Muck

Billy Madden was a neohuman criminal who worked with his younger sister Match, robbing banks and shops across America, he had learning disabilities and was ill-educated, often following the whim of his sister.

### History

Born in the small town of Stapleton in northern Baldwin County, Alabama, Billy was the older brother of Audrey Madden aka Match, he was born into a rural christian household where his parents likely saw him as a mistake, and believed his slowness was his own fault rather than understanding it as a mental disability, as he grew they mainly used him for manual labour around the house and in the extensive garden of the old Madden farm house.

However Billy was very gentle around his sister growing up and never once hurt her in any way, and even when Audrey ran, Billy followed, thinking nothing of leaving behind his family.

Whilst playing on his own in the mud of their garden at 15, his powers manifested, but he told no one of it for several years until he showed his sister, after she had ran away from a July 4th party at her friends house; Together Match decided to run away and they used their powers to rob banks and survive on the road.

TBC

### Personality

Billy was a mellow but ill-educated man with learning disabilities, as such Billy fit the stereotype of a 'dumb hick', but is commonly led down the path of violence and criminal activity by his sister. Nevertheless Billy probably could't do without Audrey nagging him and telling him what to do at all times

### Appearance

Billy is a large, obese man with a crooked nose, balding hair and brown eyes, one of which is lazy; his bulk and natural musculature had made him quite strong, although not superhumanly so, can take one hell of a beating and knock out the average person in just one punch, skills which have helped him become a surprisingly competent boxer, which the two have used to earn money on the road.

He often wears overalls and a plain shirt, and when on a mission is often seen carrying a backpack, one side of which contains water, the other dry mud or dirt of some kind, letting him have something to control if there is no access to anything in his immediate vicinity.

### Powers and Abilities

**Powers**

Muck is a neohuman born with a series of 'n-genes' or 'neones' that gave him superhuman abilities, these manifested when he was 15:

***Lutokinesis:*** He could shape and alter geological mud, clay, silt and sludge; He can control mud into forms such as barriers or simple shapes, or as blasts or waves of mud from it's source or from his backpack. He often forms a ring of mud around himself from which he can protrude tentacles, fist-like shapes or form a dome around himself for protection. He has also used mud to surf or slide upon for rapid movement. With enough mud he can form mud-exoskelitons over his body and his power seems to keep any mud he is in control of moist enough at nearly all times unless it is subject to intense and sudden heat; It is suggested that he can potentally create mud from geological sources by forcing moisture to condence within dryer soil or clay but as of yet he is limited to existing sources of wet mud.

* ***Animal Slurry/Manure Manipulation:*** Multiple times has Muck demonstrated that he can control particularly thick forms of animal waste and organic muds such as those formed from decomposed plant matter so long as it has enough sillicate minerals and water, something that his sister does not often appreciate him doing close by. As such Muck's power seems to be over water-suspended silicate particals rather than directly geokinetic.

**Abilities**

* ***Boxing:*** Because of his natural bulk and strength, Billy is quite the strong boxer, perhaps his only worthwhile skill that he has ever known.

### Limitations and Weaknesses

Billy has severe learning disabilities, isn't always aware of danger and the presence of dangerous people or things unless they are right in front of him, he is highly dependant on his sister for help and direction, even failing to shower when he really needs to, although he knows how to box, has no real life skills and needs Audrey's constant nagging to motivate him.

Billy's powers are limited by existing muds and do not work with overy-dry materials, but likewise overly saturated, mud-water lies on the edge of his power's infuence, finding such substances to thin and "slippery" to concentrate on.