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| caption = "VIPER will pay for their crimes. All of them."
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| alias = Reptile, Rep, Trev
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| gender = Male
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| species = Human (mutate)
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| ethnicity = White American
|Rank= Undergraduate
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| birthplace = Millennium City, MI
|OtherAffil= Millennium City University
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| operations = Millennium City, MI
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| relatives = Deceased Parents
|RealName= Trevor Jae Williams
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| age = 19
|Aliases= Trev, TJ, Reptile, Rep
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| height = 5'9" / 6'9" (variable)
|Birthdate= May 26th, 1998
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| weight = 150 lbs / 220 lbs (variable)
|Birthplace= Millennium City, MI, USA
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| eyes = Green / Yellow with vertical pupils
|Citizenship= {{ico|USA}} American
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| hair = Brown / None
|Residence= Millennium City, MI, USA
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| complexion = Fair / Light orange with black spots
|Headquarters= Underground facility hidden underneath an abandoned apartment complex in Westside
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| build = Average / Slim, athletic
|Occupation= College Student
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| features = Reptilian appearance during transformation
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| alignment = 7
|Marital= Single
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|Relatives= Father: Wilfred Williams (deceased)<br> Mother: Gloria Williams (deceased)<br>
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|Gender= Male
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| education = Undergraduate degree (in-progress)
|Age= 19
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| marital = Single
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| powers = Draysha Metamorphosis
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| paraphernalia = Form-adaptive field suit
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'''Reptile''' is a superhero based in Millennium City's Westside.</div>
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= '''''<div style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color: #000000">Biography</div>''''' =
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==<span style="color:white">Biography</span>==
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===<span style="color:white">Secret Origin: Twice Bitten</span>===
  
==<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #FFFFFF">Origin: Dehumanized</div>==
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While [[Draysha]] proved to be more successful than their previous attempts at creating serpentine super-soldiers, the limitations that allowed for Draysha's results were naturally something that [[VIPER]] sought to eliminate. The Draysha program required subjects to ingest king cobra venom to trigger their temporary transformations and came with the unwanted side-effect of significantly reducing their lifespans. VIPER enlisted the expertise of Dr. Adam Atelis, a mysterious geneticist who claimed he could create Draysha 2.0, granting subjects even more power than the current Draysha program without any of the drawbacks. While Dr. Timothy Blank and VIPER's other mad scientists were busy at work on Project Stein, VIPER's attempt to capture and/or recreate the powerful mutate [[Grond]], Dr. Atelis conducted Project Draysha 2.0 at a secret subterranean facility in Michigan, miles away from Millennium City. The city's chaotic, crime-ridden Westside area was rife with test subjects who could be abducted without stirring up much trouble. It was Westside, after all. One of the unfortunate individuals abducted by this VIPER subcontractor was young Trevor Wilson.
  
Throughout the years the villainous organization known as VIPER has conducted numerous experiments with the goal of strengthening their forces. But sometimes these undertakings ended up doing more harm than good. One such case was Project Reptile. The purpose of this particular program was to grant human subjects the ability to transform into a reptilian form at will while also retaining their intelligence. This would give VIPER an army of superhumans who were much more stable and effective than Ripper, with the trade-off being reduced destructive potential. Dr. Samuel Solomon headed the project. He ordered that random citizens be plucked off the streets of Millennium City's Westside area. A few missing persons wouldn't raise much alarm in a place that was currently wracked with gang war. And, Dr. Solomon reasoned, none of these people had much of a future anyway. One of these unfortunate people-turned-test subjects was fifteen-year-old Trevor Williams. On his walk back home from his part-time job, Trevor was hit with a tranquilizer dart and hurriedly carried into a van as he lost consciousness.
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One fateful night, Trevor lost track of time while reading at Kountry Komics after leaving his part-time job. On his way back home, even later in the night than usual, Trevor was shot with a tranquilizer dart, dragged into a van and taken to Dr. Atelis's laboratory. He woke up to the mad scientist's sinister grin and multiple needles stuck all over his body. He was firmly strapped against an operating table and could only scream as the syringes injected some kind of green fluid into him. Trevor spent weeks at the facility undergoing the experimental Draysha 2.0 procedure. Due to the drugs that kept him unable to resist, his memories of the experience are muddled, but he clearly remembers other test subjects screaming in agony and dying, one by one, as they were overwhelmed by the invasive treatment. After weeks of experiments, Trevor was the only survivor. While not the complete success Dr. Atelis had hoped to create, the madman saw Trevor as a step in the right direction.
  
