MU6 - Gamers Handbook 1990 Update

variety of very sophisticated vehi- York City to Washington. Shank's detected large quantities of gold and
cles. These vehicles typically have president, Mr. Coyne , was con- Goldbug set a course for El Dorado,
Excellent Control, Monstrous cerned about the threat and had his his dream finally realized. But They
Speed, Good Body, and Good Pro- employee Jack Smith arrange for had different plans and discon-
tection. These ships have demon- Luke Cage, at that time working pri- nected Goldbug's Magna-drive
strated such devices as: vately as a Hero for Hire, to guard the when the ship was close enough to
* Tractor Beams that collect only shipment. Smith did indeed make El Dorado, allowing the Hulk to break
gold and gold alloys. The tractor the arrangements, but had plans of free, and sent the ship crashing into
beams can lift with Good Strength, his own, for Smith was in fact the the outskirts of the city. Upon awak-
only able to draw 300 pounds of gold Goldbug, who worked at Shank's be- ening from the landing, Goldbug
at a time. cause it gave him the opportunity to found that the city was alive and
* Remote Control and Computer know the details of every gold ship- functioning, with more gold by a hun-
Guidance capabilities, allowing the dredfold than he had expected. This
Goldbug to summon his craft to him. ment made in the United States. Ap· much gold, introduced into the
* Power cables which draw energies parently, Goldbug had been stealing world's economy, would be disaster-
from gamma-irradiated characters gold for some months previous to ous, and the Goldbug saw his
grasping them. Such energy donors dreams fade befoe his eyes. He
are paralyzed, and must make a red this encounter. blamed the Hulk for this, and set off
Strength FEAT to break free. The ca- Goldbug would have killed Cage, to kill the Hulk out of spite.
bles allow the Gold- ship to travel at
Shift Y airspeed. suffocating him with his gold dust, But one of They, the aged priest
Talents: The Goldbug has the except for the timely intervention of Des, was actually the villain Tyran-
Repair/Tinkering talent, and is a the hero Thunderbolt, whose super- nus, who had disposed of the rest of
storehouse of Trivia about gold. speed punches chipped away at the They and was draining the Hulk's en-
Contacts: None. golden covering faster than it could ergies to fuel the Sacred Flame to
harden. Thunderbolt's connections new levels. The Goldbug attacked
ADDITIONAL NOTES: spotted Goldbug's unique craft in a Tyrannus; if Tyrannus were to prove
Long Island garage. It was there that victorious, he would be a considera-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Cage and Thunderbolt escaped a ble stumbling block for Goldbug. Ty-
It is difficult to adequately convey sophisticated exploding rocket, and rannus subdued him with ease and
Goldbug's egotism and superiority. it was there that papers revealing the the Goldbug covered the Hulk in his
That he spouts melodramatic villain- Goldbug's true name and address gold-dust, inducing panic in the man-
ous speeches that would make Doc- were found. Cage and Thunderbolt beast, which in turn increased the
tor Doom blush is bad enough, but Hulk's strength to a point where he
the Goldbug actually believes what tried to capture the Goldbug by sur- could break free of the bonds Tyran-
he says. He considers himself every prising him at his headquarters and nus has been using. The Goldbug
inch the master criminal. He has on jumping aboard his Gold-ship, but survived the ensuing battle and the
occaision claimed to have certain the Goldbug parachuted to safety people of El Dorado teleported the
moral standards, but what these and freedom . Goldbug and the Hulk back to the
might be have never been made New York sewer system. The Gold-
clear. Some time later, the Goldbug was bug climbed out only two blocks from
contacted by They Who Wield his Park Avenue penthouse, but was
HISTORY Power, or "They" for short. They apprehended by Power Man and his
The Goldbug first came to atten- were an enclave of priests of El Do- new partner Iron Fist before he could
rado, the legendary lncan city of get there.
tion with a challenge to Shank's Ar- gold, who needed the power of the
mored Couriers, boasting that he Hulk to fuel their Sacred Flame (ac-
would steal a $2 million shipment of tually the flame was a Deviant arti-
gold bricks being driven from New fact). They knew that the Goldbug
was searching for El Dorado, imagin-
ing it to be in ruins but still the largest
concentration of gold in the world
and certainly large enough to make
the Goldbug the wealthiest man in
the world. They arranged to deliver
to the Goldbug a sophisticated Gold-
ship with a " Magna- drive," a techno-

logically advanced system for
siphoning off the energies of a
gamma-irradiated creature and us-
ing those energies to run the ship.

Goldbug, predictably, tracked
down the Hulk and strapped him into
the Magna-drive. The ship has an
" Oroscope," a device that somehow

100

GRIFFIN

STATISTICS: Present Group Affiliation: New Power: If the Griffin is hard-
pressed in a physical fight, his body
F EX(20) KNOWN POWERS: will spontaneously mutate. Possible
A TY(6) Claws: The Grifin's primary attack is mutations might include: completely
S UN(100) with his claws and teeth , which do feline musculature (giving him Re-
E UN(100) Unearthly Edged damage should the markable running on land), extraor-
R FB(2) Griffin strike. They are made of Mon- d inarily acute senses (Tracking
I EX(20) strous Material strength .
P TY(6) Tail: The Griffin's tail can strike any ability and + 1CS on Int uition), Re-
Health: 226 character one area to the rear. It
Karma: 28 does Amazing Blunt damage. sistance to Diseases, a roar (Good
Resources: SH(O) Body Armor: The Griffin's body is rank Sound Generation), Life Sup-
Popularity: -25 covered in dense scales of Mon- port, Regeneration , and so on.
strous material strength . They act as These should be random mutations
BACKGROUND Monstrous Body armor against all towards an " ideal" griffin , rather
Real Name: Johnny Horton physical and energy-beam attacks, than handy defenses against a par-
Occupation: Former professional and Amazing Resistance against ticular attack. Mental and psionic at-
criminal Heat, Cold , and Radiation . tacks, as well as most magical
Legal Status: Legally insane U.S. Wings: The Griffin's wings give him attacks, will not trigger a mutation.
citizen with a criminal record True Flight at Excellent airspeed (10 Talents: Formerly, Horton had the
Identity: Known to law enforcement areas per round). They are powerful Law Enforcement Talent, w ith a
authorities enough to lift a weight of 50 tons and strong background on the wrong
Place of Birth: Unrevealed, presum- carry it several miles. side of the American legal system .
ably in the United States Bird Control: The Griffin has Incredi- Since his transformation into a mind-
Marital Status: Unrevealed ble control over birds within 10 ar- less beast, the Griffin has lost his Tal-
Known Relatives: None eas. Normal birds (and perhaps ents.
Base of Operations: Mobile some bird-descended characters) Contacts: Formerly, Criminal. Now,
Past Group Affiliations: Former will do his bidding, but the Griffin has none.
servant of the Secret Empire and of found little use for this power since
Headlok reverting to animal intelligence. ADDITIONAL NOTES:

101

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: tanker, the surgeon died. Together,
The Griffin began his career as a Spider-Man and the Beast defeated
bully, and grew more and more sav- the Griffin, who was taken into police
age. He is now completely animalis- custody.
tic, remembering from somewhere
that combat with very powerful foes Months later, the Griffin broke into
is desirable. Although he started out Avengers Mansion, seeking to chal-
a light-weight, the Griffin is now a lenge the Avengers. The Griffin had
match for Thor. realized that the serum continued to
mutate him whenever he pushed his
HISTORY superhuman abilities to the limit;
Johnny Horton was a small time hence, he intended to battle as many
superhuman champions as possible
criminal who was captured by to increase his own powers. During
agents of the second subversive or- his subsequent battle with Spider-
ganization to be known as the Secret Man and the Avenger, Wonder Man,
Empire. The Secret Empire as- the Griffin's strength further in-
signed a surgeon in its employ to creased, and he gained the facial
transform Horton into a superhuman features of a lion. But finally, while
being by using various techniques, lifting a flaming Avengers Quinjet in
including grafting wings and claws order to hurl it at his two foes, a fur-
onto Horton 's body permanently and
administering an experimental mu- ther mutation caused the Griffin to
tagenic serum into him. Horton was lose his human intellect. Reduced to
named the Griffin after his new ap- the mental level of an animal, the
pearance which vaguely resembled Griffin was seized with terror at the
the mythological griffin, a creature flames and dropped the Quinjet,
that was half lion and half eagle. seemingly being crushed beneath its
weight. However, the Griffin survived
At first, Horton retained his normal the impact and used his claws to dig
intelligence and sanity in his new his way to safety underground.
form. He loathed his new appear-
ance, believing he was now a freak, Several months after that, the
but nevertheless obeyed the Secret criminal named Headlok found the
Empire's orders to attack the mutant Griffin wandering through the
known as the Beast. The Beast and Adirondack Mountains and put him
his colleague, the Angel, defeated under his mental control. When
the Griffin, who was sent to prison. Headlok and the Griffin attacked the
While in prison, the mutagenic se- West Coast Avengers, the Griffin had
rum he had taken caused him to go
insane and further transformed his further mutated so that he had grown
body, giving him a tail and vastly in- even stronger than before and had
creasing his strength. The Griffin developed a tough, scaled hide and
broke free of prison and hunted large plates standing atop his back
down the surgeon who had trans- like those of a stegosaur. While
formed him. When the surgeon was Headlok was distracted during the
unable to tell him the location of his battle, the Avenger, Tigra, suc-
former masters in the Secret Empire ceeded in calming the Griffin down.
(which had by this time been de- Headlok was defeated, and the Grif-
feated), the Griffin hurled him from a fin was sent to the Vault, the federal
great height in rage. The costumed maximum security prison for super-
crimefighter, Spider-Man, caught the human beings.
surgeon, but the two men struck a
water tanker when Spider-Man's Subsequently, the Grifin escaped
webbing broke and they both the Vault during a prison break by
plunged into water. The Beast, who several superhuman criminals. He
had learned of the Griffin's escape,
helped Spider-Man and the surgeon was recently used as a pawn against
to safety. Although Spider-Man took the Sub-Mariner. Namor defeated
the brunt of the impact against the the Griffin and released him in a
meeting of Roxxon Oil's Board of Di-
rectors, Namor believing the Grif-
fon's attack was sponsored by
Roxxon; the current status of the
Griffon and the Roxxon Board of Di-
rectors is unknown.

102

GROG THE GCDSLAVER

STATISTICS:

F AM(50)
A GD(10)
S AM(50)
E MN(75)

R TY(6)
I RM(30)
P EX(20)
Health: 185
Karma: 56
Resources: RM(30)

Popularity: -1 O

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Grog
Occupation: Leader of the armies of
Seth
r---- Legal Status: None on Earth
Identity: The general populace of
Earth is unaware of Grog's exist-
ence.
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Seth's "dimen-
sion of death"
Past Group Affiliations: The armies
~ ofSeth

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS: ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Divine Stature: Grog is a member of Grog is enthusiastic about Seth, and
the Heliopolis pantheon , and as honestly tries his best to advance
such enjoys certain powers. He has Seth's goals. He is dishonorable,
Class 1000 Resistance to aging and conniving, and deceitful when it suits
disease. He enjoys Amazing Protec- his purposes, affronted if anyone
tion against all physical and energy questions his godly honor at other
attacks, and can generate Amazing times. Grog is vicious and vindictive.
rank plasma blasts at will.
Weapon: Grog carries a power lance,
bestowed upon him by his master
Seth. The lance is made of unknown

materials having Shift Y Strength,
and thereby immune to all but the
most powerful earthly weapons.
From the lance, Grog can channel
his Plasma blasts, magnifying them
with some of Seth's power so that
they are of Shift X intensity, and are
magical in nature. These blasts have
a 4-area range.
Talents: Grog is a good hand-to-
hand fighter, possessing Martial Arts
B. He has an Occult Background.

Contacts: Grog is the second-in-
command of Seth's forces, and
could call on them for aid.

103

HISTORY troops escaped through a dimen- tan " dimension of death," when the
sional warp, and the Avengers in- gigantic Surtur seized the pyramid
Grog is a member of the Heliopoli- tended to imprison the captured and hurled it at Thor. Grog appar-
tan race of gods, whose leading Grog in the Vault, the United States ently died when the pyramid was
members were once worshipped by government's maximum secu rity thus destroyed in the battle, and
the people of ancient Egypt. Gorg prison for superhuman beings. Seth and his legions were defeated
has served the Heliopolitan death Grog, however, soon regained his by the forces of Asgard. However,
god, Seth, for millennia. Recently, freedom and returned to Seth. even if Grog is dead, it must be ob-
Grog participated in Seth's war served that the Egyptian death god,
against Asgard, the home of the During the ensuing war between Seth, may well be capable of return-
Norse gods. Grog, the mightiest of Seth's legions and the forces of ing Grog to life.
Seth's warriors, served during this Asgard, Grog defeated Thor, most of
war as the commander of Seth's le- whose superhuman power had been
gions, and took his orders directly temporarily removed from him by
from Seth himself. Asgard's acting monarch Balder.
Grog took Thor prisoner and stole
Seth ordered Grog to take a force his enchanted hammer; even with-
of his mightiest warriors to Earth to out his full might, Thor succeeded in
breaking free, defeating Grog, and
kill the Asgardian thunder god, Thor, reclaiming his hammer. Ultimately,
whom Seth held responsible for the Thor regained his full strength .
loss of his right hand. Thor, Captain
America, (then in the costumed iden- Moreover, toward the end of the
tity known simply as the Captain), war, Asgard's true monarch Odin
and the modern-day Black Knight temporarily bestowed his own power
fought and defeated Grog and his on Thor so that the latter could battle
troops on Avengers Island. Grog's the demonic Surtur on equal terms.
Grog was inside the Black Pyramid,
Seth's headquarters in the Heliopoli-

104

GROWING MAN

STATISTICS:

F TY(6)
A TY(6)

s GD(10)

E RM(30)
R PR(4)
I PR(4)
p EX(20)
Health: 52
Karma: 28

Resources: FB(2)
Popularity: O

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Growing Man

Occupation: Servant of Kang
Legal Status: None
Identity : The general populace of
Earth is unaware of the Growing
Man's e)CiStP,nce.

Place of Construct ion: Indetermi-
nate, alternate future Earth
Marital Stat us: Not applicable
Known Relatives: Not applicable
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Servant of
Kang the Conqueror
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS: Health damage (above the Growing ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Growth: The Growing Man's t rue
size is only eight inches tall, at which Man's Amazing Armor) and an addi-
size he is immobile. He possesses
the power of Growth, however, which tional 1Opoints to his Growth Pwoitwhe~r
giving him Excellent Growth
starts out at Shift 0 intensity. Grow-
rank number of 22.
ing from doll-size to normal human
size requires little more than the am- After The Growing Man reaches
bient kinetic energy of activity over a
period of several days, or two sharp Excellent Growth , his Fighting im-
bl ows.
proves one CS for every increase in
Energy Absorption: The Growing
Man is a Stimuloid , and takes in en- Growth. After the Growing Man
ergy from kinetic attacks (such as
Force attacks, energy beams, and reaches Amazing Growth, his Body
so on). The Growing Man has
Amazing Body Armor against these Armor increases one CS (to Mon-
attack forms, and only Incredible Re-
~istance against other types of phys- strous or Amazing), and he can ab-
ical damage, such as radiation or
extremes of temperature. Each ki- sorb up to 15 points of damage.
netic attack gives the Growing Man
one fifth of its damage in points in Robotic Form: As an artificial Cmlaasn~
Growth, up to 1O points. For exam- the Growing Man receives
ple, Remarkable damage would pro-
vide a Typically Grown Growing Man 1000 Resistance to diseases.
(with 6 points in Growth) an addi-
tional 6 points, giving him Good Talents: The Growing Man is pro-
Growth with a rank number of 12. A
grammed with Martial Arts E.
second kinetic attack of monstrous
intensity would deliver 25 points of Contacts: None.

