Van Kleiss

“	Not everyone's relationship to the nanites is as... cooperative as yours. For example, my body is unstable. I need a constant supply of fresh nanites to survive. Yours should be particularly nourishing!	„
 	~ Van Kleiss 	
“	Septimius Severus: Are you a man or a God?Van Kleiss: I find both labels rather limiting. Now you are going to give me everything I require, starting with a quiet place to work. I, in return, shall ensure the growth and security of your reign as emperor. You may call me Van Kleiss.	„
 	~ Van Kleiss showing how high he truly thinks of himself. 	
“	Truth, doctor? You wouldn't know the first thing about it, nor loyalty for that matter. How many times must I tell you this, Rex? The answers you so desperately seek, lie with me. And as for you, doctor, consider our past disagreement settled. I look forward to continuing our research...alone. This was unavoidable, Rex. The longer you resist me the more people get hurt.	„
 	~ Van Kless to Rex after severely injuring Dr. Rylander. 	
Van Kleiss is the main antagonist of the animated series Generator Rex.
He is able to control his nanites like Rex, except his mutation is unstable and he requires a constant supply of fresh nanites in order to stay alive, causing his victims to petrify in the process. He is Rex Salazar's archenemy.
== Personality ==
Van Kleiss, who is cunning and manipulative, does not hesitate to take opportunities to promote his ambitions. When it comes to completing his objectives, he is cold and brutal. If a Pack member does not follow Van Kleiss' directives, he will drain their nanites and deposit their petrified bodies in his garden.
Van Kleiss speaks politely the most of the time, whether during fight or while insulting his opponents. He has a slightly comical side to him, as seen when he paused in mid-battle simply to ask Rex why he was "taking out his frustrations on a wall". However, Van Kleiss' courteous demeanor is really a front for the darker half of his personality, and he has been able to fool many people before they recognize his vicious nature.
He is a good planner, as seen by his covert transfer of nanite-infused dirt beneath the city to make himself as strong as he was in Abysus during his effort to take over the UN. He maintains a cool head almost all of the time, even when the odds are stacked against him.
He despises Providence and complains about them interfering with his goals. He does not appreciate the notion that others consider Providence as "saviors", when Van Kleiss sees himself as the genuine "savior". He purposefully did not advertise his coming in New York City or his diplomatic immunity, hoping that Providence would assault him and his minions to humiliate them. Furthermore, when Rex questioned Van Kleiss why he is continuously attempting to destroy a cure, Van Kleiss said that he survives off of nanites and that what Providence deems a "cure" he calls "death."
Van Kleiss appeared to be in a delicate state of mind after returning to his own time. When he exited his pod, for example, he was screaming wildly that "it[Breach in a separate timestream] was approaching" and fled away as fast as he could. He once recited what he wrote, spoke to himself, and shouted at no one in particular while alone.
It was implied multiple times that he was acting insane. This was seen previously when he demonstrated lucidity while speaking with Black Knight. Furthermore, when he was threatened by Jungle Cat, he demonstrated a feeling of lucidity before being hurled across the room. His insanity is eventually proven to be a ploy, as he tried to ensure that neither Caesar nor the Consortium got what they wanted from the Meta-Nanites.
== Biography ==
=== Backstory ===
In the past, Van Kleiss was present during the nanite incident. He was power hungry and never cared about others but for himself, wanting to obtain all the power with the help of the nanites and seeking to create a planet populated entirely by E.V.O.s. It's also revealed that he killed Rex's parents after the incident happened after discovering the same thing. This was due to him realizing that the Consortium had also the same objective as him.
=== Present ===
With the Pack as his enforcers, he established a domain called Abyssus at the original site of the nanite explosion and has nanites seeded for miles in the area. As a result, he can control everything in his sphere of influence, and even regenerate completely from the ground if his body is destroyed. He has extensive knowledge about the nanites, apparently having worked on or been familiar with the experiment which released them, and about Rex's past.
He is killed in the episode "Dark Passage" while attempting to secure Dr. Gabriel Rylander's nanite laboratory but was resurrected in "What Lies Beneath" when Rex had to resurrect him with a machine when Abysus was becoming unstable. Rex cured him shortly thereafter.
In doing so, however, Rex gave Van Kleiss the means to study his nanites, which Van Kleiss then stole. With Rex's nanites, Van Kleiss gained the new power to create E.V.O.s simply by touching his victim, which passes them a unique mark. It is said that E.V.O.s created by Van Kleiss has their nanites extremely unstable, meaning that the transformation will eventually be permanent if not cured in time.
In "End Game" Pt. 2, during the final cure, Van Kleiss is dragged by Breach into one of her wormholes. His fate is still unknown.
== Powers and abilities ==
Van Kleiss was quite strong in Abysus. He could control the whole environment since the land had been sown with nanites. He could call forth powerful roots, vines, and creepers that could seize objects, hold them up, and facilitate his movement. Even one location might get rain thanks to him. His body could be used to create roots that he could use as improvised weapons. He appeared to be immortal while in Abysus and could heal any wound, no matter how severe. His adversaries feared attacking him at Abysus because he was so powerful there. Providence once dispatched an army to Abyssus to rescue Rex, but they were all quickly defeated. The rescue team's sole survivor was Six. He was spotted bringing nanite-infused earth with him on journeys out of Abysus. It was demonstrated that without the Abysian soil, he would die or be badly crippled. His body also served as an organic stabilizer for Abysus' exceedingly unstable nanites. Dr. Holiday hypothesized that he was molecularly tied to them, and that Rex killing him made them more unstable.
