Zebediah Miller

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 * RealName               = Zebediah Miller
 * CurrentAlias           = Filch
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 * Identity               = Secret
 * Alignment              = Bad
 * Affiliation            = Larceny
 * Relatives              = Geoffrey Miller (Father) Betty Miller (Mother) Jessica Daniels (Wife)
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 * Gender                 = Male
 * Height                 = 6' 1"
 * Weight                 = 300lbs (136.1 kg) (after full transformation by Quantites)
 * Eyes                   = Purple
 * Hair                   = Red
 * UnusualFeatures        = Lots of scars


 * Citizenship            = English
 * MaritalStatus          = Married
 * Occupation             = Thief
 * Education              = Cambridge University


 * Origin                 = Used his own creation: "Quantites" to breakdown a poison in his bloodstream, and inadvertently upgraded his own body in the process.
 * PlaceOfBirth           = Colchester
 * Creators               = Toby Allen
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 * Quote                  = I hoped to go to cambridge to learn more, but dad's ideas were very different to mine. ..
 * Speaker                = Filch


 * HistoryText            =  ===Early Years===

Zebediah was born of parents Geoffrey and Betty. He was hailed as a genius while still at secondary school. Although it was Zeb’s dream to study at Cambridge and work towards winning a nobel prize, this was not what his father wanted. Out of fear of his son becoming smarter than him, he made Zeb work with him cleaning the Clacton Pier aquarium. Zeb worked there for 2 months as an assistant Janitor, before deciding (with his mother's goading) to go to university despite his father's wishes.

University
Zeb enrolled and began studying Molecular Manipulation. It was at Cambridge that he met Scott Foster, who became his best friend, and later, his most trusted colleague. Zeb also met Rose Gibson, who he immediately fell in love with. They were also associated with Jessica Daniels, who was very much in love with Zeb, and highly jealous of Zeb and Rose’s relationship. However, this relationship does not prevent Jessica from making advances on Zeb. Zeb, Scott, and Rose masterminded a concept of creating tiny techno-organic devices, inspired by the squids at the aquarium zeb worked at, that could manipulate molecules on an atomic level, and finally succeeded in creating their device, which they dubbed ‘Quantites.’

However disaster soon struck.

Loss & Perseverance
Zeb and Scott then tried to sell their idea on the premise of being able to reverse the greenhouse effect by releasing a huge amount of Quantites into the atmosphere. Ernest Wilkinson, representing the governments efforts for reducing the country’s carbon footprint, accused the Quantites of being far too expensive, and dismissed their efforts.

Angry, and disillusioned, Zeb, Rose, and Scott hit the pub, hoping to drown their sorrows. When he finally came to at home, Zeb found Rose dead, poisoned by a spiked drink at the pub. Zeb then realised he had been poisoned too, but had received a smaller dose, having not finished his drink. Scott had passed out before he had a chance to drink the poison. Zeb found the rest of his drink and found out the exact poison he had ingested and set about programming the Quantites to breakdown the poison and let them into his blood stream by inhaling them. Scott woke to see Zeb inhaling the Quantites, but it was too late to stop him. Within hours, the poison’s effects had begun to reverse, but it was at this point they both realised they had not come up with away to get the Quantites back out of Zeb.

Scott immediately performed a full examination of Zeb to see exactly what the Quantites were doing. They had burrowed a small cavity in the bottom of his femur and had stockpiled all the elements that made up the poison in here. Zeb and Scott then buried Rose, and after an intense grieving period, went their separate ways in life, Scott vowing to find out who tried to kill them, and Zeb wanting to avoid a darker path, stayed at university.

Zeb finds the loss of Rose harder and harder to bear, turning to drink. Every night it takes more and more alcohol to get him drunk, and its not long before he gets to a point where no matter how much he drinks, he cannot get drunk any more. Zeb realizes that the Quantities must be still active and calls Scott and asks him to perform another examination, and the results are very different to what either of them suspect.

The changes have started. ..

Transformation
The Quantites strong signals from Zeb’s nerves and neurons, normally strong wishes, and act upon them, e.g. breaking down the poison, and increasing his body size to match that of Scott. But there is more. The Quantites have completely moved cell production from leg marrow to the clavicles marrow, and in its place is a Quantite production and repair centre, and a honeycomb, each cell housing a different element. Also, the Quantites had modified the construction of his skeleton, making it stronger. The Quantites had also placed a small controller matrix into the spinal column, allowing Zeb a much more precise level of control over the Quantites. They test it by making his fingernails and teeth diamonds, using the carbon stored in his legs.

In time, the Quantites make bigger, more obvious changes to the body, his arms and chest grew, becoming much more muscly without any exercise, inspired by his jealousy of Scott’s toned body, but he does not attain superhuman strength, and he had developed very fast healing. In time, the Quantites developed themselves to become faster and faster.

The Quantites obtain elements not normally present in the body, by leaving the body, collecting them, and returning. Once Zeb realises this, he makes a point of getting in contact with as many different elements as possible. It is this practice that eventually gives him the name Filch.

