Galgalliel

**Galgalliel**, born **Stas Belov**, is a Georgian-Russian spec-ops soldier working for and cybernetically enhanced by Exarch. He works alongside fellow—though further altered—cyborg Gadavalunela as part of a special operations unit under the command of Executor Oberon of the Executor Council.

Galgalliel originates from the Soviet Union of Shard-5, a universe similar to Shard-256 in that it is home to many super-powered humans. These beings, known as superhumans, are mutants created by an alien particle that has spread throughout Earth's atmosphere. Galgalliel was a superhuman spy who specialised in sabotage and assassination.

After being inducted into one of Exarch's black-ops teams, Galgalliel became a much more versatile combat unit.

## Biography

### Early Life

Stas Belov was born in 1932, in the Georgian SSR of Shard-5 to a Russian father and an especially devout Orthodox Christian Georgian mother. When Belov was only seven years old, his father joined the Red Army. While enlisted, his father was exposed to the Tunguska particle and turned into a superhuman, becoming an especially notable Soviet super soldier who would prove to be invaluable during the Great Patriotic War.

At a young age, while his father was making the Red Army's super soldiers proud, Belov was mutated by the Tunguska particle, granting him the power of intangibility. He was taken by the Soviet Union once his powers became known of and too much for his mother to handle, though he still retained some memories of his parents, especially his mother.

Under Soviet ward, Belov was trained to be a spy and, once he was old enough, was made part of the State Security Service of Georgia. Later on, in 1954 and after the KGB's forming, he would join the State Security Service's replacement, the KGB of the Georgian SSR. By 1956 he had transferred to the KGB proper.

### Joining Exarch

While on a mission to assassinate a dissenting military figure in a Soviet military installation in Kazakhstan, Belov was approached by Executor Oberon; Exarch had taken notice of his skills. Over the course of the next few years, Oberon tracked down and met with Belov no matter where he went and would, over time, introduce the idea of and convince him to join Exarch.

### Exarch Spec-ops

Belov, now known as Galgalliel, became a valuable asset for the Executor Council. He and his teammate Gadavalunela carried out many a mission for Oberon and his fellow Executors, becoming more and more technologically advanced as they did. By present day, almost half of Galgalliel's body had been replaced with cybernetics.

#### Mission to Shard-1138

Galgalliel and Gadavalunela were sent to eliminate a group of gangsters from Shard-77 who had managed to get a hold of an Exarch Agent's multitool, using it to travel to Shard-1138 and massacre an entire Galactic Republic space station. Their mission was a success, with the multitool being retrieved and the gangsters on the station being eliminated.

Unbeknownst to the spec-ops, however, a group of the gangsters had left the station prior to their arrival. These gangsters had constructed a device and delivered it to a group of Sith who, upon being given the machine, killed the remaining gangsters.

#### Mission to Shard-76

The spec-ops team returned to Tionis Prime to deliver the multitool to Executor Oberon. After a short discussion regarding the agent the gangsters had killed, Agent Pandora, Oberon gave the two soldiers their next assignment. They were to travel to Shard-76 to deal with a demon who had escaped Shard-49 and begun wreaking havoc throughout the post-apocalyptic Earth.

Following a brief encounter with Executor Eudaimonia, Galgalliel and Gadavalunela arrived at Shard-76, landing in the middle of nowhere. After receiving the demon's coordinates, however, the two embarked on a long trek across the wastes, ending up in the ruins of a small town. They drew out the demon named Rath by torturing an innocent soul, letting him run away after the acid-spitting creature from Shard-49 revealed itself. After a small standoff and attempt at pretending to be demons, the demon and a gang of raiders it had joined up with were killed and the stolen multitool was retrieved.

#### Mission to Shard-22

After a brief return to Tionis Prime to hand the multitool in to Oberon, the cyborg duo were assigned their next mission: kill the traitorous Agent Silver who had been selling Exarch technology to organizations around the multiverse. They entered a portal to Shard-22 and ended up in an alleyway in the city of Metropolis, the capital of the superhero regime in the Shard. The two cyborgs enabled their cloaking devices and lowered their temperatures to avoid detection by both normal sight and thermal cameras and began their infiltration of the Hall of Justice.

Galgalliel and Gadavalunela were able to track Silver to the basement of the building, where he was bargaining with a member of the regime, Sinestro. After quickly dispatching of the rogue Exarch, the two engaged in combat with Sinestro, the bearer of a Yellow Power Ring, and the troopers of the regime. After Galgalliel evaded most of his attacks, Sinestro summoned the cyborg's deepest fear. It manifested itself as a monstrous mechanical beast and an overlooking military officer, the beast representing Galgalliel's fear of further cybernetic enhancement and the officer representing his fear of the authorities that command him.

Gadavalunela was next to be subject to the Power Ring's abilities, but, as it feared nothing, tore into a bewildered Sinestro. After slaying the Yellow Lantern, his constructs disappeared. After Galgalliel tended to his wounds, and as Gadavalunela was about to retrieve the stolen Exarch tech, the leader of Intercircle, Sinoptic, entered the basement. The duo battled with the cyborg, but were forced to retreat, in the process leaving Agent Silver's multitool behind but still reclaiming the rest of the Exarch tech taken by Silver.

#### Mission to Shard-1995

After a short break in which the cyborgs discussed Exarch, the spec-ops team debriefed Oberon on their mission's successes and failures. Oberon, after looking at the footage recorded by the cyborg's systems, came to the conclusion that the cyborg they encountered was based off of an old Exarch design for a cyborg known as Proctor, a precursor to the current team. Using the weakness of the old Proctor design, the team's next assignment was decided: overload Sinoptic's senses and capture him.

Shortly thereafter, Sinoptic was lured to Shard-1995 via a decoy signal. Galgalliel and Gadavalunela swiftly captured it, with the former using a flashbang-firing machine gun to shock Sinoptic's systems and the latter taking advantage of his dazed state by placing an audio-visual stimulation device onto his head. Sinoptic was quickly captured and sent to an Exarch holdbase in Zelta Space.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Superhuman Physiology:** Galgalliel was born receptive to the Tunguska particle and, soon enough, turned into a superhuman. He was quickly inducted into a training program by the Soviet Union and became one of its top spies.
	+ **Intangibility:** Galgalliel was able to make his entire body pass through physical objects, a power that was exceptionally useful for someone specialized in tradecraft. Galgalliel's robotic alterations, however, have made this power impractical to use; his cybernetics, upon the power's activation, would drop to the floor. However, if it is used carefully, and localised to a specific part of his biological body, his superpower may yet prove itself useful, though he will never be able to use it to pass his entire body through things.
* **Exarch Augmentation:** Galgalliel, as a result of his unique place in Exarch's hierarchy, has been given specially selected and designed cybernetics in order to further his usefulness to the Executor Council. These cybernetic enhancements are not without consequences, however, as they have made Galgalliel's superpowers near impossible to use and brought him unending mental torment.
	+ **Cybernetic Legs:** Galgalliel's legs have been improved with sturdy robotic replacements. They can survive and absorb impacts most lifeforms could not and have improved mobility. Only the lower half of his left leg has been replaced.
	+ **Cybernetic Arm:** As is the case with his legs, Galgalliel's right arm has been replaced with one that is far more durable, far stronger and far faster.