MU8 - Gamers Handbook 1992 Update

Equipment: self-confident, and has no compunction Invulnerability: Proteus II possesses Un- -
Battlesuit: Harness's AIM-designed pow- about facing multiple enemies as long as earthly resistance to all physical and en-
ered armor distorts her voice and con- she sees some profit in it for herself. ergy attacks. Unlike its predecessor,
ceals her sex. It gives her the following Proteus II has no weakness to metal.
enhanced characteristics: PIECEMEAL/ Possession: The Proteus energy can
possess bodies with Monstrous Ability,
FASE PROTEUS II enabling Proteus to briefly exist in hu-
EX EX EX AM man form. If Proteus attempts to pos-
+1 +1 +2 +3 STATISTICS: sess someone, he must roll a green
The Harness battlesuit also bristles FEAT or better to succeed. The would-be
with computer-controlled weaponry and F GD(10) victim then has to make a better Psyche
devices, which has the following powers: A GD(10) FEAT roll than Proteus to survive (e.g., if
Body Armor: The armor has Excellent Proteus scored a yellow FEAT, the victim
Material Strength, and provides Rem s GD(10) needs a red FEAT). If the victim fails, its
arkable protection against physical, heat life-force is consumed and its memories
and cold attacks and Amazing protec- E UN(100) subsumed by Proteus. A victim with
tion vs. other energy attacks. R TY(6) Monstrous or better Psyche cannot be
Arm Gun: A heavy right-arm mounted I RM(30) possessed. Proteus usually consumed
blaster that does Remarkable force d p IN(40) the bodies he possessed within a matter
amage with a range of seven areas. Health: 130 of hours, leaving a burnt-out husk, re-
Wrist Guns: The ·suit has a pair of lighter Karma: 76 turning Proteus to his energy state.
Resources: FB(2) Telepathy: Proteus II had Amazing rank
beam weapons mounted on the suit's Popularity: - 30 telepathy.
left wrist that inflict Excellent Energy Limitation: When not possessing a
damage with a range of six areas. BACKGROUND: physical body, Proteus exists as an en-
Extra Attacks: The suit has a battle com- Real Name: Proteus/Gilbert Benson ergy form unable to physically manipu-
puter, allowing her to fire both wrist guns Occupation: Energy being/child late objects.
and her arm gun simultaneously at the Legal Status: Citizen of Scotland (legal- Talents: Proteus II has no known tal-
same or different targets. The computer ly dead), minor Citizen of the United ents.
States (presumed dead) Contacts: As well as his two "mothers,"
gives her + 1 CS to Fighting skill when Other Known Aliases: Piecemeal Proteus II is known to the X-Men, X-
Identity: Unknown to general public Force, and New Warriors.
determining the success of a multiple at- Place of Birth: New York City/Unknown
tack attempt as long as she uses differ- Marital Status: Single ADDITIONAL NOTES:
ent weapons with each attack. Known Relatives: Erika Benson and
Proteus Energy Detection: The suit can Moira MacTaggert (mothers); Joe Mac- ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
detect the Proteus Energy at Arna zing Taggert (Proteus's father, deceased); The original Proteus was a brutal killer
range and gives her the ability to form Gilbert's sister (name unrevealed) who lived only to possess other bodies.
the energy, if present, into a leash-like Base of Operations: Mobile After years in a disembodied energy
tether line which enables her to control Past Group Affiliations: None state, it was resurrected and bonded to
and torment Piecemeal. Present Group Affiliations: the abused child Piecemeal. This new
Repulsor Field: The suit can project a being, known as Proteus II, had a differ-
field that repels everyone in th e same KNOWN POWERS: ent outlook on life.
area as Harness. Everyone must make Reality Warping: Proteus II possesses
an Endurance FEAT and consult the the Unearthly ability to reconfigure its It was unhappy about its resurrection
Slam table. It takes her two rounds (dur- surroundings into whatever shape and and bitter toward both its "mothers" (Eri-
ing which she can't use her other weap- nature it desires. Proteus uses this ka Benson and Moira MacTaggert)
ons) to build up the power to utilize this power to alter the direction of gravitation whom it believed had treated it
abi l ity. pull in an area, cause structures to un- callously- Benson by abusing it physi-
Teleporter Unit: Harness can teleport an ravel into their component parts, turn the cally and mentally, and MacTaggert by
Unearthly distance with one other per- air into ground, etc. His only limits are keeping it locked away as a prisoner in
son. Her teleporter isn't very depend- that he can not will things to simply Muir Isle. But unlike the first incarnation
able. After each use, Harness must cease to exist. of Proteus, Proteus II was not actively
make a yellow Reason FEAT to avoid it malevolent or cruel-it just wanted a bet-
malfunctioning until it is repaired by Proteus can affect either individual ob- ter life, and didn't feel it owed anything
AIM. jects or a sphere 50 miles in diameter, to a world it felt had betrayed it. Unlike
Talents: Harness has no known talents. whose radius doubles every hour. It can the original, Proteus II was willing to talk
Contacts: Harness is an agent of AIM also choose not to affect individuals or and listen to reason.
and has worked with the Alliance of Evil. groups within this area. At one time, it
used this ability to turn the city of Edin-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: burgh (and its inhabitants) into geomet-
Harness is greedy, arrogant, power- ric constructs, and also intended to
hungry, self-interested, and totally con- reshape the entire planet.
temptuous of all those around her. She Flight: When not possessing a body, Pro-
considers her children to be her property teus II can levitate off the ground or fly at
to dispose of as she wishes. She often Typical speed.
physically and verbally abused her son,
Gilbert. In battle, Harness is brave and

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STATISTICS: HATE MONGER IV

F TY(6) 51

sA TY(6)
TY(6)
E GD(10)
R GD(10)
I GD(10)

p MN(75)
Health: 18
Karma: 95
Resources: Unrevealed
Popularity: Unrevealed

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Hate Monger
Identity: Secret
Legal Status: Unrevealed
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
,,..--.... Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Sons of the
Serpent

Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS:
Empathy/Emotion Detection: Hate Mon-
ger is an empath who can read or register
the surface emotions of others. Contact
with willing targets, or those targets
whose Intuition is lower than Hate Mon-
ger's, is considered automatically suc-
cessful. Targets of equal Intuition require
a yellow FEAT and those with Emotion
Detection powers a red FEAT. Individuals
of higher Intuition, those unwilling to be
read, other empaths, or those with Emo-
tion Control powers are Impossible
FEATs. A successful FEAT not only re-
veals the target's emotional state, but al-
so its cause. In this sense, Hate Monger
could be considered a telepath who can
gain access to the surface thoughts of an
individual through the emotions rather
than the mind. His empathic range is 20
areas (1'2 mile). He also has the Emotion
Detection power at Unearthly rank and
range (60 areas or 1-1/2 miles). He can
pick up subtle psychological clues which
indicate whether a person is under
stress, lying, or worried. A successful
FEAT roll indicates that Hate Monger has
detected the target's emotional state, but
not the cause of the emotion. Those try-
ing to conceal their emotions use their In-
tuition as an Intensity rank to determine
the type of FEAT required.
Emotion Control: Hate Monger has Emo-
tion Control power at Excellent rank.
This power is similar to Mind Control , but
acts upon the subconscious fears and
attractions of an individual. Though this
power can be used to modify any emo-
tion, Hate Monger is only interested in

producing intense hatred. Targets must ADDITIONAL NOTES: year old Eldon Staples) also got in-
be in the same area as Hate Monger and volved. Though Marvel Boy and Night
may make an Intuition FEAT to avoid the ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Thrasher observed that everyone was
effects. Those who fail this FEAT are af- Hate Monger is all about hatred. He lives acting crazy and that it was more than
fected for 10-100 rounds (1 to 10 min- for, and is even nourished by, it. He will just a race riot, they were unaware that
utes). The effects of this dose must wear work behind the scenes to help foster an Hate Monger was actually subtly manip-
off before another can be administered. environment in which hatred can grow ulating their actions.
Robots and non-living beings are im- and will even engage in combat to pro-
mune to the effect of Emotion Control. tect his meal ticket and get a good feed- Eventually, some of the Avengers
Absorption Power: Hate Monger has an ing in return. If his opponents figure out (Captain America, Falcon, Black Widow,
Amazing ability to absorb hatred and that hatred is actually all he is interested and Vision) showed up. Hate Monger
seems to be nourished by energy gener- in and stop giving it to him, he will usu- used his ability to read and control emo-
ated by the emotion of hatred. The ally leave. After all, more hatred is al- tions to directly affect the battle. When
amount of hatred any person is capable ways just around the corner. the Sons of the Serpent pulled out in an
of generating is dictated by their emo- attempt to cut their losses, Hate Monger
tions which are tied to their Intuition HISTORY: decided that the dance had played itself
(Strength of Will tied to Psyche could al- It is unclear if there is any connection be- out and he went home to digest the hate
so be used). If Hate Monger were in the tween this most recent villain to call him- he had consumed.
presence of five individuals, all of whom self Hate Monger and the other three
had an Intuition of Good and all of whom individuals who have used that name in After the battle, the Black Widow
either through £::motion Control or their the past. The first Hate Monger was ac- stated thatshe felt hung over, while Cap-
tually a series of clones based on the ge- tain America felt that someone was ma-
own emotions were experiencing ha- netic code of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. nipulating them. The New Warriors and
tred, he would be in the presence of 50 These clones had the ability to transfer the Avengers agreed to go their separate
consciousness at the moment of death ways, not realizing that their paths, and
points, or Amazing rank, hatred per into another cloned body, thus keeping that of the Sons of the Serpent, would
round. Hate Monger can use this hatred Hitler and his hatred alive long after his cross again.
to heal any existing damage or to tempo- apparent death in 1945. This conscious-
rarily raise his Health by the power rank ness was eventually trapped in the Cos· The Avengers used their computer to
involved to a maximum of 400. Using the mic Cube, a device capable of creating get a lead on the Sons of the Serpent.
above example, and assuming Hate whatever its wielder desired. The New Warriors, using more conven-
Monger had suffered no previous dam- tional detective procedures like breaking
age, his Health would be raised to 68 af- The second Hate Monger was one of and entering and hacking into the city
ter the first round of exposure. After the High Evolutionary New Men called computer systems, got a similar lead.
eight rounds of exposure, Hate Monger Man- Beast. The Man-Beast was
would be at his maximum Health of 400. thought to have died in the explosion of Both groups ended up at the Richmond
Absorbing hatred this fast would be the his own hate amplification machine. Building, the hideout of the Sons of the
equivalent of bolting his food and Hate Serpent.
Monger would much more prefer con- The third Hate Monger was an android
suming hatred at a slower rate of, say, creation of the other dimensional scien- The Avengers got there first and took
ten points per round for thirty-eight tist and conqueror called Psycho-Man. out the White Supremacy group in a sus-
rounds. No known amount of hatred can This android was destroyed by an explo- piciously short period of time. While the
damage Hate Monger, but if in the pres- sive bullet fired by the vigilante killer Avengers comment on how easy it was
ence of more than fifty points of hatred, called Scourge (For a more complete to defeat the hate group, Hate Monger
he can redirect the excess toward oppo- history of these individuals see the Hate fired a beam of hatred at them, knocking
nents in the next round. Similarly, he can Monger entry, pgs. 107-111 of MU2). them to the floor. Then, as he floats to-
release hatred which he has already in- ward the floor, he responds to Falcon's
gested at an Amazing rate per round. Whatever connection he might have to charges that Hate Monger must have fu-
Such released energy must be deducted previous villains, this most recent Hate eled the earlier race riot. Laughing, he
Monger first appeared on a rooftop watch- responds that he didn't fuel the riot, but
from his Health score. ing a riot between the reformed Sons of rather fed off it. (This also allowed him to
Levitation: Hate Monger has the Levita- the Serpent, a radical hate group, and a keep with the time honored tradition of
tion power at Poor rank and can move up band of demonstrators who were assem- supervillains giving heroes clues as to
to four areas vertically in a single round. bled outside the 41 st Precinct to protest how to ultimately defeat them.)
Shape-Change: It is believed that Hate the clubbing of Carmello Martinez. Mar-
Monger may have the ability to change tinez, a fifteen-year old boy, was violently Fortunately for the Avengers, the New
form and duplicate the appearance of beaten by police. The incident was video- Warriors and Rage arrived. Firestar man-
any human being. Though his power taped by an alert bystander and given na- aged to knock Hate Monger to the floor
level is unknown, it could be as high as tional media exposure. with one of her microwave beams. Hate
Monstrous. Monger then released his hate attack, driv-
Disappearing: Through an unknown The New Warriors (Night Thrasher, ing everyone to the floor. Only Rage man-
means, Hate Monger can disappear. This Marvel Boy, Firestar, Namorita, and Sil-
is not thought to be Invisibility, but rather houette) attempted to break the riot up aged to resist the effects of this attack, by
some sort of Movement power such as and the Avenger called Rage (fourteen- using his own hatred. Captain America
Teleportation. His corporal form seems to pointed out to Rage that he is giving Hate
fade away when he uses this ability. Monger exactly what he wanted-that
Contacts: Hate Monger could have con- stopping hatred must start inside of each
tacts with any hate group. of us. Rage decided not to give Hate Mon-
ger the antipathy he desired and, thwart-
ed, Hate Monger flees into the night. By
letting go of the hatred, he was robbed of
his power.

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i=======--H~YDR-A

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HYDRA has been a worldwide subver- times over the next few years, with Fury heavily influenced by Nazi philosophy.
sive organization dedicated to global victorious on most occasions. At one The full form of its salute reflects the fas·
domination for many years. At its height, point during the war, Strucker was in cist near-religious idealization of sub-
HYDRA was the most extensive, power- the village of Gruenstadt when the vii· mission to the power to the state, or in
ful, and dangerous organization in histo- lagers reported the presence of strange HYDRA'Scase, the organization. Its mot·
ry. HYDRA agents wore green costumes beings. Strucker investigated and dis- to also has heavily fascist overtones:
covered a colony of Gnobians, a race of "Hail HYDRA! Immortal HYDRA! We
with cowls revealing only their mouths peaceful alien telepaths. Strucker saw shall never be destroyed! Cut off one
and chins. Their organization takes its these aliens as an opportunity for limb and two shall take its place! We
name from the many-headed monster of fantastic knowledge and power. Fearful serve the Supreme HYDRA, as the world
that the villagers would reveal the ali· shall soon serve us!" In keeping with Na-
Greek mythology, the Lernaean Hydra, ens' existence to others, Strucker had zism's male supremacist ethic, HYDRA
whose venom was lethal and who was the entire population of Gruenstadt ex- restricted its membership to white
known for its ability to grow heads imme- ecuted. Immediately thereafter, Ser- males. Only decades later did it permit
diately after they had been severed. geant Fury and the Howling exceptions, most notably Laura Brown,
Commandos arrived on the scene and daughter of Imperial HYDRA Arnold
HYDRA prided itself on its ability to re- killed the Death's Head Commandos. Brown, and the first Madame Hydra, lat·
group and rebuild itself, allegedly mighti- Strucker himself was mortally wound· er known as the Viper. Strucker created
er than before, after any defeat. Indeed, ed , but crawled back to the Gnobian en· a cult of personality about himself as the
the organization endured for over four clave, where he was healed of his Supreme HYDRA similar to that of Hitler
decades, and has recently rebuilt itself wounds and stole several examples of in Germany. There was a heavy ideologi·
yet again. During that time, HYDRA un- the Gnobian technology. This contact cal emphasis on the anonymity of other
derwent considerable structural and so- with the Baron tainted the Gnoblans' HYDRA agents, who generally remained
ciological changes, so that to many, minds, and led to their eventual suicide. masked and who were addressed as
HYDRA bears only a superficial resem- Finally, enraged over Strucker's many numbers instead of names.
blance to the organization in its heyday. defeats, Hitler ordered Strucker to go to
HYDRA has always been (and has been Cherbeaux in occupied France and, if While building HYDRA's arsenal ,
most successful as) an instrument of the the Resistance agents refused to give Strucker had also recruited a staff of bril·
infamous Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker, themselves up, to execute every citizen liant scientists, who would later become
the last in a long line of Prussian noble- in the town. Fury confronted Strucker the core of the high technology HYDRA
men with impeccable military back- once again and made a deal with him: branch known as Advanced Idea Me-
grounds. Strucker was recruited into the Fury would fight Strucker again if chanics, or AIM. HYDRA was close to
Nazi intelligence service during the Strucker evacuated Cherbeaux before obtaining nuclear weaponry, and thus
1930s, and was one of Nazi Germany's Hitler had it destroyed. Strucker achieving the means to conquer Earth,
most successful intelligence operatives when its Pacific base, Hydra Island, was
during World War II. He rose to become agreed, but his battle with Fury ended invaded by Captain Simon Savage's
the commander of Germany's Death in a stalemate, and the two became U.S. Marine Commandos and their Jap·
Head Squadron, an elite military unit; separated . When Hitler learned that anese counterparts, the so-called Samu·
Strucker had evacuated the citizens of rai Squad. Hydra Island was destroyed,
which Hitler gave a special target. Cherbeaux, he flew into a rage and or-
That target was the famous Howling dered the Gestapo to find and assassi- but Strucker escaped.
nate Strucker. Following the war, Strucker moved
Commandos squad of the United States
Army, led by Sergeant Nick Fury. The Strucker would have had little chance HYDRA's principle base to America and
Commandos had handed Germany nu- of escaping, except for the intervention created a new central committee, code·
merous defeats, and Hitler ordered of the Red Skull. The Skull intended to named THEM, within HYDRA which
Strucker not just to defeat Fury, but to hu- supplant Hitler eventually, or to achieve would supervise the activities of HYDRA
miliate him. The arrogant Strucker was all world domination himself, if Hitler lost and its rapidly developing sister organi·
too happy to oblige, challenging Fury to the war. To achieve these ends, the Skull zations. Strucker made himself the
personal combat on the island of Norse- assigned Strucker to create a power chief, the Grand lmperator of THEM,
haven in the English Channel. Fury vio- base in the Far East for him. Then, with while keeping his true identity disguised
lated orders to accept the challenge. the aid of the Skull's agents and some through the use of epiderm-masks. Few
Before their duel, Strucker had Fury loyal men of his own , Strucker was able people knew of the existence of the
drunk a toast; Fury's drink was drugged, to escape. However, Strucker saw no Grand lmperator; fewer still knew that it
and Strucker won the duel. Still photo- reason to follow the Skull; once he got to
graphs and films of Fury's defeat circu- Japan, he severed all ties with him. was Baron Strucker.
Strucker made contact with Japanese THEM appointed Arnold Brown, exec-
lated widely around Germany, giving the subversives who informed him that they
Nazis a major propaganda victory. were forming a secret society bent on utive secretary to Leslie Farrington, one
of the directors of Imperial Industries In·
Shortly thereafter, the Howling Com· world conquest. Strucker became the ternational, to be the Imperial HYDRA.
mandos encountered Strucker again, mastermind behind this society's rapid Brown's principal utility to HYDRA was
and Fury challenged him to another rise to power: a secret society known as in draining resources for HYDRA from
fight. Strucker coolly accepted and pro· HYDRA. When he had built HYDRA's ar- Imperial Industries International and
posed a toast, but one of the Cornman· my and arsenal to what he thought was managing HYDRA's day-to-day opera·
dos, Dino Manelli, warned Fury that the maximum strength, Strucker slew the tions. Ultimate power remained in
drink was probably drugged. The angry Supreme HYDRA and took his place. Strucker's hands, but under Brown's
Fury refused to drink and easily defeat· leadership, HYDRA developed an arse--
ed Strucker in a hand-to-hand fight. Strucker conceived of HYDRA as a nal of weaponry, submarines, and fighter
Commando Timothy " Oum-Oum" Du- strongly ideological fascist organization aircraft greater than that of most nations.
gan took photographs of Fury's triumph, The armies and agents of HYDRA
which were widely circulated .

