Post by President Doom on Feb 2, 2019 4:00:07 GMT -7
Name: Gideon
Alias: None
Race: Mutant (External)
Team: The Externals (Leader), Ophrah Industries (Leader) Formerly Upstarts
Voice Actor: Bill Wise
Theme Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZtr58qIg4Y Omega Rugal Theme - KOF 95 OST
Image/Appearance:
History: Before his mutant powers developed he was a sailor for the Spanish Armada of Christopher Columbus several hundred years ago. On one journey he succumbed to scurvy and was buried once the ship reached land. A few hours later he awakened as an immortal.
Over several centuries, Gideon is able to amass a vast personal wealth. He also encounters and allies himself with the Externals, a group of like-minded and immortal mutants. At the end of the 20th century the group begins seeking their newest member, Sunspot. He had known Sunspot for many years after dealing with his father, Emmanuel DaCosta, a wealthy Brazilian businessman. Gideon has Eve kill Roberto's father. He approaches the boy and tells him he needs to take over his family's business. He takes the boy under his wing and tutors him in the art of business, as well as fighting and life skills.
When Gideon thinks that Sunspot is ready, he takes him to an acquisition meeting to buy out the Jankos Corporation. Once there, Arianna Jankos decides that she doesn't want to sell the company and hires Black Tom Cassidy to help her extort money from the assembled businessmen. Sunspot wants to immediately fight back but Gideon holds him back. They should wait to see how things play out, he reasons. After a while, Cable and the X-Force show up and Black Tom blows up the building. Gideon and Sunspot emerge from the rubble and, after an altercation with Cable, decide to help the trapped people. Once the authorities arrive, Gideon lies to the news outlets that Cable's group was partially responsible, if not primarily, for the blast.
Gideon continues training Sunspot until it is found that Cannonball, not Sunspot, was the new External they were seeking. Gideon then gives Sunspot over to a scientific lab so that they can experiment on him. They augmented his powers (almost killing him in the process). Gideon then sends the External Crule out to find and kill Cannonball. This fails. Gideon then contacts Cannonball and tells him he has two options: 1) save Sunspot from the experiments or, 2) come find Gideon. The caveat is that if Gideon tells Cannonball where to find Sunspot then Cannonball must promise to keep out of External affairs. Cannonball agrees to this and Gideon retreats for a time.
Equipment: None.
Powers: Power Mimicry: Gideon was a mutant with the ability to temporarily endow himself with superhuman abilities by assuming the superhuman energy signatures and genetic templates of superhuman beings in his vicinity. While he assumed the powers of others, he didn't take on any aspect of their appearance (for instance, he seemingly duplicated Sunspot's solar-strength without becoming noticeably solar-charged himself). Apparently he could even duplicate the superhuman physical capabilities of robots. Exactly how Gideon scanned the genetic templates and signatures of other superhumans is unknown, but it has been theorized that it was psionic in nature.
Regenerative Healing Factor: As part of his own natural genetic mutation, Gideon possessed an accelerated healing factor. He could regenerate damaged or destroyed bodily tissues much faster and more extensively than an ordinary human. For instance, multiple gunshot wounds to his torso fully mended within a matter of minutes. Gideon's natural healing factor also rendered him highly resistant to most toxins and poisons, as well as an immunity against all known diseases. On his own, however, his healing powers were insufficient to fully regenerate missing organs or severed limbs. However, it is possible that Gideon could have fully regenerated such tissue by temporarily absorbing the abilities of a being that possessed a sufficiently developed healing factor.
Superhuman Longevity: As an External, Gideon's natural aging process was altered dramatically. From the time he awoke as an External to now, Gideon appeared to have aged very little, if any at all. Despite being more than 500 years of age he had the appearance and vigor of a man in his physical prime.
Abilities: Gideon was an excellent combatant and had extensive training in multiple forms of armed and unarmed combat.
Weaknesses: He cannot take on powers reliant on part he does not have, like Angel's wings or Wolverine's claws
Trivia:
- Gideon was Christian, at least in 1492.
- He eats a lot of citrus.
