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[ ◈ ]  A L I A S E SAny other codenames and nicknames for your character.

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[ ◈ ]  B I R T H P L A C E

[ ◈ ]  A L L E G I A N C EJustice League, Legion of Doom, or a third party.

[ ◈ ]  P O S I T I O NWhat is your role as a member of your faction?

[ ◈ ]  A P P E A R A N C EWhat does your character look like? Their costume? Pictures are allowed if used with a description.

[ ◈ ]  A B I L I T I E S   //   S K I L L S   //   E Q U I P M E N TThis includes your super powers, learned talents and any weapons, armor or tools that are used regularly by your character.

[ ◈ ]  L I M I T A T I O N S   //   W E A K N E S S E SLimitations are examples of the maximum weight you can lift, top speeds etc. whereas weaknesses are exploitable like Kryptonite and magic are to Superman.

[ ◈ ]  B I O G R A P H YYour life before the IC begins -- your "origin." Can be as detailed, long, or brief as you like -- feel free to leave details to be discovered during the RP. Also include a section detailing the personality, views, and motivations of the character.

[ ◈ ]  N O T E SAnything else that doesn't fit in any other category such as sexuality, relationships with other characters, base of operations etc.

[ ◈ ]  S O U R C EJust for fun you can put your inspiration for your character here if they are canon or connected to canon. Any DC media or comic continuity can apply here and of course you can have many sources for one character.

The Swamp Thing

[ ◈ ]  N A M EAlec Holland

[ ◈ ]  A L I A S E SSwamp Thing
The Louisiana Swamp Monster

[ ◈ ]  A G E73 - The Swamp Thing's body ages at a much slower rate

[ ◈ ]  B I R T H P L A C ELouisiana, USA / The Green

[ ◈ ]  A L L E G I A N C EThe Parliament of Trees
Also, the Justice League to an extent

[ ◈ ]  P O S I T I O NThe Parliament: Servant and protector
The JLU: Part-time Leaguer

[ ◈ ]  A P P E A R A N C EThe 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.

[ ◈ ]  A B I L I T I E S   //   S K I L L S   //   E Q U I P M E N TSuperhuman 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.

[ ◈ ]  L I M I T A T I O N S   //   W E A K N E S S E SHis 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.

[ ◈ ]  B I O G R A P H YThe 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.

[ ◈ ]  N O T E SYears 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.

[ ◈ ]  S O U R C ENot 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.

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