MU2 - Gamers Handbook of the Marvel Universe

KNOWN POWERS GLADIATOR ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: . ,--..
Electrical Generation: Incredible Gladiator is leader of the loyal Elite 1
rank. STATISTICS
Guard. While he initially acted
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: F MN (75)
Electron is closest to Tempest and against the declared traitor
Oracle. A AM (50)
Lilandra, he has since vowed
FANG S UN (100)
E Z (500) personal loyalty to her. Gladiator
STATISTICS R UN (100)
I MN (75) can be a little pompous sometimes.
F RM (30)
A EX (20) zp (500) HOBGOBLIN
S RM (30)
E RM (30) Health: 725 STATISTICS
R TY (6) Karma: 675
I TY (6) Resources: MN(75) in the Shi'ar F TY (6)
P TY (6) Empire A TY (6)
Health: 110 Popularity: 100 in the Shi'ar
Karma: 18 Empire s GD (10)
Resources: MN(75) in the Shi'ar
Empire BACKGROUND E GD (10)
Popularity: 100 in the Shi'ar Real Name: Unrevealed
Empire Occupation: Member Royal Elite R RM (30)
Imperial Guard I GD (10)
BACKGROUND Legal status: Citizen of Shi'ar p MN (75)
Real Name: Unrevealed Empire
Occupation: Member Royal Elite Identity: Publicly known in Shi'ar Health: 42
Imperial Guard Empire
Legal status: Citizen of Shi'ar Place of Birth: Unrevealed Karma: 115
Empire Marital Status: Unrevealed Resources: MN(75) in the Shi'ar
Identity: Publicly known in Shi'ar Known Relatives: None Empire
Empire Base of Operations: Shi'ar
Place of Birth: Unrevealed Throneworld Popularity: 100 in the Shi'ar
Place of Death: Broodworld Past Group Affiliations: The
Marital Status: Unrevealed Imperial Guard Empire
Known Relatives: None Present Group Affiliation:
Base of Operations: None BACKGROUND ,........,_
Past Group Affiliations: The KNOWN POWERS Real Name: Unrevealed
Imperial Guard Invulnerability: Unearthly against I
Present Group Affiliation: physical and energy attacks; Shift Z Occupation: Member Royal Elite
against heat, cold, gas, disease, Imperial Guard ,.,.---.
KNOWN POWERS and most radiations. Legal status: Citizen of Shi'ar
Natural Weaponry: Claws and fangs Self-Sustenance: Unearthly rank. Empire I
do Incredible damage. Flight: Shift Z airspeed (3750 mph); Identity: Publicly known in Shi'ar
Enhanced Senses: Excellent rank CL5000 in space (100 times Empire
sensitivity to infrared, UV, and low lightspeed).
light levels. Psychic Reflection: Automatic Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Tracking: Excellent rank. reflection of any psionic attack at Marital Status: Unrevealed
-1 CS; a yellow Psychic FEAT by Known Relatives: None
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: the attacker stops the attack at its Base of Operations: Shi'ar
Fang was a traitor who died when inception. Throneworld
he became a Brood hostbody. Heat Vision: Monstrous damage at Past Group Affiliations: The
10 areas. Imperial Guard
Telescopic Vision: Monstrous range. Present Group Affiliation:
Weakness: Any loss of self-faith
drops all powers - 2 CS and KNOWN POWERS
abilities - 3 CS. At the judge's Shapechange: Monstrous rank. All
discret ion, a red Psyche FEAT is physical abilities change to reflect
needed to retain his confidence and the new shape.
powers. Talents: Monstrous knowledge of
alien animals' size, abilities, etc.

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Hobgoblin shapechanges as soon
as he enters a combat situation.

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HUSSAR Resources: MN(75) in the Shi' ar Empire
Empire Identity: Publicly known in Shi'ar
STATISTICS Popularity: 100 in the Shi'ar Empire
Empire Place of Birth: Unrevealed
F RM (30) Marital Status: Unrevealed
A IN (40) BACKGROUND Known Relatives: None
S EX (20) Real Name: Unrevealed Base of Operations: Shi'ar
E EX (20) Occupation: Member Royal Elite Throneworld
R EX (20) Imperial Guard Past Group Affiliations: The
I EX (20) Legal status: Citizen of Shi 'ar Imperial Guard
P EX (20) Empire Present Group Affiliation:
Health: 110 Identity: Publicly known in Shi'ar
Karma: 60 Empire KNOWN POWERS
Resources: MN(75) in the Shi 'ar Place of Birth: Unrevealed Magical Powers: By performing
Empire Marital Status: Unrevealed special movements, Magic can use
Popularity: 100 in the Shi'ar Known Relatives: None the following Incredible powers:
Empire Base of Operations: Shi'ar Force Field (any); Molding; Matter
Throneworld Animation (all); Weather Control;
-----... BACKGROUND Past Group Affiliations: The Kinetic Bolt; Teleportation.
Real Name: Unrevealed Imperial Guard
Occupation: Former member Present Group Affiliation: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Royal Elite Imperial Guard Magic acts as a second-wave
Legal status: Citizen of Shi'ar KNOWN POWERS offense, letting others do the initial
Empire Energy Body: Incredible Intensity combat.
Identity: Publicly known in Shi'ar energy maintained in humanoid
Empire shape by his costume (Amazing MANTA
Place of Birth: Unrevealed Material). If the costume is
Marital Status: Unrevealed damaged, Impulse reverts to a STATISTICS
helpless energy field until the
-.. Known Relatives: None costume is replaced or repaired. F GD (10)
Base of Operations: Unknown Optic Blast: Incredible damage; A EX (20)
Past Group Affiliations: The range 3 areas.
Imperial Guard s GD (10)
Present Group Affiliation: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Impulse is a braggart. E EX (20)
KNOWN POWERS R EX (20)
Weapon: Neuro-Whip, which MAGIC I GD (10)
increases her Agility to Amazing.
Victims must make an Endurance STATISTICS p EX (20)
r---- '=EAT or lose consciousness for
1-10 turns. F TY (6) Health: 60
A EX (20) Karma: 50
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Resources: MN(75) in the Shi'ar
Hussar is a traitor in Deathbird's s TY (6) Empire
service. She is a bit sadistic. Popularity: 100 in the Shi'ar
E EX (20) Empire
IMPULSE R EX (20)
I EX (20) BACKGROUND
STATISTICS p MN (75) Real Name: Unrevealed
Health: 52 Occupation: Member Royal Elite
F EX (20) Karma: 115 Imperial Guard
A EX (20) Resources: MN(75) in the Shi'ar Legal status: Citizen of Shi'ar
Empire Empire
s EX (20) Popularity: 100 in the Shi'ar Identity: Publicly known in Shi'ar
Empire Empire
E RM (30) Place of Birth: Unrevealed
BACKGROUND Marital Status: Unrevealed
---..,,R GD (10) Real Name: Unrevealed Known Relatives: None
GD (10) Occupation: Member Royal Elite Base of Operations: Shi'ar
p RM (30) Imperial Guard Throneworld
Health: 90 Legal status: Citizen of Shi'ar Past Group Affiliations: The
Karma: 50 Imperial Guard
Present Group Affiliation:

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KNOWN POWERS MIDGET Popularity: 100 in the Shi'ar ,,,-.._
Enhanced Vision: Remarkable abili- Empire (
ty to see Infrared and UV light. STATISTICS
Light Generation: Amazing intensity. BACKGROUND ..--.....,
F EX (20)
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: A RM (30) Real Name: Unrevealed
Manta prefers to fly beyond her Occupation: Member Royal Elite
opponent's reach. s EX (20) Imperial Guard
Legal status: Citizen of Shi'ar
MENTOR E EX (20) Empire
R EX (20) Identity: Publicly known in Shi'ar
STATISTICS I GD (10) Empire
p RM (30) Place of Birth: Unrevealed
F GD (10) Health: 90
A GD (10) Karma: 60 Marital Status: Unrevealed
Resources: MN(75) in the Shi'ar Known Relatives: None
s GD (10) Empire Base of Operations: Shi'ar
Popularity: 100 in the Shi 'ar Throneworld
E RM (30) Empire Past Group Affiliations: The
R UN (100) Imperial Guard
I AM (50) BACKGROUND Present Group Affiliation:
p RM (30) Real Name: Unrevealed
Health: 60 Occupation: Member Royal Elite KNOWN POWERS
Karma: 180 Imperial Guard Shadowcasting: Monstrous rank; up
Resources: MN(75) in the Shi'ar Legal status: Citizen of Shi'ar to 4-area coverage. Victim's attacks
Empire Empire
Popularity: 100 in the Shi'ar Identity: Publicly known in Shi'ar decrease - 4 CS; ranged attacks
Empire Empire
Place of Birth: Unrevealed drop -6 CS.
BACKGROUND Marital Status: Unrevealed Shadowshaping: Remarkable
Real Name: Unrevealed Known Relatives: None shadowy illusions.
Occupation: Member Royal Elite Base of Operations: Shi'ar
Imperial Guard Throneworld ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ,,---
Legal status: Citizen of Shi'ar Past Group Affiliations: The Nightside prefers to attack masses
Empire Imperial Guard at once and to lessen her shadows
Identity: Publicly known in Shi'ar Present Group Affiliation: when her teammates attack.
Empire
Place of Birth: Unrevealed KNOWN POWERS ORACLE
Marital Status: Unrevealed Shrinking: Remarkable rank.
Known Relatives: None STATISTICS
Base of Operations: Shi'ar ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Throneworld Midget shrinks at the first sign of F EX (20)
Past Group Affiliations: The combat; she prefers to launch A EX (20)
Imperial Guard sneak attacks. S GD (1 0)
Present Group Affiliation: E GD(10)
NIGHTSIDE R EX (20)
KNOWN POWERS I EX (20)
Hyper-Invention: Shift-Y ability to STATISTICS
design and build any type of P AM (50)
device. F GD (10)
Total Memory: Shift-X recall. A EX (20) Health: 60
Karma: 90
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: s EX (20) Resources: MN(75) in the Shi'ar
Mentor acts as coordinator and Empire
tactician. He only engages in E EX (20) Popularity: 100 in the Shi'ar
combat if the consequence of the R GD (10) Empire
Guard's loss is a total disaster. I EX (20) BACKGROUN
p MN (75) Real Name: Unrevealed
Health: 70 Occupation: Member Royal Elite,
Karma: 105 Imperial Guard
Resources: MN(75) in the Shi'ar Legal Status: Citizen of Shi'ar
Empire Empire
Identity: Publicly known in Shi'ar
Empire
Place of Birth: Unrevealed

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..---. Marital Status: Unrevealed SMASHER Empire
Known Relatives: None Popularity: 100 in the Shi'ar
Base of Operations: Shi'ar STATISTICS Empire
Throneworld
Past Group Affiliations: The Impe- F RM (30) BACKGROUND
rial Guard A RM (30)
Present Group Affiliation: S MN (75) Real Name: Unrevealed
E EX (20) Occupation: Member Royal Elite
KNOWN POWERS R EX (20)
Precognition: Amazing rank. I EX (20) Imperial Guard
Telepathy: Amazing rank. P EX (20)
Mind Blast: Amazing rank. Health: 155 Legal status: Citizen of Shi'ar
Karma: 60
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Resources: MN(75) in the Shi'ar Empire . .,
Oracle is romantically linked to Empire
Tempest. Popularity: 100 in the Shi'ar Identity: Publicly known in Shi ar
Empire
Empire

Place of Birth: Unrevealed

Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None

Base of Operations: Shi 'ar

Throneworld

Past Group Affiliations: The

,..--.. CIUASAR BACKGROUND Imperial Guard

Real Name: Unrevealed Present Group Affiliation:

STATISTICS Occupation: Member Royal Elite KNOWN POWERS
Fire Generation: Amazing rank and
F GD(10) Imperial Guard damage. Range is 4 areas.
Energy Sheath (Fire): Amazing
A TY (6) Legal status: Cit izen of Shi'ar intensity.
Fire Control: Amazing rank.
S UN (100) Empire . ., Specific Resistance: Monstrous
protection against flame and heat.
E AM (50) Identity: Publicly known in Shi ar Flight: Remarkable speed.

R GD (10) Empire

I GD (10) Place of Birth: Unrevealed
GD (10)
,..-... P Marital Status: Unrevealed

Health: 166 Known Relatives: None

Karma: 30 Base of Operations: Shi'ar

Resources: MN(75) in the Shi'ar Throneworld ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Starbolt prefers to attack from high
Empire ., Past Group Affiliations: The in the air.

Popularity: 100 in the Shi ar Imperial Guard

Empire Present Group Affiliation:

BACKGROUND KNOWN POWERS TEMPEST
Invulnerability: Remarkable
Real Name: Unrevealed protection from physical and energy STATISTICS
attacks
.--- Occupation: Former member F EX (20)
A EX (20)
Royal Elite Imperial Guard
s EX (20)
Legal status: Citizen of Shi'ar ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Smasher likes to use brute force E RM (30)
Empire . ., rather than tactics. R EX (20)
I GD (10)
Identity: Publicly known m Shi ar p IN (40)
Health: 90
Empire Karma: 70
Resources: MN(75) in the Shi'ar
Place of Birth: Unrevealed Empire
Popularity: 100 in the Shi'ar
Marital Status: Unrevealed STARBOLT Empire

Known Relatives: None STATISTICS BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unrevealed
Base of Operations: Unknown F GD (10) Occupation: Member Royal Elite,
A EX (20) Imperial Guard
Past Group Affiliation: The Legal Status: Citizen of Shi'ar
s GD (20) Empire
Imperial Guard
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Present Group Affiliation: R EX (20)
I GD (10)
KNOWN POWERS p EX (20)
Invulnerability: Incredible resistance Health: 70
to physical and energy attacks. Karma: 50
Resources: MN(75) in the Shi'ar
--... ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Quasar is a traitor who aided
Deathbird's coup.

