Tytanic | Kuja Zeyu

Alien/Mutant Physiology: Kuja Zeyu is the last remaining beacon of his deceased species, and is one that shines the brightest. He possesses a broad range of abilities, of which are far greater than any other of his race, due to his unique biological lineage of being the descendant of a Goddess, possession of an X-Factor gene (or the equivalent for his race). Genetic manipulation has also lead to the further enhancement of his physical abilities as he effectively was devolved into a Deviant and has, due to his absorption of the life-force of his cloned son restored him to normal while steadily increasing his physical capabilities.

• God Evolution: Due to his mother being a Saraan Goddess and a direct relation to his planetary Goddess Althena, Kuja always had the potential to trigger his Godhood, and he has been steadily approaching the triggering of his lineage ever since he absorbed half of the essence of his cloned son, Jinzu. This, coupled with his recent brush with death, hyper-accelerated the rate at which his body would mature, allowing him to ascend to the status of Demi-God.
  
  
  • Energy Absorption: Similar to an Eternal, Kuja's body possesses the ability to absorb "inert" energy from the cosmos. As long as the energy is lingering and of natural sources, his body will absorb and metabolize it. The type of energy his body metabolizes is not specific, as it will harness stagnant energies within an area with a high concentration of magic as well as the lingering energy from a lightning discharge during a thunderstorm. While his abilities are not dependent on these energies in order for them to function, in certain cases, they do supplement his physical attributes. Unlike other beings who use external energy as a source of power, his body does not use this energy to recover from fatigue or injury. His powers require subconscious psionic activation, which in turn creates a faint glow around Tytanic's body prior to any sort of physical exertion beyond base levels, multiplying his physical attributes by a factor of 10,000 times or so while also providing him with a variety of other abilities.
    
    
    • Superhuman Strength: Tytanic possesses Omega-Level strength, capable of lifting tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of tons with extreme effort. Tytanic has demonstrated his strength by making short work of man made and natural obstacles, uprooting massive portions of the earth, and the upheaval of cars, trucks, and even military vehicles. He has even lifted transport spacecraft with ease and hurled them several hundred feet. Tytanic's strength, like his namesake, is titanic, which has allowed him to stand up the likes of Apocalypse, Harbinger, Colossus, Gladiator, Nimrod, and Juggernaut. Though he has yet to show is true strength, it's clear that Tytanic ranks among some of the strongest people in the world.
    
    
    • Invulnerability: Tytanic's body is incredibly durable. Despite his skin feeling no different than the average humans, it's quite resilient and impervious to harm. He has taken semi-automatic and machine gun fire without as much as flinching. Bladed weapons, for the most part, won't even leave a scuff mark on his skin. He has survived all kinds of physical abuse such as explosions, falls from orbital heights, high energy blasts, significant electric shock, being buried under rubble, as well as temperatures exceeding 2000°F. Despite his nigh-invulnerability, Tytanic can be hurt, knocked unconscious, and even killed. His invulnerability seems to be tied in with his current well being. The more worn out he is, the easier it is for him to be harmed, despite his resilience. This doesn't mean that when he's tired, he would be vulnerable to a gunshot, however he's more likely to be bothered by the effects of a gunshot in a fatigued state. His invulnerability operates similarly to an Eternals in this regard. His invulnerability stretches to his immune system, negating the lasting effects of diseases and toxins.
    
    
    • Superhuman Stamina: While Tytanic is capable of tiring, the rate at which his body tires is slower than that of regular humans and even some superhumans. It's assumed that he can operate for several hours without fatigue reducing his effectiveness. Similarly to his invulnerability, his stamina is based around his overall physical condition. The more injured he is, the more effort is required for him to preform feats, speeding up the rate at which he tires.
    
    
    • Superhuman Speed: Tytanic possesses the ability to think and move and remarkable speeds. He has demonstrated the ability to move faster than the fastest land or air vehicle on Earth. He's shown sufficient enough speed to move well in excess of the speed of sound and has managed to achieve speeds in excess of escape velocity. His maximum speed is unknown, but he is much faster flying than he is while running. Tytanic's reaction time and reflexes depend on how fast he's moving. He won't be able to think at superhuman speeds unless he's moving at superhuman speeds. The faster he moves, the faster his body reacts to compensate with the enhanced movement.
      
