Scorpios

> "I am Scorpios, the greatest villain of all! Allow me to show you to the table."
>
> ~Scorpios to **Reinhardt**

## Summary

**Scorpios**, formerly known as **Hector Kirkland**, is the Primary Antagonist of the Second Book of *Reaper*.

## Appearance

As Hector Kirkland, Scorpios appeared to have dark, greyish brown hair and pale skin with amber eyes, and was a relatively skinny man. He was seen wearing black clothing.

As Scorpios, he is golden and grey with a Pierrot-like collar around his neck and antennae-like ears protruding upwards from either side of his head. He has red lens eyes and a golden mask hiding his glossy white face and yellow eyes. He wears pauldrons and a skirt that give a more Bardic or Noble appearance to him, and belted black leather boots. He also has machine guns and missile launchers on his forearms, and wears a black and gold cape.

## Personality

Scorpios is flamboyant, charismatic, and rather friendly for a villain. He acknowledges his status as a villain and revels in it, wanting to be the 'greatest villain of all time', which he thinks can only be done by destroying the Earth and ruling over whatever is left of humankind.

Though trusting, he is also careful with his followers, and uses various devices to ensure that they are incapable of betraying him should they ever attempt it. He also has a major inferiority complex and superiority complex, both brought out by his less than ideal upbringing. He tries to ally with others with similar upbringings.

## Powers and Abilities

**Cyborg Physiology:** Scorpios is 98.53% bionic, and as such doesn't need to eat or sleep, but does need to rest. His body is covered in armor plating and he has outfitted himself with a number of weapons:

* **Machine Guns:** Scorpios has machine guns on both forearms. These were powerful enough to fire hundreds of holes through Teremto in seconds.
* **Missile Launchers:** Scorpios has missile launchers on both forearms.
* **Wrist Blades:** Scorpios has wrist blades on both forearms.
* **Rocket Thrusters:** Scorpios has rocket thrusters on his feet, forearms and back, which allow him to fly.
* **Laser Guns:** Scorpios has laser guns on both forearms.

**Dark Matter Manipulation:** Scorpios' Mutation is the ability to control Dark Matter like clay, with his mind and gestures. This is why he kept his face, as with his ability, he can create various powerful constructs that are nigh-indestructible. His most used constructs are his sword, shield and forcefield.

**Genius Level Intellect:** Scorpios is a master of technology and well-versed in the arcane. He is an expert fighter and strategist and he was able to keep tabs on all his allies and develop counters to all their abilities.

**Expert Swordsman:** Scorpios is an expert at swordsmanship, easily outplaying even **Charlotte Nechita** in this regard.

## Trivia

1. Scorpios is visually inspired by **Deviot** from *Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy*, the rest of his character is a homage to **Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz** from *Phineas & Ferb*.
	1. Incidentally, Scorpios also shares his name with **Scorpius**, the Main Antagonist for the first part of *Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy*. This is unintentional but a funny coincidence.
2. Scorpios is likely the most sympathetic antagonist in the series when not counting redeemed antagonists like **Midgard** and **Marcus Clayton**.
3. Unlike **Adam Troy Ross**, who had no real motif to fit, Scorpios fits the motif of his Book (Cyborgs, robots and technology in general) rather well, being a scientist who converted himself into a cyborg to survive.
4. Scorpios is objectively superior to Adam in a fight when only talking about the books in which they were the main antagonists, as Adam actually lost most of his fights with Charlotte while Scorpios casually defeated her in their fights. Adam is likely still a superior strategist and manipulator however.
	1. Conversely, Scorpios is likely inferior to the current Adam, **Daniel Cross**, **Blackhound** and **Phoenix Griffin**, who all fought and somewhat held their own against Charlotte's Bloodlusted State, though all four lost to it. Scorpios, meanwhile, never fought this state except inside his mech, **Fadepawe**, which is not part of his standard arsenal, though in the mech he did defeat the Bloodlusted State, proving its superiority to the characters mentioned above.