Julien Dumont

Julien Dumont was an international crime ring operator apprehended by the Company who was then convinced to become one of their agents. In the course of his duties, Julien fell in love with Connie Logan and eventually the two married and had a daughter, Penny. Julien was betrayed by the Company when he consented to undergo experiments to replicate his ability but was instead secretly imprisoned at Primatech Research. He was rescued by Sabine Hazel, but he was killed in order to stop an army of clones.

Powers
Cloning: Dumont had the ability to vegetatively clone himself, producing identical clones. Dumont appeared to generate replicants through cellular mitosis, similar to a fungi. However, his clones were shown to grow out of Dumont himself, much in the same way that Evan does. Clones can be injured, or even killed, without causing physical harm to the root Dumont.

Dumont's offshoots developed rapidly and were biologically identical to the root Dumont by full growth. Mature clones exhibited a degree of independent thought and personality, and the Company had successfully deployed replicants for a wide variety of field work. However, the offshoots also shared a hive-like collective mind, in which the root Dumont appeared to play a centric role. Preliminary experiments suggested that if the root Dumont experienced termination, all of the offshoots would expire instantly. As a precaution, the root Dumont was precluded from most field duty assignments.

When the root Dumont was in a weakened or otherwise altered state, the personalities of mature offshoots became more dominant. New offshoots created during such a period experienced high degrees of psychological and emotional vulnerability and were susceptible to coercion or imprinting.

Weaknesses
Mental Health Risk: Dumont's ability put him at a high risk of dissociative identity disorder. The Company implemented rigorous psychological supervision, as well as chemical and psychoanalytic intervention as necessary.