      
      1. Superhuman Reflexes: Tytanic is capable of reacting at superhuman speeds exceeding several times the speed of Sound, demonstrating enough speed to dodge machine gun fire and snatch bullets out of the air with ease. As previously stated, unless his body is physically prepped to move at superhuman speeds, his body will not react at the speeds necessary for him to catch shots fired at him or others.
      
      
    • Energy Manipulation: Tytanic possesses the ability to generate and manipulate the various forms of energy that his body absorbs for a variety of purposes. Subconsciously, his body draws on the energy that would perform best within the environment that he's in as a defense for exotic locations such as alternate dimensions where his powers would not work properly otherwise.
      
      
      1. Flight: Tytanic is able to defy gravity, achieving flight. He can move in any direction he chooses, and is even capable of hovering in place. Like he can on the ground, Kuja is able to move at superhuman speeds through the air. He's demonstrated the ability to reach Escape Velocity with ease, ranking at at least Mach 30 in an Earth-like atmosphere. He has demonstrated enough speed to travel from Canada to Scotland in a matter of seconds. After being teleported into space by Dark Althena, Kuja managed to fly from the Kuiper Belt back to Earth in a matter of minutes, which would put him above four times the speed of light when traveling in a vacuum. How much faster he is than that is unknown.
      2. Energy Blasts: Kuja is able to turn this energy into blue blasts of destructive force. These blasts can be emitted from either his hands or his eyes. The maximum power he can generate is unknown, but it is less than other X-Men with similar powers as their primary ability.
         • Laser Vision: A literal demonstration of a "peering gaze", Kuja is capable of generating an extreme amount of energy in the form of heat, essentially producing beams from his eyes. The maximum energy output of this power is unknown, though he has shown to produce beams hot enough to melt the organic metal skin of a Skrull possessing the powers of Colossus. He doesn't do it often since it makes it harder for him to see immediately after its use.
         
         
      3. Energy Vision: By focusing his powers, Tytanic is capable of seeing the world as a spectrum of energy. He's able to specifically see the various energy wavelengths within his body, allowing him to pick up heat signatures, psi energy trails, as well as magical traces. He's unable to actively use this power while moving due to the various forms of energy bleeding together, making it impossible for him to see clearly.
      4. Power Ascension Field: By funneling the energy throughout his body, Tytanic is consumed by a golden aura, causing his skin and his hair to shine a brilliant golden color. The field of energy protects him from environmental hazards, allowing him to survive underwater, in space, and in various other dangerous areas for several hours without needing to breathe. The generation of this field greatly increases his strength, speed, and invulnerability. His energy powers are severely limited in this state, and this has a negative effect on his stamina, draining him rapidly. This is rarely used for anything other than a last resort or to survive in areas where he normally can't.

Telepathy: A little used, long forgotten ability, Kuja is also a telepath. He's a weak telepath and is incapable very little except for short range communication and the establishment of psi-links. He can't mentally dominate another or produce powerful psi-blasts capable of destroying a mind, nor are his psi defenses particularly high.

HISTORY

From an alien planet named Saiya, Kuja became a refugee and sole survivor at a young age when his planet was harvested and drained by Galactus.

He woke up days later, on a space craft full of people, possibly refugees from his destroyed planet, suffering from amnesia, and was said that he would recover quickly. His body recovered, but he couldn't remember key things about his life, like his name, planet, and the reason why he was drifting out in space on a spaceship. Kuja stayed on the ship for a couple of weeks, training himself and trying to regain his lost memories. He didn't, so he decided it was time to leave, so he did. During his travels in space, Kuja was hit by a meteor and crashed onto a nearby planet. When he awoke, he was badly injured. He couldn't really move, and was soon discovered by a group of hikers, and was brought to a city that could only be described as paradise. He was told he had crashed on the planet Tai-ren, and was in the capital city, Hicleh. Kuja made the city his home while he recovered from his injuries. While traveling through the city, he wandered, unknowingly, onto a military base, where he overheard that those who discovered him were really scientists. These scientists, from what he understood, enhanced him, and then dropped him off in the same location, all part of a ploy to use him as a military weapon. One more experiment, and he would have become a mindless weapon.

