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Biography[]
(Submitted by EZBreezy)
Dragan Nükaum: 1980 - 1998[]
Dragan Nükaum (Drago to his friend) was born into the aristocratic ranks of Vlatava. At a young age, Drago learned his father was into the occult, having secretly spied on his father's monthly occult rituals when he was meant to be asleep in bed.
Following the Manhattaning there was a huge uptick in magical power. This was caused by Earth's ley lines being jumpstarted by the Intrinsic radiation, in addition to the massive amount of residual psionic energy released by all that instant death. The Eurybian College of the Occult decided it needed new members to allow the society to make better use of the opportunity to engage in more powerful rituals.
Three years following the surge of power, the sect's leader, a disguised Eurybia herself approached Drago's father, Herceg Nükaum, about inducting his son into the ranks of the College. The Herceg did not think his son was suitable to the esoteric but did not question the judgment of his grandmistress. Shortly after Drago's eleventh birthday, he began to study the occult being mentored first by his father and quickly progressing to where the true sorcerers of the College's inner circle were mentoring the boy, and finally to the point where Eurybia herself was preparing him for the final steps before his official indoctrination in time for the first full moon following eighteenth birthday.
Nukem: 1998 - 2012[]
At the indoctrination ceremony, the Herceg was surprised to find Drago was given the rank of Proctor - making his son his superior within the College, something rather unheard of for a boy his age. As part of the rise to such a rank, there was a ceremonial mating ritual where the College's grandmistress offered herself to be the partner to the College's newest proctor — another absolute rarity.
The Herceg left Drago's ceremony early, out of disgust. And soon after questioned his son about his relationship to the grandmistress. Drago denied there was anything other than a mistress and her pupil. The Herceg did not believe it and believed the grandmistress had seduced his son or he had seduced her for favorable treatment with the college
In the following argument, Drago accused his father of being jealous of his ability. This upset the Herceg so he made an ultimatum for his son to inherit the title of Herceg upon his death, he would have to abandon the College and join the military — to learn the value of discipline.
Drago excelled in the military — possibly due to discreet occult workings. He became a pukovnik (colonel) in the Vlatavan High Kommand and close friend of Werner Zytle. Many years later, when Zytle staged a violent coup, Drago killed his own father so Herceg Drago Nükaum could swing the Chamber of Lords with enough votes to secure Zytle's coronation.
When the truth about the previous Herceg Nükaum's demise came out, a royal pardon was to clear Drago. But a number of documents had been leaked by a hacker implicated the king. In order to quell concerns, the king stayed his hand from the pardon papers and Nükaum was executed.
Attending the execution, Eurybia captured Drago's soul in the mended heartstone of her former husband, the Titan Krios. With the aid of the College, she then reanimated the lifeless corpse of her dead husband.
Supplemental Reports[]
- (Submitted by Four-Eyes) When his soul was taken by the heartstone, Nükaum was consumed by rage. The rage and negative emotions Nükaum felt at the time his death corrupted his soul. He would definitely have been a powerful ghost if left alone but into the eldritch conduit that is his new body and those emotions are magnified into magical entropic radiation. Not good.
- (Submitted by Dr_K-63) The Titan Krios: Krios is, to modern scholars, perhaps the least known of the twelve ancient Titans of Ancient Greek mythology. Not even Themysciran texts discuss him much. What is known is that he was the keeper of the Pillar of the South. He married his half-sister Eurybia and had three children Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses by her. His wife and children are better known than he ever was. Astraeus became a Titan of Seasons and created the Anemoi, Pallas became the Titan of War and slew Athena's daughter Kalliste during the Titanomachy and was subsequently slain by Athena in the Underworld where his corpse fell into the River Styx and dissolved away — with four of his souls mutating into four new beings which became Zeus' throneguard (Nike, Cratus, Bia, and Zelos), and Perses was the Titan of Destruction and father to Hecate, before Hades and Poseidon slew him on his throne. It's possible Krios, like his wife, did not take sides during Titanomachy until the last battle — which is where he was killed.[1]
Threat Assessment[]
Resources[]
- Titanic Daimonic Physiology
- Aurichalcum Forged Body
- Gift of Tongues
- Immortality
- Invulnerability
- Mythic Might
- Mythic Stamina
- Sorcery (amplified by his new body's raw power)
- Supernatural Senses
- Teleportation
- Special Military Training
- Master of Wetwork
- Master Marksman
- Expert Strategist
Weaknesses[]
- Vice — Wrath
- Vulnerabilities — Adamant, Cosmic Energy, & Magic
- Weak Spot — Compromised Heartstone
Analytics []
- Physicality: 8 — Paragon
- Occult: 7 — Legendary
- Weaponry: 7 — Legendary
- Expertise: 5 — Master / Remarkable
- Range: 6 — World-Class / Superb
- Strategy: 4 — Expert / Enhanced
- TOTAL: 250
- RANKING: Ultimate
Trivia and Notes[]
Trivia[]
- Barbara Blythe's expertise was vital in the joining to his new body.[2]
- There were once rumors circulating that Werner did not pardon him because he and Tashana were having an affair that Werner discovered. However, there were also rumors that painted the picture that Dragan Nükaum was harassing Tashana and she interfered in the delivery of the pardon papers. Finally, a third version of the sordid tale says that Tashana and Dragan Nükaum never did have an affair and Tashana only told her husband that it had happened in order to make sure he would allow the execution as it was the best political strategy at the time.[3]
History of Krios[]
- Krios was a docile Titan. He felt bad about his part in the slaying of Ouranos and did not partake in the spoils. He took his pillar and went south. He did the bare minimum as expected of him. He instead spent his days staring at the stars, mourning the loss of his father. However, the ambitious Eurybia was sent to him by his siblings. She seduced him and used his power and her own to create faithful servants to the Titan's cause. This is why Krios remains unknown compared to other siblings.
- Krios and Eurybia were not a happy couple after some time. Eurybia urged Krios to get involved in the Olympian revolt. He refused, believing he and his siblings deserved whatever punishment the Olympians gave them for what they had done.
- Krios went to war toward the end of the Titanomachy. His corpse was found undamaged other than his pierced heartstone, cracked and drained of his souls. No Olympian ever admitted to defeating such a powerful Titan. Eurybia was allowed to bury her husband's corpse. However as the Olympians knew her ambitious nature and suspected she may have killed her husband to take his souls to make herself powerful enough to challenge the Olympians, she was asked to surrender five of her heartstone's six souls.
- The Pillar of the South has been missing since Krios took it to war.
Relationship with Eurybia[]
- Eurybia always said that Dragan had the destiny to be a great general. He had a true warrior's spirit. He was ruthless, ambitious. She told him he was her soulmate. But Dragan could not tell his father that. Eurybia saw the darkness in Dragan's soul and saw the potential. His father would only see danger... or at least that is what the Titaness told him.
- When Dragan was shipped off to the military, Eurybia promised him she would return for him. Until then, he was to take this as an opportunity to prove to her how good of a warrior he truly was. Dragan would not fail her.
Notes[]
- Duke Nukem is a character from the Captain Planet and the Planeteers animated series.
- In the original series, Duke Nukem is a radioactive mutant who thrives on radiation and toxic waste materials. He's the only villain, aside from Zarm and Captain Pollution, to have powers of his own, in which he generates radiation to fire off radioactive blasts from his hands. He's also dangerously radioactive, though he appears to be able to contain this when operating with the other Eco-Villains.
Links and References[]
- Appearances of Dragan Nükaum