Character Name: Match
Physical Description: [X]
Personality Description:
More and more, Match is at odds with himself. He isn't completely stable, and the knowledge that many of his memories are fabricated is unsettling to him, but he has strong morals. For the most part he is quiet and reflective, but has a tendency to project a more outgoing personality to interract with those around him. He has many memories that aren't his, but parts of these memories are things that he's still able to embrace and experience in the real world, like knowledge of films, literature, and history. He enjoys these simple things and feels they are something that are more personal than the implanted memories of others. He wouldn't let it show, but he's also something of a romantic.
Age: physiologically 16 years, chronologically 3 years
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 410 lbs
Equipment: none
Powers:
Below Kryptonian Base Level
super strength
super speed
super stamina
super breath
ice breath
super scream
laser vision
flight
invulnerability
telepathy
Above Kryptonian Base Level
regeneration
super senses
various modes of vision
tactile telekinesis
Beyond Kryptonian Ability
Painshard spines
- Bony protrusions which can be utilized as personal weapons, taking the form of claws, blades, spears, or even projectiles which can be launched out of the body, attached via ropey tendrils of flesh.
Abilities: Pre-programmed combat capability and additional tactical training, knowledge of various military vehicles and weapons
Biography:
Match was created through a brief joint venture between Cadmus and LuthorCorps. Project Match was established as a means of engineering a being powerful enough to go toe-to-toe with with beings such as the Superman. As such, the primary purpose was to create a biological weapon.
From a sample of blood that was drawn just a short while before Clark Kent's powers manifested, genetic information was extracted and analyzed. It was then spliced with a human's DNA to fill in the gaps in the alien genetic structure. The human DNA donor, by his own request, was none other than Luthor himself. He went to great lengths to be certain that the weaknesses of the original would not plague the weapon, and he, at least in part, was successful.
The first clone of the Superman was a failure. Due to the nature of creating a being with incomplete DNA, the child did not survive long. It seemed for a time that it would not be possible to clone the Superman with their current data. Their turning point came in the form of the discovery of an ancient being deep beneath the surface of the earth. Miraculously this creature was still alive. They were able to analyze the creature and discovered that its dna allowed it to adapt. Using this data, Cadmus was able to improve the cloning process to correct the gaps in the genetic coding. Subsequent attempts were not immediately successful either, but after each failure, data was recorded and used to improve the process, and each iteration improved by leaps and bounds. It was with number five that Cadmus finally found success.
Due to what was officially classified as an electrical short, Match's containment unit malfunctioned shortly before his scheduled release and he escaped the facility, taking refuge in Gotham's clocktower.
