Kayda Shulan

Therma

23

Markovburg, Markovia.

Justice League, House Markov.

Grunt. Kayda doesn't make many decisions, she just goes where she's pointed and does what she's told.

Kayda stands at 5ft 7in, with light brown eyes. Her body is covered in tattoos, all self designed and paid for, that she claims all represent a part of her or her life. She's usually seen with darker punkish clothing, preferring dark colors in general. Her choker is almost never missing from her body, as it is where her costume and armor spring from, nanomachines forming everything in milliseconds.

Super Powers

Kayda's main super power is the ability to absorb, release, and gain strength from heat. She can absorb heat from anything that actually possesses heat to absorb, though it grows tougher as said object is farther away from her, with her being able to absorb all the heat almost instantaneously from things she's touching and taking longer from there. Technically she can draw heat from anything she can see, but it starts taking minutes when things get 100 feet away.

Kayda grows stronger the more heat she has stored in her body, her physical attributes and resistances increasing. From 100-500 C (or 200-930 F) she's operating at peak human performance in all physical aspects. From 500-1000 C (930-1830 F) she's reached super human levels, and conventional weapons have ceased to have an effect upon her. 1000+ C she grows ever more capable of going toe to toe with the heaviest hitters in the DC universe. Kayda has no limits on how much heat she can store in her body, and if she could get to a level close to the surface of the sun, she would become one of the most destructive forces on the planet. Fortunately, the amount of time and effort it would take for her to get to that level without actually firing her into the sun isn't feasible to undergo without extremely drastic measures and resource expenditure.

Kayda can use the heat stored in her body in a few ways. She can expel it in a certain direction or way out of her body, allowing her to have fire attacks, or achieve a form of flight. She can use the thermal energy stored in her body to rapidly accelerate her healing. She can expend it to increase her physical traits beyond what they're passively at, depending on her stored heat. If she achieves a high enough level of heat (close to the 1000+ C) she merely uses her thermal energy to conduct the energy for all her bodily functions, and ceases needing to eat, breathe, drink, etc etc.

Kayda is completely immune to all heat based forms of damage. She could dive into a lake of lava and emerge unmarked.

Kayda can, theoretically, control the temperature around her and the temperature of various objects she sees, but lacks the control to do that finely without actively touching or focusing on an object.

Skills

Kayda has received extensive training in melee combat and how to best use her powers in conjunction with that from the Markovs. She's trained in various forms of martial arts and how to best use her abilities to enhance them.

Kayda is a skilled artist, and practices it on her down time.

Kayda is trained in free running and parkour, and is able to move quickly through almost any environment seamlessly.

Equipment

Kayda's armor, pictured above, is mostly there to help her control how she absorbs and expends her thermal energy. She is still unskilled in managing the heat around and inside of her, and the suit helps with that. It allows her to have more controlled flight by directing her expended heat out the jetpack in the back, can form blades that could be superheated from the wrists, elbows, and knees, is bullet proof, and helps her slow her expenditure of her thermal energy to a sustainable rate. It is also almost as immune to heat based damage as she is.

Kayda is, unsurprisingly, very vulnerable to cold. Deprive her of her heat and she begins to weaken. In addition, it is possible to keep her at merely a peak human level by keeping her out of areas where she has a lot of heat to draw upon, and in that period she is only a little better than the average human.

Kayda's biggest issue with her powers is her inefficiency in expending the heat necessary for her powers. She hasn't yet learned how to properly control its expenditure, and as such tends to use too much too fast and requires an almost constant source of heat to keep herself going at high levels. Her suit helps with that, but it can only do so much.

When Kayda draws in too much heat too fast, she gets hit with what she calls being 'In Heat'. She's described it as doing pure adrenaline and then some cocaine. She gets high off of the energy boiling within her, making her even more reckless and sure of her own immortality, spending her heat even faster.

Kayda's entire life before E-day was spent in Markovia. She never had a reason or desire to go anywhere else. Markovia was home, and it was safe. She didn't want to explore the world when she had everything she'd need right here. Her powers hadn't activated yet, and likely would never have if the Legion hadn't enacted its plans. Even with all the wondrous experiences she's gotten and amazing people she's met because of it, she wishes that the Legion had never had the chance to enact its plans. That E-day had never happened. That she still had everything she had ever known. She still had everything she had loved.

