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Gifts
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Omni-Morph Matter Absorption & Duplication: Escafil possesses the ability to bodily duplicate at will the physical properties of anything he touches or that touches him. This power extends to both animate and inanimate objects and certain forms of energy. The matter of Escafil's body mutagenically undergoes a material and physiological change so that his body becomes composed of the matter or energy with which he is making contact. While he is in this altered state, he still possesses his sentience even though his brain is now composed of the same material as the rest of him. Among the more ordinary materials he has been transformed into include steel, stone, wood, and glass. As such if he touches stone, he gains durability and if he touches steel he gains strength. More unusual have been his transformations into water, fire, snow, and silk. His most powerful transformations have been into energy-states such as cosmic, nuclear, thermal, or light. There appears to be no time limit to how long he can retain a given property. When he is rendered unconscious or in a coma, he reverts to his normal human state. There would also not appear to be a minimum amount of time he must retain one form before assuming another.
_____Power Mimicry: On rare occasions, Escafil has copied the powers of objects or beings he has encountered. He has mimicked the strength of Ættfaðir himself, the resurrection ability of Watchman (aka The Doom), and even the time-manipulation of Bolt. Though all those occasions were accidents.
_____Properties Absorption: Escafil can absorb inorganic matter and use it's non-biological properties and structure to change his body's own chemical structure to that of the material. So far he must touch these objects. He gains all of the properties commensurate strengths and weakness no matter what they might be. On some occasions he has been able to assimilate mystic properties of objects or beings. If the object touched holds some form of energy, such as a battery or a blast furnace, Escafil absorbs these properties as well. With concentration, Escafil can assimilate the elements of complex machinery like aircraft and tanks. When he pushes his powers to this extent, Escafil is effectively absorbing the "purpose" of the object he touches, not just its superficial properties.
_____Shapeshifting: Escafil can alter the molecular structure of his body and his clothes, to mimic the properties of any material he touches. When absorbing certain objects, he can make his own weapons such as forming hammer-like fists when touching a hammer or growing to enormous size when copying items of massive power or strength themselves.
_____Superhuman Physical Prowess: His mimicry abilities have granted him varying levels of superhuman strength, speed, durability, etc.
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Various Straps: All over his body, Escafil has straps of various materials, including Iron, Steel, Gold, Silver, and even a ring made of Nthbranium. He uses these straps to be able to absorb and transform faster and he can do it without touching them with his fingers. Just thinking of a specific strap grants him the absorption.
Weaknesses
Absorption Limit: Once Creel has 'discarded' an element that he has absorbed, he cannot manifest it again without contact with that material. This was a particular problem during a confrontation with Thor where he absorbed the mystic vortex Thor was using against him and was left trapped in another dimension until he was rescued.
Automatic Absorption: Ironically, his own power is also his biggest weakness. Originally, Creel had little to no control of his power and automatically absorbed any kind of matter and energy around him. As a result, there has been in numerous occasions where his adversaries had successfully tricked him into absorb random materials that makes him weaker or non-solid; on at least one occasion, he was defeated when he was tricked into absorbing two unspecified elements that triggered an explosive reaction. He eventually learned how to absorb a specific material without absorbing other materials by simple touch, and was even capable of absorbing more than one material at once.[74] However, as noticed by She-Hulk, there are limits by how much he can "ignore" matter around him and will still absorb it if there's too much of it surrounding him.
Magic: Though he can, and has, absorbed any kind of supernatural and cosmic energy, Creel is not immune to spells and can be affected by it if the magic user is experienced enough (if anything, his absorption powers only makes the effect worse.). Indeed, Loki even managed to forge a sword that temporarily stripped him from his absorbing powers.
Narcotic Absorption: Creel will automatically take on the properties of narcotics he takes, giving him an even greater high. However while in the state he is highly vulnerable as any user would be. While in a narcotic state Creel can and has been reduced to powder and sold to junkies. Those who take Creel while he is in this state will temporarily gain his powers and absorb the properties of whatever they are touching at the time, which since they don't get all of Creels powers has proven fatal.
Non-Solid Absorption: Though he can absorb almost all kinds of matter and energy, Creel has trouble in maintain a stable physical body if the material itself is not on solid state and will likely fuse and dissipate with the material (Ex: If he absorbs helium or other gases, he will float and decompose in atmosphere).
Power Limitation: If Markus' changes his skin to sand to soften a blow and is burned his skin will turn to glass and could be easily shattered. If he turns into pavement it restricts his movement and if he changes to something soft he could serious hurt his internal organs if injured. He must remain careful to switch off and on his ability in order to keep a safe structure.
Personality Traits
Prognosis: Doctor Day once assessed Markus as suffering from "delusional paranoia".
Trivia
(Physical Features/Speaking Voice/Likely Vocabulary/Characteristics/Mannerisms)
What's In A Name?: His name "Escafil" comes from his favorite childhood book series called, The Animorphs. The Escafil is the blue cube that the Andalite-alien used to grant children the ability to absorb the dna of any animal they touch. Markus loved that idea and when he gained the ability to absorb the properties of objects or beings, he knew what his alter-ego name would be.
No Shame: Markus cried the first couple of nights of his first time serving a prison sentence. He is not ashamed to admit it.
Cooking: Markus likes cooking. He claims to have cooked for Gordon Ramsay once, but only because Gordon came to the restaurant that Markus worked at, temporarily.