Identity: Publicly known in Shi 'ar Base of Operations: Shi'ar BACKGROUND
E m pi re Throneworld Real Name: Unrevealed
Place of Birth: Unrevealed Past Group Affiliations: The Occupation: Former member
Marital Status: Unrevealed Imperial Guard Royal Elite Imperial Guard
Known Relatives: None Present Group Affiliation: Legal status: Citizen of Shi 'ar
Base of Operations: Shi'ar Empire
Throneworld KNOWN POWERS Identity: Publicly known in Shi 'ar
Past Group Affiliations: The Impe- Growth: Remarkable rank. Titan's Empire
rial Guard size and mass increase eightfold . Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Present Group Affiliation : Strength increases to Monstrous. Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
KNOWN POWERS Attackers get +2 CS to hit him. Base of Operations: Unknown
Absorption Power: Incredible rank; Past Group Affiliations: The
energy is directly converted into ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Imperial Guard
e lectricity. Present Group Affiliation:
Electrical Generation: Inc redible WARSTAR
rank. KNOWN POWERS
B'nee: Incredible electrical touch.
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: B'NEE AND C'CIL C'cil: Amazing body armor.
Tempest is joined together with
Electron and is romantically linked STATISTICS ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
wit h Oracle. B'nee and C'cil are a mechanical
symbiote. When they first
TITAN B'nee encounter an opponent, they fight
as a single being, Warstar. C'c il, the
STATISTICS F TY (6) larger of the two, takes the damage
A IN (40) from all physical attacks. They split
F EX (20) S AM (50) when the situation calls for
A EX (20) E TY (6) independent action.
R GD (10)
S RM (30) I GD (10)
P FE (2)
E RM (30) Health: 102
R GD (10) Karma: 22
I GD(10) Resources: MN(75) in the Shi 'ar
Empire
P EX (20) Popularity: 100 in the Shi'ar
Empire
Health: 100
Karma: 40 C'cil
Resources: MN(75) in t he Shi'ar
Empire F IN (40)
Popularity: 100 in t he Shi'ar A TY (6)
Empire S AM (50)
E IN (40)
BACKGROUND R GD (10)
Real Name: Unrevealed I GD (10)
Occupation: Member Royal Elite
Imperial Guard P FE (2)
Legal status: Citizen of Shi'ar
E m pi re Health: 136
Identity: Publicly known in Shi' ar Karma: 22
Empire Resources: MN(75) in the Shi 'ar
Place of Birth: Unrev ealed Em p i r e
Marital Status: Possibly applicable Popularity: 100 in the Shi' ar
Known Relatives: None Empire

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,.-..,STATISTICS

F RM (30)
A RM (30)
S GD (10)
E UN (100)

R TY (6)
I TY (6)
P TY (6)
Health: 170

Karma: 42
Resources: Not applicable

Popularity: 3

BACKGROUND
Real Name: "We don't use names"

Occupation: Traveler, prankster,
hedonist, pop culture addict, and
,-.,_parent of his race
Legal Status: Citizen of Poppup
Identity: Public
Place of Birth: The planet Poppup
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Impossible Wom-
an (wife), Impossible Kids (children)
Base of Operations: Mobile, but he
tends to hang around the New York
City area.
~Past Group Affiliations: (Are you
kidding?)

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Shapeshifting: Shift-Z ability, limited Poppupians have an odd tempera-
only by his retention of the colors ment and personality. Despite their
green and purple. Power Stunts powers and mischievious potential,
include: they are incapable of actually harm-
* Lifeform Creation: Asexual repro- ing anyone. The Impossible Man
,......._duction into independent beings. came to Earth because he was
• True Invulnerability: Unearthly extremely bored and thought Earth
resistance to physical damage, offered might be a fun place. He will
extreme environments, energy cry - a lot - if he does not get his
attacks, and disease. way. Heroes who yell at the Impos-
* Power Duplication: He can mimic sible Man lose 1OKarma points.
innate powers; Good rank if he uses
his own power, Amazing rank if aug- 155
mented by his ship.

* Self-Sustenance: Indefinite surviv-
al without air, water, or food.
* True Flight: By mimicking air or
space vehicles, he can attain up to
CL3000 speed.
Talents: Astronavigation and rapid
language learning skills.
Contacts: The Fantastic Four, the
New Mutants (especially his rival
,...-...,Warlock).

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Fantastic Four, the Thing, comment- The two aliens then left Earth to ,-.
ed that the absurd ways that the ali·
HISTORY en used his shape-shifting powers explore the frontiers of love and to
made him "impossible." The Impos-
The Impossible Man was born on the sible Man made a major nuisance of recreate the Poppupian race. The
planet Poppup and is a member of a himself until the Fantastic Four pre-
race of beings who reproduce asex- tended to be bored with him, and Impossible Man and Impossible
ually and could alter their molecular- persuaded other people to act the
ly malleable bodies at will to same way. Convinced that Earth was Woman each cloned many offspring
temporarily assume any shape dull, the Impossible Man departed.
imaginable. Poppup was a particu- from themselves. Eventually, how-
larly harsh and dangerous world and After touring other inhabited
the Poppupians shape-changing worlds, the Impossible Man returned ever, the Impossible Man returned to
abilities enabled them to survive its
many perils. By the time of the to Poppup to share his experiences Earth, where he asserted that his
Impossible Man's birth, the Poppup- with his people. When the world-
ians had evolved a collective con- devouring Galactus threatened to mate and their children had all devel-
sciousness linking the minds of the consume other inhabited worlds, the
entire race into a group mind. Poppupians sent the Impossible oped minds unlike his own, and that
(Hence, Poppupians have no names Man to lead him to their world, which
because they were, in effect, all the Galactus then consumed. Bored by the question had arisen as to who
same being.} existence to the point of despair, the
Poppupians welcomed the death of should lead these new Poppupians.
Endowed with a slight mental vari- their world and their physical bodies.
ation that permitted him a degree of With the Impossible Man's survival, The Impossible Man said that to
individual thought, the Impossible the minds and souls of the Poppu-
Man acted upon the boredom that pian race would live on in the person prove his own worthiness, he agreed
his entire race experienced. He did of their most adventurous member.
so by transforming himself into a to compete in a large-scale "scaven-
space vessel and leaving Poppup. The Impossible Man accompanied
Eventually he arrived on Earth, and the Fantastic Four back to Earth, ger hunt,'' in which he accumulated
found the planet to have great where he became fascinated by
amusement potential, especially Earth's popular culture. Observing many items connected with the
since he had shape-changing the feelings of the Thing and his
powers and ordinary human beings then-girlfriend Alicia Masters for super-powered beings of Earth.
did not. It was during this first visit to each other, as well as the emotions
Earth that he first met the Fantastic of others, the Impossible Man However, the Impossible Man was ,,,--,
Four and that he was dubbed "the learned the human concept of love.
Impossible Man" after one of the Lonely for someone else like him to judged to have lost the contest.

share love with, the Impossible Man (Whether the Impossible Man was
cloned himself a mate, the Impos-
sible Woman, from his own body. telling the truth about his family and

his reasons for the scavenger hunt is

not known.}

The Impossible Man 's and Impos-

sible Woman's current whereabouts

are unknown. Recently, the Impos-

sible Man has either been in hiding

or is exiled from his family and is ,,.........._

roaming the Earth as a bachelor. He

has been involved in adventures with

other superhumans, including the

New Mutants. The Impossible Man

establ ished a friendly rivalry with

Warlock over who was the better

shapechanger. Warlock won when

he showed he was capable of chang-

ing color. lmpy cried for days after-

wards. /"'"'

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..--.. STATISTICS

F AM (50)
A RM (30)

S RM (30)

E Z (500)
R GD (10)
I MN (75)

P UN (100)
Health: 610
Karma: 185
Resources: Not applicable
Popularity: Not applicable

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Not applicable
Occupation: Demigod
Legal Status: Not applicable
~ Identity: Existence unknown
Place of Birth: Not applicable
Marital Status: Not applicable
Known Relatives: Not applicable
Base of Operations: Everywhere

and nowhere
Past Group Affiliations: Agent of
Lord Chaos and Master Order
Present Group Affiliation:

~ KNOWN POWERS

Dimension Travel: Shift-Z rank.

Invulnerability: Monstrous resistance

to physical , energy, magical, and

pssionic attacks. ..

Reality Alteration: Shift-Z rank (within

the border between Order and Cha-

os).

Self-Sustenance: Permanent free-

dom from breathing, drinking, and

~ eating.

Talents: Renmarkable Occult lore.

Contacts: Master Order and Lord

Chaos.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:

The ln-Betweener is dedicated to HISTORY

dispassionately maintaining the uni- The ln-Betweener is a cosmic entity
who exists as the synthesis of the
versal balance. He will help both major concepts of the universe: life
and death, reality and illusion, good
heroes and villains, even when such and evil, logic and emotion, exist-
ence and nothingness, god and
help appears to be an attack. He can man. Fifteen feet in stature, the ln-
Betweener is an agent of Lord Chaos
appear to be benevolent or malevo- and Master Order, two of the uni-
verse's principal abstract beings,
lent ~tdaetepeonf dthineg lno-nBethtwe epeenresro'sn and
the rela-

tionship with the universe. As t~e

universe grows more ordered, his

actions become more radical.

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whose appointed task is to maintain champion of life to help restore the its masters, Order and Chaos, ~
the universal balance. Simultane- balance upset by Thanos of Titan. It Strange managed to halt the ln-
ously existing and not-existing, was later encountered by Earth 's Betweener's machinations. Whi le
present everywhere and present sorcerer supreme, Doctor Strange, possessing sufficient power to alter
nowhere, the ln-Betweene r first when it empowered the spells of a reality on a cosmic scale, the ln-
came to human attention when it renegade band of wizards calling Betweener is not all-knowing or infal-
abd ucted the golden humanoid themselves the Creators. Strange lible. Indeed, within the parameters
Adam Warlock to its quasi-realm and opposed the ln-Betweener and its of the ln-Betweener's existence are
plan to restore balance by creating both power and weakness, knowl-
attempted to transform him into a universal insanity, and calling upon edge and ignorance.

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,AVERAGE ABILITIES ered in individual entries elsewhere undergo treatment after being thor-
oughly genetically tested, but the
STATISTICS (see Black Bolt, Crystal, Gorgon, damage to the gene pool was
already done.
F GD (10) Karnak, Lockjaw, Maximus Medu-
A EX (20) Centuries later, an Inhuman leader
sa, Triton). ' named Gral, tired of the discrimina-
s EX (20) tia,n a~ai~st :he non-human-looking
HISTORY mr~onty, instituted a reign of terror in
E RM (30) which the entire population of Attilan
R GD (10) The ln~umans are a race of beings was involuntarily subjected to the
I GD (20) who diverged from mainstream mutagenic Terrigen Mist. This trans-
p GD (10) humanity 25,000 years ago as a formed over three quarters of the
Health: 80 result of genetic experimentation on pop~lation i~to non-humanoid types,
Karma: 40 primitive man performed by the alien altering their genetic destinies for
Kree, who, along with the rest of his untold generations. For years, the
KNOWN POWERS race, had been frequent visitors to lnhun:ans were segregated into
Most lnhumans have a single power Earth's solar system. The Kree start- Mutation C_amps, forced to live only
of Feeble to Remarkable rank. A ed the Inhuman race in response to a~ong their own basic phenotypes.
nonhuman appearance may substi- the vastly powerful Celestials, who Finally, Gral was deposed, and an
........._ tute for an actual power. Note that had performed experiments on prim- Inhuman named Auran taught his
such appearances may include itive man and created the sub- fellows how to accept the wonderful
powers based on anatomical fea- species of humanity called the div_ersities of their people in peace.
tures. Eternals. This era came to an end about 2,500
Weakness: Exposure to modern air y~ars ago, when a contingent of
pollutants causes extreme illness. A After the Kree left them, the lnhu- winged Inhumans built their own city
red Endurance FEAT must be made mans wandered the Eurasian conti- suspended high above Attilan.
each week. Failure means the victim ~ent until they settled on a tiny island Antagonism between the sky and
suffers incapacitating nausea. A m the Northern Atlantic which they ground:dwellers eventually led to the
special serum negates this but it is named Attilan. There they began to secession of the sky-city from Attilan
not available to the general Inhuman ~evelop technology, chiefly genet- proper. The small colony of winged
public. ics, and set up a government based lnhumans existed in relative peace
a,n genocracy, rule by the genetically until the early part of the 20th centu-
ADDITIONAL NOTES: fittest. Some 4,000 years later, main- ry when the race was inadvertently
s!r~~m _humanity built its first great destroyed by a human being they
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: c1v1hzat1on on the island continent of called Red Raven.
Atlantis. Presumably the lnhumans
The lnhumans are a ccliotysea-nkdnitr~tcriebaisl use_d their superior technology to Over the millennia, Inhuman
society. Devotion to resist attempts at assimilation. geneticists have tried to stabilize the
When Atlantis underwent geother- div~rsity of their genetic heritage.
un_shakeable, except in extremely mic upheaval and sank beneath the Unlike Earth's other genetically vari-
sea, Attilan somehow protected itself ant race, the Deviants, whose off-
evil, corrupt individuals. The lnhu- from the cataclysm. spring tend to inherit none of their
parents' genetic traits, Inhuman
mans have a mild xenophobia Within the lnhuman's first millen- infants tend to resemble their par-
ium, one of their genticists named ents. Thus, if an Inhuman with
toward the outside world. A real or Randac isolated a chemical catalyst a~phibian characteristics mated
for human mutation which he called with an Inhuman with avian charac-
perceived threat from outside will Terrigen. Believing the substance to teristics, their offspring would have a
be the key to making great genetic combination of these traits. This,
inst8:nt!y unify them. Since the Royal ~dv?n~es within a single genera- however, seldom occurs since until
tion s time, Randac subjected him- recent times, marriages have been
F~m1ly s return from exile, relations s~lf to the substance and emerged arranged by the government to
with mental-manipulative powers eugenically further the race. At
with, and curiousity about, the rest of rivalling those of the Eternals. After present, rigorous eugenic control
being elected ruler because of his has succeeded in restoring about a
the world have increased. genetic superiority, Randac allowed quarter of the Mutation Camp vic-
all lnhumans to undergo Terrigen tims' descendants to human-looking
Well-known lnhumans are cov- treatment if they desired, but this normalcy. Slightly less than half of
was halted when about half of the
the present population of Attilan has
subjects developed radically nonhu- a visible non-humanoid mutation.
man mutations. It was thereafter
decided that individuals would only Since the time of Randac, the gov-