She was preparing to go to college when E-day happened, and her world was turned upside down. She was listing off everything to her mother (who had demanded a third check of everything she had, just to be sure) when their phones lit up with alerts. News reports began flying in from all directions about the hundreds of invasions and conquests going around the world, the world's many heroes unable to contain all of it. Within hours, governments all around the world had fallen, and reports arrived of an army cutting its way through Markovia on its way to the capitol, despite the best efforts of the King and his soldiers.

Kayda and her parents tried to run. But they were too slow and there was no where to run. The invaders had arrived, encircled Markovburg, were destroying the city. In the chaos that followed, Kayda would watch her parents and friends get cut down by monsters and soldiers from another dimension and would realize her powers. She doesn't remember much from that day. An intense heat inside her, straining and clawing to be released. A few clear moments and flashes of emotion. Fear. Grief. And a burning hatred. She hated them. All of them. The Legionnaires who desired such destruction. The heroes who were too weak to permanently stop them before it got this bad. That hatred flowed through her, consuming her every being, until it exploded outwards in a wave of heat and flames. Monsters died, and Kayda laughed. If the heroes couldn't muster the guts to do what must be done, she would. She'd kill them. Kill them all and burn their ashes.

She would run around the city then, wildly drawing in heat and releasing it in an explosion of flames. She didn't have a goal, or a reason. She just wanted someone to pay.

That was how Terra found her, laughing wildly as she drew in heat to throw it at another enemy. Kayda was mad with heat rush and bloodlust, and would certainly die without someone saving her. The other girl would have to subdue Kayda with her powers, dragging Kayda away as the city fell. As they were taken away, Kayda began to weep. Everything was gone, destroyed by the monsters or burned by her own flames. She had lost everything, and the people that were supposed to protect the innocent had failed. They had failed them all. Terra did her best to comfort her as they retreated. It helped, if only a little.

That was the beginning of her entrance into the Markov family, and her loyalty to it. She would be trained in how to use her powers, and how to fight, and they would gift her with her suit. She and Terra would become a team, before both being sent to officially join the League and begin to help in the shadow war against the Legion.

Kayda is considered one of the more hawkish members of the League, openly supporting and advocating for the execution of villains and criminals who have proven that they will never change their ways or taken the lives of others. She is certain that if the League had been doing this from the beginning, people such as Black Adam, Gorilla Grodd, or Queen Bee would never have had the chance to seize the power they now have, and believes that war is inevitable, so they must do the first strike. She spares the foes that she deems worthy of being spared, and seeks to kill those who have killed innocents, or proven to be life long villains.

Therma is close with the modern Terra, having been childhood friends, and consistently refers to the both of them as 'Team Magma'.

Marcus Jalenhan

Gunsmith

40

St. Louis, Missouri.

Legion of Doom

Assassin, Black Ops operations.

Marcus stands at 5ft 9in with the stance, confidence, and build of a life long soldier. Or at least, his body was designed to look like that. The majority of Marcus's body (excluding some of his internal organs, and face) have been replaced with cybernetics. He walks with the calm, unruffled, aura of a man who has fought in countless battles and wars and come out standing. His face still looks like that of a young man, deceiving people into thinking that he is twenty years younger than he actually is. His helmet is normally retracted into his armor, revealing his face.

Skills

Life long combatant: Marcus has been fighting or training to fight for more than twenty years now. He's extremely skilled at fighting, be it with guns, blades, fists, or armored combat.

Master of Preparation: Given enough time and resources, Marcus can figure out a way to hurt or neutralize anyone. It was what caught the attention of the Legion when he served them, a human dishing out successes super powered soldiers couldn't do, with nothing more than time and his wits.

Craftsman: Marcus is very talented at building, improving, and designing things. He has made numerous improvements upon his own cybernetics, and built a weapon specifically for a target on more than one occasion.

Equipment

Marcus' cybernetics are the source of his 'super powers'.