105

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: in which it resembles an action fig- feats. The Rigellians sent the Grow-
Role-playing a Stimuloid is difficult ure. When reducing in size, the ing Man to Earth, where it battled
due to the lack of any real personality Growing Man presumably dis- Iron Man, who defeated it by using
or motivation. The Growing Man is patches the mass it loses back to the
programmed for combat. He rarely extradimensional source. The Grow- electrical cables to drain its power,
speaks, and never engages in any ing Man has been shown to be capa- rendering it inert.
activity that is not immediately bene- ble of achieving a height equal to
ficial to Kang or in promotion of that of a building several stories tall. Most recently, Kang sent the
Kang's goals as the Stimuloid under- Presumably there is a limit to the size Growing Man into New York City dur-
stands them. it can achieve, for at a certain point ing the "Inferno." In order to main-
its mass would become too great for tain his continued chronal existence,
HISTORY its legs to support. Kang had to insure the Avengers
The Growing Man is a stimuloid, a would be reborn. Therefore, his
In the Growing Man's first re- Growing Man constantly fought to
form of android created by the scien- corded appearance, it battled the bring the Captain, Thor, Gilgamesh,
tific genius of Kang the Conqueror, Asgardian god Thor on Earth. Thor Mr. Fantastic, and the Invisible
the ruler of an alternate future Earth. rid himself of both the Growing Man Woman into conflict as the Aveng-
A stimuloid absorbs most forms of ki- and Kang by entrapping them in a di- ers. Mister Fantastic, who had re-
netic energy directed against it; mensional warp created by his en- cently joined the team, used his
therefore, the energy causes it no chanted hammer. Months later, Kang scientific talents to devise a means
physical harm. Moreover, the ab- used the Growing Man to abduct mil- of reversing the process that enables
sorption of the energy stimulates the lionaire inventor Anthony Stark from the Growing Man to enlarge its size.
rapid multiplication of the stimuloid's a hospital after Stark had suffered a As a result, the Growing Man shrank
artificial cells, causing it to grow sig- heart attack. The Avengers attacked to such a degree that it vanished
nificantly in size, with a proportion- and followed the Growing Man, as from sight.
ate increase in strength and Kang had intended, enabling him to
resistance to damage. Presumably, transport them to his own future time Kang has the resources to create
the stimuloid draws its additional period, where he involved them in more than one Growing Man. More-
mass from an extradimensional his competition against the alien over, various dimensional counter-
source in order to grow. Kang can parts of Kang have visited
project an unknown form of energy Grandmaster. Still later, members of "mainstream" 20th century Earth.
from a gun that will cause the Grow- the alien Colonizers of Rigel re- Hence, the events described in this
ing Man to revert to its original size, moved the Growing Man from eritry may very well have involved
Kang's time ship, which had appar- different Growing Men, rather than
ently been abandoned in the 20th the same one in each case.
century following one of Kang's de-

106

-....., STATISTICS: HAMMERHEAD

F GD(10) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
A TY(6) Hammerhead truly believes he's in a
S EX(20) gangster movie and acts the part as
E IN(40) best he can. His reactions to others
and the plans he makes are all based
R TY(6) on this model of behavior.
I PR(4)
P TY(6)
Health: 76

Karma: 16
Resources: EX(20)
Popularity: -5

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Professional criminal,
gangleader, former hit man
~ Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a
criminal record
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York City
and Matti Shore township, Long Is-
land, New York
Past Group Affiliations: Leader of
--...... the Hammerhead "family" of the
Maggia, former ally of the Chame-

leon
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS:

Skull Plate: Hammerhead has a

steel-alloy (Monstrous Material

Strength) skull. He can Charge for

Amazing damage, but a successful

~ attack against material of Incredible

strength or better also causes Ham-

merhead 5 Health. If Hammerhead is

being shot at with guns or similar

weapons, he can spend 1oKarma to

make sure that the bullets hit his

plate, which gives him Amazing

Body Armor. ADDITIONAL NOTES:

Talents: Hammerhead receives a
+ 1CS when Charging, and he is tal-

ented with Guns. He is also a store-

house of Trivia regarding gangster

movies.

Contacts: Hammerhead has vast

Criminal connections.

107

HISTORY which Doctor Octopus was about to Hammerhead. But instead, as Ham-
Hammerhead was originally a marry May Parker, who, unknown to merhead had hoped, the accelerator
him, was the aunt of his nemesis restored Hammerhead to a normal
small-time gunman employed by one Spider-Man. Octopus had learned existence in this dimension. Ham-
of the " families" of the criminal orga- that May Parker had inherited a merhead fought Octopus and
nization known as the Maggia. Ham- privately-owned nuclear plant lo- Spider-Man at the laboratories and
merhead's real name is unknown cated on a remote Canadian island. then escaped, taking May Parker
even to himself. Years ago, he was By marrying her, Octopus would be- hostage. Spider-Man and Octopus
found beaten, disfigured, and deliri- come half owner of the plant, which tracked Hammerhead down to his
ous with pain in an alley in New York he could use to construct nuclear former nightclub headquarters and
City's Bowery by Jonas Harrow, a weapons, and would become full fought him and his men there .
surgeon who had lost his medical li- owner if the elderly woman died. Spider-Man rescued May Parker, but
cense due to his illegal experiments. Hammerhead did not know what Hammerhead attempted to escape
Apparently, Hammerhead had suf- May Parker had inherited, but knew in a helicopter. Doctor Octopus
fered a certain degree of brain dam- that it was highly valuable to Octo- hurled trash cans at the helicopter's
age and he was now an amnesiac. pus, and wanted it for himself. Octo- blades, destroying them, causing
However, he was obsessed with the pus fled with May Parker in a the helicopter to plummet into the
helicopter, and headed for the Cana- Hudson River, where it exploded.
last thing he saw before losing con- dian island. Hammerhead and a Doctor Octopus then made his es-
sciousness: a poster in the alley for a number of his men followed in an- cape.
movie called The Al Capone Mob. other helicopter, on which, unknown
Seeing the opportunity both to save to them, Spider-Man was also travel- Hammerhead, however, survived
this man's life and to redeem his rep- ing to the scene. At the island once again. Keeping his continued
utation, Harrow operated on the gun- Spider-Man battled Doctor Octopus. existence secret from the police,
man for three days, replacing much Rescuing May Parker, Spider-Man Hammerhead established a new
of his shattered skull with a strong took her with him as he left the island headquarters for himself in a Man-
in a supply plane. Back on the island, hattan penthouse, from which he ran
steel alloy. During this time the gun- Hammerhead and his men cornered his Maggia "family." There he held a
man dreamed about the images in Doctor Octopus next to an atomic council of all the New York Maggia
the poster he had seen. Upon recov- breeder reactor. Despite Octopus' "family" heads to propose that they
ering, the gunman decided to be- unite under his leadership. The
come a gangleader in the style of warnings that a jolt could trigger a meeting ws interrupted by the sec-
Capone and other mobsters of the chain reaction, Hammerhead ond Human Torch, who was investi-
1920s. He even dressed as if he charged Octopus. Hammerhead gating a murder. Wearing an
were living in that decade. Ultimately missed his target and hit the reactor exoskeleton that magnified his
the gunman, who became known as with his head instead, setting off a strength, Hammerhead battled the
Hammerhead, took over a Maggia chain reaction. At first Hammer- Torch, but the Torch was too much
family. for him, and the defeated Hammer-
head's head was stuck in the reactor. head leapt from the building. But no
Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin, had be- Octopus fled to safety through a trace was found of Hammerhead,
come the dominant figure in New nearby shaft. Hammerhead freed his who somehow had escaped again!
York City organized crime. However, head only a moment before the reac-
after suffering a major reversal in tor exploded, destroying everything Months afterward, Hammerhead
Las Vegas, Fisk laid low for a time, on the island. was apparently assassinated during
creating a temporary power vacuum a New York City gang war. But once
in New York organized crime. As a Strangely, however, Hammerhead again, Hammerhead survived.
result, a gang war broke out between was not killed. Rather, he was pro- Forced out of a major role in New
Hammerhead's mob and the crimi- jected "out of phase" with this di- York City organized crime by the
mension and could appear in it only Kingpin, Hammerhead retreated to a
nal organization led by Doctor Octo- as an immaterial ghost-like being. mansion on the eastern tip of Long
pus. The costumed crimefighter Octopus returned to America, but Island, New York. Recently, Ham-
Spider-Man intervened in the war, the combination of the shock of his merhead became the ally of the Cha-
with the result that Octopus was cap- experiences and his fear at repeat- meleon in the latter's bid to become
tured by the police and Hammer- edly seeing the "ghost" of Hammer-
head was forced to flee the country. head caused him to lead the life of a the new crimelord of New York City.
In Hammerhead's absence, his own derelict for months. Eventually Octo-
organization temporarily collapsed. pus returned to a more normal state,
After returning to New York City in which, however, his criminal per-
months later, Hammerhead reorgan- sonality still held sway. Kidnapping
ized his gang and then led them in an May Parker, Octopus took her to the
attack on a mansion in New York's Brookhaven Laboratories in Long Is-
Westchester County. The attack in- land, hoping to use the particle ac-
terrupted the ceremony inside, in celerator there to dispose of

108

AGATHA HARKNESS

STATISTICS:

F PR{4)
A TY(6)

s PR{4)

E TY(6)
R EX(20)
I EX(20)
p MN(75)

Health: 20

Karma: 115

Resources: GD{10)
Popularity: 10

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Agatha Harkness
Occupation: Witch, governess
Legal Status: Citizen of New Salem
Identity: The general public is un-
aware that she is a witch .
Place of Birth: New Salem (proba-
bly)

Marital Status: Widow
Known Relatives: Nicholas Scratch
(son), Salem 's Seven (grandchi l-
dren)

Base of Operations: New Salem;
Whisper Hill, N.Y.; Baxter Building,
N.Y.C.; Avengers Compound, CA
Past Group Affiliations: New Sa-

lem Witches, Fantastic Four (ally),
West Coast Avengers (ally)

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS: psychic rapport with the cat, and she Talents: Her Mystical Origin gave
occaissionally uses it to run errands her Occult Lore.
Ritual Magic: Agatha Harkness has for her. At will , it can revert to a more Contacts: Agatha Harkness is on
intimidating form with the following the best of terms with the Fantastic
at her command a great variety of statistics: Four (especially Franklin Richards),
magical spells which gave her the and the Scarlet Witch before her
following powers, detailed in the Ulti- F A S E R I P Health conversion by Magneto
mate Powers Book (MA3), at Mon- IN GD EX MN TY EX MN 145
strous ranks: Force Field, Force ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Field vs. Hostiles, Force Field vs. The cat-creature has Claws that do Agatha's main concerns are coun-
Magic, Reflection, Resistance to Monstrous damage and are made of
magic, Extradimensional Detection, Monstrous material strength. The tering the effects of evil magic upon
Life Detection , Magic Detection, creature does not have any Body Ar- the world and protecting those she
Power Detection , Psionic Detection, mor, but does regenerate lost Health "adopted" {both Franklin Richards
Biophysical Control (Healing and at a fantastically accelerated rate (15 and the Scarlet Witch). From time to
Disruption), Hypnotic Control, Mind points per round) and cannot be time, her dedication to properly help-
Control, Neural Manipulation, Sha- killed by means less extreme than ing her "children" may lead her to do
pechange Others, Summoning, dispersing its atoms throughout a things which might seem, at first
Magic Control, Magic Domination, considerable area. glance, to be against that person's
Sympathetic Magic, Communicate best interests. Her devotion is so
with Animals, Communicate with
Plants, Dreamtravel, Empathy, Free 109
Spirit, Sensory Link, Telepathy, Di-
mension Travel, and Gateway. Most
of these powers use Personal or Di-
mensional energies.
Familiar: Agatha Harkness' cat Eb-
ony, is in reality a powrful extradi-
mensional creature. Harkness is in

strong that she has returned from lem's Seven, and found Harkness battled Vertigo, who wielded the
the "dead" to assist her "children." just as she was about to receive the combined magical forces of all 666
death sentence. Reed Richards New Salemites. The Vision defeated
HISTORY pointed out that she had never told her nonetheless and as a result Ver-
Agatha Harkness, who was the them about New Salem and that the tigo lost control of the community's
Fantastic Four would never have magical forces. The Scarlet Witch at-
most powerful sorceress in New Sa- found the town had Nicholas Scratch tempted to channel the tremendous
lem, became its " grande dame" or not abducted Franklin. The New Sa- mystical forces into a mountain. Aga-
leader. Very little is known about her lemites realized that it was Scratch tha Harkness' spirit appeared to her
before her association with the who had betrayed them and they and told her to use the power as well
Fantastic Four-not even her age. banished him, sending him to an- as channeling it. The Scarlet Witch
The fact that New Salemites refer to therefore did both and the power
outsiders as " mortals" may indicate other dimension. Harkness, Frank-
that they have longer life spans than lin, and the Fantastic Four then left channelled into the mountain
human beings. New Salem. caused it to explode. The magical
power that the Scarlet Witch had
The identity of her husband is un- Sometime later, Harkness, Frank- " used" rather than channelled
known and it is not even known lin, and the Fantastic Four were visit- called to her two shards of the de-
whether "Harkness" is her late hus- ing New Salem when Nicholas monic being Mephisto. The Witch's
bannd's last name or her maiden Scratch took control of the minds of probability-manipulating mutant
name. Agatha and her husband had virtually all the New Salemites from power used these diabolic entities as
only one child together, the warlock the dimension in which he was im- "souls" for two unborn children, to
known as Nicholas Scratch. "Nicho- prisoned. Salem's Seven overcame whom the Scarlet Witch later gave
las" and "Scratch" are both names the Fantastic Four, but Franklin Ri- birth, believing them to be normal
given to the devil, and hence, " Ni- chards, who possessed tremendous
cholas Scratch" may merely be an latent psionic powers, freed the New twin boys.
alias that Agatha's son assumed. Ni- Salemites from the spell. Then Sa- Months later, the Scarlet Witch,
cholas Scratch had a number of lem's Seven and the captive
wives that had many children later to now living in the Avengers' West
be known as Salem's Seven: Bruta- Fantastic Four were magically trans- Coast compound, found difficulties
cus, Gazelle, Hydron, Reptillia, ported to New York City where Sa- with her children, Thomas and Wil-
Thornn, Vakume, and Vertigo I. lem's Seven planned to bring Scratch liam. Agatha Harkness showed up,
to Earth. Scratch, from his dimen- inexplicably alive and none the
Eventually Agatha Harkness left sion, took control of the minds of the worse for wear, volunteering to at-
New Salem to associate with people Fantastic Four, but Franklin broke tend the children as a governess.
in the outside world once more and Scratch's hold over them. Harkness Harkness soon realized their true na-
moved to an old mansion on Whisper used her magical powers to strip Sa- ture: as probability constructs, the
Hill in the Adirondack Mountains in lem 's Seven of their supernatural
upper New York State where she powers and to banish them back to boys existed only as long as the
was contacted by Reed Richards, New Salem. She also cast a spell fur- Scarlet Witch was thinking of them.
the leader of the Fantastic Four. Ri- ther entrapping Scratch in his other
chards and his wife Susan had re- dimension. Finally, though, Vertigo, When Master Pandemon ium kid-
cently had a son, Franklin. Due to the leader of Salem's Seven, turned napped the children in his unwitting
Reed and Susan Richards' danger- the other 665 New Salemites against role as a collector of Mephisto's
ous lives as costumed adventurers, Harkness. Salem's Seven regained missing soul shards, Harkness sent
they got Harkness to take care of their supernatural powers and were the Avengers after Pandemonium,
Franklin during their absences and accompanied by Ebony, her black
protect him from possible attacks by able to capture Harkness, who they cat familiar. Simultaneously, she
their enemies after learning of her executed by burning her at the stake. sent the original Human Torch on a
supernatural powers. Later, Hark- quest to recover the remaining
ness and Franklin Richards were ab- Harkness's spirit apparently influ- pieces of Mephisto's soul. When all
ducted to New Salem, now led by her enced the Scarlet Witch, causing her the soul shards were assembled,
son Nicholas Scratch who hated her. to go to New Salem with her hus- Mephisto appeared and threatened
The Fantastic Four came after band, the Vision. There, they were the Avengers. Harkness then closed
Franklin and Harkness but were cap- captured by six of the members of that section of the Scarlet Witch's
tured as well. Harkness was placed Salem's Seven. The seventh mem- memory containing thoughts of her
on trial for consorting with outsiders ber, Gazelle, had opposed the oth-
and for revealing the existence of the ers' plan to entrap the Scarlet Witch. children, causing those shards to
New Salemites to the outside world As punishment, Gazelle was sen- disappear and dealt a temporary de-
even though she had kept its exist- tenced to be slain as a human sacri- feat to Mephisto.
ence a secret. The Fantastic Four fice. Vertigo asked the Scarlet Witch
escaped their cell, overcame Sa- to join their coven, but when she Harkness has remained at the
refused, Vertigo planned to sacrifice Avengers' compound , assisting the
her as well as Gazelle and the Vi· Scarlet Witch's recovery from a num-
sion. The Vision broke free and he ber of traumas. Agatha Harkness'

role in the Scarlet Witch's return to
Magneto's side is as yet unrecorded.

110

STATISTICS: HEADLOK

F PR(4) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
A PR(4) Headlok han't gotten as far as he
has by taking stupid chances. He
s FB(2} makes use of materials at hand and
uses them wisely. He is capable of
E PR(4} wily deceits and clever feints. He will
R TY(6) not engage in hand-to- hand (or any
I GD(10) other type of) combat if he is given
p EX(20) half a chance to avoid it.
Health: 14
Karma: 36 111

Resources: TY(6)

oPopularity: -1

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Unrevealed, presum-
ably a professional criminal
,...-...... Legal Status: Citizenship unre-
vealed, has a criminal record
Identity: Presumeably known to
American legal authorities
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: None
Past Group Affiliations: None

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS: ADDITIONAL NOTES:

Mind Control: Headlok possesses
the Excellent ability of Mind Control.
He can mentally enslave only one in-
dividual at a time, as such domina-
tion requires a large amount of
concentration on Headlok's part. But
Headlok can induce hallucinations
and cast illusions against an unlim-
ited number of targets as long as he
has already gained control of their
minds. If a victim is aware of
Headlok's power, a successful

Psyche FEAT against Excellent in-
tensity will suffice to break Headlok's
hold.
Talents: Headlok displays the tal-
ents of a trained hypnotist.

