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Origins[]

Dafydd ap Andras (Earth-6124) from X-Factor Vol 3 10 001

Dafydd meeting his older self "Damian Tryp Sr."

Dafydd ap Andras was born in a small village in the south of Wales in the 14th Century. Dafydd's mother died in childbirth, and at birth he began to manifest mutant powers; he was stronger and smarter than other kids his age. In 1347 the Black Death spread into the village. The villagers blamed it on Dafydd, believing what he was a "changeling" (a child replaced by the faeries). The villagers wanted to sacrifice Dafydd in order to stop the plague, but his father, Andras, refused to give in to their demands. The villagers then set fire to his home, killing Andras and nearly killing Dafydd. Dafydd was saved by Damian Tryp Sr., his own future version who returned into the past and teleported Dafydd from the burning house.[2]

Dafydd then travelled the world, studying dark magic, seeking to become immortal. As time passed, Dafydd's mutant powers evolved and linked him to the Earth's elemental essence. Thanks to it his aging slowed down and he was now existing simultaneously across all points of his timeline.[5][1]

He lived for centuries, and by the 21st century adopted the name Damian Tryp and established the Singularity Investigations. It was controlled by three versions of himself: Damian Tryp Sr. a middle aged man in his 40s who acted as the CEO of the Singularity Investigations, Damian Tryp Jr. a younger version in his 20s, who pretended to be the son of the Tryp Sr. and served as the second-in-command of the company, and Tryp the Eldest or the Old Man a version from the far future who returned to the present day and served as the advisor to his younger selves.[4][5]

Damian Tryp Sr.[]

Dafydd ap Andras (Earth-6124), Daniel Madrox (Earth-616) and Joan Madrox (Earth-616) from X-Factor Vol 3 11 001

Speaking to Drs. Daniel and Joan Madrox

Decades ago Tryp Sr. visited Dr. Daniel Madrox and Dr. Joan Madrox at their home in Kansas, offering their son Jamie a place in his organization. Tryp Sr. told them that Jaime was not truly a mutant, but rather a "killcrop" like himself, an evolutionary throwback whose X-Gene activated at birth rather than at puberty. Therefore, Tryp Sr. argued, he was more qualified to look after Jaime than Professor Charles Xavier, with whom the couple had been corresponding. The Madroxes declined the offer, so Tryp Sr. erased their and Jamie's memories about his visit.[7]

Not long after, Tryp Sr. conjured a tornado that killed the Madroxes, leaving Jamie an orphan.[5]

Tryp the Eldest[]

Dafydd ap Andras (Earth-7153) from X-Factor Vol 1 229 0001

Tryp the Eldest

In the Old Man's timeline the effect of the Decimation was reversed by the X-Factor Investigations. Mutants were repowered and soon became the dominant species on Earth. Humanity was almost completely exterminated, so the mutants started to fight each other for the control of the world, plunging the planet into chaos. Years later Tryp became so old what he was no longer able to survive solely with his powers. His temporal stability was supported by the advanced machinery and a small group of the loyal followers. The Old Man always opposed the conflicts, but other mutants refused to listen to his advises. Eventually they tracked him down, killed all his followers and destroyed the machines that kept his temporal stability. In result Tryp became trapped between the planes of existence.[5]

Tryp rematerialized on the Earth-616 shortly after the Decimation and joined his younger selves. He decided to ensure what the world would not follow the same path as in his timeline, so he planed to either stop the X-Factor Investigations or eradicate mutants with the Legacy Virus.[5]

Versus X-Factor Investigations[]

One of the first encounters between X-Factor and Singularity Investigations occurred when Tryp Jr. badly beat Siryn after shooting her in the neck with a dart that prevented her from using her powers and left her for dead.[8] At the time, Siryn was investigating the murder of Rachel Santiago, who died in the pent house of movie star Jack Vaughn under suspicious circumstances. Jack Vaughn, client of SI, attempted to frame Rachel's sister, Gloria Santiago. Gloria hired X-Factor Investigations to help her clear her name and bring Jack to justice. X-Factor Investigations successfully managed to incriminate Vaughn, and to thwarted SI's assassination attempt on Rictor.[9] Enraged about the loss, Tryp Jr. then ambushed Siryn.[8]

To send a message, Madrox and Strong Guy gave Tryp Jr. a very public warning in Central Park during Tryp's morning jog.[10] After this threat, Tryps Sr. and Jr. arranged a meeting with Madrox offering to buy out X-Factor and recruit his team. Madrox laughed in their faces, and was nearly killed by being pushed out a window. Thankfully, Madrox Prime had sent a dupe to the meeting in his place.[3]