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HYDRA

ranged worldwide, striking at all world through the nearest doorway. That HYDRA remained, at best, a minor
powers. doorway led to a nuclear reactor cham- menace during the following years. A
ber; Strucker was killed. branch of HYDRA in the Orient, led by
To meet the threat of HYDRA, SHIELD the Yellow Claw, did achieve some
(Supreme Headquarters International Fury fled the island before the Death· prominence, but only a shadow of its
Espionage Law-Enforcement Division) Spore bomb detonated , which was trig- former "glories."
was created. HYDRA assassinated gered by the unsuspecting Strucker,
SHIELD's first Public Director, who was virtually sinking the island. The dome HYDRA's latest ascendancy occurred
replaced by Colonel Nicholas Fury of the prevented any of the spores from es- because of the return of its original lead·
CIA, Strucker's greatest foe. Soon after, caping into the outside world; all of the er. Strucker would have remained dead,
HYDRA attempted to blackmail the HYDRA agents were killed. This dealt a but for his old ally the Red Skull, who
world with the Betatron Bomb, which great blow to HYDRA, which frag- gave several original HYDRA agents
could release lethal radiation upon the mented into warring factions. AIM, the - keys and charts to HYDRA Island, now
Earth. When inventor Anthony Stark de· scientific branch of the organization, sunk. There, the agents successfully
activated the bomb, Fury captured HY· seceded from HYDRA, and the Secret penetrated the chamber where Baron
DRA's New York City headquarters. Empire was later revived independently Strucker had been killed, and mutated
Brown was murdered by his own men , of HYDRA. the Death Spore virus that lay on Struck·
who seemingly failed to recognize him er's corpse to mimic his DNA, and re·
without his costume. The remnant of HYDRA in New York stored his life functions and memories.
City was led first by Madame Hydra, Baron Strucker rose from the dead.
Immediately after Brown's defeat, and later by the Grim Reaper and the
THEM used AIM and the original Secret Space Phantom. A Western European Strucker began to take over the frac-
Empire for subversive actions against faction was led by Count Otto Vermis. tured remnants of HYDRA. He easily
SHIELD and the United States govern· Another HYDRA remnant, located in took control of the Las Vegas HYDRA,
ment while HYDRA rebuilt its strength. Las Vegas, was controlled by Strucker's killing those who would not follow him .
Strucker abolished THEM by reassert· He infiltrated AIM, and destroyed them
ing himself as Supreme HYDRA and in· old colleague, the Red Skull. An at· at an AIM sales convention , transfer-
corporating the other members of THEM tempt by the Maggia Crime Boss, Silvio ring their funds and inventories to his
into HYDRA's new central committee. " Silvermane" Manfredi, was a brief service. He aided in the downfall of
Strucker launched the Overkill Horn, success, but eventually was stopped by Wilson Fisk, also known as the Kingpin.
which would have set off every nuclear Fury and SHIELD. Then Strucker began to implement his
plan of vengeance against the new
explosive on Earth (while leaving HY- HYDRA was later reorganized under SHIELD.
DRA safe in special shelters). Once radically different lines by a new agen-
cy. Although it had worldwide influence, Strucker recruited lieutenants of vary-
again, they were thwarted in this it seemed more centered in the United ing skills: Romulus, Garotte, Saltz, and
scheme by SHIELD. States than before, and although it was Guillotine. Romulus and Garotte killed
dedicated to world domination , it had SHIELD recruit David Purcell and re-
Impersonating captured SHIELD placed him with an LMD with an implant·
abandoned the traditional fascist ideol· ed explosive. HYDRA then detonated
agent John Bronson, Strucker smuggled ogy entirely. The only clear link be· the LMD, killing 1500 SHIELD recruits at
the so-called Death Spore bomb aboard tween the new HYDRA and Strucker's their commencement ceremony in New
SHIELD heli-carrier headquarters. HYDRA was that the new organiza- York City, bringing HYDRA back to world
When the bomb exploded, it would de· tion's members dressed in traditional prominence.
stray the heli-carrier and release deadly
spores which would be carried by air cur- HYDRA costumes. Women and minori· Strucker's next goal was to obtain nu-
rents across the face of the planet. By ties were now allowed into the organiza- clear weapons. The Red Skull gave him
now, Strucker had built a new HYDRA tion in large numbers and could hold the coordinates of a Soviet nuclear-
island, a synthetic atoll on the site of the important positions in it. Indeed, the po- powered icebreaker which had sunk,
original. Here was gathered HYDRA's sition of Madame Hydra became some· and Strucker sent his lieutenants to re-
leadership and elite guard, since the thing of a tradition. Agents were often cover the nuclear fuel. But, thanks to
new fortress's impenetrable dome would addressed by their real names, and mi· SH IELD and Wolverine, the lieutenants
provide a shield from the effects of the nor HYDRA officials often appeared un- failed to get the nuclear fuel they sought,
Death-Spore bomb. In a telecast from masked before their colleagues and and Guillotine was killed.
the island, Strucker demanded that the subordinates in their organization. And
world surrender to them, for only those In spite of the failure (so far) of HYDRA
nations surrendering would be given ac- now, only the middle and upper levels to get nuclear weapons, HYDRA is once
of authority paid homage to the Su- again on the upswing. Arguably, they
cess to the antidote. prern9 HYDRA. HYDRA was organized have never been as efficient or effective
However, Fury found the Death· along the lines of a major corporation, as they are now. And, given the cut·
including salaries and medical benefits. backs in SHIELD support, it will require
Spore bomb on the heli-carrier and sin- a truly heroic effort to bring them down
gly invaded HYDRA island , planting the However, even in death, Strucker had once again.
Death-Spore bomb there. Fury and one last trump card to play. He had infil-
Strucker confronted one another yet trated SHIELD'S LMD (Life Model De-
again. Fury won the battle and used the coy) program and impregnated one of
epiderm-mask making mach ine to them with his own DNA and instruc-
make masks of Strucker and himself. tions. The clone Strucker began replac-
The HYDRA agents arrived just in time ing SHIELD agents, as well as its board
to see Strucker battling Strucker. Fury of directors, with LMDs ("Deltites").
pulled off a Strucker mask, which he Eventually, Fury brought down the
had placed over a Nick Fury mask. Be· Deltite conspiracy, but not before irrep·
lieving Strucker to be Fury, the agents arable damage was done to SHIELD as
fired on him, Strucker fled in panic a functional agency.

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BARON Talents: Baron Strucker has Military, Es- KNOWN POWERS:
pionage, and Leadership talents. He is a Enhanced Senses: Romu lus has
WOLFGANG trained Marksman, has the Sharp Weap- Amazing sense of smell.
ons Talent, Wrestling, and Martial Arts A, Talents: Romulus has the Military and
VON STRUCKER B, D, E. Leadership talents, the Marksman tal-
Contacts: ent, and Martial Arts A and E.
STATISTICS: Strucker has contacts with a large num- Contacts: Romulus is one of Strucker's
ber of terrorist organizations; he seems most trusted lieutenants of HYDRA.
F EX(20) to be a particularly strong ally of the Red
A EX{20) Skull. ADDITIONAL NOTES:

s GD{10) ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Romulus is a fanatical follower of Baron
E EX(20) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: $trucker, and a firm believer in the ideals
R EX(20) Baron Strucker is one of the most arro- of Strucker's HYDRA. Romulus is cool
I EX(20) gant and dangerous villains on Earth. and confident, and absolutely cold-
p RM(30) Vain, proud, treacherous, and extremely blooded.
Health: 70 cunning; $trucker's goal was the con-
Karma: 80 quest and subjugation of the human LIEUTENANT
Resources: RM(30) race, the absolute humiliation and de- GARROTTE
Popularity: - 20 struction of anyone who opposed him.
Now that he has been resurrected by the STATISTICS:
BACKGROUND:· Death-Spore virus, he is even more ma-
Real Name: Baron Wolfgang Von niacal and ruthless. F RM(30)
Strucker A GD(10)
Occupation: Nobleman, Soldier, Axis LIEUTENANT
agent, Supreme Commander of HYDRA ROMULUS s GD(10)
Legal Status: German citizen and inter-
national criminal and terrorist STATISTICS: E GD(10)
Identity: Public R GD(10)
Place of Birth: Strucker Castle, Bava- F EX{20) I EX(20)
ria, Germany A RM(30) p GD(10)
Marital Status: Married (widower?) Health: 60
Known Relatives: Andrea and Andreas s GD(10) Karma: 40
(fraternal twin children, a.k.a Fenris) Resources: EX(20)
Base of Operations: Las Vegas E EX{20) Popularity: -5
Past Group Affiliations: Third Reich, R EX(20)
HYDRA, THEM I IN(40) BACKGROUND:
Present Group Affiliat ions: p GD{10) Real Name: Unrevealed
Health: 80 Occupation: HYDRA Commander
KNOWN POWERS: Karma: 70 Legal Status: Unknown
Death-Spore Control: The animated form Resources: EX(20) Identity: Public
of Baron Strucker can release the Popularity; -1 O Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Death-Spore virus at will, causing Marital Status: Unknown
Amazing (50) damage to any target he BACKGROUND: Known Relatives: Unknown
strikes in melee combat with his bare Real Name: Cassandra Romulus Base of Operations: Las Vegas
hands. Strucker need not inflict any Occupation: HYDRA Commander Past Group Affiliations: HYDRA
damage with the blow, but physical con- Legal Status: American citizen with a Present Group Affiliations:
tact between Strucker and his victim is criminal record
needed to transfer the virus. Identity: Public KNOWN POWERS:
Place of Birth: Unrevealed Garrotte has trained himself to strangle an
Unless immune to disease or in pos- Marital Status: Unknown opponent with great efficiency. If he suc-
session of an antidote, victims continue Known Relatives: Unknown cessfully grapples an opponent, his victim
to take damage from the virus for 1-10 Base of Operations: Las Vegas must make a green Endurance FEAT roll
rounds or until dead. If Strucker is killed, Past Group Affiliations: HYDRA vs. Garotte's Strength to remain con-
the virus is unleashed, and everyone in Present Group Affiliations: scious. Failure necessitates a roll on the
the same area as his body must make a Stun column of the Universal Table.
red Endurance FEAT roll or be killed.
The Satan Claw: Baron $trucker is re-
constructing the Satan Claw that was
made for him by HYDRA scientists. This
metal gauntlet, worn on the baron's right
hand, gives that arm Excellent Strength
and allows him to deliver Excellent elec-
trical shocks.
Weapons: HYDRA technology allows
Baron Strucker to have access to a large
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Talents: Garrotte has the Wrestling tal- Contacts: Given Saltz's talents and atti- ADDITIONAL NOTES:
tudes, he may have served as a merce-
ent, and Martial Arts E. nary, and may have a number of military ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
contacts as well as HYDRA.
Contacts: Guillotine had a severe inferiority com-
Garrotte is one of the most trusted lieu- ADDITIONAL NOTES: plex. As a result, he tended to be ner-
tenants of HYDRA. vous in front of his superiors and
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: bullying toward his subordinates. Guillo-
ADDITIONAL NOTES: little is known of Saltz's background. He tine was a psychotic who enjoyed acts of
is a dedicated military man who likes to gruesome violence.
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: "kick some butt" and kill his enemies.
Garrotte is a fanatical follower of Baron He enjoys working with HYDRA because TYPICAL HYDRA
Strucker, and a firm believer in the ideals it gives him a lot of opportunity to employ FIELD AGENT
of Strucker's HYDRA. Garrotte is a ser- his special talents. He dislikes people
vile follower of Baron Strucker, but is al- who show off without demonstrating STATISTICS:
so as cold-blooded as a killer can be. competence, or those who bully their
troops without a good reason. F EX(20)
LIEUTENANT A GD(10)
SALTZ LIEUTENANT GD(10)
s GD(10)
STATISTICS: GUILLOTINE
E TY(6)
F RM(30) STATISTICS: TY(6)
R TY(6)
sA EX(20) F GD(10) I
GD(10) A EX(20)
E EX(20) p
R TY(6) s GD(10)
I GD(10) Health: 50
p TY(6) E EX(20) Karma: 18
Health: 80 R PR(4)
Karma: 22 I TY(6) KNOWN POWERS:
Resources: EX(20) p TY(6)
Popularity: - 5 Health: 60 A HYDRA agent is required to maintain
Karma: 16
BACKGROUND: Resources: EX(20) the statistics listed above to remain in
Real Name: Last name Saltz, first name Popularity: - 5 the organization . Most agents never sur-
unknown pass them , but there are always elite
Occupation: HYDRA Commander BACKGROUND: agents gifted with better statistics.
Legal Status: Unknown Real Name: Unknown These agents usually rise to command
Identity: Public Occupation: HYDRA Commander positions, since promotion in HYDRA is
Place of Birth: Unrevealed Legal Status: Unknown, now deceased based on assassination. HYDRA agents
Marital Status: Unknown Identity: Public always carry weaponry.
Known Relatives: Unknown Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Base of Operations: Las Vegas Marital Status: Unknown Equipme nt:
Past Group Affiliations: HYDRA Known Relatives: Unknown
Present Group Affiliations: Base of Operations: Las Vegas HYDRA agents are issued blaster weap-
Past Group Afflllatlons: HYDRA ons that do Remarkable Force damage.
KNOWN POWERS: Present Group Affiliations: Talents: Most HYDRA agents had three
Lt. Saltz appears to have no superhu- skills in weapons or martial arts (Typi-
man powers. KNOWN POWERS: cally Martial Arts A and E, and Guns).
Weapons: lieutenant Saltz carries a Edged Weapons: Guillotine has blades
large variety of weapons, typically a pair along his costume which do Excellent ADDITIONAL NOTES:
of military assault rifles (Excellent dam- Edged Attacks damage.
age, Excellent range, 20 rounds each). Bionic Arm: Guillotine has a bionic left ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Talents: Saltz has the Weapons Master arm, constructed of Excellent Material
and Military talents. Strength steel, which gives him Excel- A typical HYDRA agent is trained to fol-
lent Strength. low orders, not think for himself or ques-
tion his superiors. HYDRA is as much of
Talents: Guillotine has + 1 CS to attack a cult as it is an espionage and terrorist
organization, and relies on blind worship
with edged weapons. of the Supreme Hydra to keep its mem-
Contacts: Guillotine has no known con- bership under control.
tacts.

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ADDITIONAL NOTES:

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The latest chapter in the saga of the plan to defeat Thanos. ADAM WARLOCK
mad Eternal Thanos and Adam Warlock
began with Death . She Who Takes Meanwhile, Thanos tried, unsuccess- STATISTICS:
Lives looked upon the thriving life of the fully, to woo Death. To win her hand,
universe, and was troubled. On the Thanos turned the corpse of Nebula into F IN(40)
planet Earth alone, half the people in all a half-living abomination. When this did A IN(40)
of human history were alive on the plan- not succeed in attracting Death, Thanos
et now. This was not right. This was an killed half of the population of the uni- s RM(30)
imbalance and Death mused about verse. Death, horrified by the monster
wondered what could be done about that she had created , still spurned E AM(50)
this. She would need to have an aco- Thanos. The would-be romance was dis- R GD(10)
lyte, someone to do her bidding. She rupted by an attack by Earth's superhe- I AM(30)
would need to find someone who would roes, which Thanos easily withstood. p IN(40)
have no moral hesitations about killing Then Eternity and the cosmic powers of Health: 160
half the people in the Universe. But the universe attacked. Thanos bested Karma: 80
them as well. All seemed hopeless for Resources: GD(10)
where ... ? Popularity: 10
Her thoughts turned back to her most the universe.
However, following the battle against BACKGROUND:
faithful servant, her most powerful wor- Real Name: Adam Warlock
shipper, the mad Titan, Thanos. Thanos the cosmic powers, Thanos transformed Occupation: Avenger, savior of worlds
had been turned to stone by Adam War- himself into an astral form, rejecting his Legal Status: None
lock, and his threat to the universe's life flesh- the flesh that wore the Infinity Identity: The general populace of Earth
was seemingly ended . Death saw Gauntlet. Seeing her opportunity, Nebu- is unaware that Adam Warlock exists.
Thanos as the perfect instrument, how- Place of Birth: The Beehive, Shard Is-
ever, and restored him to life. la grabbed the Gauntlet and took it as land, Atlantic Ocean
her own. To thwart Thanos, Nebula re- Marital Status: Single
Thanos was eager to gain Death's fa- stored to life everyone that Thanos had Known Relatives: None
vor, and heartily agreed to kill half the killed. Thanos was forced to join forces Base of Operations: Monster Island
people in the universe. He amused him- with Warlock and the Earth's superhe- Past Group Affiliatlons: Head of the In-
self by tormenting the Silver Surfer and roes who were capable of battle in an at- finity Watch, (as the Magus) head of the
by killing Nebula, his alleged grand- tempt to defeat Nebula. Nebula battled Universal Church of Truth in an alternate
daughter, while he considered how he the cosmic heroes and defeated them, future.
would achieve his goal. Gazing into the but Warlock reentered the soul-gem and Present Group Affiliations:
depths of Death's Infinity Well, Thanos caused it to react against her. Nebula
dropped the gauntlet, and after a mad KNOWN POWERS:
developed his plan. scramble to stop Nebula and Thanos Body Armor: Warlock possesses Good
He learned the true power of the six from getting the gauntlet, Warlock em- body armor against physical and energy
attacks.
soul-gems-the Infinity Gems- and erged as its new wearer. Ability Enhancement: Once per day, War-
persuaded Death to help him gain Thanos fled, while Nebula was taken lock could boost his Strength and Endur-
them. Using cunning, naked strength, ance by +2 CS for up to 5 turns. This
and his unique might, Thanos gathered to Titan for judgment. Adam Warlock gives him no increase in Health.
the six gems from their keepers, the ln- was now the supreme being of this entire Flight: Warlock can fly at Monstrous
Betweener and various members of the dimension. After visiting Thanos, who speeds in planetary atmospheres, or
Elders of the Universe. Each gem con- was now living as a farmer on an un- CL1000 speeds in outer space. If War-
trolled one fundamental facet of exist- named world, Warlock turned himself lock makes a red Endurance FEAT roll,
ence : The Soul, The Mind , Power, over to the Living Tribunal to determine he can obtain CL3000 speeds for 2-20
Time, Space, and Reality. He forged his worthiness to be a god. The Living turns.
these six gems into one instrument, the Tribunal ruled against him, and Warlock Force Bolts: Warlock can generate Force
Infinity Gauntlet. This device gave mad was ordered to separate the Infinity or Energy bolts with Amazing strength
Thanos absolute power over every as- Gauntlet into its component gems and from his hands up to a range of 3 areas.
give them to those who would help de- Ute Support: Warlock can survive the
pect of reality. rigors of deep space with CL1000 ability.
Creating the Infinity Gauntlet instantly fend reality from assault. Protective Cocoon: Warlock can spin a
Keeping the soul-gem for himself, cocoon around himself in seconds at
made Thanos a lot of enemies. The first will. The cocoon was made of Incredible
was Mephisto, who used cunning to gain Thanos gave the power-gem to Drax the Material Strength and gave him Mon-
Thanos's ear; he became a sycophant Destroyer, the mind-gem to Moondra- strous self-healing abilities.
who stood at Thanos's side, whispering gon, the time-gem to Gamora, and the Dimensional Transfer: Warlock can trans-
suggestions. Then, Chronos resurrected space-gem to Pip the Troll. The keeper of port himself between our dimension and
Thanos's old enemy, Drax the Destroyer, the reality-gem is as yet a mystery. War- the dimension of the soul-gem at will.
now a nearly mindless brute. Then lock named them the Infinity Watch, and Equipment:
Thanos's deadliest foe, Adam Warlock, then left them to seek solace in the com- Soul-Gem: Warlock uses the soul-gem,
was awakened from the soul-gem in pany of the High Evolutionary. In the one of the Infinity Gems, to give himself
which he lived along with Gamora and meantime, cosmic beings were already the following abilities:
Pip the Troll. Along with Dr. Strange and plotting to wrest the gems from their
the Silver Surfer, Warlock put together a guardians and reproduce Thanos's feat
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• Amazing intensity devolution, that While traveling through the Hercules KNOWN POWERS:
allows the gem to reverse the effects of star cluster later, Warlock encountered Time Gem: Gamora has the time gem,
adv anced evolution (such as caused by the Universal Church of Truth, a rapidly and is capable of warping and manipu-
the High Evolutionary), returning an indi- spreading religious empire. Warlock dis- lating the flow of time. As of this writing,
vidual or creature to its original state. covered that the Church's leader, the she has yet to develop any power stunts
Magus, was really himself from an alter- with this Shift Z rank power; Gamora
• Monstrous Communications, which nate future. While the Magus sought to may soon wield its powers with Incredi-
enables the gem to instantly translate ble rank effects (equal to Psyche). She
any being's language. ensure his eventual creation, Warlock could duplicate the following powers
and Thanos united to prevent the Magus with the time gem if she so chose: Dupli-
• An Incredible Kinetic Force Bolt, from becoming. Warlock eventually ab- cation (by summoning an alternate fu-
that can be fired up to four areas away. sorbed the Magus into the soul-gem, ture counterpart) , Lightning Speed,
and prevented his creation. Multiple Attacks, Paralyzation-Others
• Unearthly Soul Absorption, which (freeze time around foes), Suspended
means that the gem can literally absorb After that, Thanos began to gather the Animation-Self and Others, Teleporta-
a victim's mind. The victim's mind be- gems together to sacrifice the stars to tion (step outside of time for a few
comes a resident of a pocket dimension Death. Part of his plan involved the rounds and move to another location in-
where everything is peaceful and tran- death of Warlock, who was living within stantly by restoring time), etc.
quil. Warlock can access the memories the soul-gem. But the energies released Talents: Gamora is an accomplished as-
of any soul trapped within the gem . by Warlock's death and the power of the sassin, with Martial Arts A-E, Thrown
soul-gem itself, combined to resurrect Weapons, Sharp Weapons, Navigation,
The gem is sentient and malevolent, Warlock, and Warlock turned Thanos in- Aerial Combat, and Spacecraft pilot.
with the following mental statistics: to stone. Warlock then retreated back to Contacts: Gamora has contacts with
the soul-gem. Adam Warlock, Pip the Troll, Moondra-
RIP gon, Drax, and Thanos. She was once a
IN MN UN Recently, Death resurrected Thanos, friend of Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell).
The gem can substitute its own mental and when Thanos hurled the Silver Surf-
attributes for Warlock's in a dire emer- er and Drax the Destroyer into the soul- ADDITIONAL NOTES:
gency. The soul-gem is made of Un- gem, Warlock helped them escape, and
earthly Strength Material. then emerged himself. During the Infinity
Gauntlet crisis, Warlock gained control
Talents: Warlock has the Leadership tal- of the Gauntlet and the ultimate power
ent. that went with it, but tired of the burden
Contacts: Warlock has allied with most of omnipotence and gave the gems to
Earth superheroes and many cosmic en- others. He kept the soul-gem, " his old
tities during his long career. friend," for himself.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: GAMORA ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Warlock has become a cool, stoic indi- Gamora is a dedicated woman, probably
vidual, devoted to the preservation of liv- STATISTICS: the most conscientious member of the
ing things. He is extremely self-assured Infinity Watch, and is closest to Adam
and acts with great nobility. F IN(40) Warlock.
A IN(40)
HISTORY: HISTORY:
Adam Warlock was the creation of four s EX(20) Gamora was the sole survivor of the ali-
Earth scientists called the Enclave. He en humanoid race called the Zen-
was the prototype for a perfect human, E IN(40) Whoberis, a peace-loving people who
that would become the Enclave's perfect R GD(10) refused to convert to the militaristic doc-
soldier. " Him," as Warlock was then I EX(20) trines of the Universal Church of Truth, a
known, rejected the Enclave's goals and p IN(40) zealous religious order seeking to estab-
fled into our space, where he encoun- Health: 140 lish a galaxy-wide empire. Agents of the
tered the High Evolutionary on Counter- Karma: 70 Church, called Grand Inquisitors, herd-
Earth. The High Evolutionary gave Him Resources: GD(10) ed the entire population of the planet in-
the soul-gem and named him Adam Popularity: 10 to a valley and exterminated them for
Warlock; Warlock defeated the Evolu- their resistance. The mad Titan Thanos
tionary's renegade creation, the Man- BACKGROUND: rescued Gamora and brought her
Beast and then left to wander the Real Name: Gamora through time to a period at least two dec-
universe, to battle the forces of evil. Occupation: Former assassin and min- ades prior to her people's deaths.
ion of Thanos, now cosmic adventurer Aboard his space station Sanctuary,
Legal Status: Citizen of Zen-Whoberi Thanos raised Gamora and used
Identity: The general populace of Earth advanced technology to endow her with
is unaware that Gamora exists advanced humanoid abilities. He also
Place of Birth: Planet Zen-Whoberi, Sili- subtly altered her perceptions so that
can system, Milky Way Galaxy she would not recogni ze the evil of her
Marital Status: Single deeds.
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Monster Island Thanos planned to send Gamora to
Past Group Affiliations: Former minion assassinate his enemy the Magus, the
of Thanos, member of the Infinity Watch
Present Group Affiliations:

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leader of the Church of Universal Truth, Present Group Affiliations: Eventually, missionaries from the Uni-
a warped version of Adam Warlock from versal Church of Truth came to Laxidazia
an alternate future. She practiced for KNOWN POWERS: and began to convert the natives to the
this assignment by killing the Church's new faith. The agents of the Church
Grand Inquisitors. zSpace Gem: This gem gives its wearer found the tribes of trolls and soon
learned that they were resistant to any
Thanos hoped that the presence of a Shift Teleportation; it also grants all conversion process. The Church or-
noncontemporary element such as Ga- available movement powers, but Pip dered them exterminated , and word
mora inserted into the Magus's present generally uses the gem only for Telepor- spread throughout the Empire that all
would disrupt his opponent's plans and tation. trolls were to be exterminated. In the
lead to the divergence of the events that Talents: Pip has no known talents, aside meantime, Pip had gotten himself in
created the Magus from this timeline. from drinking and lewd behavior, at trouble on scores of planets, most of
Gamora's presence was detected by the which he is very talented. which were under the Church's jurisdic-
Magus, who prevented her from getting Contacts: Pip has contacts with Adam tion. Eventually taken captive by agents
close enough to assassinate him. Ga- Warlock, Moondragon, Drax, and Ga- of the Church, Pip was sent aboard the
mora did, however, assist Warlock in his mora. Death Ship, a space vessel containing
final battle against the Magus. those bound for execution by the
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Church. Aboard the ship, Pip met Adam
When the Magus was defeated, Ga- Warlock. Seeing Warlock as a means to
mora returned to her master, Thanos, ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: escape the ship as well as a chance to
and soon learned of his plan to destroy Pip is rude, lewd, and lecherous. He is find adventure, Pip became Warlock's
the universe as a sacrifice to Death. Hor- an ideal companion if you enjoy fre- companion in his efforts to thwart his al-
rified, she tried· to slay Thanos with a quenting galactic taverns and don't ternate self, the Magus. When the threat
dagger, but Thanos slew her instead. mind bailing him out of trouble all the of the Magus was quelled, Pip and War-
Adam Warlock found Gamora with one time. lock went drinking together on the
last spark of life remaining in her body humanoid-populated world Sirius(T-
and used his soul-gem to absorb her HISTORY: S)and then parted company. Pip be-
consciousness. Gamora's spirit re- Pip was born 260th in line for the throne came engaged in a number of
mained in the soul-gem until the recent of Laxidazia, a planet in the Dolenz sys- misadventures of his own, then decided
Infinity Gauntlet crisis, when it was re- tem. A member of the idle rich, Pip spent to renew his friendship with Adam War-
leased. Warlock awarded Gamora the his days in luxury, painting landscapes lock. Locating the ship of Warlock's
gem of Time and made her a member of to ease the boredom. One night while former ally, Thanos, Pip entered to see if
the Infinity Watch. looking for a good spot to paint, Pip Warlock was still aboard . He was not.
came across an encampment of trolls, a Thanos responded to the troll's intrusion
PIP THE TROLL degenerate sub-species of the Laxida- by using his power to destroy Pip's
zian race. Taking an immediate liking to brain. Warlock eventually found Pip, and
STATISTICS: these people, Pip engaged in food, used a fraction of his power to absorb
drink, and dance with them, imbibing Pip's spirit into his soul-gem.
F GD(10) vast quantities of their special ale. When
A EX(20) Pip awoke the next morning, he discov- Later, during the Infinity Gauntlet cri-
ered that not only did he have the worst sis, Pip's spirit was released and he was
s TY(6) hangover of his life, he had been mu- restored to life. Adam Warlock, relieving
tated by the ale into a troll. Eventually, he himself of the burden of godhood, gave
E IN(40) returned to the court and tried to hide his Pip the space gem and named him as
condition, but his lewd behavior could one of the Infinity Watch.
R TY(6) not be stifled.
DRAX THE DE-
I TY(6) Embarrassed by such behavior from
p TY(6) someone with a rank as esteemed as the STROYER
260th in line for the throne, the Laxida-
Health: 76 zians stripped him of rank and exiled STATISTICS:
Karma: 18 him from the court. Pip stowed away on
Resources: TY(6) aboard a merchant starship and began a F IN(40)
Popularity: 0 life of wandering and debauchery. A RM(30)

BACKGROUND: s UN(100)
Real Name: Pip Gofern
Occupation: Former prince of Laxida- E UN(100)
zia, painter, lecher, and companion of
heroes R FB(2)
legal Status: Expatriate citizen of Lax- I FB(2)
idazia, wanted for lewd behavior on nu- p AM(SO)
merous worlds
Identity: The general populace of Earth Health: 270
is unaware that Pip exists
Place of Birth: Laxidazia, Dolenz sys- Karma: 54
tem, Milky Way Galaxy Resources: PA(4)
Marital Status: Single (presumed) Popularity: 10
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Monster Island
Past Group Affiliations: Member of the
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BACKGROU ND: HISTORY: MOONDRAGON
Real Name: Arthur Douglas
Occupation: Former real estate agent, Real estate agent Arthur Douglas, his STATI STICS:
later agent of Chronos wife, Yvette, and his daughter, Heather
Legal Status: Citizen of the United were driving across the Mojave Desert F RM(30)
States with no criminal record, legally from Las Vegas to Los Angeles when a A RM(30)
deceased spaceship carrying the mad Titan S GD(10)
Identity: Secret named Thanos passed overhead on a E RM(30)
Place of Birth: Burbank, California surveillance mission of Earth. Wishing to R RM(30)
Marital Status: Widowed keep his existence secret, Thanos de- I IN(40)
Known Relatives: Yvette (w ife, de- stroyed the car in case its passengers
ceased), Heat her (daughter) had seen his craft, then landed to make P UN(100)
Base of Operations: Monster Island certain they were dead. Satisfied that Health: 100
Past Group Affiliations: Member of the they were dead , Thanos left. Unbe- Karma: 170
Infinity Watch. knownst to him, Thanos's father Mentor Resources: GD(10)
Present Group Affiliations: had been monitoring his son's activities Popularity: 0
on Earth. Mentor discovered that Heath-
KNOWN POWERS: er Douglas was still alive, and took her BACKGROUND:
Power Gem: The power gem boosts back to Titan to be raised and trained in Real Name: Heather Douglas
Drax's statistics to the level listed above. using her latent mental abilities. She lat- Occupation: Former priestess and ad-
His original physical statistics were: er returned to Earth as Moondragon. venturer
Legal St atus: Citizen of the United
FASE Mentor sadly determined that the States with no c riminal record, natural-
GD EX IN AM threat of Thanos could no longer be ig- ized citizen of Titan
Other powers due to the power gem's nored. He enlisted the aid of the cosmic Identity: Secret
presence are quite likely, but as yet un- Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California
revealed entity Chrones to seize the astral form of Marital Status: Single
Immortality: Drax cannot be slain by Arthur Douglas before it had completely Known Relatives: Yvette (mother, de-
physical means. In addition to Immortali- left its body. Chrones and Mentor then ceased), Arthur (father)
ty, Drax has Unearthly Life Support, Re- fashioned a superhuman body from the Base of Operations: Monster Island
generation, and Recovery powers, and Earth and placed Douglas's spirit into it. Past Group Affiliations: Member of the
is invulnerable to heat, cold, electricity, Thus, Drax the Destroyer was born. Infinity Watch.
radiation, toxins, and disease. However, Present Group Affiliations:
Drax can be Slammed or Stunned by Mentor blocked all memories of Drax's
physical attacks. Drax can only be killed old life, instilling in him a monomaniacal KNOWN POWERS:
by a mental attack. hatred of Thanos. For years, Drax Mind Gem: This Infinity Gem raises all of
Force Beams: Drax can fire beams of served as Thanos's nemesis, thwarting Moondragon's mental statistics by + 2
Amazing Force and range from his CS, and enhances her telekinesis simi-
hands. certain of Thanos's plans, but never larly. Other powers are likely, but are as
Flight: Drax can fly at CL1000 speeds in crushing Thanos himself. T hanos hired yet unrevealed. Without the gem, Moon-
space, but is reduced to Monstrous legions of alien mercenaries just to keep dragon's mental statistics are:
speeds in a planetary atmosphere. Drax away from him . Finally, in Thanos's
Talents: Drax has the Resist Domination campaign to possess the Cosmic Cube, RI p
talent.
Contacts: Drax has contacts with Adam Drax, _in the company of the Avengers, GD EX AM
Warlock, and the Silver Surfer. Captain Mar-Vell, and Moondragon, saw
Thanos turned to stone. Drax now Telepathy: Unearthly ability and range.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: lacked a purpose in life. For awhile he Mind Control: Unearthly rank and range
used Captain Mar-Veil as an outlet for Mind Blast: Monstrous ability and dam-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: his frustrations, then he fell silent. age, 4 area range (Incredible, 2 area
Drax is no longer obsessed, as he once range, without gem)
was, with Thanos. In fact, Drax's current Sometime later, Drax was contacted Telekinesis: Unearthly rank strength and
mental faculties are all but gone. Drax by his daughter, Moondragon, and was force with Amazing range
still has a hair-trigger temper and some- invited to join her in her journey through Kinetic Bolt: Incredible rank Force bolt, 8
t imes makes t he old green Hulk seem space in search of knowledge. The two area range
mild by comparison. In the company of came to the world of Ba-Banis, a world of Talents: Moondragon has Unearthly
friends, Drax is a powerful weapon of the humanoids, caught in the middle of a reason in the fields of Genetics and Bio-
forces of good. He can be calmed down civil war. Moondragon used her mental chemistry. With Good facilities, she is
if made to watch " Alf" reruns. powers to stop the c ivil war and set her- capable of creating new superbeings.
self up as the planet's goddess. Drax Contacts: Moondragon has contacts
recognized that her ambitions were ig- with estranged members of the Aveng-
noble and contacted the Avengers. ers and the Defenders.
Freed by t he Avengers from his daugh-
ter's mental domination, Drax attacked
her. Moondragon was " forced " to kill
Drax.

Drax remained d ead , until Thanos
was resurrected by Death , when
Chronos resurrected Drax in response
to the menace of Thanos. Drax joined in
the fight against Thanos and was later
given the power gem by Warlock and
made a member of the Infinity Watch.

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ADDIT IONAL NOTES: had been monitoring his son's activities point came when she helped the Aveng-
ers battle Korvac. Scanning Korvac's
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: on Earth. Mentor discovered that Heath- mind, she saw that he desired to elimi-
Moondragon is a smug, arrogant, self- er Douglas was still alive, and took her nate chaos from the universe, and deter-
centered person who will gladly step on mined that would be a laudable goal.
anyone in the pursuit of her goals. Cold back to Titan to be raised. She was
and calculating, there is, nonetheless, a placed in the custody of the Shao-Lorn She later traveled to the planet Ba-
side to her that very much admires su-
perheroes and wants to be like them. monks of Titan, who taught her complete Banis, and used her mental powers to
Moondragon's internal conflict, between stop their civil war. However, the Aveng-
her contempt for and admiration of oth- control of her body and mind as well as ers traveled to Ba-Banis to stop her. In
ers, often has explosive results. the process, she took the life of her fa-
total mastery of her latent psionic poten- ther, Drax the Destroyer. The Asgardian
HISTO RY: tial. She became an accomplished ath- god Thor turned Moondragon over to his
Heather Douglas is the only child of real father Odin for punishment. Odin forced
estate agent Arthur Douglas and his lete, martial artist, and geneticist. Moondragon to wear a headband that
wife, Yvette. When Heather was three greatly reduced her mental powers, and
years old, she and her parents were driv- Eventually she made contact with a entrusted her to the custody of the Val-
ing across the Mojave Desert from Las malevolent entity, the Dragon of the kyrie, a member of the Defenders. She
Vegas to Los Angeles when a spaceship served well with the Defenders, until she
carrying the mad Titan Thanos passed Moon, a cosmic entity that claimed to learned she was dying . Once again
overhead. Wishing to keep his existence have destroyed dozens of civilizations, tempted by the Dragon of the Moon, who
secret, Thanos destroyed the car in case promised to save her, she gave in. Moon-
its passengers had seen his craft, killing including the Eternals of Uranus. The
everyone except Heather. (Arthur dragon gained vast powers of evil, and
Douglas was later resurrected as Drax Dragon tried to take control of Heather's battled the Defenders. The result of this
the Destroyer.) Thanos's father, Mentor, mind, but with the help of the psionic
battle was the apparent destruction of
barriers protecting Titan, she drove it Moondragon, the Dragon of the Moon,
and the Defenders. But Moondragon
out. Yet the Dragon saw Heather as its survived, now free of the Dragon's influ-
best pawn and It continued to influence
her. When her studies were finished, she ence.
She was invited to join the Infinity
chose the name "Moondragon."
Feeling confined on Titan and con- Watch after the Infinity Gauntlet crisis,
and given the mind gem by Adam War-
tempt for its people, Moondragon es- lock. Whether vast powers will lead to
caped to Earth. Under the name vast corruption, as has happened before
Madame MacEvil, she bred several su- with Moondragon, remains to be seen.

perhumans: Angar the Screamer, Ram-

rod, and the Dark Messiah. Yet her work
was intended for a good purpose, the

creation of superhumans for use in the

war against Thanos. Soon after Thanos

was vanquished, Moondragon became
involved with the Avengers. A turning

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STATISTICS:

F IN(40)

A RM(30)
GD(10)
s

E EX(20)

R GD(10)

I IN(40)
p AM(50)

Health: 100

Karma: 100

Resources: PR(4)

Popularity: 20

BACKGROUND:

Real Name: Daniel Rand
Occupation: Adventurer

Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States, honorary Tibetan citizen
Identity: S~cret
Place of Birth: New York City
Marital Status: Single

Known Relatives: Wendell and Heather
(parents, deceased), Yu-Ti (uncle)
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliations: Former partner
of Luke Cage, Heroes for Hire, Inc.
Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS:

Chi: If Iron Fist spends one round of
action concentrating and makes a suc-
cessful Psyche FEAT roll, his Fighting,
Agility, Strength, and Endurance ranks
are each increased by + 1 CS for 1O
rounds. Afterwards, his Health drops 25
points.

Iron Fist: Once per day, Iron Fist can use
his chi to deliver a devastating blow.
Make a Psyche FEAT roll to determine
the damage done by the blow; a green
result does Incredible damage; a yellow
result does Amazing damage, and a red
result roll does Monstrous damage. If he
lands an Incredible or Amazing force
blow, he temporarily loses 50 Health
points; if he lands a Monstrous blow, he
loses 50 Health points and loses con-
sciousness for 1-10 turns.
Talents: Iron Fist has Martial Arts A and

E.

Contacts: Power Man, Namor,
Nightwing Restorations, and the X-Men.
Iron Fist is a friend of numerous su-
perheroes, including Spider-Man.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

65

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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: city. There the young Rand was brought Danny was blamed for the murder, and ..--..
Danny Rand's original motivation was to before the ruler of K'un-L:un, the August
avenge his· parents' death by waging Personage of Jade. Seeing the boy's de- undertook a mission to find the ninja and
war against renegades from K'un-L:un. sire for vengeance, he apprenticed him clear his name. This led him into conflict
After this was resolved, he joined Luke to the martial arts master of K'un-L:un, with a number of costumed adventurers,
Cage in a partnership, which then devel- Lei Kung the Thunderer. and eventually, to a career as a crime-
oped into a close friendship. Now that fighter. He met Luke Cage (alias Power
Danny has been rescued from imprison- Rand's training under Lei Kung was Man) and joined Cage's professional He-
ment by the H'ylthri, it remains to be rigorous. At age 16, Rand earned the ro for Hire Business. However, during a
seen which direction his life will take. Crown of Fu-Hsi, king of the vipers, van- visit to K'un-L:un to heal himself of radia-
quished four foes in the ritualistic Chal- tion poisoning, Danny was kidnapped by
HISTORY: lenge of the Many, and defeated Shu-hi, the ancient enemies of K'un-L:un, the
Daniel Rand was the son of a business- a mechanical being whose name means H'ylthri, and replaced with a duplicate
man named Wendell Rand who had a "Lightning." Rand diligently conditioned made of plant tissue, which was to act as
mysterious obsession to find the fabled his hands by thrusting them into tubs of agent for the plant creatures' invasion of
city of K'un-L:un, a paradise he believed hot sand, then gravel, then finally rock. Earth. Shortly afterwards, the duplicate
to be located in the mountains of Tibet. At age 19, Rand was given the opportu- of Rand was slain and Luke Cage was
When he was nine, Daniel Rand traveled nity to gain the power of the Iron Fist. blamed for the murder.
to Tibet with his father, mother, and his Opposing the fire-breathing serpent
father's business partner, Harold Mea- called Shou-Lao the Undying, Rand Daniel Rand reappeared recently, or
chum, in search of K'un-L:un. Toppling grabbed the serpent's body and re-
off a treacherous mountain passage, ceived mystic emanations from the more accurately, the Super-Skrull who
Daniel dragged his father and mother dragon-shaped scar that marked where had assumed Rand's likeness and his
with him. While he and his mother land- the serpent's heart had been ripped out identity as Iron Fist appeared. The Skrull
ed on a ledge below, his father dangled years before. In the embrace, the scar
over the sheer drop of the mountainside, imprinted itself on Rand's chest. Killing used Rand's contacts and friends to ad-
calling to his partner for help. Hoping to the serpent, Rand plunged his hands in- vance a scheme involving the Savage
take Rand's share of their business, to the now unguarded brazier containing Land. The Skrull battled Namor, the Sub-
Meachum instead caused him to lose his Shou-Lao's molten heart. When he was Mariner, his cousin Namorita, of the New
grip and plunge to his death. Though through, his fists shone with a mystical Warriors, and Misty Knight, Rand's form-
Meachum offered to help Heather Rand force, and he earned the title "Iron Fist." er lover. The Skrull dropped his ruse,
and her son, they spurned him. Attempt- was defeated and fled, his scheme
ing to make it back to camp on their own, Declining to stay in K' un-L:un eter- wrecked. Rand's friends, perhaps
Heather and her son spied a long sus- nally, Danny returned to America to seek buoyed by Rand's bogus reappearance,
pension bridge just as a pack of wild revenge on Meachum. Meanwhile, Mea- set off on a search to find out what had
wolves attacked them. Heather tried to chum, having learned of Rand's training really happened to their friend.
hold them off long enough for her son to
get away to safety, and was killed in the at K'un-L:un while recovering from frost· Rand was freed from his imprison-
effort. Soon thereafter, denizens of K'un- bite suffered while in the Himalayas, re- ment by the H'ylthri some time later by
L:un found the boy and took him to their turned to America as an invalid to await
Rand. Clad in the ceremonial garb of the Namor, the Sub-Mariner, and brought
Iron Fist, Rand finally confronted Mea- back to Earth by its Sorcerer Supreme,
chum, but took pity on the invalid and Dr. Strange. At present, Daniel Rand is
spared him. Minutes later, however, a recovering from his long ordeal. Appar-
mysterious ninja murdered Meachum. ently, meditation and the energy of the
Iron Fist has cured Rand of the cancer
he suffered from earlier in his career.
What direction his life will take now is un-
known.

