Benjamin Maxwell Tennyson

Benjamin Maxwell Tennyson, also known as Ben 12, is a main character in Tales From The Omniverse, debuting in the very first arc. He is a human and an alternate version of Ben Prime, the difference being that he constructed his own Omnitrix, aka the Omni-Make-Trix.

Appearance
When he's 12 Ben has Caucasian skin, red eyes with glasses, a rather large nose, curly brown hair and a birthmark on his lower lip. He wears a red shirt with a black '12' in the middle, a black winter vest along black pants and grey shoes. He also wears his triangular shaped Omni-Make-Trix on his left arm.

When he's 15 Ben's style of clothing changes to a grey shirt featuring a popular star wars reference, a modified High School letterman jacket, blue jeans and black with white shows. He wears his Official Omnitrix on his left arm.

Personality
Ben is an immature, intellectual, light-hearted kid. He likes to prove he's the best and his accomplishments do nothing more than stroke his ego. He has a greater level of intelligence than the average of his counter parts Even though he maybe doesn't seem like it, he always tries to do the selfless choice and tries to be the best he can be. Over time he grows to be more mature and a good leader of his Omni Alpha team.

Summer of 2006
In early summer of 2006, a boy by the name Benjamin Kenneth Tennyson went on vacation with his grandfather Max Tennyson, along with his cousin Gwen. Their first stop was Northern Canada, kicking off the summer with a view of the northern lights. After they arrived, Ben trailed off as he heard strange noises coming from the woods. As he got there, the northern lights came into view, as well as what was later to be known as the Omnitrix pod. The pod crashed a few feet in front of Ben. Curious from what he saw, he decided to approach it, and with that his whole life changed. He leaped down to the crash site and found the pod open, and inside, a mysterious red, grey, and black watch. Now that his curiosity had peaked massively, he attempted to grab it, and as his hand got close, the watch jumped up and latched onto his wrist. Frightened, Ben attempted to take it off, but his attempts led to pressing a red button. As he did so, the dial of the watch popped up, and a black icon appeared. Now, Ben placed his hand on top, his face went pale, as he was nervous to press down, but as he did so he began to transform into a being of fire. This sparked the legend of Ben 12, Intergalactic hero with the ability to switch between 12 different alien forms. Vilgax then came to earth and hunt Ben down.

Over the course of the summer Ben would attempt to remove the Omnitrix, and when his wish came true having it removed by Vilgax. He regretted his choice and fought to get it back, deciding to take the risk, he put it on once more. He would then come to face many threats, such as being hunted by Intergalactic Terrorists. Or overcoming life threatening challenges, such as being stranded on another planet. Over time he gained better control of his powers and gained confidence, along with new alien forms and the loss of others. All until he had a troubling vision as his Chronosapien form GearHead of the omnitrix being removed. Frightened by this, he began plans to create a duplicate. With attempt after attempt he failed to recreate the power of the Omnitrix core. All of the sudden Ben meets his evil twin, Albedo and acquires the main structure of his Omnitrix core and begins building off it.

At the end of the summer Ben accidentally set off the self destruct feature of his Omnitrix, which would cause it to destroy itself, along with the whole universe. Ben finds the creator of the Omnitrix, Azmuth, but he is unwilling to repair the omnitrix, Ben in a last ditch effort to stop Vilgax who has come for the Omnitrix, unlocks his most powerful alien yet, Gigantico, which he uses to beat Vilgax. Azmuth removes the omnitrix core from Ben's wrist, disables the self destruct, and then dismantles it, saying he failed once more. Heartbroken by this, Ben gives up the hero's path.

Mid 2008 - Late 2009
At the end of the summer, two years later, Ben's Grandpa Max inspires Ben to activate his duplicate Omnitrix, The Omni-Make-Trix.

At the start of the next school year a time traveling menace named Eon arrives, and he has come for Ben. He encodes his DNA into the omnitrix to transform Ben into himself, but the new Omni-Make-Trix core rejects the DNA and creates a malfunctioned Ben/Eon fusion transformation. Eon, enraged, blasts Ben with a time ray, which he blocks with the Omni-Make-Trix. The acceleration in time for the omnitrix causes it to recalibrate and locks Ben’s original aliens away, but gives him 12 new ones. He then beats Eon with a new alien he dubbed Forestfire and secures the safety of earth once again.

He then assembles a new team to help him uncover an alien consipiracy. Azmuth’s planet is destroyed, and he learns of Ben’s scuffed version of the Omnitrix, he goes to earth to remove it from Ben. Just before this, Ben gains master of his new Omni-Make-Trix, Azmuth came to earth to remove and destroy this knockoff. However, Ben told him that the universe comes first, then Azmuth can have the watch. He uses the full power of the Omni-Make-Trix to defeat the Highbreed, but ends up saving them instead. Azmuth first attempts to retrieve it, but sees Ben’s heroics with it, and decides to let him keep it for the time being.