Super human physical traits: With his cybernetics, Marcus is capable of feats of strength and speed no human can hope to match. Normally this is settled at 40 tons and 90 mph at a dead sprint, but he can push himself to even further levels by upgrading his cybernetics.

Cybernetic eyes: Marcus' eyes have been replaced with advanced cybernetics, allowing him to have night vision, thermal vision, and to see into the UV spectrum. They can also zoom in on something, similar to a scope.

Super human reflexes and processing: Marcus can see, analyze, and react to a situation in a second, the cybernetics in his brain boosting his thinking and reaction times far beyond human level. His reflexes are fast enough to catch arrows mid-flight, and can be enhanced further if necessary.

Super human durability: Marcus' cybernetics can shrug off conventional gunfire, elemental effects, and melee attacks.

Self-repair: In the event that his cybernetics are damaged, Marcus can initiate a self-repair program to quickly fix himself and put him back in the fight.

Arm cannon: Built into his right arm, this railgun can fire a blast of energy so powerful it can knock Superman back. A beast of a weapon, it requires a second to prime before firing.

Various mundane weapons: Marcus likes to carry many weapons into battle and give himself as many options as possible. In addition to the blades stored in his left arm and knees and the gun he carries in his hands, Marcus typically carries a rifle on his shoulder, a gun in a chest holster, two guns in shoulder holsters, two guns in hip holsters, two guns in thigh holsters, and a final gun in his boot.

Near instantaneous learning: Being connected to the world wide web and having his ability to process information increased has given Marcus the ability to learn things like languages, advanced processes and theories, the composition of things, etc etc all in seconds.

Invisibility or Active Camo: Marcus' cybernetics can turn him invisible for a brief period of time or actively camouflage him as he moves.

Electricity: If someone were to hit Marcus with a strong enough blast of electricity, his cybernetics would shut down and he'd go into a defensive reboot mode.

Heavy Weapons: .50 caliber guns, tanks, RPGS, opponents stronger than him, all these things hit hard enough to break through Marcus' defense and can kill him. Beneath his cybernetics he's still human.

Hacking: Marcus can connect to the internet to receive, learn, and transmit data. It is possible for someone to hijack, access, and take control of this link, giving them free reign over Marcus' free will and thoughts. Someone would have to move fast though, as Marcus has naturally put as many safeguards and firewalls against that as he possibly could.

Born the only son to a military family, Marcus' life was decided for him before he even had a chance. He would be a soldier, and he would serve the United States. With that goal firmly set and noted, Marcus would spend his childhood and adolesence preparing for that. ROTC, weights, rifle training, anything and everything that could make him a more effective soldier. When he was 18, he joined the United States Marine Corp, and took to it like a fish to water. In the five years he served, he rapidly climbed the ranks and had his own command, fighting in the name of the United States of America. He would be dishonorably discharged after an incident where he ruthlessly sacrificed civilians to gain the advantage against insurgents, winning the battle but resulting in staggering civilian casualties. Following his dishonorable discharge, and his family subsequently disowning him, Marcus turned to mercenary work, offering his skills to the highest bidder.

He fought all over the world during those days, gathering a squad of similar soldiers around him as he did so. Their increasing success rate and brutal, ruthless, efficiency would attract the attention of the Legion of Doom, offering to pay them very well to help them with a plan. Marcus and his squad agreed, and so it was that on E-day Marcus and his squad were on the frontlines of the real war. The war to conquer and topple as many vulnerable governments as possible. With supervillains and monsters beside them, his squad cut its way through most of South America, Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe, being taken almost instantaneously to wherever they were needed most.

Marcus almost felt sorry for the poor bastards they were conquering. They never had a chance, as concerned as the League and major heroes were with the first world nations and the earth's safety overall. He didn't feel sorry enough to not pull the trigger however, and never hesitated. Not even once. With the third world nations subjugated, any signs of resistance being put to the sword, Marcus and his squad turned their attention to attacking the more industrialized nations.