66

THE LEGION DF NIGHT

Defense attorney Charles Blackwater but when the Fellowship intervened, de- caused her to be committed to an asy-
was not the most ethical of human be- manding that he turn over all of the files lum. The fifth, Chan Liuchow, had been
ings, but he was not without a con- of his investigation to them. When Black- a student who had awakened the dread-
science either. When the Fellowship, a water resisted, he was killed in a grue- ed Fin Fang Foom from slumber thirty
religious cult, came to him and asked some fashion-his throat was impaled , years before to save China from Com-
munism. It was Fin Fang Foom that the
him to defend them against charges of he was shot in the head, and knocked Legion of Night was worried about. The
kidnapping, extortion, fraud, drug traf- out of the window of a high-rise apart- Fellowship planned to rouse the dragon
ficking, and pornography he insisted ment. What more need someone do to from its slumber and allow it to transform
that he check out their commune to de- kill someone? the world into its dream, which it would
termine that the accusations were false. then devour. The Fellowship successful-
He also insisted on receiving one hun- But the Fellowship did not count on ly completed the ritual which caused the
dred thousand dollars more than they the intervention of the mysterious entity dragon to awaken, then Hildreth, the
were willing to offer. known as Omen. He saw in this dying high priestess and comptroller of the
man a weapon to use against the Fellow- Fellowship, offered herself as a sacrifice
He defended them well-the Fellow- ship, against the beast that the Fellow- to Fin Fang Foom, dramatically increas-
ship was acquitted of the charges ship planned to raise, and against the ing its powers.
against him. That's when " Cruel Fate" beast's master, whom he had once
intervened-"Cruel Fate" magazine, served. He offered in delirious, dying Omen led the Legion of Night into the
that is-which was preparing an expose dreams life to Charles Blackwater, if he dreamworld of Fin Fang Foom, to slay
of the Fellowship, and which raised would serve the night, if he would help the evil dreams it was preparing to un-
doubts in Blackwater's mind about the terrorize those who committed their evil leash upon the world. Though they were
occult beliefs of the group. in the sunlight, those who feared noth- opposed by hideous monsters, the Le-
ing. Blackwater had little choice. gion was nonetheless victorious, forcing
These doubts led him to an unusual the dragon to retreat, and breaking up
used-bookstore, with a precognitive Once Omen had established a link in the schemes of the Fellowship. At
sales clerk and a copy of the Aten De- the physical world, he began to assem- present, the Legion of Night has not ap-
can, the philosophical underpinnings of ble his Legion of ~ight, mystically calling peared again, but Omen has prophesied
the Fellowship. The macabre dogma of them together. The precognitive that the awakening of Fin Fang Foom
the Aten Decan, which encouraged the shadow-reader, Ariann, was Omen's first was but the first step in a larger series of
exploitation of humanity's basest nature recruit. The second recruit was Jennifer occult tests by dark forces that would try
and the rejection of morality, led Black- Kale, the sorceress who had once been to destroy it, that could only be opposed
water to investigate the pornography a friend to the Man-Thing, and who had by-a Legion of Night.
and drug charges. He soon learned that much experience in mystical matters.
the Fellowship were guilty of everything The third, Martin Gold, was a writer for
that they had been accused of-and " Cruel Fate" magazine. The fourth, Dr.
Katherine Reynolds, was a professor of
more. psychiatry from Gateway University in
St. Louis, whose psychic powers had
Blackwater agreed to aid Cruel Fate
magazine's expose of the Fellowship,

OMEN ance in times of crisis. He has no other KNOWN POWERS:
known contacts; it is known that he once Magic: Jennifer Kale is an Adept of the
STATISTICS: served a power of extreme evil. school of Atlantean White Magic. Kale's
ADDITIONAL NOTES: known spells include:
F RM(30}
A EX(20} ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: AM Astral Protection (P);
Omen is a remote, distant figure, who Dimensional Travel (D): Kale has used
s EX(20) wages an emotionless vigil against the this spell to exile creatures captured by
forces of evil. Yet, it is obvious that he her Ensnaring spell.
E AM(50) cares for Earth and its humans. IN Eldritch Blast (U);
R EX(20} IN Ensnaring (0): Those who are cap-
I EX(20) JENNIFER KALE tured by this spell must make a Psyche
p IN(40) FEAT roll to break free, or its effects are
Health: 120 STATISTICS: permanent until Kale terminates the
Karma: 80 F TY(6) spell. She has used this spell to create
Resources: RM (30) A GD(10} bridges of Incredible Material Strength.
Popularity: 0 IN Magic Detection (U);
s TY(6} AM Medium (D): Kale can communi-
BACKGROUND: cate with the spirit of Dakimh with a suc-
Real Name: Unrevealed. Charles Black- E EX(20) cessful Psyche FEAT roll (Incredible).
water is the name of Omen's human R GD(10) Talents: Kale has the Occult talent. Her
host. I EX(20) knowledge of Florida geography is Ex-
Occupation: Self-appointed protector of p IN(40) cellent.
humanity, leader of the Legion of Night Health: 42 Contacts: Kale is a friend of the Man-
Legal Status: Unknown. Blackwater is a Karma: 70 Thing and the worldly barbarian Korrek.
United States citizen with no criminal re- Resources: TY(6) She is a disciple of Dakimh and a mem-
cord Popularity: 5 ber of the Legion of Night.
Identity: Public
Place of Birth: Unrevealed ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS:
NOTE: Omen appears to be a being of
vast supernatural powers. These
powers, the only ones revealed to date,
are probably a small fraction of Omen's
true powers.
Alter-ego: Omen uses the resurrected
corpse of Charles Blackwater as a host.
Omen seems to need to bond himself
with a host, but the effects of this limita-
tion are unknown. Blackwater's statistics
without Omen are:

FAS ER IP BACKGROUND:
TY TY TY GD GD GD TY Real Name: Jennifer Kale
Health: 28 Occupation: Sorceress
Karma: 26 Legal Status: United States citizen with
no criminal record.
Sword: Omen wields a huge sword that ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
can do Remarkable Edged damage. Identity: The general populace of Earth Kale is a courageous young woman,
Healing: Omen has Incredible healing is unaware that Jennifer Kale is a sorcer- more seasoned than she was when she
powers. ess. was a simple sorcerer's apprentice. She
Portal: Omen can transmit messages by Place of Birth: Citrusville, Florida sees her duties as a member of the Le-
a projecting himself as a portal of light, Marital Status: Single gion of Night as inevitable, given the na-
similar to astral projection. In this form, Known Relatives: Joshua (father), Andy ture of magic; which involves people in
he can communicate with people. Those (brother) conflicts that cannot be avoided.
who step through the portal will go Base of Operations: New York City
where Omen wishes. Past Group Affiliations: Apprentice of
Talents: Omen has the Occult and Lead- Dakimh the Enchanter, frequent partner
ership talent. of Korrek, Man-Thing, and Howard the
Contacts: As leader of the Legion of Duck, member of the Legion of Night
Night, Omen can count on their assist- Present Group Affiliations:

68

THE LEGION OF NIGHT

ARIANN MARTIN GOLD KATHERINE
REYNOLDS
STATISTICS: STATISTICS:
STATISTICS:
F GD(10) F TY(6)
TY(6) A TY(6) F TY(6)
A TY(6) TY(6) A TY(6)
s TY(6) TY(6)
s GD(10) GD(10) s TY(6)
GD(10) E GD(10) PR(4)
E AM(50) R TY(6) E TY(6)
R RM(30) I IN(40)
p R
I
p Health: 24 I
Karma: 26
Health:32 Resources: TY(6) p
Karma: 90
Resources: TY(6) Popularity: o Health: 24
Popularity: O Karma: 50

BACKGROUND: BACKGROUND: Resources: TY(6)
Real Name: Ariann Real Name: Martin Gold Popularity: 0
Occupation: Bookstore clerk, "shadow Occupation: Writer for " Cruel Fate"
reader" magazine BACKGROUND:
Legal Status: United States citizen with Legal Status: United States citizen with Real Name: Katherine Reynolds
no criminal record, still a minor no criminal record Occupation: Psychology professor at
Identity: The general populace of Earth Identity: The general populace of Earth Gateway University in St. Louis, current
is unaware that Ariann is an adventurer is unaware that Gold is an adventurer. mental patient
Place of Birth: Unknown Place of Birth: Unknown Legal Status: United States citizen with
Marital Status: Single Marital Status: Unrevealed no criminal record
Known Relatives: Great grandfather Known Relatives: None Identity: The general populace of Earth
(name unrevealed) Base of Operations: New York City is unaware that Reynolds is an adventur-
Base of Operations: New York City Past Group Affiliations: Member of the er
Legion of Night. Place of Birth: Unknown
Past Group Affiliations: Member of the Present Group Affiliations: Marital Status: Unrevealed
Legion of Night. Known Relatives: None
Present Group Affiliations: Base of Operations: St. Louis, Missouri
Past Group Affiliations: Member of t he
KNOWN POWERS: KNOWN POWERS: Legion of Night.
Shadow Reading: Ariann's powers in- Dream Teleport: In the dreamworld only, Present Group Affiliations:
volve mental contact with, and observa- Martin Gold can teleport with Remark-
tion of, people's shadows. This gives her able ability. KNOWN POWERS:
Incredible powers of Empathy and Pre- Talents: Martin has the Journalism tal- Psionic Attack: Amazing power and
cognition abilities. ent. range.
Dream Manipulation: In dreams, Ariann Contacts: Martin is a member of the Le- Mental Probe: Amazing power and
can cause everyone she is in physical range.
contact with to grow in size. She can do g ion of Night. Talents: Katherine has the Psychiatry
this with Remarkable ability. talent.
Talents: None revealed. ADDITIONAL NOTES: Contacts: Katherine is a member of the
Contacts: Ariann is a member of the Le- Legion of Night.
g ion of Night.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Ariann is an extremely mysterious fig- Katherine 's mind has been affected by
Martin is a relatively normal person who drugs, leaving her irrational and, at
ure. Her powers of precognition make has been recruited into the Legion of times, barely coherent. She is usually
her seem wise beyond her years. She quiet, but can get quite violent when
enjoys playing "the all-knowing little Night, perhaps because his normalcy annoyed.
girl" who makes cryptic comments provides the team with a bit of stability.
about people, and does not hesitate to So far, Martin has found himself virtually
talk about her abilities. overwhelmed by the occult forces that
he has to face, but has shown remark-
able resilience in the face of adversity.

69

CHAN LIUCHOW ADDITIONAL NOTES FOR LEGION OF
NIGHT
STATISTICS:

F GD(10)
A TY(6)

s TY(6)

E TY(6)
R GD(10)
I GD(10)
p GD(10)

Health: 28
Karma: 30
Resources: GD(10)
Popularit y: 0

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Chan Liuchow
Occupation: Anthropology professor at
University of California at Berkeley
Legal Status: Chinese citizen with no
criminal record

Identity: The general populace of Earth
is unaware that Liuchow is an adventur-
er

Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations : Berkeley, Califor-

nia
Past Group Affiliations: Member of the

Legion of Night.
Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS:

None known.
Talents: Chan has the Occult talent,
specializing in Oriental mysticism.
Contacts: Chan is a member of the Le-

gion of Night.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Chan has been consumed by guilt over
his role in unleashing Fin Fang Foom
thirty years ago. It is unknown whether
he will continue to serve with the Legion
of Night now that it has been defeated.

70

STATISTICS: LIWING LIGHTNING

F GD(10) 71
A GD(10)

s TY(6)

E EX(20)
R GD(10)
I TY(6)
p TY(6)
Health:46
Karma: 22
Resources: EX(20) as an Avenger
Popularity: 10

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Miguel Santos
Occupation: Former Overlord turned
Adventurer
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen of Mexican
descent .
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Father, deceased
Base of Operations: Unknown
Past Group Affiliations: Pacific Over-
lords, Avengers
Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS:
Electrical Generation: Santos can fire
bolts of electricity which can inflict up to
Unearthly damage.
Flight: While in his energy form, Santos
can fly at Shift X speeds (50 areas/round
or 750 mph).
Invulnerability: While in his energy form,
Santos can not be harmed by physical
attacks. He may be harmed by magic,
psionic, and plasma-based attacks.

Equipment:
Stasis Suit: Santos wears a special suit
~ which was designed for him by Doctor
Demonicus and later modified by Doctor
Pym. Pods located on the hips of this
suit emit a stasis field which keep
Santos in human form. By turning off
these pods, he can assume the plasma
form of Living Lightning.

Talents: Unknown.

Contacts: Miguel can use any one of the
Avengers as a contact.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Attributing this transformation solely change for certain benefits, the greatest
Santos was a reluctant Overlord at best. of which was the stasis suit which al-
He was essentially captured by Demoni- to the machine, and fearing that anyone lowed him to stay in human form .
cus and given the option of service as might be able to receive such powers
Overlord-or death. To insure his coop- from it, Miguel destroyed the machine so Though Lightning never much cared
eration, Demonicus had a remote deacti- that there would be only one Living for Demonicus's methods, he had little
vator built into Santos's stasis suit that Lightning. In fact, only someone with choice but to serve him since Demoni-
could shut off the suit, causing him to be- Santos's rare blood chemistry could cus possessed a remote control which
come a shapeless mass of electrons for- have survived this experience. could turn off Lightning's stasis suit at
ever. Santos was able to destroy this any time. In effect, he was more a pris-
device and sided with the West Coast Miguel now wished to test the limits of oner of the Overlords than one of them.
Avengers in battle against the Overlords. his new-found powers. He went on a
This action earned him a spot on the mini-rampage, causing electrical fires His true nature was shown when he
team, as a replacement for the Wasp. and damage in the vicinity of Fullerton. squared off against the rest of the Over-
Miguel's activities came to the attention lords to save the lives of the Scarlet
HISTORY: of the original Human Torch. The Torch Witch and Pele, a former Overlord.
The Legion of Living Lighting was a sub- himself had only recently been revived
versive organization that (from a secret after thirty-six years of dormancy. The Hawkeye, Spider-Woman, USAgent,
base located in the Santa Ana moun- Torch was familiar with the California ar- and Sunfire showed up about this time
tains) attempted to overthrow the United ea and eventually tracked down the and Lightning reluctantly participated in
States government. The head of this or- source of the destruction. the battle against them.
ganization, called the Lighting Lord, was
a man named Santos. Santos had immi- Miguel, who was now calling himself When Demonicus instructed Light-
grated to the United States from Mexico. Relampago Vivo or Living Lightning, en- ning to take the Scarlet Witch as a hos-
Deeply patriotic, though misdirected, gaged the Torch in a protracted battle in tage because the battle was turning
Santos's intent was to use military might, the sky above Fullerton. Eventually the against the Overlords, Lightning refused
including conventional weaponry as well Avengers, Henry Pym, and the Wasp, to put any more innocent people in dan-
as the extremely powerful and unique showed up in the Rover (a hovercraft ger. Demonicus, brandishing the stasis
lightning machine, to establish a benev- type vehicle) and entered the fray. Dur- suit deactivator, threatened to turn off
olent dictatorship in America. Santos be- ing the course of the battle, Living Light- Lightning's suit. Lightning fired a blast
lieved this would save the United States ning grabbed hold of a cable which was which struck the deactivator, destroying
from people who did not love her as attached to the Rover. Because he was it. He than joined with the Avengers to
much as he did. in his energy form, he was drawn down battle the giant Overlord Kain.
the cable until grounded and his electri-
Santos, and all save one of his legion- cal charge set off the Rover's fuel tanks. The battle ended with Demonicus re-
naires, died when the Hulk destroyed Though, he was believed to have been vealing to the Avengers the true objec-
their mountain lair. Even this lone survi- destroyed by the explosion, the Aveng- tive of his machinations. Demonica,
vor died after telling the story of the Le- Demonicus's newly created nation, had
gion's fate to Santos's son, Miguel. ers had seen too many mysterious just been admitted to the United Na-
deaths to be convinced that this creature tions. As a sovereign nation, Demonica
Miguel was grief stricken because he was gone for good. did not recognize the Avengers' author-
had not been present when his father ity and they were forced to leave the is-
died. He planned to revive his father's The Avengers' suspicions proved to land. Living Lightning chose to leave
dream of abolishing hatred. Many years be correct as the mad geneticist Doctor with the Avengers. Since the Wasp had
passed, and finally, Miguel Santos Demonicus had been watching the bat- chosen to step down as an active mem-
cracked the code to the Legion's maps. tle between the Torch and Living Light- ber, she nominated Lightning as her re-
He followed the directions into the Santa ning. Intrigued by. the tremendous placement. Lightning accepted the
Ana mountains and discovered the loca- amount of electrical power emanating nomination and has served with the
tion of the Legion's secret lair. from Living Lightning, Demonicus used Avengers West Coast team in their ad-
machines to drain off Lightning's corpus ventures with the Fantastic Four on an
In order to achieve his plan, he need- of energy. Demonicus siphoned Light- alternate Earth, and in their most recent
ed a working weapon. He attempted to ning's energy to his island base at the encounter with Night Shift. Despite
reconnect his father's Lightning Ma- same moment that Dr. Pym had ground-
chine. When Miguel brought the wires ed Living Lightning. some grave doubts, Miguel also per-
together, there was an intense flash as formed well as an Avengers' emissary to
energy surged from the wires into Mi- Demonicus then used his machines to the Shi'ar Galaxy during Operation Ga-
guel's body. Shocked into unconscious- reconstruct the Lightning into his origi- lactic Storm. He has now proven to him-
ness, Miguel woke to find himself buried nal human form. In order to keep his self that he belongs among the ranks of
beneath a pile of rubble. After freeing body from spontaneously decomposing the Avengers and his pride keeps him
himself from the debris, Miguel was into electrical impulses, Lightning had to striving to be the best Avenger he can
amazed to find t hat his body glowed and stay hooked up to these devices. be.
crackled with a strange form of energy.
When the Lightning regained con-
In reconnecting the wires, Miguel had sciousness, Demonicus asked him to
somehow plugged himself into the light- join a new organization he was for-
ning machine. Rather than merely giving
himself a working weapon, he had turn- ming +the Pacific Overlords. Reluctant
ed himself into one. at first, Living Lightning soon realized he
had little choice but to do what Demoni-
cus asked. After all, he was probably still
wanted by the authorities because of his
exploits on the night when he battled the
Torch and the Avengers. Eventually he
agreed to work for Demonicus in ex-

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STATISTICS: MIDNIGHT

,..-... 73

F RM(30)
A RM(30)

s RM(30)

E IN(40)
R TY(6)
I GD(10)
p TY(6)
Health: 130

Karma: 22
Resources: IN(40) through the Secret
Empire
Popularity: -1 O

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Jeff Wilde
Occupation : Cyborg super agent of the
Secret Empire
Identity: Secret, though known by the
Secret Empire and several heroes
Legal Status: Deceased
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Wilde, the Original
Midnight (father)
Base of Operations: Various Secret
Empire hideaways in New York
Past Group Affiliations: Side-kick of
Moon Knight, Secret Empire
Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS:
Cyborg Construction: Much of Midnight's
original body has been replaced with bi-
onic components. These parts are im-
mune to disease and have Amazing
Material Strength. As these components
are often interlaced with human tissue
and connected to his central nervous
system, he can still feel pain. This half-
robot construction affords Midnight a
unique form of body armor. Against at-
tacks of Remarkable or less, Midnight's
body armor is Excellent. Against attacks
in excess of Remarkable, his body armor
is Remarkable. This reflects the fact that
attacks of varying Intensity will do about
the same amount of damage to his hu-
man tissue. Throughout his existence as
a cyborg, his components have been
modified several times to allow him to
produce the following effects:
Claws: Midnight's fingers are tipped with
claws. They inflict Remarkable Edged
Damage.
Energized Claw: By channeling energy
to his claws, Midnight can increase his

claw attack by +2CS.

