History[]
Arboreal originally appeared as an invader who intended to capture humans for scientific experiments. The character was reformulated in 2006 to be a noble hero, appearing in "Annihilation: Conquest," joining the Guardians of the Galaxy.
His early history is identical to that of Earth-616 Groot, including his early life as an attempted conqueror of Earth and his joining the Guardians.
During his time with the team, Arboreal participated in all their missions, containing threats such as the Badoon, Blastaar, the Negative Zone forces, the Shi'ar, the Magus and the Cancerverse. During the battle with the Badoon, a growing threat in the galaxy, Arboreal helped the team by destroying a first generation Badoon "Monster", a giant torn apart from the corpses of Badoon's dead enemies. He also played a key role in the War of Kings, a war between the Shi'ar and the Inhumans / Kree, when at the end of the war, Black Bolt detonated his ultimate weapon: the Terrigen Bomb. The explosion resulted in a hole in space / time known as "the Fault:" a gateway to a universe where death did not exist known as the Cancerverse. The first creature to come through the Fault was a giant squid that instinctively attacked Attilan. Arboreal came up with the idea to ambush the creature and with the help of the Prince of Inhumans, Maximus, using highly advanced quantum science, the two developed an experiment that created an instability within reality that undid the creature.
After this attack, Arboreal fought the Magus, the Avatar of Life and an agent of the many Cancerverse rulers, where he lost his arm in battle. However, Arboreal regenerated the limb very fast. He then accompanied the Guardians to the capital planet of the Universal Church of Truth), where he helped Moondragon attack the Church and its followers. He then fought alongside the Guardians against Thanos after the latter made a deal with death. Arboreal then helped the Guardians infiltrate the Cancerverse, taking the place of the Revengers, an evil version of the Avengers. He was present during the final battle between Adam Warlock and Thanos. Later, he traveled with Talon of the Inhumans shortly after the departure of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and later still assisting in the reunification and reformulation of the team.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
Self Sustenance: Arboreal can sustain himself through photosynthesis and composting.
Superhuman Strength: Arboreal's strength level is directly linked to his connection to Earth. Occupying his most commonly used body, he is capable of lifting volumes many times larger than his own body weight. With additional power delivered to him by Gaia, his final level of strength is almost incalculable, relying entirely on Gaia's health.
Botanical Communication : Arboreal can communicate with all forms of plant-life, including flowers, trees, fruits, vegetables, pollen, etc. either telepathically, by speaking verbally, or by touching it physically. Plants can tell the user of what happened or what is happening, like helping them track someone from a long distance away, etc.
Chlorokinetic Constructs : Arboreal can change plants (flowers, trees, vines, etc.) into different forms and objects of varying detail and permanence, ranging from simple shapes and images, to individual elements, substances and materials, to functional items such as tools and weapons, to more complex creations such as living or non-living entities, entire structures and even environments in certain cases. Depending on their control over the source of their constructs, those who have mastered this ability can use it for almost any situation, creating anything they need.
Mutation Inducement : Arboreal is able to induce mutations in the genetic structure of plants, changes in the sequence of an organism's vegetal genetic material, in self or other living beings plant-like. The changes can range from minor genetic changes to severe physical mutation in plants, user could even be able to activate recessive abilities in allies or suppress abilities in foes. Note that the user may force instant change or stretch it over longer periods or even several separate sessions.
Plant Flight : Arboreal can fly, glide and/or levitate through manipulation of plants. They can fly at varying speeds, levitate, or propel themselves without taking flight, including enhanced jumping by a short burst of flight.
Pheromone Generation: Arboreal can secrete powerful pheromones that have a variety of effects on others, all related to behavior. He can become more attractive or intimidating to men and women as he chooses.
Poison Generation: Arboreal can generate, create, emit, or otherwise produce poison/poisonous substance and somehow inflict the victim. For the sake of clarity: poison, toxin, and venom are terms for any substance that injures the health or destroys life when absorbed into the system: poison is the general word, toxin is a poison produced by an organism (plant, fungus, animal); it is especially used in medicine in reference to disease-causing bacterial secretions, venom is especially used of the poisons secreted by certain animals, usually injected by bite or sting.
Plant Attacks: Arboreal can release/use plant-matter to attacks of various shapes and/or intensities, either projected, used as a part of melee attacks, etc. He can project storms of thorns, create whips of vines, and transform his limbs into cutting plant blades.
Plant Companionship: Arboreal can form a sacred and powerful union between them and a Plant, and they both tend to protect and care for one another and assist each other in multiple situations. Arboreal can also share an empowering friendship so that they draw strength from and granting them the power to achieve anything and overcome potential obstacle in their way. The bond they have with their Plants is purely sacred because of the pure love they have for one another and use it to synchronize each other and gain a variety of powers they use for themselves.
Plant Defense: Arboreal possesses defensive skills that are enhanced by plant-based powers, allowing them to block, parry, dodge, reflect, etc. with the power of plant life.
Plant Detection: Arboreal is able to sense the presence of plants and possibly gain detailed understanding about the plants they are sensing, including the amount/size of organic matter they are sensing and whether it is hidden.