Trevor was taken to a testing facility that was beneath a wilderness preserve miles away from civilization. He woke up on an operating table with Dr. Solomon grinning sinisterly at him. They experimented on him for weeks and kept him in a delirious state with regular drug injections. He only had vague recollections of his time in the facility, but retained the vivid memories of other test subjects dying in great pain. Trevor was the only subject who survived the dangerous process. On the final day of the project he metamorphosed into a reptilian form with physical abilities far beyond that of a normal human. But not all had gone according to Solomon's plan as Trevor's intelligence regressed to a primal level and he behaved like an aggressive, feral beast. Solomon ordered his guards to dispatch the failed experiment. Just as he broke free of his restraints, a storm of bullets tore through Trevor and he fell lifeless to the floor. But in mere seconds the wounds had healed and the bullets were pushed out of his body. The creature sprung back up and attacked the men who had treated him like a rat and tried to kill him. Every fiber of his being urged him to finish them off. But even in this monstrous state Trevor was more human than them. He did not sink to their level, but he did make sure they would never forget him. He fled the compound after wrecking it along with all the research they had done.
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A new batch of test subjects was needed for further experiments so that the doctor could perfect Draysha 2.0. That meant the old batch, including Trevor, would need to be disposed of. When the time came for him to be put down, Trevor's metabolism overcame the tranquilizer and he metamorphosed into a rampaging beast. He easily overpowered the VIPER goons who were about to execute him and nearly killed Dr. Atelis. Trevor could have finished the job, but even after Dr. Atelis turned him into a monster, Trevor was still more human than him. Trevor left the doctor and his lackeys mauled and bloody in the laboratory and fled the facility. Over the next few days, Trevor made his way back to his home in Millennium City.
  
The traumatized teenager spent the next several days in the wilderness, making his way back home. His memories of this time are also blurry, but he recalled hunting animals to survive, taking shelter in sewers and avoiding squads of VIPER soldiers. Eventually he made it back to Millennium City. Trevor woke up in his human form in a Westside alleyway. He rummaged through some trashcans and dumpsters to find makeshift clothes and took the comfortingly familiar walk back to his family's house. Once he arrived he saw that the door was ajar and rushed in. He found his mother and father shot dead. Trevor collapsed to his knees and mourned their death. But he could not grieve for long. Trevor knew VIPER and Dr. Solomon were responsible and vowed to take revenge on them. Ever since, Trevor has used the powers Dr. Solomon forced on him to fight crime, protect the innocent and wage war on VIPER as the superhero known as Reptile.
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His memory of this trek back home are as blurry as those of his time as a lab rat, but Trevor recalls hunting wild animals and running through the sewer system. In this bestial form, all that guided Trevor was the instinct every animal had when they fled predators. Eventually, Trevor regained consciousness in a Westside alleyway, having reverted to his human form, not far from his destination. After the comfortingly familiar walk through the streets, dressed in some of the tattered old clothes of a deceased homeless man he found in a cardboard shelter, Trevor was met with a door nearly broken off its hinges. He already knew what awaited him before he took those heavy steps back into the place he had lived his entire life. There they were. The stiff, cold bodies of his parents welcomed Trevor back home.
  
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After this ordeal, Trevor swore to use the power Dr. Atelis and VIPER cursed him with to oppose them. Far from the superpowered lackey they tried to create, Trevor fought to protect the innocent and take down the criminals who perpetrated such evil. And one day he would make those snakes pay. They had taken the life of Trevor Wilson, the kid from Westside.
  
===<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #FFFFFF">Metamorphosis</div>===
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But VIPER would be no match for Reptile.
  
Trevor's genome was drastically altered by VIPER. He now possesses reptilian DNA that lies dormant within his genetic code until triggered to manifest. Trevor has shown the ability to control this transformation up to a certain point. Past that point, his brain degrades in key cognitive faculties and Trevor loses his sentience. The trade-off is a similar increase in power. In all three stages of the metamorphosis, Reptile possesses superhuman physical capacities and a very efficient regenerative healing factor.
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===<span style="color:white">Year One: Not Shy</span>===
  
The initial stage has a sort of bicameral mind, in which Reptile's animal instinct and Trevor's intellect are at odds but in relative unity. The more physically demanding and dangerous an environment, the more that instinct overrides intellect. The second stage, which is much more reptilian, is bestial but possesses a childlike curiosity and retains basic human functions. His saliva becomes acidic and scales grow over his exterior. The final stage has very little trace of humanity and looks like an abnormally large snake with arms and legs. Biological imperatives are all that matter to Reptile in this form.
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===<span style="color:white">Monster Island: A Snake Among Manimals</span>===
  
