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Viltrumites

Gallery Name Viltrumites Identity Secret Affiliation Viltrum Empire Universe Invincible Base Of Operations Viltrum (formerly), Earth, Viltrumite warship Body Type Humanoid Average Height 6'0" (male), 5'11" (female) Average Weight 200 lbs (78 kg) (male), 137 lbs (62kg) (female) Eyes Varies Eyes Hair Black Skin Varies Number of Limbs 4 Number of Fingers 5 Number of Toes 5 Unusual Features None Origin Origin Viltrum Empire Star System Of Origin Unknown Home Planet Viltrum Place of Birth Viltrum Creators Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker First appearance Invincible #11 

Contents

• 1 History
• 2 Powers and Abilities
  • 2.1 Powers
  • 2.2 Abilities
  • 2.3 Average Strength level
  • 2.4 Weaknesses
• 3 Habitat
• 4 Miscellaneous
• 5 See Also
• 6 Links and References
• 7 Trivia

History

The Viltrumites are a race of warriors and planetary conquerors from the planet Viltrum. After their emperor, Argall, was killed by Thaedus,[1] the Viltrumites engaged in a civil war by killing off the weak on their planet. The population was made into an unbeatable race, led by Thragg. The Viltrumites established the Viltrum Empire and turned their attention to conquering planets.[2] Thaedus founded the Coalition of Planets to combat their tyrannical ways.[3] The Viltrumite population would be cut down enormously by The Scourge Virus.[4] ultimately leaving fewer than 50 of them. After the Viltrumite War with the Coaltion, there would only be 37 Viltrumites left in the universe.[5]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Viltrumite Physiology: While Viltrumites are biologically indistinguishable from Humans their bodies are made of "Smart Atoms", atoms with variable properties which can be arranged to produce several useful properties. Viltrumites can harness background energy to augment their natural abilities to an extreme degree.[6]
  • Reactive Adaptation: A Viltrumite's powers will naturally grow stronger with age[6], but they can also be increased by repeatedly pushing them to their limits.[7]
  • Superhuman Strength: Thanks to the chemical bonds involved in muscle contractions in their bodies being several thousand times stronger than in a human's a Viltrumite's strength is far greater than that of most humanoids.[6] The upper limit may differ from individual to individual due to different factors like exercise and age but it is known that adult Viltrumites are able to lift in excess of 100 tons.[8]
  • Superhuman Speed: Viltrumites are capable of mentally controlling their atoms to gain inertia in one direction, giving them the ability to move at incredible speed.[6]
  • Superhuman Stamina: Thanks to their more efficient chemical processes Viltrumites generate less fatigue toxins than humans, allowing them to fight and move for extended periods of time without collapsing from exhaustion.[6]
  • Superhuman Endurance: Viltrumites have endurance beyond human capabilities and have survived disembowelment, touching lava, and bomb blasts without permanent physical damage.
  • Flight: Due a complex combination between a balancing system located in their inner ears, their ability to generate inertia and their ability to manipulate gravitons Viltrumites have the ability to fly at incredible speed.[9]
  • Interstellar Travel: Viltrumites can survive in outer space without aid as long as they can hold their breath. Viltrumites subconsciously create force fields to protect their bodies from the heat and friction of re-entry.[6] Outside of a planetary atmosphere Viltrumites can push their inertial flight to its limits, causing small subspace jumps that multiply their speed well above the speed of light.[8]
  • Enhanced Lung Capacity: Viltrumites can hold their breath for up to two weeks without breathing.[10][6]
  • Invulnerability: Thanks to their stronger atomic bonds Viltrumites bodies are virtually invulnerable to all forms of conventional damage and extreme temperatues.[6]
  • Enhanced Healing Factor: Viltrumites bodies possess extremely efficient chemical processes involved in growth and repair and can rapidly heal from injuries that would normally kill humans.[6] Viltrumites cannot regenerate lost limbs[11] and damage to their heart can limit the effectiveness of their healing factor.[12]
  • Decelerated Aging: Viltrumites age at an extrmely slow pace and have the potential to live for thousands of years and still be in their physical prime.[8] A Viltrumite's aging slows the older they get.[13]
  • Dominant Genetics: As Viltrumite DNA aggressively reproduces itself a Viltrumite's offspring will share Viltrumites characteristics and, as their Viltrumite DNA replaces the hybrid DNA, will slowly turn them into pure Viltrumites with age.[14][6]
  • Enhanced Senses: While not superhuman the senses of a Viltrumite are sharper than those of most other humanoids.[6]
• Viltrumite Weaknesses
  • Vulnerable Ears: When a Viltrumite's equilibrium in their ears is disturbed, mainly by frequency, it can cause extreme pain and may even possibly kill them. Depending on how strong the frequency is determines that pain of attack.[15]
  • Short-Tempered: All Viltrumites are quick to anger and easily react violently to stressful situations.[16]

