Name: Albert Joshipher Ellington III
Age: 35
Birthday: October 20
Gender: Male
Category: Teacher
Class: Mythology and Cryptology
Appearance Description:
Albert stands at six feet, one inch tall and weighs in at one hundred and eight pounds. When it comes to physical fitness the man is known to be well in shape. However that was his past. Now he currently is slouching off. He went from being muscular to being right about average in body size and physical shape. For the most part he looks to be younger. His body and physical appearance can make him look to be like he is in his twenties.
There are a wealth of factors involving this guy's appearance. He looks very different from a normal human. There are a wealth of scars all over his body. Tattoo and ink work are scattered throughout Albert's body. All sorts of injuries and evidence of past battles would be easily viewed. His eye color is green. The one thing that someone may notice that is different about him is that arm of his.
To say this man has more than a few tattoos is to completely misunderstand the amount of ink he has. With exception to his right arm which technically doesn't even belong to him exclusively anymore, neck, face and hands every other area on his body has some sort of ink attached. On the back there is a huge depiction of a zombie apocalypse. Both arms carry all sorts of mythology themed symbolism that covers his scars, bullet holes and stab wounds. His neck is littered with the names of the people he once knew who died. The chest and stomach area shows off the names of every mythological and special item he has found and some sort of picture to show the depiction of that item. His lower body carries symbolism of every single mythological creature he could think of. Finally the feet are lined with words in lost languages.
When it comes to physical appearances in dress Albert prefers to impress. Now of course with that arm of his it is rather tricky to wear what he wants to but with that arm's cooperation he can look good. Most times he wears a suit and tie with the occasional bowtie. He prefers dark colored suits because the darker colors appear to make him look better or so he believes. During classroom instruction he never wears his suit jacket.
One thing that should be mentioned is his absolute fascination with shoes. It is said that Albert almost never wears the same shoes twice in a week. Most of the footwear he has comes in the dress shoe variety. Most of those shoes are black and almost always will look similar to one another. The only time he wears different shoes is when he makes his feeble attempts at exercise. Even while laying in bed he prefers to wear slippers.
Jewelry is something that should be mentioned about this guy. Fancy watches, ear rings, rings to put on his fingers and even a variety of piercings located throughout his body are the types of jewelry he has. Albert sports piercings on his chest area in places that are inappropriate to reveal to any student. He also has surface piercings at the cut off area for his symbiotic arm to let him know where most of the infection has occurred. In terms of watches expect him to always have one on the left wrist as his symbiote doesn't care for jewelry to be on it.
Now comes time to explain the symbiote. Being a parasite it has a different appearance than Albert does because it was never born a human. The symbiote comes in the form of a right arm. That arm looks like something straight out of a nightmare because it can have an utterly grotesque appearance. Muscle mass, infected looking flesh and a greenish red coloration could easily be seen if Albert ever revealed the arm without covering it with clothing. The finger nails look similar to that of a lion's claws.
The symbiote reacts whenever Albert speaks, feels emotion or reacts to anything. It is apart of him. Therefore when he gets angry his symbiote arm will pulsate. When he is sad the arm will turn into a blackish color. Whenever he reacts to violence the arm will brighten up to a blood red color and switch to a blue color and ten alternate between the two colors. It can move on its own without Albert's help so sometimes that arm will act unnaturally compared to the rest of the body.
Personality Description:
Albert is known to be a rather nice person. In fact it was once said that if it wasn't for that arm of his the guy wouldn't have any enemies at all. He is about as close to being a genuinely nice person as a human being could come. He has great manners. Albert is the type of person who is generous, tries his hardest to respect everyone and rarely likes to engage in arguments. Of course that doesn't always work out for him but most times its because of that stupid arm of his.
When it comes to women this man is not the type to lack respect. He likes to be especially kind to women because he feels like women catch a lot of disrespect on the regular. However he is now known to be the knight in shining armor type. He also believes that since he is not supposed to think of women as the weaker gender that he should treat them with the the same ideals, general attitude and limits of tolerance similar to that of men. As nice as he is don't expect him to live by the whole "a man shouldn't hit a woman" rule. He feels that humans are the only ones who follow that rule. He'll typically say something like, "tell you what go poke a grizzly bear with a stick and see if it cares about society's boundaries."
He never treats others like crap because they are different. He is a humanist or at least he says he is. Albert, in truth, is a complete sentient humanist. If a being has sentient qualities he treats that person with the same respect as he would treat a human. However that comes with limits. If said sentient being is a harmful one or wants to kill him or others expect Albert to change his mind about their worth in terms of living.
This man is known to be a good dresser. He prefers to dress well because he feels inadequate. Because of that arm Albert feels out of place in the world. So he wears nice cloths and tries to look nice to try to take attention away from the limb. He prefers dark colored clothing because he wants to try to blend in colors to take away attention from the arm as much as possible.