===<div style="color:#000000; background-color: #FFFFFF">Genius Intellect</div>===
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==<span style="color:white">Attributes</span>==
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===<span style="color:white">Metamorphosis</span>===
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'''Mutated Physiology:''' Trevor's genome was drastically altered as a result of Atelis's experiments. His genome is now a fusion of reptilian and human genetic material. VIPER's experimental genetic engineering process was designed to produce super-soldiers who could transform between their human and Draysha forms at will, seamlessly, while retaining their intelligence and self-control. While nowhere near as powerful as [[Ripper]] or the Grond-derived monsters Dr. Blank sought to create, this new breed of Draysha agents were meant to be more versatile and covert. Atelis sought to accomplish this by modifying the genomes of subjects to be both unstable and mutable. The reptilian genes would lie dormant as junk DNA until they were activated by a focused mental command, overwriting the human DNA to allow their influence over gene expression to rapidly increase, manifesting almost instantly. In their human form, the subject would not exhibit morphological differences, concealing their status as a mutate. While the effects of the reptilian genes could not be entirely suppressed, their influence over the subject's biology would only become apparent upon close examination. Dr. Atelis had promised that the agents produced by the Draysha 2.0 program would complement Project Stein's heavyweight agents by providing VIPER with a highly efficient covert superhuman asset. The imperfected program, however, leaves Trevor unable to maintain control over himself past the initial stage of his metamorphosis. He can shift between human and stage 1 without any problems, but when the transformation is pushed further Trevor's cognitive faculties deteriorate to a primitive level and his animal instincts come to the fore. Despite this drawback, Trevor's power increases proportionally, highlighting the trade-off inherent to his metamorphosis.
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The stages of his metamorphosis are:
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* '''Stage 1''' - Reptile maintains full control of himself, despite slightly reduced intelligence. While it is the weakest, this stage is highly efficient due to Trevor's nearly unhindered control over it. His morphology changes to take on a reptilian, although still recognizably human, appearance and his strength, speed and endurance are augmented to superhuman levels.
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* '''Stage 2''' - Starting at this stage, Trevor loses conscious control as his animal instincts overtake his intellect. His strength and speed are significantly enhanced, while he loses the ability to think and communicate clearly. His body becomes even more reptilian, with his skull taking on a serpentine shape and his claws growing sharper and longer.
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* '''Stage 3''' - The final stage of Trevor's metamorphosis, where he grows to a size of over 8 feet with extremely dense muscle mass. At this point, Reptile is a rampaging beast, driven solely by the primitive instinct of self-preservation.
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Once past the initial stage of his metamorphosis, Trevor loses the ability to autonomously revert to his human form. Instead, he requires external intervention, either through complete exhaustion of his stamina or subdual, to induce reversal of the metamorphic process.
  
Trevor is gifted with an IQ of 200, which he scored on an official test at the age of 14. This, along with his consistently excellent academic performance, particularly in science subjects, earned him a scholarship to a prestigious science-centered high school in Millennium City's Downtown area. The new school nurtured Trevor's intellectual appetite and developed them even further. Upon graduation, he was offered a scholarship to Millennium City University's science program. Trevor deferred the enrollment until Fall 2017 and is currently in his freshman year, dual majoring in Biology and Physics. It was with his knowledge of biochemistry that Trevor was able to concoct a serum that would allow him greater control over his transformation. This is how he is able to retain a certain amount of control over himself during stage one. Trevor also utilizes various gadgets and other inventions of his own design to help him with life both on and off-duty. This includes the highly durable costume that he sports as Reptile. Its size changes in accordance with his body.
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===<span style="color:white">Powers and Abilities</span>===
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'''Augmented Physical Prowess:''' As Reptile enters the initial stage of his metamorphosis, his strength, agility, and endurance are significantly augmented, surpassing the capabilities of ordinary humans. At stage 1, he can lift several tons and achieve running speeds exceeding 90 mph. As the metamorphosis progresses through its stages, these abilities are further enhanced. At stage 3, his thickened scaly hide provides as much protection as [https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/body-armor1.htm Type III body armor] and his claws can tear through high quality steel with ease. His strength gradually increases with each stage, reaching an estimated maximum lift of approximately 50 tons at stage 2 and possibly as much as 200 tons at stage 3. As a result of the increased strength of his muscles, Reptile's movement speed also increases with each stage, maxing out at just over 200 mph. His leaping power and speed are similarly enhanced.
  