After more bloodshed and violence, a much stiffer resistance being met by the super hero protected and well armed nations, a peace was signed. Rather than being freed from their contract, Marcus and his squad were offered an extension. Their were many heroes still looking to cause rebellion in the lands conquered by the Legion, and many nations that still needed to be destabilized. The Legion could use someone of Marcus's skill and morals. With a steady pay ensured, and a proper challenge guaranteed, Marcus and his squad agreed.

For the next five years Marcus and his squad would operate as assassins and black ops goons, eliminating targets both within and without of Legion borders that were causing trouble, and helping destabilize areas that were not within Legion control but were not firmly under League protection either. For his squad's successes, they were granted cybernetics, funding, and a permanent base of operations. Marcus took the most cybernetics of his squad, seeking to make himself a match for the various meta humans that walked the earth in more than just his mind. He is now more machine than man, and uses it to his full advantage.

Marcus is a man who is doing what he was made for. Combat and war seem to be his lifeblood, and he thrives in them. He is constantly seeking another opponent to put himself against, both physically and mentally, and relishes the challenge that super powered foes bring. There is an inherent unpredictability to everything involving combat, but super heroes increase that unpredictability tenfold. Especially when they are as organized as they JLU is. A simple mission to assassinate a meta human with fire abilities could turn into a fight for his life and a hasty retreat if they can summon a Kryptonian to their aid. That unpredictability, that danger, is what Marcus lives for. He is going to die on the battlefield, there is no doubt in his mind of this. But he wants to see just how far he can go, how far he can push himself, before he finally dies.

Marcus has a squad of a dozen individuals, all cybernetically enhanced like him. They are all drawn from the Legion's armies, hand picked by Marcus himself for their ruthlessness and effectiveness in combat. He keeps the number at a dozen, replacing his lost soldiers as they die, finding that big enough to be effective but small enough to move quickly.

Marcus's base of operations is located in the mountains of Afghanistan, a fortress built into the solid rock. From there he and his squad deploy to wherever they're needed, train, build gear, and upgrade their cybernetics. It has a fully functioning workshop to build almost anything that Marcus could need, with a bay for requested resources to be brought in.

Alec Holland

Swamp Thing
The Louisiana Swamp Monster

73 - The Swamp Thing's body ages at a much slower rate

Louisiana, USA / The Green

The Parliament of Trees
Also, the Justice League to an extent

The Parliament: Servant and protector
The JLU: Part-time Leaguer

The Swamp Thing is an anthropomorphic lump of vegetation. It's body, whilst humanoid, is covered in algae, moss and other plant life.
With glowing red eyes and a green, skull-like face, it is easy to see why many regard the Swamp Thing as a tale to be told by the old swamp dweller drunk at a bar.

Superhuman strength and Durability

The ability to Inhabit and control plant life including it's growth. This ability is strong enough that, when connected with the ground, he can communicate with any living vegetation on the planet.

Construct creation. The swamp thing creates clones of itself from vegetable matter. These animated constructs are significantly weaker and have no thoughts of their own.

Swamp Thing's essence can abandon his body, travelling through The Green, and grow a new body in other region. This new body will be made up of plants common to the area. ie; Cactus in a desert.

His strength is directly dependant of the Health of the Green. Because of the disturbance caused by the War between the humans, Swamp Thing cannot reach his upper limits. He can still lift multiple times his body weight.

Heavy Pollution causes the Swamp Thing's strength and endurance to wither.

The body of the creature is highly flammable and, whilst a new body can be grown, this will incapacitate him.

The Green is the elemental force that connects all forms of plant life on earth and potentially the universe. Plant elementals such as Swamp Thing, Poison Ivy, and Solomon Grundy are able to experience The Green as a separate realm ruled by the Parliament of Trees. The Parliament is made up of previous elementals who have served to protect The Green.

In a secret lab hidden in the Louisiana Swamps, Bio-Chemist Alec Holland discovered a formula that would cause bio-matter to regrow. He believed that this would help solve world hunger and cure famine from areas of poverty.
Before he could completely produce his solution, a rival corporation caught wind of his breakthrough and sent thugs to destroy his work. Knocking him out and detonating the lab with Holland inside, the world believed the renowned scientist to be dead. Instead, he was chosen by the Parliament of Trees to become Earth's new protector of The Green.
For Thirty years The Swamp Thing was regarded a myth, akin to Bigfoot or the Yeti, but the war that is brewing between the Justice League and the Legion of Doom has caused unforeseen tremors within The Green unlike anything seen before.