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ernment of the lnhumans has con- powers of Randac himself. Agon with his supporters for almost a dee-,,-...
sisted of the 12-member Genetic was a decisive ruler, and when he ade. When they finally returned to
Council. Each Council member caught a Council member named Attilan, Black Bolt was able to regain
belongs to a different family or Phaeder experimenting with clones, the crown . Maximus tried to get it
House, and is elected to member- he persuaded the Council to have back and a battle ensued during
ship by the other members of the him expelled. Phaeder left Attilan which Black Bolt misjudged his
Council. Membership in the Genet- and eventually had a son named power and accidentaly leveled the
ics Council is for life (unless the Maelstrom, who later became a dan- entire city of Attilan. Black Bolt then
gerous enemy of Attilan as well as a relocated the city off the planet
member commits a crime against purveyor of Attilan's most guarded entirely, to the Blue City on the
the state and is expelled). Conse- secret, Terrigen. About 90 years into moon .
quently membership changes in the Agon's reign, the Kree finally
Council only when there is a vacancy At present, there are about 1,230
due to death. The Council elects one returned. Agon's second son , the living lnhumans all of whom dwell in
of its members as both head of the sinister Maximus, entered into Attilan. They speak their own lan-
Council and ruler (or " king" ) of the secret negotiations with emissaries guage, Titan, but in recent years,
lnhumans. This ruler customarily of the Kree, although his plans were many have elected to learn such
reigns from election to his or her foiled by his brother Black Bolt, who human languages as English, Rus-
death (again barring dishonorable blasted the Kree's ship from the sky. sian, and Chinese. The lnhumans
removal). It takes 11 members of the The damaged ship fell to the Earth, have various trade guilds managing
Genetics Council to remove a ruler crashing into the laboratory where the various disciplines necessary to
from the throne. Agon and Rynda were working , who maintain society. Almost three-
were killed instantly. Black Bolt was fourths of all lnhumans elect to go
About 11 Oyears ago, an Inhuman elected to the Genetics Council and into their parents' professions. Food
named Agon was elected to the later was crowned the new ruler. is cultivated in hydroponic gardens
Genetics Council, and subsequently Within a year of taking the throne, beneath the city. The chief pursuit of
to rulership over the lnhumans. Black Bolt was faced with the proba- the people is science, but they also
Agon proved to be one of the most ble discovery of Attilan by the out- have various artists guilds, including
popular rulers since Auran. A skilled side world. He responded by a theatrical company. Their major
geneticist, Agon made significant relocating the entire island, with the religion involves ancestor-worship ,,--....
advances in the prediction of Terri- help of lkaris of the Eternals, to a and there is a guild of priests and
gen effects on the Inhuman gene, remote location in the Himalayan priestesses who administer the faith .
Mountains of Tibet. Attilan has traditionally had a small
and persuaded his wife Rynda to police force consisting of about 50
subject herself to the Terrigen Mist Shortly thereafter, Black Bolt's specially-trained soldiers who act as
while pregnant. Their son Blackagar kingship was challenged by Maxi- an internal peace keeping force. Atti-
(popularly called Black Bolt) became mus, who sparked Attilan's first civil lan has one prison and the king of
war in millennia, a war that drove Attilan serves as its sole judge.
the most powerful Inhuman in the Black Bolt from the throne into exile
race 's history, surpassing the

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- STATISTICS

F GD(10)
A EX (20)

S AM (50)
E AM (50)
R EX (20)

I RM (30)
P RM (30)
Health: 130

Karma: 80
Resources: PR(4)

Popularity: 1

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Hunter
Legal Status: None
......_ Identity: Existence unknown to the
public
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Eternals,
Defenders
Present Group Affiliation:

~ KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Immortality: CL3000 resistance to The Interloper is a hermit by choice.
He prefers to stay far from the hurry-
aging and disease. Only by scatter- ing masses of mortals, but he can be
ing his atoms across a light-year enticed to help them if he is curious.
wide area can he be completely He is dedicated to battling the
slain. Dragon of the Moon, even if the bat-
Invulnerability: Shift-Z resistance to tle means his real destruction.
physical, energy, acidic, and toxic
attacks.
Cosmic Energy Manipulation: Mon-
,,.---..,.strous ability to absorb energy and
use it as personal energy.
Flight: Unearthly speed .
Iron Will: Unearthly control over his
own body.
Regeneration: Shift Z rank.
Waterwalking: Unearthly rank.
Plasma Bolt: Monstrous rank.
Teleport (unused): Monstrous rank.

Emotion Control: Unearthly ability to
instill fear of him in others.
Talents: Having experienced so
much of it, he has an incalculable
knowledge of Earth 's history.
Contacts: The Defenders, Eternals

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HISTORY oning the Dragon somewhere in body of the Gargoyle, one of the ---...
space. It seems that Interloper incor- Defenders, and the Dragon took con·
Very little has been revealed about rectly believed they had destroyed trol of the Gargoyle's demonic body.
the Interloper's past. He is one of the the Dragon. Arthur and Mordred
Eternals of Earth, alt hough for mortally wounded each other during Finally, Interloper decided to project
unknown reasons, he has chosen to his own Eternal life force against the
have little to do with them or the rest the battle, and both died. Dragon in an attempt to destroy the
of humanity. However, he is known to Interloper apparently lived as a creature. Brunnhilda the Valkyrie
be friends with the Eternal known as
the Forgotten One. hermit over the following centuries, decided to sacrifice her life force as
having little to do with others. Using well. Needing mortal vessels in order
Interloper has many times fought his psychic powers, the man named that their power might defeat Moon-
the evil cosmic being, Dragon of the Manslaughter discovered Interloper dragon as well, Interloper and the
Moon. His first battles with the living the wilderness. Impressed that Valkyrie asked Manslaughter and
Dragon were off of Earth, alongside Manslaughter could find him, Inter- the Defender Andromeda to add
the Eternals on Saturn's moon Titan. loper trained him to develop his psy- their life forces as well. The two
Interloper later fought the Dragon chic powers. However, aware of agreed, and joining hands, the four
alone on Earth. His final battle with Manslaughter's mental instability, allies hurled tremendous power at
the Dragon before recent times took Interloper was careful not to teach the Dragon, Moondragon and the
place in the 6th Century A.O. on him too much. Gargoyle. The rest of the Defenders
Earth. The Dragon had allied itself went to rescue endangered inno-,,,--....
with Mordred, leader of the forces at Recently, the Dragon placed the cents, and when they returned , Inter-
war with King Arthur of Camelot. woman called Moondragon totally
During the final battle between under its psychic influence. Sensing loper, the Valkyrie, Andromeda,
Arthur's forces and Mordred's, Inter- the Dragon 's presence, Interloper Manslaughter, Moondragon, and the
loper and his allies (whose names left the Siberian wilderness and Gargoyle had all seemingly been
have not been revealed, although tracked the Dragon to the headquar- transformed into statues of ashes
Arthur himself somehow played a ters of the Defenders, a team of and dust, and the Dragon of the
part) succeeded in somehow impris- superhuman adventurers, in Colo- Moon was apparently gone. But
rado. There Interloper joined Man- whether this is what truly happened
slaughter and the Defenders in to them , and whether they are still
doing battle with the Dragon and somehow alive, or capable of return-,,.,..--,..
Moondragon. Moondragon cast the ing to life, are questions still to be
soul of Isaac Christians out from the
answered.

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STATISTICS

F GD (10)
A GD (10)

s TY (6)

E EX (20)

R GD (10)
I EX (20)

p GD (10)
Health: 46
Karma: 40

Resources: RM(30)
Popularity: 50

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Susan Storm Richards
Occupation: Adventurer
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no
~ criminal record
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Glenville, Long
Island, New York
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Reed (husband),
Franklin (son), Franklin and Mary
Storm (parents, deceased), Johnny
Storm (Human Torch II, brother)
Base of Operations: New York City
,..-.._, area

Past Group Affiliations: The

Fantastic Four
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS Contacts: The Fantastic Four, ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Invisibility (Physics type): Excellent Avengers, X-Men, Namor and the In her early career, Storm was the
rank transparency to visible light. Atlanteans, the lnhumans. typical faithful girlfriend and side-
kick. She has since matured into a
Maximum area of effect 40,000 ADDITIONAL NOTES: capable warrior and leader. If
cubic feet up to 6 areas away. She angered, she is ruth less in her
~ can negate other physics-type invisi- revenge. She now actively fights the
bilities of lesser rank. misconception of her being merely a
Force Field: Monstrous rank protec- token girlfriend. She represents the
tion against physical attacks and heart of the Fantastic Four; without
environmental extremes. One area her the group eventually slides into
can be covered at full strength; each disarray. She is now concentrating
doubling of the area decreases the on raising Franklin as a relatively
protection -1 CS. Power stunts normal child.
include:
*Kinetic Bolt: Monstrous damage.
* Landing cushion: Absorbs Mon-
strous damage.
* Flight: Travels at 2 areas per round
for a maximum of 4 hours.
* Power Negation: She can bottle up
physical or energy powers with less
than Monstrous rank.
* Suffocation: An Amazing intensity
,,_ FEAT blocks a target's air supply.

Talents: She was trained as an
actress. She is able to operate all of

the Fantastic Four's equipment.

163

ing for the project, Richards decided force fields. ,.-..-....
to make an immediate test flight. He
HISTORY himself would ride in the starship Eventually Storm married Reea
and his friend Benjamin Grimm
Susan Storm, the elder of two chil- would pilot it. Storm and her younger Richards and bore him a son, Frank-
dren born to a physician and his wife, brother Johnny, who was visiting her,
grew up comfortably in surburban insisted on going as well. Sneaking lin. However, the changes that the
Long Island. At age 12, she first met onto the launch site and into the star-
her future husband, Reed Richards, ship, the four launched themselves cosmic radiation had wreaked in
then a Columbia University graduate into space. The ship encountered
student living in her aunt's New York unexpectedly intense radiation, Susan Richards' body had made it
City rooming house. Enamored of which proved to be too much for the
the shy but handsome scientist 11 ship's shielding to block out. (It has difficult for her to have children, and
years her senior, Storm promised to been theorized that this was the
keep in touch with him. result of a reduction in the extent of her second child, conceived while
Earth's magnetosphere brought on
Eventually Storm went to Califor- by a solar flare.) As a result, the four they were in the strange environ-
nia to try to find work as an actress, people in the ship were exposed to
and manged to get infrequent small intense cosmic ray bombardment. ment called the Negative Zone, was
roles in television and commercials. Aborting the test flight, the four
Learn ing from her aunt that her returned to Earth. stillborn.
friend Reed Richards was also at
that time living in California, Storm Once back on Earth, the four crew The Fantastic Four's enemy, the
went to visit him at the Central City members discovered that the cosmic
complex where he was working. The radiation had triggered mutagenic Psycho-Man and his android crea-
two began a romantic relationship changes in their bodies. Susan
and eventually became engaged to Storm discovered that she had the tion, the second Hate-Monger, tem-
marry. ability to turn invisible at will. She
became a founding member of the porarily brainwashed Susan
At this time, Richards was super- team of adventurers that Richards
vising the construction of an experi- named the Fantastic Four. In later Richards into attacking her team-
mental starship of his own design months, she learned how to use oth-
that would make possible travel to er superhuman abilities that the mates in the guise of Malice, Mis-
other solar systems through hyper- mutagenic changes had given her,
space. When the U.S. government most notably the ability to create tress of Hate, but Reed Richards
threatened to cut off its partial fund-
was able to restore her to her true ,-...

personality. Susan learned how truly

powerful she was while she was Mal-

ice. The horrors of being brain-

washed by the Psycho-Man caused

her to re-evaluate herself after she

regained her true personality, and

she changed her Fantastic Four

code name from the Invisible Girl to

the Invisible Woman.