Now the arm has a mind of its own. Since its brain exists on an astral plane it can think for itself without Albert interfering. The arm is a symbiote whose cells are connected to every part of Albert's body. That would include his brain. So it knows what he thinking at all times. Not to mention it can even talk for itself with a mouth portion.
The creature, who Albert calls Grex, is about as polar opposite as it could get from its host's personality. Grex is rude. It has no consideration for others. It will say things that are inappropriate. The thing about Grex that will be noticeable is that it doesn't like things the typical human likes. For example it cannot stand to see human affection in any form including bedroom activity. It finds the very idea of two humans kissing to be disgusting.
Having Grex as a co-pilot can be a burden. Grex talks through the right arm that it clearly has taken over and it can make that arm move without Albert's permission. Therefore expect Grex to take actions that Albert would not. For example if Grex wanted to read a book it has eyes and can move the pages on its own through that arm. If Grex wanted to listen to music it can turn on a radio as it has ears on that arm as well. If Grex wanted to smell some flowers it could move that arm over to said flowers and take a whiff as it has a nose as well.
As far as a meaningful relationship goes between Albert and Grex those two get along sometimes while other times they do not. Albert cannot control his right arm. Grex cannot control the rest of the body. So there is a power struggle at times. Since the symbiote finds that Albert's human emotion is utterly irrational it will make the arm do things that the rest of the body does not agree with. This makes meaningful relationships with other people and even bedroom activities become tough tasks.
Don't expect much of a combatant out of the host. Albert is a pacifist for the most part. He doesn't like conflict. If he is honest he doesn't even care for debates. However Grex loves conflict, loves violence and doesn't take too kindly to anyone threatening its host. Grex has been known to punch someone in the face that threatens Albert and do so without completely understanding human emotions and expressions. It even reacts to how it looks because the colors of the right arm will change based off of Albert's emotions.
Grex is still learning about human emotions and empathy. Therefore expecting it to know expressions and sayings will end in failure. It only knows English so well because it witnessed Albert speaking so often. Outside of this it sounds mostly like a robot. Grex has a sense of human but it is a dry humor. It has the possibility to appear utterly emotionless unless Albert is threatened.
Powers:
SYMBIOTIC ARM PHYSIOLOGY
Albert's right arm, if the appearance didn't give it away, is not a normal arm. His arm is actually a symbiote that took on the duties of that limb due to Albert's physical disability of not having an arm due to an accident. It is a symbiote therefore it does things on its own but can in fact move in symphony with Albert if it chooses to. The symbiote is not human. Even on a cellular level it will not appear to be human.
The creature attached to Albert's body provides more than just occasional entertainment. It appears to have two sets of eyes located just below the knuckles. There is a nose in the palm portion. Two ears are located on the wrist. The eyes, ears and nose are just as good as the average person in terms of seeing, hearing and smelling. That arm can also feel but that feeling doesn't translate to Albert so whatever the symbiote feels Albert is unable to.
It has a mind of its own. The brain of the symbiote exists on an astral plane yet is still susceptible to normal mind powers. However effects that are meant to affect those who are either human or humanoid-like wouldn't work on this thing. Controlling the arm for a mind controller is not a tough task. It doesn't understand many human emotions nor does it care to know everything about humans. Empathy abilities would still work on Albert but would also work on the symbiote as the host and symbiote are combined.
Fighting capabilities can be surprising well polished for that arm. While the host is not a great fighter Grex the symbiote is well versed in combat. It was an alien that originated on a planet far from Earth. On that planet there was constant chaos that makes the conflicts on Earth look trivial. While it cannot control Albert's body it knows martial arts created on its home world that allows it to perform moves by itself with or without Albert's assistance.
Taking a punch from that arm is not the greatest of ideas if that punch would cause injury. Grex has the capability to do things that Albert's body couldn't even withstand. It has performed feats such as holding a boulder up over its host's head with Albert struggling to keep standing. That arm and Albert's physical power produces such a visibly noticeable gap to the point where Grex has to be careful not to cause its host physical injury. Crushing rocks, bending steel, flipping cars with a flick of a wrist and lifting large amounts of weight are laughably easy tasks for Grex the symbiote arm.
That arm produces forces that can be frightening if one were to measure what Grex can do. It has been known to produce a strangle hold that is nearly ten times the strength of a crocodiles bite. If someone happens to get into a submission hold by that thing it will be difficult to escape. The current limit of weight the arm can lift is a whopping twenty tons but that is only what Albert measured it as. In truth Grex is much stronger as it could lift double what Albert measured it in at forty tons. However because of Albert's human body Grex can't exert its full potential.
