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Marko Mandl/Cytokine

Marko Mandl/Cytokine

Novice Male Human, Human/Kaiju "Prince" Hybrid And Mother's Science Project In Survival

Quote: Never fear, Cytokine is responding! ...Damnit, that doesn't work, need better biology puns...

Background

In many ways, Marko "Mark" Mandl's story is actually the story of his mother, Dr. Eva Mandl. Or, as the world knows her now, Mitochondria, the Cell Queen. Originally she was known as one of the first superheroes before TITAN, as she seemed one of the only people who saw the kaiju coming, and outlined several important standard procedures in evacuation and analysis. Unfortunately, as people would later discover, she also felt humanity deserved the kaiju on some level - an anarchist and environmentalist both, her writings grew increasingly misanthropic and distrustful of her supposed friends in the government, even beginning to show a growing envy of the simple motives of kaiju, and increasing dismay at the infighting between her team and superiors. At one point, after something known as "the Kīlauea Incident", heavily classified, she apparently lost faith in humanity's survival altogether and vanished with her son - and several samples of kaiju blood from a creature described as "a great amoeba."

Marko doesn't know what happened between the year he vanished and was impromptu dumped at the prototype council that would later become Gilgamesh with a note on how to take care of him and his new requirements as a "new race of man." What is known is that shortly thereafter, the renamed Mitochondria revealed herself and announced she was in full revolt against the governments of the world as "poor stewards of human evolution" and that she was engineering a new species of mankind to survive a world that no longer had a place for Homo sapiens, starting with herself - as shown by how she, like her son, had become a humanoid protist. She has since become one of the world's supervillains - but the authorities are slow to arrest her, as she also provides order and medical care to her base in the destroyed remnants of Hamberg and still shows up to help fight the kaiju, often with her engineered beasts. As for her son - well, on some level he pathologically acts human to confirm that he isn't a kaiju hybrid, even though like his mother he can easily birth smaller beasts from his back. He has the kindness she seems to have forgotten in the face of her increasingly insane dreams, but above all else, he wants to know why she went from a heroine to a monster queen - and if that is fated to happen to him.

Description

Like his mother, Marko is a hyperadvanced organism resembling something between a protist and a humanoid. His flesh isn't truly a single cell or even cells, though - he's more akin to a strange form of pseudo-matter called psiplasma. This enables him to have a lot of powers one might call "psychic", but his most notable is the ability to undergo rapid budding to release the "brood", smaller organisms resembling plasmic lifeforms such as birds. In addition, he only breathes normally when speaking - something about his new biology makes it easy for him to synthesize oxygen from trace elements in more than enough quantities that he only needs to inhale every few hours, and he can hold his breath for more than three days, though he gets queasy after the first couple "intervals". Do not ask why Gilgamesh knows this.

Stats

Attributes: Agility d4, Smarts d8, Spirit d6, Strength d4, Vigor d6

Skills: Academics d4, Athletics d4, Battle d8, Common Knowledge d4, Fighting d4, Focus d6, Intimidation d6, Language (English, Native is German) d8, Notice d4, Persuasion d4, Research d8+2, Science d6, Shooting d4, Stealth d6

Pace: 6; Parry: 4; Toughness: 5

Hindrances: Alien Form, Driven (minor, Needs to understand what his mother is doing), Heroic, Outsider (minor, Looks like a small version of an infamous kaiju)

Edges: Investigator (custom), Team Player

Weapons: Unarmed (Range Melee, Damage Str)

Language: Native (native, d8)

Current Wealth: $500

Special Abilities

Languages Known: English d8, German (native) d8

Telekinesis: Moves objects with the hero's mind. - Focus 3, Range 2

Kaiju Physiology (Altered Form): The character's body can change into a different substance.

Levitation (Flight): The hero can fly and is harder to hit at higher levels.

The Brood (Minions): The character has allies under his control. - Summonable 4, Super Powers 3

Plasma Burst (Attack, Ranged): Distance Attack - Cone 1

Doesn't Breathe: The hero has no need to breathe.

Plasma Reconstruction (Healing): Heals wounds. - Restoration 2, Requires Activation -1

Plasma Manipulation (Energy Control): Manipulates energy, by Power Type. - Selective 2, Requires Activation -1

Super Powers

Telekinesis (5): Focus 3, Range 2

The Brood (Minions) (3): Summonable 4, Super Powers 3

Levitation (Flight) (3)

Plasma Burst (Attack, Ranged) (3): Cone 1

Plasma Reconstruction (Healing): Restoration 2, Requires Activation -1

Plasma Manipulation (Energy Control): Selective 2, Requires Activation -1

Kaiju Physiology (Altered Form)

Doesn't Breathe

Current Load: 0 (21)

Books In Use: Savage Worlds: Adventure Edition, Super Powers Companion (2014)

Setting Rules: Super Hero!

Supers Campaign Level: Heavy Hitters

Validity: Character appears valid and optimal