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Additional inoculations, administered only as a precaution, have triggered side effects we'd never imagined. Vast increases in strength, muscle mass, self-healing, stamina-

—Jacob Lane, on his son’s newfound powers.

Quint Lane was the son of Antigen director Jacob Lane. He is a Lycan enhanced with the Corvinus Strain due to injections of the Corvinus Strain derived from tissue samples stolen from the Hybrid child Eve.

History[]

Quint Lane is the polar opposite of the Vampire Selene; whereas she is a Vampire enhanced with the Corvinus Strain he is a Lycan enhanced with the Corvinus Strain. His strength is extreme, even for one of his species, due to his multiple injections of a serum developed by Antigen from the tissues of Selene and Michael Corvin's daughter, Eve. He has the ability to heal almost instantly, as well as having an apparent immunity to silver.

Due to his extreme strength, his father uses him as the "muscle" of Antigen, ordering him to hunt down any enemies or threats to the company, including attacking Selene and killing Lida, a scientist who had threatened to expose Antigen for their mistreatment of Eve.

Little is known of Quint's background or family life, other than a single comment made by his father suggesting that Quint's mother "abandoned" the family by choosing not to become a Lycan. Whether this points to Quint and his father intentionally becoming Lycans, or whether they were both bitten accidentally and tried to force Quint's mother to become a Lycan as well, is unknown.

Underworld: Awakening[]

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Quint receiving his inoculation

Quint leads the assault on a Vampire Coven, in which he and other Lycans kill nearly every Vampire there. He and his forces then leave when the remaining Vampires gift him with the Tri-blood Hybrid, Eve. Quint faces Selene in a final battle in the parking garage of his father's company, where she follows him in the hopes of saving her daughter.

When Selene enters an entrance too small for Quint, he is forced to shift back to human form. Selene confronts Quint for the last time and punches a hole in his stomach and stuffs a silver grenade in it. When his instant healing takes place, his wounds close, sealing the grenade inside. The grenade explodes, and seconds later he explodes too, revealing his immunity to silver only runs skin deep or it is only effective in Lycan form or its only partial immunity.

Personality[]

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Quint killing Lida

Quint is brutal and cruel towards those he views as his enemies. He is completely loyal to his father, though, as his father is to him. He seems quite fond of his mother, who his father despises for abandoning them and remaining human.

Quint is also incredibly confident in his superiority due to his healing ability, strength, and his improved resistance to silver.

Powers and Abilities[]

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Quint transforming into his enhanced über form

Enhanced Lycan Physiology: As an enhanced Lycan, Quint has the ability to change into a Werewolf form more than twice the size of a normal Lycan, with much greater strength due to the presence of the Corvinus Strain in his blood. His full Lycan form closely resembles that of a first-generation Lycan having more hair, more musculature and a longer muzzle and being mainly quadrupedal. He also has enough control over his transformation that he can turn only his hand and can presumably change other parts of his body as well. However, whenever Quint changes, the transformation process seems to be quite painful, even when he turns his hand, he groans in pain, let alone when he unleashes a full transformation, he screams in agony. As a result of multiple inoculations, his enhancements are immense and he is physically far superior to Selene, an enhanced Vampire. The only drawback to his huge size is that he seems to be fairly slow when compared to normal Lycans, and he must revert to his human form to get through small spaces, like doorways.

  • Superhuman Endurance: Quint can endure attacks that would kill most Lycans or Vampires, such as Selene stabbing him in the head and shooting him with Silver Bullets. He is also unfazed from being impaled through the stomach by Selene. Selene also stabbed him in the head with a silver knife to no effect, despite the knife presumably penetrating his brain.
  • Superhuman Strength: Quint possesses massive superhuman strength and is one of the most physically powerful creatures in the series so far. Even in his human form, he is able to lift Selene in mid-air with one hand while grabbing her by the back of her head. In his Lycan form, his strength is magnified many times over; he can be seen tossing cars great distances, breaking through solid stone with his claws and easily overpowering and knocking Selene unconscious on more than one occasion.
  • Superhuman Healing: Quint possesses a rapid and highly potent healing factor. He is able to regenerate instantaneously, closing virtually any wound within seconds, which ironically is the indirect cause of his demise. However, this regenerative healing seems unable to regenerate lost limbs, as he lost two fingers on his left arm to Selene and was never seen regenerating them.
  • Superhuman Speed: Quint can move at unnatural speeds, even in his massive Lycan form, enough to keep up with Selene and even backhands her with razor-sharp speed, leaving her no time to react.
  • Limited Immunity to Silver: Due to the multiple injections of Corvinus DNA, Quint is seemingly completely immune to the Lycan's allergic effects of silver and is unaffected by it when used in any conventional means. However, his immunity to silver is revealed to be only effective in his Lycan form or is only partial, as he is unable to resist the effects of the silver grenade Selene stuffs into his stomach; a large amount of silver sent directly into his organs and bloodstream combined with the exploding grenade, causing him to explode.

Quotes[]

  • (To Jacob Lane) "It's Subject 1. We need to evacuate."
  • (To Selene) "I heal instantly."

Trivia[]

  • Kris Holden-Ried also appeared as a werewolf in the TV series Lost Girl. When asked in an interview about playing werewolves in both Underworld: Awakening and in Lost Girl, he pointed out: "Dyson is not so much a 'werewolf' as he is a 'shifter'. He doesn’t lose control of himself at a full moon."
  • Unlike the Lycans in previous instalments of the Underworld series, Quint's Lycan form is entirely CGI-generated.
  • The animators had Kris Holden-Reid wear a special suit, used in CGI animation that helps create a framework for the animators to place the CGI over his natural image. It was the same technique they used in Ang Lee's Hulk.
  • Given that the serum is experimental, it's possible that Quint's limited immunity could be completely reversed with a perfected serum.
  • Quint was shown to have yellowish eyes in his über-Lycan form while Selene was fighting him. Despite the fact that his eyes turn black when he starts to turn.
  • It's interesting to note that since Quint kept receiving inoculations, it's possible that he needed to keep having them otherwise he might lose his power. This, too, could be rectified with a perfected serum. Marius suffered this limitation with Michael Corvin's blood but stated that the blood of Eve, the source of Quint's powers, would give his abilities permanence.

Gallery[]

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