Keeper of Infinite Earths - Destructor Force
Created by Matt Parmenter
Insect
Alter Ego: Rhel Xom Tom "Tom for short"
Occupation: Super Hero / Bodyguard / Ambassador from the planet Insectous
Known Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: Destructor Force
Base of Operations: Freak Town, Michigan
Background/History:
Insectous is a planet whose dominant life forms are insects. When they attained
space travel, they discovered an uninhabited and lifeless near duplicate planet
orbiting their sun in a mirror rotation and migrated there as well, naming the
planet Insecton. Over the generations, the less developed planet bred a heartier
and more aggressive set of races and eventually one of the insects began to
build an army and took the name Insecton as his own. Declaring those on their
homeworld weak, Insecton declared war on Insectous. Rhel Xom Tom became the
champion of Insectous by beating the crazed dictator. TEC discovered them and
attempted to take over the twin planets, but the insect armies stood with the
rebellion forces and fought off TEC’s armada. Joining with the anti-TEC
alliance, Insect worked closely with the rebels. When TEC’s master assassin,
Star Blade, supposedly defected to the Earth, the rebels sent Insect after her
to make her answer for her crimes. By some odd, nefarious twist of fate, the
assassin was killed
almost simultaneously with Insect’s arrival making his visit moot. He toured
the Earth as a guest and liked it here. Knowing TEC’s plans to eventually
attack and seeing the potential power of the massed super-heroes to break TEC,
he came up with the idea of being an official ambassador for the rebels and his
homeworld to keep him here to help prepare our defenses. Amorphus seeing the
similarities between Mixatillion and Insect offered Insect a place on Destructor
Force. He accepted graciously, became a bodyguard to Walter Penwright Jr., and
helped found Freak Town where he lives today waiting for the chance to finish
TEC once and for all.
Personality/Motivations:
Insect is basically a noble warrior dedicated to doing good and defending the
weak. He is determined to make TEC pay for his crimes and is even more motivated
by TEC recruiting his old foe, Insecton.
Quote: "Take your best shot, I plan on doing the same to you."