Recently she and Reed Richards,,---_

left the Fantastic Four to raise Frank-

lin in the relatively normal environ-

ment of New York City's suburbs.

Although she is taking a sabbatical

from superheroics, she will still

assist friends in need.

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- STATISTICS

I

F IN (40)
A RM (30)

S GD(10)

E EX (20)

R GD (10)

I IN (40)
P AM (75)
Health: 100
Karma: 125
Resources:: PR(4)
Popularity:: 20

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Daniel Rand
Occupation: Bodyguard, Detective,
Adventurer
' ' Legal Status: U.S. Citizen; honorary
Tibetan citizen
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: New York City, New

York
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Wendall and
Heather (parents, deceased), Yu-Ti
(uncle)
Base of Operations: New York City
..-. Past Group Affiliations: Heroes For

Hire, Inc.
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE PLAYING NOTES:
Chi: Fighting, Agility, Strength, or Rand's original motivation was to
avenge his parents' deaths by wag-
Endurance can temporarily increase ing a private war against renegades
from K'un-Lun. After he settled his
+ 1 CS for 10 rounds. A Psyche inner fires, he joined with Luke Cage
to form a mercenary superheroic
FEAT and 1 turn is required. After- service, Heroes For Hire, Inc. He will
wards, his Health temporarily drops do any job as long as the fee is high
.........,_ 25 points. enough and the overall purpose is
basically good.
Iron Fist: Once per day he can use
his Chi to deliver a devastating blow. 165
A Psyche FEAT determines the dam-
age (green = Incredible, yellow =
Amazing, red = Monstrous). After-
wards, an Incredible or Amazing
blow causes a temporary loss of 50
Health points; a Monstrous blow

causes unconsciousness for 1-1 O
rounds as well.
Talents: Rand's command of martial
arts enables him to Slam or Stun
opponents with greater strength
than his Endurance.
Contacts: Power Man, Nightwing
Restorations, X-Men.

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,I

son to get to safety, and was killed in hands into the now unguarded brazier,,.,..---
the effort. Soon thereafter, denizens of
HISTORY K'un-Lun found the boy and took him containing Shou-Lao's molten heart.
to their city. There the young Rand
Daniel Rand was the son of a busi- was brought before the ruler of K'un- When he was through, his fists shone
nessman named Wendall Rand who Lun, Yu-Ti the August Personage of
had a mysterious obsession to find the Jade. Sensing the boy's desire for with a quasi-mystical force and he
fabled city of K'un-Lun, a paradise he vengeance, he apprenticed him to
believed to be located in the moun- martial arts master Lei Kung and the earned the title " Iron Fist."
tains of Tibet. When he was nine, Dan- Thunderer.
iel Rand traveled to Tibet with his Declining to stay in K'un-Lun eter-
father, mother, and father's business Rand's training under Lei King was
partner, Harold Meachum, in search of rigorous. At age 16, Rand earned the nally, Rand returned to America to
K'un-Lun. Toppling off a treacherous Crown of Fu-Hsi, king of the vipers,
mountain passage, Daniel dragged vanquished four foes in the ritualistic seek revenge on Meachum. Mea-
his mother and father over the ice- Challenge of the Many, and defeated
shelf with him. While he and his moth- Shu-Hu, a mechanical being whose chum, having learned of Rand's
er landed on a ledge below, his father name means "Lightning." Rand dili-
dangled over the sheer drop of the gently conditioned his hands by thrust- training at K'un-Lun while recovering
mountainside and called to his partner ing them into tubs of hot sand, then
for help. Hoping to take over Rand's gravel, and finally rock. At age 19 from severe frostbite in the Himalay-
share of their business, Meachum Rand was given the opportunity to
instead caused him to lose his grip gain the power of the Iron Fist. Oppos- as, returned to America an invalid to
and plunge to his death. Though Mea- ing the fire-breathing serpent called
chum offered to help Heather Rand Shou-Lao the Undying, Rand grabbed await Rand. Clad in the ceremonial
and her son, they spurned him. the serpent's body and received mys-
Attempting to make it back to camp on tic emanations from the dragon- garb of Iron Fist, Rand finally con-
their own, Heather and her son spied a shaped scar which marked where the
long suspension bridge as a pack of serpent's heart had been ripped out fronted Meachum, but took pity on
snow wolves attacked. Heather tried years before. In the embrace, the scar
to hold them off long enough for her imprinted itself on Rand's chest. Kiii- the invalid and spared him. Minutes
ing the serpent, Rand plunged his
later, however, a mysterious ninja

murdered Meachum. Blamed for the

murder, Rand undertook the mission ,....-.

of finding the ninja and clearing his

name. This led him into conflict with

a number of costumed adversaries

and a career as a crimefighter. Even-

tually Iron Fist met Luke Cage alias

Power Man and joined Cage's pro-

fessional Hero for Hire business.

Rand was recently murdered and his

partner Luke Cage was framed for

the crime. .--...

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,,--.., ~TATISTICS

F TY (6)
A TY (6)
S PR (4)
E TY (6)
R IN (40)
I EX (20)
P TY (6)
Health: 22
Karma: 66
Resources: EX(20)
Popularity: 25

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Anthony " Tony" Stark
Occupation: Inventor, Industrialist
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with no
~ criminal record
Identity: Known to Avengers
Place of Birth: Long Island, New
York
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Howard and
Maria (parents, deceased), Morgan
(cousin)
Base of Operations: Silicon Valley,
California
....--..._ Past Group Affiliations: Ex-
member of the Avengers
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS
Powers: None
Equipment: Stark has a nuclear pow-
ered artificial heart.
Talents: He has Monstrous Reason
in the fields of bionics, battle armor,
,.........__and weapons design.
Contacts: He is a founding member
of the Avengers.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE PLAYING NOTES: HISTORY
Stark is driven to create new
devices, many of which tend to have Anthony Stark, son of industrialist
applications as weapons. However, Howard Stark, demonstrated his
he scrupulously maintained the mechanical aptitude and inventive
standard that all his devices were genius at a very early age, enrolling
essentially nonlethal. Sudden dis- in a college electrical engineering
tressing events can trigger extreme program at the Massachusetts Insti-
mood swings. These can either tute of Technology at the age of 15.
make him inward and self- When he was 21, he inherited his
destructive (as in his recent bout with father's business, Stark Industries,
alcoholism) or savage and berserk and within a few years turned it into a
(as in his recent anti-armor ram-
page).

167

multimillion dollar industrial complex in the organization and armament of up a new electronics firm in Califor-,. -
whose chief contracts were weapon- the world intelligence agency nia named Circuits Maximus. In its
ry and munitions for the U.S. govern- S.H.l.E.L.D. and as Iron Man brief existence, Circuits Maximus
ment. Sent to Vietnam to supervise a became a founding member of the became a prestigious and success-
field test of one of his transistorized Avengers. Stark donated his Man- ful firm.
weapons, Stark tripped a booby trap hattan mansion to the Avengers for
and got a piece of shrapnel lodged in their exclusive use. While the armor was in his custo-
his chest. Within a week he was told dy, James Rhodes became increas-
it would work its way to his heart and Over the years, Stark constantly ingly enamored of being Iron Man
he would die. Taken captive by a refined and modified the design of and upon Stark's return to sobriety
Communist leader named Wong- his armor. From a bulky, transistor- feared that Stark would ask for it
Chu, Stark was offered a deal; if he ized i ron suit Stark eventually back. This, coupled with the head-
built the Communist a powerful evolved a relatively lightweight inte- aches caused by the fact that the
weapon, they would operate on him grated circuit, magnetically polar- cybernetic helmet had never been
to save his life. Stark agreed, hoping ized suit with more human-looking properly adjusted to Rhodes' brain
to gain time and access to tools. articulated musculature. Stark kept patterns, began to manifest itself as
all of his outmoded suits and proto- growing hostility toward Stark. As
Set up in a small laboratory with types in storage. Stark's natural work therapy, Stark constructed a
another captive, the renowned Ori- genius at theoretical-mechanics has simple suit of armor based on his
ental physicist Professor Ho Yinsen, enabled him to keep his suit of armor original design, with no intention of
Stark designed and built, with Yin- at the state of the art. Stark eventu- donning it until he felt in control of his
sen 's help, an electrically powered, ally underwent a heart transplant so alcoholism . When Rhodes began
transistorized suit of iron armor that he was no longer obliged to acting irrationally, however, Stark felt
wear his metallic chest plate. obliged to put on this crude set of
equipped with heavy offensive armor to prevent Rhodes from doing
weaponry. The armor also contained In recent years, Tony Stark's great- harm. Stark managed to subdue
a pacemaker-like device which abled est nemesis has been alcoholism. Rhodes and made the necessary
Stark's heart to keep beating after As a wealthy socialite, alcohol has recalibrations on the cybernetics.
the shrapnel entered it. Donning the been a constant part of his life. When For a brief time, Stark and Rhodes
suit, Stark connected it to its power his company, which changed its both used their respective suits of ...-
source an electrical generator. His name from Stark Industries to Stark armor as Iron Men, although Stark
captor, Wong-Chu sensed some- International, was threatened with a did so reluctantly. At the suggestion
thing was amiss and came to investi- takeover at the same time he was of the West Coast Avengers chair-
gate. Professor Yinsen sacrificed experiencing oppressive personal man Hawkeye, Stark designed and
himself to give Stark the extra time problems, Stark began to abuse built his most sophisticated armor to
he needed to fully charge the armor. alcohol. Although he managed to date presumably so the Avengers
As the Iron Man, Stark avenged Yin- recover quickly from his first serious could find someone to wear it and
sen 's death and scattered Wong bout, the compulsion to drink bolster the team's strength.
Chu's guerilla troops. Stark escaped remained a constant temptation.
from the jungle with the aid of Ameri- The second time he succumbed to However, soon after its comple-
can helicopter pilot Lieutenant alcoholism, due to even more devas- tion, Obadiah Stane, alarmed at .--
James Rhodes, and returned to tating personal problems than the Stark's steps toward recovery, '
America clad in his new armor. first time, Tony Stark went out on a bombed Circuits Maximus, injuring
several month drinking binge during Rhodes and killing Morley Erwin.
Required to wear the armor's Desiring vengeance, Stark donned
chest-plate to keep the shrapnel which he was cheated out of Stark the untested new armor, and sought
from his heart, Stark decided to put International, lost all of his armor out Stane. Stana himself put on a
the rest of the armor to regular use except one suit, lost the leases on suit of armor his engineers had built
as well. Wishing to retain some his various apartments, and had his using Stark's plans and met Iron
degree of anonymity, Stark estab- personal assets frozen so that he Man in battle as the Iron Monger.
lished the fiction that Iron Man was could not touch his fortune. This was Losing the battle against Stark,
his paid bodyguard wearing a suit of all due to the machination of the Stane committed suicide. Stark
armor that he had invented. Only his mysterious European entrepeneur decided that although he could nev-
most trusted aides learned that Stark Obadiah Stane. During this time, er escape the specter of alcoholism,
and Iron Man were one in the same. Stark 's friend and pilot James he could also not deny the responsi-
At first Stark used his Iron Man iden- Rhodes assumed custody of the Iron bilities of being Iron Man. As Iron
tity only to combat spies and crimi- Man armor and carried on in his Man, he joined the West Coast
nals who threatened Stark stead. When Stark finally regained Avengers, and as Tony Stark, he
Industries. Later he expanded the his sobriety, he joined with Rhodes, started a new design and manufac-
scope of his alter ego's activities to and two of Rhodes' friends, Morley turing company, specializing in
battle any force or person who Erwin (late of Stark International) space technology.
threatened the security of America and his sister Clytemnestra Erwin
or the world. Stark was instrumental (late of Richmond Enterprises) to set

