Klaatu is the descendant of Pachamama, the Incan goddess of fertility who presides over planting, harvesting and earthquakes. When The Green began the long process of uncovering lost cities high up in the Andes Mountains, he came upon the ancient burial tomb of Pachamama. She has been entombed in a metal container in an attempt to keep her from touching earth and finishing her destruction of the conquistadors.

Sadly, the centuries had not been kind and her believers had faded to the point where her spirit was barely alive. The Green managed to revive her long enough to cast one last spell and she passed her powers over the Earth to her descendant, who turned out to be a man going by the name REDACTED.

Now, calling himself Klaatu, he has been transformed into the Adept of Earth and the living embodiment of the Incan goddess of fertility, planting, harvesting and earthquakes.

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Adept of Earth:

Like his fellow elemental, The Green, Klaatu can communicate with plant-life, which forms a kind of intelligence network for him around the World. Along with his many powers his main abilities include:

Chlorokinesis: As the Adept of Earth who is connected to the very bedrock of Earth and all that grows from it, Klaatu can manipulate and animate any plants to do his bidding almost as easily as The Green. He can rapidly speed along the growth of plants, once transforming a small potted plant into a tree within the blink of an eye. He can also create vines to attack/ensnare etc. his opponents.

Earth Affinity: Klaatu is mentally and empathically tuned to the Earth. He can feel when it's in pain and all that happens on it. The Earth in its way speaks to him, and he discerns knowledge from what it tells him.

Minion Creation: Like Toxicant, Klaatu can use his chlorokinetic powers to create semi-sentient creatures out of plant matter which can think independently of their master yet still follow orders. He once created a pair of dogs made out of plant matter.

Seismokinesis: Klaatu has the superhuman ability to generate powerful waves of vibrations from his hands, creating highly destructive effects through the air, water, and ground. The vibrations could cause small inorganic objects to shatter or crumble into dust. When used upon the earth itself or against large inorganic objects such as buildings these generated vibrations can cause disastrous earthquake-like effects. Klaatu's control over his power is fine enough that he could move large objects, such as tanker trucks, without destroying them and even use them to smoothly throw his opponents off balance or weaken the structural integrity of building foundations or the ground itself.

Klaatu can also cause tidal waves when directing his powers at large bodies of water and possibly even tsunamis. His greatest effects can be found when he uses his powers on earth matter. When directing his powers at the ground he could cause ground tremors, forming waves of debris, open fissures in the earth, cause chunks of pavement or earth to blast up into the air and then fall in simulated landslides or avalanches. He often uses his skills as a means of transportation by using waves of earth matter to ride atop. With enough concentration, Klaatu can direct this power at Earth's tectonic plates to cause large-scale disastrous effects.

Klaatu himself is invulnerable to the effects of generating these intense vibratory waves. However, if the vibrations were to be reflected back upon him, he would be injured by it. There is no known limit to the amount of area upon which Klaatu can use his powers at one time. However, there is no evidence that he could create an earthquake capable of destroying an entire city. Though he did manage to create large enough waves to cause great damage to a city as big as Bogotá.

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Combat Training: Klaatu has had lots of training in fighting both with and without weapons while he traveled up and down South America.

Gardner: Klaatu is a talented landscape gardener.

Intimidation

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Power Loss: Klaatu's powers rely upon his connection to the earth. If he is blocked from it, he is as powerless as any human.

Organic Life: Klaatu's power has little or no effect on organic tissue. When he once used his power against the Guardian of South America, the Guardian was uninjured, but the resulting feedback shattered the bones of Klaatu's arms (which have since completely healed). Hence, although Klaatu's vibrations have little or no effect on organic tissue, the reflected vibrations ("feedback") can injure him.

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