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Alexander von Luthor

(Doctor Doom + Lex Luthor)

Biography: As the old saying goes, some men are born great, some men achieve greatness, and some men have greatness thrust upon them. If you were to ask the Latvaznian (Latveria + Kaznia) ruler and CEO of Lexxon (Lexcorp + Roxxon) which one was he, he would tell you that he was none of those things; that he is greatness personified.

It all started in a Romani camp just outside the capital of Latvaznia. When Luthor was just 11 years old, his mother Lillian (Lillian Luthor + Cynthia von Doom) had been killed by the demon Mephiston (Mephisto + Neron) in a deal gone horribly wrong. Shortly thereafter, Alexander's father was called by the king to heal his ailing wife. Sadly, the Queen's disease was beyond Lionel's (Lionel Luthor + Werner von Doom) capabilities. The king ordered Lionel to be executed as punishment for his failure. Lionel took his son and the two of them ran off into the freezing woods. That night, the two of them would've froze to death if it weren't for the timely arrival of another Romani who brought them to a separate camp.

The tragedy and trauma that Lionel was forced to go through drove him to drink. He would become violent and abusive, taking out his anger on his own son. Until one day, during his teenage years, Alexander had murdered his father and arranged it to make it look like an accident. As he died before his very eyes, Luthor made a promise to both his parents. For his mother, he promised to honor her legacy by mastering the ways of magic. To his father, he vowed to become a greater man than he could ever dream to be.

Luthor used his natural skills at invention to raise money by selling seemingly fantastical devices to rich lords throughout the country. The truly impressive devices, Luthor kept to himself, such as a highly advanced android duplicate. This would be the first of many Lex-bots. Luthor would also study his mother's notes on witchcraft, practicing every day to understand and control the arcane.

Word of Luthor's intellect spread to the US and a scout for State University arrived to Latvaznia to offer Luthor a scholarship. He accepted and arrived in America shortly thereafter. While in State U, Alexander met his college roommate Reed Magnus (Mr. Fantastic + Will Magnus). Alexander and Reed didn't get along so well, mainly because Luthor was too focused on his latest project to bother socializing. Doom had found a way to blend science and sorcery together and created a device that would allow him to breach Hell itself so that he could rescue his mother.

Reed spotted Luthor preparing his device and when he looked over his notes, Reed noticed several errors with his calculations. Luthor was livid because for all of his many talents, humility was not one of them. To him, the very notion that he could be wrong was not only insulting, it was blasphemous. He yelled at Reed to get out and to not bother him. Shortly, Luthor had finished constructing his device and was set to rescue his mother. But instead the machine blew up in his face. Literally.

Despite being at ground zero of the explosion, Luthor's only injury was a third degree burn on his scalp, rendering him bald for the rest of his life. Luthor refused to believe that his calculations were wrong and instead convinced himself that Reed sabotaged the device. Luthor was expelled for all the destruction he caused and fled to the Himalayas.

He had heard about a group of Tibetan monks living in the mountains that have mastered both technology and sorcery. After months of trekking, Luthor found this hidden village and studied under them, eventually surpassing them in all they knew in just five years.

Under his direction, the monks got to work building Luthor a suit of armor that increased his power and strength. The only part of his body that wasn't covered was his face as Luthor believed that the world should know what their superior looks like. Finishing his new look by donning a purple cowl, Luthor returned to Latvaznia and single-handedly overthrew the nation's monarch, establishing himself as lord and ruler.

With the country under his control, Luthor used what little money they had in their treasury to open his own business and named it Lexxon. Originally an oil and gas company, it quickly became one of the largest, most diversified multinational corporations in the world, granting Luthor and his country billions of dollars, which he used to turn Latvaznia into a superpower.

With his wealth and country secured, Luthor set out to get revenge on Reed for destroying his device. At this point, Reed became the leader of a team of super-powered robots called the Magnificent Men (Fantastic Four + Metal Men). Luthor tried many times to destroy Reed and his newfound family, and the Magnificent Men foiled him at every turn, even if only barely.

Then one day, Luthor discovered someone else to draw his ire; the Sentinel of Steel, the Super-Soldier (Superman + Captain America) had returned. Even though the soldier would continually deny it, he was a god amongst men. And to Luthor, he was the only man in the world fit to play such a role. And thus, to ensure his own superiority, Luthor also dedicated his time and resources to destroying the Man of Liberty.

These attempts would often fail too, but don't let this streak fool you, Alexander von Luthor is one of the most devious, brilliant, and powerful men on Earth, and if he were able to keep his ego in check, the universe would bow down before him.

Powers & Abilities: Alexander von Luthor holds one of the most dangerous weapons in the entire universe, his incredible intellect. He has constructed armies of robots, a working time machine, and a device that can absorb the power of godlike beings such as Galactiac (Galactus + Brainiac).

But apart from his own mind, Luthor also uses his magically forged suit of titanium armor, which increases his strength and magical abilities and has been improved with his own technology over the years. Powered by a nuclear reactor and Kryptonite batteries, the suit grants Luthor the power of flight and comes equipped with forcefields, flamethrowers, energy blades and blasts powered by kryptonite, an electric shocker that zaps anyone that touches him, and a molecular expander that can enlarge small objects. Speaking of said expander, Luthor carries with him a small bag of pebbles that he throws at his enemies before turning them into boulders whenever he wants. The suit even has pieces of the True Cross inside of it to make supernatural monsters such as vampires or demons back off.

With so many incredible inventions, most people forget that Luthor is also a master of sorcery, granting him teleportation, mystical barriers, demonic summons, mind transference and countless other spells he has learned over his lifetime.

Appearance: Luthor has green eyes and used to have red hair. His scalp has been badly burnt by the explosion, leaving him permanently bald.

His armor is sleek and forms around his body. It carries a dark-green coloration and is worn under a purple tunic. He wears a purple cape and hood that is held in place by a single gold chain that ends in two large circles by the corners. Lastly, there's a black belt with a hexagonal, green buckle featuring a black "L" with a purple stripe running down the middle.