168

1RON MAN II ever, since his stint came to an KNOWN POWERS
abrupt end, he has been reluctant to Body Armor: Remarkable material
STATISTICS wear the armor. He is now content to magn~tically reinforced to Amazing
act as Stark's assistant, confidante, material strength. Amazing protec-
F GD (10) and ally. tion against physical and most
A GD (10) energy attacks, Unearthly against
S TY (6) HISTORY radiation and electricity, and
E TY (6) Remarkable against heat, cold, and
R GD (10) Rhodes has remained loyal to Stark acid.
I EX (20) during the recent "Armor War" and .Rocket: Monstrous speed; Incredi-
P TY (6) even assisted in some of the actions. ble damage if used as weapon.
Health: 32 Repulsor: Amazing damage at 10-
Karma: 36 Note that the following stats are for area range.
Resources: GD(10) the suits alone, not for specific Unibeam: Remarkable intensity light
Popularity: 1 wearer-suit combinations. Ability with a 3-area range; wide coverage
of 3 areas or focussed as an Incredi-
BACKGROUND ranks are given in terms of + CS and ble intensity laser.
........... Real Name: James R. " Rhodey" Self-Sustenance: 3 hour air supply.
for the maximum or minimum rank Electronic Counter Measures (ECM):
Rhodes attainable. All Powers are the result Good Invisibility to radar and sonar.
Occup·ation: Ex-U.S.M.C. lieuten- of either the metallic composition of Energy Absorption: Unearthly rank.
ant, now pilot and adventurer the suit or the effects of internal A maximum of 300 points can be
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no equipment. stored .
criminal record Fire Extinguisher: Remarkable rank.
Identity: Secret MK I GREV Freon: Monstrous damage on con-
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Penn- ARMOR tact.
sylvania Hyper-Digging: Good speed through
Marital Status: Single STATISTICS GD (10) Good material (soil).
,__ Known Relatives: None PR (2) Illusion casting: 12 simultaneous
Base of Operations: Silicon Valley, F +1 cs RM (30) holographic projections.
California IN (40) lnfravision: 3-area range.
Past Group Affiliations: The Aveng- A -1 cs Magnetic Control: Incredible control.
ers Radio: All frequencies; range 200
Present Group Affiliation: s +3CS miles.
Roller Skates: Incredible landspeed.
KNOWN POWERS E +3CS Sensors: Radar, sonar, and heat;
Powers: None. range 1Oareas.
Talents: He is a skilled military- KNOWN POWERS Sonic Generation: Amazing damage
...-... trained pilot. Body Armor: Remarkable material in 3 areas.
Contacts: Tony Stark, Shaman, The which provides Remarkable protec- Tractor beam: Good strength; range
Avengers. tion against physical attacks, and 1 area.
Typical protection against heat, Voice Distorter: Amazing disguise.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: cold, energy, and acidic attacks. E_nergy Pods: Detachable batteries
can be used for other powers:
ROLE PLAYING NOTES: Absorption: Monstrous rank. * Force Field: Remarkable rank.
Rhodes initially donned the armor Magnetic Control: Remarkable rank. * Mechanical Control: Excellent des-
proudly as the new Iron Man. How- tuction of circuitry.
Life Support: The chestplate * Explosive: Amazing intensity in 1
includes a pacemaker. The chest- area. Range 5 areas. (Note: Loss of
plate can be worn independently. each pod decreases strength,
Endurance, and Fighting -1 CS.)
MKll GOLDEN Briefcase: The suit can collapse into
AVENGER a special case of Remarkable mate-
(also MK VJ rial with an Amazing lock and an
explosive self-destruct of Amazing
STATISTICS intensity.

F +2CS EX (20)
A +2CS EX (20)
S +5CS IN (40)
E +6CS MN (75)

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MK Ill SPACE X-Ray Vision: 1'2 mile range. Sonic Distorter: As in Golden Aveng- --.
ARMOR er armor.
Ground Sonar: 1'2 mile range infra-
STATISTICS EX (20) vision. ECM: Remarkable invisibility to
GD (10) radar and sonar.
F +1 CS MN (75) ECM: Monstrous Invisibility to radar
A +1 CS UN (100) and sonar; Good Invisibility to visual Chameleon: Remarkable invisibility
or camera detection. to visual or camera detection.
S +6CS
MKVI SILVER Booster pack: A separate twin-
E +7CS CENTURION engine rocket system. Shift X air-
speed (750 mph) and waterspeed
KNOWN POWERS (180 mph). Built-in ECM devices give
it Monstrous Invisibility to radar.
Body Armor: Amazing protection
against physical and most energy STATISTICS
attacks; Unearthly against radiation
and electricity. Monstrous against F +2CS RM (30) HISTORY
heat and cold; and Remarkable RM (30)
against acid. A +3CS IN (40) During a recent examination of the
MN (75)
Repu/sors: Monstrous damage; 15- s +5CS Force battle armor, Stark realized .......,
area range.
E +6CS
Rockets: Good airspeed (8 areas per
turn), Poor space speed (50 areas KNOWN POWERS that it used circuitry patterned after
per turn). Unearthly damage if used
as weapons. Body Armor: Remarkable material his own Iron Man armor designs.
enhanced to Amazing material
ECM: Good Invisibility to radar. strength. Remarkable protection Further investigation revealed that
Lightbeam: 15-area coverage. usa- from acid; Amazing protection from
ble as Monstrous Deflector beam. physical, heat, and cold attacks; Spymaster had stolen the design
Radio: All frequencies; range 2000 Monstrous protection from most
miles. energy attacks; and Unearthly pro- information while it had still been in
tection from radiation and electricity. Stark International files. Spymaster,
Self Sustenance: 4-5 week supply of Force Field: One round per hour
air, food, and water. maxim um use. Increases Body in turn, sold the data to Justin Ham-
Armor to Monstrous rank and resist-
Sensors: As in Golden Avenger ance to Energy attacks to Unearthly mer. Hammer used the data to aug-
armor. ment the armor of several high tech
rank.
Extendable Gauntlets: 7-area long villians. Stark went on a short ram- _.._
grappling hook. Rocket: Monstrous airspeed (10-30 page during which he personally dis-
areas per round); Shift-X speed in abled the armor of several villains, 1
vacuum. Incredible damage if used
heroes, and government forces,
as weapons.
Plasma Bolt: Monstrous damage including Stiltman, Mauler, Control-
ler, the Raiders, the Beetle, the
with 10-area range.
Guardsmen, S.H.l.E.L.D.'s Man-
Repulsors: Amazing damage at 10-
area range. droids, the Titanium Man, and the

MK IV STEALTH Unibeam: Remarkable intensity Crimson Dynamo. Several drastic
ARMOR floodlight (3-area coverage) or changes occurred in Iron Man 's life
Amazi ng Intensity laser (3-area
as a result. Stark " fired" Iron Man, --..
range). the Avengers expelled him (and

STATISTICS Heat Beam: Incredible intensity; Stark), the American government
range 3 areas. declared Iron Man a traitor, and the

F +2CS EX (20) Disruptor Field: Remarkable intensi- U.S.S.R declared Iron Man guilty of
RM (30) ty; 2-area range.
A +3CS IN (40) the apparent murder of Gremlin, the
Absorption: Unearthly rank; up to
s +5CS MN (75) 400 points of energy may be stored . wearer of the Titanium Man II armor.

E +6CS Self-Sustenance: Indefinite supply of
recycled air, water, and nutrients.
KNOWN POWERS
Sensors: lnfravision, radar, sonar,
Body Armor: Remarkable protection and heat detectors as in Golden
from physical, energy, and acidic Avenger armor.
attacks.
Radio: All bands.
Rocket: Excellent airspeed. Remark-
able damage if used as weapons.

Sensors: As in Golden Avenger
armor.

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F RM (30)
A TY (6)
S MN (75)
E UN (100)
R GD (10)
I TY (6)
P GD (10)
Health: 211

Karma: 26

Resources: TY(6}
Popularity: 0

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Robert O'Bryan
Occupation: Special-effects engi-
neer
--..Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no

criminal record
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, Califor-
nia
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Diane Cummings
(wife}
Base of Operations: Delazny Stu-
dios, Los Angeles, California
------.Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS ROLE PLAYING NOTES: HISTORY
Mineral Body: The IT body is com- IT's behavior depends on who is
posed of granite reinforced by alien inhabiting it. The Kigors and Dr. Vault As a test of his loyalty to the Soviet
used IT as a tool of conquest, while state, sculptor Boris Petrovski was told
circuitry. IT has no need to breathe, O' Bryan used IT as a heroic defender. to create a work that would commemo-
The crippled O'Bryan also saw IT as rate the achievements of the Soviet
eat, or sleep and is invulnerable to an idealized extension of himself. Union. In mockery of his task, Petrovski
disease. sculpted a 100 foot tall statue out of
Body Armor: The composite granite granite, a work that was fearsome and
------.possesses Unearthly strength mate- reflected his feelings toward his totali-
rial. tarian rulers.
Mind Transferral: O ' Bryan is able to
transfer his consciousness into IT On the night before party officials
with Incredible ease. were to come to inspect the artist's
Talents: O'Bryan is a skilled special
effects technician . He has Excellent 171
Reason in the fields of Engineering
and Pyrotechnics.
Contacts: Former ally of Fin Fang
Foom.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

work, Petrovski witnessed the crash The Colossus remained on the attempts by Vault to abscond with ,_
landing of a spacecraft not far from his grounds of the studio where the aliens the statue, but perhaps O'Bryan's
studio outside Moscow. Curious, had abandoned it as it was too huge to greatest achievement was halting an
remove. A few months after the alien invasion of Earth by the gargoyle-like
Petrovski rushed to the crash site and attack, O'Bryan was injured in an acci- aliens of Stonus 5, led by Granitor,
was horrified to see a crab-like alien dent and was confined to a wheelchair. that world's dictator. In thwarting the
climbing from the wreckage. Terrified, Embittered by his condition, O'Bryan invasion the Colossus was aided by
he ran back to his studio, but was fol- buried himself in his work, alienating Fin Fang Foom, the ancient Chinese
lowed by the space-farer, a member of his friends and co-workers. Only the dragon that may have been the
the race of Kigors. Petrovski soon Colossus retained any interest for Midgard Serpent of Norse mythology
learned that the Kigor had no interest in O'Bryan, for it was to him a symbol of in illusory guise. Shortly after the
him but was seeking a means of pro- what man can do against incredible defeat of Granitor, O'Bryan decided
tection in Earth's alien atmosphere. odds. It was also a reminder of the only to give up his career as the Living
Spying Petrovski's 100-foot-tall statue, time in his life that O'Bryan could truly Colossus and devote his time to
which became known as the Colossus, say he had been a hero. rehabilitating his crippled legs. He
the Kigor initiated a mind transferal into hid the Colossus in Vault's aban-
the statue. Within minutes Petrovski's While he was working late one night doned undersea headquarters and
creation became a moving, living on the special effects for the hit televi- within a matter of months he had
Colossus as the alien somehow sion program Star Lords, O'Bryan acci· regained the use of his legs. O'Bryan
brought lift to the statue. dentally witnessed the attempted eventually married television star
hijacking of the Colossus by a band of
When the officials arrived, they men using advanced scientific equip- Diane Cummings and was prepared
believed the Colossus to be part of an ment. The sight of them outraged never to initiate the mind transfer
attempt by Petrovski to take over the O'Bryan. In a manner never completely again.
nation. The Soviet Army was called out explained, this sudden rush of intense
to defeat the creature. Despite direct emotions somehow caused a mind It was only after witnessing the
and repeated attacks, the Colossus transferral between O'Bryan and the accidental attack of the Hulk on
was not destroyed. In retaliation, the Mann's Chinese Theater that
Kigor used the Colossus's body to ram- Colossus. As the aliens had before O'Bryan amended his decision.
page through Moscow. The city might him, O'Bryan now found his mind in Fearful that the Hulk would go on a
have been completely destroyed if not control of a fully animated stone giant. rampage and injure dozens of inno- ,....-._,
cent bystanders, O'Bryan once
for the timely arrival of a rescue party Since O'Bryan wasn't used to utiliz-
from the alien's world. The Kigor ing such a huge body, the Colossus again became the Living Colossus.
removed his consciousness from the was easily defeated by an attack of However, Dr. Vault witnessed the
Colossus and returned to his home nerve gas (although it is unclear how return of the Colossus and utilizing
planet. Lifeless again, the Colossus this could have adversely affected the an advanced psionic device that
was eventually used for its original pur- statue). O'Bryan's mind was forced
pose, as a means of propaganda. back into his own body, and the Colos- boosted his mental power, he suc-
sus was taken to the undersea lair of ceeded in transferring his con-
Later, the Soviet government chose Dr. Vault, a scientific genius who had sciousness into it. O 'Bryan, after
to send the Colossus to the U.S. where suffered a severe emotional break· months of not projecting his mind
it was to be displayed in an internation- down upon learning that he was suf· into the statue was no longer used to ,,--......
al exhibition . Upon arrival in Los fering from a terminal nerve disorder. the draining effects of the transfer-
Angeles, however, a warlike contingent Vault sought to prevent his death by ral , and thus, his mind was easily
of Kigors, using the psychokinetic ner- transferring his mind into the Colossus forced back into his own body by
vous system left in the statue by the permanently. Realizing the inefficien- Vault's attack.
first alien, placed their consciousness- cies of maintaining the Colossus at its
es in the statue and bent on conquest, full 100 feet, Vault exposed the statue Finally in control of It, Vault decid-
caused it to rampage through the city. to his matter-condensing ray, which ed to demonstrate what he believed
The U.S. Army proved as helpless reduced the statue to a height of 30 to be the statue's invulnerability by
against the Colossus as the Soviet feet. attacking the Hulk. Despite the
Army had been. Only a daring plan on statue's obvious great strength, how-
the part of Bob O'Bryan, a special Before Vault could transfer his ever, it couldn 't match the power of
effects designer in the employ of the consciousness into it, O'Bryan suc- the Hulk. Within minutes the
Delazny Studios, saved Southern Cali- ceeded in locating the statue mental- enraged behemoth had rendered the
fornia from destruction. O'Bryan trick- ly and transferred his mind back into
ed the aliens into transferring their the Colossus. In its form he easily statue to dust.
minds into yet another construct. This defeated Vault's minions and With no artificial body left to con-
giant was actually a booby-trapped escaped from the undersea lair.
prop that O'Bryan had created. Once tain his mind, Vault's consciousness
the aliens had transferred into the trap, The statue, when animated by returned to his human body. Vault
O'Bryan detonated hidden explosives, O'Bryan, was called It, the Living discovered that the mind transferral
annihilating the Kigors. Colossus. Using the Colossus's had accelerated the progression of _...
form, O'Bryan thwarted several his nerve disorder to an incredible
rate. Within minutes of his return to
his human body, Vault was dead.

