Red Poison: The Thorn Mutant

Character created by Chris Carter


Artwork by Gary Anderson


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Character Profile

Codename: Red Poison

Real Name: Unknown

Mutant Rank: Rank D

Birthday: Unknown

Age: 16

Height: 5 feet and 9 inches / 175.26 centimeters

Weight: 160 lbs./72.7 kg

Occupation: Assassin

Personality: Red Poison is a very shrewd and quiet young man. He does not smile at all, taking everything with the upmost importance, showing no emotion. Even though he is an assassin, he does not have a grudge against anyone. He states the he kills others not for enjoyment, but because it was a job that was assigned to him. Because of the hardships he faced as a kid, he doesn’t believe in good or evil. He thinks that morality depends on the person. But he does believe that senseless death is wrong, so he will go out of his way to save a child from certain doom, or an animal from getting hit by a car, small things like that. Even though he is a killer, he will not kill anyone unless he is assigned to by his employer.

Biography: Not much is known about Red Poison’s origins, but he was raised in Shield City. He is an only child, who was abandoned at a young age He later stumbled upon an underground fighting tournament, where two opponents were made to fight to the death. Being forced to participate in this tournament, he was trained in martial arts, having to fight and kill daily just to survive. He later secretly escaped from this life, returning to the world as a skilled martial artist. Because he was brainwashed by the tournament and constant deaths, he traveled the world trying to find himself. Deciding that fighting and killing was all he knew, he became an assassin for hire, doing jobs for various employers, thus finding his way in life. Upon returning to Shield City one day to do a job, he was caught in the accident, giving him powers. With his martial arts skills, along with his unique mutant abilities, he is a dangerous opponent.

Hobbies: Sparring, training his powers to new heights, being around nature, observing people, traveling, and animals

Dislikes: Seeing others being hurt or killed with no real motive behind it

Powers: Red Poison is a very skilled martial artist, able to match a regular mutant with his martial arts abilities alone. He also has the unique ability to sprout thorns from his body. The thorns can take on different size, and he can pull the thorns out of his body, using them as various weapons (swords, staffs, knives, etc). As the name suggests, he is also poisonous. He has the ability to decide how much poison he wants to put into his thorns. He can paralyze people with his poisonous thorns, or he can kill someone if he really wanted to. He also has a second ability where he can increase his power level (learned through intense training), giving him the ability to control plants and trees around him to a minor degree. He is also resistant to all forms of illnesses and sicknesses.

Weakness: Fire

Paraphernalia: He can use his thorns as various weapons

Family: None 

Boss:
Al Salvatore: The Big Guy

Friends:
Aura: The Shield Mutant 
Downpour: The Storm Mutant 
Morpho: The Shapeshifting Mutant