General Trial

General Trial was a leading general in the *Syndicate*in charge of all of their secret biotech projects during the Toon Wars and one of the Toon Force's greatest enemies. He was created around the beginning of the Samurai Jack Saga as part of the contingency meant to bring the multiverse into full wartime. He was a calm and rational leader and a monstrous combatant inspired by warriors of Norse Mythology and ties to Samurai Jack. With his superhuman strength and tough armor grafted from the finest material in the cosmos, he was considered the most deadly of the Syndicate, rivaling even the likes of Vlad Plasmius and Aku. Trial has defeated much of the Toon Force throughout the 5 year conflict; usually those seen less often in the main story. However, his greatest opponent, Momotaro, proved to be a worthy challenger for him (similar to Obi-Wan' Kenobi's encounters with General Grievous in Star Wars) thanks to her incredible patience and ever changing strategies. Trial's last battle was at Enterra Drive Yards, dueling with Hali before finally being defeated by her. Due to his sense of honor and warrior spirit, he was sent to Valhalla (like the Lava Monster before him) after telling Hali how proud he was to have fought a worthy opponent and was enlightened in his final moments.

Trial was created by Kainsword-Kaijin originally meant to be in Crossover Forces as a general for Cyber Catra, but was instead used for Toon Wars: Shorts to expand the lore outside the main Toon Wars story.

## Appearance

Trial was a tall, 8.7 ft creature with a skull-like face, a red layer of armor underneath his sharp black chest and shoulder guards, extending to the sides of his face. He has a grey skull painted on his right shoulder which also includes an extra gatling feature behind its metal frame. His four eyes are a greenish yellow and can be masked by a yellow and orange faceplate made of energy (usually spawned flight mode). After dueling with Hali for the first time, Trial's right hand was severed and replaced by a large 3-fingered pincher. His left hand is natural but has 5 long claw-like fingers and spikes on his arm's side. His back also has a jagged cape-like structure that doubles as a wingspan in flight mode and a two curved fork shaped spikes above it.

## Personality

From start to finish, Trial was a scarily calm and confident leader and tactician, scanning people based on their personalities and interactions to pinpoint their weaknesses, using them against his opponents whenever possible. Though he was surprisingly deployed less frequently than the other Syndicate leaders, every time he appeared, he spoke honorably about the Toon Force's efforts and would often grant them a warrior's death or a chance to surrender and retreat should he prove too much for them. He especially speaks the highest praise over Team Samurai (primarily Hali) and at times Cattus and Nicole Watterson for standing up to him and exceeding his expectations of putting up a decent fight. However, this can't be said about a majority of the Toon Force, feeling that a lot of them lack honor in a fight. Trial would often employ scare tactics to soften his enemies up and focus solely on the strongest so he could eventually cripple or potentially kill them himself; thus putting the heroes at great risk of losing the war.

Jimmy Neutron believed if Trial was in charge of the entire Syndicate war machine, the Toon Wars would not have been lost exactly, but would have been shorter than the 5 years it went on to be since Trial had woes of prolonging it, preferring to end any conflict as fast as possible. Rarely was Trial ever enraged, usually because he always had a major victory after a major loss and knew that neither spelled the end of the war for either side. He was, however, irritated at times over the fact that he could not defeat Hali despite her only being a student at the time. When he died, he told her how honored he was to have fought an admirable opponent and admitted to being scared of death, which Hali comforted him over. This granted him a path to Valhalla as he was a firm believer of Norse Mythology and fought as a worthy warrior.

## Biography

### Samurai Jack Saga

Trial was born around the time of the Samurai Jack Saga in a secret Syndicate biotech facility built on the outskirts of the abandoned CN City meant to be activated should the Syndicate's grand plan fail and require prolonging the ever-growing war. This was programmed into him during his generation process; though his main objective in accordance to his inspiration from Norse Mythology and Samurai Jack was to cripple the Toon Force and defeat them.

### Toon Wars

Although he wasn't present during the opening stages of the war, Trial first appeared in a surprise attack on several key worlds, including Lyvsheria and the world Lakewood Plaza Turbo resides in. With these invasions, he took to using his tactical prowess to his advantage, pinpointing the weaknesses of his opponents through security footage of their battle strategies during their attacks and using them against them. In his debut, he single-handedly crippled K.O., his mother Carol, Enid, Radicles, Vambre Warrior, Ben Tennyson, and Prohyas Warrior to intimidate the Toon Force and have them send in their strongest fighters in their own location. To catch Trial while he was in stealth mode, Jimmy Neutron dispatched Team Samurai to confront him at the canyons of Jack's world, intending to summoning reinforcements to attack and potentially kill the new general. However, he already anticipated this and jammed communications on both sides, leading to him picking off all but Momotaro, who was the youngest fighter of the team. Seeing that she's merely an apprentice to Jack and Ashi, Trial allows her to make a decision to strike him however she can or surrender, intending to have her maimed the same as everyone else. She instead uses her patience to quietly wait on the general to make a move, which he eventually does, leading to her swiftly severing his right arm, which he would have replaced with a claw hand after the fight. Impressed but defeated, Trial vows to have the Toon Force fail and marks Hali as his primary rival. Though, he is also enlightened, seeing how the heroes, even the young ones, are able to adapt to his tactics.

