Brock Denisovich

**Brock Denisovich** (**Брок Денисович**) is a behemoth Russian mercenary and the former powerhouse henchman of Hans Kelvmer. He was later hired by Matthew Drake as an enforcer.

## Biography

### Infiltrating the FBI

Brock impersonated a Boston detective partnered with FBI Agent McDelle when he followed him to question Jason Kade at his home in mid-September 2019. After listening to his questions and getting the information he needed, he snapped McDelle's neck and engaged in a fierce brawl with Kade and his superhuman roommate, Ben Jacobson.

Brock easily dominated Kade in fisticuffs, but he was quickly subdued by Jacobson's raw superhuman strength. Brock's sniper shot Jacobson in the shoulder from afar, through the window, with a power-dampening round to weaken him.

Kade resumed his fight with Brock, briefly gaining the upper hand, but Brock ultimately defeated him with his superior blunt force trauma. He then made his way out of Kade's home.

Brock later fought Kade again, along with the cyborg Jax.

In the fall, Brock fought Kade seemingly one final time, and in the end he was arrested by the police after he was left unconscious by Jacobson.

### Escape from Prison

Brock survived in prison, and returned to Neo Arcadia in late March 2020 and was hired by Hans Kelvmer of Earth-3 to attack Kade and Jacobson once again. He found them after they had dispatched two henchmen, who he quickly killed with his pistol. He was originally going to spare Kade until he attempted to shock him into unconsciousness, but he resisted, and a fight ensued between him, Kade, and Jacobson.

The Russian withstood many blows and was eventually defeated by their teamwork, and they were going to call the police, but Kade changed his mind after realizing he was not the true enemy and asked Jacobson to call off the cops. Kade then healed him, despite being weakened by Brock strangling him during the fight, much to Brock's surprise. Out of gratitude, he took the corpses of the henchmen out of the house.

Brock later returned to put Reverie out of commission, even causing her to suffer from amnesia during their fight.

He returned again to work with Captain 917 to hold Lincoln Grace captive, although he was quickly defeated by Almanac and Grace was rescued by Tiresias and Infinite Mythos. Brock and the Captain surrendered to Officer Einfrieren, much to Almanac's suspicion.

## Personality

*"You're playing a dangerous game, Jason."
"I'm a dangerous man. Does he, have an office?"
"Hhhh... you remind me a lot of him."*
—Emilia and Jason Kade
Brock is a cold and ruthless henchman. He spent a great deal of his life in the Russian Mafia, and grew to have no remorse or guilt because of he was taught that all his victims deserve only pain and death. However, he seems to respect enemies who can last for long periods of time, as he vocally expressed respect for Kade's endurance and was even gracious when he called off the cops on him.

Emilia stated that Brock shares traits with Jason Kade, chiefly stubbornness and a fighter mentality.

According to Hans Kelvmer of Earth-3, Brock is not the kind of man to settle down and get married.

## Physical Appearance

Brock is a massive, towering Caucasian blond man. He is very muscular, and his physical mass is all the more apparent when compared to slimmer athletes like Almanac. Brock, after being in the Russian Mafia, covered most of his torso and arms in ink tattoos. He wears a tight white shirt to show his muscles and prefers white mostly to show the blood stains from his victims as a trophy.

