Mark Batson was an architect on the rise, he had just openned his own business after working successfully for one of Millenium City's bigger firms. He moved out to San Fransisco and the world lay at his feet. Mark's brother, Elliot, an engineer secretly working for ARGENT, had been working on developing a hyper-efficient biologically based energy source for a series of powerful energy weapons ARGENT was working on. Mark and his brother had alway gotten along and part of the reason Mark moved to the west coast was to becloser to Elliot. Elliot had been having second thoughts about his lifestyle. Sure it was exciting working on highly advanced technology without worrying about ethics and making money hand over fist, but ARGENT's technology often went towards some really heinous crimes and he had only been frustrated wiht the red tape, he hand't really wanted to see people die because of his work. One night, when Mark was over, Elliot tried to tell his little brother his plans, but he wan't sure that it was safe in his ARGENT furnashed home. Elliot hadn't been able to successfully hide his feelings from the others at work and he started to get the impression that ARGENT was watching him more closely. Things came to a head one evening when Elliot swiped the prototype and tried to go to PRIMUS with it. He caught sight of ARGENT security agents on his tail. Thinking he might be able to give them the slip by heading to Mark's place, he parked at a diner near his brother's place and snuck out the back. Mark was surprised to see his older brother in such a state at his door, and even more surprised when Elliot produced a handgun and quickly tried to explain what he was doing. Then gunfire from the hallway errupted and Mark's door was demolished. Leaping to Elliot's defense, Mark tackled one of the agents and grabbed a pistol. Elliot had dialed PRIMUS on his cell and a squadron of agents were on their way, the two brothers attempted to hold of their assailants long enough for PRIMUS to arrive. The PRIMUS agents arrive to see a gigantic man flailing about in pain and horror at the highly armed agents surrounding him. During the conflict, Elliot had been shot and his prototype had been damaged. The biomatter spilled over Mark and the transformation was slow, painful, and violent, much of the apartment building was damaged. The PRIMUS agents subdued Mark but the ARGENT security team had fled. Elliot was still alive and both brothers were taken to PRIMUS's secured medical facilities. Mark adjusted rather quickly to his new form; his appearance hadn't really changed, just his dimensions, he looked like a hulking version of himself. Elliot recovered from his injurues and was given amnsesty in return for his information on ARGENT's local set up. He was given a newe identity and went to work for PRIMUS in another town. Mark tried to live a normal life for a while, the local Silver Avenger was very helpful in getting him set up with a new apartment and a wardrobe that fit. He went back to his job as an architect but his customers were somewhat intimidated by his new "look". Mark had been thinking of entering the superhero game after it dawned on him that he would probably never go back to his former self; but he put it off because he just never felt he had the aptitude for it. When Holocaust and his mercenaries attempted to abscond with several important world leaders at a civil rights conference in San Fransisco, Mark, in his street clothes, first helped emergency crews keep people out of danger. When it began to look like the superheroes who had gathered to stop the villain were getting the short end of the stick, he finally summoned up the courage to step into the arena, he called out Holocaust and goaded the wannabe master villain into going mano y mano. While the villain bettered him with little effort, Mark's gambit had bought the assembled heroes time to clean up the mercenaries and focus on the main antagonist. They were able to drive Holocaust off and when he awoke, Mark was greeted with cheers of the assembled on-lookers. He debuted as Monolith a few days and a Google search later. Mark has always been a good guy. He never saw himself as anything special and when he gained superpowers he tried hard to remain the normal guy he was. He often feels out of his element as a superhero even though he has powers far beyond the ken of normal. He is noble and self sacrificing and over the years has become a far more comfortable and dynamic hero. "Yeah, yeah...You're death incarnate here to take your rightful place as ruler of men and all of creation. Just like the last guy. And Foxbat seems to have a better plan than you do, buddy." See who looks to be the most destructive and lay them down for a nap. typical "blue collar" brick. He is a hero that is easy to get along with, works well with others and is well adjusted. He takes his role seriously and finds it to be a very rewarding existance. If Monolith is too tough for your campaign, lower his strength to 60, drop his defenses to 25-30 range and his SPD to 3 or 4. If he's not tough enough, rais his DEX to 23 and maybe give him a few mor Brick Tricks. Mark is now over eight feet tall and very broad and muscular. He weas a dark blue body suit with a white studded belt and boots. He has a symbol of a gray obilesk on his chest. His hair is black and worn short, he has blue eyes and an easy going smile.