Molanye

Ral, the last of the Molanye

The Molanye were an unknown alien species from the multiverse, hardly anything is known about them other than the individual known as Ral who wandered the multiverse in an attempt to find purpose and a better life after his species was wiped out however it is believed his daughter may have survived and escaped but this is unconfirmed, Ral was leader of the Live Control Agency's bid to wipe out the Torchwood Institute however this was proven to be an elaborate plan by The Trickster's Brigade to cause chaos on Earth.

## Powers and abilities

* Disguises - Molanye can convincingly disguise themselves as humans in order to blend in.
* Leadership - Molanye are seemingly born leaders, they show great leadership qualities when it comes to running any form of organization, no matter if its a good one or evil one (like Live Control.)
* Mind control - Molanye music can be used as a mind control method on humans.
* Multiverse wandering - Molanye are aliens of the multiverse and therefore can pass between universes with somewhat ease.
* Portals - The Molanye in charge of Live Control was able to dispatch agents through a multiverse portal to attack Shane and Tirnel Gilorndes however Molanye cant seem to travel through portals themselves, instead relying on technology to get them from place to place.

## Vulnerabilities

* Manipulation - Molanye can be easily manipulated by more powerful beings to be used as pawns in a grander scheme.
* Water - Molanye seemingly can't swim meaning any contact with deep water will likely cause them to drown.

## Episodes

### 3.01: Contact

Known only as "The Suited man" at this point, Ral took it upon himself to initiate Live Control's plan to abduct and subdue all Torchwood Institute agents, this included the likes of Shane and many other Torchwood members from different branches - he placed them in captivity and declared Torchwood a cancer upon Earth, when the members of Torchwood tried to escape, Ral ordered a firing squad to put them down in which they succeeded however Shane barely escaped and went on the run from the agency.

### 3.02: Life or Death

The search for Shane leads Ral (still known as the suited man) to rant at his co-workers declaring angrily that they had one job to kill all of them and debates whether he should fire them however an Asset is sent to intercept Shane instead and Ral watches on as Live Control fail to stop Shane from leaving the UK, which again causes Ral to shout at his co-workers demanding an explanation whilst also saying that Torchwood must be eradicated.

Ral then proceeds to help The Director of Live Control with their recruitment test program, they carry the tests out on homeless people and Ral seems very intrigued and also somewhat disturbed by the prospect of how advanced Live Control technology is, Ral is then told by The Director to kill two Live Control employees who didn't agree with the program and he does so without question.

### 3.03: The Middle Men

Ral and The Director hold a meeting in the Live Control offices and discuss the next stage of their plan, they both seem to approve of how the recruitment test went and fill out various paperwork forms to confirm this however Ral then declares that Phase 2 must begin and instructs The Director to take the corpses of the dead Torchwood members from the initial abduction and put them into the machine that changed the homeless people into mindless Live Control agents however it fails, despite this failure - Ral and The Director set off by road with the people they have converted to continue their plan.

They arrive in London and The Director heads onto the London Eye and presses down on a device which seemingly changes the behaviour patterns of the people below leading to a "survival of the fittest" situation with Ral watching on whilst The Director claims the survivors will be recruited, it is here (during a message directed at Torchwood) that Ral shows his true face for the first time briefly before putting his disguise back on.

### 3.04: Dead of Night

At the Live Control compound, where everything started, Ral notices Shane's Torchwood ID beeping - he quickly traces it back and finds that Shane has backup and there on their way back and gets Live Control to deploy an Asset to meet them at Manchester Airport where they will land, the converted people have also started to learn how to use firearms which Ral finds impressive and is fascinated by this declaring that tradition is boring.

During Shane, Dan, Alexa and Colin's flight back to the UK, Ral and Live Control are able to locate the plane they are flying in and catch an unsuspecting Alexa off guard as he puts some hypnotic music through Alexa's headphones, this causes her to fall under Live Control's power as she attempts to sabotage the journey but ultimately fails as Ral loses signal to the plane as the radar gets jammed, Ral is seen later trying to attempt his hypnosis trick again however The Director stops him claiming that it would bring Live Control more bad news.

Live Control then proceed to invade the hospital where an injured Alexa, thanks to Torchwood's encounter with the Asset earlier, along with Dan, Colin and Shane are with their converted people who survived the London incident, in the ensuing fight however many are killed and even The Director is killed causing Ral to finally rip off his human face disguise, revealing his true identity to the world.

### 3.05: Turning Point

Ral is then hinted not to be in control of his own life as he is haunted by several visions and spasm attacks mostly involving a strange black beetle as he sits in a car at a motorway services, elsewhere: Ral's mind control over Alexa has seemingly firmly set in as Alexa turns on the Torchwood members in her hospital ward and even kills Colin, Ral then proceeds to follow Dan and Shane who pile Alexa into another car as they head back to Lincoln City to interrogate her however this fails as Live Control surround the Torchwood base as Ral arrives and explains that he is a Molanye, who are from the multiverse, and is the last of his kind saying that Live Control was created to find Earth's inner peace.

### 3.06: End of the Line

Ral and Alexa can be seen trying to find Shane and Dan. Ral screams inhumanely in anger as Alexa points her gun at random people demanding they tell her where the two Torchwood agents went but they obviously have no idea what she is on about because she isn't getting any response. Ral starts getting impatient and organizes a party of Live Control agents to start searching the city - he also organizes another party of Live Control to round up the citizens for "recruitment."

It is revealed later, during a gunfight between UNIT and Live Control, that Ral is not actually in control of Live Control but its all a big plan by The Trickster's Brigade to cause chaos on Earth by removing one of its main defences in Torchwood, Ral seems to be familiar with the Brigade and it comes full circle when Shane confronts Ral as Alexa runs off, he questions Shane as to what he has done however Shane says he has done nothing however Ral lashes out but is stopped by the Brigade who claim: "Live Control will cause chaos on Earth, we are agents of chaos - once Live Control is established, our leader will walk the Earth for eternity...ETERNAL CHAOS" the three hooded figures say in unison."

This confuses Ral who has clearly been manipulated and starts begging for answers as the Brigade's control over him snaps, he shouts at the Brigade for promising him a better life and promised him purpose however the Brigade dismiss him and say: "Your mind was easily manipulated" the figures say in unison - "And now look at you, a broken mess...the chaos inside you is admirable" as the Brigade continue to emotionally manipulate him however Ral finally has enough and puts an end to the Brigade's plan for chaos by saying he has nothing left causing the deal between them to be broken and the Brigade to disappear, unfortunately though he drops to his knees and reaches for the knife he dropped earlier and simply plunges it into his chest whilst screaming "I HAVE NOTHING LEFT" whilst bleeding he jumps into the water and doesn't resurface instead a strange red light engulfs his form and he also disappears with his fate being unknown.