Randy Jones

**Randy Jones** is a villain who wants to tear down civilization so his strength will finally be recognized. He rejected society after being estranged by his conservative family for his plant powers, becoming **The Mighty Cultivator**.

He appears as a villain-of-the-week in the roleplay Heroes of Ockross.

## General Information

### Quick Facts

Gender: cis male

Sexuality: homosexual

Age: 44

### Physical Appearance

From years of hard work in the great outdoors, Randy has a wiry, muscular build and tanned skin. He is rather tall, and has wispy blonde hair. He wears sun-bleached jeans and a red and black flannel, as well as a tattered white neckerchief.

As Cultivator, he doesn't really have a dedicated costume. Instead, he grows plants to cover his body in vines and vegetation, creating a makeshift exoskeleton with tendrils that can be used like additional arms and a helmet-like cover to obscure his identity if needed. He simply wears random grubby work clothes underneath.

### Personality

At first glance, Randy can seem mellow and rather aloof, and if you stay out of his way he'll stay out of yours. However, he is easily offended and has a tendency to lash out, especially when people question his strength or make fun of his power. He takes any challenge to his goals or actions personally. He has a more grim and focused side as well. He is kind of an anarchist, believing metahumans are superior to those without powers and should be using their strength to rule instead of being relegated to being heroes and helping out the weaker non-powered beings. When speaking, he has traces of what I can only describe as a stereotypical cowboy accent, which becomes more notable when he's angry.

As Cultivator, he is far less restrained and more… just plain angry, as well as more prideful and flamboyant. He also has a little catchphrase- "nature always finds a way."

### History

Randy was born on a farm, in a rural, sheltered area somewhere in the midwest United States, where his family life taught him the values of hard work and self-sufficiency. After he discovered he had control over plant life, he was ecstatic to show his family that he could help in the fields by making the crops grow faster. However, his conservative parents and siblings deemed his power unnatural and thought he had some sort of curse, and threw him out. He learned to survive in the wilderness from a young age, receiving occasional help from random hikers or campers.

Since then, he has wandered the country, working odd jobs from a lumberjack to a park ranger to a bartender. One day, when he was in his early 30s, he found his way to Ockross, having heard that the town was known for its metahuman population. However, his stubborn arrogance and cutthroat belief that only the strong should survive prevented him from fitting in. Frustrated, he decided that he had to bring the whole system down so nature would rule and his strength and perseverance would finally be recognized. And in the process, he chucked a car at one Sean Pierce while on a rampage, leading to a whole other chain of events (see Jordan's backstory). He dreams of retiring in a cabin in the mountains with his husband and adopting like 20 dogs, but his current reputation and grudges won't allow it.

### Trivia

* He was originally concepted after a joke about an edgy antihero punching trees to take out their anger, like "what if there was a tree hugging guy that took offense and became a villain
	+ "Tree-Hugging Anarchist" was his epithet
* His superhero name was originally going to be Chlorophyll but I don't think Randy knows how to spell that, much less what it is

## Heroes of Ockross

### Summary

Randy isn't as active of a villain in the RP as he was when he was younger, but still goes on rampages when he gets angry, and it will be up to the heroes to stop him.

### Powers

**Chlorokinesis:** Randy has control over plants. This doesn't include lichen or fungi of any kinds.

### Abilities

**Survival skills:** As a skilled hiker and camper, he knows many skills related to wilderness survival, including hunting, foraging, starting fires, and navigation.

### Weaknesses

**Darkness:** Randy draws his power from the sun, and thus can only use his powers during the daytime, and they require more effort to use when it's cloudy or otherwise shaded.

**Manmade structures:** Some part of his body needs to be touching soil to make plants grow, so he finds it harder to fight in urban areas.

**Climate:** He can only grow plants that could survive in the local climate. Like, he can't suddenly create a coconut tree in the Arctic or make seaweed appear on top of a mountain.

### Relationships

* Family
	+ His husband
	+ His dog
	+ His plants
* Enemies
	+ Pandora Labs
	+ Any Ockross officials and law enforcement
	+ Any heroes that try to stop him