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a newly created tunnel stretched all Point. Rider. During a visit to the past,
the way to the cavern where the pre- The fight was joined by the gigan- Mockingbird had been drugged and
historic humanoid was frozen. The tricked into falling in love with the
resulting tremor freed the humanoid tic robot, Red Ronin, which was be- original Ghost Rider. Mockingbird
and then the wave of radiation mu- ing piloted by young Robert eventually discovered the truth and
tated the poor beast. Driven mad by Takiguchi. Robert named the giant let the original Ghost Rider fall to his
the radiation, it followed the under- prehistoric humanoid Yetrigar, after a death. Back in modern times, Mock-
ground fault all the way back to the mythical race of abominable snow- ingbird was attacked several times
desert of Nevada. By the time it had men that supposedly lived in the by Hamilton Slade, while he was
reached the desert, the humanoid mountains of Japan. The brave boy possessed by the spirit of the original
had grown to enormous size, due to tried to stop the two monsters from Ghost Rider.
its exposure to the radiation . hurting each other. Eventually, Ro-
bert had to bury Yetrigar under a While Mockingbird was confront-
The furry humanoid reached the rockslide, to stop him from killing ing Slade, the West Coast Avengers
Nevada desert at the same time it Godzilla. were busy fighting the maddened
was being crossed by the monster Yetrigar. Unable to stop the beast, Dr.
lizard, Godzilla. Godzilla had just de- Many years later, the same spot in Pym had to place a metal brace in
stroyed parts of Las Vegas and he the Grand Canyon was visited by the the creature's ear and use his power
was being followed by a special West Coast Avengers. Mockingbird, to cause the brace to enlarge. Yetri-
S.H.l.E.L.D. taskforce in a helicarrier a former agent for S.H.l.E.L.D ., se- gar passed out from the pain and
called " Behemoth ," led by Dum cretly used a grenade to free the Pym used his shrinking gas to shrink
Dum Dugan. The maddened prehis- creature from the rockslide in order the monster down to a manageable
toric giant disabled the helicarrier, to distract the West Coast Avengers size.
and then tracked down Godzilla. The while she went after Hamilton Slade.
two monsters fought in an area of the Slade, an archaeologist, was some- Yetrigar's current condition and lo-
Grand Canyon , near Budiansky times possessed by the ghost of his cation has not been revealed .
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BRIGHT Known Relatives: None ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Base of Operations: Celestials' Carter Dyam was an Israeli soldier
SWORD ship during the early 1970s. Carter is dis-
Past Group Affiliations: Young illusioned by war and people and
STATISTICS: Gods hates to see mindless violence. At
Present Group Affiliation: the same time, he believes that
F AM(50) sometimes force is the only way to
A EX(20) KNOWN POWERS: solve certain situations. Carter has a
S AM(50) tendency to be overconfident in bat-
E AM(50) Energy Sword: Incredible Edged/ tle, believing that he can withstand
R TY(6) any opponent.
I GD(10} Energy damage.
P RM(30) CALCULUS
Health: 170 Cyber Bolas: Incredible
Karma: 46 STATISTICS:
Resources: FB(2)/CL1000 entanglement/grappling attack.
Popularity: O F TY(6)
True Invulnerability: Unearthly rank. A TY(6)
BACKGROUND: S TY(6}
RealName: CarterDyam True Flight: Remarkable air speed. E EX(20)
Occupation: Ex-soldier, Young God R AM(50)
Legal Status: Israeli citizen , MIA Talents: Weapons Master, Thrown I AM(50)
Identity: Existence not known to P AM(50)
general public Weapons, all five Martial Arts types, Health: 38
Place of Birth: Israel Karma: 150
Marital Status: Single Military

Contacts: Other Young Gods, Norse

gods, Celestials, Juniper and Kan-

tos, Spider-Man.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

MINDSINGER BRIGHT SWORD GENII
{GREGOR BUHKAROV) (CARTER DYAM) (JASON KIMBALL)

HARVEST SEA wm:H DAYDREAMER
{CHI LO) (BRIDGET O'HARE) (CATHERINE MORANIS)