Contacts: None.

HISTORY
Nothing is yet known about the ori-

gin of the menace known as
Headlok. He found the creature
known as the Griffin roaming the
Adirondack Mountains and used his
mental powers to enslave him. Sub-
sequently, in California, Head lok
summoned the West Coast Aveng-
ers, claiming he had sighted the
Thing, for whom the team was then
searching. When the West Coast
Avengers arrived, Headlok had the
Griffin attack them. Then , while the
Avengers were distracted fighting
the Griffin, Headlok attempted to
take over their minds, one by one.
One of the Avengers, Tigra, suc-
ceeded in calming the Griffin's rage,
and the Thing, who observed the
battle, defeated Headlok. Since
Headlok had not known that the
Thing was present, he had not used
his mental powers to conceal his true
whereabouts from the Thing or to en-
slave his mind. Presumably,
Headlok was turned over to police
custody, although it is questionable
how long the police keep Headlok
imprisoned, considering his great
powers.

112

HELA

STATISTICS:

F AM(50)
A AM(50)
S UN(100)
E SH(150)
A GD(10)
I MN(75)
P MN(75)
Health: 350
Karma: 160
Resources: MN(75)
Popularity: -100

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Hela
Occupation: Goddess of Death,
ruler of Hel and Niffleheim
Legal Status: Ruler of Hel and Nif-
fleheim

113

Identity: Publicly known to the citi- Talents: Hela has a familiarity with of Valhalla built in a distant section of
zens of Asgard; Hela is generally be- Occult Lore. Asgard, also known as Valhalla, to
lieved to be a mythological character Contacts: Hela commands the le- house them.
by the people of Earth gions of those who did not die in he-
Place of Birth: Unrevealed roic battle, and has some sway with Hela has sought for ages to bring
Marital Status: Single Loki , her father. more Asgardian souls under her
Known Relatives: None, allegedly control, and especialy longs to pos-
Loki (father), Angrboda (mother, de- ADDITIONAL NOTES: sess the souls of Odin and his son
ceased) Thor. In recent years, when Odin's
Base of Operations: Hel and Niffle- ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: attention had strayed from the rule of
heim Hela is "evil," in the mortal sense of Valhalla, Hela tried to annex that
Past Group Affiliations: None the word, but is more accurately be- realm to her own, hoping to consoli-
Present Group Affiliation: yond such judgments. She is pa- date her power over all of Asgard's
tient, like death, and her only defeats dead. Eventually Odin grew aware of
KNOWN POWERS: come when she oversteps her her ambitions and opposed them.
Asgardian Stature: Hela is a goddess boundaries, by taking the dead of Hela finally withdrew to her own
and as such enjoys Excellent Protec- Midgard who did not belong to her, or realms, and Odin reestablished his
tion against all attacks, Shift Z resist- by rashly avenging herself against control over Valhalla. Asgard con-
ance to diseases, and an extremely Thor by making his bones brittle tinues to rule Valhalla to this day.
long lifespan. Furthermore, as the while refusing to let him die.
ruler of Hel and Niffleheim, Hela has For untold ages, Hela had directed
the authority to use various powers HISTORY the construction of a gigantic ship,
at Incredible rank: Levitation , Illusion Hela was born ages ago to parents Naflgar, said to be made of the fin-
casting, and virtually any other gernails of the dead. Hela planned
power. She is immediately aware of whose names have not yet been re- that when Naflgar was finished, she
any actions in her realms, and she vealed. Legend has it however that would send an army of the dead to
has the rightful authority to com- Hela was born in Jotunheim, the Asgard in it to destroy the gods.
mand all who dwell there. otherdimensional land of the giants, However, Naflgar was destroyed by
Death Power: Hela holds the power one of the "Nine Worlds" of Norse the Executioner as it neared comple-
of life and death over the gods of mythology, and that she is the tion.
Asgard. She can cast eldritch bolts daughter of the Asgardian god of
that cause Class 1000 aging in mischief Loki and the sorceress gi- Recently, Hela cast a curse on
Asgardians, aging them the equiva- antess Angrboda. The three Asgar- Thor which prevented him from heal-
lent of 20 years for a human. The dian goddesses of fate, the Norns, ing any wounds and also prevented
touch of the death goddess on bare are said to have warned the Asgar- his death. After many battles and un-
flesh functions as a Class 5000 dian gods that Hela would prove to told amounts of pain, Thor, reduced
Health-Drain Touch. She can also re- be a great danger to them. to pulp by a battle with the Midgard
store life to a newly-fallen Asgardian, Serpent, entered Hela's realm in the
leaving them either at O Health or at It is known that Odin, ruler of the armor of the Destroyer. The De-
their full measure of vitality, as she Asgardian gods, decreed that Hela stroyer's power proved too much for
sees fit. She possesses these would become goddess and ruler of Hela, and she restored Thor's health
powers against mortals as well, but the spirits of the Asgardian dead on and removed her curse. The De-
her province is the life and death of the day of her maturity. These spirits stroyer remains in Hela's realm to re-
the gods of Asgard, not the races of dwell in the otherdimensional realms mind her of her defeats.
Midgard. of Hel and Niffleheim, two more of
Astral Projection: Hela can Mon- the Nine Worlds, both of which Hela It is said that should the forces of
strously project her essence to rules. However, Odin himself directly evil in the Nine Worlds ever succeed
whichever dimensions as she rules the souls of Asgardians and in destroying Asgard, Hela and her
pleases, for unlimited periods of their human worshippers who died in army of the dead will be at their side.
time. There, she wields the same battle as heroes, and had the palace
powers as above.
Weakness: Hela's cloak-cowl- head-
dress contains much of her life-
force. Without it, all her Physical
Stats drop to Feeble, and Hela can-
not use any of her powers. The left
half of her body assumes its true
form: that of a petrified corpse. Re-
placing it will restore Hela to full vital-
ity. Even touching it will allow her to
stand.

114

HOBGOBLIN II

STATISTICS:

F RM(30)
A AM(SO)
S IN(40)
E IN(40)

R GD(10)

I EX(20)
p TY'(6)
Health: 160
Karma: 36
Resources: RM(30)
Popularity: -85

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Jason Philip Macen-
dale, Jr.
Occupation: Freelance terrorist/
assassin, professional criminal
Legal Status: U.S. citizen whose cit-
izenship was revoked when he en-
listed in the army of a foreign power;
criminal record unknown
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachu-
setts
Marital Status: Divorced
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Former
employee of the Kingpin, Partner
with Carrion II; member of the Sinis-
ter Six II
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS:
The demon N'astirh gave Hobgoblin
enhanced strength and agility during

the "Inferno."

Equipment: impossible for foes to predict exactly volatile substance which produces
Body Armor: Hobgoblin wears a suit where the next shot will be aimed, flames of Incredible intensity.
of armor which provides him with Ex- forcing them to take a -1 CS on any Spider-Sense Negator: This Un-
cellent protection against physical attempts they make to dodge. earthly intensity chemical negates
Pumpkin Bombs: These explosives Spider-Man's Spider-Sense tor at
attacks and Remarkable protection do Excellent damage to everything least 24 (and possibly as long as 36)
against energy attacks. hours. At the referee's option, it may
within 20 feet. or may not affect other characters
Glove Blasters: Both of the Hobgob- Smoke Grenades: These devices re- with similar abilities.
lin's gloves contain devices which lease a cloud of Typical obscuring Throwing bats: These bat-shaped
can discharge pulses of high- smoke. throwing blades inflict Good edged
frequency electricity. The range of Knock-out Gas Grenades: Releases weapon damage.
these weapons is 2 areas and they a gas of Incredible intensity which
do Remarkable damage. Goblin Glider: The Hobgoblin em-
Random Fire Mechanism: In order to causes unconsciousness. ploys a turbo-fan powered flying sled
overcome the advantage which Incendiary: Detonation unleashes a
Spider-Man's Spider Sense gives 115
him in dodging attacks, the Hobgob-
lin has installed a device in his armor
which causes his arm to jerk about
randomly while he is firing his glove

blasters. In combat, this induces a
-1 CS on attacks, but makes it almost

which has the following characteris- Jack O'Lantern first gained public N'astirh in exchange for demonic
power. Amused, N'astirh rejected
tics: notoriety due to his battle with Ma- the offer but transformed the Hob-
goblin nevertheless, giving him su-
chine Man. Subsequently, Jack perhuman powers and a grotesque,
demon-like face.
Control Speed Body Protection O'Lantern clashed repeatedly with
Recently, the Hobgoblin freed
IN(40) TY(6) GD(10) None the costumed crimefighter, Spider- Malcolm McBride, the second Car-
rion, from imprisonment at the Vault.
Man, and also did battle with the The two formed a brief partnership
and managed to capture Spiderman.
Talents: The second Hobgoblin is freelance bounty hunter, Silver Sa- During Spiderman's escape and the

trained in Martial Arts A, B, C, and D, ble. Jack O'Lantern was hired by the ensuing battle, McBride's mother
came into danger, and Carrion II
and is a weaponsmaster. He is also a Arranger, the right hand man to seemingly sacrificed himself to save
her. The Hobgoblin escaped to parts
very skilled pilot ( + 2CS when deal- Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin of Crime, to unknown.

ing with aircraft) and talent in Electri- serve as the Kingpin's principal en- At the current time, Hobgoblin has
been recruited by Dr. Ocopus to join
cal Engineering and Physics. He forcer. At this time, the Kingpin's or- the Sinister Six. The full scope of the
Hobgoblin's and the team's plans
now has a Mystic Background. ganization was engaged in a war of are not known at this time.

Contacts: The Hobgoblin has Mili- control of the New York rackets. At

tary and Criminal contacts, and per- one point during the gang war, the

haps others. Arranger and the Rose, the head of a

ADDITIONAL NOTES: rival criminal organization, formed
an alliance with each other and or-

dered Jack O'Lantern and the

Rose's ally, the original Hobgoblin,

to work together. While both the Hob-

goblin and Jack O'Lantern were un-

der fire from the police, the

Hobgoblin sighted his arch enemy

Spider-Man, whom he was obsessed

with killing. The Hobgoblin de-

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: manded that Jack O'Lantern help
" Unhinged ~' is the best word to de- him kill Spider-Man right then and
scribe the Hobgoblin since his de- there, but Jack O'Lantern, believing
monic transformation . He has the combination of the police and
accepted a few mercenary jobs, but Spider-Man posed too great a threat,
with nothing like his previous fre- refused and flew off. Afterward, the
quency. He would do anything to re- Hobgoblin unsuccessfully attempted
gain his lost humanity. Due to his lost to kill Jack O'Lantern in retaliation
humanity, he is incredibly ruthless. for this supposed betrayal.

In his true identity of reporter Ned

Leeds, the Hobgoblin left for Berlin

on an assignment for the Daily Bu-

HISTORY gle. Macendale hired the master as-
Jason Philip Macendale, Jr. was sassin known as the Foreigner to kill
the Hobgoblin. The Foreigner dis-
recruited by the Central Intelligence covered the Hobgoblin's true identity
Agency when he was in an under- and had men in his employ ambush

graduate program at the Massachu- and kill Leeds in Berlin. The For-
setts Institute of Technology. He eigner then turned over Leeds' Hob-
enlisted in the Marines to gain com- goblin costumes and equipment to
bat experience and became a fighter Macendale. Using Leeds's cos-
pilot. Upon his discharge from the tumes and equipment, Macendale
Marines, Macendale began active became the second Hobgoblin. In
service as a field agent for CIA in the this identity he has battled both
Asian theatre. However, his methods Spider-Man and Harry Osborn (the
and tactics proved too brutal and ex- second Green Goblin). The police
treme for his superiors to tolerate. and general populace generally be-
lieve that there has been only one
Seeking employment elsewhere, Hobgoblin and that he is still alive.
Macendale embarked on a career as
an international mercenary. Eventu- During a time when New York was
ally, he adopted the costume and overrun by demons from the dimen-
identity of Jack O'Lantern to help sion called Limbo that was formerly
promote his accomplishments to ruled by Magik, the Hobgoblin of-
prospective employers. fered to sell his soul to the demon

116

CAMERON HODGE AND THE RIGHT

STATISTICS:

F GD(10)
A GD(10)

s TY(6)

E TY(6)
R GD(10)
I EX(20)
p EX(20)
Health: 32
Karma: 50
Resources: RM(30)
Popularity: 10

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Cameron Hodge
Occupation: Former lawyer, adver-
tising executive, and public relations
director, leader of the Right
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no
criminal record
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Formerly X-
Factor headquarters, New York City,
now presumed mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Employee
of X-Factor, leader of the Right
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS:
Cameron Hodge is a normal man with
no superhuman powers. He occa-
sionally enters combat with special-
ized equipment. This equipment
should be designed to neutralize the
powers of an opponent Hodge is ex-
pecting, or otherwise give Hodge an
edge. None of the Right's equipment
can give Hodge a power or attribute
above Incredible rank, and the total
rank numbers of the additional
powers and attributes should not ex-
ceed 95.
Talents: Hodge is well-versed in the
law and in psychiatry. He also enjoys
the benefits of the Leadership talent.
Contacts: Cameron Hodge is the
leader of the Right, a fanatical anti-
mutant organization. The organiza-
tion has several bases hidden
throughout the United States and
other technologically advanced
countries, and has roughly 1200 em-
ployees world-wide. The Right is not
a large organization, and is not well-
known, but it is extraordinarily well-
funded. Worthington 's fortune, a
huge sum of money to many organi-
zations, is only a fraction of the total

117

assets of the group. The "smiley ar- to eliminating superhuman mutants. The New Mutants subsequently
mor," one of the Right's master- Hodge was the leader of the Right,
pieces of technology, boosts each of and was known as the Commander. escaped only to be recaptured by
the wearer's physical statistics three Worthington, who still trusted
columns, and provides Excellent Hod9e, turned to him to help him members of the Right, including
Body Armor and Amazing Flight, as come up with a new means of com-
well as one to three particular com- bating prejudice against mutants. Hodge. The Right had arrived on the
bat systems in the armor, designed Hodge and Worthington devised the
for particular mutant opponents. concept of X-Factor, an organization island to discipline the defiant Ani-
of supposed mutant hunters, who in
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: fact would make contact with super- Mator. Bird-Brain and other Ani-
Hodge is a clever dealer, smoothly human mutants and help them learn
letting his foes fall farther and farther to control their superhuman abilities Mates rescued the New Mutants and
into his plans until he has them at a and to masquerade as normal hu-
decided advantage. His goals are man beings. The other members of battled the Right. In the melee, the
simple: the complete destruction of the original X-Men, the Beast, Cy-
all super- powered mutants. The mu- clops, Iceman, and Marvel Girl, New Mutant called Cypher was
tations themselves do not concern agreed to this idea and became the
him; he has not bothered with other founding members of X-Factor. killed. Infuriated, another New Mu-
Forge's mutation- neutralizing gun. However, as Hodge had secretly in-
He wishes to keep " Homo Superior," tant, Magik, exiled Animus and the
the mutants with super-powers, from tended, X-Factor's publicity cam-
supplanting " Homo Sapiens," and is paign actually intensified prejudice involved members of the Right to the
willing to go to great lengths, such as against mutants. Worthington and
forming the Right and making pacts his four partners came to have in- dimension Limbo. After a narrow es-
with demons (Hodge is clearly in- creasing misgivings about X-
sane; he surely knew that N'astirh Factor's mode of operations. cape from the New Mutants, Hodge
poses at least as great a threat to
Homo Sapiens as did a handful of The first physical display the Right rededicated the cause of the Right to
powerful mutants). committed was kidnapping the mu-
tant known as Rictor from his native destroy mutants rather than to con-
HISTORY Mexico where he was responsible
Cameron Hodge was the room- for a devastating earthquake. The tain and discredit them.
Right discovered that Rictor had
mate of Warren Worthington Ill, the been the source of the quake. They The Angel's wings were severely
mutant adventurer formerly known brought him to San Francisco where
as the Angel (and now as Archan- they linked him to an elaborate de- damaged during the "Mutant Mas-
gel), at the private school vice designed to amplify his powers
Worthington attended before he en- enough to shift the tectonic plates sacre" in which the Marauders
tered Professor Charles Xavier's within the San Andreas fault and
School for Gifted Youngsters. Al- cause a catastrophic earthquake. wiped out most of the mutant
though Worthington believed Hodge They had hoped this plan would fur-
to be his friend, in fact Hodge deeply ther discredit mutants when officials Morlocks. Hodge arranged to have
resented Worthington for his good determined the cause of the quake,
looks, vast wealth, and other advan- but X-Factor foiled their scheme. the Angel's wings amputated. At the
tages. When Worthington publicly
revealed himself to be the winged Hodge contacted convicted genetic point of despair over the loss of his
mutant known as the Angel , Hodge's engineer, Dr. Frederick Animus, later
hatred of him increased further. known as the Ani-Mator, and commis- wings, Worthington was easily ma-
Hodge believed that superhuman sioned him to find a means of prevent-
mutants were a threat to the freedom ing mutation from occurring. However, nipulated by Hodge into changing
of normal human beings and that Animus defied his employers' instruc-
they therefore must be destroyed. tions and created creatures with com- his will so as to leave the bulk of his
bined characteristics of human being~
Hodge became a lawyer, but he and animals which he called his "Ani- fortune to X- Factor, appointing
then turned to advertising and public Mates." He intended them to be a
relations and became a highly suc- slave race that would serve humanity. Hodge as its executor. Soon after-
cessful member of a leading New One of the Ani-Mates, Bird-Brain, es-
York advertising agency. In the caped from " Paradise" and was be- ward, Worthington seemingly com-
meantime Hodge secretly founded friended by the New Mutants, who
the Right, an organization dedicated accompanied him back to the island, mitted suicide in an airplane that
where they were captured by the Ani-
Mator. exploded. As a result, Hodge now

controlled the Worthington fortune.