Van Kleiss gains superhuman strength from his gauntlet, allowing him to toss a massive, multi-ton stone block and effortlessly smash through solid rock. His hand can stretch 10-30 feet, allowing him to launch long-range assaults. He can also instantly discharge a swarm of razor spines from the gauntlet's fingertips. Furthermore, his gauntlet may charge his body's nanites, enhancing his physical skills. Van Kleiss could also use his gauntlet to drain the nanites from other EVOs, turning the target EVO into a stone statue and serving more as a survival mechanism. The petrified EVOs are actually still alive; some are even capable of breaking free with enough focus, but they turn back to stone as soon as they lose focus.
Van Kleiss obtained the capacity to make EVOs after absorbing all of Rex's active nanites (save the Omega-1 Nanite). These EVOs bear a beautiful golden handprint from where he touched them. The EVOs he makes are extremely unstable and, if not treated in a timely manner, will become incurable.
Van Kleiss is revealed to have substantial understanding of nanites due to his involvement in the initial Nanite project. While working with Cesar, he was a bio-Interface programmer, but he also demonstrates mastery of metallurgy, weapons crafting, quantum and relativistic physics, electrical and mechanical engineering, all types of biology, ancient dialects of multiple linguistic families, anthropology of ancient civilizations, and large-scale infrastructure development. He has complete and comprehensive mastery in the majority of things, since he is able to expand those subjects beyond present levels from original principles.
Van Kleiss is also extraordinarily nimble and swift, as seen by his appearance behind a gladiator who assaulted him. He is also competent in hand-to-hand fighting, having easily defeated numerous well-trained gladiators.
Van Kleiss is depicted in the series as commanding a massive army of EVOs. His most strong and elite EVOs form "the Pack," a group famed for its strength and ferocity.
== The Pack ==
* Biowulf (voiced by Troy Baker) - A blue-armored, white-haired, werewolf-like E.V.O. with superhuman abilities that is fiercely loyal to Van Kleiss. Due to Van Kleiss' powers being limited to his native soil, Biowulf acts as the Pack's de-facto leader in the field. He was captured in Payback, but busted out in between Season 1 and Season 2, presumably by Breach.
* Skalamander (voiced by John DiMaggio) - A large humanoid lizard-like E.V.O. with crystal spikes growing out of his body, four short stubby legs and a crystal club growing out of his left arm. His head also appears to be permanently twisted to its side. He can fire spikes out of the club or grow it into a shield. In Payback, Skalamander took part in Van Kleiss' attack on Providence. He had Dr. Holiday cornered until she unleashed her sister on him. He was presumably captured and later busted out by Breach.
* Breach (voiced by Hynden Walch) - A disturbed black-haired female E.V.O. with four arms where the higher pair has oversized forearms. She has the ability to create portals of varying shapes and sizes for multiple purposes. Of all the Pack members, she speaks the least and acts on her own whims. She also uses a pocket dimension to hold a city she stole, which she uses to store her "toys" (referring to anything she liked, i.e., art, stolen property, E.V.O., etc.). Breach is obsessed with everything in this dimension being "neat", it being the only way she to maintain her sanity. In Breach, she attempted to trap Rex, but this backfired when Rex went on a rampage after learning of her obsession with cleanliness. In doing so, he drove Breach mad, causing her to collapse in on herself, allowing him to escape in the chaos. She eventually recovered returning in What Lies Beneath to rescue Van Kleiss at the last minute. Breach later took part in Van Kleiss' attack on Providence Base where she planted bombs throughout the base. Though Rex managed to disarm the bombs, Breach got away. Breach later stole a reactor core bound for Providence while Van Kleiss was fighting Rex.
* Circe (voiced by Tara Sands) - Introduced in Beyond the Sea during Rex's trip to Cabo Luna, Circe is a female E.V.O. with black and red hair whose powers only manifest when active like Rex's. When activated, her mouth prolapses into a tube which she can use to project destructive sonic pulses, which also attract some other E.V.O.s to her. She is also skilled in kung fu. She tells Rex she has joined up with the Pack because she feels like too much of an outsider anywhere else, though Rex constantly tries to get her to switch sides. Van Kleiss acknowledges her friendship with Rex and allows her to join the Pack even though Rex had helped her in her initiation of defeating a sea monster E.V.O. He implies that he intends to use her to get to Rex. Rex has feelings for her, and she seems to reciprocate them, as evidenced by when they almost share a kiss, although Rex puts defeating Van Kleiss first over their relationship. Despite that Circe was almost left for dead by Van Kleiss when he bargained Rex to join the Pack or let his closest friends die in What Lies Beneath, Circe still remains with the Pack. After the events in Alliance, Circe strikes out on her own after Van Kleiss forbids her from helping Rex against NoFace.
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