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'''Augmented Senses:''' Reptile possesses enhanced senses enabling detection of subtle stimuli in his vicinity. During his transformation, Reptile develops a Jacobson's organ that allows him to detect chemical traces lingering in the air. This is accomplished by sampling the air with flicks of his tongue, which transfers scent particles to the vomeronasal organ. He also develops pit organs between his eyes and nostrils that are sensitive to infrared radiation and nerve endings in parts of his skeleton that allow for detection of subtle vibrations in the ground and in water when he's submerged in it. His vision is also slightly enhanced and especially sensitive to movement. These augmented sensory capabilities, combined with his reptilian reflexes, allow Reptile to react swiftly to any immediate danger.
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'''Reptilian Reflexes:''' Reptile's enhanced sensory perception allows him to maintain an acute awareness of his surroundings. Combined with his sharpened instincts, Reptile's body can reflexively react to danger before he even becomes aware of it himself.
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'''Regenerative Healing Factor:''' Reptile possesses a remarkable regenerative healing factor that allows him to rapidly recover from injuries sustained in both his human and Draysha forms. This ability allows Trevor to heal damaged tissues at an accelerated rate, far surpassing that of an ordinary human. Even severe injuries that would incapacitate or prove fatal to others can be swiftly healed by his extraordinary regenerative abilities. Due to this healing factor, Reptile also possesses greater than normal endurance and increased immunity to most diseases and venomous substances.
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'''Slippery as a Snake:''' Reptile's body is very flexible, enabling him to perform feats of acrobatics and smoothly maneuver through tight spaces. His skin secretes a clear, oily fluid that makes him even more slippery. If Trevor was caught in the grasp of someone like Grond, he could quickly squirm his way out, assuming he isn't crushed right away. Past stage 1, his flexibility is greatly reduced as his cell tissues become denser and thicker.
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'''Venom Gland:''' Upon reaching stage 2 of his metamorphosis, Reptile develops a venomous gland with ducts to his fangs. He can shoot the venom from his fangs as a corrosive acidic spray or bite opponents to deliver the venom to their nervous system, causing paralysis.
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'''Camouflage and Thermal Vision:''' At stage 2, Reptile gains the ability to change the hue of his scaly skin to blend into his environment, making him undetectable to the unobservant human eye. His eyes also develop thermal vision, allowing him to track targets in darkness and obscured conditions.
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'''Cognitive Degeneration:''' While the modifications to his genome have surprisingly had no discernible effect on Trevor's cognition in his human form, each stage of his Draysha 2.0 transformation gradually degenerates his intellect. Dr. Atelis's goal was to perfect Draysha 2.0 such that subjects could maintain control over themselves throughout all stages of the transformation. However, due to imperfected state of the Draysha 2.0 program Trevor was treated with, each stage afflicts Trevor with further degeneration of his cognitive faculties. As such, Trevor's metamorphosis only progresses past stage 1 voluntarily through his own volition or involuntarily through prolonged exposure to high levels of stress.
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* While the decline in Trevor's intelligence at stage 1 is not major, he finds abstract reasoning and other mental tasks more challenging. He can still think and communicate effectively enough and maintains self-control.
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* At stage 2, Reptile's intellect declines to a primitive level and he becomes more beastly in his behavior, although there's still some semblance of humanity guiding his actions. He can, for example, speak, or rather hiss, in one-word sentences. This was the stage Trevor was in when he escaped Dr. Atelis's lab.
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* The final stage of his metamorphosis sees Trevor devolve completely into a wild animal, driven entirely by base instincts and devoid of human intelligence. While in this form, Reptile will hunt for sustenance, seek out shelter (most often the sewers) and follow his fight or flight response when in the proximity of others. He is just as likely to attack allies and civilians as he is more threatening individuals, making him a highly dangerous rogue actor. Trevor has stated that, if it ever came down to allowing him to kill innocents or putting him down, he would want anyone presented with the choice to choose the latter.
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'''Weak Psyche:''' While Trevor possesses no psychic defenses beyond his own willpower, the cognitive degeneration he experiences during his transformations make him even more susceptible to mind control and other psychic attacks. As Trevor is already at the edge of losing further control when at stages 1 and 2, they are easier to telepathically control and subdue than Trevor's fully human mind. The aggressive pure animal instinct of the third stage, however, may prove too unwieldy and foreign to telepaths without the power and skill to wrest it under the power of their own will. Assuming the telepath is capable enough, however, it too is easily manipulated or broken.
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'''Hunted - VIPER:''' The villainous organization has Reptile on their hit list, albeit not as a top priority. Atelis, on the other hand, has sworn to rectify his error by exterminating the "escaped lab rat." He seeks vengeance for the permanent disfiguration Trevor inflicted upon him during his rampage at the Project Draysha 2.0 facility.
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'''Vendetta - VIPER:''' Reptile harbors an extreme hatred towards VIPER, and Atelis in particular. It was their actions that took the lives of Trevor's parents and made him a "monster" that could potentially end up killing innocents. Putting a stop to their criminal activities by permanently dismantling the organization has practically become Trevor's raison d'etre.
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'''Secret Identity:''' Only a handful of people are aware of Trevor's alter ego as the superhero Reptile. Trevor prefers to keep this a secret so as not to disrupt his civilian life as a student at MCU.
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'''Threat Level Metric'''<br>
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The following section shows the threat classes assigned to each villain by the Department of Defense's Superhuman Survey.<br>
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'''ALPHA:''' Villains within this class may pose a real threat on a small scale, such as individuals and businesses.<br>
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'''BETA:''' Villains capable of posing a threat to large groups of people, such as metropolitan areas.<br>
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'''DELTA:''' These villains are extremely dangerous and pose a credible threat to the national security of the United States.<br>
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'''OMEGA:''' Substantial threats to the security, safety, and/or existence of the entire world.<br>
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===<span style="color:white">Atelis</span>===
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'''Real Name:''' Adam Atelis<br>
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'''Status:''' Active<br>
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'''Affiliations:''' VIPER<br>
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'''Powers/Abilities:''' Super-Genius Intelligence, Expert Geneticist and Biochemist, Peak Human Condition<br>
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'''Threat Level:''' DELTA (based on affiliation with VIPER)<br>
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Aside from Teleios, no one, including Reptile, is aware that Atelis is a rogue Teleioclone. This particular clone's growth was somehow tampered with, resulting in significant alterations to his genome. The clone awoke in a test tube, a fully grown Teleioclone whose face was like a hack artist's portrait of Teleios, and smashed his way out. Before Teleios could capture him, the clone escaped into the outside world.
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With a will of his own and an intellect with some degree of Teleios's brilliance, the clone forged his own identity and put his talents to work. As Dr. Adam Atelis, the flawed clone sought to become as accomplished a super-scientist as his creator. While his true motivation was an unquenchable scientific curiosity and seemingly compulsive emulation of his "role model", Atelis worked with clients who could afford the reasonably large payments for his services and provide him with access to the technology necessary to hone his skills in genetic engineering. When VIPER finally agreed to contract him, not entirely sure that he would succeed but willing to fund additional Draysha research, Atelis jumped at the opportunity. This project to produce an improved Draysha program resulted in the creation of Reptile.
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After his near-death experience at the hands, or rather claws, of Reptile, Atelis has focused his efforts on capturing and killing the test subject-turned-superhero. After the mild success of the first round of experiments, Atelis refined the procedure based on Trevor's results. This allowed him to screen for subjects and identify those who are genetically compatible with his variation on the Draysha treatment. So far, he has found just a few individuals who are as compatible with the treatment as Trevor and only one who was an even better match. In the year after Reptile's emergence, Atelis produced several Draysha-powered superhumans, enough to form his own criminal group.
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While he could have become a solo act, Atelis chose to continue his association with VIPER in order to maintain access to their considerable resources. VIPER has agreed to continue facilitating Atelis's research, on the condition that he provide all information and work for them on missions and other projects when they call upon him. To keep him in check, VIPER has assigned another one of their mad scientists to be his handler-cum-research assistant.
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==<span style="color:white">Miscellaneous</span>==
  