The control matrix soon began to manipulate Zeb's thoughts, exaggerating deep-seated emotions and ambitions and his personality changed to reflect this. The Quantites needs and wants would be projected into Zeb's wants and needs, and he began to 'hunger' different materials, fuelling a step into criminal activities. Zeb began to have delusions of grandeur, his childhood dreams coming to the fore as strong ambitions. It was this that motivated him to seize Colchester Castle, fancying himself as a medieval Scottish warrior needing a castle to match.

Beginning of a Feud
By the time Zeb decided to take control of Colchester Castle, Scott had created his own version of the Quantites and tracked him down. They fought viciously but Scott had not gotten a chance to gain full control of his abilities and had a major disadvantage. The interior of the Castle was badly destroyed and eventually Scott retreated. Zeb cleared out all the people in the Castle, and refurbished it to his on fashion.

Filch resents Scott, and his always getting in his way. Things are only exacerbated by the appearance of an old acquaintance. Jessica Daniels turns up outside the castle, intrigued by her sudden appearance, Filch lets her in. She tells Filch that it was Scott who killed Rose, accusing Scott of being in love with Zeb and that he was jealous of Rose's relationship. She reminds him of her undying love for him, and after working together for a while, they soon fall in love with each other and marry.

After the wedding night, Jessica's eyes change colour, and Zeb realises she has ingested some of his Quantites. She names herself Jackstone. Still feeling passionately the environment, and angry at the government not supporting their ideas, Zeb decides to attack "non-green" establishments such as power stations and oil rigs. While attacking an oil rig in the North Sea, Filch and Jackstone meet Scott again. This time Filch is defeated retreats back to the Castle.

Personality
Pre-Quantite: Zeb is passionate, smart, and only ever wants to do the best for the people/things/concepts he loves. He feels very strongly about the environment and wants to do his part to improve it.

Post-Quantite: Filch's personality becomes twisted, and deep-seated, dark desires come to the fore. He is ambitious, self-confident, kleptomaniac, and a megalomaniac. His strong feelings for the environment become twisted, leading him to become an eco-terrorist. Filch also becomes full of hate and resentment, especially at Scott, believing him to have murdered his late girlfriend Rose.


 * Powers                 = Filch's Body is filled with Quantites

Accelerated Healing Factor: The Quantites within Filch's body accelerate the natural healing process in his body's cells. This does not give him immunity to fatal wounds, it only decreases the time it takes to heal. Also it does not prevent scarring of his body.

Foreign Chemical Immunity: The Quantites are able to breakdown almost any poison, chemical or drug, eventually this would include alcohol.

Molecular Manipulation: Filch's Quantites allow a limited control of the molecules around him, this is mostly used for taking substances, rather than moving them.


 * Molecule Pilfering: Filch can remove molecules from any object not controlled by other Quantites.
 * Molecule Storage: The Quantites in Filch's system store pilfered molecules in a honeycomb within Filch's leg marrow.
 * Internal Construction: Filch can use the Quantites to construct upgrades within his body, such as stronger tissues.
 * Diamond Nails and teeth: Filch's teeth and nails have been hardened into diamond, and can cut/scratch most surfaces.
 * Gill/Lung Hybrid Respiratory System: Filch's respiratory system has been upgraded to allow underwater breathing
 * Accelerated Circulatory system: Filch's heart can pump faster and harder, and his blood has been replaced with a heamoglobic lubricant that allows Quantites freer movement within his body, and offers Filch greater stamina than the average human, as it breaks down the lactic acid build up that is created during exercise.
 * Increased Muscle Mass: The Quantites constructed lots of upgraded proteins that accelerated the muscle growth within the body. Filch is able to run faster, jump higher, and swim faster than the average human.
 * Increased Skeletal Mass: Filch's skeleton has been reinforced with titanium, diamond, and steel and key strength points.
 * Relocated Cell Production: The cell production that normally takes place in leg marrow has been condensed and relocated to the clavicle marrow.
 * External Construction: Filch is able to make constructs attached to his body such as claws, shields, and weapons, from the elements stored within his body.
 * Retractable Claws: At times, Filch will construct retractable claws, normally from titanium tipped steel. He has constructed these at his knuckles, fingertips, toes, knees, and elbows.
 * Shield: Filch can construct a small shield of about 10cm diameter. He normally will construct a shield over vulnerable/injured parts of his body, giving them a chance to heal.
 * Molecule Breakdown: Filch has very limited ability to breakdown objects he can touch. Given enough time, he can weaken a bank vault enough to break into it with his bare hands.

Bo Staff Master: Zeb's father's mastery of the Bo Staff was passed down to his son. Filch is a master in all forms of Bo Staff combat.
 * Abilities              = Gifted Intellect/Physicist: Zebediah is a gifted Physicist, co-created the Quantites, and has an intimate knowledge with the Periodic Table, which proves invaluable when controlling his Quantites.
 * Strength               = PHMx2 PHSx1 Filch is very strong, but not superhumanly so. He has the strength of a body builder who engages in excessive exercise. Filch is able to lift 4x his own body weight.
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 * Weapons                = Bo Staff: Zeb's Bo Staff is stored, broken down, within his body, ready to be constructed at will. He normally constructs it with carbon fibre. He also has been known to construct it as an axe or large hammer, and can also change between the three while wielding it.

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