(In fact, Worthington had been tele-

ported to safety by Apocalypse.)

By now Cyclops and the other

three partners in X-Factor had real-

ized that Hodge was their enemy.

Soon afterward, the X-Factor mem-

bers engaged in battle with mem-

bers of the Right, and ultimately they

learned that Hodge was the leader of

the organization.

Subsequently, Worthington

learned that his former lover, Can-

dace " Candy" Southern, had disap-

peared . Worthington tracked her

down to a secret Right base, where

he discovered she was being held

captive by Hodge, who had per-

formed experiments on her that left

her at the brink of death. Southern

died, and Hodge himself was appar-

ently killed in combat with

Worthington. However, Hodge was

seen shortly thereafter, plotting with

N'astirh and his demons from Limbo

and assisting the demons in acquir-

ing mutant children.

118

HUMAN TORCH I

STATISTICS:

F EX(20)
A EX(20)
S EX(20)
E IN(40)
R TY(6)
I TY(6)
P EX(20)
Health: 100
Karma: 32
Resources: FB(2)
Popularity: 20

BACKGROUND
Real Name: The Human Torch
Occupation: Adventurer
Legal Status: Naturalized U.S. citi-
zen with no criminal record , legally
dead
Identity: The general public is un-
aware that the original Human Torch
also used the identity of Jim Ham-
mond
Place of Creation: Brooklyn, New
York
Marital Status: Single (if applicable)
Known Relatives: None (if applica-
ble)
Base of Operations: Formerly New
York City and (during much of World
War II) London; now Avengers Com-
pound, Malibu, California
Past Group Affiliations: Former
partner of Toro, former member of
the Invaders and the All-Winners
Squad, member of the West Coast
Avengers
Present Group Affiliation:

~ KNOWN POWERS: Monstrous intensity flame which * The forming of cages, barriers, and
Fire Generation: The Human Torch gives him Monstrous protection from other restraints of Amazing intensity
can generate Monstrous intensity physical and energy attack. How- flame
flames and has established the fol- ever, it offers no protection against * He can absorb surrounding heat to
lowing power stunts: wind, cold, or water-based attacks. ignite himself, causing the local tem-
* Monstrous damage fireballs with a Flame Control: Unearthly control perature temporarily to drop 30 de-
over the shape and intensity of both grees Fahrenheit
range of 3 areas nartual and power-created flames. * He can absorb heat and flames of
* Skywriting to create flaming im- The Intensity can be increased or de- up to Shift-X intensity and retain it for
ages which last 4 turns. creased by his rank. He can use this up to 10 turns before he must re-
* The Human Torch can unleash his power to manifest the following lease it as a Nova Flame
"Nova Flame." This is a single burst stunts: True Flight: The Human Torch can at-
* The creation of up to 1O identical tain Excellent speeds (150 mph)
of Shift-X intensity which does 150 duplicates of himself when flaming.
points of damage to everything
within 1 area and Monstrous dam- 119
age to everything from 2 to 5 areas
away. Following this great effort, all
of his powers drop to Feeble for 1-1 O
turns and he must make a Red En-
durance FEAT to avoid fainting .
Energy Sheath (Fire): The Original
Human Torch can shroud himself in

Specific Resistance (Heat and one of the pioneers in the field of arti- criminal sprayed the solution over -
Flame): The original Human Torch ficial intelligence and robotics. The the Torch and Toro, dousing their
can ignore flames and heat of up to culmination of Horton's research flames and paralyzing them. The
CL1000 intensity. was an android who mimicked virtu- criminals then buried the Torch be-
Android Body: The original Human ally all of the functions of a human neath the Nevada desert-
Torch is very nearly human, down to being, including independent accidentally beneath an atomic
having recognizably human blood, thought, but was composed entirely testing site. In December 1953, the
but is still a synthezoid. He has Un- of synthetic materials. The one flaw blast of an atomic bomb detonated
earthly Resistance to diseases, and in the android's design concerned on the site freed the Torch, and the
he needs only two or three hours of the photoelectric solar cells which radiation reactivated his flame. The
sleep a night. Moreover, sufficient covered every square inch of his Torch resumed his crimefighting ca-
amounts of his blood, injected in a body and served as his power reer and his partnership with Toro. In
human, may have peculiar effects: source. The cells were too volatile 1955, the Human Torch sensed that
such gave Jacqueline Falsworth and caused the epidermis of the an- the radiation from the bomb was
super-speed abilities, for example. droid to burst into flame upon con- causing him to lose control of his
Weaknesses: Most of the original tact with air but without harming the flame, and that he would eventually
Human Torch's powers only operate android itself. Horton revealed the "die" by burning himself out. After
when he is aflame. Cold, Water, or Torch's existence to the public at a bidding farewell to Toro, the Torch
Wind-based attacks of Shift-X or press converence in November flew to a desert in the western United
greater Intensity can extinguish his 1939, at which he demonstrated how States where he tried to destroy him-
flames, as can a loss of oxygen or the Torch would burst into flame if he self by overloading his solar cells in a
being covered by a fire-negating introduced a small amount of oxygen single burst of maximum-output
substance. into the transparent container in flame. The Torch succeeded in burn-
Talents: The original Human Torch is which he was confined. The news ing himself out and plunged to earth
much more skilled with his flame media proclaimed the Torch to be a to lie insensate.
than is Johnny Storm. The original potential menace, and so Horton
Torch knows which combinations of buried the android in his supposedly His body was finally discovered
temperatures can cause discomfort airtight tube within cement until such many years later by the criminal ge-
to a flaming body, and is skilled in time as he could find a way either to nius called the Mad Thinker, who re-
producing these, for example. He prevent the android from bursting stored most of the Torch's synthetic
also has Trivia skill regarding the into flame or learn how to control its tissue and nervous system. The
1940s and 1950s. flame. There was a slow leak in the Thinker partially restored the an-
Contacts: The original Human Torch tube, however, and eventually droid's memories, but coerced the
is an Avenger, but has had little op- enough oxygen entered so that the Torch into battling the Thinker's ene-
portunity to renew any contacts l:te android's flame ignited explosively, mies, the Fantastic Four. On realiz-
may have developed before his permitting him to escape. Wreaking ing the implications of what the
"death." Thinker wanted him to do, the Torch
havoc in innocent exploration of his
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: environment, the android, inaccu- saccrificed his artificial life to save
There was a simpler time when a rately dubbed the Human Torch, the Fantastic Four from a sneak at-
hero was expected to be an upstand- soon realized the panic he was caus- tack by the Thinker's computer Qua-
ing member of the community, and ing and, unable to control his flaming simodo. The Thinker fled, and the
where a man's (or android's) honor power, doused his flame in a swim- Fantastic Four left the Torch's body
and bravery were said to count for ming pool. in the Thinker's laboratory in Ne-
something. This is the attitude that vada.
the original Human Torch brings to The Human Torch eventually
his crimefighting, and he strives to gained control over his flame and be- Up until recently, it was believed
keep true to his ideals. He is a good came a crimefighter. He allied him- that Ultron had forced Professor Hor-
team player. Lastly, the original Hu- self with the young mutant Toro, who ton to transform the body of the origi-
man Torch is carefully observing the possessed powers similar to his nal Human Torch into the Vision .
1990s, hoping to better understand own. At first, the greatest adversary Although, in constructing the Vision,
the world in which he's found him- the Torch faced in combat was the Ultron used spare parts that Horton
self. Sub-Mariner. The Torch and Toro, as had created for the Torch, the Vision
well as the Sub-Mariner, who be- does not have the Torch's body. The
HISTORY came their ally and friend, served to- original Human Torch and the Vision
The original Human Torch began gether as members of the Invaders are two entirely separate entities.
during World War II and the All-
his existence in 1939 in the labora- Winners Squad during the postwar Recently, the original Human
tory of Professor Phineas T. Horton, years. In 1949 American criminals Torch has been reactivated and has
seeking to destroy the Torch ob- returned to activity as a member of
tained a chemical known as Solution the Avengers, working primarily out
X-R from Soviet intelligence. One of the Avengers Compound on the
West Coast, in Malibu, California.

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~· HISTORY HYDRA
HYDRA has been a worldwide
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subversive organization dedicated
to global domination. At its height,
HYDRA was the most extensive,
powerful, and dangerous such orga-
nization in history. HYDRA agents
wore green costumes with cowls
concealing their entire heads except
for their mouths and chins. Their or-
ganization takes its name from the
many-headed serpent-like monster
of Greek mythology, the Lernaean
Hydra, whose venom was lethal and
who was known for its ability to grow
two heads immediately to replace
any head that was severed. HYDRA
prided itself on its ability to regroup
and rebuild itself, allegedly mightier
than before, after any defeat. In-
deed, the organization endured for
over four decades. During that time,
however, HYDRA underwent consid-
erable structural and ideological

changes, to many that the modern
HYDRA bore only superficial similar-
ities to the organization in its heyday.

The man most responsible for the

creation of HYDRA was Baron
Wolfgang von Strucker, the Prussian
aristocrat who served as wing com-
mander of Nazi Germany's infamous
Death's Head Squadron, and later
as leader of its Blitzkrieg Squad of
Commandos. At one point in his war
career, Strucker found himself in the
company of Professor Wilhelm Sch-
midt outside the village of Gruen-
stadt. Villagers had reported strange
aliens, and Strucker investigated.
He found, instead, a home of Gno-
bians, peaceful alien telepaths.
Strucker saw the Gnobians as an op-
portunity for fantastic knowledge
and power. Fearful that the villagers
might reveal the·aliens' existance to
others, Strucker had the entire popu-
lation of Gruenstadt executed. Im-
mediately afterwards, Sgt. Nicholas
Fury and his Howling Commandos
arrived on the scene and .killed
Baron Strucker's Death's Head
Commandos. Strucker himself was
mortally wounded, but crawled back
to the Gnobian enclave, where he
was healed of his wounds and where
he stole several examples of the
Gnobians' advanced technology.

The Gnobians were tainted by their of the state, or, in HYDRA's case, the made himself Grand lmperator of
association with Strucker and en- organization: "Hail HYDRA! Immor- THEM, its highest position , and mas-
tered a period of hibernation to re- tal HYDRA! We shall never be de- queraded under a number of aliases
cover from the infection of the stroyed! Cut off one limb and two in public life, most prominently, the
Baron's mind. Only recently have the more shall take its place! We serve multimillionaire socialite Don Anto-
Gnobians awakened, and then the Supreme Hydra, as the world nio Caballero. Only a small fraction
Strucker's madness overwhelmed shall soon serve us! " In keeping with of HYDRA agents knew of the Grand
them . In a brief period of lucidity, the Nazism's male supremacist ethic, lmperator's existence, and fewer still
Gnobians triggered a suicidal end to HYDRA restricted its membership to knew his true identity.
their terrestrial mission. men. Only decades later it permitted
exceptions, most notably Laura THEM appointed Arnold Brown,
Infuriated by Strucker's defeats by Brown, daughter of Imperial Hydra executive secretary to Leslie . Far-
Arnold Brown, and the first Madame rington, one of the directors of Impe-
Fury, and perhaps by the unex- Hydra, later known as the Viper. rial Industries International, to be
plained massacre at Gruenstadt, Strucker created a cult of personality Supreme Hydra, or, perhaps be-
Adolf Hitler ordered the Gestapo to about himself as the Supreme Hydra cause he was not HYDRA's true
assassinate him. Strucker would comparable to that of Hitler's in Ger- leader, Imperial Hydra. Brown's prin-
have had little hope of escaping the many. There was a heavy ideological cipal utility to HYDRA was in drain-
Gestapo if not for the aid of the Red emphasis on the anonymity of other ing resources for HYDRA from
Skull, the second most powerful man HYDRA agents, who generally re- Imperial Industries International,
in the Third Reich. The Skull in- mained masked whenever they were and in managing HYDRA's day-to-
tended to supplant Hitler eventually, among one another, and were usu- day operations . Ultimate power,
or to achieve world domination him- ally addressed by numbers. however, remained in Strucker's
self if Hitler lost the war. The Skull as- hands. Under Brown's leadership,
signed Strucker to create a power During the last years of World War HYDRA developed an arsenal of
base in the Far East for him. (Be- II, Strucker soon began construction weaponry, submarines, and fighter
cause the base that Strucker helped of a fortress on a small Pacific island, aircraft greater than those of most
create eventually became HYDRA, which became HYDRA's principal nations, as well as agents through-
the Red Skull claimed credit years base and was known as "HYDRA Is- out the globe.
later for HYDRA's creation.) With the
aid of the Skull's men and some loyal land." HYDRA's scientists were To meet the threat of HYDRA,
men of his own, Strucker escaped close to obtaining nuclear weaponry, S.H.l.E.L.D. (Supreme Headquar-
Europe. The embittered Strucker and thus achieving the means to ters International Espionage, Law-
had no intention of serving anyone conquer the Earth, when Captain Si- Enforcement Division) was created.
but himself, however, and severed mon Savage's U.S. Marine comman- HYDRA assassinated S.H.l.E.L.D.'s
ties with the Skull on becoming the dos, the Leatherneck Raiders, first Public Director, who was re-
Supreme Hydra. invaded with their Japanese coun- placed by Colonel Nicholas Fury of
terparts, the so-called Samurai the CIA, Strucker's greatest wartime
On arriving in Japan, Strucker Squad. The HYDRA Island base was foe. Soon after, HYDRA attempted to
made contact with and eventually destroyed, but Strucker escaped. blackmail the world with its orbiting
became the mastermind behind Jap- Slowly and quietly, he rebuilt HYDRA Betatron Bomb, which could release
anese subversives who informed in the years following the war, this lethal radiation upon the Earth.
him that they were forming a secret time using as its nucleus the best re- While inventor Anthony Stark deacti-
society bent on world conquest. He maining men of the Nazi Schutz- vated the bomb, Fury captured HY-
planned and led raids on major war DRA'S New York City headquarters.
plants and military equipment store- Staffel (S.S.). As a result, Strucker Brown was murdered by his own
houses throughout the world, and more emphatically regarded HYDRA men, who seemingly failed to recog-
gathered together scientists who as the heir to the Third Reich . How- nize him without his costume.
could unravel the secrets of the Gno- ever, after nearly being killed in an
bian technology. This secret society encounter with the young Charles Immediately after Brown's defeat,
became known as HYDRA. Upon Xavier and Magneto, Strucker de- THEM used AIM and the original Se-
building HYDRA's army and arsenal cided to remain behind the scenes cret Empire for subversive actions
to what he judged to be sufficient from then on. He made the U.S. the against S.H.l.E.L.D. and the U.S.
strength, Strucker slew the original center of HYDRA's operations, al- government while HYDRA re-
Supreme Hydra, who was Japanese, though its influence was spread grouped, rebuilt its strength, and re-
and became Supreme Hydra him- around the world. Although HY- emerged mightier than ever.
self. DRA's ideology, ceremonies, and or- Strucker in effect abolished THEM
ganization remained fascistic, by again making himself Supreme
Strucker conceived of HYDRA as Strucker concealed its connections Hydra and by making the other mem-
a strongly ideological fascist organi- to Nazism. He created a new central bers of THEM into HYDRA's new
zation heavily influenced by Nazi committee, code-named THEM, to central committee. Strucker
philosophy. The full form of its salute supervise the operations of HYDRA launched the Overkill Horn, which
reflects the fascist near-religious ide- and its sister societies. Strucker would have set off every nuclear ex-
alization of submission to the power

