Zerk

Real Name: Victor Burns Age: 24 Power Source: mutant

 Appearance: Victor stands about 8 feet tall with a thickly muscled body. His brown hair is cut short near a buzz cut, surprisingly warm brown eyes, and large hands. He wears a dark blue bodysuit with a large white stripe running diagonally around his chest.

 Superpowers: Zerk is immensely powerful, among the most powerful of natural mutants in terms of raw strength. His body resists huge amounts of damage, nearly endless endurance and superhuman leaping, climbing, and surprising speed for his size. ‘Zerk possesses supercharged adrenaline that he can activate at will or naturally, entering a blind fury towards his general opposition. This has no particular superpower beyond normal adrenaline except making him incredibly ferocious and difficult for foes to predict. This is rarely employed/ Victor also participated in football and wrestling in his teens and college years, giving him an edge over those who would match his strength via practice. ‘Zerk is also college educated (Mathematics major), and while some attribute it to his build, he insists on having a natural sense of how women operate.

 Affiliation: The Upstarts

 Biography: raised as a normal and healthy young man, ‘Zerk found an interest in athletics in middle school. He maintained this through his scholarly years, finding success in his large build. He possessed a normal body and growth rate, but he suffered from what some studies attribute to a sort of “super puberty,” where his growth and development went beyond its natural halting point. By the time he reached college, he was nearly 7 feet tall and could lift a normal man his age over his head. He attended New York State in Albany, excelling at football and varsity wrestling until he was eventually ejected for his indisputable mutation. ‘Zerk took this in stride, keeping his scholarship and graduating with a bachelors in Mathematics. He felt it was rather insignificant, gaining an accountant job in a successful company in the city while fighting crime during his free time. This was done on an elementary level, mainly beating down carjackers and purse snatchers. He was just as surprised as anyone else when a skyscraper caught fire with his future teammates present, proving their chemistry when he scaled the building and supported the mid-levels, holding it up until Zag could evacuate the civilians. It is his well-kept secret that he accidentally helped start this famous fire when he threw a car at a drug dealer, whose returning fire lit the gas tank near the building. ‘Zerk is confident and upfront, making him come across as grating or smug to some. He tends to be more concerned and enjoying himself and doing good on a large scale rather than trying to please everyone. He is considered to be an overall imbecile by most, but he considers it to be that he simply has very concentrated specialties.