When it comes to taking damage the symbiote is nothing to sneeze at. Albert has witnessed Grex taking a speeding car straight up and pushing back upon that car, on impact and sending the vehicle flying back the way it came. G-forces, elemental damage, piercing attacks and even nerve holds have absolutely no effect on this arm. The amount of residual and miscellaneous endurance the arm has is also a bit on the ridiculous side. If Grex wanted to it could hold up a .50 caliber machine gun and fire the weapon without feeling any recoil.
Mind powers still affect Grex. However its brain is located on an astral plane and if someone were able to travel to that plane they could destroy its brain. Getting into Albert's mind is no tough task for a person with mind powers. But the relationship between Grex and Albert is a complicated one and so complicated that this could be confusing for a person with mind powers.
Fighting this thing and fighting Albert can be two completely different experiences. Compared to Albert one will notice that Grex is the better fighter of the two. Actually their fighting abilities are so ridiculously in gap one could say that Grex is limited by what its human host cannot do. The symbiote is an alien from another planet. It knows a martial art unknown to mankind and will fight in ways that would confuse some people.
Even when Albert is asleep or unconscious the arm can do what it wants to. Taking out Albert in a fight doesn't mean that fight is over. Even when the host is asleep Grex has been known to drag Albert's body over to a computer and surf the internet. It doesn't really even need Albert to entertain itself because it has eyes, ears, a nose and it can physically feel things. Not to mention the creature has a brain of its own for thinking and remembering.
Biography:
From the land down under comes Albert Ellington. As a boy he had a rather pleasant childhood. His father was a carpenter and his mother was a nurse. Since his dad never went to college his father wanted Albert to not pursue degrees of higher education and go straight into the work force. His mother wanted him to get an education and make the same, if not, more money than she did. There was a power struggle in the household which would later become symbolic of Albert's adult life between him and a friend he would pick up along the way.
Since his father wanted him to become a carpenter Albert was essentially forced into learning wood work. As a boy Albert was a natural. He could craft all sorts of objects out of wood. For his mother's thirtieth birthday he made her a heart shaped lock box with his dad's help. Albert was also pressured by his mother to excel in school which he did. Albert's IQ as a child was far higher than his average classmates.
He never showed much interest in sports, the opposite gender or television. Then again he wouldn't have been allowed to have such interests in the first place. Albert had a strict childhood. He barely had friends that could come over and play. Either he was being pressured into learning carpentry work or forced to keep his nose in the books. He never really got a chance to fully be a kid.
Albert lost his right arm while working with a circular saw with his dad. When his father turned away for a moment the young boy wasn't paying attention and cried out in pain. Albert was rushed to a hospital. His mother was horrified. She blamed his father for the accident. The two parents got involved in a domestic dispute at the hospital.
Two months after Albert's accident his parents were going through the process of divorce. Albert was crushed. Not only was he missing as arm but his mother and father didn't want to be together. He felt like it was his fault. He felt that if he had been paying more attention that day he would have never cut off his own arm and his parents would still be in love. When his parents did finally split he became depressed.
His mother gained sole custody. She took him to psychiatrists and physical therapists through his young childhood years into the teenager stages. Albert was still a good student and surprisingly good at wood working even with just one arm. Working with wood was what gave him pleasure in life outside of school work. Crafting objects out of wood made him feel closer to his father and gave him the fantasy of his parents getting back together again.
He graduated high school. Albert went to college in America to get an education on a higher degree. He pursued a degree in religious studies and actually went for a double major in world history. While in college he met a young lady who appeared to be interested in him. Albert didn't understand why someone so beautiful would want a one armed man with self-esteem and depression issues.
The relationship he shared with that young lady helped him gain self confidence. However it wasn't meant to last. She didn't really like him. Instead she felt sorry for him. He was alone. It wasn't tough for anyone to notice that he never had a girlfriend before. When it was close to time for him to graduate from college Albert asked her to marry him. She declined. He was crushed.
A few days later the woman he loved broke up with him. Albert still graduated from college. He met other women but none was like the woman he wanted to marry. He found a new love. That love came in the form of cryptology. Albert took up a cryptologist position for an international archaeology discovery company. He had never heard of such of a company before. He didn't care. The money was good. For the price they were paying him he wouldn't care if he couldn't find their offices with a GPS.
During a trip to New Mexico in the United States Albert came across an ancient Indian burial ground. This is where he discovered ruins said to be lost to history. In those ruins he found an old rock that looked strange to him. He brought the rock back to a laboratory belonging to his employers. The rock was analyzed and it was said to be organic. This confused Albert. He didn't need to be medical professional to see something was strange about the discovery.
Albert was allowed to take the rock home with him. He slept good that night for the most part. In a strange dream he found himself standing before a giant monster that had no resemblance of being human. The dream monster asked if he wanted to have both arms again. Albert said yes. When he awakened he noticed something strange. He had an arm again. The arm even talked. It told him that it was an alien from another planet.
