Fictional Character Biography
Groot is an extraterrestrial plant monster who initially came to Earth seeking humans to capture and study. However he was seemingly destroyed by termites used by Leslie Evans.
Xemnu made a duplicate of Groot that was used to fight the Incredible Hulk, however the Hulk destroyed him.
Through unknown means, he was later captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. and assigned to their Paranormal Containment Unit, nicknamed the Howling Commandos.
Groot played a part in Annihilation: Conquest, at which time he may be the last remaining member of his race. Groot seemingly died buying his team some time to escape the battle. However, he survived as a sprig offshoot. In time, he regenerated his body from the twig, growing back to full size, and participated in an assault on the Babel Spire. When the original plan of laying explosives in the Spire failed, Groot was forced to sprout inside the Spire, growing to colossal size and filling a large portion of the building. Mantis was able to remix his sap in a way as to make it extremely flammable, and again Groot sacrificed his life for his friends, igniting himself, the resulting fire destroying the Babel Spire. A cutting of Groot was kept by Rocket Raccoon, though, and he was able to regrow. He then joined the new Guardians of the Galaxy (or as Groot would have it "Groot and Branches"), and began regrowing under the care of Mantis.
During his time with the Guardians of the Galaxy Groot took part in all of the team's missions, taking on threats like the Badoon, Blastaar, the Negative Zone forces, The Shi'Ar, The Magus and The Cancerverse. During the battle with the Badoon, a rising threat in the galaxy, Groot aided the team by destroying a first generation Badoon "Monster", a giant mechanoid made from the corpses of the Badoon's fallen enemies. Next, Groot played a pivotal part in the War of Kings, a war between The Shi'Ar and The Inhuman/Kree where at the end of the war the Inhuman King of the Kree, Blackbolt, detonated his ultimate weapon – The Terrigen-Bomb. The resulting explosion punched a hole in space/time known as The Fault; a doorway to a universe analogous to our own where there is no death – The Cancerverse. The first creature to come through was a giant squid that instinctively attacked the Inhuman city of Attilan. Groot came up with the idea for a weapon to use on the creature and with the help of the Inhuman prince, Maximus; using highly-advanced quantum science Groot and Maximus developed a Feedback Loop, which uncreates the creatures reality and reimposes our own, unmaking the creature.
Following this attack, Groot fought the Magus, the Avatar of Life and an agent of the Many-Angled Ones, rulers of the Cancerverse, where he lost his arm in battle. However, Groot was able to grow that back very fast. He then accompanied the Guardians to the capital planet of the Universal Church of Truth (U.C.T.) where he helped protect Moondragon from attacking U.C.T. followers. He then battled Thanos alongside the Guardians after Thanos woke from death. Groot then helped the Guardians infiltrate the Cancerverse, taking on the Defenders of the Realm, the Cancerverse version of the Avengers. Groot was present during the final battle between Lord Mar-Vell and Thanos.
Currently, Groot is travelling with Rocket Raccoon after the disbandment of the Guardians of the Galaxy. He briefly applied for the position of nanny for Luke Cage's child, but Squirrel Girl was chosen instead.
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