## Abilities

*"He's not just a beast that has a neck that goes up to the back of his ears... he's got skills."*
—Almanac
* **Peak Human Condition:** Brock's physical abilities are beyond extraordinary; an accomplished powerhouse athlete, Jason Kade had difficulty competing with his speed, power, stamina, cunning, and toughness. His physical mass is so great that Lincoln Grace mistook him for a yeti. Moris Walther believed Brock to be a super-soldier. He had attained one of the most muscular physiques one of the world, leading Kade to assume that he used high purity anabolic steroids. He has been compared to a Russian Arnold Schwarzenegger.
	+ **Peak Human Strength:** Brock's incredible upper body strength is almost monstrous. He is capable of lifting 475 pounds (216 kilograms), and as such he easily snapped Agent McDelle's neck in five places (according to Detective Anthony Sweyer's police report), which requires a force of up to 1,500 newtons/337 pounds of force. He is also strong enough to break human bones, which have a tensile strength of 150 megapascals/21,755.7 psi, as he broke Jason Kade's ribs several times because he can generate incredible amounts of power in his fists from a close distance. He is strong enouhg to swing around a full-grown human being like a children's toy. Brock dominated Kade's physical strength, and he even overpowered a weakened Ben Jacobson. He later proved strong enough to trade blows with Jax and his superhumanly strong cybernetic arm, and managed to stagger Jacobson with blows to his side during his third fight with Kade. During this fight, he also effortlessly lifted Kade into the air with one arm and slammed him onto the floor, twice. Detective Sweyer referred to him as "Hans' greatest muscle" in his police report. When he returned in late March 2020, he was able to contend with a stronger Jacobson, and also crushed Kade's windpipe by strangling him. After the fight, he carried two grown men at the same time. Brock's greatest feat of strength was overturning Leah Caverly's car, which weighed nearly two tons. He also beat her up and caused her temporary amnesia. By the time of the Neo Arcadian Cold War, however, his strength has slightly diminished.
	+ **Peak Human Durability:** Brock is highly durable by human standards, as he was barely fazed by Kade's strikes (except for the kicks delivered to his abdominal region and sides), but far more impressively, he quickly returned to his feet after being knocked down and into a wall by Jacobson. His physical resilience is so great that he was back on his feet moments after being thrown through a wall by Kade. Brock later tanked several punches from Jax's superhumanly strong cybernetic arm, and continued fighting on his feet after having his knee kicked with immense force by Jacobson during his third fight with Kade. Brock's absurd mass of muscle and huge neck absorb impacts to his torso and head in combat, which allows him to remain standing even after receiving immense amounts of heavy blunt force trauma. He remained conscious after Kade held a stun gun on him for several seconds, and was unfazed when he broke a chair over him. He also was struck in the knee with a weight plate by Jacobson, but he continued to move with a mere limp.
	+ **Peak Human Stamina:** Brock has a high amount of endurance, as he was able to exert himself for a long period of time during his fights with Kade and Jacobson.
	+ **High Pain Tolerance:** Brock has an extremely high threshold for pain. This allowed him to withstand the extensive injuries he received from the superhumanly strong Jacobson and continue to fight.

*"No one has fought me three times and lived."*
—Brock Denisovich to Jason Kade
* **Expert Combatant:** Brock is an extremely competent hand-to-hand combatant. His fighting style consists of Professional Wrestling, Boxing, Muay Thai, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Not only was he able to fight against Almanac and Sentinel simultaneously, but he defeated them with his blunt force trauma and minor capacity for technique, albeit the latter was weakened by a sniper's bullet. Brock also engaged in a prolonged duel with the superhuman cyborg, Jax, though he was ultimately defeated. He demonstrated a solid defense during his third fight with Jason Kade, and only lost due to Steel Sentinel choking him out unconscious. After escaping prison, Brock returned and fought Kade and Jacobson simultaneously, appearing to have picked up some more brutal techniques from behind bars, such as punches to the throat. Brock also defeated Leah Caverly and demonstrated proficiency in grappling with Lincoln Grace.
* **Expert Marksman:** Due to his time in the mafia, Brock is an expert with firearms. Using his sidearm, he shot two henchmen in the head. He also shot Ben Jacobson's phone out of his hand.
* **Bilingualism:** Brock speaks his native Russian and fluent English, albeit with a thick East Slavic accent.

## Techniques

* **Kimura Lock:** Brock grabs his enemy's left wrist with his right hand and then placing his left arm around his enemy's arm while he holds onto his own wrist.
* **Mata Leão:** Brock used a chokehold on Lincoln before he and Captain 917 were arrested by Officer Einfrieren.

## Equipment

### Weaponry

* **Glock:** Brock's sidearm is a Glock. He used it to shoot Ben's phone out of his hand in late March 2020, as well as to shoot two henchmen in the head. However, he was soon disarmed by Kade.
* **Brass Knuckles:** Brock owns several pairs of brass knuckles.
* **Knives:** Brock also carries knives.
* **Pliers:** Brock carries a pair of steel pliers, usually to torture his victims for amusement or for interrogation.

## Relationships

Allies* Hans Kelvmer † - Employer
* Captain 917
* Matthew Drake
	+ Jason Kade
	+ Ben Jacobson
	+ Leah Caverly
* FBI
	+ McDelle † - Victim
* Jax
* Tiresias
* Infinite Mythos