There was lots of questions to ask. Albert didn't go to work and took a leave of absence for a week. He named the arm Grex because the arm told him that Grex was the last time its people called it. Grex explained the relationship it and Albert now had. It was great at first. However the symbiote alien was becoming a nuisance because Albert couldn't do the normal things that he did without offending his new bodily housemate. It didn't take long for the two of them to begin feuding.
Two days had passed and neither Grex or Albert spoke to one another. When it was time to go out into the eyes of the public Albert wore Grex in an arm sling and wore long sleeved shirts with a glove to cover up the creature. During a routine grocery shopping trip Albert was leaving his car to walk into the middle of the street. He learned that Grex needed him and the creature showed it by saving his life. A car was going to run Albert over. Grex not only stopped the car but sent the vehicle flying backwards. The public display caused Albert to panic. Multiple people saw what his arm could do.
He had to get the heck out of town before too many questions were asked. He was sure videos of what he did went viral by the time he got home. That was why he got an email about a job offer by some place called Starlight Academy for those with special conditions like Albert's. He was going to turn down the offer. However he saw the yearly salary. That was all he needed to see. He packed his bags and took the first flight to the school.
Additional Information:
General -
Birth Place / Hometown: Australia
Occupation: Mythology and Crypotology Instructor at Starlight Academy
Personality -
Worst Memory:
Albert had his arm ripped off in an unfortunate carpentry accident when he was a child. He spent most of his life without an arm.
For Grex the worst memory was his own people abandoning him on planet Earth. What he doesn't want Albert to know is that his own kind considered him to be annoying which was why he was left behind. Albert, for the most part, accepts Grex. But to the symbiote there is no place like home.
Best Memory:
Surprisingly enough despite his rantings about how horrible Grex is his arm becoming a super arm is the best thing that ever happened to him. For the longest time he was considered to be physically handicapped. Now with Grex not only does he have both arms but one arm in particular is outrageously powerful compared to him.
For Grex the best memory was when it punched Albert in the groin the first time Albert didn't let it read articles on the internet. It learned that it could get Albert to do what it wants with the right threats of physical harm.
Likes:
Albert enjoys teaching, fishing, reading, cooking, shopping, dressing up and eating.
Grex likes reading, hating human habits and violence.
Dislikes:
Albert dislikes violence, noisy people, fedora hats and sometimes Grex.
Grex dislikes Albert sometimes, human habits, human sexual intercourse and pacifists to some extent.
Weaknesses:
Albert is a normal human. Compared to Grex he is an ant trying to co-exist with an elephant. He has no real power because even his arm isn't controlled by him. In order for him to be anything powerful he has to rely solely off of Grex.
Grex's weakness, for the most part, is that it is bound to Albert. If it could control the human's entire body Grex would be one heck of a force to be reckoned with. However since that will never be possible it is bound to be only as strong as Albert allows it to be.
Strengths:
Albert is smart. He knows geography, mythology, religion and how to solve a puzzle.
Grex is very powerful, thinks for itself and studies people very well.
Fears:
Albert is afraid of losing Grex and losing the power Grex can sometimes allow him to have.
Grex fears losing Albert as without the host a symbiote is as good as dead.
Habits/Hobbies:
Albert likes to dress well and really likes mythology.
Grex likes aggression, violence and watching Albert sleep.
Skills / Talents:
Albert is a talented individual. His talents mostly revolve around cryptology and understanding ancient customs and cultures. He is also very smart as he has a high IQ.
Grex's talents come in two forms. One, the creature is good at observing people and gradually understanding humans for the most part. Two, it is good at destroying things and fighting.
Powers -
Discovered when:
Albert and Grex became part of the same body when Albert was 26 years old.
Discovered how:
The host body went to sleep and had a dream with a depiction of a giant alien monster. When Albert woke up he and Grex were apart of the same body. Grex was originally fossilized in a granite rock. The creature can change the physiology of whatever it touches but once bounded to an object it cannot separate itself for at least a thousand years. It was isolated away from contact with living creatures because it was buried in an ancient Indian city left in ruins. It can choose what it bonds itself to as well. The creature chose Albert which made sense. Albert needed an arm. Even in a dream a person could have been frightened by an alien monster so Grex used what Albert wanted to convince Albert to allow it to become apart of his body. It tricked Albert in his dream. The host has to be a willing recipient of the relationship.
How/Why they have it:
As mentioned before Albert discovered Grex while it was fossilized in a rock. It came to Albert in a dream and Albert agreed that he wanted both his arms. Once Albert agreed that he wanted that arm back Grex left the rock and became apart of his body.