Angered by this revelation, a feral Kuja proceeded to tear the military base apart, and then soldiers came out to subdue him, all which to no avail. This battle went on for days, due to the fact the military base was as large as at least four cities and there were a lot of soldiers. And once again, but luck plagued another planet. Galactus needed another energy feast, so he sent some constructs to weaken its citizens so he could get the planets energies with no problem. But, there was a problem, Kuja was there, and single handedly beat the constructs as the planets military fought Galactus. He wouldn't have even fought the constructs if they hadn't attacked first. After his brief battle, he watched the military go up against Galactus and fail. Watching the chaos, slowly but surely, Kuja's memory started to come back, and he decided to take on the weak Galactus by himself. He almost beat him, but instead of using energy attacks like he normally does, which Kuja was able to dodge, he grew to an enormous size and struck Kuja physically, knocking him into the planets moon, which threw it out of orbit, and rendering Kuja unconscious, with no knowledge to the fate of the planet. The planet did survive, and they used DNA from Kuja to make Jinzu, a weapon to find Kuja and seek revenge.

After waking on the traveling moon, Kuja started to reflect on his past two battles with Galactus. Not able to keep his mind off of his home planet, Kuja went into a rage and destroyed it and went on his merry way. During his travels, he once again stumbled on a planet, surrounded by starships, which seemed to be at war. He was caught in the crossfire of some cannons, and was sent plummeting to the planet, and just so happened to crash into the kings palace, where he was informed as to the Shi'ar empire attempting to take over this planet. Agreeing to the king that he would help them drive the Shi'ar out, he went on, taking out some soldiers, and even some of the Imperial Guard and stumbled on Gladiator, who did nothing but insult and try to belittle Kuja before their fight. Both men fought hard, but it was a stalemate, and the planet was added into the large collection of the Shi'ar empire.

Saddened by another loss, Kuja left the planet on one of the ships and went on traveling through space. While traveling, his ship was hit by a blast and thrown off course and sent the ship plummeting towards a planet called Earth. Kuja crashed into a volcano and his ship exploded, triggering an eruption. He studied the planet and noticed that he stuck out like a sore thumb. He really couldn't do anything about it so he just wore as much clothing as he could to cover up his body and brushed his hair back and tied it back, then lived his life on Earth like he was any other person. By what could be sheer luck, Kuja managed to meet up with the X-Men and has joined the team, along with finding his clone, Jinzu, who he refers to more as a son.

Due to some actions beyond his control, Jinzu's life force was partially sucked away, reducing his physical age to that of an eight year old, and greatly lowered his strength. Kuja managed to absorb this into his body, removing his tail and fur, and giving him an appearance that's similar to Jinzu's. Since then, he's been more protective over Jinzu.

Life then went on normal, or as normal it can be with a life as an X-Man, until he came back from the Weapon Plus mission. He had just gone through hell battling one of their creations, a female going by the name Cyborg, who he managed to turn into his ally. From one war, he was thrown into another by Magneto, he had just destroyed New York City. Going into hell, Kuja battled The Neo and eventually came across a slave trader named Killion, who struck fear into many of the X-Men. Not knowing what he was about to go into, a severly weakened Kuja went on and battled Killion by himself. Killion escaped from their first encounter, but came back on the final strike on Magneto's citadel and battled Kuja again. Kuja proceeded to taught the Neo Titan, which led to his downfall. Angered, Killion unleashed an energy blast that destroyed part of the city, leaving Kuja for dead and having his son take up the task of fighting Killion.

Later on, it was revealed that Kuja didn't die, he had survived by a stroke of good luck. He then went to go to End's dimension, where he encountered his evil alternate who had lost Jinzu during the chaos. They engaged in battle, and with the help of his friend Dante and Chaos, they managed to defeat his evil doppelganger. Later on, during the Draco mission, it was revealed that Althena was the one who kept Kuja alive for some mysterious perpose. During this chaotic battle, Kuja's son, Jinzu, attacked Ungod, and was seemingly killed. This angered the man, so he single handedly took out Ungod's super strong sidekick, Potemkin, who he was having trouble fighting earlier, in a matter of seconds. From there, he and Althena defeated Ungod, who later fled the battle. Now alone once again in life, he has became somewhat of a longer and started keeping to himself, now fearing that he might have the same fate of his alternate. As a result of the Super Human Registration Act, Kuja was forced to side with the government by Iron Man and SHIELD, or face deportation off of Earth.

