Maggott

[Maggott]

character name Maggott   the basics full name • Japheth (last name unknown) nicknames • None age • written out birthday • 18 occupation • none current team • X-Men gender • Male sexuality • straight the appearance height and weight • 6'5", 350 lbs when powered, 150 lbs when not identifying features • long, white pony tale emerging from the top/front of his head overall appearance • When not powered up, Japheth is a tall, skinny young man from South Africa. He has brown skin, brown eyes, and white hair. He's usually seen wearing  a white tank top, long yellow shorts, black combat boots and a dark colored trenchcoat. He also sometimes wears round, John Lennon-type sunglasses. He is almost always accompanied by two organic metal slug-like creatures he's named "Eany" and "Meany." He calls them "girls," but their sex seems to be indeterminite. The slugs often have glowing red eyes and hiss a lot. When powered up, Maggott's height remains the same but his girth and musculature grows by 250 lbs. His skin turns blue and his eyes glow red. the personality likes • eating, Magneto, the ladies, being an X-Man dislikes • bullies, Sentinels, the pain associated with his power, cold weather strengths • Digestive system replaced by a hollow cavity that houses a pair of two semi-sentient, bio-organic slugs who painfully bore their way out of his torso and then use powerful enzymes to consume and digest any solid object in their path at super speeds. They can then transfer the energy gained from the food they eat back to Maggott to supercharge his physical size, strength, stamina and sturdiness while turning his skin blue and making his eyes glow red, but the slugs must reenter his body by chewing back through his belly and release their power internally to feed his body properly. Psychometric powers allow Maggott to read the "memories" or see future events of his physical surroundings, replaying in his mind's eye as Eany and Meany scour the area what did or what will take place within the general vicinity. weaknesses • Maggott is reliant on his two slugs to nourish his body, as he cannot eat like a normal person. Should he be separated from the slugs for an extended period of time, it is believed he could die, and vice versa. dreams • to not be looked at as a joke and to be a truly great X-Man fears • his slugs dying overall personality • Despite his horrifying power, Japheth seems to always be in a jovial and amicable mood. He rarely shows anger and has been known to be quite the lady's man. He seems to have a genuine affection for his "pets" and is concerned for their safety, as he has no idea what may happen to him should they perish. He desperately wants to prove himself worthy as an X-Man and wants to help as many mutants as possible live happy and healthy lives. Despite Magneto's evil past, Japheth feels indebted to him for saving his life at a young age, though he draws the line at joining the mutant master of magnetism in any evil plots against humanity he may devise. While Eany and Meany are, in fact, extensions of his digestive system and, hence, a part of him, they will do as he commands, but also seem to be able to operate independently of him. They seem to only live to eat and, thusly, have been known to eat important things belonging to other students. the history father • unknown (deceased) mother • unknown siblings • Daniel, Lot (deceased), two unnamed others anyone else important, from family to close friends hometown • Ottoshoop, Northwest Transvaal, South Africa overall history • See Part 2 the role player alias • Dave age • 38 pronouns • he, him other characters • none (yet)

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[Maggott]

History: Born to a family of five siblings, young Japheth never quite grew at the normal rate of his other siblings. He suffered from terrible stomach pains and required a special food. Told by doctors his terrible stomach pains were caused by cancer, and not wanting to drain the family´s finances with medical treatment, young Japheth left his small South African village at twelve to commit suicide. He wound up in the Kalahari Desert only to be found and saved by Magneto, who helped uncover the true cause of the boy´s malady: two slug-like creatures that dwelt within his guts that were the boy's digestive system.

Magneto extracted the slugs, Japheth then was brought back home by Magneto, but found his father had been killed by rebel fighters, the Afrikaners. Asked to help, Magneto slaughtered the rebels in retaliation with Japheth by his side, but the boy was horrified and said he would never join Magneto's cause. Magneto grew angry, but told Japheth he would one day change his mind.

Little is known of what Maggott did in the following years, but at some point he decided to search out Magneto, to attempt to have Magneto help him master his powers. Maggott's slugs, Eany and Meany, had to burrow their way in and out of his stomach each time, causing immense pain. They also feasted up to five times daily, and the physical and mental toll was becoming too much for the young man.

Using his psychometric powers - which allowed him to read "memories" of a specific area - Maggott finally believed he traced Magneto's signature down to New York City -- but found Psylocke and Archangel instead. After a brief showdown, they were all suddenly teleported away to Antarctica and put on the jury at the Trial of Gambit with other various X-Men. At this location, Maggott finally met with Joseph who, at the time, was believed to be the real Magneto. He finally was able to express his gratitude to the man for saving his life as a child.

Maggott followed the team back to the mansion where they found Cyclops undergoing surgery to remove a bomb within his chest. When the bomb was removed, however, it was still going to detonate, and the team panicked. One of Maggott's slugs gulped down the device, where it detonated in its belly - but caused no more reaction than a fiery burp. Maggott was asked to join the X-Men on a full-time basis.

He would often keep to himself, due to his bizarre eating habits, which made the rest of the team suspicious. While flirting with all the girls at Xavier's - Cecilia Reyes in particular - Maggott feared the others would be repulsed by the true nature of his power.

Shortly after his arrival, several humans were murdered (nearly devoured, in fact) in Salem Center. The suspect appeared to be Eany and Meany on a rampage - but, after a botched attempt on Wolverine's life, the culprit was revealed to be a group of Ru'Tai demons lead by a creature called Pilgrimm. They bore an uncanny resemblance to the slugs. The team luckily defeated the demons and Maggott was prompted to finally reveal his history to Wolverine. The two began to bond, with Wolverine keeping his secrets (including his true age), but this bonding time was cut short by a threat from the Shadow King in Africa.

After returning to the mansion, Beast believed it would be best for Maggott to further explore his mutant abilities at the Massachusetts Academy with Generation X. He agreed and transferred to the school, but his schooling was again cut short by another threat. This time it came in the form of a big game hunter in search of Maggott's slugs. The Generation X team helped defend Maggott and the slugs from the hunter, but the man escaped. Feeling distraught after having brought danger to his new teammates, Maggott decided to pursue the hunter, and was not heard from again for some time.

Maggott briefly returned to Xavier's school for the funeral of Joseph.

At some point during his further travels, Maggott was captured by Weapon X. Sadly, he was one of the first to be executed at Neverland, the mutant internment camp. Before he was killed, he gave one of his slugs to two children in the camp, so a piece of him would survive. Unfortunately, the children and the slug were "escaped" by "Doctor Windsor" (truly Mister Sinister), and the slug is now being held by the mutant scientist.

Maggott was later revived using magic and the techno-organic virus to aid in Selene's assault on Utopia.

He seemingly survived the event and, along with his two slugs and allegedly the whole mutantkind, attended to Cyclops' speech at Washington, D.C. about the peaceful Mutant Revolution, joining the Million Mutant March.

[Karenza]

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