Years of being the solitary protector of Plant life on Earth has left the mind of Alec Holland somewhat fractured. The Swamp Thing no longer holds much value in human life seeing most of it as a danger to The Green. For now he is on the side of "good." But what in human nature can be defined as "good", really?

The Swamp Thing has a daughter with similar powers, but he has not seen her in years so she is most likely grown up.

Not too long ago I read my first Swamp Thing story, The Root of all Evil. I really loved that book and the character of the Swamp Thing. I intend to read Saga of the Swamp Thing when I can.
In my character I am channelling a bit of Dr Manhattan from the Watchmen series, in particular, the second half where he no longer cares for Earth and it's people.

Donna Troy

none

Immortal

Island of Themyscira

Justice League

Polemarch of the Amazons

Gender: Female
Height: 5’ 9"
Weight: 140 lbs (64 kg)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black

Like her older sister, despite her real age, Donna continues to appear as a muscular, and extremely attractive woman in her mid-30s. There is not a trace of gray, or a hint she has slowed down one bit.

Her costume is a black sleeveless unitard with silver boots, belt with a stylized “W” and silver stars running up the side of her costume from mid-thigh to her upper chest. She wears fingerless gloves, bracelets, a pair of small shoulder guards to help protect her upper arms, and greaves to protect her lower legs

Powers:
Immortal: Is immune to the effects of aging
Accelerated Healing: Regenerative abilities allow her to recover from injury within seconds to minutes
Enhanced senses: All five are enhanced to a superhuman level
Flight: Top speed 1,000 mph
Psychic Link: Donna has a psychic rapport with her sister. This allows one to feel the other's emotions, dreams and even thoughts.
Superhuman Agility: Her agility level is beyond Olympic level
Superhuman Durability: High level of resistance to magical attacks and blunt trauma. Can easily withstand hits from heavy machine guns, RPGs, and man-portable energy blasters without harm. Her shield offers additional resistance to all weapons impacts, making it possible for her to survive hits from anti-tank missiles and artillery.
Superhuman Reflexes: Quick enough to catch bullets or easily deflect them with her armored bracelets
Superhuman Speed: Can move at supersonic speeds on land, to the point where she is literally too fast for the human eye to follow
Superhuman Stamina: Can function for over 48 hours without sleep, and fight until she drops dead
Superhuman Strength: can dead lift 800 tons

Equipment:
Wears Amazon bracelets similar to Wonder Woman’s and also carries a shield and sword. The shield is of similar material strength to her bracelets and can be thrown like a discus.

Skills:
Advanced level of armed and unarmed hand-to-hand combat

Accomplished strategist, tactician, and is a natural born leader.

Though immortal and inhumanly tough, Donna can still die through accident or combat if she suffers enough trauma. She also has no mental defenses, though her willpower is extremely strong.

Donna still needs to be able to breath, though she can hold her breath for 10 minutes. She also needs to eat and sleep.

Though usually level headed, at times Donna has to be careful, lest her temper get away from her.

As Polemarch, Donna is an official representative of Themyscira, equivalent to Defense Minister with all the honors, and limitations of that office. It can make it difficult at times for her to just show up within another country. She also has to be careful to consider the political impact of her actions, lest she cause a diplomatic incident.

When Diana took over the throne of Themyscira following her mother’s disappearance, she knew she was going to need good advisors to help guide her. The very first position she filled was Polemarch of the Amazons, offering it to her younger sister. Donna was surprised by the offer, but immediately and graciously accepted. As her time was now spent training, planning and preparing the Queendom for war, Donna had little time for League business. Despite her best efforts, her attendance declined to the point where she was a member in name only.

