Dan

"Fine. You want the truth..."

- Dan to Ossmar

Dan is a great candidate to raise Ossmar on Earth, or so Commander Carvington thought. Dan is a former Helpers agent and a dimossian, the same species as Ossmar. Between the two of them, it appears to Carvington that Ossmar and Dan may be all that's left of the dimossians, after the destruction of Oxiss. However, during his time on Earth, Dan has slowly lost his sanity. Learning about the destruction of Oxiss was the final tipping point. For 13 years, Dan raises Ossmar on a farm in secrecy, until the tension between them finally explodes.

Personality
It is implied by Carvington's trust in Dan's ability to raise Ossmar that Dan was once very different than he appears now. Dan was once an agent of the Helpers, one Carvington may have known personally. As a dimossian, Dan was likely rather skilled in combat, too. However, after retiring early and mysteriously, he built himself a farm on Earth, where he could be at peace and completely alone. At some point, he settled down with his wife, Barbra, who passed away before Ossmar arrived on the farm. This event would haunt Dan for a long time. Dan remained isolated on the farm, his mind slowly slipping.

After Dan learned that his home planet, Oxiss, had been destroyed, he felt lonely again. This, combined with the pressure of raising Ossmar on behalf of the great Commander Carvington, finally completed Dan's descent into madness. He mistreated and abused Ossmar for labor and began having visions of Barbra. He would talk to himself as though Barbra were still with him. Additionally, he kept too many secrets from Ossmar. Although Carvington strongly advised Dan to keep Ossmar a secret from the world until Ossmar is old enough to join the Helpers, Dan took this to the extreme and kept the world a secret from Ossmar.

Though he kept Carvington's promise--in Dan's own way--for 13 years, Ossmar finally broke Dan's patience three years too early. When Ossmar was 15, he provoked Dan into explaining that Ossmar is a dimossian king, and that he and Dan are all that's left of their people. Ossmar ran away, and, in anger and madness, Dan encouraged it.

A Proud Agent
Little is known of Dan in this time period, but he knew Commander Carvington, which suggests that Dan was an accomplished and proactive Helper agent.

The Horrors of Space
At some point, Dan decided to leave the Helpers and retire early. This was the beginning of his insanity, though it was very subtle during this time.

The Farm
Dan built his own farm, somewhere in the country of H.U.C. At the time, this was a relatively young country with many unclaimed and innocuous plots of land, where one could disappear into the landscape. Not wishing to attract the attention of humans, Dan claimed one such plot of land and made it his new abode. Perhaps it was around this time--maybe a bit earlier--when he and Barbra settled down together.

A Murder?
Somehow, Barbra died tragically early. Dan was left to his own thoughts on the farm, and he became very sad and depressed. His mind began to slip away.

Arrival
Carvington delivered Ossmar to Dan's farm on Earth with bad news: Oxiss had fallen. Now, Dan felt a loneliness very similar to that of when his wife had passed away. Carvington, unaware of Dan's troubles, asked for a huge favor. Ossmar, who was just two years old at the time, was the last known direct survivor of the destruction of Oxiss. Carvington knew Ossmar would become an extremely important figure as an adult, a powerful individual who could do great or terrible things. As the only other dimossian Carvington knew, he pleaded Dan to raise the child until Carvington would return for him when he was 18. He needed Ossmar to be raised in secret so that no corrupting forces would obtain the child. Dan agreed.

Tension on the Farm
Dan and Ossmar did not get along at all. Dan was very harsh on young Ossmar and raised him in a borderline abuse way for 13 years. When Ossmar was 15, he finally confronted Dan. At this time, Dan was completely insane, seeing visions of his long-dead wife, and he revealed the secrets he had kept from Ossmar all those years. Ossmar decided to leave the farm, and Dan encouraged it. Because of this argument, Carvington missed his chance to train Ossmar as a Helper agent. Instead, Ossmar is rescued by H.U.U. and trained to become a superhero. When Carvington hears of this, as a friend of H.U.U., he accepts it.

Powerset
Dan has never been depicted using his abilities, but we know he is a dimossian. Therefore, he likely has the dimossian abilities:


 * Matter Absorption: As a dimossian, it is quite likely that Dan could absorb any physical material into his body. This would allow him to, for example, become as sturdy as steel.
 * Super Strength: Dimossians are strong, especially for their size. It is unknown how strong Dan was.
 * Super Durability: Dimossians have super durability to match their strength.
 * Trained Combatant: Dan has received Helper training. He is probably skilled in hand-to-hand combat as well as proficient with firearms.

Family

 * Barbra - Deceased spouse
 * Ossmar - Estranged surrogate-son

Allies

 * Helpers
 * Commander Carvington

Enemies

 * Comet