TOREADOR

The Artists

COLOSSUS = Good

Piotr Rasputin truly fits the description of "Beneath that cold exterior lies the heart of an artist..." Able to transmute his flesh into living steel, this former Soviet commune farmer has incredible strength, a nigh-invulnerable skin, and the heart of a painter. Although his grip can crush steel, and bullets merely bounce off of him, his true nature lies in his expression of himself through paint on a canvas. Much more content to spend time with his art, he is nevertheless willing to contribute his fantastic abilities to the betterment of mutants and humans alike. He is a perfect example of how an artist can be many things at once.



HIGH EVOLUTIONARY = Undecided

This man's art is in genetic manipulation and creation. Intelligent beyond nearly all on the planet, he has created several sub-races of mankind, even races combining human and animal characteristics. Often prefering solitude to intervention with the rest of the world, the High Evolutionary's "art" has been criticized often by many, sometimes rightfully so. For although he has created many a beautiful thing, he is sometimes unreliable, and often fancies himself more of a demi-god than a man. And tinkering with the natural beauty of nature will often bring you more trouble than good.
 



 

THE DARK BEAST = Bad

The Dark Beast, like the High Evolutionary, prefers mankind as his palette, though his brushstrokes are crude, and the results often terrifying and monstrous. His experiments have ranged from the creation of Nate Gray, one of the most powerful telepaths on the planet, to hideous monstrosities that either live terrible, short lives or die just after their creation. He views the rest of the Earth's population as nothing more than guinea pigs for his own twisted experiments and "artworks." An alternate-timeline version of Hank "Beast" McCoy, the Dark Beast is always meddling, always creating, and always staying just far enough from heroes to continue his "works in progress."
 



Last Updated 8/3/98
 

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