After creating a diversion for the X-Men to escape the registration act, Kuja was rescued by Ray and teleported away. He was originally going to help Ray find his sister and the others captured by Weapon X, due to his personal connection to the captured X-Man Cyborg, but was instead recruited by Althena in order to stop her doppelganger in Althena's created multiverse. Tytanic, along with D, Dante, and Alucard all traversed to the multiverse where they did battle against Dark Althena and her hyper-evolved forces. During one specific battle, the fallout lead to the destruction of a universe that sent the parties blasting through reality after reality. Dark Althena became stuck between the prime multiverse and Althena's, and in order to prevent the same from occurring, Althena managed to teleport everyone back to the prime multiverse, albeit in different locations.

Kuja and Althena, thanks to a subconscious connection to their friends, ended up in the skies above London while the X-Men did battle against Belasco, Albion and their forces. Kuja happened upon the battle after Juggernaut had been possessed and used as a means to destroy the X-Men and held off his friend long enough for him to return to normal. Th X-Men went on to defeat the combined forces and return to Xavier's, but they were unable to rest. Following the apparent death of Cable and Karenza, the X-Men had to fend off a surprise attack by the Marauders before then going to Alaska in order to rescue the Mutant Messiah. It was there that they encountered Weapon Plus, and Tytanic faced off with Cyborg in a battle that went from Alaska back to New York, where the Purifiers were also engaging the X-Men.

In time, Cyborg was returned to normal, but Kuja was drained physically due to a brief encounter with Kildare and her sister, Kendra. Eventually, he was forced to fight his revived foe, Potemkin, which resulted in Kuja's defeat. Cyborg, on the other hand, took to fighting Nathan Pliskin'ss LMD, and when she severely damaged it, she exposed a weapon from the future: a tachyon accellerated anti-matter bomb. The device quickly attached itself to Kellie, prompting Kuja and his allies to strenuously attempt to remove it before the 30 megaton item exploded. When all hope seemed lost, Kuja managed to rip the item off of Kellie, but it attached to him in the process. With no one strong enough around to aid in the removal, Kuja accepted his fate and stayed behind on Xavier's as everyone else retreated, exposing himself to the point blank detonation of the item.

Surprisingly, Tytanic remained alive, but was knocked unconscious from the explosion. After a matter of minutes, he recovered and was surprised to find the body of Ray Madison lying unconscious in the resulting crater. Recovering his teammate, he took off towards the Conquistador and reunited with the X-Men once more and then joined the team when they went to Muir Island, despite protest from the medical staff. As expected with the X-Men, missions don't go as planned. Due to a freak accident, a man named Benjamin Stamos was revealed to be some sort of Godlike being named Kaeljah who was allied with a partially returned Dark, who took it upon himself to kill Predator X and attack the X-Men. Seeing his friends in trouble, Kuja went to intervene, only to receive a backhand that launched him from Muir Island to Quebec.

He landed near some hikers being harassed by a Wendigo, and in a fit of rage, Kuja attacked and killed the beast in a flurry of super speed in a timespan of two seconds before heading off back towards the battle. His streak of bad luck would continue when Kaeljah easily countered Tytanic's attack and tossed him into the disembodied form of Dark Althena, who utilized the energies within his body due to the exposure to Althena's multiverse to free herself from the void and simultaneously teleport Kuja off into space, right into the Kuiper Belt, and facing the correct direction he needed to travel in to return to Earth. Furious, Kuja flew back to Earth in a matter of minutes and returned to the X-Men.

During the Skrull invasion of Earth, Kuja was killed by a Skrull wielding the powers of Thor. His premature and violent death triggered an enhanced evolution, activating not only his alien mutant gene, but also his partial divinity, restoring him to life.

Somewhere in his travels, between his missions with the X-Men, assisting Althena, and solo heroic work, Tytanic has fallen off the radar and no one has seen him for months. He was last seen with Alucard.

~Ray