Path grew up in the woods. It's all he can remember. He was raised by a cow, whom he called Mother, and carried/wore her skull after her death to remember her by. Path learned how to speak from spying on hikers and campers, as well as children that came to play in the forest, though he wasn't very good at it until he started to make friends. Path has restorative powers (think Wolverine), has sharp claws and teeth, super strength, and a natural connection to animals.

Seeing as how the forest is his home, he protects it dutifully, scaring off those who wish to do it harm. This often results in builders who come to flatten an area of the woods for a project getting scared away, making Path a local cryptid for the nearby children to share rumors about.

Path is very socially inept as he wasn't raised interacting with other people. It wasn't until his adulthood that he was exposed to other people on a large scale, and he soon started making his first friends. Path is, for the most part, shy and polite, but is also naturally very strong and brave. He is afraid of things he doesn't understand, such as modern technology or loud sudden noises, but once he learns how to combat them / how not scary they are, he's all set. Path, despite being a giant muscular guy with a scary skull mask, is very gentle. He doesn't like to hurt others, and will only fight if he feels threatened, if his friends are threatened, or if his home is threatened.

Where did they come from?

Path's natural connection to animals has always sort of been there since he was little. As for his main powers, they were triggered as he lay dying after an attack from wolves. His restorative powers kicked in to keep him from dying of blood loss, and his super strength followed. His claw-like nails and sharp teeth slowly appeared as he grew older.

What can he do?

Path's super strength allows him to lift a lot of super heavy stuff - metal beams, busses, giant slabs of concrete, people, you name it. He does have his limits, though. His sharp claws and teeth seem to be a result of his connection to wildlife mixed with his super strength, allowing him to bite into and tear through meat with ease. His restorative powers allow him to regenerate from almost anything. He won't stop healing at an excellerated rate until all wounds are closed and he is no longer bleeding, externally or internally.

How powerful is he?

Path is VERY powerful. What he lacks in precision and cleverness he makes up for in raw strength and intimidation.

How often are they used?

Path gets hurt a lot more often now that he has friends he needs to protect. His animal skills, unnaturally sharp teeth and claws, and super strength are more neutral powers than anything, and are sort of always active. His restorative powers, however, are keeping him alive and young as he was a decade ago. Due to the decreased cell death, he may end up living very, very long...

Path remembers little to nothing of his life before the forest, the only true thing he can think back to being the warm golden glow of his birth-mother's eyes. He was raised in the natural forests outside of Silver City by a runaway cow, which he named Mother. As he grew up, he learned English from those who came hiking or camping into his forest, picking up on small things here and there until he was able to mutter broken sentences. He got his name from the signs labeled around the forest on the hiking trails - the paths. When he was around the age of eight, Mother was killed by wolves. Path tried to fight them off but failed, giving him a deep-rooted fear of failing to protect those that he loves. As he was dying from the attack, his powers kicked in and he regenerated. He stayed by her corpse until the meat rotted off her bones. He took her skull to remember her by, using it to hide his scarred face as he grew older.

Path is a local cryptid to the outer suburbs of Silver City, especially for kids who want to dare their friends to go find the 'cow man's cave' deep in the woods, something about it being haunted by a cow-man-demon. Path tries not to interact with these kids, but one accidental spook and suddenly he's a cryptid legend. That legend status wasn't enough to keep the construction crews at bay, however, as they started to tear down sections of his forests to build on. As such, he attacked the builders, never killing but scaring them away.

Introduction to Agent Rose Scarlet

At one point, a terrified construction worker shot at Path point-blank with his shotgun. Path was wounded, but limped into the forest and came back out fine that night, as if he had never been hurt. This caught the attention of a mysterious local government, mainly a Ms Rose Scarlet. Agent Scarlet captured Path and threatened to tear down his entire forest if he didn't do as she said. From then on, Path became a tool for Scarlet to use just in case anyone she didn't like happened to be interferring with her mysterious plans. She referred to him as Asset 3, or Pathosis, using him as a 'disease' to wipe out her enemies.

Freed From Servitude

Unbeknowns to Path, Miss Maisie Pearl - Agent Scarlet's assistant - snuck behind her back and got the forest protected as a state park. As such, Path made his mistake, with no threat to hold him back. Agent Scarlet wouldn't find out this was Maisie's doing for the next three or so years. In this time, Path started to make some very good friends, such as Alistaire - the flamboyant and annoying villain, Charlie - the gruff and stern Gunslinger, and Jasper - the troubled hero Proton. As he got closer and closer with his friends, his English started to improve, as did his comfort levels, sometimes feeling safe enough to take Mother off around them.

Neo Dominus

Approximately 5 years after Path is introduced to Gunslinger and Alistaire, a secret cult within the government - Neo Dominus - launches it attack against Silver City. During this time, Path rushes to help his friends, saving Maisie from her imprisonment and torture under Neo Dominus and Rose Scarlet. Thanks to the help of Maisie and her friends in the Royal Marine core, Rose Scarlet is pushed off of a rooftop and dies from Neo's power surge. ((Still a massive WIP)).

Roots

Path is soon confronted with the fact that he has no government files, seeing as he is contantly visiting the hospital to see his friends. As such, a blood sample is taken from Path, and matches are found. His father is Johnathan Vicar, and his mother was Evelyn Nunez. As it turns out, his father murdered his mother shortly after he was born. Path goes to find his grandparents - Mr and Mrs Nunez - to learn about his family. This is when he finally gets to see the golden eyes he often sees at the edge of his dreams - it was his mother, smiling down at him. He also learns of the name his mother intended to call him - Takoda.

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