Murdoc (Crocodile)

Murdoc is a gigantic and vicious crocodile appearing as one of the main antagonists of the Sewer Life story series and having a more extended role in the Mega Crossover Time series. He is a massive saltwater crocodile originally from Adelaide, Australia (born in 1909), before being transported to Florida in 1929 due to serious injuries. At the age of 30, he was enraged enough after spending 10 years looking for a new home and was repeatedly kicked out of them, killing many, before finally reaching the sewers and spending 80 years there. He heavily mutated, reaching 48 feet, and instilled fear and terror into others' heads. In the present, Murdoc is over 110 years old, but that does not stop him from accomplishing and succeeding in all of his evil plans. For a brief time, he was crushed to death under a stampede of Alligator's animal allies from the zoo, but was since revived and had lost his ability to age or fall ill from there on. He could, however, get severely injured still, and die from natural causes.

Appearance
Murdoc is a massive 48-foot saltwater crocodile. He has dark green scales with a darker underbelly, unlike most crocodilians, with red eyes that are capable of glowing. Like other crocodiles, he has scaly armor and an elongated snout and tail. His snout has exposed teeth when his mouth is closed, and he has a rather muscular build with four large limbs. His front limbs have four toes, including opposable ones, while his back limbs only have three toes.

Personality
Murdoc is clearly shown as a ruthless, megalomaniacal, cruel-hearted, and monstrous crocodile, with no regard for anyone's well being other than his own. He is quite prideful, as he refuses to allow his advanced age get the better of him, also clearly showing determination in his goals. Due to his experiences over the 10 years of hopping from home to home, Murdoc has built up a contempt for everyone around him and would torture them and lie about them, killing those who defied and resisted him. These traits were what led to many people and animals alike living in permanent fear of him.

Murdoc would also imprison random people within the sewer systems where he once lived many times, keeping them there with help from his minions while also depriving them of food and water. If he is not reasoned with or if things do not go his way, he can go from simply calm and level-headed in certain situations to an aggressive, belligerent, impatient and spiteful brute within moments. Though he would indeed kill for predatory purposes, he would also do so for no reason or need, another factor leading to everyone (even some of his minions) living in fear of him.

Murdoc's aggression and brutality are two factors which led to his arrogance and overconfidence over the years. In his younger years, prior to mutating, he was a well-put-together and polite crocodile, always doing whatever his family expected of him, but when he got injured and taken far away from his family, he became slightly more angry. When he was stuck in an enclosure with female crocodiles (clearly showing he hates girls, an explanation for why all of his minions are male), however, and overheard that he was to remain there for the rest of his life, that was when he snapped and did not take orders from anyone.

Over time, Murdoc's actions were what led to an unhealthy desire to rule all of Florida, and eliminate anyone (namely Alligator) who stands in his way. Overconfidence and arrogance, however, proves to be his biggest flaw and was what led him to his downfall, as he underestimated Alligator, allowing the alligator to best the giant, villainous crocodile.

History
Murdoc was born on April 4, 1909 in Adelaide, Northern Australia. Not much is known about his past, but it was revealed that at age 15 in 1924, he was taken away from his family two days after his birthday and used as a source of terror by soldiers in the aftermath of WWI. Murdoc was eventually unintentionally dropped off on the outback grounds as the vehicles raced off, the drivers shooting at each other, and he turned and fled back to the river where he used to live. For the next five years, little is known, but at aged 20, Murdoc sustained serious injuries, albeit by unknown means, and was found by a group of Floridian veterinarians who took him directly to Florida for medical treatment. He spent several weeks there, before being transported to captivity and was to remain there for the rest of his life with two other crocodiles (both of whom were female).

After overhearing that he was to remain in captivity until he dies, Murdoc became furious, and told his two roommates he was leaving. They tried to stop him, but couldn't tell Murdoc what to do anymore. Murdoc snapped and roared at them, telling them he was leaving, and can't be stopped. When a keeper came to the enclosure to feed the crocodiles, Murdoc yanked hard on the rope the food was on, pulling so hard the keeper flew into the enclosure's pool of water. Murdoc confronted him, revealing his anthropomorphic ability to talk to humans, and swore vengeance before he escaped.

He walked out of the enclosure and was caught by some of his caretakers. Rather than complying, Murdoc brutally reacted and lashed out at them. He tail-whipped one of them to the ground and grabbed another in his jaws, before one-manning and pummeling them by himself, presumably killing them all. He even allegedly ate one of them, though whether this is true or not is unknown. After destroying his keepers in combat, Murdoc laughed as he crawled out of the zoo, bragging that he would never return to it. He then started looking for new homes from the end of 1929 to the beginning of 1939. However, everyone was terrified of him everywhere he went, and as a result he was kicked out all over again. This only furthered his rage.

In 1939, he finally had enough, and his rage overwhelmed all of his other feelings. He charged straight into the sewers under Tampa Bay, Florida, and attacked anyone who bothered him. He would spend the next 80 years there, mutating into a massive 48-foot monster resembling a prehistoric crocodilian, and developing a nearly-impenetrable hide. 80 years later, Murdoc's personality only grew worse.