Overgrowth

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## Meta

> "*Two arms, two hooves, one tail, all good!*"
> ― Overgrowth immediately before realizing he had grown wings, Season 4
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## Appearance

In his original human form, Grayson was an average-looking human boy, with brown hair and eyes, and an overall gangly build.

After being abducted and transformed by Oleandra Hemlock, he developed a more lithe body shape, with even more gangly arms and digitigrade legs ending in hooves. His skin became a dark amber, and he had small green leaves growing like a mantle on the upper part of his chest, shoulders, and down his back. Similar leafy patches wrapped around his forearms and his ankles leading up to his hooves. His face is round, but with a sharp chin, and his eyes are an unnatural emerald green. He had two small horns extending from his forehead, his ears became long and pointed, and rather than hair he had more of those leaves. He has a long thin tail with a tuft of leaves like fur at the end. He later grew large wings made of leaves and branches from his back. His monstrous form, "swolvergrowth" manifests as a giant satyr creature with a muscular wooden body and enlarged horns.

After connecting to the Zodiac Tree in the Season 4 finale to defeat the giant Bishop robot, Overgrowth took on a more bestial appearance. He grew to 6'3", with clawed hands, ram-like horns, a shaggy mane of leaves in place of his former hair-like growth, and pronounced canines. The leaves on his body became much more shaggy and unkempt, giving it the appearance of fur.

## Powers

Overgrowth's forced transformation into a human/fae hybrid granted him numerous powers, which have evolved over time. When he first joined the big team, his primary powers were a superhuman agility and jumping power, and the ability to control plants. He does require a seed or existing plant in order to use these abilities. He cannot *speak* to plants unless they are already sapient, but he can get a general sense of an area by extending his perception out to nearby plant life.

Following his first confrontation with Oleandra, his powers evolved, granting him large plant wings strong enough to carry him and up to two other passengers, and the ability to transform into a large, monstrous satyr form known as "swolvergrowth". This body has exceptional strength and defensive abilities, however, he is unable to speak when in this form.

## Background

### Pre-Big Team

Grayson was a decidedly normal teenager prior to his transformation. Shy, quiet, and a bit meek, he was an active member of Big High's gardening club and generally kept his head down, finding plants easier to work with than people. It was while gardening that he came in contact with a girl he he had never met before but felt that she was part of the gardening club. She lured him into a portal to Avalon, and revealed herself to be a Dryad. She forcibly transformed Grayson, telling him she was making "improvements".

After two agonizing hours, he managed to escape her by going through another portal back to Halcyon. Upon his return, he found out that while in Avalon only two hours had passed, two years had passed on Earth.

### Post-Big Team

Overgrowth joined Big Team about six months after his return, at the urging of his sister. While unsure at first, he quickly found acceptance among the team and a new confidence as a hero, though this created significant tension with his parents, especially his father. He even took part in the mission to save the adult heroes from the Dataverse, helping to land the finishing blow on Piedmon.

Like the rest of the team, he frequently found himself in conflict with Bishop, though it was quickly revealed that this was more personal to him than he thought. As it turned out, Oleandra Hemlock, the dryad who transformed him, had been on Bishop's payroll. It was after his first confrontation with Oleandra that he developed his new powers, furthering the tension with his family. He also found himself often going to the defense of the Zodiac Tree, which he felt an odd kinship with, as they were both out of place in Halcyon.

At the end of season 4, he took part in the battle to defend the Zodiac Tree from the giant robot Bishop had developed with the intent to destroy it and harvest its sap. Upon seeing that Oleandra was present, he reached out to the Zodiac tree and joined forces with it, creating a giant body from the tree's roots. He defeated Oleandra, then destroyed the mech, inadvertently creating a fae forest on Halcyon's coast and destroying the abandoned warehouse district.

## Relationships

### Family

**Gregory Lake**

Gregory was overjoyed to have his son home but became fixated on returning him to normal. He was against Grayson returning to school until this was accomplished, and skeptical of him joining the Big Team. Though he relented on both counts, he didn't stop pushing for finding a "cure" for his son, eventually finding an experimental treatment in New Jersey and trying to convince Grayson to leave Halcyon to pursue it.

This came to a head when, after the Season 4 finale and Overgrowth's second transformation, he told his father on no uncertain terms that he would not be putting his life on hold until he was human again, assuming it was even possible. His father replied that he "just wanted his son back", which deeply hurt Gray. His father was sent from the room, and Overgrowth has refused to speak to him since.

**Shawna Lake**

Unlike her husband, Shawna was preoccupied with returning life to normal for her son, pushing down her own feelings and just trying to have everything go back to the way it was. This was, of course, an unhealthy coping mechanism, and Overgrowth eventually told her that it was okay for her not to be totally okay with how things were, and all that mattered to him was that she tries to adapt. The two reconciled and she promised to try, and to speak to his father on his behalf.

**Evelyn "Evie" Lake**

Evelyn is Grayson's younger sister, though after his time displacement she is now technically a few months older than him, a fact they both find both strange and hilarious. The siblings are extremely close, and it was at her behest that Overgrowth joined the Big Team. However, he did chafe a bit at her insistence that he accept his new form right away. He has spoken to her about it, and she has agreed to not be so pushy.

### Friends

**Whiz**

One of Overgrowth's very first friends on the Big Team. They joined around the same time, and have worked together several times. Overgrowth has found it easy to speak to Whiz about his insecurities about his transformation and becoming a hero.

**Bolt**

Overgrowth has developed strong protective feelings towards Bolt, not unlike those of a sibling. They first met on the Dataverse mission, and have worked together many times since. While sometimes exhausted by Bolt's chaotic nature, he's always happy to hang out with him and keep him out of trouble as best he can.

**Whisper**

Like Bolt, Overgrowth met Whisper during the dataverse mission, and the two have worked together frequently since then. He has immense respect for Whisper for a multitude of reasons, and the two have bonded over their experiences with the Zodiac Tree. It was Whisper who assuaged his fears about his new transformation after the Season 4 finale, and gave him the courage to confront his father directly.

**The Weatherman**

Overgrowth has worked with The Weatherman a few times since joining the team, and the two get along well.

**Verve**

While they have not worked together as teammates often, Overgrowth was friends with Atalanta before joining the team and often provides her with fresh produce for her cupcakes.

Eddie

 Grayson was at the poetry slam when the Big Team met Eddie, and the two hit it off very quickly, and he started developing feelings for the poet while helping him settle into life at the base. While he didn't act on them at first due to the belief that his sister still had a crush on the half-gargoyle, a little nudging on her part lead to Grayson asking him out. The two have been boyfriends for a few weeks now, and while they had a major fight following a confrontation with Iconoclast, their relationship emerged that much stronger for it. (Sprig and a Stone)

While he wants Eddie to give his powers at least a chance, Grayson is fully supportive of Eddie's desire to remove his gargoyle half and is actively looking for a way to do that, as well as to better protect him from Yamato

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