Mythkong, real name Mikal Thorne, is a 32 year old Ecologist. At the young age of 19, Mikal's younger brother Chetming died in a tragic drowning incident during their first ever expedition together. The trauma of this event drove him to near insanity and thus he abandoned civilization, even abandoning those he considered close. He retrated into the deep wilds of the Congo Rainforest, building a treehouse overlooking the very river that took the life of his brother. Fueled by the guilt of bringing his brother to his grave, he vowed to never be powerless and lose anyone close to him again. To do this, he pledged to conquer nature by becoming apart of nature itself. Over the many years, he spent countless hours using his knowledge as an ecologist to experiment on himself. He studied the DNA of primates within the congo, mutagens from a variety of rare plants, and performed forgotten rituals written in old ancient tales.

At the age of 29, Mythkong was born. A breakthrough in his studies dervied a serum from a unqiue breed of gorilla. By infusing this serum into bananas he had scavanaged from the trees, he was able to become something more than just human. He was the truest form of primate, a silverback gorilla. Using this newfound power, he knew he had one goal. To become the king of the jungle, and protect those that resided within it.