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plosive on Earth while leaving HY- tific branch of the organization, wide influence, it seemed more cen-
DRA's legions supposedly safe in seceded from HYDRA, and the Se- tered in the U.S. than before and
their special shelters, but the cret Empire was later revived inde- although it was dedicated to world
pendently of HYDRA. The remnant domination, it had abandoned the
scheme was thwarted by of HYDRA in the New York City area traditional fascist HYDRA ideology
S.H.l.E .L.D.. was led by the first Madame Hydra, entirely. The only clear link between
and later by the Grim Reaper and the the current HYDRA and Strucker's
Then, impersonating S.H.l.E.L.D. Space Phantom. A western Euro- HYDRA was the fact that the new or-
agent John Bronson, Strucker smug- pean faction was led by Count Otto ganization's members dressed in the
gled the so-called Death Spore Vermis. Another HYDRA remnant, traditional HYDRA costumes.
bomb aboard S.H.l.E.L.D.'s airborne centered in Las Vegas, came under Women were now allowed into the
Heli-Carrier headquarters, which the control of the Red Skull, who organization in large numbers, and
was capable of destroying the Heli- managed it through the American could hold important positions in it.
Carrier and releasing deadly spores crime boss Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin, Indeed, the position of " Madame Hy-
throughout the world. The bomb, and his son Richard. The Fisks were dra" became a new tradition. Agents
however, couldn't affect the newly unaware of the Skull's involvement, were often addressed by their real
rebuilt HYDRA Island where HY- names, and minor HYDRA officials
DRA's leadership and elite guard and the Kingpin opposed the Skull often appeared unmasked before
had gathered; the new fortress' im- on learning the Skull was the fac- their colleagues and subordinates in
penetrable dome would afford maxi- tion's true leader. the organization. And now, only the
mum protection from the Death middle and upper levels of authority
Spores. In a telecast from the island, The first major attempt to rebuild were in homage to the Supreme Hy-
HYDRA was made by surviving dra.
Strucker demanded that the world members based on the U.S. East
surrender to HYDRA, for only those Coast who decided to turn HYDRA Until the recent episode known as
nations that surrendered would be into a less ideological organization, the Deltite Affair, HYDRA was orga-
supplied with antidotes for the which would still seek world domina- nized along the lines of a major con-
spores. However, Fury had found the tion, while being structured similarly temporary corporation. Agents could
Death Spore bomb on the Heli- to American organized crime. In work full time or part time for the or-
Carrier, singly invaded HYDRA Is- keeping with this idea, these leaders ganization. They were paid high sal-
land, and planted the bomb there. recruited Silvio "Silvermane" Man- aries and received medical and
Fury was captured and $trucker freidi, the leader of a Maggia "fam- other benefits, and many ordinary
nearly executed him at a mass meet- ily," as the new Supreme Hydra. American citizens were recruited
ing of HYDRA agents on the island, Silvermane quickly built this East into its organization as a result.
before whom Strucker revealed his Coast-based HYDRA into a large,
true identity. But Fury escaped exe- well-organized and well-equipped In the Deltite Affair, Nick Fury dis-
cution, and, as a result of the ensu- fighting force with a large secret covered that the Board of Directors
ing battle, Strucker unwittingly fled base in New York City, and recruited of S.H.1.E.l.D. was composed of
into a nuclear reactor chamber and numerous costumed criminals to advanced Life Model Decoys
was immediately incinerated. Fury serve as HYDRA division leaders, in- (LMDs), and that the Board was also
fled the island just before the Death cluding his own son Blackwing (Jo- in charge of HYDRA and AIM. All
Spore bomb detonated, completely seph Manfredi), Commander three organizations, believing the
sinking the island. The dome pre- Kraken, the Fixer, the Fox, Jackham- others to be antagonists, were ma-
vented any of the spores from escap- mer, El Jaguar, Man- Killer, and Men- nipulated into working toward world
ing to the outside world. All HYDRA domination by the Directorate. By
members present on the island were tallo. (The Fixer and the Fox had collapsing the LMD plot, Fury
killed. previously worked for Strucker's HY- robbed all three organizations of
their top levels and much of their
HYDRA has never since regained DRA.) However, Silvermane and his manpower. S.H.l.E.L.D. was dis-
the power it had under $trucker recruits were ultimately out of their banded and reformed as a small
since the bulk of the organization depth in running a major subversive Special Missions Unit. The effects of
was wiped out on HYDRA Island. All organization like HYDRA, and they the Deltite Affair on HYDRA, and any
that remained were HYDRA agents were easily defeated by Fury and details as to whether a new organiza-
who had either been meant to hide S.H.l.E.L.D. This HYDRA organiza- tion based on the old will arise, are
out from the Spore in smaller shel- tion thereupon also fragmented. as yet unknown.
ters, or who had been left to their
fate. The worldwide HYDRA organi- Finally, HYDRA was reorganized
zation fragmented. AIM, the scien- under radically different lines by a
new agency Although it had world-

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AVERAGE Talents: Most HYDRA agents had Should the need arise, a HYDRA
HVDRAFIELD three skills in weapons or the Martial agent could call on the full resources
AGENT Arts (typically Martial Arts A and E, of the organization. In its heyday,
and Guns) Certainly, HYDRA em- HYDRA had Amazing Resources,
F EX(20) ployed experts in most skills and tal- and almost 10,000 agents world-
A GD(10) ents. wide.
Contacts: HYDRA agents have had
s GD(10) their organization to call upon, typi- ADDITIONAL NOTES:
cally for unexpected emergencies: a
E GD(10) HYDRA agent might request air- ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
R TY(6) borne assistance if she were follow- The typical HYDRA agent was condi-
I TY(6) ing a dignitary who was suddenly tioned to accept orders, obey them
p TY(6) picked up by a helicopter, and she as best he could, and think as little as
Health: 50 would suffer no penalty for doing so. possible. HYDRA was a cult as much
Karma: 18 She would not receive any help if she as it was an espionage and terrorist
were surprised by several organization, and HYDRA agents
.KNOWN POWERS: S.H.l.E.L.D. agents; HYDRA agents were formed in the mold of cult fa-
A HYDRA agent was required to fought their own battles, and were natics rather than professional espi-
maintain the statistics listed above to required to rectify their own errors. onage agents.
remain in the organization. Most Indeed, if she were to request aid,
agents never surpassed them , but found her request denied , and then
there were always elite agents gifted succeeded in her mission, she would
with better statistics. These agents most likely receive stern punishment
usually rose to command positions, (although death would be unlikely).
since promotion in HYDRA was
based on assassination. HYDRA
agents also carried weaponry.
Equipment: HYDRA agents were
usually equipped w ith adequate
gear for their missions, but with little
else that might be useful in unex-
pected situations. HYDRA agents
usually armed themselves with
blaster pistols, which deliver Re-
markable Force damage.

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r~ STATISTICS:

F +2CS RM(30)

A +3CS RM(30)
s +5CS AM(50)

E +6CS MN(75)

KNOWN POWERS: ser can also be used to produce well, making the armor very hot. Iron
Body Armor: When the armor is acti- holographic images in that 3 area Man is protected against this effect,
vated (which is usually the case, un- range as Good rank Illusions. Cur- but no character can lay hands on
less its electrical systems are down), rently, his armor has computer- the exterior of the armor without suf-
its Remarkable material strength is generated images of itself, but no ferng Incredible damage.
enhanced to Amazing. It offers Re- other castable illusions available. Tractor Beam: Iron Man's Unibeam
markable protection against acid, Heat beam: The armor can generate can function as a Remarkable
Amazing protection from physical, a narrow beam of heat, doing Incred- strength tractor beam, functioning
heat, or cold attacks, Monstrous pro- ible damage at a range of 3 areas. as Telekinesis with a 3 area range
tection from most energy attacks, The beam can be internalized as and only allowing Iron Man to draw
and Unearthly prottection against ra-
diation and electricity.
Rocket: Iron Man 's boot jets allow
him to fly at Excellent airspeed (10
areas per round) and still maneuver.
If Iron Man wishes to do so, he can
move at Monstrous airsped (30 ar-
eas per round), but can perform only
the simplest actions while doing so.
(He could use his armor's radio, for
example, but not fire his repulsors or
perform a charging attack.) The boot
jets operate in vacuum for only 100

minutes. If Iron Man uses his thrust-
ers as weapons, they do Incredible
damage and have a 2 area range.
Plasma Bolt Generators: Iron Man's
armor can generate "torpedoes" of
high-energy plasma. These have a
range of 15 areas and do 7 points of
damage per area they travel, picking
up static charge as they pass farther
from Iron Man. For example, they
would do only Good damage to a tar-
get in an adjacent area, but Un-
earthly damage to a target 1Oareas
away. However, the plasma travels
more slowly than Iron Man's beam
weapons. Characters wishing to
Dodge the plasma have a + 1CS for
every two areas distance the plasma
must travel (a character 7 areas
away would suffer Amazing damage
from the plasma bolt, but receives a
+3CS if he decides to try Dodging.)
Repulsors: The current Iron Man ar-
mor has repulsors which do Amazing
damage and have a 7 area range.
Unibeam: The chest beam on the ar-
mor can be used as a Remarkable in-
tensity floodlight with a range of 3
areas, or as an Amazing intensity la-
ser, also with a 3 area range. The la-

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items directly toward him. nar (same as Radar, but usable un- HISTORY
Magnetism: Iron Man 's armor can derwater, with a -1 CS modifier to the
generate magnetic control at Incred- Intuition roll , and with a range of 6 ar- Anthony Stark, son of industrialist
ible intensity. He is limited to simply eas), " Life" Detectors (measuring Howard Stark, demonstrated his me-
moving metallic objects around, as heat and pinpointing heat sources in chanical aptitude and inventive ge-
opposed to, say, making cages out of a 3 area range), and electrical power nius at a very early age, enrolling in
scrap metal, unless he begins such Detectors (showing Iron Man po-
subtle manipulation as a Power werlines in a building's walls, for ex- an electrical engineering program at
ample, with Amazing ability and at a the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
Stunt. range of 5 areas) built into his hel- nology at the age of 15. When he
Absorption: The armor can absorb met. He can also tune into all radio was 21 , he inherited his father's busi-
up to 300 points of energy, either for bands and frequencies with Mon- ness, Stark Industries, and, within a
recharging or to be returned to the strous ability, and transmit on private few years, turned it into a multimil-
attacker as feedback. With an In- wavelengths, CB, and Ham radio lion dollar industrial complex whose
credible intensity Reason FEAT, Iron channels. Iron Man's microcompu- chief contracts were for weaponry
Man can use this energy to increase ters have the ability to provide trans- and munitions for the U.S. govern-
his Strength, Flight, or Repulsors to lations for incoming messages in ment.
Unearthly intensity for a maximum of many of the Earth's more commonly
3 turns. Each turn he overloads his used languages. Stark was sent to Southeast Asia
system in this way, Iron Man must ECM: Iron Man's armor has Remark- to supervise a field test for one of his
obtain a Red result on the Amazing able invisibility to Radar and Sonar. weapons. While he was there, Stark
intensity column . Failing this, the ar- Electro-magnetic Pulse: Iron Man 's tripped a booby trap and a piece of
mor short-circuits and is drained of newest major armor module is an shrapnel was lodged in his chest.
power until repaired. This power op- EMP generator. This device shuts The gravely injured Stark was taken
erates at Unearthly rank, but absorb- down all electrical devices in a 50- captive by Communist leader Wong-
ing an incoming attack is considered yard radius, including most of Iron Chu and was informed that within a
a Yellow-level Power FEAT. Man's own systems (life support and week the shrapnel would penetrate
sensors remain on-line) for six min- his heart and kill him. Wong-Chu of-
Alternatively, Iron Man can at- utes. fered Stark a deal: if he built the
tempt to return the energies that are Anti-theft Device: Should anyone at- Communists a powerful weapon,
being used against him and overload tempt to analyze or duplicate any of Wong-Chu would allow Stark to un-
the attacker. This is a Yellow-level the circuitry in the armor, he must dergo an operation to save his life.
Power FEAT. make a Reason FEAT against Mon- Stark agreed, hoping to gain time
Self-sustenance: The Iron Man ar- strous intensity or trigger the secu- and access to tools.
mor provides its wearer with approxi- rity circuits. These circuits will
mately one hour's worth of stored immediately melt the interior of the Stark was given access to a small
and recycled air. armor to slag, and will trigger Incred- laboratory in Communist territory
ibly powerful explosive devices to with another captive, the renowned
Protected Senses: The armor con- destroy the armor two turns there- Oriental physicist Professor Ho Yin-
tains ear-protectors to baffle incom- after. sen. With Yinsen's help, Stark de-
ing noise of greater than 70 decibels. signed and built an electrically
Similarly, blinding lights automati- ADDITIONAL NOTES: powered suit of iron armor equipped
cally trigger polarized lenses in Iron with heavy offensive weaponry. The
Man's eye-slots, which offer Re- armor also contained a pacemaker-
markable protection against such like device which enabled Stark's
flares. However, a blinding attack heart to keep beating after the shrap-
nel entered it. Donning the suit,
can possibly affect Iron Man before Stark connected it to its power
his armor's computers can react. source, an electrical generator. Ly-
The armor must make a Remarkable ing on a table, the armored Stark
FEAT against the Agility of the oppo- was helpless until the suit was fully
nent to successfully protect Iron charged . His captor, Wong-Chu,
Man's eyes. Iron Man can manually sensed something was amiss and
trigger the lenses without computer came to investigate with armed men.
Professor Yinsen sacrificed himself
assistance, if he expects to be at- to give Stark the extra time he
tacked with a bright light, but doing needed to fully charge the armor. As
so penalizes him -1 CS for Intuition the Iron Man, Stark avenged Yin-
rolls requiring sight. sen's death and scattered Wong-
Sensors: Iron Man has 3 area Infra- Chu's troups. Stark escaped from
vision, 3 area Ultravision (into the ul- the jungle with the aid of American
traviolet spectrum), Radar (a helicopter pilot Lieutenant James
successful Intuition roll can give Iron
Man details about the rough shape
of his surroundings for 3 areas), So-

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Rhodes, and returned to America several-month binge during which tion, Obadiah Stane, alarmed at
clad in his new armor. he was cheated out of Stark Interna- Stark's steps toward recovery,
tional, lost all of his armor except one bombed Circuits Maximus, injuring
Required to wear the armor's suit (the rest were destroyed), lost Rhodes and killing Morley Erwin. De-
chest-plate to keep the shrapnel siring vengeance, Stark donned the
from his heart, Stark decided to put the leases on his various apart- untested new armor and sought out
the rest of the armor to regular use ments, and had his personal assets Stane. Stane himself put on a suit of
as well. Wishing to retain some de- frozen so that he could not touch his armor his engineers had built using
gree of anonymity, Stark established fortune. All of these were the results Stark's plans, and met Iron Man in
of the machinations of the mysteri- battle as the Iron Monger. Losing the
the fiction that Iron Man was his paid ous European entrepeneur Obadiah battle against Stark, Stane commit-
bodyguard wearing a suit of armor Stane, who took over Stark's com- ted suicide. Stark decided that al-
that he had invented. Only his most pany, renaming it Stane Interna- though one is never truly cured of
trusted aides learned that Stark and tional. During this time, Stark's alcoholism, he could also not deny
Iron Man were one and the same. At friend, James Rhodes, who had the responsibilities of being Iron Man
first.Stark used his Iron Man identity gone to work for Stark after leaving and resumed his career as Iron Man
only to combat spies and criminals the military, assumed custody of the by joining the West Coast division of
who threatened Stark Industries. Iron Man armor and operated as Iron the Avengers. Stark also managed to
Later, he expanded the scope of his Man in his stead . When Stark finally reclaim control of his fortune, al-
alter ego's activities to battle any regained his sobriety, he joined with though he decided not to reclaim
force or person who threatened the Rhodes and two of his friends, Mor- ownership of the company formerly
security of America or the world. ley Erwin (of Stark International) and known as Stark International.
Stark was instrumental in the organi- his sister Clytemnestra Erwin (of Rather, he founded Stark Enter-
zation and armament of the world in- Richmond Enterprises) to set up a prises based in Southern California's
telligence agency S.H.l.E.L.D. and new electronics firm in California Silicon Valley, specializing in space
played a crucial role as a founding named Circuits Maximus. In its brief technology.
member of the the Avengers. Stark existence, Circuits Maximus be-
donated his Manhattan mansion to came a prestigious and successful Stark learned that, before his
the Avengers for their exclusive use. firm. death, the industrial spy calling him-
self Spymaster had stolen the plans
Over the years Stark constantly re- While the armor was in his custody, for the many secret technological in-
fined and modified the design of his James Rhodes became increasingly novations Stark had devised and uti-
armor. From a bulky, transistorized enamored of being Iron Man and, lized in his Iron Man armor. He had
iron suit, Stark eventually evolved a upon Stark's return to sobriety, feared turned them over to Stark's most
relatively lightweight, integrated cir- powerful and antagonistic business
cuit, magnetically polarized suit with that Stark would ask for it back. This, rival, Justin Hammer, who, in turn,
more human-looking articulated coupled with the severe headaches had made them available to many
musculature. Stark's natural genius caused by the fact that the cybernetic criminals. These criminals then in-
at theoretical mechanics has en- helmet had never been properly ad- corporated these stolen innovations
abled him to keep his suit of armor at justed to Rhodes' brain patterns, be- in their own armored battlesuits.
the cutting edge of technology. Stark gan to manifest itself as increased Outraged that his inventions were
eventually underwent a heart trans- hostility toward Stark. As work ther- being used for criminal activity, Stark
plant so that he was no longer apy, Stark constructed a simple suit planted a computer virus in Ham-
obliged to wear his metallic chest of armor based on his original design, mer's computer systems that wiped
plate . with no intention of donning it until he out all traces of the plans for Stark's
felt in control of his alcoholism. When Iron Man technology. As Iron Man,
In recent years, Tony Stark's great- Rhodes began acting irrationally, Stark sought out and fought many
est nemesis has been alcoholism. however, Stark felt obliged to put on criminals and others (such as the
As a wealthy socialite, alcohol had this crude suit of armor to prevent U.S. government's Guardsmen) who
been a constant part of his life. When Rhodes from doing harm. Stark man- wore battlesuits utilizing his technol-
his company, which had changed its aged to subdue Rhodes and made ogy, and planted devices on their ar-
name from Stark Industries to Stark the necessary recalibrations on the mor that fused the Stark circuits,
International, was threatened with a cybernetics. For a brief time, Stark rendering the suits useless. With the
takeover at the same time he was ex- and Rhodes used their respective computer records of the plans for
periencing oppressive personal suits of armor as Iron Men, although this technology gone, presumably it
problems, Stark began to abuse al- Stark did so reluctantly. At the sug- could not be used in reconstructing
cohol. Although he managed to re- gestion of West Coast Avengers the suits. Iron Man accidentally killed
cover quickly from his first serious chairman Hawkeye, Stark designed the second Titanium Man (also
bout, the compulsion to drink re- and built his most sophisticated ar- known as the Gremlin) in the course
mained a constant temptation. The mor to date, presumably so the of these "Armor Wars." The U.S.
second time he succumbed to alco- Avengers could find someone to wear government branded Iron Man as an
holism, due to even more devastat- it and bolster the team's strength.
ing personal problems than the first
time, Tony Stark went out on a However, soon after its comple-

