Vepturegeng (Comic Book)

Vepturegeng is a modern fantasy action thriller comic book series.

Synopsis
Brennan O’Hare attempts to prove adolescent human trafficker Han Seo-Hoto, a guilty man. While breaking into Han’s apartment, Brennan’s face is attacked by an extraterrestrial, sentient mask named Serpent -- leaving him with the ability to disintegrate and control air. Mysterious, malicious and fueled by anger, Serpent wishes to use the new and deadly abilities that Brennan has to defeat the Untergang, alongside five other Vepturegeng-posessed adolescents.

“Heroes”

 * Brennan O’Hare: Brennan O’Hare is an investigative teenager with autism, who is unsociable, enjoys staring at girls from far away and playing shooter games. Despite this, he is rather good-natured and legitimately wise, albeit easily overpowered into aggression by Serpent. He is similar to Stimpy from Ren and Stimpy, as well as Eddy Brock from Venom.
 * Serpent: Serpent is cruel and mysterious, leader of the Vepturegeng. Like Brennan, he spends much of his time alone and gets annoyed when others vex him. Unlike Brennan, he usually attempts to violently injure most people who defy him. Serpent is afraid of loud sounds and his own appearance. He is similar to Ren from Ren and Stimpy, as well as Venom. Serpent can disintegrate himself and his host to an atomic level, and can “reform” the atoms to any location that is within Serpent’s line of sight (as long as there’s an opening nearby). However, Serpent can not rearrange his atoms to shift into a different shape. Serpent’s elemental power is the ability to create winds, although, like with the other elemental powers, he can only use it if other Vepturegeng are nearby.
 * Rufus Kass: Rufus Kass is a psychopathic adolescent who embraces his Vepturegeng’s violent nature. Rarely disagreeing with or attempting to control Ruffian, Rufus may side with the Untergeng in the end!
 * Ruffian: Self-centered and annoying, Ruffian would most likely be the first target if the Vepturegeng disbanded. Like most of the other Vepturegeng, Ruffian wishes to somehow eliminate Serpent and become the leader of the clan. Ruffian is also obsessed with killing animals for sport; not just for food.
 * Wendigo: While very loyal to the Vepturegeng, Wendigo is often said to be "the least pleasant, most spiteful, and by far the most violent” of the Gengs. While somewhat disciplined by Marcus, Wendigo is still disgruntled and heavily paranoid. Despite his loyalty to the Vepturegeng, Wendigo still dislikes Ruffian for his constant scheming against Serpent and Brennan. Out of the Vepturegeng, Wendigo’s favorite is Bomber, as Wendigo considers him “stupid enough to be funny”.
 * Marcus Roman: Marcus Roman acts unenthusiastic, calm, and well-organized, but secretly plans to act out Wendigo’s violent ideas.
 * Gunner: Gunner is a gunsmith and very trigger-happy. Gunner is also a show-off, constantly boasting that he’s the most intelligent of the Vepturegeng. Nonetheless, Gunner is perhaps one of the wisest Vepturegeng, only beaten by Brennan and Serpent.
 * Rogue Gunther: Rogue Gunther gets along with Gunner in most ways, but isn’t a perfect host. For instance, he is very weak (even more so than Brennan) and isn’t a very useful member of the Vepturegeng when unarmed. As a result, Gunner has to constantly protect his guns from Bomber, who can and will destroy them within minutes.
 * Bomber: Bomber is often mistaken by the other Vepturegeng for being foolish, but he is secretly very crafty. Bomber also has a fetish that involves destroying Gunner’s favorite guns and devices.
 * Andre De’Mansio: Andre De’Mansio is actually extremely bright, but has little patience for strategy or stealth, preferring to engage enemies with head-on; this leads several to assume that he is even stupider than he is sturdy. De’Mansio has claustrophobia and gets uneasy if stuck in one place for a long period of time.
 * Freezer: Freezer is extremely crafty and holds an unusual sense of power over the other Vepturegeng. Despite his god complex, Freezer still remains independent and solitary. Freezer will go crazy if he spends too much time around the other Vepturegeng.
 * Adam Hessian: While gifted, Adam Hessian is also a conceited divo. Adam counts on the fact that the other Vepturegeng and their hosts rarely trust each other to help reach his goals.
 * Robyn Jacob: Robyn Jacob is similar to the Venture character of the same name. Her identity as Samurai’s host is revealed in Arc 2. Robyn gains encephalic trauma after getting hit by a brick, which results in her usually complaining of head pains and often losing focus.
 * Samurai: Samurai is Robyn Jacob’s Vepturegeng.
 * Zachary O’Hare
 * Alice O’Hare
 * John O’Hare
 * Zander
 * Alexia

