Agent Pierce disguise (left), Chameleon (right)
Name: Dmitri Smerydakov
Alias(es): Alexander Pierce, The Chameleon
Hero, Walking-the-line, or Villain: Villain
Age: 34
Background and Hero/Villain Origins: Born Дмитрий Смердяков in Russia, Dmitri grew up in an abusive home with an extreme sense of self loathing. So extreme was his humiliation that he repressed his identity, only ever wearing masks and doing impressions of other people.
As he got older he tried to apply his amazing impressionist skills in a career as a russian spy, but he failed the psychological evaluation. This earned him the attention of the Leader. Two strange men approached him and offered him a job opportunity, which the desperate Dmitri accepted. Blindfolded, he was brought to an abandoned bunker where he met a
green man with an enormous head.
In his first few months of completing assignments Dmitri became the Leader's most devoted acolyte. Dubbing himself "The Chameleon," Dmitri underwent a procedure of the Leader's design allowing him to change his appearance at will and imitate the physical acts of others. Once he was trained in the use of this new ability he chose a new appearance and enrolled in SHIELD under the name and forged identity "Alexander Pierce."
Under SHIELD, "Agent Pierce" underwent extreme hand-to-hand and marksmanship training and excelled quickly by learning to imitate the most effective moves of his best classmates. In a combination of his own newfound combat prowess and the Leader's covert tinkering he became SHIELD director Stever Rogers' own personal aide and bodyguard. With this position he was designated the head of the Leader's SHIELD infiltrators.
Powers/Abilities:
- Mimicry: The Chameleon's epidermis, skin pigmentation, facial musculature, and facial skeletal structure have been surgically and mutagenically altered by the Leader so that he can take on the appearance of any person at will. He also wears fabric made of memory material that responds to nerve impulses and can appear to be what ever costume he wishes it to be.
He is a master of disguise, and a brilliant method actor and impressionist. He is able to perfectly imitate anyone's voice. He is also a master of creating lifelike masks and make-up. He is a quick-change artist who can assume a new disguise in less than a minute, although he no longer needs to use such skills.
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Combat prowess: Dmitri is a skilled hand-to-hand combatant and marksman.
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Telepathic implant: Nuzzled inside Dmitri's brain is an implant which gives him a direct telepathic feed to some of the computers in the Leader's base, allowing him to receive orders and relay information in real time. The Leader has applied his genius to make the telepathic link as low key and difficult to detect as possible. In an emergency, the Chameleon can shut the implant on or off at will. The implant is non-magnetic.
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Low level photographic reflexes: He is able to duplicate almost any physical act he sees if it's performed for him enough times. Usually three times at minimum.
Weaknesses/Tragic Flaw: All of the physical vulnerabilities of a normal human. Although he is a skilled enough combatant to be appointed the SHIELD director's bodyguard, he cannot go toe to toe with low level superhumans for very long. Because of his memory material suit he isn't always wearing genuine protective clothing.
Hero/Villain Relationships: Dmitri is a faithful servant of the Leader. He admires Director Rogers to an extent but wouldn't hesitate to terminate him if given the order. He and the Leader hope to turn Erik/Magneto to their side.
Occupation: Head infiltrator of The Leader. Bodyguard and aide to Steve Rogers
Sample Post: The Chameleon found himself leaning on a wall outside a large doorway as Director Rogers held an especially private meeting. He nodded to fellow agents as they passed through the hallway in front of him. If they were fellow infiltrators he signaled to them by changing eye color for half a second, letting them know that the situation was normal.
One of the agents was someone he didn't recognize. He hadn't heard anything about new arrivals. Using his implant he telepathically sent an image of the person to the Leader's computer for verification. After four minutes of
radio telekinetic silence he received a reply.
"That's Agent Jacob Brandon Sanders. He's been transferred from the Los Angeles base. He isn't one of us," said a monotonous voice in his head. It wasn't the Leader's voice, just one of his mechanical secretaries. He must be busy.
Finally, the doors to the meeting room opened.