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outlaw as a result of these vigilante developed, such as the Raiders' en- the rest of his life, unable to walk. He
actions and Stark publicly claimed ergy shield and the EMP. Stark con- could, however, still function nor-
that he had fired Iron Man in dis- tinued to go into action as Iron Man, mally within his Iron Man armor after
pleasure over his illegal activity. but he publicly claimed that the pre- adapting the armor to move his legs
Shortly afterward, Iron Man was ap- vious Iron Man was dead and that for him. A microchip device was later
parently destroyed in combat with the armored suit was now being implanted in Stark's spine that en-
government forces. In fact, however, worn by another employee of his abled him to walk and move normally
Stark had survived . He created an whose identity was being kept se- once again. Stark has been experi-
even more sophisticated armored cret. encing back pains after months of re-
battlesuit to wear as Iron Man, using habilitation; current evidence
technology far in advance of that Recently, Stark was shot by suggests his body may be rejecting
which Spymaster had stolen from Kathleen Dare, a former lover of his the " biochip" implant.
with an unstable mind. The gunfire
him. He also used a few innovations severely injured Stark's spine, and it
in the new armor which his foes had appeared he would be crippled for

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JAMESON, J. JONAH

STATISTICS:

F TY(6)
A TY(6)

s PR(4)

E TY(6)

R TY(6)

I GD(10)
p GD(10)
Health: 22
Karma: 26
Resources: EX(20)
Popularity: 10

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: J. Jonah Jameson
Occupation: Former publisher of
The Daily Bugle, publisher and editor
in chief of Now Magazine, former
publisher of Woman Magazine
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no
criminal record
Identity: Jameson uses no dual
identity
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Married (twice)
Known Relatives: Joan (first wife,
deceased), Maria (second wife),
John (son)
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS:

Talents: J. Jonah Jameson has the

Journalism, Business/Finance, and

Detective/Espionage talents.

~ Contacts: Jameson has spent his

life gathering contacts in most walks

of life. He is considered to have high-

level contacts on all terrestrial politi-

cal levels, and either high or low con-

tacts in all professional arenas,

except for Crime. His scientific con-

tacts are more limited, but he may

(50%) have a low-level contact in a

particular branch of science. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: of the paper. His opinions toward

ADDITIONAL NOTES: Jameson is more than a bullying edi- deputized heroes such as Captain
tor and publisher, and more than a America and the Fantastic Four is

hero- hating crusader. He has taken more level-headed, although his atti-

a strong stand opposed to vigilante- tudes toward their actions are still re-

ism, and has chosen Spider-Man as markably dim. Other than this

a prime target due to the repeated obsession and his notoriety for

contact Jameson has had with the crankiness at the Bugle, Jameson is

web-spinner. Indeed, Jameson has a strong and honorable man.

stepped over the line on a number of

occassions in his efforts to "bring

Spider-Man to justice," injuring the

Bugle's reputation and eventually

causing his own retirement as editor

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HISTORY Jameson was on a mission orbiting lisher of the Bugle, however, and
J. Jonah Jameson began his jour- Earth, his space capsule developed took a very active role in its opera-
a faulty guidance module which tions.
nalistic career by becoming a part- caused the craft to spin out of con-
time reporter for New York City's trol. Spider-Man and J. Jonah Jame- More recently, Jameson was at-
Daily Bugle while he was still in high son first met when the former went to tacked and held captive by the Cha-
school. Jameson had a long career a NASA office to volunteer his help in meleon who impersonated Jameson
as a reporter, including time spent as rescuing John Jameson. Managing and took his place in the Bugle's
a war correspondent. Eventually Ja- to save the younger Jameson, the el- business dealings. Jameson almost
meson purchased the Bugle, which der Jameson then publicly accused escaped at one point, but the Cha-
was then floundering financially, with Spider-Man of sabotaging the cap- meleon was able to foil his getaway.
money obtained from his personal sule in order to save it as a publicity The Chameleon was eventually re-
assets and large inheritance. Jame- stunt, and denounced his illegal vealed, and Jameson resumed his
son served as the newspaper's pub- break-in at the military base. As a re- position, a stronger man for the or-
1isher and editor in chief and sult, Spider-Man became an outlaw. deal. His most recent publishing
revitalized the photograph- venture was a book by Morgana
dominated tabloid format which the At least once, Jameson has come Blessing, exposing many of the se-
to the realization that he detests crets of Doctor Strange, the Earth di-
Bugle still has today. In 1968, Jame- Spider-Man for being the self- mension's Sorcerer Supreme and
son's company, Jameson Publica- sacrificing hero Jameson hates him- Blessings' former lover. The book,
tions, purchased the Goodman self for not being. However, this
Building (now known as the Daily Bu- insight is apparently too painful for entitled Doctor Strange: The Man,
gle Building) on 39th Street and Sec- Jameson to bear, and he seems to ig- the Myth, the Magic, has been a run-
ond Avenue in Manhattan and nore it. Although Jameson appar- away best best-seller.
moved its entire editorial and pub- ently dislikes all "super heroes," he
lishing facilities there. Jameson 's presumably is more tolerant of those During his imprisonment and im-
first wife Joan died at some point un- who work with the government, such personation by the Chameleon , Ja-
der unrevealed circumstances. She as the Avengers. Since Jameson is a meson slowly lost majority interest in
and her husband had only one child, civil rights advocate and has never the Daily Bugle. By the time he es-
John, who became an astronaut for caped, Thomas Fireheart of Fire-
acted out of bigotry against superhu- heart Industries had near majority
NASA. man beings, he does not share the stock holdings. Soon after, Fireheart
For decades, Jameson has used widespread prejudice against super- bought the Bugle, and Jonah has left
human mutants. his position as publisher. He is cur-
his newspaper to crusade in support rently starting a photo-journalism
of civil rights for minority groups and Despite Jameson's stand against
against organized crime; his efforts vigilantism, he himself has commis- ~ews magazine with Joe Robertson,
sioned various secret attempts to In hopes that a publishing war will al-
against the latter almost resulted in bring Spider Man to "justice." For low him to retrieve control of the
his murder on orders from the King- example, Jameson had Dr. Farley Daily Bugle.
pin of Crime. However, Jameson's Stillwell transform a man into the
brush with death has not frightened Scorpion to fight Spider-Man, and
him away from publishing attacks on commissioned the creation of the
and exposes of organized crime. Ja- first " Spider-Slayer" robots from
Spencer Smythe to battle Spider-
meson has also become notorious Man. Jameson later hired Dr. Marla
for his editorial attacks against cos- Madison to build him a Spider-Slayer
tumed "super heroes" in general robot, and subsequently fell in love
and against Spider-Man in particular. with her and married her. Despite the
Spider-Man first came to public at- name of these robots, Jameson is no
tention as an entertainer who used murderer, and seeks only to capture
his powers to perform on television and unmask Spider-Man, not to kill
and stage. But when Spider-Man
captured a burglar, Jameson be- him.
The Hobgoblin tried to blackmail
came outraged that this masked en-
tertainer would use his dangerous Jameson by publicly revealing his re-
powers to take the law into his own sponsibility for creating the Scor-
hands. Jameson began speaking pion, who is now a criminal menace.
out against Spider-Man in his lec- The Hobgoblin's scheme failed, but
tures and newspaper editorials and Jameson publicly revealed his guilt
raised enough public doubt that anyway, and, in expiation, resigned
as Bugle editor in chief, naming his
Spider-Man was blacklisted virtually city editor, Joseph Robertson , to suc-
overnight by the entertainment in- ceed him. Jameson remained pub-
dustry. Soon afterwards, while John

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STATISTICS: JUBILEE

F GD(10) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
A RM(30) Gumption is the best word to de-
S PR(4) scribe Jubilee. She is enthusiastic,
E T'r'(6) quick on her feet, and capable of
R PR(4) fending for herself with good cheer.
I GD(10) Nevertheless, she is not foolish and
p T'r'(6) is unwilling to endanger herself in
combat when unnecessary.
Health: so
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Karma: 20

Resources: PR(4)
Popularity: O

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Adventurer
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no
criminal record, still a minor
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Beverly Hills, Califor-
nia
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Parents (de-
ceased)
Base of Operations: A deserted out-
back town in Australia
Past Group Affiliations: X- Men
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS:
Fireworks: Jubilee is a mutant who
has the Incredible ability to generate
what she calls "fireworks;" multi-
colored globules of energy-
plasmoids varying in degrees of
power and intensity. These fireworks ADDITIONAL NOTES:
have a range of 2 areas and are un-
,.-...,,_ der Jubilee's direct mental control.
They travel where she directs them
and obey her commands, arranging
themselves in balls, streamers, and
other shapes, and exploding when
she wishes. These combinations
may result in anything from a multi-
tude of colorful sparklies, capable of
a Typical intensity blinding attack, to
a Remarkable detonation. She can
also absorb these fireworks back
into her own body without harm to
herself.
Talents: Jubilee has the Acrobatics
and Tumbling talents.
Contacts: Jubilee makes friends
easily, but has not had the opportu-
nity to do so of late. She is on good
,,.-...., terms with Wolverine.

HISTORY to her only liiving relatives, who re- emerged in front of Gateway mo-
Jubilee is a 15-year-old mutant sided in Communist China. ments after the X-Men had left the
So Jubilee ran away to the Holly- scene. Surprisingly, Gateway ver-
and the daughter of wealthy immi- bally welcomed Jubilee, though he
grant Chinese parents. She was wood Mall, the place she had come has never spoken to any of the other
born and raised in Southern Califor- to know so well throughout her upper X-Men. He led her to a tunnel and
nia and attended the very exclusive class life. There she lived a "pack- then pushed Jubilee down into it.
Beverly Hills Preparatory High rat" existence for almost a year, She landed in the vast underground
School where she became an ex- earning a living by creating firework cavern that stored the bounty of the
Reavers, the previous inhabitants of
tremely talented gymnast. Unfortu- displays for the mall customers with the town. Jubilee purloined much of
nately, one weekend Jubilee's her newly-emerged mutant powers. this wealth and created a living
parents not only lost all their money
in a stock market crash, but they lost Then one day, mall security, after space for herself within the cavern.
their lives in an automobile crash on failing to capture her yet again, con- She became a scrounger and took
Mulholland Drive. Orphaned and food and clothing from the X-Men
poverty-stricken, with no place to tacted the novice mutant hunters while they were busy. While living on
live, Jubilee was sent to the County known as the M Squad. Luckily, the her own she dealt with several expe-
Juvenile Hall. There she learned female members of the X-Men hap- riences in which she had to use her
how to defend herself and became pened to be shopping at the Holly- powers as a destructive force for the
very rebellious. The institution's wood Mall that day and foiled the M first time rather than for mere show.
chief disciplinarian had her transfer- Squad's attempt to capture her. Fas-
red to an orphanage. While en route cinated by these women, Jubilee fol- After several weeks, Jubilee was
to the orphanage, Jubilee realized lowed them until they disappeared finally discovered by the Wolverine.
that her future did not appear prom- After accompanying him on a mis-
ising. She feared she might be sent through a teleportation portal cre- sion, the reluctant Wolverine invited
ated by the mutant aborigine Gate- her to remain with him as an X-Man-
way. However, the portal remained in-training.
open for an unusual length of time af-
ter the X-Men disappeared and Jubi-
lee decided to follow them. She

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KILLRAVEN

F IN(40}
A RM(30)
S EX(20}
E EX(20)
R EX(20)
I GD(10}
P EX(20)
Health: 110
Karma: 50
Resources: PR(4}
Popularity: 20

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Jonathan Raven
Occupation: Former gladiator, then
Freedom Fighter

Identity: Publicly known on his alter-
nate Earth, not generally known on
mainstream Marvel Earth
Legal Status: U.S. citizen , Martian
slave, wanted criminal
Place of Birth: New York City
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Maureen Raven
(mother, deceased} Joshua Raven
(brother, deceased)
Base of Operations: Mobile in the

21st century
Past Group Affiliations: Killraven's
Freemen
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS:
Selective Mind Control: Killraven is
able to project his consciousness
into the minds of Martians and con-
trol them. This power operates at the
Monstrous rank.
Talents: Killraven has the Sword,
Wrestling, Martial Arts and Thrown
Weapons talents. He also is a master
strategist, special izing in guerilla
warfare.

Contacts: None

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: called Martians in the year 1901 . The
Killraven can be a bit hot-tempered Martians threatened to conquer the
at times and is apt to act rashly when world but were finally defeated by
fighting Martians. their lack of immunity to the germs in
the atmosphere. Exactly 100 years
HISTORY later, the Martians attacked again,
Killraven lives on an alternate this time, finally conquering the
world on June 29, dubbed the " One
Earth which was first invaded by in- Day War." The Martians somehow
tell igent octupus-like creatures found a way to overload every nu-
clear pile on Earth, forcing mankind

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to fight the invaders with only con- at every opportunity. During one of Health: 70
ventional weaponry. Mankind lasted these battles, in 2018, a renegade Karma: 26
5 years before the Martians gained Keeper, Carmilla Frost, joined the Resources: FB(2)
complete control. It was into this Freemen. The Martians came to Popularity: 5
world Jonathan Raven, later to be think of Killraven and his group as
known as Killraven , was born during the greatest threat the their rule of BACKGROUND:
the year 2000. In 2006, the Martians the Earth. Real Name: M'Shulla Scott
attacked New York City, forcing Mau- Occupation: Former Gladiator, cur-
reen Raven and her two sons, Jona- At Cape Canaveral, Florida, rent Freedom Fighter
than and Joshua, to flee to Welfare Killraven was reunited with his Identity: Publicly known on his alter-
Island. However, she was killed by a brother Joshua, only to find that he nate earth
group of men serving the Martians had become a willing servant of the Legal Status: U.S. citizen, wanted
and Jonathan was taken by Dr. conquerers. Deathraven, as Joshua as an outlaw by the Martians
Raker, the leader of the "recruitment was called, was killed in the ensuing Place of Birth: Unrevealed
force," while Joshua was claimed by battle when Killraven was able to Marital Status: Single
the Exterminator, Saunders. take over and control the mind of a Known Relatives: Dorian Scott (fa-
Martian for the first time. As a result ther) Hortense Scott (mother)
For the next two years, Jonathan of that, the information that Whitman Base of Operations: Mobile in the
fought in the gladitorial arenas and had planted came into Killraven's 21st century
became known by the title conscious mind. The rest of Past Group Affilations: Killraven's
"Killraven." Despite punishments, Killraven's life is still unrecorded. He Freemen
he rebelled against his keepers at intended to overthrow the Martian's Present Group Affiliation:
every opportunity and, in 2008, at- rule of Earth and take the battle back
tempted to escape unsuccessfully. to Mars if necessary. Whether that KNOWN POWERS:
He was reprimanded and given to came to pass or not has yet to be re- Talents: M'Shulla has a talent with
Keeper Whitman for rehabilitation. vealed. missile weapons.
While with Keeper Whitman, Contacts: None
Killraven was subjected to a series of M'SHULLA
experiments which gave him the SCOTT ADDITIONAL NOTES:
power to project his consciousness
into the minds of Martians and to STATISTICS: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
control them (this talent didn't ex- M'Shulla is highly skilled with his
hibit itself immediately). Whitman F EX(20) crossbow and will use it if given a
also implanted the knowledge of hu- A EX(20) chance over other forms of attack.
manity into Killraven's unconscious S GD(10)
using a process called psycho- E EX(20) HISTORY
electronics. The Keeper feared that R TY(6) In 2005, M'Shulla Scott was cap-
all the art, history, and science of hu- I GD(10)
manity would be lost forever; there- P GD(10) tured and sent to the gladitorial train-
fore, Jonathan became the ing pens, where he met Killraven.
repository for much of the knowl- After escaping , he joined the
edge of human history, a knowledge Freemen in 2015.
that would be accessable once his
mind was psychically strong enough
to control a Martian mind.