 
* [[Reptile & Powerline: A Reversal in Polarity]] - short fiction depicting Reptile's first encounter with [[Powerline]].
 
* [[Reptile & Powerline: A Reversal in Polarity]] - short fiction depicting Reptile's first encounter with [[Powerline]].
  
* Although he develops a forked tongue in the initial stage of transformation, Reptile does not speak with a hiss. It is in the second stage that this speech pattern develops, although his bestial mind possesses just enough intelligence to speak simple strings of words. In the third stage he loses the ability of speech altogether.
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* Comic book inspirations for Reptile include Spider-Man, the Lizard (Curt Connors), the Hulk and Killer Croc. His appearance and powers are reminiscent of the character Reptile from the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise.
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Reptile
Player: @Ulyssestorms
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"VIPER will pay for their crimes. All of them."
Biographical Data
Real Name: Trevor Wilson
Known Aliases: Reptile, Rep, Trev
Gender: Male
Species: Human (mutate)
Ethnicity: White American
Place of Birth: Millennium City, MI
Base of Operations: Millennium City, MI
Relatives: Deceased Parents
Characteristics
Age: 19
Height: 5'9" / 6'9" (variable)
Weight: 150 lbs / 220 lbs (variable)
Eyes: Green / Yellow with vertical pupils
Hair: Brown / None
Complexion: Fair / Light orange with black spots
Physical Build: Average / Slim, athletic
Physical Features: Reptilian appearance during transformation
Status
Alignment:
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Chaotic Good

Reputation:
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Reputable

Identity: Secret
Years Active: 3
Citizenship: American
Occupation: Student at MCU
Education: Undergraduate degree (in-progress)
Marital Status: Single
Known Powers and Abilities
Draysha Metamorphosis
Equipment and Paraphernalia
Form-adaptive field suit
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Reptile is a superhero based in Millennium City's Westside.