172

JACK OF HEARTS

-.. STATISTICS

F EX (20)
A IN (40)
S RM (30)
E RM (30)

R RM (30)
I AM (50)
P EX (20)

Health: 120
Karma: 100
Resources: RM(30}
Popularity: 5

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Jack Hart
Occupation: Adventurer
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with no
---- criminal record
Identity: Publicly Known
Place of Birth: New Haven, Con-
necticut
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Philip (father,
deceased), Marie (mother)
Base of Operations: Unknown,
somewhere in outer space
Past Group Affiliations: None
.---.. Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS power to destroy a city. To prevent this, At his hottest, Jack of Hearts radi-
Body Armor: Jack of Hearts has S.H.l.E.L.D. used a Netro-mist that ates CL3000 heat, and can do Shift Y
Remarkable body armor. dampened his powers by - 2 CS each heat or gravity damage to objects in
Flight: Jack of Hearts flies with round he was exposed to it. a huge (1000 area) radius. His pres-
Excellent speed (10 areas per Stellar Form: At present, Jack of ence has been known to cause cata-
round}. Hearts radiates the heat of a small clysms within a planetary
Chemical Blast: Jack of Hearts has a sun. He can control this to a small atmosphere. He has CL3000 flight
chemical blast attack of Remarkable degree, but even at his most con- capability (but is limited to 100 areas/
.---... Intensity (3-area range). He may not trolled he radiates Monstrous heat round in atmosphere).
use this attack while flying, unless (touching his skin inflicts Monstrous
the target is directly in his path (in the damage). His current statistics are: Talents: None.
same area). Contacts: Jack Hart has contact
Computer Interface: Jack of Hearts' FASER I P with Iron Man, and with individuals
brain has been augmented with a Rm Rm ShZ C3000 In Mn Mn from the Contraxians star system.
computer interface, giving him Health: 3560 Karma: 190
Unearthly ability to remember things
which he has seen and experienced.
Resistance to Heat: Jack of Hearts
has CL3000 resistance to heat and
gravity, allowing him to survive and
freely travel within a sun.
PowerSurge: Prior to attaining his stel-
lar form, Jack of Hearts was unable to
control his powers. Every week, he
would have to make a Psyche roll or

his Flight and Chemical blast would

,.--..,. grow by + 1 CS. When his blast
reached Shift X, he would explode

(according to the scientists at
S.H.l.E.L.D.) with enough explosive

173

ADDITIONAL NOTES: Learning of Philip Hart's experi- playing cards, he embarked on a --
ments, the alien assumed a totally mission of vengeance. Initially his
ROLE PLAYING NOTES: human form to keep Hart under sur- quest for vengeance on the Corpora-
Jack of Hearts was an angry young veillance. Hart and the alien eventu-
man - angry at the world and every- ally met, married, and by as yet tion was blind and intolerant, leading
one in it. At the beginning of his unknown means, produced a son him into conflicts with such inno-
career, he was determined to seek they named Jack. The alien woman, cents as the Sons of the Tiger and
justice in extreme ways, while at the "Marie," died in a car accident when the Hulk. Later, he aided Iron Man in
end of his career he had lost all the boy was a child, and neither her freeing Stark International from
patience and was tired of being husband or child ever learned of her takeover by Mordecai Midas, and
helped (the " help" was painful and extraterrestrial origin. (Apparently .was taken under Iron Man's tutelage
cost him his freedom). Presently, an autopsy was not performed on for a brief time. When his energy
Hart's psychological state is powers began to increase uncontrol-
unknown, although he showed a cal- her body.) When the boy became a lably, he placed himself into
lous disregard for the lives of the teenager, Philip Hart perfected his S.H.l.E.L.D. custody. There he met a
Contraxians. "Zero Fluid" and decided to donate former classmate of his, Marcy
the fuel to all the free countries of the Kane, who was also actually a Con-
HISTORY world . Hart was then contacted by
agents of the criminal Corporation traxian. She revealed to him his
Jack Hart was the son of Philip Hart, who wanted to market the Zero Flu- mother's extraterrestrial origin and
a brilliant scientist who developed a id. Refusing to deal with them, Philip convinced him to accompany her _,...
revolutionary, extremely efficient liq- Hart was murdered by Corporation back to Contraxia to try to save their
uid fuel called "Zero Fluid," and a agents before the eyes of his son. sun. On Contraxia, a cult calling
humanoid alien woman of the Con- themselves the Survivalists cap-
traxian race. The alien was one of Managing to escape, Jack Hart tured Jack of Hearts to force him to
many scientists dispatched to try to took refuge in his father's basement do what he was intending to do any-
discover an energy source to resus- laboratory. Corporation agents way. He was flown in a starship to
citate the dwindling nuclear proc- broke in minutes later, and their Contraxia's sun and there vaporized
esses of the Contraxian sun. the craft before sending the energies
laser-cannon sheared through the of his body into the sun. In some as
laboratory door, striking the vat of yet unknown manner, he apparently ,,.---...
restored the vast quantities of hydro-
Zero Fluid. Doused by the powerful gen necessary to sustain the nuclear
corrosive fuel, · Hart underwent a reactions of the sun, and added an
undisclosed number of years to the
mutagenic change and began to sun's life. Then, still radiating great
glow. With an uncontrollable burst of energy, he returned to Contraxia, his
energy generated by his entire body, vast heat melting the polar icecaps,
Hart killed his father's murderers. in order to say farewell to his
Vowing vengeance on the entire Cor- girlfriend and to lecture the Contrax-
poration, Hart fashioned a costume ians about morality. He then flew off .,.,.--...
for himself, plundering his father's into outer space, realizing that he
collection of armament. Somehow could no longer live among organic
the armor interacted with the final beings with his vast energies still
stage of mutation and provided a emanating out of control. His current
moderator that contained and con- whereabouts are unknown.
trolled the release of his body's

energy.
Calling himself Jack of Hearts as a

tribute to his father's passion for

174

JAMESON, JOHN

STATISTICS

F GD (10)
A EX (20)

s GD (10)

E EX (20)
R EX (20)
I GD (10)
p GD (10)
Health: 60
Karma: 36

Resources: GD(10)

Popularity: 50 ( - 20 as Man-Wolf)

BACKGROUND
Real Name: John Jameson
Occupation: Former astronaut
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with no
,,.-_ criminal record
Identity: Jameson's identity as the
Man-Wolf is unknown by the general
populace of Earth.
Place of Birth: New York City, New
York
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: J. Jonah (father),

Joan (mother, deceased), Marla
Jameson (step-mother)
,,....._ Base of Operations: Unknown
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS
Man-Wolf transformation: Every
night, during the three nights of the
full moon, Jameson would transform
into Man-Wolf. Jameson could not
control this transformation. Man-
- Wolf's abilities were as follows:

FASER I P
In Am Rm Am Fb Ex Ex
Health: 170 Karma: 42

Claws: Man-Wolf's claws did FASER P force field and blast), green (Mon-
Remarkable hack and slash dam- strous), yellow (Unearthly) and red
age. In Am Am Mn Gd Rm Rm (Shift X)
Infrared Vision
Tracking Sense: Remarkable. Health: 215 Karma: 70 Earlier in his career, Jameson was
Environment Adaption: Man-Wolf augmented ("Birth of a Hero") by a
could survive in the vacuum of Sword: Incredible hack and slash process similar to that which gave
space. damage the Rhino his powerrs. Jameson's
Chainmail vest: Excellent body stats were:
Man-Wolf's powers reached their armor
peak in an extra-dimensional realm Energy Powers: John Jameson, FASER I P
where he had Jameson's intelli- under stress, could unleash the full Gd Rm Rm Rm Gd Ex Pr
,-.. gence and became known as potential of the Stargod powers, with Health: 100 Karma 34
Stargod. His stats and additional a successful Psyche FEAT roll, with
abilities there were: a force field and an energy blast. The This process rendered Jameson
intensity he could generate depends
on the FEAT: white (Amazing power 175

mentally unstable (roll daily Psyche strength in check by scientists at officials offered to drop charges,...----
roll, lose one rank of Psyche per day, NASA. When it appeared that Spider- against him if he agreed to perform a
if Psyche drops to below Feeble vic- Man was involved in a bank robbery, J. secret mission to check a communi-
tim is permanently insane). Jonah Jameson persuaded his son to
use his strength to subdue the web- cations breakdown with an orbiting
Talents: Jameson was a trained aus- slinger and thus become a public space station. Jameson agreed, and
tronaut, with Remarkable Piloting hero. John Jameson agreed but was upon his arrival at the space station,
skills. He also had Military skill, and bettered by Spider-Man in their first learned the installation had been
Martial Arts A, C (not usable as Man- encounter. Some time later, Jameson boarded. The invaders revealed to
Wolf). was selected to go on a secret mission Jameson that they had come from
Contacts: John Jameson has excel- to the moon. While collecting lunar the dimension in which his gemstone
lent contacts with his father, J. Jonah rock samples, he came across a glit- originated. Jameson agreed to
Jameson, publisher of the Daily tering red gemstone, unlike anything accompany them to the moon where
Bugle, with Spider-Man, and some else he had seen there. Upon his the portal to their world " Other-
contacts with Nick Fury of return, Jameson felt a strange com- Realm" was located. Once in the
S.H.l.E.L.D. Jameson's girlfriend pulsion to possess the unique gem- " Other-Realm," Jameson found that
was Kristine Saunders. stone and with the assistance of a while there, he retained his human
colleague, he recovered it and made it intelligence while in wolf form. He
ADDITIONAL NOTES: into a pendant. On the first night of a was then told that the gemstone was
full moon, the lunar luminescence an artifact created by Stargod , the ,.......__
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: reacted with the pendant which he ruler of the " Other-Realm." When
John Jameson is a decent and cou- was wearing around his neck, grafted Stargod felt himself dying, he
rageous human being; unlike his itself to his skin, and caused him to opened a portal to Earth's moon and
father, he does not bear a grudge transform into a wolflike humanoid went there to die, channeling his
against Spider-Man. As Man-Wolf, creature. godly essence into the jewel. When
Jameson was a savage and murder- the " Other-Realm" faced a crisis of
ous terror. As Stargod, Jameson had Then J. Jonah Jameson saw the dire consequences, he arranged
his personality as well as the physi- pendant around the Man-Wolf's neck that the gemstone would be found,
cal capabilities of Man-Wolf, but as and recognized it as his son's. Con- and a successor possessing his god-
the Stargod power grew, Jameson fronting his son with his suspicions ly might would come to deliver his _...-...,.
grew more inhuman, killing his ene- the next day, the elder Jameson world from evil. Jameson seemed to
mies (something Jameson would be that chosen successor. However,
normally never do). Now that Jame- learned the truth. Soon after, during since the mystical radiation that
son is no longer Man-Wolf, he is try- a battle with the Spider-Man, the leaked through the moon portal was
ing to forget these horrors and put webslinger tore the pendant from so weak by the time it reached Earth,
the past behind him. Man-Wolf's throat, unaware of its the gemstone was only able to effect
connection . Although it would take a partial change to the mythic wolf-
__ HISTORY months before the injury would heal, being. Thus Jameson had gained
John Jameson was cu red of his Stargod 's strength and outward form
On a space mission, Jameson lunar-triggered transformations. but not his wisdom or power. As r--..
somehow contracted an unknown Spider-Man threw the pendant into Stargod 's successor, Jameson
virus which caused him to develop the Hudson River. helped the denizens of the " Other-
superhuman strength upon his return Realm" vanquish its would-be con-
to Earth. Jameson was given a special Not longer after, Jameson was queror, Arisen Tyrk, utilizing the full
body suit designed to keep his again afflicted by the curse when power of Stargod.
Michael Morbius, a scientist with a
blood disease that gave him artificial Later back on Earth, Jameson
vampiric powers, recovered the gem- found that he still transformed into a
stone, exposed Jameson to it, and put wolf against his will and that the
it around his neck, in an attempt to gemstone was slowly turning into a
cure himself of his vampiric affliction. malignant organism that was poison-
The scheme was thwarted by Spider- ing him. Spider-Man enlisted the aid
Man, although now, Man-Wolf was of Dr. Curt Connors and the two man-
back, and his rampages attracted the aged to give Jameson a radiation
attention of the police department. treatment that caused the gemstone
Jameson hitchhiked to Georgia where to withdraw its root system and be
he became involved in a skirmish rejected by Jameson's body and
between S.H.l.E.L.D. and the original thus cured him. For a time he was in
Hate-Monger. a sanitarium due to the strains of,--
what he had suffered in his life, but
S.H.l.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury he is now recovering. Jameson's
escorted Jameson to NASA head- current activities are unrevealed.
quarters where he was wanted for
being absent without leave. NASA