And then war came…

For Donna it was her ultimate test. And she passed. Leading her sisters in battle time and time again she helped save Themyscira from utter destruction at the hands of the Legion and its allies. But the cost to the Amazons was enormous. Despite Donna’s best efforts, and even with members of the League standing shoulder to shoulder with the Amazons, much of Themyscira was damaged or destroyed by the Legion. And far too many of her sisters were dead or badly injured.

It was a solemn Donna that watched the ceasefire agreement signed by her sister. And even as it was implemented Donna, like many at the table, knew another war was coming. She had already vowed that the deaths of her sisters were not going to be in vain. And even as the Queendom started to rebuild, Donna knew she was already in a race against time to get the Kingdom ready for the next war.

But even as she planned and trained, Donna knew she was going to need more help. At first, she actually considered asking the United States for military assistance, but quickly rejected it. Instead, she turned to the Justice League. Despite being overwhelmed with other with other missions the Justice League was already coordinating as closely with the Queendom as they could. The best they could offer was to assign a member of the League to directly liaise with Themyscria. Donna took what she could get, and was shocked to find her son Robert assigned to the mission.

Donna had not seen her son for years, and needless to say, the relationship started off very rocky. Robert was not enthused to be “an errand boy” for the mother that never spent any time with him. But Donna wanted to make it work. She felt guilty at not keeping in touch with her son, and besides she was lonely. Her only person she saw regularly was her aide-de-camp, Juno. Even though she was close to Dianna, they were often apart on other tasks. And Donna really didn’t have time to date much. And so, Donna worked extra hard, and despite wanting to almost give up several times, she and Terry eventually reconciled. Working closely with the League, and the rebuilding of the Amazon’s military starting to bear fruit, she is, if not confident, at least hopeful that Themyscria will not simply ride out the war intact, but return to some of its former glory as a valued ally.

Hannah Elizabeth Russell

Toxin
Snake Eyes, Doubles

27

Gotham City

Justice League

Scientist and Developer

Standing at 5'4", Hannah is shorter than most of her peers and with a slender frame. She has waist length strawberry blonde hair, normally kept out of her face and tied in a loose bun, it has a natural curl but occasionally she will wear it poker straight. After the incident, she was left with yellow eyes like that of a snake, with a slit for an iris. She is incredibly self-conscious of it, and so continues to wear hazel coloured contacts - even if they do start to irritate her after a while. She would rather the discomfort than feel that she looks like a monster to people.

Hannah will almost always wear gloves - she is terrified of poisoning someone fatally with her touch.

Her 'Toxin' outfit is a simple black bodysuit with boots, gloves, and an eye mask. She modelled her outfit on Catwoman's, opting for simplicity. That said, she didn't leave it entirely unfashionable - when light strikes it in a certain way, you can see a snake-like scale pattern covering it.

Venom Generation - Snake Mutation - Hannah's can secrete and inject venom at will through retractable claws on her hands, which appear above her own fingernails. Her venom is incredibly advanced, carrying hemotoxic, neurotoxic, and cytotoxic properties simultaneously. This is the power that she struggles with the most, and as such, she developed a serum to lessen the effects and potency of her venom so that she could have more contact with others, without fear of hurting them. She will use this power to perform Venom Combat when necessary.

Advanced Regenerative Healing - Snake Mutation - With her snake mutation, Hannah's wounds heal faster than most others. It is by no means a miraculous and instant heal, but is remarkably faster than anyone else she knows. She has recently been trying to use her own advanced healing cells to create something for use in the field.

Seismic Sense - Snake Mutation - A variation of Echolocation, Hannah is able to sense movements and disturbances from a distance with physical contact with the ground. She can sense structures, materials, and weaknesses. Such knowledge gives her great spatial awareness and danger intuition.

Poison Capsules (Weapon) - Learned - Using her own extracted venom, and knowledge of chemistry, Hannah has created and weaponised a series of venomous and poisonous capsules which she can use in the field to distract enemies, put them to sleep, or cause them excruciating pain. She has used her own venom to create these, as well as using certain plant poisons and other chemicals to combine together for different effects. She has deliberately made them non-lethal. Something which has been a point of contention with many of her fellow Justice League colleagues.