Biography

Secret Origin: Twice Bitten

While Draysha proved to be more successful than their previous attempts at creating serpentine super-soldiers, the limitations that allowed for Draysha's results were naturally something that VIPER sought to eliminate. The Draysha program required subjects to ingest king cobra venom to trigger their temporary transformations and came with the unwanted side-effect of significantly reducing their lifespans. VIPER enlisted the expertise of Dr. Adam Atelis, a mysterious geneticist who claimed he could create Draysha 2.0, granting subjects even more power than the current Draysha program without any of the drawbacks. While Dr. Timothy Blank and VIPER's other mad scientists were busy at work on Project Stein, VIPER's attempt to capture and/or recreate the powerful mutate Grond, Dr. Atelis conducted Project Draysha 2.0 at a secret subterranean facility in Michigan, miles away from Millennium City. The city's chaotic, crime-ridden Westside area was rife with test subjects who could be abducted without stirring up much trouble. It was Westside, after all. One of the unfortunate individuals abducted by this VIPER subcontractor was young Trevor Wilson.

One fateful night, Trevor lost track of time while reading at Kountry Komics after leaving his part-time job. On his way back home, even later in the night than usual, Trevor was shot with a tranquilizer dart, dragged into a van and taken to Dr. Atelis's laboratory. He woke up to the mad scientist's sinister grin and multiple needles stuck all over his body. He was firmly strapped against an operating table and could only scream as the syringes injected some kind of green fluid into him. Trevor spent weeks at the facility undergoing the experimental Draysha 2.0 procedure. Due to the drugs that kept him unable to resist, his memories of the experience are muddled, but he clearly remembers other test subjects screaming in agony and dying, one by one, as they were overwhelmed by the invasive treatment. After weeks of experiments, Trevor was the only survivor. While not the complete success Dr. Atelis had hoped to create, the madman saw Trevor as a step in the right direction.

A new batch of test subjects was needed for further experiments so that the doctor could perfect Draysha 2.0. That meant the old batch, including Trevor, would need to be disposed of. When the time came for him to be put down, Trevor's metabolism overcame the tranquilizer and he metamorphosed into a rampaging beast. He easily overpowered the VIPER goons who were about to execute him and nearly killed Dr. Atelis. Trevor could have finished the job, but even after Dr. Atelis turned him into a monster, Trevor was still more human than him. Trevor left the doctor and his lackeys mauled and bloody in the laboratory and fled the facility. Over the next few days, Trevor made his way back to his home in Millennium City.

His memory of this trek back home are as blurry as those of his time as a lab rat, but Trevor recalls hunting wild animals and running through the sewer system. In this bestial form, all that guided Trevor was the instinct every animal had when they fled predators. Eventually, Trevor regained consciousness in a Westside alleyway, having reverted to his human form, not far from his destination. After the comfortingly familiar walk through the streets, dressed in some of the tattered old clothes of a deceased homeless man he found in a cardboard shelter, Trevor was met with a door nearly broken off its hinges. He already knew what awaited him before he took those heavy steps back into the place he had lived his entire life. There they were. The stiff, cold bodies of his parents welcomed Trevor back home.

After this ordeal, Trevor swore to use the power Dr. Atelis and VIPER cursed him with to oppose them. Far from the superpowered lackey they tried to create, Trevor fought to protect the innocent and take down the criminals who perpetrated such evil. And one day he would make those snakes pay. They had taken the life of Trevor Wilson, the kid from Westside.

But VIPER would be no match for Reptile.

Year One: Not Shy

Monster Island: A Snake Among Manimals

Attributes

Metamorphosis

Mutated Physiology: Trevor's genome was drastically altered as a result of Atelis's experiments. His genome is now a fusion of reptilian and human genetic material. VIPER's experimental genetic engineering process was designed to produce super-soldiers who could transform between their human and Draysha forms at will, seamlessly, while retaining their intelligence and self-control. While nowhere near as powerful as Ripper or the Grond-derived monsters Dr. Blank sought to create, this new breed of Draysha agents were meant to be more versatile and covert. Atelis sought to accomplish this by modifying the genomes of subjects to be both unstable and mutable. The reptilian genes would lie dormant as junk DNA until they were activated by a focused mental command, overwriting the human DNA to allow their influence over gene expression to rapidly increase, manifesting almost instantly. In their human form, the subject would not exhibit morphological differences, concealing their status as a mutate. While the effects of the reptilian genes could not be entirely suppressed, their influence over the subject's biology would only become apparent upon close examination. Dr. Atelis had promised that the agents produced by the Draysha 2.0 program would complement Project Stein's heavyweight agents by providing VIPER with a highly efficient covert superhuman asset. The imperfected program, however, leaves Trevor unable to maintain control over himself past the initial stage of his metamorphosis. He can shift between human and stage 1 without any problems, but when the transformation is pushed further Trevor's cognitive faculties deteriorate to a primitive level and his animal instincts come to the fore. Despite this drawback, Trevor's power increases proportionally, highlighting the trade-off inherent to his metamorphosis. The stages of his metamorphosis are:

  • Stage 1 - Reptile maintains full control of himself, despite slightly reduced intelligence. While it is the weakest, this stage is highly efficient due to Trevor's nearly unhindered control over it. His morphology changes to take on a reptilian, although still recognizably human, appearance and his strength, speed and endurance are augmented to superhuman levels.
  • Stage 2 - Starting at this stage, Trevor loses conscious control as his animal instincts overtake his intellect. His strength and speed are significantly enhanced, while he loses the ability to think and communicate clearly. His body becomes even more reptilian, with his skull taking on a serpentine shape and his claws growing sharper and longer.
  • Stage 3 - The final stage of Trevor's metamorphosis, where he grows to a size of over 8 feet with extremely dense muscle mass. At this point, Reptile is a rampaging beast, driven solely by the primitive instinct of self-preservation.