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Resources: FB(2)1CL1000 CADUCEUS Caduceus acts very cynical, and is
Popularity: 0 always ready to spout a wisecrack.
STATISTICS: His tough guy attitude hides a brave
BACKGROUND: and strong heart.
Real Name: Jawaharal Patel F GD(10)
Occupation: Former scientist, A GD(10) DAYDREAMER
Young God
Legal Status: Citizen of India, pre- s TY(6) STATISTICS:
sumed dead
Identity: Existence not known to E RM(30) F GD(10)
general public R GD(10) A RM(30)
Place of Birth : India I EX(20)
Marital Status: Single p AM(SO) s TY(6)
Known Relatives: None Health: 56
Base of Operations: Celestials' Karma: 80 E EX(20)
ship Resources: FB(2)1 CL1000
Past Group Affiliations: Young R TY(6)
Gods Popularity: o
Present Group Affiliation: I AM(SO)
BACKGROUND: p AM(SO)
KNOWN POWERS: Real Name: Mark Cadmen Health: 66
Telepathy: Amazing rank. Occupation: Former street gang Karma: 106
Precognition-Limited: Amazing rank. member, Young God Resources: FB(2)1UN(100)
Calculus can use his calculating skill Legal Status: U.S. citizen presumed Popularity: O
to predict the actions of opponents. dead
This power is limited to his sight, and Identity: Existence not known to BACKGROUND:
he must be telepathically linked with general public Real Name: Catherine Moranis
his team mates for it to be any use. Place of Birth: Chicago Occupation: Former farm woman,
His allies will always win initiative Marital Status: Unknown Young God
(their initiative roll is considered to Known Relatives: None Legal Status: Citizen of Canada,
be an 11 ), and he can spend per- Base of Operations: Celestials' presumed dead
sonal Karma points to help one of his ship Identity: Existence not known to the
friends. Past Group Affiliations: Young general public
Talents: Martial Arts A, All Scientific Gods Place of Birth: Ottawa, Canada
skills (especially Mathematics), Present Group Affiliation: Marital Status: Unknown
Leadership Known Relatives: Unknown
Contacts: Other Young Gods, gods KNOWN POWERS: Base of Operations: Celestials'
of Hindu pantheon, Juniper and Kan- Biophysical Control, Healing, and spaceship
tos, Celestials, Spider-Man. Regeneration: Amazing rank. Past Group Affiliations: Young
Sleep-Induced: Amazing rank, touch Gods
ADDITIONAL NOTES: range. Present Group Affiliation:
Mutate-Others: Amazing rank. Cadu-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ceus can change the physical ap- KNOWN POWERS:
Calculus was born in 1928 in India. pearance and abilities of a person. Telepathy: Amazing rank.
He was a Hindu of the Brahmin caste and even grant them Amazing rank Mind Control: Incredible rank power,
when he was 20 years old. Calculus powers. that can be used through vocal or
is a gentle and caring person who Talents: Martial Arts A, Acrobatics, mental commands.
does not like violence. Calculus has Tumbling, First Aid , Medicine Create Illusions: Incredible ran k
a tendency to only see the good in a Contacts: Other Young Gods, Ce- power, she must physically touch her
person, not seeing their evil side. lestials, Juniper and Kantos, gods of victims. The illusions only exist in her
Earth, Spider-Man. victim's mind. She can also dispel
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ADDITIONAL NOTES: Precognition: Remarkable rank
power.
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: True Flight: Remarkable air speed.
Caduceus was 30 year-old man liv- Talents: Martial Arts E, Philosophy
ing in a rough neighborhood of Chi- Contacts: Other Young Gods, Ce-
cago in 1919, when he was lestials, Juniper and Kantos, gods of
contacted to become a Young God . Earth, Spider-Man.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: lage in the 1970s when she was
Catherine was a 25-year-old woman
living on a farm in 19th century Ot- Jason was a 26-year-old black man contacted to become a Young God .
tawa, Canada when she was con-
tacted by the gods. Catherine is a living in Harlem in the early 1970s Chi Lo is intelligent, but extremely
dreamy and shy woman with a back-
bone of steel. She hates being pam- when he was contacted to become shy and does not stand up for herself
pered.
one of the Young Gods. He had been or voice her opinions. Once she
GENII
a successful fashion designer before makes her mind up to do something
STATISTICS:
becoming a compulsive gambler. Ja- however, nothing can divert her from

son still sometimes lapses into her goal.