Stealth - Learned - She can be completely silent and stay hidden in small spaces. She often wonders if it is the snake mutation, or just her own tiny frame and flexibility. Staying out of sight allows her positioning to support others and have eyes on the field.

Master of Chemistry/High Intelligence - Learned/Snake Mutation - Hannah holds both a Bachelors and Masters in Advanced Chemistry, and was over half way through her Doctorate degree when she developed her mutation - causing her to drop out of University before she could attain her PhD. She uses this knowledge to develop weapons at Wayne Enterprises and conduct other experiments... As well as this, after her mutation, Hannah's intelligence increased furthermore - she is able to read and retain more knowledge than ever before.

One x One Combat - Hannah is a supportive League member, meaning that if she were to be ambushed she would be bested quite easily. She hasn't had enough combat training to hold her own. The only way she would stand a chance would be to use toxikinetic combat - but she may not have the speed to achieve it against a fully trained fighter. She prefers to fight her battles with technology, and from the sidelines...

Anti-Venom - On more than one occasion, Hannah has been hit with an anti-venom. It is not enough to kill her, but it will put her out of commission for long enough to be killed by other means.

Tires Easily - If put into stressful combat for too long, Hannah will tire and become sluggish faster than others might.

Heat - Snake Mutation - As part of her snake mutation, Hannah can no longer stand being in the heat for too long, and prefers cooler temperatures at all times.

Tell me about yourself, Miss Russell.

Well, I once was a normal girl, living a normal life. I was on the path to success - my Bachelors and Masters in Advanced Chemistry under my belt, and only a few semesters away from my PhD. I had worked my way through an Internship at Wayne Enterprises too - developing non-lethal chemical weapons, and certain upgrades for a lot of the equipment used by the Justice League. A lot of it was top secret you know?

This sounds exciting for someone so young.

Of course! I was using my brain to benefit my Heroes... People like Diana Prince, and Barbara Gordon. The Justice League. I suppose it wasn't really a normal life after all, now that I think of it. It was a scary time, with the Legion an ever-present threat. There was always a reason to make more and to do better.

Do you ever feel like you put too much into your work, Hannah?

In a way. I worked hard - I wanted to prove myself, and to be honest being in those labs all day was exhilarating. I didn't want to be anywhere else. At just 25 I was creating the most magical, impossible things. I stayed at the lab 'til all hours of the night. On more than one occasion I fell asleep there...

That can't have been healthy...

It wasn't, you're right. I never really saw my family anymore. I... I didn't see my younger brother, Adam, a lot. I think things were hard for him.

When did you last see your family?

On my Father's birthday. But Adam didn't show. My Mother explained that he had fallen in with a tough crowd and she was worried about him and so I took off to find him.

That seems like a drastic measure to take, no?

Gotham at night, is still a scary place. I shouldn't have gone alone. I should have called someone to tell them where I was, but it was family, and I felt so guilty. He had reached out to me a few times for avice but I'd been so busy working. My baby brother was in trouble with some low life Gotham thugs... Maybe I could help him. I had with me a prototype I'd been working on, it was a capsule but I wasn't sure the formula was right.

Sounds like that shouldn't have been on your person - you said it was top secret work...

I shouldn't have had it. I know I shouldn't. It should never have left the lab, I just... I couldn't stand leaving work for one night to see my family. I had been planning to test it at my home lab that night... I never made it home. The fusion saved my life though - and also ruined it.

Do you remember what happened?

I remember driving around Gotham, it was so grey and it was heavily raining. I remember that. It was that wind that seems to be completely horizontal. I eventually found Adam, he was heading into some seedy looking club with some scary looking guys.

You said he'd been in trouble with Gotham Thugs?

I could see that he didn't want to go in there. I knew that I could help him - I could be like my Heroes, like Wonder Woman or Batgirl. I could help him, with the prototype I could save him.

A reckless decision, wasn't it?

In a way...

So I headed downstairs after him, I just... I remember hearing arguing and then I heard a gunshot. They shot my brother, I knew it. Something came over me, I rushed in. I shouldn't have rushed in. I thought that if I broke the capsule the gas would take them down, I could use it and it would put them out for a while.

But you didn't want to kill them?