Jets: Midnight's boot jets allow him to fly
at Typical air speeds (6 areas/round).
Used offensively they inflict Excellent
flame damage.
Laser: Midnight can fire laser blasts
which do Incredible damage at a range

of 11 areas. Despite Moon Knight's warning, Wilde Night Thrasher, and Punisher were able
Electro-Bolt: Midnight can fire bolts of got involved in his investigation into the to track Nova's helmet transceiver signal
electricity up to one area away doing Ex- would-be world-dominating organization to the Secret Empire's main headquar-
cellent damage and Stun with Incredible the Secret Empire. During a battle with ters located on Manhattan's Upper West
Intensity. If he grapples his opponent the Empire, Jeff took a force blast from a Side. Lynn Church had shut down the
this Intensity is increased to Amazing. Secret Empire power dagger which de- headquarter's transmission security de-
Vertigo Projector: Midnight's left forearm stroyed much of his body and nearly vice in order to create a diversion which
houses a Vertigo projector. This device killed him. Moon Knight went after Jeff would give her enough time to effect
distorts a target's sense of balance, ren- and tried to rescue him. Eventually he some changes to Midnight's pain-
dering them virtually helpless. Against a. captured the Empire's head man, code- inducing device. Spider-Man, Moon
single targets its Intensity is Remark- named Number One, who insisted Mid- Knight and Night Thrasher fought their
able. To a group of targets in the same night had died as a result of his injuries. way through the Empire's front line
area, its Intensity drops to Good. Targets Moon Knight stopped his search for his troops, while Midnight, now free from the
make a Psyche FEAT versus this Intensi- friend. In fact, Wilde had not died, but pain-inducing device, was staging a
ty or be knocked to the ground, unable to was made the subject of a cruel experi- coup on the Council of Ten, in which
move or attack. A second failed Psyche ment. The Empire wanted to construct Number Seven was killed. The council
FEAT means the victim is unconscious an army of cyborg super agents and was finally forced to flee, but not before
for 1-1 Orounds. Its range is three areas. Wilde was to be the prototype. He was the Punisher had overpowered Number
Elongation of Arms: Midnight can attack used as a guinea pig to see how much Three and hidden on-board their escape
non-adjacent opponents up to 1'2 area he could endure both physically and rocket. Disguised as Number Three,
away. The targetof these attacks can on- mentally as his system was fitted with Punisher found Nova and sabotaged the
ly attack Midnight's arms, and won't pro- power shackles which were holding him.
duce a Kill, Stun, or Slam results. more and more powerful weaponry. A Once free, Nova permanently shut down
Elongation does, however, make Mid- pain-inducing device was wired to the headquarter's radio jammer and got
night's arms more susceptible to dam- Wilde's spinal cord to insure his cooper- a signal off to Night Thrasher. This
age, lowering their Material Strength by ation and modify his behavior should the brought Night Thrasher along with
-1CS. need arise. Wilde did not wish to serve Spider-Man, Moon Knight, and
Cryo-Genic Beam: This beam entraps the Empire at first, but eventually, seeing Darkhawk.
opponents in Incredible Strength ice up their open aggression as more honest
to two areas away. than what he had come to view as Moon When Lynn Church revealed that she
Limitation: The Secret Empire has a Knight's false professions, he relented. was actually the first of the Empire's cy-
special pain-inducing device wired to borg soldiers, the stage was set for the
Midnight's spinal cord. This device His first assignment for the Empire was Empire's last stand. Church, Midnight,
causes Midnight to experience Mon- breaking physicist Elliot Franklin out of the Seekers, Eliot Franklin in his new
strous Intensity pain, but with no effect jail. Thunderball armor, and a slew of
on his Health. When experiencing this
pain, Midnight is unable to take any Franklin's services had been retained heavily-armed Empire thugs faced off
action. This device, which can be acti- against a team of heroes, including
vated by remote control, was used as a by the Empire to provide them with more Spider-Man, Darkhawk, Nova, Night
means of controlling Midnight. Destruc- advanced weaponry and to better en- Thrasher, Punisher, and Moon Knight.
tion of the remote might activate the de- hance cyborgs like Midnight. It was When Midnight learned that Church al-
vice, though this has never been tested. while freeing Franklin that Midnight first lowed herself to be turned into a cyborg
Talents: Midnight was trained in Martial encountered the super hero, Darkhawk. voluntarily, he became disillusioned and
Arts A and E. During a battle which also involved quit the fight. Church then revealed that
Contacts: For a brief period, Midnight Spider-Man, Midnight was temporarily she had not removed Midnight's pain-
served as Moon Knight's side-kick. Dur- captured and unmasked. Spider-Man inducer, but had merely changed the fre-
ing his service as a cyborg solider of the had known Midnight briefly before his quency. Seeing a chance to grab some
Secret Empire, he hated Moon Knight. conversion, but believed he had been power for himself, Thunderball tried to
killed. Distracted by both Wilde's story get the pain-inducer away from Church.
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: and a sneak attack by Franklin, the he- Midnight decided he would rather die
Midnight hates his former partner Moon roes allowed Midnight and the doctor to than continue being a slave to pain, or to
Knight because he believes he left him escape. Spider-Man contacted his fellow
for dead and at the mercies of the Secret Avenger Moon Knight and informed him anyone who could control that pain, and
Empire. Midnight also holds Moon that his former partner was still alive. started smashing the building's support
Knight responsible for the death of his
father (whose death was from cancer Midnight's second assignment was to columns. Church attempted to stop him
caused by some chemicals he came in recruit for the Empire the superhuman while the heroes gathered up their fallen
contact with). adventurer called Nova. When an at- allies and enemies alike and head for
tempt at conning Nova failed, Midnight safety. Thunderball and the two cyborgs
HISTORY: took him captive. This abduction appeared to have been crushed to death
Jeff Wilde was the son of the original brought Nova's New Warrior teammate under tons of debris.
Midnight and took that code-name when Night Thrasher onto the case. Spider-
he went to work for his father's old adver- Man, Moon Knight, and Night Thrasher However, Thunderball had been
sary, Marc Spector, a.k.a. Moon Knight. tracked Midnight to an Empire outpost. spared by a support column and man-
Here they met up with the Punisher and aged to hammer his way out of the
together the four battled upwards of fif- wreckage using Midnight's and Lynn
teen standard Empire soldiers, three ar- Church's robotic arms, still locked in
mored hired-guns called the Seekers, their death grip. Spider-Man delivered
and Midnight. After a brief exchange, Midnight's epitaph, but as his body was
the Empire's forces pulled out. never recovered, Midnight may not be
gone for good.
Eventually, Spider-Man, Moon Knight,

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STATISTICS: MIDNIGHT SUN

F MN(75) 75
A AM(50)

s MN(75)

E MN(75)
R TY(6)
I AM(50)
p RM(30)
Health: 275
Karma: 86
Resources: TY(6)

oPopularity:

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: M'Nai
Occupation: Former agent of t he Kree
Empire
Legal Status: Former citizen of China
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Somewhere in Africa
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Earth's Moon
Past Group Affiliations: Legion of the
Unliving
Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS:
Flight: Midnight Sun wears disks of Kree
design w hich allow him to fly through the
vacuum of space at CL1000 speeds, or
Monstrous speeds in planetary atmos·
pheres.
Life Support: Midnight Sun can survive
in the vacuum of space with no ill effects.
Body Armor: Midnight Sun has Remark·
able resistance to physical and energy
attacks.
Invisibility: Midnight Sun has Monstrous
Invisibility in areas of darkness (a dark·
ened interior room, deep shadows, etc.).
His flight d iscs do give off energy in the
ultraviolet wavelengths of the spectrum,
however, a nd he can be detected in t hat
m a nn e r.
Talents: Midnight Sun has all of the
available Martial Arts talents, and
Thrown Weapons.
Contacts: Midnight Sun is currently a
guest of the lnhumans. It is likely he still
has contacts within the Kree Empire.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: tually brothers. They were both incredi- Midnight Sun, now mute and barely
Midnight Sun is a lost soul in the truest bly skilled at kung-fu; the two greatest aware of his previous existence, was
sense of the phrase. He is a mute amne- masters of the discipline in the world. sent to hunt the Surfer. He was im-
siac, with only the barest of memories of pressed by the Surfer's honor, an im-
his life before his resurrection . He has Then Shang-Chi learned the truth pression that led to his own defeat.
rejected his servitude to the Kree, and about his father and rebelled. Fu- Disappointed, the Kree decided to de-
seeks to discover his own identity. Unfor- Manchu sent Midnight after him, to chal- stroy his vestigial memories and turn
tunately, both Fu-Manchu and the Kree lenge him to a death duel. As great as him into a completely merciless foe. Un-
have taught him to express himself Midnight's friendship had been, it paled willing to lose what little remained of his
solely through violence, and he finds in comparison to the bonds of servitude past existence, Midnight Sun broke free
communication to be virtually impos- that Fu-Manchu had placed on Midnight. from the lab and flew off into space. He
sible. They fought an epic battle in New York encountered the Silver Surfer once
City; Midnight fell from a crane and again on Earth's moon , but when he
HISTORY: caught his cape on a hook. The jolt tried to communicate with him, the Surf-
M'Nai lost his parents when he was a broke his neck and he died instantly. er misinterpreted his actions and battle
small child in Africa. He became filled, commenced.
not with grief, but with anger at a world Midnight's sleep of death was not an
that taken his parents from him. easy one. Seeking foes to place against During the battle, the Surfer removed
the Avengers, Kang the Conqueror used Midnight Sun's mask, revealing his
The villain, . Fu-Manchu, entered Midnight as a member of his Legion of scarred face. The battle may have led to
M'Nai's village soon after. Seeing the an- the Unliving, a group of dead villains and tragic consequences had it not been for
ger in the child's eyes, he took M'Nai in- heroes he had gathered to oppose the the intervention of the lnhumans now liv-
to his personal care. Fu-Manchu Avengers. ing in Attilan on the Blue Area of the
believed there was great potential in an- Moon. Black Bolt had compassion for
ger. He raised the scared, angry boy with Midnight was defeated and remained the scarred mute, and vowed to take him
his own son, Shang-Chi. The child dead, until the Kree, needing a weapon to into Attilan to cure him. Midnight Sun ac-
earned the name " Midnight" and always use against the Silver Surfer, resurrected cepted the offer, and has not been seen
wore a mask, the better, Fu-Manchu him in the hopes that his fighting style since.
said, to hide his scars. Shang-Chi and would confuse the Surfer. They blocked
Midnight were the closest of friends, vir- his memories and augmented the abilities
of his body to a truly superhuman level, re-
naming him Midnight Sun.

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STATISTICS: OMEGA RED

F RM(30) 77
A EX(20)

s RM(30)

E AM(50)
R TY(6)
I TY(6)
p GD(10)
Health: 130
Karma: 22
Resources: GD(10)
Popularity: O

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Arkady
Occupation: Former super-agent, now
super-villain
Legal Status: Russian citizen, legally
dead
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Somewhere in Russia
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: KGB , the
Hand, the Upstarts
Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS:
Death Factor: Omega Red can generate
a " death field" of Amazing Intensity
around him which is channelled through
his tentacles. Almost the reverse of Wol-
verine's Healing Factor, this field saps
the life force of living creatures. Omega
Red can suck that life force out of every-
one in the same area as himself, and can
use this energy to regain lost Health up
to his maximum. To affect a target,
Omega Red must first succeed at a
Power FEAT against the Intensity of the
,..-..... victim's Psyche. Each successful FEAT
allows Omega Red to drain up to 50
points from each victim until he regains
his normal maximum Health. If the tar-
get's Health drops to 0 as a result, the
victim dies and his body disintegrates.
Lethal Pheromones: Omega Red can re-
lease a cloud of pheromones that
causes people to feel ill and collapse.
Anyone in the same Area as Omega Red
will be affected, and potential victims
must succeed at an Excellent Intensity
Endurance FEAT or be rendered uncon-
scious for 1d10 turns. Characters with
sealed life support systems or who do
not breathe are unaffected.
Body Armor: Omega Red has a
specially-designed suit that serves as
Good rank Body Armor.
Tentacles: Omega Red's suit is equipped
.-... with Carbonadium tentacles of Mon-
strous material strength. These give him
+ 2 CS when attempting Grappling at-

tacks, and adds + 1 CS to Strength HISTORY: sion techniques to regress Wolverine's
memories back to his original encount-
when determining Grappling damage. The man who became Omega Red was ers with Arkady, thirty years ago. But be-
Weaknesses: Omega Red must contin- once known as Arkady, a Russian agent. fore the memory inversion could be
ually feed on life force to survive. He Like Wolverine, Arkady became involved completed, Wolverine escaped with the
loses 10 Health points per hour, which in a secret government project to de- aid of his former CIA colleague, David
can only be restored by draining new velop a mutant super-soldier: Arkady North. Omega Red attempted to stop
Health from living victims. If his Health was Russia's precursor to the Canadian him, but the injured Wolverine preferred
should drop to 0, he enters a death-like "Weapon X" program. But Arkady's to run rather than fight, leaving Omega
coma and cannot be revived without the power was the opposite of Logan's: Red frustrated in his search for venge-
voluntary self-sacrifice of a number of where Wolverine's Healing Factor en-
beings whose combined Health points abled him to regenerate his own injuries, ance.
total at least six times Omega Red's total Arkady possessed the power to radiate
original Health. death, an ability that required him to
Talents: Omega Red is bilingual in En- constantly drain life to keep himself
glish and Russian.
Contacts: Omega Red was resurrected alive.
by Matsuo Tsurayaba of the Hand to While the Omega Red project was un-
serve as an ally of Fenris in their quest
for the Carbonadium Synthesizer. derway, a team of CIA agents consisting
of David North, Logan (who would be-
ADDITIONAL NOTES: come Wolverine), and Creed (who would
later become Sabertooth) raided the pro-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ject base, aided by a defector named
Omega Red is obsessed with battling Janice. Omega Red tried to stop them,
and defeating Wolverine, whom he be- and failed, and the CIA team made off
lieves was responsible for his death. His with a device called the Carbonadium
death and rebirth have left him utterly Synthesizer that was being used to con-
ruthless, with an implacable hatred for trol Arkady's death-factor. Without the C-
his old enemy. A true psychopath , Synthesizer, Arkady could not survive,
Omega Red cares nothing for human and went into a death-like coma.
life. He has a hair-trigger temper and will
attack anyone, friend or foe, who even Logan believed that Arkady was per-
dares to speak against him. So far, the manently dead, but Arkady's body was
only person besides Wolverine who has recovered by agents of the Hand, the
had presence enough to face Omega
Red down and live is Matsuo Tsurayaba, same mysterious order of mystic assas-
the coldly unflappable ninja who resur- sins responsible for the rebirth of Psy-
rected him. locke. In a mystic ceremony, twenty of
the Hand's best assassins voluntarily
sacrificed their life-force so that Arkady

would be reborn.
Arkady's first act was typical of him:

reawakening from death, he struck out
blindly, slaying five more Hand techni-
cians with his death-factor. But he soon
brought his powers under control. Tak-
ing the name Omega Red, he struck an
alliance with Matsuo Tsurayaba, the

Hand's leader: he would work with the
Hand, if they would lead him to Wolver-
ine and the C-Synthesizer.

Allied with a faction among the Up-
starts which included the deadly duo
Fenris, Matsuo sent its operatives with
Omega Red to ambush Wolverine, Gam-
bit, Rogue, the Beast, and Jubilee as
they left the mansion. With the aid of the
Hand and the advantage of surprise,

Omega Red was able to quickly defeat
the heroes. Although the other X-Men
escaped, Wolverine remained a captive.

Omega Red needed the Carbonadium
Synthesizer in order to survive without
draining life force. Believing Wolverine
might have hidden it, the villains took
Wolverine to a base in Berlin, and pro-
ceeded to use induced memory inver-

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STATISTICS: OVERKILL

F AM(SO) 79
A AM(50)

s MN(75)

E UN(100)
R TY(6)
I RM(30)
p RM(30)
Health: 275
Karma: 66
Resources: RM(30)
Popularity: O

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Overkill, formerly Taserface
Occupation: Adventurer
Legal Status: Citizen of the Stark, scout
class
Identity: Public
Place of Birth: Stark Homeworld, Milky
Way Galaxy
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Stark Homeworld
Past Group Affiliations: The Stark
Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS:
Body Armor: Overkill's cyborg body ar-
mor has Amazing Material Strength. It
gives him Amazing protection from
physical, Force, and cold attacks. Re-
markable protection from acid and Mon-
strous protection from heat and most
energy attacks.
Repulsor Rays: Monstrous damage at a
12-area range.
Taser: Amazing electrical damage at a
10-area range.
Energy Absorption: Overkill can absorb
heat attacks with Amazing ability and
can add those points directly to his
Health score. In addition to adding to his
Health, every five points of Health ab-
sorbed adds two points of Strength to
Overkill.
Sensors: Radar, Sonar, and Heat at
Amazing ability and ten-area range.

As Taserface, Overkill has the follow-
ing stats and powers:

FAS EA I P
AM IN AM AM TY GD GD
Health: 190
Karma: 26

Repulsors: Incredible damage at 8-area
range .
Taser: as above
Sensors: as above
Talents: As Taserface and as Overkill,
,,...--... he has the Military skill and Martial Arts
E.
Contacts: Overkill has contacts with the

Stark High Command, where he is their One person who noticed this expan-
most respected warrior. sionism was Firelord, the former Herald
ADDITIONAL NOTES: of Galactus who was now the Protector
of the Universe. The other group which
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: became involved were the Guardians of
Overkill is a fierce, unrelenting warrior, the Galaxy, who, while tracking down the
whose only joy is the destruction of his legendary Shield of Captain America,
enemies. He is extremely aware of his encountered a Stark installation on the
honor; suffering defeat requires him to planet Courg. When the Guardians de·
be stripped of his honor and identity. His stroyed it, it drew the attention of one of
hatred for Firelord and the Guardians of the most powerful Stark scouts, Taser-
the Galaxy is extreme; only a direct com- face. When the Guardians defeated Ta-
mand from his superiors will cause him serface, a cadre of Stark warriors
to leave a battle against them. Overkill appeared. Realizing that the Guardians
never surrenders. could not win without aid, Starhawk
summoned Firelord, who immolated Ta-
serface. The Stark were defeated. The
disgraced Taserface, now nameless due
to his defeat, was brought back to the
Stark homeworld, where the engineers
redesigned him. The High Sister of the
Stark World herself renamed him Over-

kill.
Now far more powerful than before,

Overkill defeated Firelord in combat and
was about to kill Firelord when the
Guardians of the Galaxy appeared in re-
sponse to Firelord's signal via his Guard-
ians' star communicator. During the
battle, the Stark sent an espionage
agent to the Guardians' ship, who sabo-
taged the Captain America II.

Firelord was recovered from Overkill's
hands by Starhawk. The Stark then or-

dered Overkill to withdraw, which he did,
claiming triumph over his foes. Overkill's
current whereabouts is unknown, but is
certain that the Guardians and Firelord
have not seen the last of him.

HISTORY:
In an alternate timeline, Earth came un-
der attack from the planet Mars in the
twenty-first century. Many of Earth's su-
perheroes valiantly struggled to defeat
this menace. Tony Stark realized that if
he died, the Martians would get hold of
his Iron Man and other advanced tech-
nology, so he loaded all his inventions in-
to a rocket and shot them into space.

They landed on a planet in a faraway
solar system, where the natives spent
centuries trying to understand their se-
crets. The natives came to worship Tony
Stark as their god, naming their world af-
ter him. They created suits of armor in
Iron Man's image for themselves. They
built huge factories to produce Starkian
technology, destroying their planet's
eco-system in the process. Then they
created cyborg scouts to find new worlds
that could be exploited by the Stark.

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The Pacific Overlords are a group of THEBIGCNE his crying is of Excellent Intensity.
Limitation: As a toddler, the Big One
super-powered individuals who gained STATISTICS: was just learning to walk and talk. He
had the motor coordination and under-
their powers through experiments and F FB(2) standing of a small child, which is re-
A PR(4) flected in his lower Fighting, Agility, and
procedures conducted under the watch- RIP values. Also, the Big One had a
s FB(2)/IN(40) body weight of 4000 pounds. His body
ful eye of the once-brilliant geneticist weight should be considered Incredible
E PR(4)/AM(50) for the purposes of being carried, includ-
turned criminal-subversive-Doctor De- A FB(2) ing being teleported. Supporting struc-
I PR(4) tures (floors, etc.) of less than Incredible
monicus. Principle among Demonicus's p PR(4) material strength should make a FEAT
Health: 12/96 roll versus his weight to see if they give
procedures was exposure to the few re- Karma: 10 way.
Resources: FB(2)
maining shards of the highly radioactive Popularity: 6 ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
The Big One was mutated as a child, a
meteor called the Lifestone. BACKGROUND: victim rather than a villain. Capturing
Real Name: Kenjiro Sasaki him without hurting him, or allowing him
The existence of the Pacific Overlords Occupation: None to hurt himself, would always be a priori-
Legal Status: Minor citizen of Japan ty and will make any encounter with him
was first uncovered by Spider-Woman that much more difficult. He shouldn't be
KNOWN POWERS: held responsible for heroes he might
when she battled two of their rank, Jaw- Kinetic Absorption: As the Big One, Ken- hurt along the way, which, given his
jiro can absorb up to Incredible amounts powers, is almost inevitable. Like most
breaker and Korok.o, on the dock of the of kinetic energy and covert it to physical kids he is easily distracted and enjoys
strength or channel it into his seismic at- playthings. Coming up with playthings
Newport Beach Marina. When Spider- tacks. If Kenjiro is attacked physically appropriate to his size presents prob-
(including Wrestling attacks), or by en- lems. The Avengers have used Spider-
Woman enlisted the aid of the West ergy strikes (Iron-Man's repulsors, for Woman's glowing webs, a teddy bear
example), the appropriate amount of enlarged by Henry Pym, and Tigra on
Coast Avengers, Doctor Demonicus led damage is added to his Strength up to a various occasions.
maximum of Unearthly (100). Kenjiro
them on a merry chase from California to can also gain Health up to a maximum of CVBERTOOTH
156. Attacks in excess of Incredible
Hawaii to Australia to Japan before cul- damage Kenjiro, but any damage can be STATISTICS:
redirected toward his opponents in the
minating on the new island nation of De- next round . Any absorbed energy dissi- F EX(20)
pates 10 rounds after it is absorbed and A EX(20)
monica. · must be discharged or is lost. Similarly, if
the Big One suffers any physical attack s GD(10)
Along the way, several of the Avengers when at his maximum Strength and
Health, he will spontaneously release all E GD(10)
and a few private citizens were taken stored energy. He can override this re- R TY(6)
lease by making an Endurance FEAT, I TY(6)
captive. A small band of Avengers and with failure indicating the release of all p EX(20)
energy and unconsciousness for 1-1O Health: 60
their allies did eventually storm the tiny rounds. If successful, the Big One suf- Karma: 32
fers damage from the attack but can re- Resources: Demonica is a country rich
nation and free the hostages, but were direct the energy the following round. in natural resources, but it is unclear
The Big One can be damaged by non- how Yen Hsieh will share in that wealth.
unable to take any action against De- physical attacks such as magical, men- Popularity: - 5
tal, or certain energies. Health would be
monicus and his Overlords for the taken from absorbed power first, then BACKGROUND:
from the Big One's actual Health. Real Name: Yen Hsieh
crimes they had committed. Seismic Attack: The Big One can chan- Occupation: Pacific Overlord
nel his absorbed energy into the ground, Legal Status: Citizen of Demonica
It seems that raising Demonica from creating a localized earthquake. He can
affect the area adjacent to his own. All KNOWN POWERS:
the ocean floor was what Doctor De- targets in that area take damage equal Cybernetic Jaws: Cybertooth boasts that
to the amount of his stored energy. The his cybernetic jaw can rend nearly any-
monicus's plan had been all along. The Big One needs outside stimuli in order to thing, turn steel (Remarkable through
make this attack. Amazing material strength) into man-
Overlords were nothing more than a Crying: The Big One is actually a mu- gled shards, glass (Feeble material
tated toddler. When upset he will scream strength for standard, Excellent for
means to an end, serving more to keep and cry. The intense wind generated by bullet-proof, Good Edged damage) into

the Avengers occupied than anything

else. Within hours of being raised from

the ocean floor, Demonica was recog-

nized as a sovereign nation by the Unit-

ed Nations. Under their new charter, the

Avengers had no authority to interfere in

the legal affairs of a United Nations

member and were forced to leave Oe-

monica. Demonicus now rules over his

own country which is rich in natural re-

sources. His Overlords give him a small

but super-humanly powerful army.

