Heroname: MoldPatch<br/>Name: Mycroft "Mike" W. Morrison<br/><br/>Power: The ability to transform into a bipedal creature made of some sort of fungus or mold or moss (frankly Mike isn't sure which and doesn't really care as long as it is not mushrooms.)  Once in this form he can regenerate and grow up to roughly double his height.  While this comes with some increased strength and durability, Mike finds it more useful to rip chunks of himself off and throw them like grenades.  On impact these give a burst of dust (which Mike insists are NOT spores, because he doesn't want to consider the implications of that.)  This burst can either heal or cause an allergic reaction.  If Mike concentrates, which can be tiring, he can force the dust to ignore some individuals that would otherwise be effected.  Another side effect of his altered form is that he can easily, although slowly, cling to and climb just about any surface.<br/><br/>Motivations: Having read too many comic books as a youth, Mike is convinced he has a responsibility to 'use his power for good.'  Aside from that he is bothered by seeing people injured and always goes out of his way to help them.<br/><br/>Features: Standard: height 6 foot 1 inch (1.85 m), 200 pounds (90.7 kg).  Green eyes, light brown hair.  Clean shaven.  23 years old<br/><br/>Alternate Form:  baseline height 6 foot (1.83 m), slightly hunched over, same weight.  A grey/green/brown mottled bipedal creature resembling 'swamp-thing' or a 'shambling mound'.  It has a slight odor of decay.<br/><br/>Costume:  A dark-green singlet (like wrestlers wear) with no head or feet coverings (as these are not needed in his alternate form).  The color almost blends with the natural coloring of his alternate form.<br/><br/>Background: Mike was raised in a small town Wyoming, the oldest of two children.  His parents, Doug and Lucille, are enormous fans of Sherlock Holmes, and they named him after Sherlock's brother.  He hates his name, and would go by his middle name, but he considers that even worse.  His sister, Irene, dislikes her name as well.  He is an avid gamer and a bit of a geek.  After high-school he obtained a degree in mining engineering.<br/><br/>Trigger event:  When Mike was about 13, and old enough to know better, he managed to fall into an old well.  Luckily he was with the family dog.  Unfortunately it wasn't Hollywood, and the dog wasn't a strangely intelligent Border Collie who would go get help.  No, he was stuck with a Chihuahua, which just yipped at him.  He might have tried to climb out, but he dislocated his shoulder and broke his leg in the fall.  By the first evening, his dog was chased away, and probably eaten, by coyotes.  After two days he was somewhat delirious and became convinced that some of the mold around him was starting to grow on him as well.  At some point in the ensuing panic he shifted forms.  He watched in horrid fascination as his transformed leg straightened itself out and healed.  After he calmed down (to the extent that he could), he figured that since mold could grow well on vertical surfaces, he would try to climb out.  Thankfully he was right, and managed to easily climb out, even when he couldn't find good hand or footholds.  His climb attracted unwanted attention though and he attracted a couple of buzzards.  Acting on some instinct he didn't really understand, he tore a piece of himself off and threw it at the birds.  In his amusement at watching buzzards having a sneezing fit, he transformed back and made his way home.<br/><br/>Complications:   Mike has developed a hatred for Chihuahua's.  "Useless things".  He also has a mild case of claustrophobia left from his time trapped in the well.  He is aware that this makes his chosen occupation difficult, and tries to avoid having to actually go into a mine if he can help it.  Since he dislikes his name, he is disturbed that his alternate form might be fungal (mycology being the study of fungi, and sounding a bit like mycroft.  He tends to forget that molds are a branch of fungi.)  What especially disturbs him about the possibility of being fungal is that his ranged powers might be based on spores, which would mean he is essentially masturbating whenever he uses them.  He actively avoids thinking about this.<br/><br/>Relatives with power: None that he is aware of at this time.<br/><br/>Reason for going to New Sorea:  Mike is convinced that he needs to make a positive use of his powers, but he hasn't had many opportunities so far.  When the call went out for heroes to move to New Sorea, Mike felt that it would be a perfect fit and opportunity to make use of his skills.  In addition to heroing, he has a degree that should be useful for maintaing a cover identity, given the mining and petroleum boom in New Sorea.<br/>