manic-depressive phases, com-

HIGHNOTEplaining about the living conditions .

in Harlem. He still likes to take risks

and he is somewhat self-destructive. STATISTICS:

F GD(10) HARVEST F EX(20)
A GD(10) A RM(30)
S GD(10) STATISTICS:
E AM(50) s GD(10)
R GD(10) F GD{10)
I EX(20) A GD(10) E RM(30)
P AM(50)
Health: 80 S TY(6) R TY(6)
Karma: 80
Resources: FB(2)/UN(100) E EX{20) I EX(20)
Popularity: O p RM(30)
R TY(6) Health: 90
BACKGROUND: Karma: 56
Real Name: Jason Kimball I GD(10) Resources: FB (2)/UN (100)
Occupation: Former fashion de- P AM(50) Popularity: O
signer, Young God Health: 46
Legal Status: U.S. citizen, pre- Karma: 66 BACKGROUND:
sumed dead Resources: FB(2)/UN(100) Real Name: Raoul Hernandez
Identity: Existence unknown to gen- Occupation: Former saloon dancer
eral public Popularity: o and musician, Young God
Place of Birth: Harlem, New York Legal Status: Columbian citizen,
City BACKGROUND: presumed dead
Marital Status: Single Real Name: Chi Lo Identity: Existence unknown to gen-
Known Relatives: None Occupation: Former farm girl, eral public
Base of Operations: Celestials' Young God Place of Birth: Columbia
ship Legal Status: Citizen of Japan, pre- Marital Status: Unknown
Past Group Affiliations: Young sumed dead Known Relatives: None
Gods Identity: Existence not known to Base of Operations: Celestials'
Present Group Affiliation: general public ship
Place of Birth: Japan Past Group Affiliations: Young
KNOWN POWERS: Marital Status: Single Gods
Matter Animation-Solids: Amazing Known Relatives: None Present Group Affiliation:
rank power. Base of Operations: Celestials'
Shapechange-Others: Amazing ship KNOWN POWERS:
power rank. Past Group Affiliations: Young Teleportation-Self/Others: Unearthly
True Flight: Remarkable air speed. Gods power rank.
Talents: Martial Arts A, Artist Present Group Affiliation: Sonic Generation: Amazing damage.
Contacts: Other Young Gods, Ce- Vibration Generation: Amazing rank
lestials, Norse gods, Juniper and KNOWN POWERS: powe r.
Kantos, Spider-Man. Plant Growth: Amazing power rank. Talents: Martial Arts B, Musician,
Plant Control: Amazing power rank. Dancing
Talents: Martial Arts A, Botany Contacts: Other Young Gods, Ce-
Contacts: Other Young Gods, Juni- lestials, Juniper and Kantos, Ameri-
per and Kantos, Japanese gods, can Indian gods, Spider-Man.
Spider-Man, Celestials

ADDITIONAL NOTES: ADDITIONAL NOTES: ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Chi Lo was a 19 year-old woman liv-
ing in a small Japanese seacoast vii-

