Thresher

Thresher was a shark-based cybrid who was part of the Legion of Disciples, his real name was Randell, but he despised the name and preferred "Thresher" or "Thresh". He died at the Manhattan Incident after being killed by Fantom.

#### **History**

Randell was born in Santa Rosa in California, but spent many months on the road, running from "the feds" who he believed were MIB, after accidently killing his adoptive father and brother after his cybridisation manifested at 17; it was likely that he was the result of PGI Research's first cybridistion programme, though his birth mother was supposedly "captured by the man" before he was even 4, and that his adoptive father felt him a burden.

Randell, already on the run came to New York when he was 19 where he encountered Zeroth.

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### **Appearance**

Thresh was a large, bulky young man, already athletic, his cybridisation made him even more so. While initially hiding his appearance, he was not afraid of his mutation and actively wanted to be himself, but was often reminded, coerced and manipulated by Zeroth to remain inconspicuous. He had black eyes, jagged teeth and the skin on his face, particularly his ears, around his eyes, on the backs of his hands, arms and legs showed a mottled grey shade with a texture like sharkskin. He had short claws and displayed gills on his neck.

### **Personality**

Thresh was a proud and overenthusiastic individual with a thuggish attitude; he and Kaos got along well but had an on-off relationship with Gryph who he picked on for being "a downer". He was attributed to being "as dumb as a box of nails" by Kaos, often wanting to solve everything with brute force, but the two enjoyed each other's company, perhaps too much, to Zeroth's great aggravation.

### **Powers and abilities**

**Powers:**

Randell was a first-generation cybrid with animal genes that likely came from a thresher shark, these manifested during a puberty-based mutation which occurs to 95 percent of first-gen cybrids. After his change he possessed a verity of physical mutations and enhanced abilities including:

***Part-Selachimorph Cybrid Physiology:*** His cybridism gave him shark-like qualities.

* ***Enhanced Adaptive Senses:*** His sense of smell in particular was extremely acute, and would function even better underwater.
* **Electroreception**: He likely also had a form of electric-sense as he was able to detect Volt's attacks and his presence nearby.
* ***Gills:*** He had gills on his neck which would filter oxygen into his lungs and separate it from water; these could also absorb salt into his biology, making him slightly stronger and more reactive underwater.
* ***Enhanced Strength:*** He had enhanced strength levels that pushed nearly 10 tonnes, at the time making him nearly equal to Fantom.
* ***Enhanced reflexes and agility**:* These enhanced his acrobatic abilities whilst on the ground and enabled him a degree of maneuverability while underwater, giving him enhanced swimming capabilities.
* **Shark-like Tail:** Thresher possessed a long but flexible tail that enables enhanced swimming but also served as a weapon; this tail could fold around his waist enabling him to hide it in his clothes when he was required to be subtle, but didn't have any issue with it on show.
* ***Nail-claws:*** His fingernails grew to short, nonretractable but very sharp talons that could slice through flesh. He later revealed to have bigger talons on his feet.

**Abilities:**

* **Natural combatant:** After learning the basics of fighting, his increased reflexes and agility gave him the edge on physical combat

### **Limitations and weaknesses**

Described as dumb, Thresher was prone to mistakes and misunderstandings.