Eric Schaefer

Mini Bio
Eric Schaefer was created in a test tube sixteen years prior, a grey, gooey mass of living, adaptive tissue. Over time, he consumed and adopted the features of alligator, human, lion, bison, red-tailed hawk, Gila monster, turned lycanthrope(also giving him lycanthropy), tiger, domestic dog, pigeon, and finally, ball python, in that order. He served as muscle for hire for the first fifteen years of his life, and was eventually hired to pursue Amanda Baker and return her to her parents. He was to deliver her unharmed, which he was unable to do, and as a result, he went on a furious rampage. Jasmine was there to stop him, and he turned mid-fight, accepting her as his Alpha. Since then, he's been a loyal, if dim ally, and the picture of endurance.

Lycanthropy
Eric contracted lycanthropy during his fight with Jasmine Meyers. His adaptive biology adopted the features of Jasmine's turned form at first, sprouting light grey fur from between his scales and elongating his snout to be more wolf-like. He had some help from a djinn-like spirit in correcting the instability of his genes caused by the curse, and he adapted again. He lost his fur and returned to his previous gator-like appearance, and his turned form became more like an anthropomorphic alligator than an abomination of wolf and gator.

Genetic Correction
With the help of the ancient being, Kalokin, Eric was able to correct some unstable genes and solve the problem facing the chimaera head-on; Eric was dying, his body and the curse of lycanthropy rejecting one another. Kalokin was able to settle them together, which made his body unable to adapt further but saved his life.

Weaknesses
Like all lycanthropes, Eric was fatally allergic to silver. Due to a request granted by a chance-based ancient djinni, he eliminated that weakness. His scaled hide can be easily melted by any acidic gas, causing the flesh beneath to painfully bubble and pop. In exchange for his weakness to silver, Eric gained a sensitivity to light, and he has a faint headache nearly all the time.

Strengths
Eric has a healing factor capable of regenerating flesh lost in a bullet wound in under two minutes. If a limb is removed, it can be reattached and will fully heal in under an hour. If a limb is removed and cannot be reattached, it will have grown back in full in just over a month. His physical sturdiness rivals that of trees - he could easily survive being hit by a semi truck, and having a grenade detonate in his face may only temporarily knock him out of a fight. His hide is tough enough to resist bullets and sharp shrapnel.