He appears to be an average man, barefoot, wearing green running shorts, a green turtleneck, and a green balaclava. Depending on when you look, his skin runs the gamut of tone and texture from Scandinavian pale to New Guinea dark. His eye color, also, tends to change without notice.

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Cort Wirthlund had a pretty good life. He spent his childhood in a small farm town, neither scholar nor athlete and not the top or bottom of anything. Bagging groceries and stocking shelves at the Hy-Vee to work his way through junior college, he approached Betty Feeney after noticing one of his classmates (Betty) was a cashier at the store. The two soon became inseparable and married one year, to the day, after Cort approached her.
They graduated junior college, together, two weeks before they became parents. At this time, Cort chose to forego further education and find a job. Fortunately, he found work at a plant making industrial instruments. Focusing on family and working for them only, Cort slowly advanced through the business ranks. He and Betty had another child, and Betty began pursuing her dream of writing historical romances, while Cort finally reached the middle management ranks.
Then, on his way home from work, disaster struck. The tanker in front of Cort was labeled only "toxic waste", and when the thing jack-knifed and Cort rammed into the tank, and saw the red goo filling his car and moving like it was alive, Cort only thought about how much he would miss Betty. He woke, some time later, in the hospital. Betty and the kids were there, and he didn't feel bad, at all.
His discovery of his powers, concurrent with his family's notice of them, changed everything. Cort had gone through his comic book phase, as a child, and had lived his life accepting the responsibility that comes with power. He could do no different, now. As always, Betty agreed with him before he  could ask. The kids, of course, just thought it was 'cool'.
Because his shape and appearance were completely under his control, he didn't bother with a costume, and the Malleable Man quickly began to clean the streets of the city.

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The Malleable Man	Cort Wirthlund

Characteristics Cost
• 166

Active Cost	Real Cost	END Cost/Charge	Description
	30		Molecular Body Control:Multipower, 30-point reserve
	3u	0	1)  Growth (+20 STR, +4 BODY, +4 STUN, -4" KB, 1,280 kg,  -2 DCV, +2 PER Rolls to perceive character, 4 m tall, 2 m wide),  Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (30 Active Points)
	3u	0	2)  Shrinking (0.45 m tall, 1.25 kg mass, -4 PER Rolls  to perceive character, +4 DCV, takes +6" KB),  Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (30 Active Points)
	3u	3	3)  Shape Shift  (Sight, Hearing, Smell/Taste and Touch Groups),  Human Forms (29 Active Points)
	3u	1	4)  Long Arm Brachiation: Swinging 23",  Reduced Endurance (1/2 END; +1/4) (29 Active Points)
	6m	3	5)  Stretching 6" (30 Active Points)
	15	0	Healing 2 BODY, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Persistent (+1/2)  (46 Active Points); Extra Time (Regeneration-Only)  1 Minute (-1 1/2), Self Only (-1/2)
	13	0	Reinforced Skin Cells: Damage Resistance (13 PD/13 ED)

Powers Cost
• 76

Martial Arts - Battle Shifting

Cost	Maneuver	OCV	DCV	Notes
4	Altered Form Dodge (Martial Dodge)	--	+5	Dodge, Affects All Attacks, Abort
4	Body Like Water (Martial Escape)	+0	+0	40 STR  / 60 STR vs. Grabs
5	Malleable Block (Grappling Block)	+1	+1	Grab One Limb, Block
3	Mallet Hand (Basic Strike)	+1	+0	7d6 / 11d6 Strike
5	Morning Star Fists (Offensive Strike)	-2	+1	9d6 / 13d6 Strike
4	Sharpened Hand (Killing Strike)	-2	+0	HKA 1 1/2d6
3	Shifting Limbs (Martial Grab)	-1	-1	Grab Two Limbs, 35 STR  / 55 STR for holding on
4	+1 HTH Damage Class(es)

Martial Arts Cost: 32

Skills

• Cost	Skill	Roll
  	Everyman Skills
  2	1)  Acting 10- (formerly with an amateur theater group)
  2	2)  Climbing 10- (as a hobby has done some rock climbing and rapelling)
  2	3)  Concealment 10- (took up stage magic as a hobby while he was in college)
  0	4)  Conversation 8-
  0	5)  Deduction 8-
  2	6)  Paramedics 10- (studied this when it became apparent he would be entering conflict situations)
  0	7)  Persuasion 8-
  2	8)  Shadowing 10- (also taken up for superheroing)
  2	9)  Stealth 10- (thought to be useful for superheroing)
  0	10) PS: Industrial Engineer 11-
  0	11) TF:  Everyman, Small Motorized Ground Vehicles
  0	12) AK: Bright City 8-
  3	Electronics 12-
  3	Mechanics 12-
  3	Systems Operation 12-
  2	KS: Manufacturing Control Systems 11-
  3	Disguise 12-

  
  
• Skills Cost 26

Total Character Cost: 300


Disadvantage Points: 100
Base Points: 200
Experience Required: 0
Total Experience Available: 4
Experience Unspent: 4