Early 2010 - Mid 2011
Ben acquires new aliens from DNA donors and fights an evil cult named the Flame Keepers Circle who wish to revive the Dagon. Vilgax absorbs the Dagon’s power and he and Ben have a brawl that would outlast centuries. Ben wins and Azmuth deems him worthy to have the official Omnitrix. A complete version he had been working on ever since Ben found the original prototype 5 years ago. Ben now 15, protects the universe with his new Omnitrix and new partner, Pawn Negro.

Arc 1
Ben 12 all of the sudden finds himself in a Mr Smoothies, thinking its just a normal one from around the block orders a smoothie and meets a girl who calls him uncle. Ben then rages out on this and attacks her with his Omnitrix, this sparks an all out duel between the girl, the Prime Nomad, and a couple of mutant kangaroos. In the end Ben loses this battle and is pushed into a portal alongside the Prime Nomad. Both end up in a strange and dark world, and notice that this place is ruled by Dr. Animo. The two then form a truce until they can escape, so they proceeded with caution.

Prime and Ben explore the barren mountains and fight mysteriously mutated animals. The fight is concluded with the Poacher, a dangerous robot, which kills The Prime Nomad, but is brought back to by Ben through the process of unlocking his Methanosian form. Together they then defeat the poacher. The two make way into the caves where they are attacked by a group of humans and are forcibly captured and later brought to an underground city. After a battle against the city's plumber defenses, Ben is wounded, and it would be fatal if not for Prime's intervention. After that, the plumbers activate a null void portal to send prime through, but because of Ben’s tampering with the portal in his To'kustar form, Prime is flung through a portal to another dimension. As for Ben, he is locked up.

While In Prison, Ben meets a mysterious prisoner who seems to know about this world's past, and Ben’s Omnitrix. Ben Convinces the prisoner, who is revealed to be an old Kenneth Tennyson, the last hero of this dying world to join the fight against the unknown warlord. A High ranking Plumber releases the two in exchange of saving his son, who had been controlled by the Proctor. After turning back Kevin Levin, Ben amassed an army and lead a siege on the kingdom. Ben and the Plumbers raid the castle, but are nearly killed in the process, when hope seems low, Prime returns with his group. Now standing a chance the newly dubbed Omni Alpha continue the attack and are met by Dr. Animo, the warlord of this Earth.

The Omni Alphas valiantly fight using their strongest transformations unlocked by their Omnitrixies synchronizing, but Animo always seems to have the upper hand. However, they could not beat Animo and were shed back, escaping to a mysterious island called Primus, Prime made a distraction for the warriors so they would have time to escape, loosing his life in the process once more. Now on Primus, Ben Splices Prime's corrupted DNA, greatly draining his polymorphic crystal and remaking his body once more. Making a new plan, the Omni Alphas prepare for round two. Making their way back to the Animo Kingdom, as they look through the battlefield, Ben is elected as the leader and their plan is set in motion.

On the brink of defeat, Animo calls upon one of her most powerful monsters, The Apex Predator, as Khan changes into one of his strongest transformations, Titanic, as he attempts to hold off the beast, Ben removes Animo's Omnitrix and liberates the spirit of this world's Ben Tennyson with it. The moon is destroyed and its debris crash into the Earth. Ben Makes way for his team to escape as Ben Tennyson tries to prevent the end if his world, but is unable. As his world is destroyed, The Omni Alphas are brought to a random dimension where Prime takes off much to Ben's disliking. He then goes to Khan's Corvus base where Chronian half breed Eon Anholt opens a portal for Ben, the end result however was not favorable.

The Roundtable of 12
After the events of the Animo Arc, Ben finds himself stranded on the very same planet he destroyed. When all hope was lost, he found the Omnitrix of the dead Ben Tennyson of this world. The Omnitrix then attached itself to Ben's other wrist and revealed a key, to which he placed inside the Omni-Make-Trix after the removal of the drained Polymorphic Energy Crystal. The key then allowed Ben to summon armor over himself and 12 aliens forms, as well as the second Omnitrix being able to shape shift into a powerful blade known as Excalibur. With this now in his possession, he trained everyday for a year in the event of a possible escape from this dimension.

Arc 2
A year after being stranded, Ben had a brutal encounter with the Time Walker Eon, who left him in dire life conditions. Before Ben passed out from blood loss, he saw a portal open in front of him, which would hopefully take him back to his team, luckily enough it did. However Ben needed to be taken to the medical bay as he was an inch away from losing his right arm. After a few days and a successful recovery, Ben was ready to rejoin the ranks of Omni Alpha, but showed a cold shoulder to Eon Anholt for stranding him on a barren Animo world.

