The Gremlin (Biography)
The Gremlin
Other
alias: None
Secret
Identity: None
Occupation:
Supervillain, Vandal
Age:
Unknown
Gender:
Male
Height:
6'6 (standing straight, otherwise usually stands hunch over at 6'4)
Weight:
359lbs
Appearance:
Large, hairy creature with angular face, long pointed ears and slit-pupil
yellow eyes, almost cat-like in appearance. Possesses thick arms
disproportionately long for his size, with a mouthful of pointed teeth. Has
disproportionately long arms ended with large hands, each finger tipped by a
long clawed nail that he uses to climb buildings, he has thick, powerful legs,
and two feet with each toe ending in another clawed nail. Wears no clothing;
fur is brown with no patterns, and is often matted and bristled.
Powers
and abilities:
-Herculean Strength
-Has punched through metal walls, torn off
the hoods or roofs of cars, and even tore his way through an armoured car.
-Acute night vision
-Able to leap great distances or survive
drops from high rises without injury.
-Can run up to 75 km per hour on all fours.
-Can spit a foul-smelling wad of mucus at
opponents; although this is not harmful, the stench left by the spit can be
overpowering to those with sensitive noses.
-Multiplication
-When his fur gets completely wet the Gremlin
can multiply himself to as many as ten the depending on how long he stays in
the water. Each clone has all of his strength and abilities, but also share
weaknesses.
Weakness(es):
-Unintelligent
-Emits a putrid smell that makes him very
easy to track
-Side effects of his ability to multiply.
-High fatigue factor: the more times he
clones himself, the more tired he becomes, and can eventually collapse from
exhaustion.
-Limited lifetime: instability in the
clones leaves them only able to stay whole for only ten minutes, though if they
are knocked out they break down immediately, indicating a fault in the
Gremlin's ability to multiply.
-Pressure points at the temples: discovered
by Warp, The Gremlin possesses pressure points below each ear that, if struck
with enough force causes him to black out. However the points are very narrow;
hitting outside of them will only make him angry.
Information:
The first of all monsters Warp ever
did battle with, The Gremlin is notorious for his love of destroying machinery;
cars, turbines, the motors of a boat, or most infamously, elevators; Warp's
very first encounter with The Gremlin was the attack on the CN Tower, where the
Gremlin wrecked the motors for lowering the elevator, causing it to be left
trapped inside the shaft with passengers on board.
Though known mostly for his
destructive nature, it has also been shown the Gremlin has a voracious
appetite, breaking into restaurants to raid their refrigerators; he will eat up
to double his own weight in food in a single night, and his acts of destruction
and jumping across buildings only makes him hungrier. Although his sharp teeth
would indicate he is carnivorous, he'll eat virtually anything, and seems to be
especially drawn to the smell of freshly baked bread; when he smells it, he
zeroes in on the smell and he heads for it like a lure.
Beyond this, though, very little is
known about The Gremlin himself; his only real M.O is the destruction of any
machinery he sees, wrecking and sabotaging it as the creature of folklore he
resembles is known for. However, he is more than twelve times as large as an
ordinary Gremlin as seen in fiction. How he came to be so large is not yet known,
but it was analyzed by Akechi Akio that he had highly mutated DNA, indicating
that his growth is not a natural occurrence. In further contrast to his
species, he's much more aggressive than a normal Gremlin; destructive as they
may be, they're known to prefer staying out of sight of fursons, but this one
operates out in the open -not always in plain sight, but he is not afraid of
being seen.
Though not considered to be much of
a threat to people, his strength and massive claws can still make it fatal if
one were to underestimate him and make him angry. He will strike back at anyone
who tries to get in his way.