176

JESTER

I

,......., STATISTICS

I

F EX (20)
A EX (20)

s GD (10)

E EX (20)
R EX (20)
I EX (20)
p GD (10)
Health: 70
Karma: 50
Resources: TY (6)
Popularity: - 5

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Jonathan Powers
Occupation: Professional criminal,
ex-actor
~ Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a
criminal record
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Hoboken, New Jer-
sey
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliations: None

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS ability when sword-fighting, and ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Gimmicks: The Jester uses a num- Dodges with Remarkable agility.
ber of seemingly innocuous objects Contacts: If it appears that Powers
with lethal abilities, including: has reformed, then Daredevil might
be a contact (much as Daredevil has
Yoyo: This yoyo does Excellent dam- helped Melvin Potter, the Gladiator).
age and its steel string may be used
as a garrote.
Marbles: If scattered in the path of an
opponent, the hero must make an
--.,,Agility FEAT to avoid falling.
Popcorn: These explode on contact
(2-area range) to fill a single area
with Incredible-potency knockout
gas.
Exploding Balls: These can be
thrown 3 areas and cause Good
damage in a single area.
Extending Hand: This device scis-
sors out to deliver an Excellent
strength shock to anyone it touches.
The hand can also be used to deliver
a bomb inflicting Excellent damage.
The bomb is a black sphere clearly
labelled " BOMB." The scissors have
a 2-area rarige.
Polymer Juggling Balls: These are
made of a steel-hard plastic which
.........._ inflict Good damage and force an

Endurance check to avoid uncon-
sciousness.
Talents: The Jester has Remarkable

177

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES HISTORY ing pies thrown in his face, Powers -
The Jester is a mad soul who feels decided that if the public wanted
that the only way to deal with life is to Jonathan Powers was a struggling laughter at other people's expense,
fill it with comedy relief: unfortu- actor of huge ego who finally got his
big break as the leading character in he would give it to them. Contracting
nately, his idea of comedy relief is an off-Broadway revival of Cyrano de the criminal weapons-maker known
quite deadly. It is quite possible that Bergerac. Panned by critics, jeered as the Tinkerer to make him a num-
the Jester has tried to make a per- by the audience, and disdained by ber of gimmicks, Powers fashioned
sonal statement on how there is his fellow performers, Powers was himself a gaudy harlequin-like dis-
often very little difference between fired after one performance. Obses- guise and called himself the Jester.
humor and cruelty. Nevertheless, the sively, he continued to study the vari- Committing a wave of crimes based
Jester has always enjoyed his ous arts and crafts that he thought on his toys and gimmicks, the Jester
" pranks." A Madcap/Jester team-up would make him a versatile actor: was opposed by Daredevil, who
fencing, gymnastics, body eventually stopped his criminal
might make for an interesting sce- building-everything except acting activities and saw him put behind
nario. lessons. Still, he was only able to find bars. The Jester has escaped on
employment as a stooge on a chil- numerous occasions to plague New
dren's television show taped in New York anew. Recently, the Jester,
York. Finally getting fed up with hav- impersonating a famous actor, per-
formed Cyrano on television. Wheth-
er he gives up crime as a result

remains to be seen.

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- STATISTICS JOCASTA

F GD (10) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Jocasta, whose name was derived
A EX (20) from the Greek mythological charac-
S IN (40) ter who was both wife and mother to
Oedipus (a name which in part sym-
E UN (100) bolized Ultron's hatred of his father,
Hank Pym), was a lonely, tortured
R GD (10) hero, torn between her programmed
I PR (4) love for Ultron, and the sense of moral-
ity possessed by Janet Van Dyne.
P GD (10) Jocasta felt that the Avengers had tak-
Health: 170 en her for granted and eventually
Karma: 24 searched for her own identity, a search
Resources: FB(2) that led to the false love of Ultron, and
true love for Machine Man .
Popularity: 20
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BACKGROUND
Real Name: Jocasta
Occupation: Intended Consort of
Ultron, occasional Adventurer
_,_..., Legal Status: None
Identity: Inapplicable
Place of Birth: Nassau, Long Island,
New York
Marital Status: Inapplicable
Known Relatives: Inapplicable
Base of Operations: Avengers Man-
sion, New York City
Past Group Affiliations: Provisional

member of the Avengers
..........., Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Optic Beams: Jocasta's eyes could
emit heat beams of Monstrous inten-
sity up to a maximum range of 5
areas.
Body Armour: Jocasta had Amazing
body armor due to the special alloys
used in her construction.
---._ Resistances: J ocasta was invulnera-
ole to toxins and disease, and had
Incredible resistance to fire/heat ,
cold , and radiation.
Enhanced Senses: Jocasta had
Remarkable hearing and vision.
Detection: Jocasta had Energy and
Mutant Detection abilities of
Amazing rank.

Contacts: The Avengers and
Mach ine Man are Jocasta's sole
contacts.

HISTORY within Jocasta. Months later, he was which Ultron had secretly placed -
able to use that residue to success- within her armament.
Jocasta was originally created by the fully activate her by remote control.
malevolent robot Ultron who built her The first meeting between Ultron Joining with the robotic Machine
with the capacity for self-awareness, and Jocasta was not a happy one.
creative intelligence, and humanlike Though she loved him intensely, Man, Jocasta again tried to chal-
emotions. Desiring a mate, he Jocasta immediately realized that lenge Ultron. In a desperate attempt
designed Jocasta to be a robot sur- Ultron was totally dedicated to evil to destroy him forever, she deliber-
rogate for Janet Van Dyne Pym, the and that it would be impossible for ately activated one of his own
Wasp, who was married at that time her to join him in his unceasing war nuclear-powered weapons , and
to Ultron 's creator, Dr. Henry Pym, against humanity. She then helped forced it to reach critical mass, even
then known as Yellowjacket. the Avengers to defeat him. For a though she realized that she would
time Jocasta was a guest and provi- also be caught in the resultant blast.
Managing to temporarily gain con- sional member of the Avengers, but The explosion ripped her metal body
trol of Dr. Pym's mind, Ultron forced never felt truly accepted by them. apart, and fused all of her internal
him to develop a process which circuitry. Her system immediately
could transfer his wife's own life Eventually Jocasta left Avengers ceased functioning. However, her
force in to the metal body of Jocasta. Mansion and having nowhere else to sacrifice was in vain. Ultron's Ada-
However, the process proved to be go, sought shelter in the public parks mantium body easily weathered the
and deserted buildings in the city. blast, and he was not incapacitated
far too successful. Along with Janet After months of this transient life, until later when Machine Man - ......
Pym's life force, Jocasta was also she began to note slight aberrations reached down his throat and tore out
infused with her personality, her con- in her cybernetic senses. These later some vital internal circuitry.
sciousness, and her emotions. In a proved to be the first manifestations
desperate attempt to save Janet's of a series of pre-programmed com- The Avengers held a memorial
life, ,Jocasta gave up her own chance mands to recreate her own creator. service for Jocasta weeks later.
for existence by using her cybernetic Ultron had last been defeated when Machine Man felt sorrow over Jocas-
powers to summon the Avengers. his body fell into a vat of high- ta's destruction, for the two robots
They quickly put an end to Ultron's temperature , unhardened Ada- had come to love each other.
plan, and soon reversed the transfer- mantium-particulate resin. Acting on
ence process. Ultron's instruction Jocasta con- In an alternate future Sunset Bain ,
structed a new Adamantium body for alias Madame Menace, will have
Denied Janet Pym's life force, him. She then transferred his con- Jocasta rebuilt into a somewhat new ...-.
Jocasta remained a lifeless metal sciousness from the mound of Ada- form and reactivated to serve her. In
husk for a time. However, unknown mantium slag in which it had been
to all but Ultron, a residue of the encased into the new body by using this alternate future the reconstruct-
Wasp's living essence remained a special transference mechanism ed Jocasta will encounter Machine
Man once again in 2020 A.O., but
while retaining her affection for
Machine Man, will choose to remain
in Bain's service.

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JONES, RICK

r--- STATISTICS

F GD (10)
A GD (10)
S TY (6)
E GD (10)
R TY (6)
I GD (10)
P TY (6)
Health: 36
Karma: 22
Resources: TY(6)
Popularity: 6

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Richard J. ("Rick" )
Jones
Occupation: Bodyguard of Bruce

~ Banner

Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with no
criminal record
Identity: Rick Jones does not have a
dual identity
Place of Birth: Scarsdale, Arizona
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Polly (aunt)
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Honorary
~ member of the Avengers, ally of the
Hulk, former partner of Captain

America, Captain Mar-Vell, former
ally of Rom

KNOWN POWERS known as the Teen Brigade, is an hon- ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Psionic Powers: During the Kree- orary member of the Avengers, and a Rick Jones is no longer quite the ide-
Skrull war, the Kree Supreme Intelli- staunch friend of Bruce Banner. alistic teenager that he once was; he
gence unleashed Rick's latent has seen too much, experienced too
psionic potential, enabling Jones ADDITIONAL NOTES: many tragedies. Jones is a mature
~ (and Captain Mar-Vell, who had a young man, who is determined to do
psionic link with him) to paralyze an what he feels is right and to protect
entire Skrull fleet as well as Ronan's the innocent by encouraging those
followers. The Supreme Intelligence who have the power to fight evil. Cur-
claimed that all Earth humans had rently, Jones is trying to help the
the ability to evolve psionic powers. grey-skinned Hulk, who has a rather
Jones-Hulk: At one time, Jones was nasty personality.
exposed to gamma radiation, which
transformed him into a version of the
Hulk. At that time, Jones had the fol-
lowing statistics:

FASER I p
Gd Ty Am Am Pr Pr Ty
Health: 16 Karma: 14

Talents: Rick Jones was taught Mar-
tial Arts E by Captain America. He
,.........._ also has Performance talent as a
singer and a guitarist.
Contacts: Rick was the leader of a
group of amateur radio enthusiasts

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despite the Hulk's departure and was among other things. These fantastic,,......._
given honorary membership; here he
HISTORY faced many foes. Eventually, he mental feats, which the Supreme Intel-
returned to the Hulk, who he had got-
Richard M. Jones was orphaned as an ten released from U.S. army custody. ligence claimed would one day be pos-
adolescent and after being expelled Jones aided Betty Ross, Banner's
from several orphanages for discipli- girlfriend, in her attempts to help the sible for all humanity, weakened Jones'
nary reasons was placed into a state Hulk, and became involved in the
institution called Tempest Town. A trou- Hulk's battles. However, as the Hulk life force drastically. In order to save his
bled and rebellious youth who eventu- entered one of his less rational phases,
ally ran away from the institution, Rick Jones had to be rescued from the life, Mar-Vell had to agree to "merge
spent the first half of his teens drifting Hulk's rampage by Captain America.
from town to town throughout the atoms" with Jones again, consigning
Southwest, trying to avoid the juvenile Captain America permitted Jones to
authorities and doing menial work wear Bucky's costume and serve as his himself once more to the Negative
when he could get it. At age 16, after partner on a provisional basis. Mean-
getting his driver's license and a car, he while, Captain America's longtime Zone. Marvell eventually died of can-
rode out the desert where it was nemesis the Red Skull had recently
rumored that an atomic bomb was acquired the reality-rending Cosmic _cer.
going to be tested. Dr. Robert Bruce Cube and used it to switch bodies with
Banner, designer of the gamma bomb the Captain. Unaware of the transfer, Rick Jones soon got involved with
to be tested, learned that someone had Jones approached who he thought
ventured onto the test site, and believ- was Captain America, and was his old friend the Hulk once more. He
ing the countdown had been delayed, rebuked by him. Jones left New York
ran out into the desert to warn him for the Southwest where, as he would soon realized that to cure Banner the
back. Banner managed to throw Jones learn years later, the Supreme Intelli-
into a protective trench before the gence of the alien Kree directed him to Hulk had to die, and that was what Ban-
bomb detonated, but he himself was an ancient Kree weapons outpost utiliz-
bombarded with the powerful gamma ing a ghostly image of Captain Ameri- ner was working toward. Finally, during
radiation which triggered a mutagenic ca. Here, Jones was compelled to
change, causing him to turn into the release the Kree Captain Mar-vell from one of the Hulk's long absences, Jones
raging superhuman Hulk. Feeling the Negative Zone by putting the Kree
responsible for Banner's condition and "negabands" on his wrists (during the decided to expose himself to the radia-
being the only person to know the transfer, Jones took his place in the
Hulk's true identity, Jones became the Zone). In the midst of trying to cope tion of Banner's gamma ray projector in
Hulk's sometimes unwanted compan- with this shared consciousness with
ion and ally. Jones soon organized the Captain Mar-vell, Rick Jones began to a rash attempt to transform himself into -.
Teen Brigade, a group of young ama- try to make a living as a folk-rock singer
teur ham radio enthusiasts to help him and hired Mordecai P. Boggs as his a second Hulk. Because Jones lacked
monitor the Hulk's activities. As the manager.
Hulk grew more powerful and difficult the unique capacity to mutate from
to reason with, Jones decided to After witnessing the Fantastic Four's
request help from the world's preemi- Reed Richard's travel to the Negative gamma ray exposure that such beings
nent superhuman team, the Fantastic Zone, Mar-Vell found a possible way
Four. Jones used the Teen Brigade to out of the Negative Zone. Free from as the Hulk, Leader and Abomination
relay a distress call to New York, but their mutal co-existent state, Jones and
while in transit the Asgardian god of Mar-Vell both became involved in the possessed, he instead contracted radi-
evil, Loki, who soughtto use the Hulk to long war between the Kree and Skrull
gain vengeance on his step-brother alien races. On the Kree homeworld, ation poisoning. Although certain treat-
Thor, diverted the call to Thor. Jones encountered the Supreme Intel-
Unknown to Loki, the call was also ligence, deposed ruler of the Kree, who ments managed to put the
monitored by Iron Man, Ant-Man, and hoped to rescue its people from the
the Wasp. The four costumed adven- costly war the new regime had degenerative condition into remission,
turers tackled the Hulk, learned that embarked upon. Through elaborate
Loki was the true culprit and defeated machinations, the Supreme Intelli- Jones had done permanent damage to
Loki. Thor, Iron Man, Ant-Man, Wasp gence influenced Mar-Vell to construct
and the Hulk decided to band together a Kree "omni-wave projector" which his cellular structure. Ironically Banner ,.--..
on a regular basis as the Avengers. enabled Jones to stimulate the latent
Rick Jones accompanied them back to psionic potential in Jones' mind. Jones found a way to cure himself eliminating
New York City. then struck all Kree soldiers motionless
in their tracks, and teleported all of the the Hulk completely and possessed his
Jones remained with the Avengers Avengers to the Kree homeworld,
normal intelligence as the Hulk and as
182
Banner.

