Arson

Arson is a Mistake of Surreality, sent into the Void by Djon Silvar near the earliest beginnings of Surreality, and has adopted the title "Ruler of the Voident Wastelands". Being both a multi-being hive mind under a singular command, as well as identifying as non-binary, Arson often refers to themself and its incarnations/alternates as him, despite being technically a they (as all of them are called Arson in some way or another, the original refers to themself as Arson OX). Arson has been infiltrating timelines and stems of Surreality since their banishment, only within the past half century having begun infecting branching stems & their branches of the HiddenGenomeVerse, and only within the past decade having attacked the main stem and its alternate branches (i.e. the Pinnacle, Ruin (where Redpoint comes from), both Upload & Nuke (where Nuclempress Emma & W.O.N. (World Omnitechtitan Nedalia))).

Arson's incarnations possess a basic set of three abilities: one, to be able to infect timelines and insert a copy of themself into their history; two, to be able to grow stronger and more difficult to destroy by consuming/absorbing other Arsons (i.e. with consumed Arson comes stronger defense and more diverse immunities) from different universes/timelines (this does not apply to Arson OX, who simply has that high defensive capability from the start); & three, to be able to copy genetic powers based on consuming an individual's flesh or killing them. There is also a general weapon preference towards hand-to-hand combat, projectiles/firearms, or half-breed alien transformations in their unique power sets. Arson OX specifically also has two weapons unique to them: namely, an assault Jaeger with Arson-conversion gene-infecting bullets, and a long white-handled Sinclair sword coated with an Arson-conversion venom.

Arson's desire to infect the planes was born out of the reasoning for their banishment by Djon Silvar. Namely, that they were banished purely for the potential for them to amass power and boundary-breaking abilities beyond the scope of their world, which seemed idiotic considering the inherent nature of Surreality as a pseudo-dump/haven for the powered & boundless, in addition to later Arson incarnations discovering the existence of universes hosting species such as Betas & Dracons. This, along with isolation and unending anger, motivated Arson to send in endless incarnations of themself to infect timelines & compound all power of Surreality, and, when finished there, the Ether, so that they could limit the progressive ability and religious dependence of the Neutral Zone and remove the neccessity of the former two planes, thus stabilizing the tranquility and consistent safety of the Neutral Zone.

Interestingly, this is not always necessarily reflected in their incarnations' personal beliefs, some are not even aware of their being an Arson, and sometimes the existence of an incarnation of Arson is the only real reflection of them within that infection being. Some incarnations exist solely on their primal desire for chaos, others have a massive ego that thirsts desperately for power compounding for self-servient pleasure purposes (i.e. self-validation), some are little more than soldiers aware of their hive nature ready to carry out orders of a stem Arson, others refuse their nature and simply live their lives as beings and only beings, and there are even a select few who chose the path of rebellion & heroism to either hunt down or defend against others of their kind.

Story

Arson was originally part of a team called Plasma Pi, originating from one of the first Surreality universes and consisting of 10 members based on the Solar System & space as a whole:

??? "Dying Star- the Nebulus" (former leader & formed from stardust and galaxies)

Evalion "Primordial Sun" (acting leader & born of the Sun)

Lanuris "Lunar Eclipse" (passive leader & multi-moon fusion homunculus)

Raijin Aka Ikari "Red Spot" (second-in-command & born of Jupiter)

Sator Kronia "Golden Ring" (second-in-command & born of Saturn)

Arron Koronis "Ouranaurourus" (support & born of Uranus)

Hydrian Pontulos "The Neptunian" (utility & species of Neptune)

Ven Rado "Venusius" (power & species of Venus)

Ar'Zoun Izol Dwouv "Plutonium" (utility & born of Kuiper Belt)

Meir Kuri "Mere Kure" (defense & amorphous core of Mercury)

Ar'Zoun used to simply be a utility member of Plasma Pi, being helpful in tanking specialized hits and causing disruption against the foes of this world, those infected with the Black Gamma Radiation called the BGR. They were close friends with fellow support the Neptunian, defensive comrade Mere Kure, & commanding officer Lunar Eclipse due to how often they were stuck with each other on missions, and were almost like family. At one point, Dying Star and this trio (excluding Mere Kure) were dispatched to deal with a D(eath)-Class BGR swarm (the highest class) plus a hive behemoth, and, prior to their victory, Dying Star was gravely injured and on the brink of infection. Rather than killing himself or succumbing to it, he forced Ar'Zoun to kill him by biting his neck clean off, thereby ending his life and allowing them to consume part of his genealogy, which revealed the true nature of their ability: the power to copy based on either kills or consumption. While these three decided to keep it a secret and fabricate the story of their leader's glorious suicide to aid their escape, Djon Silvar recognized a danger of having Ar'Zoun around, seeing as how they could clone and said clones could also amass power, thus breaking what bounds there were on Surreality's power cap.

Ar'Zoun didn't last more than a year (during which Primordial Sun constantly berated them for their failure to keep their captain alive, and began to feel ostracized) before being disposed of into the Void as a Mistake, revealing a semi-truth behind Dying Star's disappearance by saying Ar'Zoun murdered him and was really a disguised BGR, which explained their seeming immunity to the effects of the BGR. Those who defended Ar'Zoun following their dissapearance, namely Neptunian & Lunar Eclipse, were betrayed & murdered, and this action sealed the fate of Plasma Pi, as the remaining members became absorbed by the BGR and Djon Silvar simply disposed of the universe's stem & branches as a whole, killing the remainder of Plasma Pi & sending the main stem to the Void where Ar'Zoun (now Arson) collected the bodies of Lunar Eclipse & Neptunian and stored them in preservation capsules, determined to keep them as safe as possible (since Mere Kure was already infected & dead).

This marked the breaking point for Arson, now determined to rid existence of any breed, form, or need of power, and stabilize reality as a whole into one constant, limited existence where the beings could never be deemed dangerous enough for rejection.