Invictus

"*Listen to me **now** because I **will not** repeat myself. This is your **warning**. I will protect this planet because it is my home. I will defend your species because **my family** is among you. And all I want...is this island. Its people. Its technology. [...] This land is **mine**. This is your **first and final warning**. Never come back. Because if you do...you will **know my wrath**.*"
—Invictus claims dominion over Sorna[src]

**V'el Aeval**, raised as **Brandon Black**, is the protagonist of *Invictus*. He is the son of former Emperor of Viltrixia V'el Flurno and his consort M'xel Soloa, and the rightful heir to the Viltrixia Empire. Following the coup d'état that overthrew his family, the young prince was set in a rocket into the cosmos, eventually crash-landing on Earth where he was raised by Martha and Joseph Black in Pacifica, Oregon. After discovering his innate superhuman powers he aimed to become a superhero called **Invictus**. Despite his objective to embrace heroism, he is forced to counter this with his extremely violent tendencies, forcing him to stradle the line between hero and villain. While still learning the full extent of his powers, Brandon was forced to face a hive of sentient insects, the Akrid, that had been sent by Emperor E'il Thoros to slay him, destroying Pacifica in what became known as the Pacifica Incident.

Ten years later, Invictus reluctantly collaberated with the U.S military in analysing Akrid DNA, only for his blood to be stolen and used on Sergeant Mitchell Barnes, giving him superhuman powers identical to Invictus. Forced to face Barnes on the island of Sorna in the Pacific Ocean, Invictus lost his fiancée Kathy Brodie in a nuclear blast that he triggered to defeat his foe. Enraged, Invictus declared himself Earth's protector, but claimed complete rule over Sorna and its inhabitants, cutting off his new home from the outside world.

## Biography

### Early Life and Background

#### Heir to the Throne

V'el Aeval was born on the Earth-year 1975 on the planet Viltrixia in the eastern Milky Way to V'el Flurno, the Emperor of the Viltrixia Empire, and his consort M'xel Soloa as the heir to the mighty empire. He was born into the House of V'el, which had ruled the empire for seven generations. His father, knowing that a coup against his rule was only a matter of time, began construction of a small spacecraft to send his son to another habitable planet, eventually choosing Earth due to the physical similarities between humans and viltrixians.

Within a month of the prince's birth, Viltrixia fell into chaos as his father's lead general, E'il Thoros, began a coup d'état against the emperor, seeking to kill any possible rightful heirs to the throne. While his father gave himself up to distract Thoros from his son, the prince's mother placed her son into the spacecraft, at which point he escaped Viltrixia. Unbeknownst to the emperor and his wife, Thoros had sent another rocket after the prince that carried several Akrid, parasites that had evolved to kill Viltrixians. However, while the prince's rocket entered a wormhole bound for Earth, the parasite-laden rocket was forced to undertake the journey at faster-than-light speed.

The prince's rocket eventually arrived in the Solar System before crash-landing in the town of Pacifica, Oregon.

## Powers, Equipment and Abilities

### Powers

* **Viltrixian physiology:** As a Viltrixian raised under the radiation-intense sun of Earth, Brandon possesses a wide variety of immense, seemingly godlike abilities.
	+ **Superhuman strength:** Invictus possesses immense levels of strength that is virtually incalculable and limitless. After reaching his full potential, he became considerably stronger, with his punches being powerful enough to generate shock waves during combat. He's capable of effortlessly hurling semi-trucks across extreme distances, destroying mountaintops, a reducing human opponents to mist with a punch or a throw. Invictus' strength is so immense that he finds it almost impossible to regulate.
	+ **Nigh-invulnerability**: Invictus' body is virtually indestructible, allowing him to withstand the extreme heat of a nuclear explosion, the extreme cold of the Arctic, exposure to the vacuum of outer space, falls from great heights, and a high-speed collision with a mountaintop without injury. High caliber bullets bounce off of him, and artillery, including anti-tank rounds and missiles, have no effect. The only weapon known to have penetrated his skin are the claws of the Akrid, however the Akrid have specifically evolved to kill viltrixians.
	+ **Atomic vision:** By absorbing radiation, Brandon can project atomic energy from his eyes, allowing him to deliver devastating blasts of super-heated plasma. Visually, the power manifests as two laser-like beams of fiery blue energy being released from his eyes.
	+ **Flight:** Brandon can fly via manipulations to his own gravitational field, taking advantage of Earth's weaker gravity to propel himself through the skies and even beyond the planet's atmosphere. Upon mastering this technique, Invictus can fly at hypersonic speeds that allow him to circle the globe in moments.

## Relationships

### Martha Black

"*...I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul,"
 "What's that, mommy?"
 "It's my favourite poem,"
 "What's it called?"
 "It's called...**Invictus**,*"
—Brandon remembers his mother's bedtime stories[src]