Bruut is superhumanly strong and durable. He can be hurt by massed small arms fire or a highly competent martial artist (he will visibly be in pain and there will be small, superficial wounds), but actually taking him down is quite difficult. Bruut also uses his immense strength to make superhuman jumps and to be a good brawler.

History

Bruut used to be a janitor and handyman at the Port Anthony Bus Terminal. He tried to leverage his imposing physique to become a wrestler, but couldn’t control himself in the ring. Hopkins injured a half-dozen persons during his brief wrestling career and was blacklisted throughout the entire state.

A Theta virus infectee, Hopkins was one of two persons saved and given powers by Malcolm Kort’s team using research stolen from Dr. Deming. Taking the name Bruut he worked as an enforcer for Kort, to fetch more infectees. Hopkins was often paired with Bloodbath, though Bloodbath felt no loyalty whatsoever toward the dim Bruut.

Bruut was present during Ghoul’s suicidal raid on Malcolm Kort, but was dropped several floor down before the explosion that destroyed Visionary Productions happened. He’s presumably still alive.

Description

The writer listed Bruut at 350 lbs. ; the value above is based on the art.

Personality

Bruut is mentally retarded and his IQ is somewhere in the low eighties. He has a small vocabulary with simple words, and makes basic sentences. In his normal state he seems a bit timid, even childlike. When he enters a rage, however, it’s a murderous tantrum where he completely loses it, until he’s so tired he needs to sleep.