Birth Name: Michael (Mikhail?)

Nova Name: Proteus
Series:

Eruption: Accident?

Nature: Hedonist

Allegiance:

Strength: 4, Brawl 3

Dexterity: 3, Athletics 3, Legerdemain 1, Stealth 3

Stamina: 5, Endurance 3, Resistance 3

Perception: 3, Awareness 1, Investigation 1

Intelligence: 2, Intrusion 2, Medicine 1

Wits: 3, Rapport 2

Appearance: 3, Style 1

Manipulation: 3, Subterfuge 3

Charisma: 1, Perform 4

Backgrounds: Cipher 3, Eufiber 2, Resources 2

Willpower: 5

Taint: 2

Aberrations:

Quantum: 4 (2 Tainted Quantum)

Quantum Pool: 28

Mega-Attributes: Stamina 1 (Adaptation)

Quantum Powers: Shapeshifting 4

The person currently known as Proteus (or Michael, when it chooses to use a name) was

found in a scorched heap in Arizona. He was babbling in Russian when discovered,

but seems to have no memory whatsoever of that language now and a quarantine had

to be imposed on his discovery as his saviors (a pair of hikers) came down with an

extremely virulent infection a few hours later and both nearly died before the fever

abruptly broke and all signs of the infection cleared up a few hours thereafter. Since

that time he has shown no signs of contagion himself, but he is still required to submit

to regular blood tests, which usually register as normal O positive blood with no odd

factors, but rarely come out as something other than blood….

His Shapeshifting abilities as well are all-but unclassifiable. He seems to be able to

hydrate or dehydrate and compress cellular matter in a matter of seconds and can

swell to twice his size or shrink to the size of a bird in less time than any natural

creature could, often accompanied by a massive intake or air or water to ‘inflate’ his

cells or a sudden rush of wind or splash of water as he assumes a more cellularly

compact form, unlike other Shapeshifters or Sizemorphic Novas of record who can

actually create and disperse mass from some Quantum source at will. And yet, he

has a room filled with some sort of organic excretions that generate warmth and light

and store liquid that he uses for his mass-changing operations, as well as similar

unsettling things. Unlike some more limited Shapeshifters, Proteus can assume any

form or combination of forms, real or imagined with his power. So he can grow

bony plates over himself like a Stegosaur, yet remain a humanoid biped, or he can

form tentacular appendages without assuming the form of an octopus or squid.

His nature could only be described as mercurial, he seems at times jaded and at other

times a playful innocent. He tends to sneak off to ‘play with people’ (his own words),

taking on a bewildering array of forms for said purposes, imitating close friends,

lovers or family with eerie confidence and a complete lack of definitive concepts of

right or wrong. It is only a matter of time before his nature and talents land him in

serious trouble…

Michael traditionally appears as a smooth skinned and relatively handsome dark

haired blue-eyed caucasian male, but this form can be assumed not to be his ‘true

form’ assuming he even recognizes such a form. While comfortable in either

gender, Proteus seems to prefer the male form as a default.