History -
Father: Albert Joshipher Ellington II
Mother: Helen Denise Ellington-Myers
Sibling: N/A
Age: 35
Birthday: October 20
Gender: Male
Category: Teacher
Class: Mythology and Cryptology
Appearance Description:
Albert stands at six feet, one inch tall and weighs in at one hundred and eight pounds. When it comes to physical fitness the man is known to be well in shape. However that was his past. Now he currently is slouching off. He went from being muscular to being right about average in body size and physical shape. For the most part he looks to be younger. His body and physical appearance can make him look to be like he is in his twenties.
There are a wealth of factors involving this guy's appearance. He looks very different from a normal human. There are a wealth of scars all over his body. Tattoo and ink work are scattered throughout Albert's body. All sorts of injuries and evidence of past battles would be easily viewed. His eye color is green. The one thing that someone may notice that is different about him is that arm of his.
To say this man has more than a few tattoos is to completely misunderstand the amount of ink he has. With exception to his right arm which technically doesn't even belong to him exclusively anymore, neck, face and hands every other area on his body has some sort of ink attached. On the back there is a huge depiction of a zombie apocalypse. Both arms carry all sorts of mythology themed symbolism that covers his scars, bullet holes and stab wounds. His neck is littered with the names of the people he once knew who died. The chest and stomach area shows off the names of every mythological and special item he has found and some sort of picture to show the depiction of that item. His lower body carries symbolism of every single mythological creature he could think of. Finally the feet are lined with words in lost languages.
When it comes to physical appearances in dress Albert prefers to impress. Now of course with that arm of his it is rather tricky to wear what he wants to but with that arm's cooperation he can look good. Most times he wears a suit and tie with the occasional bowtie. He prefers dark colored suits because the darker colors appear to make him look better or so he believes. During classroom instruction he never wears his suit jacket.
One thing that should be mentioned is his absolute fascination with shoes. It is said that Albert almost never wears the same shoes twice in a week. Most of the footwear he has comes in the dress shoe variety. Most of those shoes are black and almost always will look similar to one another. The only time he wears different shoes is when he makes his feeble attempts at exercise. Even while laying in bed he prefers to wear slippers.
Jewelry is something that should be mentioned about this guy. Fancy watches, ear rings, rings to put on his fingers and even a variety of piercings located throughout his body are the types of jewelry he has. Albert sports piercings on his chest area in places that are inappropriate to reveal to any student. He also has surface piercings at the cut off area for his symbiotic arm to let him know where most of the infection has occurred. In terms of watches expect him to always have one on the left wrist as his symbiote doesn't care for jewelry to be on it.
Now comes time to explain the symbiote. Being a parasite it has a different appearance than Albert does because it was never born a human. The symbiote comes in the form of a right arm. That arm looks like something straight out of a nightmare because it can have an utterly grotesque appearance. Muscle mass, infected looking flesh and a greenish red coloration could easily be seen if Albert ever revealed the arm without covering it with clothing. The finger nails look similar to that of a lion's claws.
The symbiote reacts whenever Albert speaks, feels emotion or reacts to anything. It is apart of him. Therefore when he gets angry his symbiote arm will pulsate. When he is sad the arm will turn into a blackish color. Whenever he reacts to violence the arm will brighten up to a blood red color and switch to a blue color and ten alternate between the two colors. It can move on its own without Albert's help so sometimes that arm will act unnaturally compared to the rest of the body.
Personality Description:
Albert is known to be a rather nice person. In fact it was once said that if it wasn't for that arm of his the guy wouldn't have any enemies at all. He is about as close to being a genuinely nice person as a human being could come. He has great manners. Albert is the type of person who is generous, tries his hardest to respect everyone and rarely likes to engage in arguments. Of course that doesn't always work out for him but most times its because of that stupid arm of his.
When it comes to women this man is not the type to lack respect. He likes to be especially kind to women because he feels like women catch a lot of disrespect on the regular. However he is now known to be the knight in shining armor type. He also believes that since he is not supposed to think of women as the weaker gender that he should treat them with the the same ideals, general attitude and limits of tolerance similar to that of men. As nice as he is don't expect him to live by the whole "a man shouldn't hit a woman" rule. He feels that humans are the only ones who follow that rule. He'll typically say something like, "tell you what go poke a grizzly bear with a stick and see if it cares about society's boundaries."
He never treats others like crap because they are different. He is a humanist or at least he says he is. Albert, in truth, is a complete sentient humanist. If a being has sentient qualities he treats that person with the same respect as he would treat a human. However that comes with limits. If said sentient being is a harmful one or wants to kill him or others expect Albert to change his mind about their worth in terms of living.
This man is known to be a good dresser. He prefers to dress well because he feels inadequate. Because of that arm Albert feels out of place in the world. So he wears nice cloths and tries to look nice to try to take attention away from the limb. He prefers dark colored clothing because he wants to try to blend in colors to take away attention from the arm as much as possible.
