'll kill all of you..."

[Mara Ackart]

Looks good and it's nice to see a new face. Just do me a favor and use a real picture instead of a drawing for your avi and we'll be cool.

[Alexander Marshall]

Okay. Changed the drawing to a real picture. ^_^