Phlegm Sputum 1.0.0

Roy Gordon and his brother Doug (Bile) grew up in the rundown neighborhoods of a decaying factory town. Their mother, a blue-collar worker who spent her life in and out of dead-end jobs, often told them that the world was against them. "You boys ain't ever gonna amount to spit," she would say, resigned to the hardships of life. Those words stuck with Roy, a constant reminder of their bleak future, and eventually, they became a dark joke between him and Doug.

As teenagers, the brothers worked at a chemical processing plant—a last-ditch effort to make ends meet after their mother’s health began to decline. The conditions were hazardous, and safety regulations were often ignored. During one fateful night shift, the brothers were caught in an industrial accident involving toxic chemicals. The plant’s outdated containment systems failed, exposing them to a cocktail of dangerous substances.

While the toxic chemicals should have killed them, they instead mutated the brothers in horrifying and bizarre ways. Roy found that his saliva became acidic, sticky, and capable of incapacitating people, while Doug developed the ability to exhale clouds of toxic gas. Horrified by their new conditions, they went into hiding, trying to come to terms with their grotesque abilities.

The Sputum Brothers quickly realized that their new powers made them pariahs. Already at the bottom of society, they were now literal outcasts, mocked and feared for their disgusting abilities. Unable to find work or acceptance, Roy and Doug turned to petty crime out of necessity, hoping to scrape by. Roy took on the villain name Phlegm, and together with his brother Bile, they formed the Sputum Brothers.

At first, their criminal activities were small-time—extortion, robbery, and mercenary work. They were often hired by more powerful villains who needed disposable muscle, usually tasked with dirty work that others wouldn't touch. Their reputation as "gross" and "weird" criminals grew, and they became well-known as nuisances to local heroes, who often underestimated them due to their bizarre powers.

Phlegm always felt deep insecurity about his role in the world. While other supervillains had glamorous powers and grand ambitions, Roy saw himself as a loser who would never "amount to spit"—just like his mother said. Yet he remained fiercely loyal to his brother. Together, they fought for survival in a world that had discarded them.