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Snakehead is a tall man with tanned skin and a lean, athletic build. His features are strangely plain and nondescript, but for a casual observer he might seem of Arab or North-African descent. He wears his dark brown hair long in a slightly messy style, apparently not paying too much attention to it. However there are some distinctive features which make it obvious that he is not as plain as he seems. The most obvious are his strikingly green eyes with slitted, snake-like pupils. He also seems to have a retractable cornea just like a real snake. When opening his mouth, his connection to snakes becomes even more obvious. He has a pair of retractable snake fangs in place of his upper incisors. He also has an about 1 ft long forked tongue he can roll back in his mouth to appear normal, though he seems to prefer to have it out as often as possible, both to unnerve his enemies and because he is able to smell with it just like a real snake. | Snakehead is a tall man with tanned skin and a lean, athletic build. His features are strangely plain and nondescript, but for a casual observer he might seem of Arab or North-African descent. He wears his dark brown hair long in a slightly messy style, apparently not paying too much attention to it. However there are some distinctive features which make it obvious that he is not as plain as he seems. The most obvious are his strikingly green eyes with slitted, snake-like pupils. He also seems to have a retractable cornea just like a real snake. When opening his mouth, his connection to snakes becomes even more obvious. He has a pair of retractable snake fangs in place of his upper incisors. He also has an about 1 ft long forked tongue he can roll back in his mouth to appear normal, though he seems to prefer to have it out as often as possible, both to unnerve his enemies and because he is able to smell with it just like a real snake. | ||
| − | His usual outfit consits of a simple light brown tunic with a golden ornamental seam and only one sleeve and a black sleeveless robe underneath it. He completes his outfit with dark grey combat boots with dark gold highlights. The few pieces of equipment he carries with him are usually stored in compartments on his belt or carried in a small pouch on his left arm. | + | His usual outfit consits of a simple light brown tunic with a golden ornamental seam and only one sleeve and a black sleeveless robe underneath it. He completes his outfit with dark grey combat boots with dark gold highlights. His costum is made from a highly resilient, armor fabric similar to certain components used in the VIPER Basic Combat Uniform (BCU). The few pieces of equipment he carries with him are usually stored in compartments on his belt or carried in a small pouch on his left arm. |
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As is due for a member of VIPER's feared Dragon Branch, Snakehead possesses a number of skills and abilities that make him a fearsome opponent in battle. | As is due for a member of VIPER's feared Dragon Branch, Snakehead possesses a number of skills and abilities that make him a fearsome opponent in battle. | ||
| − | * '''Hand-to-hand Combat Expertise:''' | + | * '''Hand-to-hand Combat Expertise:''' Like almost every VIPER agent Snakehead Snakehead has been going through an extensive martial arts training course at VIPER Academy. The basic fighting style taught there is a quick, dirty “art” that emphasizes brutal blows and |
| + | defeating the enemy as quickly as possible. It’s not fancy or elaborate, but it provides the agent with much better fighting ability than the average street tough. However, Snakehead's extraordinary physical abilities soon made it clear that his talent was wasted with such basic training. After some consideration he was sent to train under the Takara-Shinja, VIPER's deadliest cadre of assassins. The Takara-Shinja practice a unique martial art called Hebijutsu, which most closely resembles Snake-style Kung Fu. These fighting techniques along with Snakehead's enhanced body and reflexes make him a dangerous foe up close. | ||
| − | * '''Standard VIPER Equipment:''' | + | * '''Standard VIPER Equipment Kit:''' Snakehead's abilities eliminated the need for VIPER to provide him with specialized equipment. Instead he was issued a reinforced costume and a slightly modified standard equipment kit. This kit includes the VIPER Fang, a combat knife made of drop-forged, case-hardened steel along with a simple VL-S1 “Redeye” laser pistol. Additionally it contains three VG-1 frag grenades, three VG-3 concussion grenades, one VG-7 strobe grenade and one VG-9 smoke grenade. Due to his regenerative abilities Snakehead is quite reckless with the use of his explosives. Finally he has been issued a standard VIPER communicator and wrist computer. |
* '''Snake Body:''' Snakehead's body might appear human enough, but he exhibits a number of snake-like traits that give him a range of superhuman abilites: Snakehead is unusually strong and durable. While he is not nearly on the level of most brick-type superhumans, he is easily able to lift and throw an adult human with one hand and survive a car crash without any sign of injury. Snakehead's senses are sharper than even other metahumans'. He also possesses several other senses, which are commonly associated with snakes, like the ability to perceive even slight air and ground vibrations, taste the air with his tongue and sense changes in the ambient temperature. These senses along with his snake-like reflexes give him a phenomenally short reaction time and make it almost impossible to surprise him in battle. Furthermore, his body seems to be highly elastic. He has the ability to completely dislocate every single joint in his body while still having complete control over his limbs using muscle tension alone. This allows him to perform several spectacular feats. He can squeeze even through the narrowest of spaces, the only limitation being the circumference of his ribcage. Just like a snake he can slither over the grounds and scale obstacles at a very high speed. He can use his own body to capture and bind enemies in battle, subsequently constricting them. And finally the flexibility of his altered body along with his enhanced reflexes allow him to dodge attacks in seemingly impossible ways. | * '''Snake Body:''' Snakehead's body might appear human enough, but he exhibits a number of snake-like traits that give him a range of superhuman abilites: Snakehead is unusually strong and durable. While he is not nearly on the level of most brick-type superhumans, he is easily able to lift and throw an adult human with one hand and survive a car crash without any sign of injury. Snakehead's senses are sharper than even other metahumans'. He also possesses several other senses, which are commonly associated with snakes, like the ability to perceive even slight air and ground vibrations, taste the air with his tongue and sense changes in the ambient temperature. These senses along with his snake-like reflexes give him a phenomenally short reaction time and make it almost impossible to surprise him in battle. Furthermore, his body seems to be highly elastic. He has the ability to completely dislocate every single joint in his body while still having complete control over his limbs using muscle tension alone. This allows him to perform several spectacular feats. He can squeeze even through the narrowest of spaces, the only limitation being the circumference of his ribcage. Just like a snake he can slither over the grounds and scale obstacles at a very high speed. He can use his own body to capture and bind enemies in battle, subsequently constricting them. And finally the flexibility of his altered body along with his enhanced reflexes allow him to dodge attacks in seemingly impossible ways. | ||
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