Ben meets new members Jack Morrison and Hope and the team form a plan to go to Eon's lair and take him down. After a run in with flying bombs and misplacing time portals, Ben finds himself battling an Eon-possessed Brenda, who he doesn't want to hurt, but has to to ensure his own survival. After she is freed Ben, Brenda, and Jenny battle a strange amalgam titled "IX" and lose as if it were nothing. Khan in the end rescued Prime after he was displaced by their portal. They call in for reinforcements only to the team turn on each other thanks to Eon. A possessed Ben and Brenda battle Khan, Khan ends in victory, but severely damaged afterwards. Thanks to the help of the Corvus Squad, the team return safely to the Corvus Base. Ben punched Prime in the face upon seeing him, still being angry after he abandoned them. However with a few days the 2 grow closer again, and Ben takes an interest in Brenda's sword, and decides to teach her before their next confrontation with Eon.

After Brenda and Khan go after Eon themselves, the full team go after them, and in Eon's base Prime and Ben confront an alternate but evil version of them, The Rogue. They then clash in an epic battle which Rogue in turn is victor until Prime kick's Rogue in his Prypiatosian-A form into's Ben's sword, causing him to explode. They then meet up with the rest of the group who have successfully killed IX. The team then hear Khan and Brenda's screams, this is where Ben reveals a new alien, Tread Mark, a cybertronian form which he uses for transport. After getting to Khan and Brenda, Ben in his Cybertronian motorcycle form hit Eon in the face with his tire, and then accelerated, leaving him a Tread Mark. Just as they join the fight Eon freezes time for everyone except Khan and Brenda. Khan in the end kills Eon and the rest of the team escape his collapsing castle. Khan however doesn't go back with them as he hears the screams of a baby child. The rest of the team, thinking Khan will die, try to send someone to go back, Ben volunteers, saying he owes Khan a debt. He saves Khan and parts with the team once more.

Mad Man Mayhem
Days after the defeat of Eon, Ben runs into fellow Omni Alpha team member Jack Morrison, who needed a specific repair for his damaged Shifter Matrix. Luckily Ben knew which dimension had the spare parts they needed. They headed theirselves to UNUA-6298, and arrived at a barren wasteland known as Benwood. Together they searched for the piece only to be captured and later recruited by the Rook Blonko of that timeline. He asked for their help in defeating a recently escaped convict nicknamed "Mad Ben". The two agreed to assist but only in the exchange of the parts they needed. After successfully defeating Mad Ben, the two repaired the main problem in Jack's watching, now giving him access to icon displays.

Arc 3
TBA

Abilities

 * Prodigy Level Intelligence- Ben has an above average intellect and uses this to his advantage when strategizing.
 * Photographic Memory- Ben has the capacity to remember every experience he has lived through with acute detail.
 * Skilled Fighter- Ben trained with ancient Japanese warriors who taught him Ancient Ninjitzu fighting styles which he incorporates with his transformations.

The Omnitrix
For a while Ben was equipped with the Omnitrix, a device that allowed him to turn into any alien creature, but after its self-destruct function was set off, it was taken away by Azmuth.

The Omni-Make-Trix
The Omni-Make-Trix is what Ben calls his custom built Omnitrix. It works the same as the original Omnitrix, but has a feature that allows Ben to evolve his aliens.

The Official Omnitrix
Over time, Ben proved himself to be true to heart on being a hero, and Azmuth granted him worthy of his finished Omnitrix after seeing his heroic and selfless deeds in the battle of titans. This Omnitrix is more powerful than any other Ben has wielded in his lifetime.

Weaknesses

 * Human WeaknessesBen may be a smart, skilled fighter, but without his transformations, he is still just a human. If he is caught off guard or can't react fast enough to an attack, he could potentially be killed. His failsafe prevents him from dying, but enemies can still bypass this with enough preparation and understanding of the Omnitrix.
 * Transformation Weaknesses- If one of his transformations is susceptive to a circumstantial attack, he also has a risk of being beaten or even dying if he is exposed to it.


 * Illness- If Ben falls ill in his human form, his transformations are also affected by the illness either, altering their abilities or inhibiting them.

Jean "13" Levin
Jean was Ben's first ever crush, and one of his first villains. She possessed Osmosian abilities which she used to counter Ben and drove her to near insanity. However with time she was redeemed and became part of Ben's new team. When Ben was 15, he and Jean officially started dating.

Azmuth
Ben has had quite the strange relationship with Azmuth, at first hating him for taking away the one thing that made him feel special. However after time Ben let go of his anger and respected Azmuth's decision, the two with time formed a closer bond after Azmuth gave Ben the official Omnitrix.

Omni Alpha
Despite Ben being one of the youngest members of the Alpha Squadron, he was elected leader in the Battle of Animo Kingdom, and has since proved adequate for the title. He looks up to Khan for guidance and sees Prime Nomad as a Mentor and Brother.

Trivia

 * Given that there are many Bens on the team, everyone refers to him as "12".
 * He was given the number 12 because at the time of his creation, the creator himself was twelve years old.