Abilities

Superhuman strength and ability to go Massively Faster than Light. Their enhanced durability makes them almost indestructible, and they are only susceptible to harm by others of their kind or other powerful creatures. Their invulnerability has shown to be as powerful as not at all being affected by the most powerful nukes of the modern day.

Average Strength level

Average strength is about 100,000 tons but upper limits of some are unknown.

Weaknesses

• All Viltrumites possess delicately balanced, sensitive inner ears to accommodate their powers of flight. Thus, certain sounds and frequencies can actually destabilize a Viltrumites equilibrium, causing them to experience severe pain and crippling them by directly attacking their inner ear. Robot would later exploit this weakness by building special anti-Viltrumite drones constructed of a volcanic tempered titanium alloy. Despite claiming the alloy to be the strongest metal on Earth, Robot acknowledges the fact it would not be enough against the strength of the Viltrumites. So, he used the alloy to create armor fashioned to the exact angles necessary to produce a specific high-pitched resonance frequency upon impact; effectively turning the Viltrumite's overwhelming strength against them since every attack they landed only hurt them, leaving the drones relatively unharmed. As Robot explained when fighting Invincible with one of these drones: "The Harder You Hit Me, The More It Will Hurt You."
• The vicious and nearly indestructible alien beast species known as the Rognarr can tear through and kill Viltrumites, although the Viltrumite Nolan Grayson did not find them especially hard to fend off when he encountered them for the second time. It is possible this is because Nolan is Argall's long-lost son and one of the strongest Viltrumites.
• The Klaxus plant can poison and weaken Viltrumites enough to make them vulnerable to attacks.
• The gun of the Space Racer can pierce through Viltrumite flesh and kill them with ease.
• Viltrumites are highly vulnerable to internal attacks as Robot managed to easily kill an evil alternate reality Invincible, a Viltrumite, by shooting a bomb down his throat and detonating it.
• Intense heat can be especially damaging to the healing factor of a Viltrumite, as shown in Mark's final battle with Thragg in the sun. Even the most powerful Viltrumites can be killed by extended baths in the hot plasma of a star.

Habitat

Habitat: Habitat of this race is unknown. Gravity: 1.25 X that of Earth Atmosphere: Atmosphere of this race is unknown. Population: 37 pure-bloods,[17] thousands of hybrids

Miscellaneous

Type of Government: Totalitarian Monarchy Level of Technology: Highly Advanced Cultural Traits: Formerly mustaches on male gender of species Representatives:

• List of Viltrumites

See Also

• Discuss Viltrumites on the forums
• Appearances of Viltrumites
• Images of Viltrumites
• Race Gallery: Viltrumites
• Images of Viltrumites

Links and References

• None.

1. ↑ Invincible #75
2. ↑ Invincible #11
3. ↑ Invincible #67
4. ↑ Invincible #66
5. ↑ Invincible #77
6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 The Official Handbook of the Invincible Universe #1
7. ↑ Invincible #28
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 The Official Handbook of the Invincible Universe #2
9. ↑ Invincible #100
10. ↑ Invincible #5
11. ↑ Invincible #76
12. ↑ Invincible #141
13. ↑ Invincible #12
14. ↑ Invincible #11
15. ↑ Invincible #50
16. ↑ Invincible #44
17. ↑ Invincible #77

Trivia

• Twin Viltrumites are extremely rare within the species. Thragg achieved his first exemplary of fraternal twins in many generations, Ursaal and Onaan, after numerous attempts at mating.
  • Apparently, Oliver was able to easily generate seemingly identical twins.