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crystal splinters. His jaws and teeth have can form at once, as the image must ap- affected. Most notably unaffected was
Amazing material strength and they are pear on his chest and might possibly his jaw. The rest of Jawbreaker's head
Incredibly strong. He can bite through have to replace his original tattoos of the and face are protected by dense flesh of
items of Remarkable material strength tiger or the hawk. He has other tattoos Remarkable rank. Without his brace for
on a green result, Incredible material on his chest, but they have not demon- protection, Jawbreaker's jaw has only
strength on a yellow result, and Amazing strated the power. This would suggest Poor Body Armor. It has been theorized
on a red. His jaw provides him with Re- that lrezumi could be vulnerable to triple that the process increased Jawbreaker's
markable Body Armor on attacks di- teams. He is also vulnerable to distance muscular strength in disproportion to
rected at his face. He can open his attacks which originate more than two that of his entire skeletal structure and
mouth sufficiently wide as to place a per- areas away and gains specific Body Ar- that the armor he wears actually gives
son's head inside of it. mor only against those foes depicted. him the support he needs in order to use
his strength without fear of injury. De-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: monicus's rays may have caused an
Cybertooth always seems to keep the The passive nature of lrezumi's power over-secretion by, or mutation of, the pi-
objective in mind. If his objective is to forces him into goading assailants into tuitary gland. The long bones of his body
capture someone, he prefers to demon- attacking him. This means he talks a lot such as the arms, legs, rib cage, and jaw
strate what his jaws can do and give in battle. Unfortunately, for him, his brag- seem to have been most affected. This
them the option to surrender, rather than ging and prodding sometimes gives an has long been known to be a side effect
engage in senseless fighting. If the ob- opponent the key to defeating him. Hen- of certain anabolic steroids, synthetic
jective is execution, he will gnaw a de- ry Pym once defeated lrezumi by direct- growth hormones, or as part of the con-
fenseless person to death. If pressed ing his Pym particles at himself. When dition known as gigantism.
into combat, he will meet force with lrezumi absorbed the energy, the tattoo
force. directed the energy at itself and caused ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
lrezumi to shrink. Doctor Demonicus describes Jaw-
IREZUMI breaker as a weakling loser whom he
JAWBREAKER transformed. Kuroko refers to him as ba-
[TATTOO] ka, a fool or idiot, which is not far off the
STATISTICS: mark. He is a bigoted bully who doesn't
STATISTICS: like anyone over much and enjoys hurt-
F TY(6) ing people.
F EX(20) A TY(6)
A EX(20) KAIN
s MN(75)
s EX(20) STATISTICS:
E IN(40)
E RM(30) F PR(4)
R TY(6) R PR(4) A TY(6)
I TY(6)
p EX(20) I PR(4) s TY(6)
Health: 90 p TY(6)
Karma: 32 Health: 127 E TY(6)
Resources: Demonica is a country rich Karma: 14 R RM(30)
in natural resources, but it is unclear Resources: Demonica is a country rich I TY(6)
how lrezumi will share in that wealth. in natural resources. It is unclear how p TY(6)
Jawbreaker will share in this wealth. Health: 22
Popularity: o Popularity: - 5 Karma: 42
Resources: Demonica is a country rich
BACKGROUND: BACKGROUND: in natural resources, but it is unclear
Real Name: Unrevealed Real Name: Unrevealed how Kain will share in that wealth.
Occupation: Pacific Overlord Occupation: Pacific Overlord Popularity: 1O
Legal Status: Citizen of Demonica Legal Status: Citizen of Demonica
BACKGROUND:
KNOWN POWERS: KNOWN POWERS: Real Name: Kain
Energy Reflection: lrezumi can change Body Armor: Jawbreaker wears a suit of Occupation: Chief Techno for Doctor
the images depicted in the tattoos on his armor which gives him Remarkable pro- Demonicus; Overlord
chest. Once he has formed a tattoo in an tection from physical attack. A brace Legal Status: Citizen of Demonica
assailant's likeness, it will hurl back any made of this same material extends the
forced used against it multiplied up to a protection to his right eye, ears, and jaw. KNOWN POWERS:
factor of three. The exact extent of his Growth: Kain grows to nearly 100' tall
power is unknown, but he is not believed Limitation: As Jawbreaker was the first when using his Overlord powers, grant-
to be able to amplify any force beyond of Doctor Demonicus's human subjects, ing him permanent growth of Shift Y and
the Unearthly level. He must be within the transformation process had not yet making him +3CS to be hit. Kain's
two areas of his attacker in order to form been perfected and was not without Strength is considered Unearthly when
an image, and it takes from one to three side-effects. While it appears that the at size. Kain's growth can not be re-
rounds tor the image to form. lrezumi treatments caused an increase in mus- versed by the Pym Particles. When at
has been known to create images of up cle density, a thickening or hardening of his increased size, Kain's Health in-
to two assailants at a time. This is be- the skin, and an overall increase in skel- creases to 200.
lieved to be the maximum number he etal size and density, portions of Jaw·
breaker's body seem to have been less

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Physical 1fansformation: While in his coating with a substance such a dust or fore she could take any action against ,,....-..,.
Overlord form, Kain's skin and clothing paint. Her Power Rank should be con- Demonicus. When Demonica was
take on a synthetic appearance and sidered Excellent. As an established raised, Pele's child was restored to nor-
eighteen metal studs protrude from his Power Stunt, Kuroko can Hide her staff mal, she and her husband were released
head. His synthetic skin gives him at equal rank. (though they retained their powers), and
Amazing Body Armor versus physical at- Staff: Kuroko carries a staff of Incredible their family reunited.
tacks and Unearthly resistance to en- material strength that she wields for Ex-
ergy attacks. cellent Blunt damage. TAIFU
Mechanical Control: As the giant Over-
lord, Kain has an Monstrous ability to ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: [TYPHOON]
take control of any mechanical device. Unlike some of the Overlords who had to
Limitation: Kain's great size causes his be hypnotized into serving Demonicus, STATISTICS:
arteries to be over extended and they Kuroko serves him willingly. She views
don't get the blood to his brain fast Demonicus as a great man and will do F GD(10)
enough. He is highly vulnerable to at- what she must to serve him. She has ar- A TY(6)
tacks to the inside of his ear. Any physi- gued against painful brutality on the part
cal attack of greater than Excellent of the other Overlords in the past, seeing s GD(10)
Intensity which, through called shot or a quick death for prisoners as more civi-
otherwise, hits the inside of Kain's ear lized than senseless torture. E EX(20)
and is considered to have delivered a R TY(6)
Stun result which causes Kain to return PELE I TY(6)
to his normal size. When in his Overlord p GD(10)
form, Kain cannot speak. STATISTICS: Health:46
Karma: 22
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: F TY(6) Resources: TY(6)
Kain is among the most devoted of the A GD(10) Popularity: 5
Overlords. Though highly intelligent, he
was willing to become a subject in the s TY(6) BACKGROUND:
Overlord experiments. Real Name: Toshio Sasaki
E EX(20) Occupation: Unrevealed
KUROKO(THE R TY(6) Legal Status: Citizen of Japan
I TY(6)
BLACK ONE) p TY(6) KNOWN POWERS:
Health: 42 Wind Power: Taifu has the ability to use
STATISTICS: Karma: 18 air as a distance weapon, inflicting up to
Resources: TY(6) Amazing damage. These attacks are re-
F RM(30) Popularity: 0 pelled by any force field including
A RM(30) shields made of air. He can also create
BACKGROUND: sh ields of wind which are effective
s GD(10) Real Name: Michl Sasaki against physical missile attacks of
Occupation: Unrevealed Amazing rank or less. Taifu has devel-
E RM(30) Legal Status: Citizen of Japan oped no other known Power Stunts.
R GD(10)
I EX(20) KNOWN POWERS: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
p GD(10) Fire Sheath: Pele can surround herself in Taifu's concern for the safety of his fami-
Health: 100 a sheath of flame that serves as Good ly caused him to betray Demonicus.
Karma: 40 Body Armor against all material weap- Taifu's feelings grew to intense hatred
Resources: Demonica is a country rich ons. All Energy, Blunt, Grappling, and when he learned that Demonicus had
in natural resources. It is unclear how Charging attacks affect her normally, but subjected Taifu's son to Demonicus's ex-
Kuroko will share in this wealth. the attacker may be subject to Good periments. Upon learning that his son's
Popularity: 0 damage from her flaming form. transformation was only temporary and
Flight: Pele can fly at Excellent speeds that he and his wife were to be reunited
BACKGROUND: (1 Oareas/round or 150 mph). with their son. Taifu and his wife Michi,
Real Name: Unrevealed Fire Generation: Pele can generate believing their nightmare was over, left
Occupation: Pacific Overlord flame up to Unearthly Intensity. She can Dernonica with the Avengers.
Legal Status: Citizen of Demonica project fire up to three areas away.

KNOWN POWERS: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Invisibility: Kuroko can make her body in- Michi Sasaki served Doctor Demonicus
visible to normal sight. Kuroko's power only under hypnosis. While acting as
bends visible light rather than using Im- Pele, she seemed to truly believe herself
age Generation which creates an illusion to be a fire goddess and believed the
that she is not there. Her power does not Avengers were despoiling foreigners.
negate location by other senses nor, at The revelation that Demonicus had mu-
this point, detection by heat or ultraviolet tated her husband and turned their baby
light. As Kuroko has mass and sub- into a monster snapped her out of the
stance, her form may be revealed by hypnosis, but she was struck down be-

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Pantheon is a self-described massive Earth's population vanished. them, the four were spotted by Sabra
think-tank which observes the world During the mass panic which ensued who was flying overhead looking for
looking for disasters in the making. Meers. She did not recognize the Hulk
Once one is sighted, Pantheon then after half of the audience disappeared, because he was wearing a long hooded
takes appropriate steps to avert that di- Nadia ended up lying unconscious at the robe, but engaged him in combat first
saster. Its main base of operations is feet of the Abomination. The Abomina- because he was the largest and closest
called The Mount, but the Pantheon also tion took this as a sign from God and to her. When she realized she was bat-
supports a number of smaller bases all took her in the sewers with him for her tling the Hulk, she fired her low-density,
over the world for their wide-ranging op- own protection. The Hulk pursued Nadia plasma energy quills at him, one of
erative network. The Mount is a self- and the Abomination into the sewers. which entered his open mouth and
contained world with over 1500 people in During their brief battle, the Hulk was struck his larynx. This paralyzed it, ren-
residence. One-third of the population is sucked through a portal into the Vortex. dering him speechless. Unable to com-
nuclear families. The population is large- The Abomination was convinced that municate, Banner engaged in a
ly vegetarian, supported by The Mount's this was also a sign from God, that what protracted battle with Sabra which took
extensive agricultural and aquacultural he was doing was right. The Abomina- them through the streets and walls of old
facilities. They have highly advanced tion's plan was to tell his wife that he had Jerusalem, and in and out the roof of the
science facilities and their offensive and not died as she thought, but had been Israel museum, before culminating at
defensive capabilities are quite formida- changed into the monster she saw be- the Wailing Wall. Stripped of her cape
ble. fore her. It was his hope that she would which enables her to fly, out of quills,
still love him. and facing a physically superior foe, Sa-
Pantheon's leader, Agamemnon, re- bra was prepared to make her final stand
sides deep within the bowels of The The Hulk returned from his trip to the before the Wall. As she waited for the
Mount and uses a holographic image to Vortex-but in a diminutive form. He Hulk's final attack she delivered a
communicate with those who are aiding managed to convince the Abomination speech which affirmed her own, and her
him in his dream. He neither claims nor that it was better for his wife to remem- nation's, courage and determination.
denies that he is the Agamemnon, King ber him as the brave, handsome hus-
of Argos and commander-in-chief of the band she loved. The Abomination, in a At this time, the effects of the quill that
Greek army against Troy. He does claim rare moment of sanity, returned Nadia to had paralyzed his larynx wore off. Ban-
immortality, as his mother was an Earth her apartment unharmed. ner, realizing further violence would be
woman and his father a god . The Aga- pointless and wanting a chance to ex-
memnon of antiquity was both the pater- Banner's second Pantheon mission plain his actions, surrendered.
nal great-grandson of Tantalus (a son of was to travel to Israel and bring both
Zeus) and maternal great-great- Achilles and the young boy Max Meers Banner and Sabra reached an under-
grandson of Ares. He also claims to have back to Pantheon headquarters. Banner standing and joined forces to track down
assumed dozens of identities and have was accompanied on this mission by his Achilles. Despite the possible ramifica-
fathered hundreds of children. Agamem- side-kick Rick Jones. They were told that tions on future events, Banner saved
non of Argos fathered one son, Orestes, Achilles's original mission had been a
and three daughters, Iphigenia, Electra, Max Meers from falling to his death. He
and Chrysothemis, before his death at similar one: to convince the boy's par- placed the boy on the ground and told
the hands of his wife Clytemnestra and/ ents that the best place for their son was him to stay put while he went back and
with Pantheon. In attempting to kill the dealt with Achilles. Frightened and con-
or his nephew Aegisthus. boy, Achilles had turned rogue. The rea- fused, Meers started running through
Shortly after Bruce Banner was cured son for Pantheon's interest in the the maze of streets which make up old
Jerusalem. From his high vantage point,
by Dr. Samson, Pantheon showed up to thirteen-year old Meers was that Delphi, Achilles could see that Meers was run-
recruit the new Hulk to its cause. a member of Pantheon with precognitive ning toward Rick Jones, who was at that
Through a series of misunderstandings abilities, had seen a vision that in the fu- moment being pursued by a stampeding
this recruitment visit escalated into a ture Max Meers would marshal his mob. While Achilles distracted the Hulk
street fight in which Banner finally al- homeland of Draburg into one of the and Sabra with an explanation of why he
lowed himself to be captured so he could most devastating war machines Earth tried to kill the boy (which included a re-
learn more about this group and ulti- had ever known. Convincing the boy's counting of his experience at the Ger-
mately put an end to their activities. parents that their son was destined to be man concentration camp Dachau),
Once at The Mount, Banner met Aga- the next Hitler based on the future seen Meers turned a corner and was trampled
memnon and after observing their oper- by a woman in a secret mountain base in by the mind-controlled mob. After the ac-
ation for a while, was persuaded to join the desert southwest of the United cident, the boy was taken to Jerusalem
Pantheon . Banner's first official mission States would probably not be an easy Hospital, but the prognosis was that he
for Pantheon was to keep an eye on ac- task. This mission was further compli- would remain a vegetable for the rest of
tress and recent Soviet emigre Nadia cated by the fact that Meers was the son his life. Agamemnon lied to Banner
Dornova who was starring on Broadway of the Draburg Ambassador to Israel. Af- about this, telling him the boy was fine.
in "Metamorphosis." Dornova was once ter Achilles's first attack on the Ambas- He had also lied about Achilles's
sador's family, the Israeli government instructions-which had been to kill the
married to Emil Blonsky, a.k.a. the assigned their top agent, Sabra, the job boy from the start. No one yet realizes
Abomination. When one of Pantheon's that Meers never actually had mind-
of protecting them. Sabra had battled control powers, but rather was being
field operatives reported that she was the Hulk before and since his abduction controlled himself. He was the vehicle
being stalked by a mysterious bruiser, by Pantheon, SHIELD was circulating through which Gretta Rabin siphoned
Pantheon rightly figured the Hulk was the word that the Hulk was more danger- her mind control powers. It was, or will
the man for the job. Banner and Rick ous than ever. be, Gretta working behind the scenes
Jones were watching Dornova's per- who caused Max Meers's rise to power
formance and waiting for the Abomina- Banner caught up with Achilles in old
tion to show on the night when half of the Jerusalem. He was on foot in pursuit of
the Meers boy and Gretta Rabin, the
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which was foreseen by Delphi. ance rank in Health once per hour. Occupation: Leader of Pantheon
Banner, along with the rest of Panthe- Resistance: Achilles's toughened skin Identity: Secret
provides him with Unearthly resistance Legal Status: Unrevealed
on's fighting team, is now working on a to fire, heat, cold, electricity, and radia- Place of Birth: Unrevealed, possibly an-
plan to liberate the country of Trans- tion. His Psyche is also considered Un- cient Greece
sabal. This action could bring Pantheon earthly for resisting the effects of any Marital Status: Unrevealed , presum-
into conflict with the new SH IELD or Mind powers. ably widowed a number of times
even the United Nations' new peace- Invulnerability: Achilles has CL1000 re- Known Relatives: Achilles (son}, Ajax,
keeping force. How long Bruce Banner sistance to toxins, poison, and disease. Hector, Paris, Ulysses, (sons or extend-
will serve with Pantheon, and exactly Reduced Aging: Due to his mixed heri- ed family}, Atalanta, Delphi (daughters
what his motives for serving with them tage, Achilles ages more slowly than or extended family)
are, remain to be seen . normal men. At this point in time, he Base of Operations: The Mount
looks about half his true age. Past Group Affiliations: Pantheon
ACHILLES Equipment: Achilles sometimes wears Present Group Affiliations:
a personal combat suit made of an un-
STATISTICS: known metal. While this costume does KNOWN POWERS:
not afford Achilles any additional protec- Agamemnon's only revealed power is
F EX(20) tion, it does employ an exo-skeleton Holographic Image Projection. He can
A GD{10} which raises Achilles's Strength to In- key his image to specific brain wave pat-
credible. terns so that only those he wishes may
s GD{10) Limitation: Achilles is sensitive to a spe- see or hear him. His range for projecting
cific low-level gamma radiation which his image is CL3000, but probably not
E IN(40} breaks down his Invulnerability. One more than 5,000 miles. There is no proof
R GD(10) known source of this radiation is the that Agamemnon's projected image ac-
I EX(20) Hulk. Achilles's Invulnerability and re- tually shows what he truly looks like; it is
p EX(20) sistances drops -1 CS for every round definitely the sagely aloof image he
Health: 80 he and the Hulk are in the same area. wishes to project to his children and fol-
Karma: 50 Should the Hulk leave Achilles's area, lowers.
Resources: AM(50) Achilles regains lost Invulnerability and Intangibility: As Agamemnon's holo-
Popularity: 5 graphic image is little more than a pic-
resistance ranks at a rate of + 1CS per ture of himself, it cannot be harmed by
BACKGROUND: any means. Nor has it been known to
Real Name: Helmut (Last name unre- round. · take any offensive actions. Walls and
vealed) Talents: Achilles's known talents in- other physical barriers present no prob-
Occupation: Pantheon Operative clude Detective, Espionage and Martial lem to Agamemnon as he can pass
Identity: The general public is unaware Arts Band D. The nature of Pantheon's through them . When inside The Mount,
of Achilles's existence work also grants Achilles the Military tal- Agamemnon can increase the size of
Legal Status: German citizen (pre- ent. this image to in excess of 22' ( +3CS to
sumed to have died in the Holocaust) Contacts: Achilles's only revealed con- be hit). As Agamemnon cannot attack or
Place of Birth: Germany, 1909 tacts are his fellow members of Panthe- be attacked in this form, the image is
Marital Status: Widower on. His resources indicate his access to used as either a scare tactic or an atten-
Known Relatives: Agamemnon (father), Pantheon's equipment. Ulysses is de- tion getter. Reportedly, Agamemnon
Ulysses (brother), Ajax, Hector, Paris scribed by Paris as Achilles's brother does possess a corporeal form which re-
(brothers, half-brothers, or cousins), Ata- and student. Achilles is a Holocaust sur- sides deep in the bowels of The Mount.
lanta, Delphi (relationship unrevealed, vivor, determined that such evil will nev- The nature of this body has yet to be re-
probably cousin), wife (name unreveal- er happen again. He objects to the vealed .
ed, deceased), children (names unre- Hulk's presence with Pantheon (see Talents: Agamemnon claims that he is
vealed, deceased) Limitation). immortal and has lived for centuries.
Base of Operations: The Mount Over that time he has assumed dozens
Past Group Affiliations: Pantheon AGAMEMNON of identities and his talents and training
Present Group Affiliations: are probably vast. He possesses enough
STATISTICS: Computer and Electronics Skill to have
KNOWN POWERS: produced The Mount's audio-visual me-
Invulnerability: Achilles's skin, soft tis- F Unrevealed dia nerve center and probably has other
sue, and skeletal structure is more A Unrevealed scientific skills as well. His observation
dense than normal and provides him S Unrevealed of mankind over the years grants him the
with Unearthly protection from physical E Unrevealed Psychology Talent. This is an area of
damage. Due to his unusual physical re- R IN(40) study which seems to interest him.
silience, all attacks against Achilles are I AM(50) Contacts: Agamemnon is the leader of
reduced by one color, making him im- the some 1500 people who reside in The
mune to red results. He also gains a P MN(75) Mount. He has no other known contacts.
+ 1CS to damage in Blunt, charging, or
any attack which uses his body. Health: Unrevealed ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Recovery: Achilles recovers lost Endur- Karma: 165 Agamemnon neither claims nor denies
ance ranks at a rate of three per day dur- Resources: Am (50) being the Agamemnon who was King of
ing normal action.
Regeneration: Achilles heals faster than oPopularity:
normal, enabling him to gain his Endur-
BACKGROUND:
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Argos and commander-in-chief of the which has Incredible material strength Present Group Affiliations:
Greek army against Troy. He does claim and provides Incredible protection from
immortality, as his mother was an Earth physical attack. KNOWN POWERS:
woman and his father a god. The Aga- Limitation: Ajax must wear his armor Hybrid Physiology: As with all members
memnon of antiquity was both the pater- constantly. Without the support it af- of Pantheon's elite fighting team, Atalan-
nal great-grandson of Tantalus (a son of fords, his legs and spine would collapse ta's skin, muscle, and bone tissue are
Zeus) and maternal great-great- under his enormous weight. Ajax stands more dense than a normal human's.
grandson of Ares. He also claims to have This contributes to her superhuman En-
assumed dozens of identities and have well over seven feet tall and is + 1CS to durance and body weight and provides
fathered hundreds of children. Agamem- her with Feeble Body Armor. Her im-
non of Argos fathered one son, Orestes, be hit. In his armor, his weight is in ex- mune system and cellular regeneration
and three daughters-Iphigenia, Elec- cess of 2000 lbs. (but does not exceed flmction at a higher level than ordinary,
tra, and Chrysothemis-before his death 20,000), making lifting, throwing, or car- granting her Regeneration of Good rank
at the hands of his wife Clytemnestra rying him an Incredible Strength FEAT. and the Recovery power. She can heal
and his nephew Aegisthus. Still, this Also, supporting structures (floors. etc.) her Endurance rank in Health three
may have been the first of Agamem- of less than Incredible material strength times per day. She recovers lost Endur-
non's identities and reports of his death could give way under his weight. ance ranks at a rate of one per day. Due
were greatly exaggerated. Whether he is Talents: Ajax is unpredictable in battle to cellular regeneration, hybrids some-
the Agamemnon of antiquity or not, (as well as most other times), granting times age more slowly than normal hu-
there are similarities between the two him the equivalent of Martial Arts B and mans. This process begins after
men. reaching adulthood. In some cases, hy-
E. brids actually grow or age more quickly
Agamemnon of Argos, though a man as children due to this same cellular re-
of great courage, was considered fickle, Contacts: Other members of Pantheon. generation. Atalanta's true age has not
vengeful, atrocious, arrogant, and abu- been revealed.
sive. He sacrificed his own daughter to ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Psionic Targeting: Atalanta has a low-
gain a favorable tide. Agamemnon of Ajax is devoted to Atalanta and her level mind power with respect to her
Pantheon could be described as having safety is what matters most to him. He plasma arrows (see below); with her
some of these same qualities. He has will disobey any order or scrap any plan Feeble level power, Atalanta can lock on-
the courage and arrogance to intervene to exact revenge on anyone he feels has to her target mentally and her arrows
in human events to avert potential disas- hurt her. The lone exception would be if find the target Atalanta wishes, regard-
ters, even when this intervention takes Atalanta herself were to tell him to stop. less of her sight or the visibility of the tar-
the form of murdering a innocent child. He considers the Hulk to be his best
His own children are tools with which he friend because Atalanta told him so. get
carries out his plans. Were they to die Though he is clearly not the Ajax of an-
achieving their objective, their sacrifice tiquity, he was probably given this code- Equipment: Plasma Bow and Arrows Ata-
would be viewed as necessary. name because of his similarity to that lanta carries a plasma bow. The grip of this
strongest of the Greek warriors who was weapon is about eight inches long and
AJAX also a giant in size. Though that Ajax comprises the entire weapon when its field
was also unintellectual and slow of is not activated. When activated, this grip
STATISTICS: speech, he was probably sharper than emits fields of plasma energy which take
Ajax of the Pantheon. the shape and form of the remainder of the
F EX(20) bow stave, its string, and its arrows. Ata-
A PR(4) ATALANTA lanta can generate up to three arrows per
turn, firing the number generated all at
s MN(75) STATISTICS: once. The arrows are fired at Atalanta's
Agility modified by her Weapons Specialist
E MN(75) F GD(10) Talent. Atalanta's arrows do Amazing en-
R FB(2) ergy damage. She can fire them up to 8
PR(4) sA RM(30) areas away. When not using her bow, its
I PR(4) GD(10) handle hangs on her belt or around her
p E IN(40) neck.
R TY(6) Talents: Atalanta is a Weapons Special-
Health: 174 I GD(10)
Karma: 10 p TY(6) ist with her bow ( +2CS to hit, + 1 to ini-
Health: 90
Resources: TY(6) Karma: 22 tiative when using it) and a Marksman
Resources: TY(6) (does not suffer penalty to hit from
Popularity: 0 Popularity: 5 range). She has some training in Military
Tactics.
BACKGROUND: BACKGROUND: Contacts: Atalanta has contacts with
Real Name: Unrevealed Real Name: Unrevealed her Pantheon teammates. She can
Occupation: Warrior Occupation: Pantheon Operative, count on Ajax to protect her even to the
Identity: Secret Member of Pantheon's elite fighting point of giving his own life.
Known Relatives: Other Members of team
Pantheon Identity: Secret ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Base of Operations: The Mount Known Relatives: Other members of Atalanta's name is associated with two
Past Group Affiliations: Pantheon Pantheon separate myths. The first is of a young
Present Group Affiliations: Base of Operations: The Mount maiden who refused to marry any man
Past Group Affiliations: Pantheon
KNOWN POWERS:
Body Armor: Ajax wears a suit of armor

