Damon

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## Physical Information

Damon is a fighter, participating in the Ministry Succession Tournament.

## Appearance

Although his body is changed and replaced entirely each time he bathes himself in Troll blood, Damon's current appearance has remained the same for the majority of his time in the Ministry. Damon's current look is that of a lean, slightly muscular man of average height. He has long white hair that reaches a little past his shoulders, and dark purple eyes that give Damon a somewhat empty look due to a lack of visible pupils or light. Additionally, Damon has two curved arrow tattoos on his face, one coming down from his right eye, and the other up from the right side of his chin. His attire consists of a black suit jacket with a dark red cravat tucked into the collar, along with a grey shirt, black dress pants, and white belt. Damon also carries his precious ornamental vial of blood around his neck

## Personality

On the surface, Damon is a relatively normal person, albeit rather laidback, struggling to take things seriously. As one gets to know him better, however, they will find a quiet obsession with the goal of “Surpassing the Gods”.

He has a deep, slightly perverse love for humanity, particularly the Ministry, adoring their incredible tenacity and potential. As part of this goal, he enjoys collecting the genetic information of people he respects as great fighters. However, due his creepy nature and obsession to collect genetic material from others, most people inside the Ministry disdain and avoid him, fearing they may end as his new test subjects. The higher ups however let him do what he pleases due his competence as a scientist.

He loves to experiment whenever the opportunity presents itself, including on himself, and is very proud of this, even when the results are horrifying. Moderately religious from his time as a villager, believing in but not strongly worshiping the Norse gods, as well as an obscure cat god that he does not recall the name of.

## History

Destin was born as a normal man born in a Norse village sometime in the 10th century. Son of a pair of farmers, Destin lived his first few years as a discreet boy helping his family the best he could. A curious yet unemotional boy by nature, he preferred “inspecting” animals (sometimes with lethal results) than playing with other kids, only feeling alive while performing his “experiments”, as he was cold and distant otherwise. This made people from the village fear him for his creepy personality, with many avoiding him. Fortunately, his parents loved him dearly and raised him the best he could, but it was obvious something was off with the kid. However, fate, being as whimsical as always, robbed Destin from his only human contact when his parents died in one accident, being him 15 years old. Without anyone to look out for him and most of the village repudiating him, Destin left his village in search of a new home.

He walked and walked through the cold lands, seemed doomed to die a peasant in obscurity either from the merciless cold or just as a common, unremarkable inhabitant from some minor village. However, he finally stumbled across a strange little village, whose inhabitants were silent and reserved. They welcomed him anyway, with the leader hosteling him some common house. Through his stance there, he discovered by talking with the people of the village that they held a closely kept secret, a small pool of strange red liquid. The villagers called it “Troll Blood” and to go near it was a taboo. Destin, however, moved by his curiosity, and under the cover of night, quickly traveled to the pool undetected and took a mug and filled it with the stuff. At first he didn’t expect much, but upon testing it with his usual animal test subjects, he became obsessed with it. It could do pretty much anything: it made common weapons godly, small doses gave pseudo-immortality to living beings and greatly increased physical ability. But most intriguing of all, greater doses caused rapid mutation in subjects. Though haphazard, causing many failed experiments, Destin was obsessed with its potential. He realized he could surpass the gods everyone worshiped, idea which became his main motivation to keep experimenting with everything. He kept experimenting on animals, escalating his experiments little by little. Mice became weasels, weasels became foxes, foxes became wolves, wolves became bears etc. He eventually created a small army of mutant animals loyal to him and the Troll Blood. Destin, now freed from any moral restraints, wanted to experiment on humans, but refraining from doing that as he feared being caught and attacked by the villagers.

One day, however, he was discovered with the Troll Blood experiments by one villager, however, instead of an attack, soon he found himself worshiped by the entire village. As it turned out, the villagers were worshippers of the god Loki, and a legend among them told whoever was able to control the Troll Blood (believed to be blood from Loki himself) would be his incarnation. Destin took this as an advantage to keep with his experiments, and soon he got humans to use as test subjects, both from willing villagers who wanted the power of Loki inside them and other people the villagers kidnapped to supply Destin with. Destin’s experiments soon experienced great improvements. The weapons he made acquired true divinity, while he was able to improve the strength and abilities of the humans he experimented with (though some of them couldn’t withstand the changes and became horrible, deformed monstrosities). However, while his success was steady, Destin felt he was stepping in the realm of the gods way too dangerously, and knew that if they ever discovered his acts, he would be punished severely. With that, having the results from his research archived, he had his monsters kill everyone in the village, then ordered some of the monsters to kill themselves while keeping others as guardians of the pool, not leaving any trace he was ever in that village. He then secured the pool and left the destroyed village with some samples from it.

From that point onwards Destin kept traveling though the world, improving his science knowledge the best way he could. He created better weapons, new technology and even experimented with himself, discovering a way to extend his life by bathing in the Troll Blood pool after his body got accustomed to it, a process which gave him a new body anytime he bathed, effectively killing his old identity. With this, he became immortal in a sense, living through centuries and millennia, learning new technology as humans improved as a species, living discreet lives with many different identities (the last one being “Damon”), unnoticed by the gods. When the Apocalypse came, thanks to his army of troll-like monsters and divine technology, he managed to repel the supernatural invaders. However, that finally exposed it, and fearing the gods may catch him, he escaped and drained the whole pool, keeping it in a special vehicle. He kept running as a fugitive for centuries, until a mysterious, hooded creature along with a woman carrying a spear appeared before him. What he thought were gods going after him revealed to be members of a mysterious organization known as the Ministry. The hooded being (known as Illyricus) told him they discovered his experiments and wanted a capable scientist like him to work for the Ministry, offering him protection and subjects for his research. Astonished by this, Damon accepted enthusiastically, finally having a place to hide from the wrath of the gods. Upon joining, Damon didn’t waste time and quickly got to work. He created better weapons, improved the defenses of the military and even got a way to mix his Troll Blood with the Magical Elixir from the Ministry. His high success rate quickly promoted him to head scientist. He was also supplied with the worst criminals on Earth by the Ministry higher ups to continue his gruesome experiments, growing more and more ambitious by day, as his goal to surpass the gods was closer and closer…

## Abilities

**Genius Intellect**: Damon’s most dangerous weapon is his brain. Being a brilliant scientist able to draw the complete potential of the Troll Blood, he can be very creative with his usage. He specializes above all in the creation of weapons and body modification, with his body in particular being modified in ways that transcend the realm of humans.

**Godly Strength**: As a result of applying Troll Blood on his body, Damon’s physical strength surpasses that of a common human. He essentially has the strength of a troll.

**Godly Speed and Reflexes**: As a result of applying Troll Blood on his body, Damon’s speed surpasses that of a common human. He’s gracile and his fast movements with his spear are something to beware.

**Godly Durability**: As a result of applying Troll Blood on his body, Damon’s durability surpasses that of a common human. He can endure a lot of punishment, being able to resist at his maximum the impact of one of Slend’s Ikan-charged blows.

**Body Control**: Having experimented on his body so much, Damon possesses absolute control over it. He can increase or decrease his muscles at will and adapt his body to the most optimal situation depending on what he faces. This has not come without cost, however. He is almost always ravenously hungry, leading to the epithet “the Devourer.”

**Expert Blacksmith**: Thanks to his knowledge of weaponry forging and the Troll Blood, Damon can create a myriad of weapons, armors and similar armory with divine properties, as well as how to repair and fix them. His knowledge varies from medieval weapons to modern weapons such as guns, though he favors ancient weaponry.

**Regeneration**: The peak of Damon’s Troll Blood domain. Thanks to having the Troll Blood running through his veins, Damon is able to regenerate his body. The regeneration is limitless, from limbs, to organs, even his heart. The only thing he needs to keep regenerating is his brain. The weakness of this ability is either killing Damon of one attack that disintegrates him or destroying his body faster than what he can regenerate.

**Expert Analyst**: Due to his body modifications, Damon’s brain works 10 times faster than the rest of humans. Thanks to that, he can analyze his opponents and surroundings masterfully, thus devising strategies more efficiently.

**Spear Proficiency**: Though Damon has created a lot of weapons through his existence, he above all favors spears and other polearms, with his Gungnir being the strongest weapon on his arsenal. His movements with the spear are fast and precise, coupling with his complete control of his body, allows Damon to never miss a hit.

**Telekinesis**: Damon shows slight manipulation of this ability, as he can return his Gungnir back to him without physically touching it in case he loses or throws it. That’s his only level of telekinesis, however.

## Equipment

**Troll Subordinates**: Damon is accompanied into battle by his “trolls”. These are failed human experiments exposed to the Troll Blood, granting them great physical strength at the cost of foul deformities and stunted intelligence, which makes them resemble mythical trolls. Some trolls manage to retain their intelligence and are used by Damon to help him in his experiments, either by carrying heavy machinery or simply serving as Damon’s bodyguards. As all of these monstrosities were previously death row criminals who found a second chance as test subjects, they’re very loyal to Damon, being about the only Ministry inhabitants other than Illyricus and Wayne Bradley to like him.

**“Gungnir”**: Damon’s masterpiece in what refers to weapon creation. A spear (though it resembles more a bident) made from Troll Blood, which he affectionately refers to as “Gungnir”. Though not actually Odin’s weapon, it has all the might of a divine construct, slow but easily capable of crushing buildings with its thrusts. Furthermore, the spear holds a dangerous secret ability: the one to inject Troll Blood to the ones pierced by it. This infects the victims with a potent venom that instead of enhancing them like the Troll Blood usually does, gradually weakens them and their powers, allowing Damon to finish them more comfortably. If he throws the spear, it can come back to Damon via telekinesis.

**Blood Vial**: Damon’s trump card. An ornamental vial of Troll Blood he carries around his neck, the previous little that remains from that night so long ago, mixed with the mysterious elixir from the Ministry. If needed, he can drink it, truly becoming “The Devourer”, but he is reluctant to do so, loathing how uncontrollable the transformation he suffers after drinking it becomes.

## Techniques

**Ymir - Spinning Dance**: By quickly spinning through himself while carrying Gungnir, Damon unleashes a powerful gust of wind that sends everything around him flying away.

**Ymir - God’s Throw**: By charging his Gungnir with energy and uniting the two points into a single one while enhancing all the muscles from his arms to execute a perfect throw, Damon performs a powerful blow said to be able to penetrate any defense. Whether this is true or not hasn't been proven.

**The Devourer**: Damon’s ultimate technique. After eating DNA from the Ministry’s most skilled warriors (provided with his own spy network), Damon can modify his body to cellular level in order to gain their physical characteristics and perform their abilities and attacks. While he cannot perform them as well as the original owners, this makes him very versatile and able to choose between a wide variety of techniques.

So far, Damon has consumed DNA of Gary, Loki, Kuro, Bernice, Cookie, Graff, Kenji, Shen, Stick, Jotaro, Bm, Slend and Ari. DNA from Skelly was unable to be obtained due being an undead, thus not leaving behind biological traces.

**Peak of Earth**: The result of Damon drinking his blood vial. Containing both the effects of the Troll Blood and the Elixir, Damon’s body starts to experiment a painful transformation, having his body glowing violently and modifying his whole being with unexpected results.

After this, Damon emerges as a practical “perfect living being”. His body, having fully absorbed the Troll Blood, is now able to act as he desires. He can create life out of it, modify it as his will, fully adapt to any environment he’s placed in and even replicate techniques from the Ministry members (and even simply those he sees) perfectly via the combination of his keen analysis with cellular transformation. Basically, as long as something comes out of Midgard, Heaven or Helheim, he can replicate it. The only limit he has imitating are beings surpassing the divine realm like Illyricus and beings created with technology precedent from other worlds (like the Fake Heavenly Maids), as those don't come from the three realms, thus Damon’s cells cannot bind with them.

With this, Damon has practically "transcended the gods". Effectively becoming the peak of Earth and the Ministry. However, this comes with a high price if he abuses it. Due to containing so much power, Damon risks having his body deforms grotesquely, losing control out of it and becoming a monstrosity barely resembling a human. This makes Damon’s body to eventually collapse and crumble in a matter of minutes, being only able to survive by making his brain escape out of his body, a thing that leaves him unable to attack, making him vulnerable. As such, Damon prefers to not abuse this power and only limiting himself to copy techniques and win the battle as soon as possible.