Marshall Stone III (Earth-616)

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Name	Marshall Evan Stone III
Current Alias	Random
Aliases	Alex
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Utopians; formerly X-Men (New Charles Xavier School member), ally of the X-Men, X-Factor and Dark Beast; Acolytes, Dark Descendants, Strikeforce
Relatives	Unidentified parents
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6′1″ (1.85 m)
Weight	150 lbs (68.04 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Black
Hair	Black
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Mutant
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Albany, New York
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Bounty Hunter, former government agent, thief, criminal
Base of Operations	New Tian, California Formerly New Charles Xavier School, Alberta, Canada; Utopia, San Francisco Bay, California
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Peter David, Joe Quesada
First	X-Factor #88 (January, 1993)
First	X-Factor #88 (January, 1993)

 I'm not big on the thinking. I'm mainly good for the punching and the ripping things apart. 

—Random

History

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Origin and early years

Marshal Evan Stone III was born in Albany, New York.

When his mutant nature manifested, Marshall Evan Stone III sought aid in controlling his body's now-protoplasmic state. Help came in the form of the Dark Beast, who gave Stone control in exchange for his services as a superhuman operative for X-Factor. Though still only a young boy, Stone used his powers to make himself appear larger and older, becoming the bounty hunter Random.

As a bounty hunter, he took down a mutant suspect, a serial killer and Speed Demon, but didn't kill any of them.

He established at Albany with a housekeeper and mother-figure Vera.

At some point a thief, he killed Charlie Ronalds's parents Harry and Robin while the family was leaving a screening of the 1966 Batman movie. Charlie Ronalds grew with a hatred for mutants.

X-Factor

He developed a crush on Polaris and confided in her his real name.

Stone often worked with the government-sponsored team X-Factor until the Dark Beast had him betray them by capturing their leader, Havok. Stone later aided Havok against the Dark Beast, freeing himself from servitude.

He also later freed Feral too, and helped the Acolytes fight Quicksilver.

He briefly joined Magneto's mutant army in Genosha, forming a pair with the Blob, and both were taken down by Scott Summers.

Neverland and Weapon X

He was then somehow captured by the Weapon X program and incarcerated in the "Neverland" concentration camp. At the first day, when guards began separating the mutants, he and Diamond Lil tried to resist, but were beat up by the Boxbots guards, while their powers were negated by a dampening field erected by an enslaved Leech.

When the majority of Neverland's residents were massacred by the mesmerized Agent Zero, Random was one of the survivors considered still useful by the Weapon X Program.

Random & the X-Men vs. Omega Sentinel

Acolyte

After M-Day, Random joined Exodus's reformed Acolytes, and later Marauders during Messiah Complex. When Professor Xavier convinced Exodus to disband the Acolytes, Random relocated to Utopia.

Utopia

He relocated to Utopia, and joined the fight against Nimrod Sentinels. After that, Random helped with the cleanup, and coincidentally helped fight Omega Sentinel when she went haywire.

Some time following the conflict between the Avengers against the X-Men, after which Utopia was abandoned, Random formed part of the Utopians, a group of mutants that started inhabiting the island.

The X-Men were reached out by S.H.I.E.L.D. to investigate the island after a recon team went missing. The X-Men teleported to the island, and initially engaged the Utopians. After talking it out and discovering the Utopians wanted nothing but to be safe and undisturbed, the X-Men offered them a place at the New Charles Xavier School, which they gladly accepted.

Attributes

Power Grid

Powers

Random Mutant-Power Adaptation: Random is a mutant with the ability to automatically counter other mutant powers randomly. He is able to generate a defense against rust and magnetism, can produce a high-pitched whistle against Wolfsbane, generated a counter-wind against Pirouette, deployed a counter-magnetic force against Polaris, and proved resistant against Havok's plasma energy.

Malleable Protoplasm Body: His entire body is composed of a malleable protoplasmic substance, which, with the aid of Dark Beast, stabilized in the form of a human teenager. He can assume a gelatinous state through which holes can be cast by narrow or collapse into a shapeless mass.

• Enhanced Strength & Durability: With effort, he can to increase his mass and bulk into his 'bounty-hunter state', increasing his size and strength to a certain limit, giving him a degree of super-strength and invulnerability.
• Protoplasmic Projectiles: Random can transform his forearms into guns that fire hardened protoplasm that appears to be extracted from his own cells/biomatter.
• Healing Factor: His body can rapidly regenerate damaged or detached/severed biomatter and limbs.

Notes

• He used to live with a woman named Vera, who played a mother-figure for him, but when the Dark Beast called in his favor from Random, he physically absorbed Vera back into his body. She was apparently nothing more than a construct formed from his own protoplasm.

See Also

• 61 appearance(s) of Marshall Stone III (Earth-616)
• 5 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Marshall Stone III (Earth-616)
• 2 minor appearance(s) of Marshall Stone III (Earth-616)
• 3 mention(s) of Marshall Stone III (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Marshall Stone III (Earth-616)
• 57 image(s) of Marshall Stone III (Earth-616)
• 4 quotation(s) by or about Marshall Stone III (Earth-616)