Now the arm has a mind of its own. Since its brain exists on an astral plane it can think for itself without Albert interfering. The arm is a symbiote whose cells are connected to every part of Albert's body. That would include his brain. So it knows what he thinking at all times. Not to mention it can even talk for itself with a mouth portion.
The creature, who Albert calls Grex, is about as polar opposite as it could get from its host's personality. Grex is rude. It has no consideration for others. It will say things that are inappropriate. The thing about Grex that will be noticeable is that it doesn't like things the typical human likes. For example it cannot stand to see human affection in any form including bedroom activity. It finds the very idea of two humans kissing to be disgusting.
Having Grex as a co-pilot can be a burden. Grex talks through the right arm that it clearly has taken over and it can make that arm move without Albert's permission. Therefore expect Grex to take actions that Albert would not. For example if Grex wanted to read a book it has eyes and can move the pages on its own through that arm. If Grex wanted to listen to music it can turn on a radio as it has ears on that arm as well. If Grex wanted to smell some flowers it could move that arm over to said flowers and take a whiff as it has a nose as well.
As far as a meaningful relationship goes between Albert and Grex those two get along sometimes while other times they do not. Albert cannot control his right arm. Grex cannot control the rest of the body. So there is a power struggle at times. Since the symbiote finds that Albert's human emotion is utterly irrational it will make the arm do things that the rest of the body does not agree with. This makes meaningful relationships with other people and even bedroom activities become tough tasks.
Don't expect much of a combatant out of the host. Albert is a pacifist for the most part. He doesn't like conflict. If he is honest he doesn't even care for debates. However Grex loves conflict, loves violence and doesn't take too kindly to anyone threatening its host. Grex has been known to punch someone in the face that threatens Albert and do so without completely understanding human emotions and expressions. It even reacts to how it looks because the colors of the right arm will change based off of Albert's emotions.
Grex is still learning about human emotions and empathy. Therefore expecting it to know expressions and sayings will end in failure. It only knows English so well because it witnessed Albert speaking so often. Outside of this it sounds mostly like a robot. Grex has a sense of human but it is a dry humor. It has the possibility to appear utterly emotionless unless Albert is threatened.
Powers:
SYMBIOTIC ARM PHYSIOLOGY
Albert's right arm, if the appearance didn't give it away, is not a normal arm. His arm is actually a symbiote that took on the duties of that limb due to Albert's physical disability of not having an arm due to an accident. It is a symbiote therefore it does things on its own but can in fact move in symphony with Albert if it chooses to. The symbiote is not human. Even on a cellular level it will not appear to be human.
The creature attached to Albert's body provides more than just occasional entertainment. It appears to have two sets of eyes located just below the knuckles. There is a nose in the palm portion. Two ears are located on the wrist. The eyes, ears and nose are just as good as the average person in terms of seeing, hearing and smelling. That arm can also feel but that feeling doesn't translate to Albert so whatever the symbiote feels Albert is unable to.
It has a mind of its own. The brain of the symbiote exists on an astral plane yet is still susceptible to normal mind powers. However effects that are meant to affect those who are either human or humanoid-like wouldn't work on this thing. Controlling the arm for a mind controller is not a tough task. It doesn't understand many human emotions nor does it care to know everything about humans. Empathy abilities would still work on Albert but would also work on the symbiote as the host and symbiote are combined.
Fighting capabilities can be surprising well polished for that arm. While the host is not a great fighter Grex the symbiote is well versed in combat. It was an alien that originated on a planet far from Earth. On that planet there was constant chaos that makes the conflicts on Earth look trivial. While it cannot control Albert's body it knows martial arts created on its home world that allows it to perform moves by itself with or without Albert's assistance.
Taking a punch from that arm is not the greatest of ideas if that punch would cause injury. Grex has the capability to do things that Albert's body couldn't even withstand. It has performed feats such as holding a boulder up over its host's head with Albert struggling to keep standing. That arm and Albert's physical power produces such a visibly noticeable gap to the point where Grex has to be careful not to cause its host physical injury. Crushing rocks, bending steel, flipping cars with a flick of a wrist and lifting large amounts of weight are laughably easy tasks for Grex the symbiote arm.
That arm produces forces that can be frightening if one were to measure what Grex can do. It has been known to produce a strangle hold that is nearly ten times the strength of a crocodiles bite. If someone happens to get into a submission hold by that thing it will be difficult to escape. The current limit of weight the arm can lift is a whopping twenty tons but that is only what Albert measured it as. In truth Grex is much stronger as it could lift double what Albert measured it in at forty tons. However because of Albert's human body Grex can't exert its full potential.
