Ajay Roy (Earth-616)

"They say that in the new India, anyone can rise out of their station, with enough luck and hard work. It's a lie. Too many powerful people need things to stay as they are. If you already have everything, then change is terrifying. It just mean you'll lose something. But there's also value in perpetuating the fantasy. It keeps the lower class struggling and striving. So, occasionally, someone is lifted to the heavens, often through the cinema. Even the biggest stars have no real power. They are no threat."

- Ajay Roy

Biography
Ajay Roy was an Indian actor and celebrity movie star. It became apparent he got into stardom due to powerful organized crime rings, using their influence within Bollywood to make his debut.

During his latest film's premiere, he was struck by the Terrigen Mist, giving him a monstrous wooden form. He lashed out but was stopped by a fellow Nuhuman who was at the event, Dinesh Deol. Soon escaping the rush of paparazzi, he eventually sought seclusion in the ghetto of Mumbai where the locals gave him tokens of worship. He spent months lurking around the ghetto while keeping to himself and trying to figure out how to survive.

This lasted until he associates in the local crime rings caught up to him looking to offer a proposition: over the next couple months, Roy would act as their enforcer within the Indian mob circles until he took it over and ran it as his own. To this end, he waited for the crime bosses to show up at their annual meeting, where he proceeded to assassinate them all before assuming command over their affiliated territories.

Powers
Plant form: Terrigenesis transformed Ajay Roy into a living tree and gave him abilities like those of a plant.
 * Rapid growth: Roy eventually learned to use his powers offensively by rapidly growing out pieces of his being into sharp branches to pierce and rend others with.
 * Cellular regeneration: As a living tree, Roy can physically regenerate his damaged bodily frame. Having once been caught in a blaze, he regenerated his burned wood form in a matter of hours.
 * Solar radiation absorption: Because he now gets all of his energy from the sun, he does not need to eat anymore.
 * Enhanced senses: Due to his plant form, he perceives aspects of his environment in different ways than he used to. He once stated that he could state the light of the moon.