Austin Anoa (Earth-616)

Austin Anoa (Earth-616)
Real Name	Austin Anoa
Current Alias	Cataclysm
Alias(es)	Armageddon The Walking Apocalypse Disaster Personified
Relatives	All Deceased
Affiliation	United States Army Japanese Army S.H.I.E.L.D. Hydra
Base Of Operations	Unknown
Alignment	Neutral
Universe	Earth-616
Gender	Male
Height	6,5
Weight	112kg
Eyes	Dark Brown
Hair	Black (Pre Mantra Bomb) Red (Post Mantra Bomb)
Unusual Features	None

Austin Anoa was one of the earliest and most successful examples of a super soldier, serving as a member of the united states armed forces during the events of the second world war. During a japan mission he was caught in the blast of an experimental super weapon, sustaining direct exposure to a mantra reactor, which transformed him into the infamous "Cataclysm", a walking disaster who has surfaced numerous times throughout the course of history in times of great war, death and destruction, as one of the strongest and most destructive mutants to ever live, whose power seems to swell and grow continuously without any limitation or reasoning.

Appearance

Austin has always been involved in a lifestyle which was highly athletic. Though he was always of a relatively healthy and athletic constitution, it wasn't until he was injected with a highly experimental form of super soldier serum that his entire body remodeled itself to a rather herculean state of physical conditioning. Prior to the shimano incident, austin had black hair, though the pigment became that of an intense, vivid crimson red after the event. It is presumed to be a direct side effect of sustaining direct exposure to a mantra reactor. Chronologically, austin is well over 90 years old, but his exposure to highly experimental mantra reactor technology has had a severe effect on his physiology, essentially making him immortal in terms of aging. He has lived throughout the decades since this incident and has only ever gotten stronger and more dangerous, his body held in a constantly sustained state of permanent youth and physical prime regardless of how old he gets.

Personality

Austin has always had a mortality that can be described as that of an emotional gray area. He is wildly opposed to any kind of forced domination, hence, he enlisted in the united states armed forces and jumped at the chance to be the test subject of a highly dangerous super soldier serum. This resulted in not only physical changes but drastic mental alterations. His brains true potential was unlocked and he became far more intelligent that the smartest genius the human race could offer as a result. Following the result of him being caught in the blast of an experimental mantra reactor powered warhead produced by the japanese army, austin's persona was severely altered. He has become far more violent and quick to anger, with a temper that once lost, can cause him to behave in an almost primal, berserk manner. Austin retains his intelligence, and struggles tempted by his own power, drifting back and fourth over the line between good and bad morality, he currently pursues a way to stop his uncontrollable outbursts of rage and anger, a fruitless endeavor.

Powers & Abilities

Austin is more primarily referred to by the public as The Cataclysm, a legendary being who has been seen numerous times throughout human history, during and following the events of World War II. He is known as an incredibly destructive being who induces fear and terror wherever he walks, laying waste to everyone and everything in his path as an unstoppable force of nature. As a super soldier, he became infamous for decimating his foes on the battlefield as a one man army of sorts. Following the shimano incident, his entire being was remodeled and modified with new characteristics, which lead to him being classified as a mutant. He possesses numerous skills, supernatural powers and immensely superhuman abilities which give him the ability to orchestrate devastation on an incredible scale

Super Soldier Abilities

Shortly after enlisting as a member of the united states army, austin was scouted as a potential test subject for a new strain of highly experimental, extremely dangerous super soldier serum. Austin was the sole survivor out of the handful of recruits which were brought in for the procedure, but in turn, he attained incredible physical capabilities, becoming incredibly superhuman. As a testament to his abilities, austin was known as a super soldier among super soldiers, as he was observed as being several times more effective and powerful than other super soldiers produced in secrecy by the government, besting them in combat and wits handily.

Intellectual Super Genius: The highly experimental solution pumped into austin's body transformed him into an intellectual genius of a standard far beyond that of even the greatest minds in human history. His brain became incredibly powerful, capable of performing complex and highly complicated procedures in record time. Austin became capable of countless new feats of intelligence, insight, and wisdom, to the point that he could completely humiliate some of the best minds from his time by comparison. His learning abilities skyrocketed, the processing power and thinking ability he possessed was unrivaled, something which gave him an enormous advantage over his foes in battle, and while planning strategies against his foes while on missions. He has retained this intellectual supremacy even to this date.

Immense Learning Rate: As a side effect of his brain becoming at least, dozens of times more advanced and powerful than that of even the greatest human mind, austin is capable of growing, learning, and taking in outside sources of data and information far faster than any other man, and at a depth many times more complex and intricate as well. When he enlisted in the united states army he was no different from the physically capable jarhead, with little intelligence beyond that of basic math. After being injected, austins mind became so powerful that he mastered numerous different highly complex disciplines such as mathetmatics, chemistry, physics, biology, psychology, engineering, and more, doing so in the space of a few months, a feat most men fail to accomplish studying their entire lives. He is capable of absorbing and retaining far greater amounts of data in an incredibly short timeframe, in not much more than a mere glance at the source of said data, and his near limitless physical prowess allows him to effortlessly carry theory into practicality.

Mastery of Martial Arts

Austin has received intense, grueling training in numerous different disciplines of martial arts. He is in fact considered one of the single most dangerous and lethal men in the world based on his fighting abilities alone. This is because austin fights to severely injure, if not outright kill his opponents as quickly and as onesidedly as possible, always aiming to inflict the most damage on the bodies of his foe at all times, something which he achieves splendidly. In spite of his training, his actual fighting style is highly improvised, as he continuously observes, evaluates, and flawlessly responds to every possible attack in only the most effective method, his enhanced thinking ability allows him this advantage, and because of it, austin has become feared as a man who can kill other men in usually only the most simple and single of attacks, even other highly skilled combatants such as super soldiers, assassins, and mutants alike.

Akumetsu Karate: During his time detained at the world class maximum security prison known as the stygian super asylum, austin was injected periodically with a counter solution that nullified his powers temporarily, leaving him completely defenseless. During this time however, he met a legendary assassin known as Hirose Tojita. Hirose would teach austin his personal form of extremely deadly fighting known as akumetsu karate, a syle of martial arts so dangerous that it is agreed upon by the martial arts community as an abomination. Practice of akumetsu karate is forbidden worldwide. Over a period of about a year, austin was trained harshly and brutally to survive at the stygian super asylum, and thus, he became so exceedingly skilled that he would become hirose's successor, as one who possessed the techniques of one of the most dangerous and hated martial arts throughout the course of human history.

Trivia

• The events which form austin's origin story becoming the cataclysm are heavily, heavily inspired by godzilla's origin story, who is one of my favorite characters and movie monsters of all time. Over all, the character that is austin draws great inspiration from many aspects of godzilla, such as behavior, his infamous reputation, and the way that he is viewed by certain members of the public. With anger and rage being the primary crux of austin's character, he is also heavily inspired by Asura of Asura's Wrath.