Once past the initial stage of his metamorphosis, Trevor loses the ability to autonomously revert to his human form. Instead, he requires external intervention, either through complete exhaustion of his stamina or subdual, to induce reversal of the metamorphic process.

Powers and Abilities

Augmented Physical Prowess: As Reptile enters the initial stage of his metamorphosis, his strength, agility, and endurance are significantly augmented, surpassing the capabilities of ordinary humans. At stage 1, he can lift several tons and achieve running speeds exceeding 90 mph. As the metamorphosis progresses through its stages, these abilities are further enhanced. At stage 3, his thickened scaly hide provides as much protection as Type III body armor and his claws can tear through high quality steel with ease. His strength gradually increases with each stage, reaching an estimated maximum lift of approximately 50 tons at stage 2 and possibly as much as 200 tons at stage 3. As a result of the increased strength of his muscles, Reptile's movement speed also increases with each stage, maxing out at just over 200 mph. His leaping power and speed are similarly enhanced.

Augmented Senses: Reptile possesses enhanced senses enabling detection of subtle stimuli in his vicinity. During his transformation, Reptile develops a Jacobson's organ that allows him to detect chemical traces lingering in the air. This is accomplished by sampling the air with flicks of his tongue, which transfers scent particles to the vomeronasal organ. He also develops pit organs between his eyes and nostrils that are sensitive to infrared radiation and nerve endings in parts of his skeleton that allow for detection of subtle vibrations in the ground and in water when he's submerged in it. His vision is also slightly enhanced and especially sensitive to movement. These augmented sensory capabilities, combined with his reptilian reflexes, allow Reptile to react swiftly to any immediate danger.

Reptilian Reflexes: Reptile's enhanced sensory perception allows him to maintain an acute awareness of his surroundings. Combined with his sharpened instincts, Reptile's body can reflexively react to danger before he even becomes aware of it himself.

Regenerative Healing Factor: Reptile possesses a remarkable regenerative healing factor that allows him to rapidly recover from injuries sustained in both his human and Draysha forms. This ability allows Trevor to heal damaged tissues at an accelerated rate, far surpassing that of an ordinary human. Even severe injuries that would incapacitate or prove fatal to others can be swiftly healed by his extraordinary regenerative abilities. Due to this healing factor, Reptile also possesses greater than normal endurance and increased immunity to most diseases and venomous substances.

Slippery as a Snake: Reptile's body is very flexible, enabling him to perform feats of acrobatics and smoothly maneuver through tight spaces. His skin secretes a clear, oily fluid that makes him even more slippery. If Trevor was caught in the grasp of someone like Grond, he could quickly squirm his way out, assuming he isn't crushed right away. Past stage 1, his flexibility is greatly reduced as his cell tissues become denser and thicker.

Venom Gland: Upon reaching stage 2 of his metamorphosis, Reptile develops a venomous gland with ducts to his fangs. He can shoot the venom from his fangs as a corrosive acidic spray or bite opponents to deliver the venom to their nervous system, causing paralysis.

Camouflage and Thermal Vision: At stage 2, Reptile gains the ability to change the hue of his scaly skin to blend into his environment, making him undetectable to the unobservant human eye. His eyes also develop thermal vision, allowing him to track targets in darkness and obscured conditions.

Complications

Cognitive Degeneration: While the modifications to his genome have surprisingly had no discernible effect on Trevor's cognition in his human form, each stage of his Draysha 2.0 transformation gradually degenerates his intellect. Dr. Atelis's goal was to perfect Draysha 2.0 such that subjects could maintain control over themselves throughout all stages of the transformation. However, due to imperfected state of the Draysha 2.0 program Trevor was treated with, each stage afflicts Trevor with further degeneration of his cognitive faculties. As such, Trevor's metamorphosis only progresses past stage 1 voluntarily through his own volition or involuntarily through prolonged exposure to high levels of stress.