Plant Emerging: Arboreal can emerge living plants from their body. It can be from any time period, and they fight for the user and with them.
Plant Enhancement: Arboreal can increase the amount and health of plants, flowers and other produce, heal and otherwise nourish them and influence environment to reach and stay on the ideal range to help plant-life flourish. They can communicate with plants, accelerate their growth and even create them from nothing if needed.
Plant Generation: Arboreal can generate plants, including vines, moss, fungi, and parts of the plants, such as leaves, seeds, fruits and flowers, whether by drawing them from already existing plants, or by manifesting them anywhere they want.
Plant Growth: Arboreal can influence and accelerate the growth of plants causing flowers and other plants to bloom instantaneously, causing them to mature with supernatural speed, grow to unusual size, and produce in abundance. Arboreal can cause plants to grow from seeds to mature plants in moments, cause them to flower and produce fruits, seeds, etc. outside season, cause a cut plant to grow roots and other similar feats.
Plant Solidification: Arboreal can solidify or give solid-like properties to all plant-based substances with the level of solidity going from loose jelly to metal-like hardness or beyond. Alternatively, Arboreal can also harden plant to make it denser and harder to break.
Plant Aura: Arboreal can surround itself within a plant-like energy like aura, gaining enhanced strength and can cause plants to grow around the surrounding area. He can also fly by lifting themselves by the energy surrounding him, or by propelling itself.
Plant Empowerment: Arboreal become strong, fast, more durable, etc. when he come in contact with plants, possibly unlocking abilities related to the affinity and enhancing the existing powers. Arboreal may be able draw sustenance from the plants or even slow or stop aging.
Plant Merging: Arboreal can merge into/with plant-life as roots and move within the plant object, as well as manipulate any object (being or object) in physical contact with the surface.
Plant Physiology: Arboreal is made up, or can transform your body completely, into plant materials. Arboreal transformed form is anatomically identical to their normal form, aside of being made of plant, in which case, he contains all to organs and is somewhat vulnerable to attacks. Alternately, Arboreal can transform into homogeneous matter, without any part of their form being more important than the other. Other cases from this type of mimicry are more as entities having plant-like characteristics, more often a hybrid between botanic biology to another species/entities.
Plant Teleportation: Arboreal can teleport via plants, merging into element/energy and appearing anywhere else from the same element.
Elemental Control: Arboreal is made up of sentient plant matter, and has complete mastery over all plant life and can command plant matter to do his bidding. Through this power, he is in constant communication with the very essence of the earth, and serves as the elemental center for all plant life in the universe. He can summon vines to entangle opponents, and has threatened on more than one occasion to cause the microscopic flora within the bodies of his enemies to grow outward and kill them from within. Arboreal was formerly the elemental of "all" elements, including fire, water, earth, air, mind and spirit.
Possession: Arboreal can transfer his consciousness to any other body of plant matter. If his physical form happens to be destroyed, as long as there is a single vegetable present in the universe, he can transfer his consciousness to it and be reborn infinitely. He can also use this power to physically possess bodies of creatures made of flesh and blood, and transfer his consciousness into them.
Bio-Fission: Arboreal can grow multiple copies of himself, but these are only animated plant constructs that do not act without direct orders from Arboreal.
Improved Intellect: Arboreal can improve his mental abilities by growing a giant model of an organic brain, and then attaching the brain to his head. It takes about two hours, and he can't move until the brain is disconnected.
Hallucinogenic Illusion: Arboreal can grow tubers in his body which spew out a hallucinogenic pollen, causing the victim to experience illusions (good and honest people will have relaxing illusions; bad people will have painful and terrible illusions).
Size Change: Arboreal can grow to gigantic sizes. Theoretically, there is no limit to the extent to which he can grow as long as he can draw energy from the plant life of the universe.
Regeneration: Arboreal can regenerate totally destroyed body parts, or even his entire body. As long as there is one plant, his consciousness can create a new body and he will regenerate in moments.
Resurrection: Arboreal houses his conscious mind within a humanoid body made of compacted flora and plant material. At will, he can abandon this form and reside in another form, produced from any plant life anywhere. Even if the body he is currently occupying is destroyed, Arboreal's mind lives in the elemental essence of the embodiment of the collective vital essence of all plant life in the Marvel Universe, known as the "Cosmic Heart of Gaia," and will reconstruct a newly grown body. Arboreal operated this process for several years before he realized it himself. Thus Arboreal could theoretically dwell in any living body of the universe if he so desired. Because there will theoretically be at least one trace of plant or organic life somewhere in the universe, he is effectively immortal. Eventually, he realized his elemental nature, and instructed himself in the reconstitution of his body.
Skills[]
Genius Level Intellect: Arboreal is naturally extremely intellectual, possessing a brilliant scientific genius that covers various areas such as: Botany, Physics, Exobiology, Genetics, among countless other sciences.
Weaknesses[]
Vulnerability to Pollution: Pollution is highly dangerous to the plant life that makes up his body and the plant life to which he is connected. By weakening the Cosmic Heart of Gaia, an opponent also weakens Arboreal.
