Real Name: Henry McCoy

Relatives: Norton McCoy (Father), Edna McCoy (Mother), Robert McCoy (Uncle).

History: Since birth, Henry McCoy has had unusually large hands and feet, a physical mutation that is attributed to his fathers exposure to massive amounts of radiation during an accident at a power plant. This mutation led to McCoy being incredibly agile and dextrous, which in turn earned him accolades as a professional football player in high school. This brought him to the attention of Professor Charles Xavier, and he was invited to attend Xavier’s school for gifted youngsters. There he trained to use his powers with the original team of X-Men, adopting the code-name "Beast".

Upon graduation, McCoy began his employment for the Brand corporation. In his position as genetic researcher, McCoy attempted to isolate the cellular catalyst that causes mutations - using himself as a guinea pig. The results were disastrous. Instead of reversing his mutation, as was his intent, McCoy caused himself to undergo complete physical metamorphosis. Now McCoy was a literal beast - a green-skinned, amphibious monster. The most tragic aspect of the entire affair was that his once-superior intellect was virtually gone, and with it, all hope for reversing his transformation.

The Brute, as he was now called, was once again taken in by the X-Men, and took part in many of their adventures. But when Magneto was handed the reins of the team, Havok took McCoy with him to X-Factor in an effort to protect his friend from Magneto's influence--and in hop of someday finding a cure for his condition.

This was not to be.

During the Inferno event, The Brute became in the machinations of S'YM and N'ASTIRAH. Gullibly believing that they were like him, and could offer him help, McCoy involved himself in their schemes, and before their plans of world domination could be put to an end, The Brute found his semi-human legs magically replaced with demonic cloven-hooves. This, too, seems to be irreversible.

Powers: The Brute is a virtual powerhouse and, despitre his simple intellect(or perhaps because of it), is one of the most deadly members of The Six. He retains all of his agility he possessed as The Beast, can breathe underwater for indefinite amounts of time, can run at high speeds and, by virtue of his claws and enhanced strength, can tear through almost anything.

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