Harland is the male in the superhero trio of skunk siblings – Team Scentsation

He is the hulking 27-year-old older brother of the twins Toni and Tania, and muscle of the team

Harland Milliscent:

Harland easily fits the ‘gentle giant with a big heart’ trope, but standing at 7’9’’, his huge hulking physique was needed to save his life.

Harland was born with extremely brittle bones, immune system and muscle tone and he was unhealthily skinny and sickly and not expected to live past 20, and had to use a walking frame from an early age. His bones were so delicate that if he could easily break his own bones and possibly die from it

His parents and sisters had to aid him in his daily needs and this made it hard for him to live comfortably

When Harland was 18 he became so brittle that he could hardly move anymore and it started to look like his time was up.
But then, in amazing twist of fate, he was offered a second chance at life, by being taken into a German science lab to be given a miracle treatment that would make his body tougher and give him stronger muscle tone

But it came at a price, his parents had to pay £150,000 to have this treatment done. But his parents would give anything to save their sons life, so they worked had, got some family member to send in their money and they also put in half their life savings to get the treatment

The treatment did have a loophole though, it would not only make his body stronger, but it would also drastically change his body and transform him from being a string bean with dangerously delicate bones, to being a huge, buff and tough strongman. And it was also a risky procedure, because there was no guarantee it would work perfectly and may in fact kill him

Upon hearing these conditions, Harland initially felt hesitant in wanting to go ahead with this because not only was he aware of the worst case scenario, but he didn’t have an image problem and didn’t want to change his body so drastically, he just wanted to have a durable body

But Harland knew he had the decision of doing this or let himself rot and die, and so he eventually decided to bite the bullet and undergo the miracle treatment

In 2005, at the age of 20, Harland traveled to Germany with his parents and two twin sisters Toni and Tania to have the potentially life changing or life shattering surgery

Harland was taken into the science lab while his parents and sister faced a daunting 2 day wait while he had the treatment done, not knowing what the outcome would be and tried hard as they could not to fear the worst

Two days later, Harland’s parents and sisters were finally called into the science lab after an emotional wait
They got to the door of the science lab, heard large footsteps making their way to the door, and when the door opened…WOW!

Harland’s parents witnessed a brand new Harland. He was completely transformed!

Harland was no longer the sickly and skinny 5ft person he used to be, he was 7’3’’ (now 7’9’’) and had not just stronger tone, but he was now extremely buff and had muscles and strength as big as the Hulk’s and he could now lift objects as heavy as gasoline tankers, thanks to special injections from the scientists

But the change was far from over, he was injected with mechanical fluids which gave him powers

He can now turn his arms into cannons and fire them at objects, he can turn his legs into rocket machines and use them for flight, he can use his eyes to take video calls, the ability to size shift: being able to shrink to become microscopic and grow to enormous heights of up to 350ft and he can also constrict people in his tail and cover them with his fowl smell he releases from his tail

Harland was initially uneasy about his new form, because he was scared that it might corrupt and make him a savage
beast. But it grew on him and he’s now very proud and loves it

There are a few flaws though:
- Harland sometimes doesn’t know his own strength
- his morphed machine limbs can only operate at a maximum 12 hours at a time, if 10 hours is up or if his limbs are damaged in action, they change back to his regular limbs and they take 12 hours to recharge and be used again (His size shift can be used at free will however)
- In his microscopic form, he can easily be crushed
- In his giant form, he can easily destroy things by accident
- When Harland does his tail constriction, he has to be careful with his scent emission, because too much of it can make his victim sick

But overall, Harland is a very gentle, loving and intelligent person, who is especially caring for his two sisters. He doesn’t like when people are scared of him, but he sometimes gives these people a hug to let them know he’s a nice guy

Harland and art © Yours truly