Vert Wheeler

**Vert Wheeler** is the human Make driver and member of the Teku and the younger brother of Clover Wheeler.

## Appearance

Vert is a young white man with spiky blonde hair, blue eyes, and a goatee. He wears a dark blue tanktop, a white jacket with blue highlights, all branded with Teku logos. He wears dark blue cargo pants with light blue highlights and white shoes.

## Personality

A prominent skateboarder and surfer before he became a racer, he is often very cocky and overzealous. He is a skilled driver, winning the World Race and the Ultimate Race although doubting himself inbetween. Vert cares a lot for his family and is oblivious to his sister’s secret as a spy.

## Biography

### Acceleracers

Vert, along with the Teku, along with their rivals the Metal Maniacs. Vert meets Gig and decides to postpone the race. Vert along with the Teku and Metal Maniacs drive to the abandoned Tezla's Cube and Vert reunites with Kadeem, while also meeting another team of racers calling themselves the Burners. Kadeem leads them all to the Acceledrome and is briefed on the state of the Wheel of Power and the rising threat, the Racing Drones. Upon learning about the situation, he meets Lani Tam who is working to help Tezla and the teams, suddenly the holographic copy of the Wheel of Power activates, Vert and all the drivers set up for the race and enter through the portal where it will take them into the pocket dimensions known as the Racing Realms. The dimension they entered was the Storm Realm and found it way beyond anything he ever experienced from Highway 35, and also much more dangerous with the lightning storms and the encounter with the Racing Drones. Teamed up with Mike Chilton, the leader of the Burners to take out one of them, but discovered they had strange bizarre powers and thrown off the track, fortunately he landed on another below and got separated. On his way, he spotted Kadeem’s car and tried to rescue him using a grappling hook, but failed and to his horror the parachute was destroyed by a Racing Drone and fell to his unknown fate.

Despite his attempts to try and rescue him after the race was over, Lani warned him of the time limit they were on and had barely time to save Kadeem. He barely escaped with just half of his car, but also had a Racing Drone thst clung onto his vehicle and brought back with him by the upper torso and arms, attacked him but destroyed it with Karma Ramming into it. With most of their cars tolled and damaged, the drivers needed to be prepared for the next realm and received extra help from both Maniacs: Tork Maddox and Porkchop, the Teku: Nolo Pasaro and Shirako Takamoto.

The next realm was selected and was in his new car, the *Power Rage*, the Swamp Realm and had about 1 hour to complete it, the tracks were difficult with the moss and living vines snaring up many drivers, Vert himself was included when suddenly approached by the Vehicon General Obsidian, who somehow knew of his father, Jack Wheeler but was overwhelmed but the vines. Nolo won the race and an Accelecharger, all the drivers were freed but his car was heavily damaged and got a lift from Shirako to return to the Acceledrome.

Vert took in the next Racing Realm that was the Lava Realm and raced against the Drones while dealing with the overwhelming heat that was causing problems to their tires. He saved Taro’s life before he could fall into lava lake using a grappling hook and pulled him out with some help.

After the race, the teams received new upgrades for their cars with the new EDR (Emergency Driver Return) and the changeable tires from the ones of the destroyed drones they brought back with them form the Lava Realm, they discovered more about the new types called Vehicons built with military machines and combat against stronger foes while also serve to prevent opponents from interfering with the Racing Drones. Much stronger and intelligent with the generals controlling them as confirmed from his previous encounter with one of them. Concerned for Kadeem and hoping to rescue him someday, Vert had to focus on the racing realms to complete in hopes to find him.

Vert was selected for the next realm called the Water Realm, it was somewhat a fortunate turn fo an event when he was able to make it the fastest time after discovered a hyperpod, but his overconfidence cost him the race and the destruction of his car but was able to use the EDR to make a safe return.

#### Breaking Point

After multiple failures Vert begins to doubt himself, and decides to quit. He drives back to Beverly Hills on an motorcycle when it was suddenly snowing and surprising visit from his sister, Clover Wheeler. After some reflecting and a conversation with his father, Vert returns just in time to race in the Junk Realm.

### The Ultimate Race

After he injures his leg in the Ruins Realm, Vert chooses to stay in the Acceledrome with the Burners instead while the others go on a mission to save Markie. This turns out to be a good decision as they predicted Gelorum invades the Acceledrome and obtains all of the Accelechargers and begins the Ultimate Race, with Mike as the only available driver, both had to go into the realms after her using the *Reverb*. Passing through each realm using the skills while Gelorum used the Accelecharger to complete the Racing Reakms until reaching the Sphere, he crashing the *Reverb* into her car, but she was able to reach first place by a slight margin, but the Acceleron at the end of the track says that because Vert and Mike used only their skills to drive in the race, proclaiming them as the real winners of the test. The Acceleron then makes The two an Acceleracer and flips *Reverb* back on its wheels. They chose to go back and to aide their friends instead of going with the Acceleron, taking all of the Accelechargers along with the wisdom circle. Returning to the Acceledrome, Vert helps the others fight off the Drones and manages to escape before the building collapsed. However, when Vert enters the portal, he arrives mysteriously at the Silencerz headquarters, and is subsequently captured by them. There, he learns that the lead driver for the team is in fact his father.

## Background Information

Vert is the main protagonist of the Hotwheels animated series *World Race* and the movie sequels *Acceleracers*. Another version of him being on an alternate animated series *Battleforce 5.*

## Trivia

* In the GrimmFall verse, Vert is made related to Clover, a character from Totally Spies as the youngest sibling and his mother is Stella due to the changes,