Aslan Sagidev

Biography

A member of the Islamist insurgency in Chechnya, Aslan worked alongside such terrorists as the late Shamil Basayev to fight Russian occupation of Chechnya. He was personally responsible for seventeen bombings and assassinations in the capital of Grozny alone.

In November 2005, he led a team of sleeper agents on an armed hijacking of a Russian nuclear submarine, the Archangel. Attempting to extract fuel rods from the submarine to be used as a potential source for a radiological bomb, Sagidev inadvertently triggered a meltdown in the submarine's reactor. Holding a partially exposed fuel rod, his hands and forearms received terrible burns from the superheated fissable material, and he barely escaped from the Archangel before it exploded. His compatriots also escaped, but died within days from horrible burns and cancerous tumors.

It wasn't long before Sagidev realized the full extent of his curse. Everyone he touched died. Everything he laid his hands on was contaminated for millenia. The burns on his hands healed, but he still radiated his terrible energy stronger than ever. He cursed Allah's name for his cruelty, and roamed Grozny in desolation, until he crossed paths with another powerful mutant named Saladin.

Now, he had a new cause to fight for.

Powers

Generates massive amounts of nuclear radiation through his forearms and hands. Can power equipment with nuclear energy, including custom energy weapons designed to be fueled by his power. Can contaminate anything he touches with his bare hands. Is otherwise immune to ill effect from radiation.

Weaknesses

Radiological effects cannot be controlled. Forearms must either be shrouded by thick, shielded gloves, or encased in a shielded environment at all times. His radioactivity will persist for millions of years, even after he is dead. If he is "cured" of his mutant resistance to radiation, he will die horribly within hours from radiation poisoning that persists regardless of his mutant status.