Villains

 * Han Seo-Hoto: Han is a clever eighth-grade student, but also a sex trafficker. The sexual acts and killings he causes when bound with Thanatos are rather inhumane, but he believes in doing these out of moral ambiguity and the promise of profit (in the former’s cause), and not out of actual malice. His father is unaware of his involvement in human trafficking but is a scientist who has found and supplied the Vepture/Untergeng masks for Han.
 * Thanatos: Thanatos is completely deranged, and a leader of the Untergeng; he has both schizophrenia and psychopathy, with his psychotic venting usually irritating most of Thanatos’ allies. Thanatos also has a gore fetish, and is obsessed with viciously killing his opponents; even the pitiless and objective France Jordaine believes he gets too much pleasure from violence. However, Thanatos is mainly motivated to kill out of eliminating his enemies.
 * Amélie Chapélain: While affluent and powerful, Amélie was once a pure, honest woman. As to be expected from a relative of the Beaulieu family (Nancy was once a Chapélain), Amélie had a lot going for her; she was a successful ballerina, she had a handsome boyfriend, and was very, very attractive... and this was her downfall. All it took was one inappropriate touch, and Amélie’s frustration unleashed the power of the Vepturegeng Fatale, who proceeded to kill half of the Chapélain family (among others). Nonetheless, Amélie isn't bad; she just seems to be overpowered by Fatale into acting evilly... unless she‘s secretly admiring her newfound dark side.
 * Fatale/France Jordaine
 * Blocky: Blocky is a psychopath who wishes to kill the Vepturegeng in a variety of ways, including impalement, poisoning, and blood loss. However, Blocky’s schemes usually backfire on himself.
 * Missy: Missy is very foolish and usually ruins Blocky’s schemes unless Blocky explains them in precise detail. Despite his name, Missy is actually a man.
 * Pingus
 * Ivor Orator
 * Dick-Tech-Tiv

Demolitionists

 * Pustule/Acne Eliminator: Acne Eliminator is a disorder-causing lunatic who has a passion for death and murder. Eliminator despises people who trick and take advantage of others but is okay with doing most jobs... as long as he gets to kill someone.
 * Tom Fox: Acne Eliminator’s true identity, Tom Fox has an obsession with explosives and destruction, Constantly scheming, Tom loves setting up lethal versions of cartoon gags for his enemies. Despite how well his plans usually work, Tom is rather awkward and clumsy, much to Pustule’s dismay.

