Kudiya
Description
Subject appears to be an extremely large, heavily muscular middle aged human being in excellent physical condition. He claims to have been a Priest-King (Ensi-Lugal) of a hitherto unknown city-state in the Fertile Crescent region south of Bad-Tibira, and according to UNTIL archaeological records, had his tomb discovered in that region sometime last year. The archaeological dig was disturbed by a DEMON task force aiming to raise what they claimed was a “great evil” from the depths of the tomb, and with the assistance of a few superheroes dispatched by UNITY in addition to Kudiya himself awakening from his ‘hibernation’, DEMON was driven off and Kudiya was taken into custody for questioning and determination of what manner of threat he could pose to the world. Due to his gift of tongues, questioning proceeded along at a clip, and it was determined that he lived at least 13,000 years ago, and that the history of the city-states in the Fertile Crescent region goes farther back than original estimates had put it, matching with similar hypotheses about Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Norse settlements as well.
Psychology
Mentally speaking, the subject is remarkably stable and adaptive considering how much has changed since his time, although his old-fashioned way of viewing things and his overall hostility to reformed demons, devils, vampires, and sundry other subspecies of metahuman that he terms “monsters” has interfered greatly in assimilation into greater society as a whole, and due to his stubborn obstinance, may never truly go away. As it stands, he remains on a stipend given to him by UNTIL in return for answering any and all questions given to him about his time, his people, his lands, his culture, and whatever else given to him by mystics, occultists, archaeologists, or anyone else who simply wants a decidedly archaic viewpoint on a topic. Despite his given prejudices, he is a wealth of knowledge on the idea of leadership and ruling, and has been reported to be rather critical about how the world seems to handle its food distribution issues, seemingly not understanding the idea of Capitalism at all. In terms of combat efficiency, subject is relatively adaptive, but tends to make use of rather simplistic and non-complex methods of problem solving when it comes to battle, relying on his natural raw power and the force of his ‘Laws’ in order to solve problems.
Powers
Subject’s powers are wide and myriad, casting serious doubt on his claims that he is, in fact, human at all. He possesses an incredible amount of durability, being unfazed or even completely undamaged by things that would otherwise render other metahumans low. In addition, he is incredibly strong, being able to lift considerable weights with seemingly no effort at all. The most potent of his abilities, however, lie within the usage of his ‘Law’, which defies standard classification of powers. The Law is a series of words spoken in a certain way that he seems to be trained in, these words are generally linked to the old Sumerian language, but differ slightly in inflection, seeming to be a far older and far more archaic past development of the tongue. Each Law can perform a myriad of tasks, and true limits have yet to be fully established as to the full versatility of it, however, it seems that using these Laws drains him of some measure of stamina that must be recovered before he can perform more of them.
Recorded Laws show he is capable of:
- Rapid Forward Movement
- Slicing
- Negating disruptions to mystical effects
- Putting out fire
- Pushing
- Forming Hardlight and throwing it
- Crushing
- Producing/Manipulating Fire
Other entries will be added to this list as he performs them.
Other skills the subject possesses are a Bronze Age understanding of technology such as farming, bronzeworking, brewing, and other such mundane tasks, although of note is the process through which he makes Bronze, which he claims is far different than the bronzeworking that we practice today.
