Frankenstein's monster

Frankenstein's monster, often improperly called Frankenstein which was his creator's name, is a fictional character from Mary Shelley's novel *Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus* published in 1818*.*

## Biography

The monster (sometimes refered to as "Adam" due to a comparison he makes between himself and the biblical character) is an artificialy created human.

His creator was the brilliant 18th century scientist Victor Frankenstein, who through his research discovered a process allowing to grant life to a bein made of dead body parts. While he never detail this process in the novel, for fear that someone might try to imitate him, it clearly involves gatering human and animal body parts (as Frankenstein claims to have visited slaughterhouses for raw material as well as dissection labs), crafting the creature from it and bringing the result to life somehow.

In a fit of hubris Frankenstein decided to use his scientific breakthrough to create a perfect human, one that would be stronger, faster, more resilient, more intelligent, and more beautiful than any other, and use this specimen to gain the aclaim of the scientific community. However while Frankenstein succeded in most regards, he failled to make his creation beautiful, instead making a misshapen being fit only to be called one word : a monster.

Disgusted Frankenstein abandoned his toddler-like creature, expecting it to die, and never made another attempt, having realised the folly of trying to play god whith life and death. But the monster didn't die : he managed to feed himself and, thanks to his vast intelligence, learned to speak and act as a human. But wherever he went, he would be mistreated due to his repulsive appearance, being chassed away by mobs and even shot almost dead after saving a little girl from drowning.

Unsurprisingly this treatment made the monster into a lonely misanthrope, resenting humanity for the way he was treated and, most of all, his creator for making him the way he was.

He eventually tracked down Victor, murdering his brother (and indirectly his maid, as he frammed her for the murder and she was executed), his father, and his best friend before confronting him, demanding Frankenstein made him a bride to solve his loneliness in exchange leaving with her and never troubling anyone again. At first Victor complied with the monster's request but, half way through, realized that the monster's progeny would inevitably grow in number, causing the doom of mankind in the long run. He therefore made the decision to go back on his deal, destroying the unfinished bride. The monster avenged himself by stangling Victor's own bride on his wedding day.

Having lost everything the scientist swore revenge on his creation, hunting it down all the way to the north pole where he finally died of exposure and exaustion. This prompted the remorseful monster to commit suicide by self-immolation.

## Appearance

The monster is 8 feet tall (2.4 meters) and present a frightning aspect. His skin is a sickly yellow with bulging black veins and covered in stitches, his features, clearly belonging to different peoples, do not match harmononiously with each other the way they should, instead looking uncanny. The monster's watery eyes are said multiple times to be his most distubin feature though the reason why is never explained.

The monster dresses in rags and stollen clothes, having no access to normal clothing.

## Behaviour

Frankenstein's monster is very verbose, prone to break into speaches about the pain of his condition to anyone who will listen (which few do). At first he is shown to be social and even benevolent, often trying to win humanity's approval by doing good deeds.

After a few disapointment too many however the monster become misanthropic and vengeful, avaoiding people he doesn't know and cruelly avenging any persived wrong done to him, even killing inocent peoples to do so.

## Characteristics

* Strength : the monster is much stronger than a man, able to break chains an even destroy a wood cotage with his bare hands.
* Resilience : the monster is far sturdier than a human, able to survive injuries that whoul be fatal to a normal person, like a gunshot.
* Healling factor : the monster can recover from virtually any injury that doesn't kill him outright at a much faster rate than a human, though it still takes long periods of time for severe injuries. In addition he heals at a cellular level meaning it should be possible to reattach lost limbs if done fast enough, though not growing them back.
* Speed : the monster is capable of running 4 times faster than a human, as fast as a flying eagle.
* Intelligence : the monster possess a vast inttelect, able to learn to speak and read in under a month and outsmarting his creator, himself a scientific genius, several times.
* Stealth : the monster is very adept at moving stealthily, a skill he demonstrates multiple times in the novel.

## Gear

* Guns : the novel mentions the monster acquiring guns (given the time period black powder one shot firearms) though he is never shown to use these and his proficiency is thus unknown.

## Weaknesses

* Fire : as it destroys the body at a cellular level, fire is able to negate the monster's healing, hence the monster's choice of self-immolation as a suicide method.