Feeling himself filling with strength yet overwhelmed by intense pain and unnatural, violent urges, he collapsed onto the floor. Every ounce of inner anger, insecurity, and self-hatred was funneled through the inhuman cravings that swept his trembling body. Expecting an epiphany of joy at being reunited with the animal he believed he shared a blood pact with, Karl was horrified by the rage and anger that swept through him. Finally perfecting the formula, Karl retreated to his uncle's mansion and injected the specially prepared wolf serum into his own arm. One interesting side effect of this serum was the ability to harness the animal's instinctual fury, leading to berserker-like aggressive behavior in human test subjects.ĭespite the potentially dangerous side effects, Karl spent weeks developing a specific formula to fulfill his totemic destiny. Bowen ran a secret lab where Karl helped to develop a serum that encouraged genetic fusing between human and animal cellular systems. Eventually known for creating the armor worn by Black Scorpion, the ill-fated Dr. Bowen was working on ways to combine animal and human into one through the use of bio-engineered armor. Building from stem cell experiments that had created chimera-like creatures, Karl eventually went to work with the famous Dr. He began to seek ways to bring about his physical transformation into a true wolf-man. Perhaps he had inherited his father's mental instability, for young Karl was convinced that the spirit of a wolf had entered his body the night of the attack. He excelled at school and eventually attended Oxford to study genetic engineering and stem cell biology.Īlthough outwardly a calm, gentle man, Karl battled with overwhelming hatred for himself, sure that he was responsible for his mother's death. Handsome, with sparkling blue eyes and a sweet smile, Karl was known as a reserved, polite, and rather shy young man. With access to his family fortune, Karl was sent to the finest schools and raised by his kind uncle with everything a young man could desire, lacking only a mother's love. The very next day he was sent to live with his uncle Victor in Paragon City. Over the next year, the Baron became increasingly certain that Karl was an Oborotaen and one evening, Karl's nanny found the Baron standing over his crib with a knife. Half man and half wolf, the Oborotaen was greatly feared by the villagers, and they rarely traveled the footpaths alone. In his trauma-induced madness, the Baron became convinced that it was in fact his own son Karl who killed his beloved Nina.Īccording to local legend, an Oborotaen stalked the forests, killing innocent women and children as they traveled between villages. After searching all night for his wife and son, Baron Volishkav was unable to handle the sight of his mutilated wife. At dawn, his father stumbled onto the horrific scene. Karl lay helpless but unharmed in the blood soaked snow until morning. Although he was barely one year old, the sickening sounds of the wolf's attack and the dying screams of his mother were forever etched in Karl's mind. Nina swept Karl into her arms and tried to run, but to no avail. As she pushed the carriage among the barren trees, the snow-muted sounds of the nearby forest were pierced by a lone wolf howl. It was a crisp fall day fading into the soft twilight of evening when the vivacious Nina Volishkav decided to wrap her infant son, Karl, in his fur lined carriage for a stroll along the garden path. Born on his family's sprawling estate in the Russian countryside, Karl Volishkav's first memory is of the wolf attack.
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