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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: tacted to become a Young God. Gre- SEA WITCH
Raoul was a saloon dancer and mu- gor is a complex man, alternating
sician in Columbia in the 19th cen- between sullen rages and sudden F EX(20)
tury, when he was contacted to outbursts of cheerfulness. He is ex- A GD(10)
become a Young God. Raoul is of tremely overprotective of Day- S RM(30)
mixed American Indian and Spanish dreamer. E RM(30)
descent. He is cheerful and light- R TY(6)
hearted, taking nothing too seri- MDDNSTALKER I GD(10)
ously. P AM(SO)
STATISTICS: Health: 90
MINCSINGER Karma: 66
F EX(20) Resources: FB(2)/UN(100)
STATISTICS: A AM(SO) Popularity: O
S GD(10)
F EX(20) E AM(50) BACKGROUND:
A GD(10) R TY(6) Real Name: Bridget O' Hare
S EX(20) I EX(20) Occupation: Former saloon girl,
E RM(30) P RM(30) Young God
R TY(6) Health: 130 Legal Status: Citizen of Ireland, pre-
I EX(20) Karma: 56 sumed dead
P AM(50) Resources: FB(2)/UN(100) Identity: Existence unknown to gen·
Health: 80 Popularity: O eral public
Karma: 76 Place of Birth: Ireland
Resources: FB(2)/UN(100) BACKGROUND: Marital Status: Single
Popularity: O Real Name: Kiana Known Relatives: None
Occupation: Former hunter, Young Base of Operations: Celestials'
BACKGROUND: God ship
Real Name: Gregor Buhkarov Legal Status: None Past Group Affiliations: Young
Occupation: Former poet, Young Identity: Existence unknown to gen- Gods
God eral public Present Group Affiliation:
Legal Status: Russian citizen, pre- Place of Birth: Alaska
sumed dead Marital Status: Single KNOWN POWERS:
Identity: Existence unknown to gen- Known Relatives: None Water Breathing: Amazing rank
eral public _ Base of Operations: Celestials' power.
Place of Birth: Kiev, Russia ship Water Freedom: Amazing power
Marital Status: Single Past Group Affiliations: Young rank.
Known Relatives: None Gods Swimming: Amazing speed (8 areas/
Base of Operations: Celestials' Present Group Affiliation: round).
ship Matter-Animation: Amazing rank ani-
Past Group Affiliations: Young KNOWN POWERS: mation of water only. She can do this
Gods Hyper-Speed: Amazing rank speed with water in its liquid, solid (ice) and
Present Group Affiliation: (8 areas/round). gaseous state.
Blending: Amazing rank power. Resist Cold: Remarkable resistance.
KNOWN POWERS: Talents: Tracking, Hunting, Martial Talents: Martial Arts E, Sailing, Navi-
Shapeshifting: Amazing rank power. Arts A, Stealth, Weapons Master gation.
Mindsinger must state out loud the Contacts: lnupiat gods, Other Contacts: Other Young Gods, Juni-
nature of the shape he plans to Young Gods, Juniper and Kantos, per and Kantos, Earth gods, Spider-
change his body into. Spider-Man. Man, Celestials.
Telepathy: Remarkable rank power.
Talents: Poetry, Martial Arts C and B ADDITIONAL NOTES: ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Contacts: Other Young Gods, Ce-
lestials, Juniper and Kantos, Earth ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
gods, Spider-Man. Kiana was a 16-year-old lnupiat Es- Bridget was a 17-year-old Irish girl in
kimo girl in 11th century Alaska, 12th century Ireland, when she was
ADDITIONAL NOTES: when she was contacted to become contacted to become a Young God.
a Young God. Kiana is moody and in- Bridget is a hot tempered and wild
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: tense most of the time. She will sud- trickster, who loves to flirt with men.
Gregor was a young Russian poet in denly display a raucous sense of
the 18th century when he was con- humor at the wrong times.

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SPLICE Known Relatives: None ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:

STATISTICS: Base of Operations: Celestials' Chandra was a Craftswoman for a

F GD(10) ship small Zulu tribe in Africa in the 18th
A EX(20)
S GD(10) Past Group Affiliations: Young century when she was contacted to
E RM(30)
R AM(50) Gods become a Young God. Chandra pre-
I EX(30)
P AM(50) Present Group Affiliation: fers meditation to spending time with
Health: 70
Karma: 130 people. She has no real close friends
Resources: FB(2)/UN(100)
Popularity: 0 KNOWN POWERS: among the Young Gods, and seems

BACKGROUND: Matter Animation-Solid: Amazing to take nothing very seriously.
Real Name: Chandra Ku
Occupation: Craftswoman, Young rank power. .
God
Legal Status: Citizen of Africa pre- VARUAMachine Creation: Amazing rank
sumed dead
Identity: Existence.unknown to gen- power. The size of the machine is not
eral public
Place of Birth: Africa limited, as long as she has the raw
Marital Status: Single materials to create it at hand. She STATISTICS:

cannot create the machine from F GD(10)
nothing. She can also use this ability A GD(10)
to create tools and weapons. The S TY(6)
items she creates can be as complex E EX(20)
as she wants. R TY(6)
·Talents: Martial Arts A, Engineering I AM(50)
and any other skills necessary to P AM(50)
craft whatever she wants to create.
Contacts: Other Young Gods, Juni- Health: 46
per and Kantos, Zulu gods, Celes-
tials, Spider-Man. Karma: 106

