Biranha
| Biranha | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Aspen MLT |
| First appearance | Fathom (Volume 1) #12 (2001) |
| Created by | Michael Turner |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Biranha |
| Team affiliations | The Arctic Blue, The Blue |
| Abilities | Aside from being an above average athlete, Biranha has limited control over water and ice, as well as the ability to breathe underwater. |
Biranha is a fictional character of Fathom, a comic book created by Michael Turner.
History
Biranha is a warrior of the Arctic Blue, a Blue splinter group represented on the Elite Council by Biranha's mother, Vana. He now leads them, taking a more violent approach to the problems faced by his people.
Resurrection of Taras
After the near death of his brother Taras in the Blue Sun incident, Biranha was sent by his mother to gather Cannon Hawke and Aspen Matthews, Taras' would be murderers. Biranha first captured Cannon on his yacht, bringing him to an Arctic base in the Atlantic. Vana performed experiments attempting to place the remains of Taras into Cannon so that Taras might live on in Cannon's body, while Biranha went after Aspen.
At the same time, Sara Pezzini and Lara Croft were working together to find Lara's missing friend, Cannon. Clues lead them to the same place Aspen happened to be, as Biranha tries to capture Aspen. Biranha and his men kidnap Aspen and Sara, bringing the two back to their Arctic hideout. They were unaware Lara was following close behind. Lara helped the two girls escape, however they quickly return to the base to free Cannon.
As the trio of women came to free cannon, Biranha took up a fight with Sara, unaware she wielded an ancient and powerful weapon known as the Witchblade. Sara defeated him, leaving him for dead under piles of ice. Meanwhile Sara fought Biranha's mother, Vana, in the chamber where Taras and Cannon were being worked on. A reflected blast from Vana destroyed the water chamber that Taras was in, also killing taras. In her grief Vana used all her power in one suicidal final move, wiping out the whole base with hundreds of large, sharp icicles. Aspen's group managed to free Cannon and exit the base just in time however.
Cannon Hawke mini-series
Biranha somehow managed to survive the battle with Sara and his mothers destructive end only to begin another plan. As war was going on with the humans and the blue down south, Biranha and his men went to Japan to collect a valuable power source being examined in Japanese labs. In Biranha's attempt to steal the power source known as 'grey matter' (an unknown material in some way linked to the Blue Sun) he once more ran into Cannon who was there for a similar reason. Cannon serves no problem to Biranha and his men, and was later blamed by the Japanese government for stealing the grey matter.
In a new Arctic base, Biranha and his men looked upon their great steal, being the only ones aware of what they thought of as its true potential. Their new base notably had carvings in the ice detailing the death of Biranha's mother, Vana, as well as an ice sculpture of Vana. However, Biranha's victory was short lived when Cannon and a small strike team made up of, Brande, Thassalar, and Kreeg attacked the base. Biranha's men easily outnumbered the group though. Just as Biranha was about to execute Cannon, Cannon plead with Biranha. This was not Cannon pleading for his life however, but Taras, whose conscience had taken over. Biranha had realized his mothers experiments had not utterly failed and Taras was still alive in Cannon. Kreeg took this moment of hesitation and confusion for his own advantage, striking Kreeg. Taras, still in control of cannon, surprised his own strike team though with an attack on Kreeg. Biranha, unsure what to do, had his men retreat with the grey matter well Cannon's team fought one another.