Name: Joe
  Birthplace: Maine
  Age: 36  Gender: Male
  Height: 6'8" (2.03 m) Weight: 345 lbs (156.5 kg)
  Hair: Black  Eyes: (formerly) Blue

Joe was always a big, lunky guy but post Eruption he's a thick-necked beast of a man who towers over most other people. He wears his head of thick, wavy dark hair fairly long now, but has been convinced to start shaving a lot more than he ever did in his previous life. Still, a perpetual five o'clock shadow is the penance for his Greek heritage.

Becoming a Nova did a lot for his thick body hair, but his skin has a definite blue green tinge these days that matches the strange, milky sea-filled orbs that he sees with. Out of the water the seawater can be shaken or poured away with no apparent effect on his vision or otherwise, except to reveal coral-like sockets inside. Submerged the eyes look almost like his old eyes, except for a faint bioluminescent glow.

Joe's skin is a non-uniform seafoam blue-green now, often with strange patterns reminiscent of the coloration of sea-creatures appearing and disappearing according to his mood.

Joe's most comfortable in oversized Hawaiian shirts in garish colors over khaki or gray shorts, but since he's come to grips with his new abilities more he's added a few uncomfortable but immaculately tailored suits. When he's working, Joe usually strips down to just a speedo no matter what anyone has to say about it, and carries his tools and instruments on harnesses or a sled pulled behind him. His post Eruption physique has worked against but not quite erased his middle-aged paunch, while he's obviously a powerful guy he still looks a bit like someone's hairy uncle run to soft.

Joe's body doesn't read as human except in the most cursory of suggestions of shape. His insides are all mixed up under his strange, sea-creature skin, often growing painful tumors that eventually settle in and become useful backup organs. By concentrating he can force stinging polyps to the surface that inject venom into the unwary, with a bit more concentration he can even shift cartilage, bone, and coral about until they stretch through his skin to savage unprotected skin. The most frightening ability associated with his new form are   the colonies of exotic bacteria his body holds - when Joe unleashes those they   can consume almost anything he touches, given enough time. Joe's new body keeps     him ridiculously healthy. It's nearly impossible for him to get intoxicated, and it adapts to threats in an unconscious way that's quite disturbing to him.

On the other hand, when he's angry his body shifts and can reveal its distinct inhumanity in a way that's quite disturbing to baselines. Joe's aberrant eyes hide new organs for hearing as well as some sort of mechanism for actual sight. He's quite comfortable navigating about using sonar, especially - even if he's not nearly as comfortable with such activities in the dark.