Killraven was put back into the gla-
ditorial arena where he met M'Shulla
Scott and Bald Eagle. In 2014, he es-
caped from the gladiators and took
Bald Eagle, now nicknamed Old
Skull, with him. In 2017, Killraven
travelled to Staten Island and met up
with a group of Freeman, humans
who lived outside of the influence of
the Martians. Killraven quickly be-
came regarded as the leader of the
Freemen, which included M'Shulla,
who had escaped the pits also, and
Old Skull. Killraven and his Freemen
travelled across the United States,
battling Martians and their minions

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KNOWN POWERS:
Talents: Old Skull has the Talent of
Wrestling.
Contacts: None

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Old Skull is mentally retarded. He
seems to have an affinity for ani-
mals.

BALD EAGLE HISTORY CARMILLA

(OLD SKULL] Old Skull was enslaved by the FROST
Martians in 2001 and was put to work
STATISTICS: as a laborer. Eventually, he ended up STATISTICS:
in the gladitorial pits, where he won a
F EX(20) championship in 2010. He met F GD(10)
A EX(20) Killraven in the arena and together A EX(20)
S EX(20) they escaped. He joined the
E EX(20) Freemen in 2015. s TY(6)
R PR(4)
I TY(6) E GD(10)
P TY(6) R GD(10)
Health: 80 I GD(10)
Karma: 16 p GD(10)
Resources: FB(2) Health: 46
Popularity: 5 Karma: 30
Resources: FB(2)
Popularity: 5

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unrevealed Real Name: Carmilla Frost
Occupation: Former Gladiator, cur- Occupation: Former Keeper and
rent Freedom Fighter
Identity: Publicly known on his alter- molecular biologist, current Free-
nate earth dom Fighter
Legal Status: U.S. citizen, wanted Identity: Publicly known on her al·
as an outlaw by the Martians ternate Earth
Place of Birth: Unrevealed Legal Status: U.S. citizen wanted as
Marital Status: Unrevealed an outlaw by the Martians
Known Relatives: Unnamed father, Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single
deceased Known Relatives: Andre Frost (fa-
Base of Operations: Mobile in the ther, deceased)
21st century Base of Operations: Mobile in the
21st century
Past Group Affiliations: Killraven's Past Group Affiliations: Killraven's
Freemen Freemen
Present Group Affiliation: Present Group Affiliation:

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KNOWN POWERS:
Talents: Carmilla has a scientific
skill in molecular biology and related
fields.
Contacts: None
ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Carmilla is very demonstrative of her
feelings and opinions and reacts
quickly when she doesn't approve of
a situation.

HISTORY
Carmilla Frost became a molecu-

lar biologist for the Martians under
the tutelage of her father. After her
father was killed, she agreed to try to
clone him, which produced the crea-
ture Grok. In 2018, she helped
Killraven and his Freemen escape
the Yankee Stadium Genetic and
Clonal Complex and joined the
Freemen. In 2020, she announced
that she was pregnant with M'Shulla
Scott's child. The outcome of that
pregnancy is unrecorded.

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Base of Operations: Boston, Mas-
sachusetts
Past Group Affiliations: Quincy
Harker's vampire hunters, current
partner in King, Drake, and Blade
detective agency
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS:
Talents: Detective Talent
Contacts: As a detective in Boston,
he has established a group of infor-
mation gatherers in the Massachu-
setts area. Also, he has helped Dr.
Strange in the past and could call on
him for help if necessary.

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Hannibal King has witnessed many
bizarre, unexplanable occurrences
and has been a vampire, so he
doesn't surprise or frighten easily.

HANNIBAL HISTORY Health: 32
Hannibal King was an ordinary hu- Karma: 18
KING Resources: GD(10)
man until he was bitten by the white- Popularity: 5
STATISTICS: haired vampire, Deacon Frost while
conducting a routine investigation. BACKGROUND:
F GD(10) When he arose three days later, King Real Name: Frank Drake
A GD(10) was a vampire. He resumed his de- Occupation: Former vampire
tective work and vowed never to con- hunter, current private investigator
s TY(6) sumate the vampiric curse, never to Identity: Publicly known
kill, and never to turn a human into a Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no
E GD(10) vampire. criminal record
R TY(6) Place of Birth: Unrevealed
I GD(10) He eventually teamed with Blade Marital Status: Single
p GD(10) who was also searching for Deacon Known Relatives: Vlad Dracula,
Health: 36 Frost in connection with the death of Maria Dracula, Vlad Tepelus (ances-
Karma: 26 his mother. The team of Blade and tors, deceased) Lilith (Vlad Dracula's
Resources: GD(10) Hannibal King finally found the daughter, deceased)
Popularity: 5 white-haired vampire and killed him. Base of Operations: Boston, Mas-
Later, King helped Dr. Strange in sachusetts
BACKGROUND: casting the spell that destroyed all Past Group Affiliations: Quincy
Real Name: Hannibal King vampires. King survived the spell be- Harker's vampire hunters, current
Occupation: Former vampire, cur- cause of the vow that he had never partner in the King, Drake, and
rent Private Investigator broken coupled with Dr. Strange ad- Blade detective agency
Identity: Publicly known ministering a complete transfusion
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no immediately after the spell was cast. KNOWN POWERS:
criminal record Talents: Detective skills.
Place of Birth: Unrevealed FRANK DRAKE Contacts: The Pl firm has set up a
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None STATISTICS: 137

F TY(6)
A GD(10)
S TY(6)
E GD(10)

R TY(6)
I TY(6)
P TY(6)

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group of informants in the Massa- KNOWN POWERS:
chusetts area that Drake can use.
Also, he has aided Dr. Strange in the Immunity to Vampire bite: Resistance
past and could possibly call on the to Vampirism Incredible Rank. As a
sorcerer for aid.
result of his mother being bitten by a
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: vampire as he was born, Blade is im-
At the beginning of his involvement mune to a vampire's bite, but it is un-
with Dracula, Frank Drake was certain whether he is immune to
somewhat of a coward and even at- other attacks of a vampire, such as
tempted to kill himself in despair hypnotism .
over the death of a friend. Since
then, he has gained confidence in Contacts: Through the Pl agency,
himself and his ability to deal with sit- Blade has a group of established in-
uations as they arise. formants in the Massachusetts area.

He has also aided the sorcerer, Dr.
Strange, and could call on him if the
need arose.

HISTORY BLADE ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Frank Drake is a descendant of Blade is a tough and determined
STATISTICS: man. He has spent his life fighting
Vlad Dracula and his second wife, and killing vampires.
Maria. Sometime in the past, the F GD(10)
name Dracula was changed to A GD(10) HISTORY
Drake. When Blade's mother was giving
s TY(6)
Drake lived the life of a playboy un- birth to him, she was bitten by the
til he lost his fortune. All he had left E GD(10) vampire Deacon Frost and died. As a
was a castle he inherited in Tran- R TY(6) youngster, Blade determined that he
sylvania. Travelling there with his I EX(20) would avenge his mother's death
girlfriend Jean and his traitorous p EX(20) and became a vampire hunter. He
friend Clifton Graves, Frank found Health: 36 even organized a small band of
that Dracula was accidentally re- Karma: 46 friends to help him.
vived and had turned Jean into a Resources: GD(10)
vampire. Drake had to kill his Popularity: 5 Blade continued his battle against
girlfriend by driving a stake through the vampires after his group dis-
her heart. In despair after killing her, BACKGROUND: banded, and, in recent years, fought
he tried to kill himself but was saved Real Name: Unrevealed alongside Quincy Harker's group of
by Taj Nital, aid to Rachel Van Hels- Occupation: Former Vampire vampire hunters. Together with Han-
ing. Rachel persuaded Drake to help Hunter, Current Private Investigator nibal King, the vampiric detective,
her in searching for Dracula and Identity: Publicly known Blade finally tracked down his moth-
other vampires. In this way, Frank Legal Status: No known criminal re- er's killer and exacted his venge-
Drake decided to avenge Jean 's cord ance. Later, Blade helped Frank
death. Place of Birth: Unrevealed Drake , Hannibal King and Dr.
Marital Status: Single Strange destroy all the vampires on
Van Helsing introduced Drake to Known Relatives: Unnamed mother the planet. Then, he helped found
Quincy Harker and Drake thereafter (deceased) the King, Drake and Blade private in-
worked with Harker's group to kill Base of Operations: Boston, Mas- vestigation firm in Boston, Massa-
Dracula. In the meantime, he had sachusetts chusetts.
fallen in love with Rachel, but their Past Group Affiliations: Ally of
relationship was a troubled one. Quincy Harker, partner in King, GROUP HISTORY
Drake and Van Helsing eventually Drake, and Blade The partnership of the King, Drake
separated. Drake helped Blade, Present Group Affiliation:
Hannibal King, and Dr. Strange cast and King Detective agency began
the spell that killed all the vampires while the three men helped the sor-
on the planet. He now works as a Pl cerer, Dr. Strange, defeat and de-
for the King, Drake and Blade stroy all vampires on the Earth by
agency. utilizi ng the book called the
Darkhold. Drake, Blade and King,
138 who is now cured of vampirism, es-
tablished the private investigation
firm in Boston.

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KOFI HISTORY Bandersnatches while protecting a
young Kofi from harm. Realizing why
STATISTICS: Kofi is the son of Lord Yrik White- his father had been hard on him all
mane, the ruler of the Kymellians. his life, they reconciled and returned
F T'f(6) The young Kymellian first encoun- to the Kymellian Homeworld. On the
A T'f(6) tered his human cousins while trying way back home, they encountered
S TY(6) to warn them that the Snark villain, the Fantastic Four who were in
E TY(6) Jakal, was coming to capture them space looking for their lost son ,
R GD(10} to help his mother Maraud somehow Franklin. Yrik and Kofi informed
I TY(6) start a Snark War, thereby becoming them that he was on Earth and
P GD(10) the Emperess of her race. In the helped them by programming their
Health: 24 process, the Smartship Datta was ship for returning to Earth.
Karma: 26 destroyed by the Snark ship's weap-
Resources: TY(6) ons. Kofi helped them defeat Jakal Recently, the Kymellian Home-
Popularity: 0 (20 among Kymel· and, after helping Power Pack fight world was destroyed by a veangful
lians) the Dark Elf Kurse, decided to return Maraud, but the Kymellian people
home to face the consequences of found a new home with the help of
BACKGROUND: stealing and destroying his father's the cosmic entity, Numinus. Kofi cur-
Real Name: Lord Kofi Whitemane Smartship. The Smartship Friday rently resides there, helping the Ky-
Occupation: Student carried him home. mellians rebuild their civilization.
Identity: Publicly known on Kymel-
lian homeworld, existence unknown Some time later, Kofi was captured 139
to the general public of Earth along with Power Pack by Maraud
Legal Status: Citizen of the Kymel- and learned more of her plan to
lian homeworld throw Snark-World into war. He was
Place of Birth: Kymellian Home- freed from imprisonment when the
world Power children attempted to escape
Marital Status: Single and was ordered by his still-confined
Known Relatives: Lord Yrik White- father to run and warn Byrel of the
mane (father), Kareen Whitemane impending war. Kofi teleported to
(mother, deceased), Aelfyre White- safety, thinking that he had deserted
mane (cousin, deceased) his father and friends. Franklin Ri-
Base of Operations: Kymellian chards, who was with the Smartship
Homeworld Friday trying to rescue Power Pack,
Past Group Affiliations: Ally of encouraged Kofi to teleport into
Power Pack space so Friday could pick him up.
Present Group Affiliation: Kofi accomplished the teleport which
was further than he had ever gone
KNOWN POWERS: before. Kofi and Franklin returned to
Teleport Self: Good range (250 miles) Snark-World and aided Power Pack
His teleportation is always accompa- in avoiding the war and rescuing the
nied by the noise "Poip." Emperor from the clutches of Ma-
Talents: None raud and her son, Jakal.
Contacts: Power Pack, Leadership
of Kymallian Homeworld The Powers were returned to
Earth by an entourage of Snarks
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: loyal to the Emporer and Yrik. Kofi
Kofi is about the same age as the
Power Pack kids and considers them had hidden aboard the ship and was
his cousins since his cousin, Aelfyre, planning to stay on Earth as a mem-
bestowed his powers upon Alex, Ju- ber of Power Pack. Upon landing,
lie, Jack and Katie Power. He has the group was attacked by Cloak and
had many disagreements with his fa- Dagger who had been searching for
ther in the past as they have conflict-
ing personalities. In the past, Kofi Power Pack and assumed the aliens
has commandeered a spaceship were hostile. Cloak captured Yrik
and run away to Earth. within his cape of darkness and Kofi,
abandoning his place of conceal-

ment, followed his father into the
void to rescue him. There, he saw his
father's greatest nightmare being
played out before him-the death of
his wife, Kareen, who was killed by

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SMARTSHIP Talents: Smartships are pro- even named itself Friday, after a
grammed with Astro-Navigational character in the story Robinson Cru-
FRIDAV and Piloting Skills soe by Daniel Defoe.

STATISTICS: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Whitey died in his struggle to save
Smartships are given an artificial Earth from the villanous Snarks, but
F FE(2) personality and can become at- was able to confer his powers to the
A AM(50) tached to their operators. They are Power children, who became the
S ShX(150) capable of independent action and group Power Pack. Friday came to
E ShX(150) creative thought. Recently, the
R GD(10) Smartship Friday proved to the Ky- love the children of Power Pack and
I PR(4) mellian population that smartships during the infamous Snark Wars, al-
P FE(2) are not just machines with artificial most perished in order to save them.
Health: 352 intelligence but truly alive, possess-
Karma: 16 ing the spark of life. Friday is dedi- Following an ancient Kymellian
Resources: GD(10) cated to Power Pack and their
Popularity: 0 (15 among Kymel- friends, loyal unto the death. tradition, Lord Yrik was about to
lians) commit Friday's waning life essence
HISTORY back to the universe when the mem-
KNOWN POWERS: Smartships were created by the bers of Power Pack threw them-
Body Armor: Amazing Material hull selves on the vessel that and pooled
Flight: CL5000 speed (100 times Great Sorceress in the time before their healing power together. Hear-
lightspeed) the Kymellians destroyed their origi- ing the pleas of the children and feel-
Running: In land-vehicle mode, nal homeworld. It is said that she dis- ing their healing touch, the
Smartships travel at typical speed. covered how to draw forth the Smartship lived again, better than
Regeneration: Good ability to repair life-force of the universe and that ever. While Friday lay ill, the Kymel-
itself provided the Artifact Creation force was infused into the Smart- lians improved her weapons and de-
power is still functional; otherwise, ships, giving them life beyond the fensive systems, so she's more
Feeble self repair metal of their machines. powerful than before. Friday also
Self-Sustenance: Smartships sup- proved that Smartships have inde-
port up to 10 beings for indefinite The Smartship Friday first en- pendent action, even going against
periods countered Earth when her pilot, their programming.
Artifact Creation: Smartships have Aelfyre "Whitey" Whitemane, car-
limited manufacturing facilities on ried out his first official assignment- Currently, Friday is near Earth, for
board (his Resource rank) to study the Earth's humans. The she promised the Powers that they'll
Deflector Shields: Provide a Mon- Smartship tapped into Earth com- never be apart for very long.
strous rank Force Shield vs. Energy puters and monitored their commun-
Attack. ication transmissions to carry out the
Advanced Weapon Systems: 4 Laser assignment. Both Whitey and the
Beams. Monstrous rank energy at- Smartship developed a deep affec-
tack tion for humanity, and the Smartship

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LEFT-WINGER & RIGHT-WINGER
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LEFT-WINGER

STATISTICS:

F RM(30) Health: 130 Marital Status: Single
A EX(20) Karma: 18 Known Relatives: Jack Johnson (fa-
S IN(40) Resources: TY(6) ther), unnamed mother
E IN(40) Popularity: O Base of Operations: Las Vegas, Ne-
R TY(6) vada
I TY(6) BACKGROUND: Past Group Affiliations: Former
P TY(6) Real Name: Jerome (Jerry) Johnson member of the "Buckies," current
Health: 130 Occupation: Wrestler, former em- partner of Left-Winger
Karma: 18 ployee of the Super-Patriot Present Group Affiliation:
Resources: TY(6) Identity: Secret
Popularity: 0 Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no KNOWN POWERS:
known criminal record None other than the strength and
BACKGROUND: Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Penn- stamina gained through the Power
Real Name: Hector Lennox sylvania Broker's treatment.
Occupation: Wrestler, former em-
ployee of the Super-Patriot 141
Identity: Known by the U.S. authori-
ties
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no
known criminal record
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Unnamed mother
Base of Operations: Las Vegas, Ne-
vada
Past Group Affiliations: Former
member of the "Buckies," current
partner of Right-Winger
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS:
None other than the strength and
stamina gained through the Power
Broker's treatment.
Talents: Left-Winger has a talent in
Wrestling . Also, Left-Winger carries
a torch that bursts into flame of Good
intensity when a button is pushed.