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who couldn't best her in a foot race. She Delphi must have access to a still pool Resources: TY(6)
is eventually beaten by a suitor who of water when looking into the future _ Popularity: 5
dropped three golden apples as she She can see.far into the future, at least
overtook him. Atalanta paused to pick as far as thirty or forty years, though it is BACKGROUND :
them up and thus lost the race. The sec- much more difficult due to the myriad Real Name: Unrevealed
ond is of the famous huntress, and only probabilities that can change the future. Occupation: Member of Pantheon 's
female, who took part in the Calydonian She cannot use her power more than elite fighting team
Boar hunt. It is not clear which of these once a day without making an Endur- Identity: Secret
myths Atalanta's code-name represents, ance FEAT roll; each successive power Known Relatives: Other members of
but it is probably the latter: Pantheon's use drains Delphi and a Green FEAT is Pantheon
Atalanta is the only female on the fight- needed for two castings in one day, Yel- Base of Operations: The Mount
ing team and her prowess with the bow low FEAT for three, and a Red FEAT is Past Group Affiliations: Pantheon
would suggest more of a connection to needed for four castings in one 24 hour Present Group Affiliations:
hunting. She is far sturdier than she period.
looks. She holds a great hatred for crimi- KNOWN POWERS:
nals, since her mother was killed by When she uses her power, the Judge Air Walking: Through a combination of
them. rolls the FEAT for her secretly. The high- Levitation and Gliding, Hector has an
er the color, the more accurate the divin- Excellent rank power to literally walk on
DELPHI ing. Delphi can also see visions of what air (10 areas/round level or descending
is happening in the present with world- flight/slide; climb rate of 4 areas/round).
STATISTICS: wide range and Monstrous accuracy. Hybrid Physiology: As with all members
She can look into the past with equal of Pantheon's elite fighting team, Hec-
F PR(4) ability, but the present and the future are tor's skin, muscle, and bone tissue are
A TY(6) of more interest to Pantheon. more dense than a normal human's,
limitation: Delphi must have a pool of contributing to his superhuman Endur-
s PR(4) standing water to see her visions. When ance and body weight and providing him
casting, she must speak in rhyme. with Feeble Body Armor. His immune
E TY(6) Talents: None revealed. system and cellular regeneration fun c-
R TY(6) Contacts: Delphi's only known contacts tion at a higher level than ordinary,
I AM(SO) are the members of Pantheon. Ulysses granting him Regeneration of Good rank
p IN(40) and Paris are rivals for her affection (as and the Recovery power. He can heal his
Health: 20 Endurance rank in Health three times
Karma: 96 well as in most other things), though her per day. He recovers lost Endurance
Resources: TY(6) ranks at a rate of one per day during nor-
Popularity: 10 heart belongs to Ulysses. mal action. Due to cellular regeneration,
hybrids sometimes age more slowly than
BACKGROUND: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: normal humans. This process begins af-
Real Name: Unrevealed Delphi sometimes seems aloof or distant ter reaching adulthood. In some cases
Occupation: Pantheon ESP operative to the point of being disconnected. This hybrids actually grow more quickly as
Identity: Presumably known to Aga- may be, in part, due to the nature of her children due to this same cellular regen-
memnon powers, but she admits to deliberately eration. Hector's age has not been re-
Known Relatives: Paris and Ulysses ignoring certain people, most specifi- vealed .
(cousins); other members of Pantheon cally Paris and Ulysses. Delphi will often Equipment: Hector carries a plasma
(various unrevealed relationships) scream or call out if she sees a vision mace. The hilt of this weapon is about
Base of Operations: The Mount which is particularly horrible. Players eight inches long and comprises the entire
Past Group Affiliations: Pantheon should consider Delphi 's limitations weapon when its field is not activated.
Present Group Affiliations: when playing her. Delphi is named for an When activated, the hilt emits a field of en-
ancient town in central Greece on the ergy which has the appearance and some
KNOWN POWERS: southern slopes of Mount Paranassus. It of the properties of a chain with a spiked
Casting: Delphi has the Monstrous rank was the seat of an Oracle of Apollo. ball at the end of it. Hector can inflict up to
ability to see into the future. The nature Remarkable force and Good Edged Dam-
this power is such that an accurate divin- Delphi perhaps functions best as a Non- age by swinging this weapon. If he can
ing is difficult, if not impossible. What Player Character which the Judge can successfully grapple an opponent in its
Delphi sees is the future as it would hap- use to divine new " disasters in the mak- chain, the energy field stuns or paralyzes
pen if current events are not changed. ing" for Pantheon to "avert." with Incredible Intensity. Hector can also
When viewed in this manner, the future generate Good force winds by whirling his
can be changed by taking steps to by- HECTOR mace just as Thor does with his hammer.
pass or avoid it. Taking these steps is Talents: Hector has training in Military
what the Pantheon sees as their charge STATIST ICS: Tactics and Detective/Espionage. He is
or province. No future can be totally ne- a Weapons Specialist with his mace,
gated; those averted in this time line oc- F EX(20) granting him + 2CS to hit and + 1 to Ini-
cur in another divergent future. Though A tiative rolls while using it.
Delphi is awake when future casting and EX(20) Contacts: Hector's only known contacts
her manifestations are not real in the s are his fellow members of Pantheon .
sense that she can interact with them, EX(20)
they can so startling and horrifying that E IN(40)
they cause her to call out in fear or pain. GD(10)
R TY(6)
I TY(6)

p

Health: 100
Karma: 22

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ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ranks at a rate of one per day during nor-
Paris is involved in an open feud with Ul- mal action. Due to cellular regeneration ,
ROLE PLAYING NOTES: ysses over, among other things, the af- hybrids sometimes age more slowly than
The Hector of old was Troy's greatest fections of Delphi. The two engage in normal humans. This process begins af-
warrior and brother of Paris (and 48 oth- childish, but extremely dangerous, con- ter reaching adulthood. In some cases,
er brothers and half-brothers). The Hec- tests of will, such as playing "chicken" hybrids actually grow or age more quick-
tor of Pantheon is serious minded and with a fully loaded aircraft speeding to- ly as children due to this same cellular
dedicated to Pantheon's cause. He does ward open hangar doors. He has implied regeneration. Ulysses's true age has not
not like the constant, and sometimes that he would not be terribly disappoint- been revealed.
dangerous, infighting that goes on be- ed if Ulysses came home from one of his Equipment:
tween Ulysses and Paris. adventures dead on his shield. A play- Armored Suit: Ulysses wears a suit made
boy in designer suits, he views his broth- of chain mail which provides Good pro-
PARIS er as stuffy, indulging in outward tection from physical attacks.
pretensions of heroism and scandalous Energy Sword: Ulysses carries a plasma
STATISTICS: private conduct. He found Achilles's sword. The hilt of this weapon is about
sensitivity to the Hulk's gamma radiation six inches long and comprises the entire
F PR(4) "delightful." Though he seems open weapon when its field is not activated.
A TY(6) about his feelings, there seems some- When activated, the hilt emits a blade-
TY(6) thing unscrupulous and deceitful about shaped field of up to Incredible Intensity
s TY(6) him. His role in Pantheon seems to be plasma about two feet in length. This en-
EX(30) an administrative one. He does not like ergy frequency can be changed to allow
E EX(20) to exert himself physically. Ulysses to use either the Blunt or Edged
R GD(10) attack columns.
I ULYSSES Energy Shield: The arms of Ulysses's ar-
p mored suit are lined with what at first
STATISTICS: glance would appear to be external
Health: 22 shock plates or bucklers. These plates
Karma: 60 F IN(40) can generate a plasma shield which au-
Resources: TY(6) A EX(20) tomatically appears on Ulysses's fore-
Popularity: 5 arms. This shield allows Ulysses to block
s EX(20) as if he had Amazing Strength. He can
BACKGROUND: still be Slammed or Stunned.
Real Name: Unrevealed E IN(40) Talents: Ulysses is an expert swords-
Occupation: Unrevealed R TY(6) man, granting him + 2CS to hit and + 1
Identity: Secret I RM(30) to Initiative rolls when using it. He is
Known Relatives: Ulysses (brother), p GD(10) trained in Military Tactics, Espionage,
Health: 120 and Piloting.
Delphi (cousin), other members of Pan- Karma: 46 Contacts: Ulysses's only known con-
theon (extended family) Resources: AM(SO) tacts are his fellow members of the Pan-
Base of Operations: The Mount Popularity: 5 theon. He is particularly enamored of
Past Group Affiliations: Pantheon Delphi, though she does not seem to
Present Group Affiliations: BACKGROUND: share his feelings.
Real Name: Unrevealed
KNOWN POWERS: Occupation: Member of Pantheon's ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Empathy: Paris has a Remarkable rank elite fighting team
empathic sense and can detect strong Identity: Secret ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
emotions within 8 areas. Known Relatives: Ulysses (brother), Arrogant, even at times a bit pompous,
Talents: Paris's talents have yet to be re- Delphi (cousin), other members of Pan- bold and spirited to the point of being
vealed, but they are probably in the Ad· theon reckless, Ulysses takes his code-name
ministrative area. Using his power, Paris Base of Operations: The Mount from one of the greatest and most cun-
also has a Detective skill in that he can Past Group Affiliations: Pantheon ning of the Greeks. As in the tales of
sense emotions of those he is talking to Present Group Affiliations: Homer, this Ulysses seems to be a no-
and use them to guess the underlying ble, if ruthless, warrior. It is suggested by
motives of someone's actions and man- KNOWN POWERS: Paris that Ulysses's private life is actu-
Hybrid Physiology: As with all members ally quite scandalous. Perhaps it's due
nerisms. of Pantheon's elite fighting team, Ul- to his forked beard, but there is a certain
Contacts: Paris's contacts include the ysses's skin, muscle, and bone tissue air of treachery about Ulysses. Ulysses
other members of Pantheon. He is par- are more dense than a normal human's. is a great fan of hard-bitten detective
This contributes to his superhuman En- films and novels.
ticularly attracted to Delphi though she durance and body weight and provides
does not seem to share his feelings. him with Feeble Body Armor. His im-
mune system and cellular regeneration
function at a higher level than ordinary,
granting him Regeneration of Good rank
and the Recovery power. He can heal his
Endurance rank in Health three times
per day. He recovers lost Endurance

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F EX(20)
A EX(20)

s EX(20)

E RM(30)
R TY(6)
I EX(20)
p RM(30)
Health: 90
Karma: 56
Resources: PR(4)
Popularity: O

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Charles Little Sky
Occupation: Dimensional traveller
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States with a criminal record, still a mi-
nor .
Identity: Public
Place of Birth: American Indian Reser-
vation near Hartsdale, New Mexico
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group A,ffiliations: None
Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS:
Extradimensional Portal: Portal can cre-
ate an extra-dimensional gateway with
Remarkable ability. This gateway is
large enough to fill an entire area. It re-
quires a red FEAT result tor Portal to
control the destination of this gateway.
Equipment:
Armor: Portal wears armor similar to that
worn by Darkhawk. His armor, however,
has different abilities and he has lost the
control amulet. Portal's arsenal includes
the following:
Energy Harpoon: Incredible Force dam-
age with a four-area range.
Energy Wheel: This device separates in-
to energy modules that do Excellent En-
ergy damage, can fly at Poor speed to
circle around an opponent to attack him
from behind, and have a +3 CS bonus
to strike their target.
Glue: When covered in this gooey sub-
stance, an opponent has a -2 CS penal-
ty on all physical FEAT rolls. It hardens in
1-6 rounds into a substance with an Ex-
cellent Material Strength.
Talents: Portal has no known talents.
Contacts: Portal has no known con-
tacts.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Sky had the ability to send them back to
Portal is an angry young man who has the dimensional crossroads from which
been conditioned by life to believe the they had come, the U-Foes immediately
worst of people. His typical reaction to a tried to kill him. They were foiled by Pu-
strange situation is to use violence. It is ma and the Avengers, but during the
obvious that he suffered greatly while course of the battle, the distraught Little
trapped in the dimension from which Sky summoned a portal and fled into an
Darkhawk originates, so his paranoia alien dimension.
has some justification. With help, he
might become a superhero. If treated Months later, Little Sky emerged back
without compassion, he may become a on Earth, wearing gold body armor simi-
most deadly supervillain. lar to Darkhawk's, while Darkhawk was
attempting to save his mother from an
HISTORY: assassination attempt. Little Sky imme-
Charles Little Sky was a mutant on the diately assumed that Darkhawk was an
American Indian reservation near Harts- enemy that he had met in the other di-
dale, New Mexico. His gateway powers mension. Darkhawk attempted to per-
did not escape the notice of his elders, suade Little Sky that he was not an
who viewed them as evil. Charles left the enemy, but Portal refused to listen.
reservation heading to New York City Darkhawk was forced to fight Portal, a
with the reservation's champion, the Pu- battle in which Darkhawk emerged tri-
ma, in hot pursuit. As the Puma pursued umphant. Portal was taken away by the
the young mutant, he was noticed by Guardsman to the Vault, but while in the
several members of the Avengers. In hospital , the U-Foes attacked again .
typical fashion, the Puma refused to ex- Darkhawk, Captain America, and Dare-
plain his actions to the Avengers, who devil battled them while Portal sought
responded by attacking him. During that escape.
battle, a strange energy portal appeared
and the U-Foes, a team of supervillains After defeating the U-Foes with the
who had accidentally breached the di- help of Cap and DD, Darkhawk confront-
mensional barrier during an escape at- ed Portal, wanting more information
tempt, emerged. Realizing that Little about his own armor and amulet. Little
Sky created a gateway and fled through

it, preferring freedom amongst the di-
mensions rather than imprisonment on
Earth.

