Cogent

* Civilian
* Cogent

*"I was his magnum opus. Without flaw. Insurmountable, indomitable, invincible."*
—Cogent to Almanac
**Leviathan "Levi" Goffee**, also known as **Cogent**, is Remembrance's sinister counterpart from Earth-3. He joined the Nazi Regime in their incursion of Earth-1, where he was defeated and killed by Titanium. He later returned in February 2021 after he was resurrected by fellow superhuman Mar, who joined him and several others in his campaign against the Arcadian Rebels.

## Biography

### Early Life

Much like his counterpart, much of Leviathan's background remains a mystery. During his early life, he acquired superhuman abilities through Project Herculean, in which he and several others underwent scientific experiments.

### Earth-3 Invasion

During the incursion on Earth-1 led by the Nazi Regime of his Earth, Leviathan encountered and deceived Titanium, subtly using his supernatural abilities to make her falsely believe she had reunited with Leviathan of Earth-1. Once she had bought into his lie, he dropped the façade and swiftly attacked her, taking her by surprise and dealing major damage before the fight even began. Even when Titanium regained her composure and struck back, Leviathan easily foiled her attacks and strategies, forcing her to retreat into the apartment building where she and Earth-1 Leviathan lived. After giving her chase and bursting through the wall of her apartment, Leviathan was swiftly apprehended and subsequently shot dead by Titanium with obsidian bullets, not without first revealing more of his powers and sowing seeds of guilt within her mind.

### Game Master

*"Don't bother trying to move through the shadows or hiding your moves from me. I'm always watching."*
—Cogent to Almanac via a letter
Through mysterious means, Leviathan made his return to life at an unknown point in time after the Earth-3 Incursion. He remained hidden for months, presumably recovering his strength, until early 2021, when he would make his next move.

Throughout January and February, he made multiple visits to different unique individuals, including Miles at a gas station, Eden at her workplace, and Lincoln at his apartment. Accompanied by close associate Mar, he attempted to coerce and persuade the metahumans into joining his cause, the latter two of which were unsuccessful. He also sent blackmail through letters to Jason Kade, using blackmail in an attempt to preemptively coerce the vigilante to not interfere in his plans. Upon being defied by the Arcadian Rebels' leader, he sent Arsenic, disguised as Titanium, to kidnap both Lina Fournier and Lishan Bao as to gain even more leverage over the vigilante.

## Personality

Cogent is a cold, apathetic, manipulative and misogynistic villain. The closest he demonstrates to any emotion is his contempt for his father, rage, and disgust.

Cogent is a firm believer in social Darwinism.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Emotion Manipulation:** Cogent can alter other people's emotions as a form of mind control. He has been manipulating Arsenic for a long time, and is very convincing, hence his codename. Like Reverie's mind control powers, it is speculated that Cogent induces emotions via the ocular nerve.
	+ **Pain Inducement:** Through direct eye contact and speech, Cogent can induce painful physical sensations.
	+ **Psychic Immunity:** Cogent is impervious to psychic powers, such as those of his primary counterpart.
	+ **Lie Detection:** Cogent can sense when a person is lying based on their emotional stress.
* **Enhanced Strength:** Cogent's Olympic-level strength was enhanced to a superhuman degree by Project Herculean. He can crack wood and shatter bulletproof glass by simply exerting forcing his hand against it, and he once tore down the wall to Tia and Levi's apartment with his bare hands. He also easily broke Lincoln's ribs in their duel. He was also able to crack the Almanac's impact-resistant helmet and trade blows with Dark Strike, even managing to break his wrist. With one hand, he can drag a large bench, and at full strength, he can pick up and throw a sedan. When he broke into Lina Fournier's hotel room, he easily pushed the door off its hinges, then threw it at a refrigerator to shatter it upon impact and dent the fridge. He also casually flipped her refrigerator and stove, and threw a spoon at Lina with incredible force, although she telekinetically halted the improvised projectile. He proceeded to walk through her drywall and swatted away more refrigerators thrown in his direction.
* **Regenerative Healing Factor:** Cogent can also heal from his wounds faster than humans; he healed from being struck with a spiked mace in a short span of time, and was only momentarily bruised from furniture being telekinetically slammed into him.

### Abilities

*"There's a reason behind the no interrogation rule. He's cunning. Conniving. Anyone who steps within speaking range of him is under risk of being manipulated for his own gain."*
—Saul Collins to Almanac
* **Peak Human Condition:** Cogent received physical training from his world's United States of America to become an Olympic-level athlete so he could comfortably wield his enhanced powers.
	+ **Peak Human Strength:** Cogent was trained to be at his fullest possible strength so he could handle Project Herculean's genetic enhancements.

*"I have assaulted many, murdered many more. Some I assassinated quickly. Some, I slowly torn apart. All with my bare hands... how soaked with blood they are."*
—Cogent
* **Skilled Combatant:** Though he does not appear to be trained in martial arts, Cogent is capable fighter through sheer force. His fighting style resembles a combination of Boxing and Professional Wrestling. Hence, he was able to fight against Dark Strike, a trained police officer, concurrently against Almanac, an extremely skilled martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant. He has confessed to being an assassin of sorts.
* **Skilled Marksman:** Cogent knows how to wield a pistol.
* **Skilled Thief:** Cogent easily hijacked a car when he kidnapped Father Phil.

## Equipment

### Weaponry

* **Pistol:** Cogent brandished a pistol when he kidnapped Father Phil.

## Relationships

* Arcadian Rebels
* Lina Fournier
* Lishan Bao
* Eden Gates
* Mirage
* Amalgam