Goodness no! I wanted to save Adam, and then I would contact the police!

So what happened after that?

They jumped me first. It was all a blur, it was a big blur. I just remember the smell of incense in the room, cigars, and whisky. How it hurt when they twisted my arms behind my back. They didn't touch my purse but they spoke for a while. I wasn't listening, I was looking at Adam. I couldn't see him breathing. "Give the wench a scare, show her the babies..." That's what I heard. I heard him say it, I swear I did...

They dragged me out to the back. I did try to fight but they were too strong, and so they dragged me to a room with a tank. It was full of snakes.

How did it make you feel to see them?

Terrified. I don't know why he had so many. But... stranger things have happened in Gotham.

So then what happened, why did they attack you?

I can still hear the hissing. It was so loud, and they were all leaning up to me from in the tank. Desperate to get out. I think they were only trying to scare me. It was an accident, I think... The thugs threw me in the room and I fell on the tank somehow before they locked the door... The first one bit quickly. I could feel the heat of it's venom. It started stinging throughout my whole body - but then something else happened. I could smell the gas from the prototype... I must have smashed it when I landed see. It was just a chemical smoke, it was meant to stun people it reached but maybe the formula was all wrong. Like I said, I shouldn't have had it. But those chemicals mixed with the venom and something happened... When I came to, they were gone. The snakes were around me. I counted 5, they were huddled beside me - I don't know, almost like they were comforting me? But the thugs were gone... They just left me there. Maybe they thought I had died.

They had taken Adam's body too...

How did you feel when you left?

I came out of that room wrong. A monster.

It's been two years since it happened, how do you feel now?

Better. I feel like... Like I can help people. For a long time I felt like I was bad - that I was a monster and a killer and I did everything I could do get rid of this mutation. I was depressed, I shut myself away in my lab at Wayne and turned into a recluse. All I wanted to do was be myself - the old Hannah. I eventually was able to tone it down - the venom, and started to get my life back. I'm not as scared to be around people now. I mean I even have some friends here! Since joining the Justice League properly, I feel like I can make a difference.

And is that what you want? To make a difference?

More than anything. I want the world to be good, and whatever I can do to make that happen - I will do it.

Do believe in fate, Miss Russell?

In a way, yes I do. This curse... It had to be me. Someone else might have made something terrible from it. My brain, and this curse. I can really help people now.



After the incident, Hannah returned to Wayne Enterprises where she was immediately treated but the damage could not be undone. She was generating her own venom, her appearance began to change, and she gained heightened senses. Stabilised, she remained in the labs at Wayne Enterprises. Ashamed and suffering from severe self-consciousness. She would wear coloured contacts to mask her now snake-like eyes, and would wear gloves and full length clothing constantly - for fear that her touch would be fatal to someone.

She worked day and night, eventually developing a serum that slowed down her venom generation to a point where it could be controlled. She even extracted her own venom and began to use it in development of weapons for Wayne Enterprises. Slowly over time, she came to terms with herself again. Swearing to use her powers for good, swearing that she would never use them to purposefully hurt someone.

Once a lively, and spirited young woman, she is now much more reserved - for fear that she will get too close to anyone. She has a strong sense of right and wrong, and will always act in what she feels is the in the best interest for true justice. She heard the names whispered, she knew that they called her 'Snake Eyes' and 'Doubles', 'Poison', 'Dangerous'...

It wasn't until the day that she finally met her hero, Barbara Gordon that she took up the moniker of 'Toxin' and joined the Justice League. It was Barbara who convinced her with words of good advice, and by transferring her infectious spirit in some way to Hannah.

Barbara told her to take her fears and turn them into her strength to fight for good. She was told to use what people said about her in the shadows and cast light on it - wear it as her armour. Now, in 2052, she supports the League on missions with he stealth and ability to scope out environments, to debilitate enemies, and to create unique weapons for her fellow colleagues, to push back the rising darkness cast by the Legion...

Base of Operations - Justice League HQ
She keeps a pet snake (Boa Constrictor) named Amadeo in her lab.

Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Rogue (X-Men), Honey Lemon (Big Hero 6)