- He does not fear reprisal from X-Force.
Alias: None
Race: Mutant (External)
Team: The Externals (Leader), Ophrah Industries (Leader) Formerly Upstarts
Voice Actor: Bill Wise
Theme Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZtr58qIg4Y Omega Rugal Theme - KOF 95 OST
Image/Appearance:
History: Before his mutant powers developed he was a sailor for the Spanish Armada of Christopher Columbus several hundred years ago. On one journey he succumbed to scurvy and was buried once the ship reached land. A few hours later he awakened as an immortal.
Over several centuries, Gideon is able to amass a vast personal wealth. He also encounters and allies himself with the Externals, a group of like-minded and immortal mutants. At the end of the 20th century the group begins seeking their newest member, Sunspot. He had known Sunspot for many years after dealing with his father, Emmanuel DaCosta, a wealthy Brazilian businessman. Gideon has Eve kill Roberto's father. He approaches the boy and tells him he needs to take over his family's business. He takes the boy under his wing and tutors him in the art of business, as well as fighting and life skills.
When Gideon thinks that Sunspot is ready, he takes him to an acquisition meeting to buy out the Jankos Corporation. Once there, Arianna Jankos decides that she doesn't want to sell the company and hires Black Tom Cassidy to help her extort money from the assembled businessmen. Sunspot wants to immediately fight back but Gideon holds him back. They should wait to see how things play out, he reasons. After a while, Cable and the X-Force show up and Black Tom blows up the building. Gideon and Sunspot emerge from the rubble and, after an altercation with Cable, decide to help the trapped people. Once the authorities arrive, Gideon lies to the news outlets that Cable's group was partially responsible, if not primarily, for the blast.
Gideon continues training Sunspot until it is found that Cannonball, not Sunspot, was the new External they were seeking. Gideon then gives Sunspot over to a scientific lab so that they can experiment on him. They augmented his powers (almost killing him in the process). Gideon then sends the External Crule out to find and kill Cannonball. This fails. Gideon then contacts Cannonball and tells him he has two options: 1) save Sunspot from the experiments or, 2) come find Gideon. The caveat is that if Gideon tells Cannonball where to find Sunspot then Cannonball must promise to keep out of External affairs. Cannonball agrees to this and Gideon retreats for a time.
Equipment: None.
Powers: Power Mimicry: Gideon was a mutant with the ability to temporarily endow himself with superhuman abilities by assuming the superhuman energy signatures and genetic templates of superhuman beings in his vicinity. While he assumed the powers of others, he didn't take on any aspect of their appearance (for instance, he seemingly duplicated Sunspot's solar-strength without becoming noticeably solar-charged himself). Apparently he could even duplicate the superhuman physical capabilities of robots. Exactly how Gideon scanned the genetic templates and signatures of other superhumans is unknown, but it has been theorized that it was psionic in nature.
Regenerative Healing Factor: As part of his own natural genetic mutation, Gideon possessed an accelerated healing factor. He could regenerate damaged or destroyed bodily tissues much faster and more extensively than an ordinary human. For instance, multiple gunshot wounds to his torso fully mended within a matter of minutes. Gideon's natural healing factor also rendered him highly resistant to most toxins and poisons, as well as an immunity against all known diseases. On his own, however, his healing powers were insufficient to fully regenerate missing organs or severed limbs. However, it is possible that Gideon could have fully regenerated such tissue by temporarily absorbing the abilities of a being that possessed a sufficiently developed healing factor.
Superhuman Longevity: As an External, Gideon's natural aging process was altered dramatically. From the time he awoke as an External to now, Gideon appeared to have aged very little, if any at all. Despite being more than 500 years of age he had the appearance and vigor of a man in his physical prime.
Abilities: Gideon was an excellent combatant and had extensive training in multiple forms of armed and unarmed combat.
Weaknesses: He cannot take on powers reliant on part he does not have, like Angel's wings or Wolverine's claws
Trivia:
- Gideon was Christian, at least in 1492.
- He eats a lot of citrus.
- He does not fear reprisal from X-Force.
