Ogonada

"*Blinded by your enemy's blood. It's poetic, isn't it?*"
—A self-absorbed **Ogonada**'s hypocritical gloating towards Glython
**Ogonada**, born **Afanasy Belyayev**, was a traitorous Soviet super soldier aligned with Nazi Germany who was killed in the final hours of the Battle of Stalingrad during a confrontation with Glython.

## Biography

### Early life

Afanasy Belyayev was born in the year 1889 to a peasant family. His mother told him that his father was a Cossack who policed the rural areas of the Russian Empire. The idea of his father being a brave warrior influenced the young Afanasy from a young age, causing him to value strength and might above all else.

#### Tunguska particle

In the year 1903, at the age of fourteen, two years after the Tunguska event had occurred, Afanasy was turned into a superhuman. His powers remained dormant, however, and he would remain unaware of their existence for the rest of his teenage and young adult years.

### World War I

In June of 1914, shortly before the outbreak of World War I, Afanasy enlisted as part of the Russian Imperial Army—unknowingly breaking the ban on super soldiers recently established by the Third Hague Conference. He became known as a semi-mythical figure for his impossible durability. Unbeknownst to him and those who heard of him, this was due to his having been mutated by the Tunguska particle.

Thanks to his superhuman endurance, and timely discovery of his powers, Afanasy was able to survive all of Russia's participation in the First World War, making quite a name for himself.

Afanasy's status as a legendary soldier even reached the ears of the newly empowered communists. Upon returning home to a transformed Russia, he saw that, with the backing of his superhuman brethren, the communists were sure to maintain control of the country. Wanting to ensure he remained on the winning side of history, he took on the name Ogonada, derived from the Russian word *ogon'* (Russian: огонь, lit. 'fire'), and fought alongside the Red Army in the Russian Civil War.

#### Aftermath

In the wake of World War I, Ogonada helped the new vanguard government keep law and order throughout the newly formed USSR.

### World War II

The Soviet Union deployed Ogonada to take part in the joint attack on Poland, the same invasion that would spark World War II. He and other Soviet super soldiers' involvement, while not necessarily flaunted, was no secret either. The use of super soldiers in the invasion of Poland gave the other nations of the world precedent to use them as well (something a majority of the Western powers had been hoping for) and, as such, did not cause much trouble for the Soviet Union.

Ogonada remained in Poland for some time, enforcing Soviet rule with a cold and callous efficiency.

#### Operation Barbarossa

Ogonada helped bolster the Soviet Union's holdings in Poland, but was called back to aid in the Battle of Stalingrad. It was here he would meet his end, though not at the hands of the *Wehrmacht*.

Ogonada was swayed to Nazi Germany's side through covert messaging by an officer of the *Schutzstaffel* and, as the Nazis were on the cusp of defeat, turned on the Red Army and a recently arrived Glython, the latter of which was his true target. Red Army troops were obliterated by his powers of destructive sight, coating the ruined city in blood. Ogonada's defeat came about at the hands of Glython thanks to his power's inability to work on those affected by the Tunguska particle. Glython pushed Ogonada too hard, causing his powers to cause so much damage that they resulted in his self destruction.

### Legacy

Ogonada's eyes, and apparently his consciousness, survived the unintentional inversion of his powers. They were retrieved by Glython in the aftermath of their duel, but it is unclear where the indestructible sensory organs now reside.

Ogonada was revered by the super soldier warbands of the 1980s for his love of combat and, much later, worshipped by the esoteric, ultranationalist fringe groups of inhumanists active throughout the late 2010s and most of the 2020s.

## Powers and abilities

* **Superhuman Physiology:** Thanks to his early exposure to the Tunguska particle, Ogonada was made far more durable and strong than the average human.
	+ **Destructive Sight:** Ogonada's eyes were capable of firing a mysterious type of ray at anything not affected by the Tunguska particle, causing the object to suffer from extreme internal pressure, resulting in their sudden rupture. It worked to great effect on small battalions of enemy troops, but was completely ineffective against other super soldiers. It took quite a lot of training for Ogonada to reach the levels of destruction he did; with more time, he could have become even more of a threat.
		- **Invincible Eyes:** Seemingly as a byproduct of their destructive capabilities, Ogonada's eyes were completely indestructible. They also appeared to be able to hold the super soldier's consciousness or, at the very least, had some mind of their own.