When it comes to taking damage the symbiote is nothing to sneeze at. Albert has witnessed Grex taking a speeding car straight up and pushing back upon that car, on impact and sending the vehicle flying back the way it came. G-forces, elemental damage, piercing attacks and even nerve holds have absolutely no effect on this arm. The amount of residual and miscellaneous endurance the arm has is also a bit on the ridiculous side. If Grex wanted to it could hold up a .50 caliber machine gun and fire the weapon without feeling any recoil.
Mind powers still affect Grex. However its brain is located on an astral plane and if someone were able to travel to that plane they could destroy its brain. Getting into Albert's mind is no tough task for a person with mind powers. But the relationship between Grex and Albert is a complicated one and so complicated that this could be confusing for a person with mind powers.
Fighting this thing and fighting Albert can be two completely different experiences. Compared to Albert one will notice that Grex is the better fighter of the two. Actually their fighting abilities are so ridiculously in gap one could say that Grex is limited by what its human host cannot do. The symbiote is an alien from another planet. It knows a martial art unknown to mankind and will fight in ways that would confuse some people.
Even when Albert is asleep or unconscious the arm can do what it wants to. Taking out Albert in a fight doesn't mean that fight is over. Even when the host is asleep Grex has been known to drag Albert's body over to a computer and surf the internet. It doesn't really even need Albert to entertain itself because it has eyes, ears, a nose and it can physically feel things. Not to mention the creature has a brain of its own for thinking and remembering.
Biography:
From the land down under comes Albert Ellington. As a boy he had a rather pleasant childhood. His father was a carpenter and his mother was a nurse. Since his dad never went to college his father wanted Albert to not pursue degrees of higher education and go straight into the work force. His mother wanted him to get an education and make the same, if not, more money than she did. There was a power struggle in the household which would later become symbolic of Albert's adult life between him and a friend he would pick up along the way.
Since his father wanted him to become a carpenter Albert was essentially forced into learning wood work. As a boy Albert was a natural. He could craft all sorts of objects out of wood. For his mother's thirtieth birthday he made her a heart shaped lock box with his dad's help. Albert was also pressured by his mother to excel in school which he did. Albert's IQ as a child was far higher than his average classmates.
He never showed much interest in sports, the opposite gender or television. Then again he wouldn't have been allowed to have such interests in the first place. Albert had a strict childhood. He barely had friends that could come over and play. Either he was being pressured into learning carpentry work or forced to keep his nose in the books. He never really got a chance to fully be a kid.
Albert lost his right arm while working with a circular saw with his dad. When his father turned away for a moment the young boy wasn't paying attention and cried out in pain. Albert was rushed to a hospital. His mother was horrified. She blamed his father for the accident. The two parents got involved in a domestic dispute at the hospital.
Two months after Albert's accident his parents were going through the process of divorce. Albert was crushed. Not only was he missing as arm but his mother and father didn't want to be together. He felt like it was his fault. He felt that if he had been paying more attention that day he would have never cut off his own arm and his parents would still be in love. When his parents did finally split he became depressed.
His mother gained sole custody. She took him to psychiatrists and physical therapists through his young childhood years into the teenager stages. Albert was still a good student and surprisingly good at wood working even with just one arm. Working with wood was what gave him pleasure in life outside of school work. Crafting objects out of wood made him feel closer to his father and gave him the fantasy of his parents getting back together again.
He graduated high school. Albert went to college in America to get an education on a higher degree. He pursued a degree in religious studies and actually went for a double major in world history. While in college he met a young lady who appeared to be interested in him. Albert didn't understand why someone so beautiful would want a one armed man with self-esteem and depression issues.
The relationship he shared with that young lady helped him gain self confidence. However it wasn't meant to last. She didn't really like him. Instead she felt sorry for him. He was alone. It wasn't tough for anyone to notice that he never had a girlfriend before. When it was close to time for him to graduate from college Albert asked her to marry him. She declined. He was crushed.
A few days later the woman he loved broke up with him. Albert still graduated from college. He met other women but none was like the woman he wanted to marry. He found a new love. That love came in the form of cryptology. Albert took up a cryptologist position for an international archaeology discovery company. He had never heard of such of a company before. He didn't care. The money was good. For the price they were paying him he wouldn't care if he couldn't find their offices with a GPS.
During a trip to New Mexico in the United States Albert came across an ancient Indian burial ground. This is where he discovered ruins said to be lost to history. In those ruins he found an old rock that looked strange to him. He brought the rock back to a laboratory belonging to his employers. The rock was analyzed and it was said to be organic. This confused Albert. He didn't need to be medical professional to see something was strange about the discovery.
Albert was allowed to take the rock home with him. He slept good that night for the most part. In a strange dream he found himself standing before a giant monster that had no resemblance of being human. The dream monster asked if he wanted to have both arms again. Albert said yes. When he awakened he noticed something strange. He had an arm again. The arm even talked. It told him that it was an alien from another planet.
