Sebastian Druid (Earth-616)

Druid
Name	Sebastian Druid or Sebastian Ludgate
Current Alias	Druid
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Babysitters Club, S.H.I.E.L.D.; Formerly Secret Warriors/Caterpillars
Relatives	Ancestors: Amergin Glúingel (ancestor, deceased) Parents: Anthony Druid (father)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5′9″ (1.75 m)
Weight	210 lbs (95.25 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Black
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human/monster hybrid son of Doctor Druid
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Hawaii
Personal Information
Identity	Known to Authorities
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Secret agent
Base of Operations	Formerly The Cocoon
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev
First	Mighty Avengers #13 (May, 2008)
First	Mighty Avengers #13 (May, 2008)

Sebastian Druid, or simply the Druid, is a mystic and the son of Doctor Druid. He was recruited into Nick Fury's Secret Warriors, but because of his multiple shortcomings, Fury seemingly dismissed him. In truth, Sebastian was sent to be privately trained by John Garrett. New and improved, he later joined S.H.I.E.L.D. and became adept at magic.

History

Early life

Before the Skrulls' Secret Invasion started, Nick Fury tasked Daisy Johnson with recruiting select individuals that he had files on for what would become his secret strike force team. Sebastian Druid was approached by Daisy, after he sought out Doctor Strange to help him learn about his powers. While he was the son of Doctor Druid, he also had monster DNA, making his powers seemingly chemical in nature.

The Druid

Secret Invasion

As a member of the "Secret Warriors" he was given the code name Druid and was trained alongside Stonewall, Phobos, Yo-Yo Rodriguez, and Hellfire. One of their first missions was to take out the Dard'van, the religious sect of Skrulls leading the invasion. After the battle, Druid and the team struggled to deal with the fallout of the invasion.

Hydra

The Secret Warriors were observing activity at an old S.H.I.E.L.D. base in Texas when they discovered Hydra operatives attempting to steal something. In defiance of their orders to observe only, Slingshot, Druid, and Stonewall engaged the terrorists. During a meal with the team, Phobos told them he could see the future and prophesies about each member, he told he Druid that he would become a great hero. Following Slingshot's severe injuries at the hands of the Gorgon, Daisy and Druid traveled to Australia to recruit Eden Fesi as a replacement. After too many failures with the team, Druid was given a note saying that he was a liability and to go home.

Return

It was a ruse, however, and when Sebastian arrived home, he found John Garrett waiting for him. He spent two months getting Druid into shape, then took him on training missions to help Fury, such as destroying the remains of two crashed Helicarriers before the Chinese could examine the technology and creating a magic bullet that can shoot through walls so that Garrett could assassinate Leviathan agent Magadan and pin it on Hydra.

When Fury's assault on the Hydra base Gehenna went sideways, Sebastian was in the plane that picked the team up. With Hydra jets in pursuit, Sebastian overrode Fury's plan and used his powers to destroy all the following jets by himself, which impressed Fury.

Once back at Fury's base Excalibur, Garrett told Sebastian how proud he was of him, but after the last mission left Hellfire and Phobos dead, Eden Fesi in a coma, and Daisy heartbroken, the Caterpillar team was disbanded.

Attributes

Power Grid

Powers

Chemical Mysticism: Sebastian can generate various magical effects:

• Levitation
• Energy Projection: Sebastian once destroyed at least ten Hydra light attack frigates with an energy attack that propagated from one enemy craft to the other, obliterating the entire fleet.
• Force Field
• Teleportation
• Molecular Reconstruction: He created a magic bullet that could pass through walls and create a very specific pattern of blood spatter.
• Time Acceleration: He accelerated the natural rate of corrosion in the metal of a destroyed Helicarrier, seemingly making it disappear in an instant.
• Botanopathy
• Telekinesis

He was considered as a possible Sorcerer Supreme.

Sebastian destroys Hydra fighter jets

Abilities

• Piloting: Druid was a skilled pilot.
• Marksmanship: Druid was a skilled sniper.

Weaknesses

• Lactose Intolerance: Druid was lactose intolerant.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Shadow Cloak

Notes

• Sebastian was either a practitioner of neo-druidism or another nature-based religion.
• It was originally claimed that Druid's powers are not magic, but this has been repeatedly ignored in future stories.

See Also

• 40 appearance(s) of Sebastian Druid (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Sebastian Druid (Earth-616)
• 5 minor appearance(s) of Sebastian Druid (Earth-616)
• 5 mention(s) of Sebastian Druid (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Sebastian Druid (Earth-616)
• 24 image(s) of Sebastian Druid (Earth-616)
• 2 quotation(s) by or about Sebastian Druid (Earth-616)
• 2 item(s) used/owned by Sebastian Druid (Earth-616)

Links and References

• http://www.comicvine.com/the-druid/29-54527/