X-Factor's next encounter with Tryp and SI occurred when Henry Buchanan, a former Singularity employee, came to the X-Factor and revealed Tryp's plans to create and modify a new version of the Legacy Virus specifically designed to target former mutants. Strong Guy was sent to drive Buchanan to safety, but under the hypnotic control of Tryp, Strong Guy killed Buchanan. X-Factor discovered Strong Guy was an unwilling sleeper agent, and decided to confront SI directly.[11]

X-Factor infiltrated SI under the guise of a bomb squad, but encountered the primary Tryp inside. He told them of the dark future he had come from, and why he was trying to prevent it. The confrontation was cut short by The X-Factor dupe, who blew up the SI building. The explosion killed Tryps Jr. and Sr., leaving only primary Tryp alive.[5]

After the destruction of Singularity Investigations and the deaths of his younger selves, Tryp realized that the reason his plans had failed were due to Layla Miller. Tryp confronted her, telling her that they should have been working together rather than working against each other, and warned her that when two chaotic forces like themselves clashed, one should expect the unexpected.[5]

Cortex Assassinations[]

After the destruction of Singularity Investigations (or possibly before), Tryp travelled to the future to contact Anthony Falcone, a young boy who had just lost his parents to a "mutant related incident". Here, Tryp offered Falcone a way to get rid of all mutants.[12] Together they abducted a time tossed Madrox dupe, and using technology taken from Doctor Doom they turn him into a Doomlock, a being who can effect the past without creating new futures.[13] This assassin was then sent to X-Factor's present to murder specific former mutants.[14] In the end, Falcone went rogue, and, abandoning Tryp's plans, and attempted to destroy the Summers Rebellion with his Sentinels. Falcone's attack was a failure and he was hurled backwards in time. It appears Tryp never revealed his full intentions to Falcone.[12]

They Keep Killing Jamie Madrox[]

After Madrox was killed by Bloodbath, he re-appeared in another reality. Tryp found him, managing only to tell him "hello" before Madrox was killed again, and shunted to yet another reality. Tryp was ready for him this time however, and recruited Deathlok to rescue him from Iron Man. During the battle between Deathlok and Iron Man, Madrox fell out of a window to his death once again.

Madrox managed to return to his own proper reality, but accidentally brought Vanora, Deathlok, and Dormammu with him. Tryp made contact with the three, and told them to stay put in an abandoned movie set until it was possible for them to return to their own dimensions. He alerted them when the worlds had aligned to make this possible, and unleashed them on New York. They failed, and Dormammu and Deathlok were killed while Vanora escaped.

Death[]

At some point, Tryp came into conflict with an alternate reality version of himself, who sought to rid reality of him. He appeared to Layla Miller, telling her that this other Tryp (whom he claimed could be seen as a "good" version of him) would succeed in his attempts, telling her that this would be bad for her. He told her that through his helpers and devotees, he had alerted the police to Layla's location, the abandoned Madrox farm, where she was hiding Madrox, who had been turned into a demon by Mephisto. Layla pleaded with him to call them off, but he claimed that it was too late, even if he wanted to, cursing her as he was destroyed.

Attributes

Power Grid[19]
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Powers

Tryp is a Changeling with various powers tied to the planet's elemental state, including:

  • Aerokinesis: Tryp can create and control high powered winds, including tornadoes.[2][5]
  • Superhuman Strength: Tryp can tap into the elemental powers of the Earth to augment his strength to the point where he can lift 1000 lbs.[1]
  • Time Traveling: Possesses the psionic power to displace himself and others backwards or forwards at any specific point in the timestream by generating chronal energies. He has been seen to travel back as far as the 1st Century, and more than 80 years into various futures.[5][15]
    • Temporal Duplication: Tryp can have multiple versions of himself at different ages exist simultaneously in the same place and time without any time-paradox repercussions.
    • Teleportation: As well as moving through time, Tryp can move himself and others through space to various locations.
    • Intangibility: When visiting the past, Tryp is intangible or incorporeal because the future is still mutable. This intangibility increased his durability and decreases his weight.[16]
  • Limited Telepathy: Tryp has been shown to be able to:
  • Advanced Longevity: He does age, but appears to have a longer life span than normal humans. Tryp has implied that after years of attempts, he did gain a sort of immortality. This immortality may be an augmentation of his mutant chronal duplication powers, or the results of dark arts or scientific advancements or a combination of factors.[5]
  • Magic: Over the years, Tryp has amassed a vast knowledge of the dark arts.

Abilities

  • Variable. Tryp can tap into the elemental powers of the Earth to augment his strength.

Paraphernalia

Transportation

  • Teleportation through time and space.

Notes

  • Tryp is a temporal anomaly since both his younger versions (Tryp Jr. and Tryp Sr.) died.[5][1]
  • Some of Tryp's dialogue would suggest that some of his powers are the result of secondary mutations.[5]
  • Creator Peter David has said he's "planning to revisit Mr. Tryp and a variety of aspects of that future history starting somewhere around X-Factor #230."[17]

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