There was lots of questions to ask. Albert didn't go to work and took a leave of absence for a week. He named the arm Grex because the arm told him that Grex was the last time its people called it. Grex explained the relationship it and Albert now had. It was great at first. However the symbiote alien was becoming a nuisance because Albert couldn't do the normal things that he did without offending his new bodily housemate. It didn't take long for the two of them to begin feuding.
Two days had passed and neither Grex or Albert spoke to one another. When it was time to go out into the eyes of the public Albert wore Grex in an arm sling and wore long sleeved shirts with a glove to cover up the creature. During a routine grocery shopping trip Albert was leaving his car to walk into the middle of the street. He learned that Grex needed him and the creature showed it by saving his life. A car was going to run Albert over. Grex not only stopped the car but sent the vehicle flying backwards. The public display caused Albert to panic. Multiple people saw what his arm could do.
He had to get the heck out of town before too many questions were asked. He was sure videos of what he did went viral by the time he got home. That was why he got an email about a job offer by some place called Starlight Academy for those with special conditions like Albert's. He was going to turn down the offer. However he saw the yearly salary. That was all he needed to see. He packed his bags and took the first flight to the school.
Additional Information:
General -
Birth Place / Hometown: Australia
Occupation: Mythology and Crypotology Instructor at Starlight Academy
Personality -
Worst Memory:
Albert had his arm ripped off in an unfortunate carpentry accident when he was a child. He spent most of his life without an arm.
For Grex the worst memory was his own people abandoning him on planet Earth. What he doesn't want Albert to know is that his own kind considered him to be annoying which was why he was left behind. Albert, for the most part, accepts Grex. But to the symbiote there is no place like home.
Best Memory:
Surprisingly enough despite his rantings about how horrible Grex is his arm becoming a super arm is the best thing that ever happened to him. For the longest time he was considered to be physically handicapped. Now with Grex not only does he have both arms but one arm in particular is outrageously powerful compared to him.
For Grex the best memory was when it punched Albert in the groin the first time Albert didn't let it read articles on the internet. It learned that it could get Albert to do what it wants with the right threats of physical harm.
Likes:
Albert enjoys teaching, fishing, reading, cooking, shopping, dressing up and eating.
Grex likes reading, hating human habits and violence.
Dislikes:
Albert dislikes violence, noisy people, fedora hats and sometimes Grex.
Grex dislikes Albert sometimes, human habits, human sexual intercourse and pacifists to some extent.
Weaknesses:
Albert is a normal human. Compared to Grex he is an ant trying to co-exist with an elephant. He has no real power because even his arm isn't controlled by him. In order for him to be anything powerful he has to rely solely off of Grex.
Grex's weakness, for the most part, is that it is bound to Albert. If it could control the human's entire body Grex would be one heck of a force to be reckoned with. However since that will never be possible it is bound to be only as strong as Albert allows it to be.
Strengths:
Albert is smart. He knows geography, mythology, religion and how to solve a puzzle.
Grex is very powerful, thinks for itself and studies people very well.
Fears:
Albert is afraid of losing Grex and losing the power Grex can sometimes allow him to have.
Grex fears losing Albert as without the host a symbiote is as good as dead.
Habits/Hobbies:
Albert likes to dress well and really likes mythology.
Grex likes aggression, violence and watching Albert sleep.
Skills / Talents:
Albert is a talented individual. His talents mostly revolve around cryptology and understanding ancient customs and cultures. He is also very smart as he has a high IQ.
Grex's talents come in two forms. One, the creature is good at observing people and gradually understanding humans for the most part. Two, it is good at destroying things and fighting.
Powers -
Discovered when:
Albert and Grex became part of the same body when Albert was 26 years old.
Discovered how:
The host body went to sleep and had a dream with a depiction of a giant alien monster. When Albert woke up he and Grex were apart of the same body. Grex was originally fossilized in a granite rock. The creature can change the physiology of whatever it touches but once bounded to an object it cannot separate itself for at least a thousand years. It was isolated away from contact with living creatures because it was buried in an ancient Indian city left in ruins. It can choose what it bonds itself to as well. The creature chose Albert which made sense. Albert needed an arm. Even in a dream a person could have been frightened by an alien monster so Grex used what Albert wanted to convince Albert to allow it to become apart of his body. It tricked Albert in his dream. The host has to be a willing recipient of the relationship.
How/Why they have it:
As mentioned before Albert discovered Grex while it was fossilized in a rock. It came to Albert in a dream and Albert agreed that he wanted both his arms. Once Albert agreed that he wanted that arm back Grex left the rock and became apart of his body.
History -
Father: Albert Joshipher Ellington II
Mother: Helen Denise Ellington-Myers
Sibling