The Beginning

 * 1) Prologue: After a space shuttle crashes, various extraterrestrial parasites, described as “masks”, are extracted by scientist Il Seo-Hoto. Meanwhile, socially isolated eighth-grade student Brennan O’Hare grows suspicious of fellow classmate Han Seo-Hoto. Secretly investigating his home, O’Hare finds that Han is experimenting with “Vepturegeng” and “Untergeng”, sentient, alien masks, using trafficked slaves as hosts. O’Hare is caught by one of Seo-Hoto’s human-Vepturegeng fusions on his way out, only for the host to spontaneously combust. Running away from Han Seo-Hoto’s house, O’Hare unknowingly merges with his attacker’s Vepturegeng. Meanwhile, Amélie Chapélain prepares for a play involving ballet at the Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell. Before her role comes into play, however, Amélie is molested by one of her male peers, upon which she wishes death upon him. During the play, Amélie’s character use an ornamental halberd, she uses to decapitate her molester onstage. Revealing herself to be the host of an Untergeng. Amélie is shot and seemingly killed by the security guards. However, she is able to regenerate, and ends up completely under the control of the Untergeng. Amélie proceeds to garrote a guard with a “force chain”, take his handgun, and causes a mass shooting, which results in the death of her parents and the injury of her sister, Chloé. As Amélie escapes from the theater, she is shot yet again, as a man approaches her body, very sorrowful.
 * 2) Exposed: Amélie regains consciousness, as a man runs away from the body. Getting up, Amélie finds herself surrounded by Gendarmerie, and is told to get to the ground. Fatale, taking control again, kills most of the Gendarmerie with her chains, as the survivors flee the site. The man from before returns and punches Amélie twice, asking why she committed the massacre. As she gets up, Amélie apologizes, claiming that she has been bonded with an Untergeng for the past month. The man is frightened upon hearing this, and is about to beat her again. Fatale takes control yet again, and chokes the man, telling him to do as she says. Meanwhile, Han Seo-Hoto learns of Brennan trespassing into the Seo-Hoto household and merging with Serpent. Han stalks Brennan on his drive home from school, and obtains the O’Hares’ address. Han Seo-Hoto calls a “spec-ops” troop, informing them that O’Hare is hosting a Vepturegeng and should be eliminated. Brennan is struck by a sudden wave of voracious hunger and eats multiple food items and drinks his parent’s cocktails. After eating his house cat and a stray kitten, Brennan realizes that something is off about himself. Brennan runs into the bathroom and vomits before a voice says his name and the mirror’s reflection gains green eyes. Trying to drink away his shock in the garage, Brennan is soon attacked by special forces and realizes that he has merged with a Vepturegeng.
 * 3) Chased: The Serpent Vepturegeng festers across Brennan’s body, using its “atom powers” to help fight off the spec ops. Eventually, Serpent teleports into one of the O’Hares’ cars, and Brennan drives off. Before this, however, Brennan is seen by the spec-ops leader, who sends a fleet of explosive drones after him. After crashing the car, Serpent is able to teleport Brendan to multiple other vehicles. Just as Brennan celebrates the Vepturegeng’s ability, a drone hits his current car, destroying it and blowing off Brennan’s legs and hands. Serpent engulfs his host’s body, regenerating Brennan’s limbs in the process. Fully taking over as a humanoid monster with green skin, veins and eyes, a large mouth with six rows of sharp teeth, and a long tongue; Serpent grabs the special forces leader by the neck, declares his intent to eat the man alive. Before Serpent can do so, a special forces officer opens fire on the Vepturegeng from behind. After throwing the leader across the street, Serpent bites through the man's crotch, staining him with blood. Serpent disintegrates and reforms in an alleyway, and decides that Brennan is ready to hear the truth about the Geng. Serpent’s soul leaves Brennan’s body, and tries to explain  the Vepturegeng’ motives; the Vepturegeng and Untergeng have been at war for years, and have caused entire extinctions to their past hosts. The hostility between the two castes had died down in recent years, but Thanatos believes that the Untergeng are superior, and plans to kill the seven Vepturegeng on Earth to prove his motives. Brennan, disturbed and confused, passes out.
 * 4) The Shooting Begins: Hacking into his school district’s phone number directory, Han Seo-Hoto is able to obtain the O’Hares’ phone number. Calling them, he warns Brennan, under the guise of “Thanatos,” that Nixon Elementary School is in grave danger. Taking his parents’ shotgun, Han meets up with the mysterious France Jordaine, and plans to cause a school shooting and frame Serpent for it. After returning home, Brennan gets Thanatos’ call, and is mortified. Preparing to stop the shooters, Brennan equips himself with multiple pencils and a glass bottle, before heading out. Serpent is able to disintegrate and reform into the school, which is located fairly close to the O’Hares’ house. As Brennan starts to approach, he hears the first gunshot, which causes Serpent to come out of his face. Serpent explains to Brennan that loud noises weaken him, and that if enough are heard, he will leave Brennan’s body. Panicking, Brennan is about to leave, but is told to stay by Serpent. Entering the school, Brennan is able to trace the gunfire to a pitch-black room, which he finds Thanatos searching (Serpent explains to Brennan that Geng can see in the dark). Trying to distract Thanatos by yelling, Brennan teleports out of the classroom, and attempts to hide in the hallways. Thanatos finds Serpent crouching in the middle of the hallway, and proceeds to shoot at him, before Serpent teleports away through the gap between the doors. Brennan is able to hear agonized screams, which imply that the shot hit someone, before Thanatos kicks open the doors and throws out the halves of a child‘s corpse. Seeing this, Brennan vomits, before Serpent teleports him to the playground as Thanatos tries to shoot at him again.
 * 5) The Shooting Ends
 * 6) Assembly
 * 7) Disconnected
 * 8) Taken
 * 9) Double Agent
 * 10) Suburban Warfare: Before the final battle begins, Serpent and the other Vepturegeng arm themselves weapons they stole from a hunting store.
 * 11) Hostage Calamity: Thanatos has abducted the O’Hare family and is holding them hostage at a power plant. Before he is able to get in, however, Brennan must make it past Thanatos’ possessed guards.
 * 12) Aftermath

Gene O Saad

 * 1) Gene Begins
 * 2) Amtrak Attack
 * 3) Exiled
 * 4) Booyah Bus
 * 5) Rainless Parade
 * 6) Nu-Cle-Ar