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In the alternate future of the Guardians Rancor's lieutenants, Blaster and Rhod- ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
of the Galaxy, few mutants survived per- ney, were slain . Rancor's downfall oc- Rancor is a vicious killer who typically re-
secution by the Sentinels in the late curred shortly thereafter, when Starhawk lies on brute force and not subtlety. She
twentieth century. Most who did survive of the Guardians bonded the rebel lead- has no regard for human life and is ruth·
came under the leadership of Magneto. er Giraud with the Phoenix force, creat· less in the pursuit of her goals. She is ac-
Magneto believed it was time for mutant ing the 31st century version of Phoenix. customed to the role of ruler, and
kind to find a new home-to leave Earth The Phoenix devoured the planet of Ha- expects everyone to obey her.
behind and seek sanct uary on another ven in its hunger, but not before the
world. Many mutants, including the X- Guardians used their ship's teleporters BATWING
Man Wolverine, accompanied him. to transport the human population of Ha-
ven to safety. STATISTICS:
Magneto led them first to Europa, a
waterbearing moon of Jupiter. There Unfortunately, Rancor and her fol- F EX(20)
they decided to build three starships to lowers also escaped. Most recently,
carry them away from Earth. However, Rancor and her lieutenants have ap- A IN(40)
only two of the ships were finished when peared on Earth on the island of Madri-
Apocalypse approached and attacked in poor, where she is trying to find the s EX(20)
an attempt to enslave the fleeing mu- ancient mutant Wolverine.
tants. Magneto battled Apocalypse E' EX(20)
alone, giving the mutants the time they RANCOR R TY(6)
needed to evacuate Europa. Both Mag-
neto and Apocalypse perished in the STATISTICS: I TY(6) -
p TY(6)
battle. The third starship was left behind, F IN(40)
unfinished, and was discovered in the A RM(30) Health: 100
31st Century by the fledgling Guardians
of the Galaxy. This ship became known s G0(10) Karma: 18
as the original U.S.S. Captain America.
E EX(20) Resources: TY(6)
After several generations of travel, the R TY(6)
mutants found a world barely capable of I IN(40) oPopularity: -1
sustaining life. It was only through the p RM(30)
skills of the last original survivor, the mu- Health: 100 BACKGROUND:
tant Wolverine, t hat the mutants were Karma: 76 Real Name: Unknown
able to find a valley where they could Resources: RM(30) Occupation: Lieutenant of Rancor
survive. They named the planet Haven. Popularity: - 20 Legal Status: Citizen of Haven, a planet
no longer in existence
Haven became ruled by the children BACKGROUND: Identity: Public
of Wolverine; each new ruler was more Real Name: Rancor Place of Birth: Haven
vile and ruthless than the last. The fifth Occupation: Bloodthirsty ex-dictator of Marital Status: Unknown
descendant of Wolverine, a woman Haven Known Relatives: None
named Rancor, became ruler of Haven Legal Status: Citizen of Haven, a planet Base of Ope rations: Unknown
when she killed her own father. no longer in existence Past Group Affiliations: The Nine
Identity: Public Present Group Affiliations:
Over the course of time, the planet's Place of Birth: Haven
mutants became fewer and fewer, until Marital Status: Single KNOWN POWERS:
only nine were left, including Rancor Known Relatives: Wolverine (great- Flight: Batwing can fly and uses glider
when she assumed the throne. All of Ha- great grandfather) wings to fly at Remarkable speeds.
ven feared them. Over time, two devel- Base of Ope rations: Unknown These wings aid his flight, without them
opments occurred in the human Past Group Affiliations: The Nine his top speed is only Excellent.
population. First, an underground resist- Present Group Affiliations: Bfoblast: Batwing can fire blasts of
ance movement began to form. Second, Amazing energy. He has a range of five
a legend was created that "Overman" KNOWN POWERS: areas with this attack. After he has fired
from the stars were destined to descend Claws: Rancor has extremely long claws them three times, he must wait ten
upon Haven and liberate them. The leg- that do Incredible damage on the Edged rounds before they are recharged and
end gave the oppressed humans hope, Attacks column. he can use them again. Batwing can al-
yet hampered the ability of the Resist- Regeneration: Rancor can restore up to so increase the Intensity of his blast to
ance to recruit a large following to defeat ten lost points of Health per hour, and Monstrous levels and attack one target
has Amazing resistance to poisons, dis- in his area. This attack does count as
the mutants. eases, toxins, and other substances that one of his three uses of the power to-
Finally in the 31st Century, the Guard- adversely affect the human body.
Tale nts: Rancor has Martial Arts B, C, 0, ward burnout.
ians of the Galaxy arrived on Haven and E, as well as the Resist Domination Talents: Batwing has Martial Arts 8, C,
searching for the "Lost Colony" of hu- and Leadership talents.
manity. Starhawk of the Guardians res- Contacts: None known. and E.
cued Giraud, a member of the Contacts: Aside from the Nine, Batwing
Resistance, from Rancor's lieutenants. is known to have no friends or contacts.
Giraud told the Guardians about his
world. The Guardians inspired the peo- ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
ple to protest against Rancor's rule. An Batwing is a mutant who enjoys lording
enraged Rancor and her lieutenants flew his powers over those who are weaker
out to massacre the protesters. Many in- than he. He revels in using his powers,
especially to kill. Batwing had a special
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BEAR Real Name: Unknown KNOWN POWERS:
Occupation: Lieutenant of Rancor Growth: Blockade has Monstrous
STATISTICS: Legal Status: Deceased powers of Growth. Each Power Rank of
Identity: Public Growth gives him an identical rank re-
F RM(30) Place of Birth: Haven sistance to Physical and Force attacks.
EX(20) Marital Status: Unknown He can also choose not to attack, and
A IN(40) Known Relatives: None can absorb an attack aimed at his area
AM(30) Base of Operations: Haven or an adjacent area, at one rank greater
s GD(10) Past Group Affiliations: The Nine than his Growth.
TY(6) Present Group Affiliations: Limitation: Blindness: While battling the
E TY(6) Guardians, Blockade was blinded in
R KNOWN POWERS: both eyes by Nikki's lasers. The statis-
I Blasts: Blaster can fire force beams of tics to the right of the slashes represent
p Amazing rank and range. his diminished capacities in this state.
Flight: Blaster can fly with Remarkable Talents: Blockade has Wrestling talent.
Health: 120 ability. Contacts: Aside from the Nine, Block-
Karma: 22 Talents: Blaster had no revealed talents. ade has no friends or contacts.
Resources: TY(6) Contacts: Aside from the Nine, Blaster
Popularity: 0 is known to have no friends or contacts. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Blockade is not as sadistic as some of
BACKGROUND: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: his teammates, but he does enjoys fight·
Blaster enjoyed bullying people, but not ing. His devotion to Rancor is absolute.
Real Name: Unknown as much as some of the other members Blockade murdered his own traitorous
of the Nine. father when he joined the Resistance.
Occupation: Former lieutenant of Ran-
cor, turned traitor RHCDNEY
Legal Status: Deceased
STATISTICS:
Identity: Public
F EX(20)
Place of Birth: Haven A EX(20)

Marital Status: Unknown s EX(20)
Known Relatives: Blockade (son)
E EX(20)
Base of Operations: Haven R TY(6)
Past Group Affiliations: The Nine, the I TY(6)
Haven Underground p TY(6)
Present Group Affiliations: Health: 80
Karma: 18
KNOWN POWERS: BLOCKADE Resources: TY(6)
Strength: Bear's only discernible power Popularity: -5
is his superhuman strength. STATISTICS:
BACKGROUND:
Weapon: Bear carries a gun that can do Real Name: Rhodney, Last name un-
Incredible damage at up to four areas. known
Talents: Bear has no known talents. Occupation: Lieutenant of Rancor
Contacts: None. Legal Status: Deceased
Identity: Public
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: F IN(40)/EX(20) Place of Birth: Haven
EX(20)/TY(6) Marital Status: Unknown
Bear was a conscientious mutant who A IN(40) Known Relatives: None
became disenchanted with the sadism AM(50) Base of Operations: Haven
and tyranny of Rancor and his own fel- s TY(6) Past Group Affiliations: The Nine
low lieutenants. He chose a different TY(6)/PR(4) Present Group Affiliations:
path, one with the Resistance. Even so, E IN(40)
he did not stop caring about his son, R KNOWN POWERS:
Blockade, which led to his death. I Rhodney does not have innate super-
p powers. Perhaps his Kinetic Retro-
BLASTER Blaster (see Equipment below) is
Health: 150 powered by his mutation.
STATISTICS: Karma: 52 Equipment:
Resources: TY(6) Kinetic Retro-Blaster: This device pos-
F EX(20) Popularity: - 5 sesses the following abilities:
A RM(30) Flight: Flies at Remarkable airspeed.
BACKGROUND: Retro-Blasts: Fires Remarkable Force
s GD(10) Real Name: Unknown blasts and has a range of four areas.

E RM(30) Occupation: Lieutenant of Rancor
R TY(6) Legal Status: Citizen of Haven, a planet
I TY(6) no longer in existence
p TY(6)
Health: 90 Identity: Public
Karma: 18
Resources: TY (6) Place of Birth: Haven
Popularity: - 5
Marital Status: Unknown
BACKGROUND: Known Relatives: Bear (father, de-
ceased}

Base of Operations: Unknown
Past Group Affiliations: The Nine
Present Group Affiliations:

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Talents: Rhodney has Martial Arts E. SHADDO SIDE-STEP
Contacts: Aside from the Nine, Rhod-
ney is known to have no friends or con- STATIST ICS: STATISTICS:
tacts. He and Batwing were particularly
close; the exact nature of their relation- F RM{30) F TY{6)
ship is unknown. A EX(20) A TY{6)

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: s EX(20) s TY{6)
Like many other members of the Nine,
Rhodney was a sadistic bully with no E RM(30) E EX(20)
moral scruples whatsoever. It is worth R TY(6) R GD(10)
noting that Rancor did not seem to be I TY(6) I GD(10)
particularly concerned about his death. p EX(20) p EX(20)
Health: 100 Health: 38
MINDSCAN Karma: 32 Karma: 40
Resources: TY(6) Resources: TY(6)
STATISTICS: Popularity: - 10 Popularity: - 5

F GD(10} BACKGROUND: BACKGROUND:
A TY(6) Real Name: Unknown Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Lieutenant of Rancor Occupation: Lieutenant of Rancor
s TY{6) Legal Status: Citizen of Haven Legal Status: Citizen of Haven, a planet
Identity: Public no longer in existence
E EX(20) Place of Birth: Haven Identity: Public
R GD(10) Marital Status: Unknown Place of Birth: Haven
I GD(10) Known Relatives: None Marital Status: Unknown
p EX(20) Base of Operations: Unknow n Known Relatives: None
Health: 38 Past Group Affiliations: The Nine Base of Operations: Unknown
Karma: 40 Present Group Affiliations: Past Group Affiliations: The Nine
Resources-: TY(6) Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS:
Popularity: - 5 Cape: Shaddo's cape acts as her weap- KNOWN POWERS:
on. Shaddo's cape may be material, or it Portal: Side-step can create a portal that
BACKGROUND: may be a psychic projection; its nature allows anyone who steps through it to
Real Name: Unknown has yet to be determined. It possesses teleport with Monstrous ability. There is
Occupation: Lieutenant of Rancor the following powers: no known limit to the number of people
Legal Status: Citizen of Haven , a planet Elongation: The cape can stretch with In- who can use the portal, but t he portal
no longer in existence credible power, allowing it to attack foes can fill a maximum of one area.
Ide ntity: Public in any area adjacent to Shaddo. Talents: Side-step has Piloting talent.
Place of Birth: Haven Envelopment: The cape, on a successful Contacts: Aside from the Nine, Side-
Marital Status: Unknown attack, can envelop an opponent as with step is known to have no friends or con-
Known Relatives: None Amazing material strength, and once it tacts.
Base of Operations: Unknown has enveloped someone, the trapped
Past Group Affiliations: The Nine opponent must make an Endurance ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Present Group Affiliations: FEAT roll. On a yellow or higher roll, he Side-step is actually a likeable and per-
has resisted the attack and are free, on a sonable young woman. She is calm and
KNOWN POWERS: green roll he has fallen unconscious due cool in battle, often rescuing her team-
Telepathy: Mindscan has Amazing to lack of oxygen and he must roll on the mates. She is also strongly devoted to
powers of Telepathy at Unearthly range. Kill table, and on a white result, his Rancor.
Emotion Control: Mindscan has Amazing Health drops to zero he immediately be-
powers of Emotion Control with a one- gins to lose Endurance ranks, due to suf-
area range. focation.
Talents: Mindscan has the Leadership Shadows: When stationary, Shaddo's
talent. cape provides a field of darkness for her
Contacts: Aside from the Nine, Minds- in a single-area radius. It requires a
can is known to have no friends or con- green Intuition FEAT roll to spot her
tacts. when she is trying to hide.
Talents: Shaddo has Martial Arts B and C.
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Contacts: Aside from the Nine, Shaddo
Mindscan is a confident, capable field is known to have no friends or contacts.
commander, serving as Rancor's most
trusted lieutenant. She strongly disap- ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
proves of t he sadism demonstrated by Like Batwing and Rancor, Shaddo is a
some of her teammates, most notably sadistic killer who enjoys tormenting her
Shaddo and Batwing. victims before she allows them to die.
She may be the most sadistic member of
the Nine.

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The Riders of the Storm are underlings a rifle that does Excellent Shooting dam- GAUNTLET
of Apocalypse; many are mutants or mu- age with a range of 7 areas. Each clip
tated humans, while some others were has 20 shots. STATISTICS:
culled from the offshoot of humanity Talents: Barrage has no known talents,
known as the lnhumans. The main pur- except possibly Guns. F EX(20)
pose of the Riders was to kidnap Nathan Contacts: Barrage is an Inhuman and A EX(20)
Christopher Summers (Cyclops' son) minion of Apocalypse.
and allow Apocalypse to destroy him. s EX(20)
During their initial attack and kidnapping ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
attempt, X-Factor's Ship went crazy and Barrage talks too much in combat, and is E AM(30)
self-destructed high above the Earth; fond of misquoting Shakespeare. Like R GD(10)
Ship managed to salvage its primary ail the Riders, he is a ruthless fighter. I GD(10)
personality components and save the p GD(10)
team by entering the Blue Area of the FOXBAT Health: 90
Moon. Allying themselves with the lnhu- Karma: 30
mans, X-Factor found that Apocalypse STATISTICS: Resources: PR(4)
had a base on the Moon and was chang- Popularity: 0
ing many lnhumans into his slaves. X- F GD(10)
Factor and the lnhumans managed to A EX(20) BACKGROUND:
defeat "Apocalypse and the Riders, free- Real Name: Unknown
ing many of the captives and releasing s EX(20) Occupation: Minion of Apocalypse
the others from his control, but Nathan Legal Status: Citizen of Attllan
was dying. He was sent into the future E RM(30) Identity: Not generally known to citizens
with a time-traveller named Askani as R GD(10) of Earth
she represented his only hope. I GD(10) Place of Birth: Attilan Island , North At-
p GD(10) lantic Ocean
The following Riders are the only ones Health: 80 Marital Status: Unknown
still remaining with Apocalypse. Karma: 30 Known Relatives: None
Resources: PR(4) Base of Operations: Apocalypse's
BARRAGE Popularity: O Base (Blue Area of the Moon)
Past Group Affiliations: lnhumans ,
STATISTICS: BACKGROUND: Riders of the Storm
Real Name: Unknown Present Group Affiliations:
F EX(20) Occupation: Minion of Apocalypse
Legal Status: Citizen of Attilan KNOWN POWERS:
A EX(20) Identity: Secret Fangs: Gauntlet's nasty fangs can bite
Place of Birth: Attilan Island, North At- for Typical Edged weapon damage, al-
s EX(20) lantic Ocean though he prefers to fight with his weap-
Marital Status: Unknown ons or his powerful fists.
E RM(30) Known Relatives: None
R GD(10) Base of Operations: Apocalypse's Equipment: Gauntlet is armed with a
I GD(10) Base (Blue Area of the Moon) wide array of lethal hardware, presum-
p GD(10) Past Group Affiliat ions: lnhumans, ably of either his own or Apocalypse's
Health: 90 Riders of the Storm design . His weapons include:
Karma: 30 Present Group Affiliations: Rifle: Fires bullets for Remarkable
Resources: PR(4) Shooting damage with a range of 8 Ar-
Popularity: 0 KNOWN POWERS: eas, or sprays microexplosive pellets
Claws: Foxbat has long claws of Excel- that inflict Good Force damage with a
BACKGROUND: lent Material Strength that he wields for range of 2 areas. When using pellets
Real Name: Unknown Good Edged weapon damage. rather than bullets, the gun sprays so
Occupation: Minion of Apocalypse Talents: Foxbat has the Acrobatics tal- many pellets so rapidly that Gauntlet re-
Legal Status: Citizen of Attilan ent.
Identity: Secret Contacts: Foxbat is a minion of Apoca- ceives +3 CS on his attack.
Place of Birth: Attilan Island, North At- lypse and member of the lnhumans.
lantic Ocean Talents: Gauntlet has the Guns talent,
Marital Status: Unknown ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Known Relatives: None A loyal follower of Apocalypse, Foxbat giving him + 1 CS to fire his weapons.
Base of Operations: Apocalypse 's possesses a wicked sense of humor, as
Base (Blue Area of the Moon) well as shrewd tactical ability. Rather Contacts: Gauntlet is a minion of Apoc-
Past Group Affiliations: lnhumans, than face his foes in open battle, he pre- alypse and a member of the lnhumans.
Aiders of the Storm fers to evade combat and fulfill his mas-
Present Group Affiliations: ter's directives through stealth, dirty ROLE-PLAYIMG NOTES:
tricks, and cunning. Gauntlet is a crude, rude brawler who
KNOWN POWERS: was always eager to fight. He is willing
Heat Generation: Barrage can project sacrifice anything-including his own
heat from his arms, inflicting Remark- life-to defeat his foes.
able Energy damage with a range of 8
Areas.
Equipment: Barrage sometimes carries

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HARD-DRIVE PSYNAPSE TUSK

STATISTICS: STATISTICS: STATISTICS:

F GD(10) F GD(10) F EX(20)

A EX(20) A EX(20) A GD(10)

s EX(20) s EX(20) s IN(40)

E RM(30) E RM(30) E RM(30)
R EX(20) R GD(10)
I GD(10) I GD(10) R TY(6)
p GD(10) p EX(20)
I TY(6)
Health: 80 Health: 80 p GD(10)
Karma: 40 Health: 100
Karma: 40
Resources: PR(4) Karma: 22
Popularity: 0 Resources: PR(4) Resources: PR(4)

Popularity: O Popularity: O

BACKGROUND: BACKGROUND: BACKGROUND:
Real Nam6: Unknown Real Name: Unknown Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Minion of Apocalypse Occupation: Minion of Apocalypse Occupation: Minion of Apocalypse
Legal Status: Citizen of Attilan Legal Status: Citizen of Attilan Legal Status: Citizen of Attilan
Identity: Secret Identity: Not generally known to Earth Identity: Not generally known to the citi-
Place of Birth: Attilan Island, North At- citizens zens of Earth
lantic Ocean Place of Birth: Attilan Island, North At- Place of Birth: Attilan Island, North At-
Marital Status: Unknown lantic Ocean lantic Ocean
Known Relatives: None Marital Status: Unknown Marital Status: Unknown
Base of Operations: Apocalypse's Known Relatives: Crystal (cousin) Known Relatives: None
Base (Blue Area of the Moon) Base of Operations: Apocalypse's Base of Operations: Apocalypse 's
Past Group Affiliations: lnhumans, Base (Blue Area of the Moon) Base (Blue Area of the Moon)
Riders of the Storm Past Group Affiliations: lnhumans, Past Group Affiliations: lnhumans,
Riders of the Storm Riders of the Storm
Present Group Affiliations: Present Group Affiliations: Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS: KNOWN POWERS: KNOWN POWERS:
Computer Links: Hard-Drive is a living Astral Projection: Psynapse can project Growth: Tusk possesses permanent
computer virus. She can infiltrate, com- his mind into the Astral Plane with Re-
municate with, and receive information markable ability, and has mastered the Growth at Good rank, giving his foes + 1
from computers with Remarkable ability, power stunt of drawing other minds into CS to hit him.
but she must be able to touch the com- the Astral Plane against their will. (This Body Armor: Tusk's skin gives him Good
puter to do so. When breaking into a requires a green Power FEAT and has a Body Armor vs. physical attacks and
computer, compare her Power Rank with range of 1 area. The subject gets a Poor armor vs. energy attacks.
the Reason of the computer to deter- Psyche FEAT to resist). Duplication: Tusk can release up to four
mine the FEAT's Intensity. If she is suc- Telepathy: Psynapse has Remarkable smaller copies of himself. These grem-
cessful , she will take over 100/o of its rank telepathy, and has also mastered lins appear at a rate of one per turn and
sub-systems and programs every round three Power Stunts: can reenter his body at the same rate.
until she dominates the entire computer. They are only a quarter of the original
She must concentrate and remain in • Remarkable ability to regress the Tusk's size ( - 2 CS to Endurance and
physical contact with the computer until mind of another person to childhood, Strength) and lack his Growth and Dupli-
this time; if she stops, the computer will preventing them consciously using cation powers. All versions of Tusk share
regain 100/o of its functions every round. powers, skills, or abilities learned as an a single group-mind with the same
Hard-Drive has partial control of any de- adult. thoughts.
vices operated by the computer, equal to Talents: Tusk has the Wrestling talent.
her current percentage of control. • Mental bolts of Excellent rank, Contacts: Tusk is a servant of Apocalyp-
Body Armor: Most of Hard-Drive's body range, and damage using the Energy at- se and a member of the lnhumans.
is metal rather than flesh, which gives tack column.
her Typical rank Body Armor. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Talents: Hard-Drive has the Computers • Mental probes of Good Intensity. Tusk doesn't say much, and uses short
and Piloting talents. Talents: Unknown. sentences-his motto is "less talk, more
Contacts: Hard-Drive is a minion of Contacts: Psynapse is a minion of action." When he talks, all his bodies
Apocalypse and a Inhuman. Apocalypse, but before his corruption, speak simultaneously.
he was a favored cousin of Crystal and
the Inhuman royal family.

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Hard-Drive is mad, giggling with delight Psynapse is young and cocky, proud of
as she commits villainy in service of her his power and eager to use it. He is con-
dread master. Hard-Drive prefers to use temptuous of women , and underesti-
her powers from hiding, rather than en-
gage in direct combat. mates the bravery and prowess of
female heroes.

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STATISTICS: SABRA

F IN(40) 99
A IN(40)

s AM(50)

E RM(30)
R GD(10)
I EX(20)
p GD(10)
Health: 160
Karma: 40
Resourc1s: TY(6) self, AM(50) through
government channels
Popularity: 10

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Ruth Bat-Seraph
Occupation: Police officer, government
agent
Identity: Known to Israeli authorities
Legal Status: Citizen of Israel
Place of Birth: Near Jerusalem, Israel
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Tel Aviv, Israel
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliations:

KNOWN POWERS:
Superhuman Physiology: Sabra's skin,
muscle and bone are more dense than
that of a normal human. This contributes
to her superhuman strength and weight
(240 lbs. on a 5'11" frame) and provides
her with Good Body Armor. Her immune
system and cellular regeneration func-
tion at a higher level than ordinary hu·
mans granting her Amazing resistance
to toxins and disease and Regeneration
of Poor rank. She regains lost Health at
a rate of three times her Endurance rank
per day. Her metabolism and the chemi-
cal processes of her musculature are
highly advanced and produce fewer fa-
tigue poisons than in normal humans. As
a result, she makes Endurance checks
for exertion as if she had Monstrous En-
durance.
Lightning Speed: Sabra has the Light·
ning Speed power at Good rank and can
run at 60 mph or 4 areas per round. She
can accelerate to that speed in her first
round of running.
Flight: Sabra wears a cape that allows
her to fly at Amazing speeds (375 mph or
25 areas per round). This cape contains
a gravity-polarizing device that can neu-
tralize gravity's effect on her mass.
Thrust is provided by the air ejected by a
tight array of four electric micro-turbines.
Circuitry in her tiara allows her to cy-
bernetically communicate with the
cape's wafer-thin , on-board computer
system and control her flight. This cape
has an optical navigation system which