Name: Azend
Real name: Unknown
Height: (in human form)5'7, (in avatar form) variable
Appearance: (in human form) Lightly tanned Caucasian appearance, black hair, silver eyes. Body has the build of a trained gymnast; sleek but very powerful. (in avatar form) Basically humanoid, with only vague shapes on the face to indicate location of eyes and nose.
Backstory: On his home world, Azend and his two brothers were chosen to become avatars of Sornelec, the God of War. Azend, Versand and Augur were to become the epitome of physical, psychic and magical combat, respectively. They were chosen, of course, because of their already exceptional skill in each area of fighting, the familial connection was mere convenience.
Without guarantee of ever being able to return to his human body, Azend had his consciousness transferred into a quantity of a living psycho-reactive polyalloy. It was a silvery metal that could take any shape he desired. Perform any task he wished. The process was hideously painful, though, and as a result, he fought the followers of Sornelec's enemies with a cold and passionless sort of brutality.
When the war was over, and he had helped kill anyone who was left to stand against the God of War, he was granted two boons. He was once again able to return to his human body and was givena sem-sentient stone that could create one portal every two hours to any planet in any dimension at his command.
Relieved at having his human body back and being able to leave his war-ravaged world, Azend left his home and arrived on an alternate Marvel Earth just as it was under attack by Galactus' two heralds: Morg and Terrax. They were fighting a battle to subdue the planet's annoying superhuman population, and doing a decent job at that. Caught in the battlefield for at least two hours, Azend discovered he could still access his avatar form.
Without so much as a flash of light, a new silvery fighter joined the fray. At first, the heroes thought Silver Surfer had returned from the dead somehow to fight alongside them, but when their new ally began brandishing monomolecular blades and immense strength instead of the power cosmic, it became clear that this was an entirely new creature.
Eventually, the good guys one, with Terrax being beaten back and Morg outright killed by Azend attacking him from the inside. Finding himself instantly famous as the world's newest hero from beyond the stars, Azend has enjoyed the ability to indulge in his newly reclaimed hedonistic tendencies in his human body, and the lucrative business as hero for hire in his avatar form.
Powers and skills: Azend's living metal body can change shape, texture, density and even color at will. It can mimic the texture and even properties of any material from wood and paper to granite to water. Since the molecules of his body can divide in the same manner as microscopic organisms, Azend is also able to incease his size and density at will. Even at base height and weight, Azend enjoys access to class 100 strength. In battle, he tends to form his hands and forearms into rudimentary bladed weapons with monomolecular edges, enabling him to slice through almost any susbtance with ease and sprouts barbed tentacles from his back and shoulders to use as long range weapons (think of the bastrd son of the bad terminator from Terminator 2 and Carnage and you have the right idea).
Azend is able to speak by creating a rudimentary but completely effective pair of lungs and a voice box for himself. He is able to hear through as yet unknown means and can sense even minute changes in pressure and temperature along the surface of his body, though he does not feel pain or discomfort form these sensations.
By studying the way bird's wings work, Azend has learned to fly by growing a huge pair of wings from his own body material. Powered by class 100 "muscles, an unhampered by the need to breathe, Azend can reach flight speeds of 600 miles a hour.
In avatar form, Azend has only two weaknesses: intense heat and intense cold. Cold that reaches undefined sub-arctic temperatures causes the metal of his body to become hard and very brittle, making him unable to move. At temperatures exceeding 10,000 degrees farenheit, the metal becomes permanently unable to remain solid or maintain the connection between his consciousness and itself. If his entire body is disabled in such a manner, Azend will die. Thus, he must either escape such heat or make the switch to his human body temporarily.
Skills: As criteria for being chosen by Sornelec, Azend is a master warrior in human form, able to use virtually any melee weapon and nearly any object at hand with deadly efficiency. Azend has also learned to fly recently, both as a pilot and as a winged creature. As a result of spending time with his brothers, he has gained a rudimentary knowledge of the way magic works and is trying to train himself to develop telekinetic powers. The latter effort is not meeting with much success.