Among the Syndicate leaders, Trial was often deployed as a heavy hitter thanks to his cunning strategies and tendency to cripple members of the Toon Force, leading to a number of victories for the villains. However, being that he was created among other biotech projects, Trial preferred to command and protect the creatures born alongside him instead of the average Toybot. One such surprise invasion was run by the Secret Toon Force to try and destroy the home lab of General Trial and his minions. And though he wasn't present to face them, he was told about the attack and began inventing new strategies to combat them. His belief in Valhalla led to Trial to fight based on a warrior's spirit, only picking duels when he felt a particular opponent was worthy to him. One such fighter was Cattus, whom he believed to be one of the most capable despite not facing him personally before. Much of the Toon Force's victories were contributed by Cattus thanks to his strategies and morale. In response, Trial returned to Lyvhseria with the same tactics as before; starting a false invasion and getting behind enemy lines. After some waiting, he held Bimm hostage after fighting and beating Nyando, who tried to defend his step mother. When Cattus returned home, he found Trial sitting in the throne of Zange with Bimm unharmed but fearful. Trial, however, assures her that he would not kill her nor Nyando (against the wishes of the other Syndicate leaders) and simply wanted to draw out Cattus to kill him in single combat. Cattus, on the other hand, was already peeved from fighting in multiple battles that relied heavily on him at the frontlines and easily outmatched the general in a fury of attacks with his Whirlwind Magisword. However, just as Trial was about to improve, not only was he shocked at Cattus' finesse, he understood the stress his opponent was going through and opted to retreat to give Cattus a break, deeming him a worthy adversary but one in desperate need of recovery to face him at his fullest potential.

Trial's last major battle was held at Enterra Drive Yards, which the Syndicate took complete control over and manufactured their war droids from. The entire Toon Force arrived to put an end to the war as every Syndicate leader was present during the battle. Trial first led the defensive force against the heroes before backing off to face Hali one last time when she began to reach the reactor of the main factory. In their final duel, Trial admitted to being honored by Hali's prowess and warrior spirit and was afraid but ready to die an admirable death in single-combat. He was slain, but in his last moments was comforted by Momotaro, seeing the truth in his words. With his dying breath, he became a truly enlightened being and was transferred to Valhalla; the same way the Lava Monster from Samurai Jack was. His short and tragic life finally came to a satisfying end as he was placed among other honorable warriors throughout time and space. Hali and Cattus would later give Trial a well-earned funeral in spite of his role in the Toon Wars as a Syndicate General, hoping he enjoys his time in Valhalla.

## Abilities and Features

* Ultra Durable Insectoid Armor
* Extendable Claws
* Superhuman Strength
* Flight
* Hidden Gatling Gun (Right Shoulder)
* Short Distance Teleportation

## Trivia

* Trial has a round visor that extends over his face in combat similar to the Tarantula-Undead from Kamen-Rider Blade
* Frozarburst wanted Trial to be a common enemy to Momotaro because he felt they'd be a great comparison to Obi-Wan and General Grievous. Momotaro is generally calm and defensive while Trial is mostly offensive, only occasionally changing his stance.
	+ It's also mentioned by Hali that the only other beings who could match up to Trial are Nicole, Yuki, and Cattus. Though only Cattus had encountered and fought him once. Details are unknown, but it is said that Cattus managed to damage Trial so much he was forced to implement extensive upgrades to be able to keep up with future battles against Momotaro.
* Trial has a skull on his right shoulder guard similar to the Syndicate's the symbol painted by Professor Calamitous for his superweapons.
* Unlike the other villains, Trial has a pretty good number of victories over various characters; many of which aren't seen often in the main series. His general strategy for defeating such heroes and occasional villains is by using knowledge from previous battles to pinpoint weaknesses and set traps during combat. Including but not limited to:
	+ Samurai Jack - Caught him off guard on their first encounter by not appearing until the battle was nearly over. Jack later outsmarts him with a similar tactic.
	+ Timmy Turner - Knocked out and injured from a devastating kick to the noggin
	+ Carol, Mr. Gar, Enid, Radicles, and K.O. - Separated and picked off
	+ Boxbots - Disassembled from rust
	+ Fink - Duped into punching mirrors with Trial's reflection
	+ Warriors for Hire - Tripped by their own Magiswords
	+ Valerie Grey - Teleported into a nearby lake at freezing temperatures
	+ Starfire - Beamed away from energy deflect
	+ Invader Zim - Baited into a containment field full of water
	+ Ashi - Stuck in quicksand
	+ Rose - Poofed from stepping on spikes