Resources: FB (2)/UN (100)
Popularity: 0

CALCULUS HIGHNOTE CADUCEUS
(JAHAHAREL PATEL) (RAOUL HERNANDEZ) (MARK CADMON)

MOONSTALKER SPLICE VARUA
(KIANA) (CHANDRA KU) (MIRA)

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BACKGROUND: taken in the Uni-Mind form , but they lestials when they finally came back.
Real Name: Mira must make an Endurance FEAT roll The leading female goddesses de-
Occupation: Young God against Amazing Intensity Stunning cided that they would find represent-
Legal Status: Citizen of Auk Island, if the Uni-Mind dissolves due to dam- atives of man's achievements whom
presumed dead age.
Identity: Existence not known to Talents: Martial Arts A, Leadership they would present to the Celestials
general public Contacts: Other Young Gods, Juni- as examples to the worthiness of hu-
Place of Birth: Auk Island per and Kantos, Earth gods, Spider- manity.
Marital Status: Single Man, Celestials.
Known Relatives: None Over the next thousand years, 12
Base of Operations: Celestials' ADDITIONAL NOTES: young people were chosen and their
ship latent genetic potential were fully ac-
Past Group Affiliations: Young ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: tivated. The 12 young people were
Gods Mira was a 14-year-old Polynesian placed in suspended animation , until
Present Group Affiliation: girl living on Auk Island in the year the Celestials arrived again. The Ce-
1419 when she was contacted to be- lestials came and were presented
KNOWN POWERS: come a Young God. Mira is the spirit- the 12 " Young Gods" by Gaea, eld-
Telepathy: Amazing rank. ual leader of the Young Gods. She is est of Earth's goddesses. She told
Teleport Seit/Others: Unearthly rank. very stern and takes charge, always the Celestials that they represented
Create Uni-Mind: When Varua initi- taking everything seriously. the highest ideals and achievements
ates it, she and any of her fellow that man could reach. She begged
Young Gods can meld into the Uni- GROUP HISTORY: the Celestials to take the Young
Mind, similar to the Uni-Mind formed Millennia ago, the First Host of the Gods and train them , and in return ,
by the Eternals. The Uni-Mind ap- let humanity survive . Surprisingly
pears as a huge floating brain. The mysterious alien Celestials came to enough, the Celestials apparently
Uni-Mind needs Varua and at least Earth and performed genetic experi- agreed, and spared the Earth .
one other Young God to form it. The ments on the ancestors of the hu-
Uni-Mind will possess all the powers man race. About a thousand years The 12 Young Gods are being
of the Young Gods that formed it, but ago, the Second Host of the Celes- trained by two alien warriors, Juniper
at Shift Z power rank . The Uni- tials visited Earth and encountered a
Mind's Reason, Psyche and Intuition delegation of Gods from Earth's vari- and Kantos, on the Celestials gigan-
scores will be equal to the combined ous pantheons. The leaders of these tic spaceship. The Young God~ _r-e-
Reason, Intuition and Psyche scores pantheons feared that, when the Ce- turned to Earth recently, tcrhelp
of the Young Gods that formed it. It lestials returned in another thousand thwart the plans of the High Evolu-
has no Fighting or Strength scores, years, they would judge against man tionary. They have also recently dis-
but it has Amazing Agility and Shift Y and destroy humanity. The leading covered and defeated a dangerous
Endurance (Health 250). If the Uni- male gods prepared to fight the Ce- construct in Israel. Clues indicated
Mind's Health is dropped to 0, the that a renegade god of Earth created
Uni-Mind will dissolve and the Young the machine. The Young Gods' cur-
Gods will reappear. The Young Gods rent activities and whereabouts are
will not suffer from any damage unknown.

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