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Lennox is bitter and wants to punish
John Walker for selling out his ideals
and signing up as the new Captain
America. He also has a quick temper
and acts rashly in battle situations.

RIGHT-WINGER

STATISTICS:

F RM(30)
A EX(20)
S IN(40)
E IN(40)
R TY(6)
I TY(6)
P TY(6)

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Talents: Right-Winger has the Talent temper, he acts rashly in battles. ited Class Wrestling Federation.
of Wrestling. He also carries a torch While wrestling in that league,
that ignites a flame of Good intensity GROUP HISTORY
when a button on it is pushed. Hector Lennox and Jerome John- they were approached by John
Contacts: Ethan Thurm, the man- Walker, the Super Patriot, to join his
ager of Gleason's Gym in Las Vegas, son went through 4 years in the group, the " Buckies" (Bold Urban
Nevada, where the two Wingers United States Army and came out Commandos). As members of the
work out. both disappointed and disillusioned Buckies, they wore costumes mod-
because they saw no action during eled on Captain America's uniform
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: the peacetime service. Lennox and and originally pretended to support
Johnson is a bitter man and wants to Johnson signed up for the Power him. The group staged a fake attack
punish John Walker for selling out Broker's strength-augmentation on the Super Patriot as a publicity
his ideals and signing up as the new process and soon joined the Unlim- stunt at a Central Park rally. The
Captain America. With his quick Buckies also threatened and intimi-
dated innocent foreigners as a part
142 of an anti-terrorist campaign.

When John Walker, the Super Pa-
triot, was chosen to replace Steve
Rogers as the new Captain America,
he asked if he could still work with
the Buckies but only one member of
the group was approved by the gov-
ernment (Lemar Hoskins, who later
became the hero called Battlestar).
Angered by being left out and feeling
betrayed by Walker and Hoskins,
Lennox and Johnson assumed the
costumed identities of Left-Winger
and Right-Winger and barged in on a
press conference for the new Cap-
tain America to upstage and embar-
rass their former friends. They
announced John Walker's secret
identity on national television before
they were stopped. Upon learning
this fact, a group of self-appointed
moralists, the Watchdogs, abducted
John Walker's parents in an effort to
lure him into a trap. Walker went and
in the ensuing melee, his parents
were caught in a crossfire and died.

Walker sought revenge for his par-
ents' death, and he blamed Left-
Winger and Right-Winger for
revealing his identity to the public.
After a brutal beating, Walker left the
two tied up, hanging upside down
next to an oil tank. All they had to do
was burn through the ropes with one
of their torches before the other
torch ignited the tank. They didn 't
escape in time and were caught in
the explosion. Any normal human
would have died in the blast, but due
to the Power Broker's strength aug-
mentation process, the two survived.
They are currently in comas in a Dal-
las hospital.

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..-.. STATISTICS:

Normal Lobo
F GD(10) RM(30)
A EX(20) AM(50)
S GD(10) IN(40)
E GD(10) IN(40)
TY(6)
R TY(6) AM(50)
I EX(20) GD(10)

P TY(6)
Health: 501160
Karma: 32166
Resources: EX(20)
Popularity: -10

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Carlos Lobo
Occupation: Professional Criminal
Identity: Publicly Known
Legal Status: Citizen of Mexico with

no known criminal record
Place of Birth: A village in Mexico
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Eduardo Lobo
(deceased)
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliations: Los Her-
manos de la Luna
Present Group Affilation:

KNOWN POWERS:
Alter Ego: Carlos Lobo transforms
into his humanoid wolf form during
the full moon. His transformation
isn't true lycanthropy-his powers
derive from a form of mutation. How-
ever, as well as changing with the full
moon, he shares the vulnerability to
silver similar to supernatural were-
wolves.
Claws and Teeth: Remarkable dam-
age.

Hypersensitive senses: Monstrous
sight, hearing and smell.
Talents: Carlos is skilled in Crime.
Contacts: Carlos has many under-
ground contacts gained during the
gang war with the Kingpin.

ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Carlos is a very angry, resourceful
criminal who wants vengeance on HISTORY
everyone involved in the Gang War Carlos and his brother Eduardo
that cost his brother, Eduardo, his
life. In his lupine form, Carlos retains grew up in a small rural village in
his intelligence, but is dominated by Mexico. As children, they stole out of
his bloodlust. necessity to feed themselves and
their family. Even as youngsters, the
brothers could move faster than their
friends and even saw better in the
dark than their peers. While climbing

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a fence to steal a calf from the herd Texas. There, they intervened in a Lobos. Spider-Man intervened and
on the other side, Eduardo saw Bo- fight between various rival Hispanic stopped the assassination . Seeing
nita, the rancher's daughter. The boy gangs and brought about peace . this as an act of aggression on the
climbing the fence startled the ani- The united gangs gave themselves Kingpin's part, the brothers initiated
mals and caused the girl to be the name Los Hermanos de la Luna. a gang war against his organization
thrown from her mount. Educardo Soon, the former leaders of all the in New York City. Once in the city,
caught Bonita before she was hurt criminal gangs disappeared and the Eduardo fell in love with the Daily Bu-
and soon fell in love with her. Lobo brothers ruled the organiza- gle secretary, Glory Grant. The Lobo
brothers clashed with Spider-Man
Unfortunately, Bonita's brothers tion. The Lobos built the organiza- while waging the war against the
didn't approve of their sister becom- tion into a powerful force, based out Kingpin. In the culminating battle,
ing involved with a lower class boy. of a mansion outside Dallas. Among Eduardo was shot by a silver bullet
One night, they caught the two of other illegal activities, they ran a so- from the Arranger's gun and was
phisticated drug smuggling opera- killed by Glory while wrestling with
them together and beat the young tion. Spider-Man. Ironically, she was aim-
Eduardo with whips. As the full moon ing for Spider-Man when she pulled
arose in the night sky, Eduardo un- The Lobos decided to move into the trigger.
derwent the transformation into his New York City, which recently has
wolf form for the first time. In his been the territory of the Kingpin. The The current whereabouts of
bloodlust, he killed everyone in the crimelord's right-hand man, the Ar- Carlos Lobo are unknown, but it is
area including Bonita. When the sun ranger, unbeknownst to his em- assumed that he is plotting revenge
rose and he was once again human, ployer, decided to stop the brothers against Spider-Man and the Kingpin.
he was horrified at the scene in front
of him. As a result, he and Carlos left from coming east and hired the cos-
Mexico and settled in southern tumed villain, the Persuader to com-
pel the Punisher to murder the

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M A G GI A

GROUP HISTORY

The Maggia is the world's most

powerful criminal organization, with

a hand in most drug traffic, illegal

gambling, extortion rackets and

other illegal activities in the United

States. As well as running the major

criminal organizations in the U.S.,

the Maggia has diversified into many

legitimate businesses.

The Maggia originated in southern

Europe in the 13th century partly in

response to a series of oppressive

governments. Its influence grew in

non-communist Europe and then in

the Americas. The Maggia first came

to the public attention in the d1u8r9in0s.~=( _
and its bootlegging of liquor

Prohibition is legendary. THE NEFARIA

The Maggia is not a single unified THE HAMMER- FAMILY
organization, but a coalition of
loosely connected groups called HEAD FAMILY This is the most eccentric family in
the Maggia. The deceased Italian
"families." Each family has their own Th is family first gained promi- nobleman, Count Luchino Nefaria, a
organization and inner structure. nence when the leader, referred to as .scientific genius, was the world's
Currently, there are three pre- the "Top Man," outfitted his family hit most powerful Maggia leader until
eminent families in the Maggia, all men with costumes and advanced his first defeat at the hands of the
situated on the east coast of the weaponry. He then purchased the Avengers. He moved his operation to
United States. Baxter Building, figuring that he the New York City area. As his first
would own all of the advanced weap- major criminal act, he imprisoned
Maggia membership estimates onry and discoveries of Reed Ri- Washington, D.C . inside an impen-
are a shaky guess at best. World- chards and could use them to further etrable force dome and held the city
wide, the family members number in his criminal career. The Fantastic for ransom. After being defeated
the tens of thousands, and about Four defeated and captured him again, his daughter, Guiletta, known
3500 or so operate in the United however, and his hit was ordered by also as Whitney Frost, took over the
States, mostly on the East Coast. his own family for failing and em- top position in the family and unsuc-
barassing the family name. The fam- cessfully attempted to steal the tech-
High level Maggia members are ily searched for a new leader that nological weaponry of Tony Stark.
referred to as "wise guys." They are would follow along the traditional The next leader called himself the
usually male, with one major excep- style of the Maggia and found the Masked Marauder. He tried to gain
tion, and are well-dressed, since newcomer, Hammerhead. An amne- control of New York City by threaten-
they could be considered executives sia victim, his last memory of a gang- ing to explode a nuclear bomb within
in a multi-national corporation. Fami- ster poster for the Al Capone Mob the city limits. He was defeated and
lies are always segregated along shaped his vicious personality, Ham- the reins of command passed to
ethnic lines. merhead uses methods from the Whitney again, now known as Ma-
dame Masque. She is currently in
The three major families in the charge of the technologically-based
United States are as follows. Nefaria family.

20's and 30's, including gang wars, The Nefaria family stole plans for a
powerful robot developed by HY-
to run his family, although he's not DRA to combat agents of
S.H.l.E.L.D. and has constructed ·
against using advanced technology about a dozen more Dreadnought ro-
bots, using modified designs
for personal gain, such as the exo-

skeleton that he uses to enhance his

strength. The Hammerhead family is

easily the most traditional Maggia

family in the United States.

Recently, Hammerhead has be-

come the ally of the Chameleon in

his bid to become the crimelord of

New York City.

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TYPICAL
MAGGIATHUG

F GD{10}
A TY(6)

s TY(6)

E TY(6)
R TY{6}
I PR(4)
p PR(4)
Health: 28
Karma: 14
Resources: GD(10)
Popularity: O

KNOWN POWERS:
Talents: Martial Arts B and E

THE SILVER- ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
The typical Maggia thug, though he
MANE FAMILV may dress better than the ordinary
thug, is usually no better or worse.
The leader of the Silvermane family He has a cheap pistol or revolver, ex-
branch of the Maggia is Silvio "Silver- tra ammo, and possibly a knife,
mane" Manfredi, one of the last leg- blackjack, or brass knuckles.
endary gangsters who came to fame
in the 1920s and 1930s. This section
of the Maggia conducts matters along
the traditional lines with its chief activ-
ity being in the narcotics trade. Silver-
mane uses unusually scientific
methods only for his own goals to
stave off his death and not for family
purposes. Silvermane has a son, Jo-
seph, but the job of leader will proba-
bly fall to Silvermane's chief rival, top
Maggia lawyer, Ceasar " Big C" Ci-
cero. Big C may have to wait a while
though, since Silvermane has had his
vital organs transplanted into a bionic
body after having nearly every bone
in his body crushed during a battle
with Spider-Man.

Many criminals have tried to unite
the American East Coast's indepen-
dent gangs to break the dominance
of the Maggia and to compete with
the families, the most successful be-
ing the Kingpin.

The Punisher has claimed that the
Kingpin has taken over about 80 per-
cent of the criminal activities on the
East Coast. Regardless of the
amount of criminal activity the King-
pin has taken over, the Maggia is still
an organization to be reckoned with,
especially the leaders of each family.

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MALICE/POLARIS

STATISTICS:

F FE(2)
A FE(2)

S FE(2)

E UN(100)

R EX(20)

I MN(75)
P MN(75)
Health: 106
Karma: 170

Resources: N/A
Popularity: -10

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Assassin
Identity: Uses no dual identity
Legal Status: Unknown
Place of Birth: Unknown

Marital Status: Not applicable
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Leader of
the Marauders
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS:

......--...... Energy Being: Malice is an energy

being without physical form. In en-

ergy form, Malice can only be hurt by

energy of the same sort. (To discover

this, a power stunt of Monstrous in-

tensity would have to be performed

by an energy manipulator such as

Captain Marvel or a scientist such as

Reed Richards.) Malice can move

through solid objects and has no

....--.... need to eat, breathe or sleep. Malice

is unable to affect the physical world

except by possessing someone.

Malice can be attacked by mental

means and this could drive the being

out of the host body.

Possession: Malice has the Mon-

strous ability to possess a human

host and force his or her persona into

submission . The target must make

an Intuition FEAT to avoid the attack.

Malice's typical form of persuasion is markable telepathy and uses this to is too much for the entity to handle.
appearing in a mirror and getting the make the offer more tempting. Once Talents: Malice has no revealed tal-
subject to agree that life could be the victim is possessed, Malice uses ents but assumes the ones pos-
better if they would just use evil
means to gain the result. The victim the host's memories and abilities as sessed by the host body.
then doubts his or her sanity, or desired. Malice feeds by forcing the Contacts: Malice is the leader of the
host to perform evil actions, gaining Marauders and is most faithful to Mr.
thinks of Malice as the evil side of the
..-. conscious mind. Should the victim an equal amount of Health and Sinister. Other contacts are the Ma-
Karma as the victim loses by their rauders.
fall prey to these desires, Malice's at- evil deeds. She does not kill unless
tack should be considered a blind- in danger of losing the host body; the
sided attack and no Karma should assimilation of that much lost Karma
be added to the role. Malice has Re-

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ADDITIONAL NOTES: Malice first possessed the mutant, the Savage Land by Zaladane, the
Dazzler, which prompted the X-Men current ruler operating out of the
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: to investigate Dazzler's strange be- High Evolutionary's citadel. Just be-
Malice is a psychic entity that fo- havior. In the ensuing fight, Malice fore putting Lorna Dane onto the
cuses on the emotional centers of Transmutator, Zaladane claimed to
the brain, therefore rendering most also took control of Rogue and Wol- be Polaris' sister, and even Havok
psychic shields impotent. It is a sa- verine, but when the entity at- admitted that there was a physical
distic entity that thrives on violence, tempted to master Storm, the resemblance. The switch was pulled
suffering and chaos. When a person X-Man's willpower proved to be the and Zaladane absorbed all of Po-
is possessed by Malice, a red neck- stronger of the two and drove Malice laris' power, or so she thought. The
band with a silver face at the front ap- away. Malice then possessed Lorna entity, Malice, also seemed to be de-
pears on the affected person's neck. Dane, the heroine Polaris, and was stroyed in the transfer.
appointed leader of the mutant-
HISTORY Since escaping the clutches of her
Not much is known about the his- killing group, the Marauders, by Mr. supposed sister, Lorna has exhibited
Sinister. enormous strength, invulnerability
tory of Malice except that she served and grows to about six and a half feet
the villain Mr. Sinister until his death Just before the Inferno began, tall when these powers mainfest
at the hands of the X-Men and X- Malice found out that she had been themselves. No explanation has
Factor. Even the creature's true permanently bonded with Lorna been given for these newfound
name, background and sex are un- Dane's psyche. She momentarily re- powers or whether Malice has sur-
known. belled against Mr. Sinister for keep- vived the transfer. Interestingly, peo-
ing the knowledge of the bonding a ple around Polaris have been
secret, but the disloyalty was quickly exhibiting more extreme emotions
replaced by obedience when Mr. Sin- for no apparent reason, such as a
ister exercized some of his consider- group of sailors fighting for her, then
able power on Malice. Malice/Polaris fighting against her. It may be that
fought the X-Men and X-Factor dur- the entity called Malice has taken on
ing the Inferno but escaped before a new form, affecting the emotions of
Mr. Sinister was killed. people around Polaris.

Following her master's death, Mal-
ice lost control of the dual psyche to
the host and Lorna Dane called

Havok and the X-Men for help. While
waiting for the help to arrive, Polaris
was captured by hunters sent from

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STATISTICS: MERCV

Human Form ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Mercy is an alien lifeform who de-
F PR(4) sires to relieve beings of the pain and
A GD(10) burden of this life and take them onto
the next. She prefers to use imple-
s PR(4) ments of the planet she's on, but, if
necessary, will use her Physical
E TY(6) Mind Blast power to accomplish her
R RM(30) goals. Also, she will hesitate slightly
I GD(10) if innocents are in danger of harm.
p IN(40)
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Health: 24

Karma: 80

Resources: FE(2)
Popularity: 0

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Self-proclaimed mis-
sionary
Identity: Existence unknown to pub-
lic
Legal Status: None
Place of Birth: Another planet
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Planet Earth
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS:

~ Telelocation: Incredible rank
Phasing: In humanoid form, Mercy
can make her body immaterial, so ADDITIONAL NOTES:
that bullets and other physical at-
tacks have no effect upon her. It is
not certain whether she possesses
this power in her natural form.
Mind Blast: Physical Mind Blast in
the form of a Javelin of energy which
she projects out of her palms, Excel-
lent rank. This unique Mind Blast af-
fects the life energy of the victim as
well as the neural system. A FEAT
role can be made each combat
round to attempt to overthrow the ef-
fects of the Blast.
Te/eportation: Excellent rank.

Shapeshifting: Monstrous Rank.
Mercy's natural form is a jelly-like
mass which she controls completely,
even when being punched or ripped
apart. On Earth, she typically main-
tains the form of an earth woman
with long, pink hair.