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REAL NAME: Tanka. OCCUPATION: Invariant, Time Stopper. CITIZENSHIP: Unknown. PLACE OF BIRTH: Karunda (Equatorial Africa). RELATIVES: None. FRIENDS: M'Pa, Cynthia, Jérémie, Chimpa (chimpanzee), Buldoo (elephant), Rââ (bird). ENEMIES: Duke Oxian. BASE OF OPERATIONS: None specific; The cavern of Dur-An-Ki in Mount Damuin in Karunda is under his protection. GROUP MEMBERSHIPS: Strangers. GENDER: Male. HEIGHT: 6'2". WEIGHT: 220 lbs. EYES: Blue. HAIR: Blond. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: None. POWERS: Peak physical condition, strength, speed, reflexes, and stamina. Limited powers of body regeneration, including extended lifespan. Empathic powers enabling him to communicate with animals. Hyper-perception of time. Mind control over Oxian's Arches enabling him to effect limited space-time manipulations. Tanka uses the noetic structures known as Arches to travel through time. WEAPONRY: None; the crystal he wears is his link with the Fishermen. BIOGRAPHY: Tanka was found as a baby in the Karundian jungle, and was raised by old M'Pa. The identity of his parents remains unknown. As a young adult, Tanka used his jungle-born abilities to fight for good. He befriended blonde journalist Cynthia and native guide Jérémie. Then, he seemingly vanished. In reality, he had discovered Dur-An-Ki, the Master-Arch, hidden deep inside Mount Damuin, and had been transported outside of the linear space-time continuum by Silver Shadow and Karene, Fishermen from the Fractal Times, seven billion years in the future. Tanka was made into an "Invariant", entrusted with the protection of a segment of the continuum from the depredations caused by the Arches and other entities out of time. Tanka returned to normal time in the past, and was later instrumental in the creation of CLASH after WW II behind the scenes. He remains to date its secret advisor. In order to thwart the chaotic schemes of Duke Oxian, Tanka has recently gathered a group of aliens stranded or living on Earth, which became known as -- the Strangers. |