  • While the decline in Trevor's intelligence at stage 1 is not major, he finds abstract reasoning and other mental tasks more challenging. He can still think and communicate effectively enough and maintains self-control.
  • At stage 2, Reptile's intellect declines to a primitive level and he becomes more beastly in his behavior, although there's still some semblance of humanity guiding his actions. He can, for example, speak, or rather hiss, in one-word sentences. This was the stage Trevor was in when he escaped Dr. Atelis's lab.
  • The final stage of his metamorphosis sees Trevor devolve completely into a wild animal, driven entirely by base instincts and devoid of human intelligence. While in this form, Reptile will hunt for sustenance, seek out shelter (most often the sewers) and follow his fight or flight response when in the proximity of others. He is just as likely to attack allies and civilians as he is more threatening individuals, making him a highly dangerous rogue actor. Trevor has stated that, if it ever came down to allowing him to kill innocents or putting him down, he would want anyone presented with the choice to choose the latter.

Weak Psyche: While Trevor possesses no psychic defenses beyond his own willpower, the cognitive degeneration he experiences during his transformations make him even more susceptible to mind control and other psychic attacks. As Trevor is already at the edge of losing further control when at stages 1 and 2, they are easier to telepathically control and subdue than Trevor's fully human mind. The aggressive pure animal instinct of the third stage, however, may prove too unwieldy and foreign to telepaths without the power and skill to wrest it under the power of their own will. Assuming the telepath is capable enough, however, it too is easily manipulated or broken.

Hunted - VIPER: The villainous organization has Reptile on their hit list, albeit not as a top priority. Atelis, on the other hand, has sworn to rectify his error by exterminating the "escaped lab rat." He seeks vengeance for the permanent disfiguration Trevor inflicted upon him during his rampage at the Project Draysha 2.0 facility.

Vendetta - VIPER: Reptile harbors an extreme hatred towards VIPER, and Atelis in particular. It was their actions that took the lives of Trevor's parents and made him a "monster" that could potentially end up killing innocents. Putting a stop to their criminal activities by permanently dismantling the organization has practically become Trevor's raison d'etre.

Secret Identity: Only a handful of people are aware of Trevor's alter ego as the superhero Reptile. Trevor prefers to keep this a secret so as not to disrupt his civilian life as a student at MCU.

Enemies

Threat Level Metric
The following section shows the threat classes assigned to each villain by the Department of Defense's Superhuman Survey.
ALPHA: Villains within this class may pose a real threat on a small scale, such as individuals and businesses.
BETA: Villains capable of posing a threat to large groups of people, such as metropolitan areas.
DELTA: These villains are extremely dangerous and pose a credible threat to the national security of the United States.
OMEGA: Substantial threats to the security, safety, and/or existence of the entire world.

Atelis

Real Name: Adam Atelis
Status: Active
Affiliations: VIPER
Powers/Abilities: Super-Genius Intelligence, Expert Geneticist and Biochemist, Peak Human Condition
Threat Level: DELTA (based on affiliation with VIPER)

Aside from Teleios, no one, including Reptile, is aware that Atelis is a rogue Teleioclone. This particular clone's growth was somehow tampered with, resulting in significant alterations to his genome. The clone awoke in a test tube, a fully grown Teleioclone whose face was like a hack artist's portrait of Teleios, and smashed his way out. Before Teleios could capture him, the clone escaped into the outside world.

With a will of his own and an intellect with some degree of Teleios's brilliance, the clone forged his own identity and put his talents to work. As Dr. Adam Atelis, the flawed clone sought to become as accomplished a super-scientist as his creator. While his true motivation was an unquenchable scientific curiosity and seemingly compulsive emulation of his "role model", Atelis worked with clients who could afford the reasonably large payments for his services and provide him with access to the technology necessary to hone his skills in genetic engineering. When VIPER finally agreed to contract him, not entirely sure that he would succeed but willing to fund additional Draysha research, Atelis jumped at the opportunity. This project to produce an improved Draysha program resulted in the creation of Reptile.

After his near-death experience at the hands, or rather claws, of Reptile, Atelis has focused his efforts on capturing and killing the test subject-turned-superhero. After the mild success of the first round of experiments, Atelis refined the procedure based on Trevor's results. This allowed him to screen for subjects and identify those who are genetically compatible with his variation on the Draysha treatment. So far, he has found just a few individuals who are as compatible with the treatment as Trevor and only one who was an even better match. In the year after Reptile's emergence, Atelis produced several Draysha-powered superhumans, enough to form his own criminal group.

While he could have become a solo act, Atelis chose to continue his association with VIPER in order to maintain access to their considerable resources. VIPER has agreed to continue facilitating Atelis's research, on the condition that he provide all information and work for them on missions and other projects when they call upon him. To keep him in check, VIPER has assigned another one of their mad scientists to be his handler-cum-research assistant.

Miscellaneous

  • Comic book inspirations for Reptile include Spider-Man, the Lizard (Curt Connors), the Hulk and Killer Croc. His appearance and powers are reminiscent of the character Reptile from the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise.