Martin Toynbee

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

## Toad

### Childhood: 1980 - 1993

Mortimer was born with his large eyes and green hued skin and hair, as well as fewer fingers and toes than normal children. He was abandoned by his parents so early in his childhood that he can't remember them. He was placed in a orphanage where the other children continually tormented him, who regarded him as a freak due to his unusual features and freakish leaping ability, to say nothing about his eating habits.

Early on, he stopped using his given name Mortimer and instead used his middle name of Martin. He had rationalized that the "awful" name was evidence of his parents' contempt for him. Of course, calling himself Martin did little to cease the bullying, calling him names like Warty Morty, Wortimer, Marty McFlycatcher, and the Toynbee Toad.

Martin was so traumatized by his loneliness and the continual abuse he received that it affected his learning abilities. The teachers and administrators in the orphanage regarded Martin as mentally deficient, even though he was actually quite gifted.

### Changes: 1993

Shortly after his thirteenth birthday, after a severe beating from the children of the orphanage, Martin's mutant gene fully activated, causing his body to experience rapid changes. Martin's joints became more flexible, his legs becoming superhumanly strong, and his senses became better across the board. Martin's tongue also elongated and began to secrete a sticky resin. The pores of his hands and feet also possessed a similar secretion which allowed him to cling to walls.

The next time his fellow orphans attacked him, Martin fought back. His spit blinded one boy while his kick launched another several yards into the air. When the orphanage's nuns came out to break up the fight, Martin had the third boy suspended in the air with his tongue wrapped around the boy's neck.

Realizing what he was doing, Martin dropped the boy and fled with one powerful kick launching him to the roof of the orphanage. A few more leaps and he was at the city limits and he just kept going.

Weeks later, after some extensive damage control by Jason Wyngarde, Martin was found living in the shed of his parents, trying to build up the courage to confront them for abandoning him. Jason showed Martin his own powers and offered Martin an alternate choice. The illusionist went with Martin to confront the boy's parents and gave them the illusion that their son had grown up to be everything they had ever wanted in a child and they had made a mistake in abandoning him.

Feeling a sense of closure, Martin agreed to accompany Jason back to the States to enroll in Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.

### Gifted Youngster: 1993 - 1995

During the squad selection phase of enrollment, Martin was selected by Erik Lehnsherr. Martin was incredibly devoted to Erik as a result, looking at him as a surrogate father. An extension of this idolization extended to Erik's children. Martin became infatuated with both of Erik's daughters and came to see Warren Worthington III and Bobby Drake as his biggest competitors for the girls' affection. His rivalry with Bobby was also intensified even further by his jealousy of Bobby's friendship with Erik's son, Pietro, and the two boy's prankish behavior.

Over the summer, between the first and second years, the rivalry with Bobby and Martin cooled down. Martin even seemed to miss Bobby while he was away with his family. But by Christmas of the second year, the two were back to exchanging globs of mucus and snowballs in the school's corridors.

## Analysis

* **Mutant Level:** Martin is a Gamma-Level Mutant with Beta-Class potential.
* **Mutation - Amphibian Physiology:** Martin's physiology has a number of adaptations reminiscent of the members of the anura order of amphibians. Martin's muscles produce a significantly lower amount of fatigue toxins during physical activity. He can exert himself at peak capacity for several hours before fatigue begins to impair him. His equilibrium is enhanced to some degree and his bodily coordination and balance are enhanced to levels that are beyond the human body's natural limits. This gives him superhuman levels of stamina, agility, and reflexes.
	+ ***Leaping:*** Martin's most impressive feat is the ability to leap to heights and distances far greater than that of an ordinary human. To accomplish this, he possesses a degree of superhuman strength, particularly in his back and legs, which grants him his superior leaping abilities. In a leg-press, Martin can lift about 3,500 lbs. In a leap, he can jump 32 feet high or over sixty feet in length. If he's built up sufficient speed, he can double his high jump while tripling the distance of his long jump to almost the length of a football field.
	+ ***Augmented Speed:*** Martin can run and move at speeds that are slightly beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete, despite his abnormal size. He can run at speeds of 40 mph (64.4 km/h) for short distances, particularly if he drops down to utilize his hands as well.
	+ ***Augmented Skeleton:*** Martin's bone structure enables him greater flexibility than a human, which allows his body to absorb a great deal of kinetic energy. He can also remain in a crouching position for long periods of time and perform contortionist-type feats without causing any damage to his spine. Many of his joints are double-jointed or can be dislocated and refitted at will. This allows Martin the ability to fit into tight spaces that would be impossible for others of his size.
	+ ***Regeneration:*** Martin heals from injuries and ailments at an accelerated rate. He recovers from minor ailments, such as a cold, within hours. Broken bones heal within a matter of days. He also has the ability to regenerate severed body parts, which we learned after he caught his tongue in a wood-chipper and had to have three-quarters of his tongue amputated by a quick-thinking groundskeeper.
	+ ***Senses:*** Martin's enhanced vision allows him to see into the ultraviolet and infrared spectrum, granting him a degree of heightened night vision. However, his eyes are also sensitive to certain types of lighting.
	+ ***Prehensile Tongue:*** Martin has the ability to extend his tongue up to 30 feet in length and use it as a whip to ensnare objects and people. His tongue is superhumanly strong, capable of lifting an adult male.
	+ ***Lungs:*** Martin's lungs can expand and compress large quantities of air. He can use this to hold his breath for hours, but he usually uses it to belch with such force that he can knock a dozen people on their backs.
	+ ***Resin:*** Martin's body has a number of glands which produce a sticky resin. These glands are in his mouth, hands, and feet. The resin makes his toes, fingers, and tongue extremely sticky to the point he can stick to almost any surface, climbing walls with extreme ease. He can also spit the resin to blind or otherwise impair his targets.
* **Expertise - Thief:** Martin's background and natural agility make him an extremely skilled pickpocket. He loves to use this skill to taunt his friends.
* **Subservient Personality:** Martin is extremely vulnerable to certain kinds of peer pressure.

### Threat Assessment

* **Might:** 4 - Superhuman
* **Acumen:** 3 - Learned
* **Speed:** 4 - Superhuman
* **Tactical:** 4 - Experienced Fighter
* **Energy:** 0 - None
* **Resilience:** 4 - Regenerative
	+ **TOTAL:** 42
	+ **RANKING:** Exceptional

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* Martin was recruited on June 17th, 1993 at the age of 13.
* His best subjects are Auto Mechanics and Electronics.

### Notes

* Martin Toynbee resides in Subsidiary-Reality M, within Murum Locus.
* Toad is a character originating from *Marvel Comics*.
* His alias of Todd Tolensky and having a crush with Wanda are nods to the *X-Men: Evolution* animated series incarnation.

## Gallery

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## Cerebro Files

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