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The Fifth Column, the last remaining threat from World War II, a group of super powered fascists still fighting a war the rest of the world left behind fifty years ago. The Fifth Column had the nefarious distinction of actually triggering the United States' involvement in the war against Nazi Germany. Hitler first sent the covert super team to Paragon City in 1939, tasked with spying on and sabotaging US shipping and naval development.
After the war the group became careless and were eventually forced to go underground, building up resources and experimenting with super-solder programs and designing automatons.
Shortly after the Rikti Wars the 5th Column seized its opportunity and resurfaced, declaring all out war on Paragon City
the city which harbours many of the heroes who forced the 5th Column to go underground.
It is quite well known that the Council rose to power via the hostile take over of 5th Column, many members of 5th Column agreed to join the Council in order to save their own lives including the former leader of 5th Column, Requiem.
Less well known however is the 'failed' super-solder program that 5th Column had initiated shortly before the Council's take over. The program was called "The Serpents Bite". Its subjects were clones of the 5th Column's best fighters. The clone embryos were spliced with snake DNA and a number of other things such as performance enhancers which were literally laced throughout the embryos DNA.
During infancy the embryos were literally programmed through various psychic techniques and psychological methods to give them the ability to fully comprehend tactical operations far better and faster than any normal human and also to ensure that they conformed to the 5th Column ideals.
The result would be a fighter with the speed and agility of a snake and the capability to comprehend a situation and see virtually all out comes almost as fast as the situation presented itself, with a fierce devotion to 5th Column.
This program was so shrouded in secrecy that certain aspects of it were kept secret even from the scientists themselves, such as the process (the details of which are still unknown to this day) which would allow these fighters to reconfigure their own DNA into a separate mould of DNA contained within the coding of their brain. The result of this would be a fighter even closer to a human-snake in appearance that would possess even greater reflexes.
However the first subject, Serpent Alpha, was deemed a failure as its mental capabilities far exceeded expectations to the extent that it was impossible to force it to conform to 5th Column.
Serpent Alpha out witted its guards and escaped; this was put down to the guards' incompetence at the time however now there has been suggestions that the escape was not entirely accidental...
Shortly after this the Council took over, all subjects of The Serpents Bite were terminated. Members of the Council say this is because the program was far in-superior compared to the Vampyri and Warwolf programs. Again it would now seem that this was untrue as Serpent Alpha, the so called failure, has taken down dozens of Vampyri, Wolves and Mech Men whilst barely taking a hit himself. Therefore it would appear that the Council terminated the Serpents out of fear; the Serpents Bite program would clearly be superior to any other program; however the uncontrollable nature of the Serpents would imply an extreme risk to the Council.
Rumours now pollute the air of Paragon City... rumours that suggest that 5th Column may soon rise again from within the Council and the monstrous mind behind The Serpents Bite may well reside within the Council like so many other former 5th Column members do. Is it conceivable that Serpent Alpha may have a key role in the plans of the deranged 5th Column loyalists?
Currently Serpent Alpha is well known for his hatred of the Council who hound him daily in an attempt to destroy him like the other Serpents Bite subjects. His hatred is so well known that on more than one occasion the elite Ascendant Guards of the Centre (mysterious leader of the Council) have been sent to dispatch the threat that is Serpent Alpha. Could it possibly be this renowned hatred that the 5th Column loyalists hope to use? Once the lines are drawn, only time will tell on which side Serpent Alpha will stand...
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really interesting stuff Finch
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Ty DD, Im working on somat much better for a character called Jade Abyss set primarily in the 1940s, gonna try doing a drawing to go with it to.. it prob wont work how I intend it tho lol
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((Iv been on the forums for a while now.. but quite quietly and I desided it was time I aired some of my CoH stories from sg forums out here. This first one is an extention of Serpent Alpha's bio which contains some of the 5th Columns offical story (1st paragraph). Other stories will be more flowing stories rather than bios but I think this one will do for now... any who I'll shut up and get on with it now
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