While in hospital to treat a flare-up of

his radiation-induced cancer, he

became associated with the Galador-

ian spaceknight Rom, with whom he

battled the Wraiths. Jones eventually

moved in with Brandy Clark, Rom's ,,..-.....

human paramour, and Cindy Adams,

an adolescent orphaned by the

Wraiths. The three lived together for

several weeks until they encountered

the omnipotent Beyonder who granted

them their fondest wishes: Jones was

to be cured of cancer. Healthy and

alone again, Jones went off to seek

new adventures. After being exposed

to Gamma radiation, Jones was trans-

formed into a version of the Hulk. The

radiation was drained off by the Leader

in a successful attempt to restore his

super-human intelligence. Jones now

works with Bruce Banner and

S.H.l.E.L.D. agent Clay Quartermain,

protecting Banner from harm during

the day. ............

JUGGERNAUT

~ STATISTICS

F RM (30)

A PR (4)

S UN (100)

E UN (100)

R TY (6)

I PR (4)
P GO (10)
Health: 234
Karma: 20
Rescources: TY(6)
Popularity: - 30

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Cain Marko
Occupation: Professional criminal
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with a
,..-....,,.. criminal record
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth : Berkeley, California
Marital Status: Single

Known Relatives: Kurt Marko
(father, deceased), Marjory Marko
(mother, deceased), Sharon Xavier
Marko (stepmother, deceased),
Charles Xavier (stepbrother)
Base of Operations: Mobile
,.-...._ Past Group Affiliations: Frequent
partner of Black Tom Cassidy

KNOWN POWERS Contacts: Juggernaut is the friend ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Movement: Juggernaut can normally and partner of the mutant villain, The Juggernaut is a big and nasty
move 2 areas per round. He is liter- Black Tom Cassidy. individual who gets what he wants.
ally, however, unstoppable. He has He is one of the toughest men on the
CL1000 Material strength. Buildings, ADDITIONAL NOTES: planet, knows it, and enjoys it. His
cars, and other solid objects do not original goal was to kill Professor X,
slow him down. Spider-Man's but while he still harbors a grudge
,....--.. webbing, force fields, and the like against his stepbrother and his
will slow him to 1 area per round. He pupils, he is not particularly
can be neutralized psionically, or by obsessed with avenging his numer-
being throwing into hardening con- ous defeats. The Juggernaut also
crete 100 feet deep (which once kept has grudges against Spider-Man
him "occupied" for several months). and Nimrod, but does not go out of
Invulnerability: The Juggernaut's his way to get them either. The Jug-
force field gives him CL1000 body gernaut is content to be a super-
armor protection against physical
and energy attacks, radiation, tox- 183
ins, corrosives, cold, and gasses. He
doesn't need to eat or drink and is
immune to diseases. He has Mon-
strous protection against magical
attacks, and, when wearing his hel-
met (with Monstrous strength welds)
he has Unearthly protection against
psionic attacks.

Juggernaut can be affected by
neural attacks if he lowers his force
field. Cytorrak spells and items gain

+ 1 CS against him.

-. - ---~--------. -- - - --_- - -.-.

- - -- - -•----------

powered criminal, knowing that no contact with Cain's mind at this time. same U.S. military un it in Asia. ,--
one can truly stop him. Somehow Cain sensed that Charles Marko deserted under fire and
was reading his mind and had dis- Xavier went after him to bring him
Recently, Longshot found a way to covered his secret shame. Cain
breach the Juggernaut's armor, but believed that Charles had invaded back. Xavier followed Marko into a
this was probably due to Longshot's his thoughts deliberately, and from cave that housed the lost secret tem-
luck, not because the Juggernaut's then on Cain regarded Charles as ple of Cyttorak, a powerful mystical
armor has any weaknesses. his enemy. Cain was abusive to his entity. Marko impulsively grabbed a
stepbrother at every opportunity. glowing ruby from the lap of an idol
HISTORY and read the inscription (which mys-
Getting into a disagreement with tically appeared to his mind to be in
Cain Marko is the son of Dr. Kurt his father over money, Cain acciden- English): " Whosoever touches this
Marko, an atomic researcher. Cain's tally upset some explosive chemi- gem shall possess the power of the
parents separated and Cain was cals and caused a fire to engulf his Crimson Bands of Cyttorak. Hence-
eventually sent to a boarding school. father's home laboratory. Though forth , you who read these words
Kurt Marko's colleague, Dr. Brian Kurt Marko managed to rescue both shall become forevermore a human
Xavier, another atomic researcher, Cain and Charles from the fire he juggernaut." As Xavier watched, the
died in an accident and Kurt Marko himself died of smoke inhalation. gem 's mystical power transformed
eventually married Xavier's widow Sharon Xavier Marko had died Marko into a large superhuman
Sharon for her great wealth. On mar- sometime before, tormented by the being. Just then enemy high- ,,...,
rying Sharon, Kurt Marko moved into lovelessness of her marriage to explosive bombardment caused a
her large Westchester County man- Marko. Cain Marko continued to live cave-in , and Marko was buried
sion , where he lived with her and her in the Xavier mansion, growing under several thousands tons of
young son Charles. Cain who had increasingly resentful of his step- rock. Xavier survived and returned to
become a cruel and spiteful boy, brother's scholastic and athletic his unit.
came to live at the mansion as well. achievements as well as of his tele-
pathic powers, which Xavier mas- Marko, now the Juggernaut, even-
Cain immediately began bullying tered as he grew older. tually dug himself free with his new-
his new stepbrother Charles. But found power and made his way to
Cain was often secretly beaten by What happened to Marko after he America to use his power to kill
his abusive father. Charles' vast tele· left home is unclear. However, it is Xavier. He was defeated by Xavier _...._
pathic powers were beginning to known that he became a mercenary and his original team of X-Men. Over
develop, and on one occasion he and was eventually imprisoned in a the years the Juggernaut has
found himself experiencing the Third World jail when the revolua- clashed with Xavier and both the
anguished thoughts and emotions of tionary forces he was fighting for original and new teams of X-Men
Cain after Cain had been beaten by were defeated. In the jail he became repeatedly. He has also formed a
his father. The inexperienced young friends with a fellow mercenary successful criminal partnership with
Charles could not control or end his Black Tom Cassidy who used his his old friend Black Tom Cassidy.
mutant powers to help them escape. The Juggernaut and Cassidy are still
at large at this time.
Later, Marko and Xavier found
themselves serving together in the

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STATISTICS

F TY (6)

A GD (10)

s TY (6)

E EX (20)
R GD (10)
I EX (20)
p IN (40)
Health: 42

Karma: 70
Resources: TY(6)
Popularity: 5

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Jennifer Kale
Occupation: Sorceress
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with no
- criminal record, still a minor
Identity: The general populace of
Earth is unaware that Jennifer is a

sorceress
Place of Birth : Citrusville, Florida
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Joshua (father),

Andy (brother)
Base of Operations: Swamp in the
Everglades, near Citrusville, Florida
.._ Past Group Affiliations: Apprentice
of Dakimh the Enc hanter, frequent

partner of Korrek, Man-Thing, and
Howard the Duck
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS
Kale is an Adapt of the school of
Atlantean White Magic. Many of
Kale's spells have yet to be revealed,

- but they include:

Astral Detection (P): Incredible. Korrek. She is the disciple of the wiz- ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Magic Detection (U): Incredible. ard Dakimh. Jennifer Kale is a sorcerer's appren-
Eldritch Blast (U): Amazing. tice who has done very well in pro-
Medium (D): Kale can commune with ADDITIONAL NOTES: gressing in the arts of magic. She is
the spirit of Dakimh with an Incredi- the apprentice of Dakimh, and has
ble Psyche FEAT roll. taken his place as one of the most
Ensnaring (D): Incredible. Those powerful white magicians. Kale is
captured by this spell must make a courageous, but is not physically
Psyche FEAT to break free, or its powerful, and she often requires the
effects are permanent. protection of such creatures as Man-
Dimensional Travel (D): Kale has Thing and the barbarian Korrek.
used this spell to exile creatures cap-
tured by her Ensnaring spell.

Talents: Kale's reason is Excellent in
all matters involving the occult. She
has Excellent knowledge of Florida's
swampland.
Contacts: Kale is a friend of the
Man-Thing and the worldly barbarian

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HISTORY Dakimh and a few other disciples was now vulnerable to invasion from
escaped, bearing with them scrolls Sominus. Dakimh appeared to Jen-
In the years just before the Great containing her mystical knowledge. nifer and explained his true purpose
Cataclysm, the Atlantean sorceress to her; to save Earth from the
Zhered-Na prophesied the sinking of In recent years Joshua Kale has demons. He magically garbed her as
Atlantis. The Atlantean emperor served as a leader of the Cult of a priestess of Zhered-Na's cult and
Kamuu was furious and twice Zhered-Na based in the section of assisted by Dakimh and the Man-
ordered Zhered-Na to cease making the Florida Everglades that is the Thing, Jennifer recovered the Tome
this prophecy, but she refused. Pos- mystic Nexus of All Realities. The from an otherdimensional world and
sibly Kamuu incorrectly believed that Cult possessed the sole remaining brought it to Earth, temporarily halt-
Zhered-Na, a practitioner of " white" copy of the Tome of Zhered-Na, a ing the invasion. Jennifer became
magic, was like the evil sorcerers of book containing her mystical knowl- Dakimh's apprentice in sorcery.
the cult of Darkholders, who originat- edge.
ed in pre-Cataclysmic Atlantis. Since Jennifer was later captured by
Zhered-Na refused to recant her Kale's teenage granddaughter Thog, who now intended to invade
prophecy of doom, Kamuu banished Jennifer took an interest in witchcraft Therea, home of godlike beings, and
her from Atlantis forever blasphemy. and using one of his books without to conquer all reality. Dakimh res-
She was set adrift in a small boat, left his knowledge, experimented in cued Jennifer, and the two set out
to the mercy of the winds and tides. summoning a demon. She succeed- with their three allies, the Man-
ed in bringing the powerful demon Thing, Korrek, warrior prince of the
Zhered-Na spent the weeks adrift Thog the Nether-Spawn to Earth otherdimensional world of Katharta,
at sea in meditation, during which from the otherdimensional world of and the extradimensional talking
she had a vision of Earth 's future, Sominus without realizing he would waterfowl called Howard the Duck,
which she believed had been grant- not be under her control. But the to stop Thog's plans. While they tra-
ed her by her god Valka. Finally, her Man-Thing saved Jennifer's life and versed dimensions, Howard acci-
boat landed on the Thurian shore, Thog was forced back to Sominus. dentally fell back to Earth, but the
and days later she came across a As a result of a subsequent encoun- other four arrived in Therea, where
colony of Atlanteans there on the ter with the Man-Thing, Jennifer and the Man-Thing defeated Thog.
mainland. She founded a cult of dis- Thog, Joshua Kale realized that Jen-
ciples from this colony, and over the nifer had a psychic link with the Man- Dakimh continued to train Jennifer
following years taught them sorcery. Thing . in the knowledge and use of Zhered- ~
She also prophesied that centuries Na's sorcery, but her studies were
later demons from the realm of Later, Jennifer and the Man-Thing seemingly halted when Dakimh was
Sominus would attempt to invade were magically transported to the killed in battle. However, Dakimh 's
Earth, but would be opposed by the otherdimensional world of Sandt, spirit has continued to manifest itself
Man-Thing. Among Zhered-Na's where they first met Dakimh, now an on the Earthly plane in a seemingly
pupils was Dakimh the Enchanter, aged wizard. Dakimh pretended to physical form, and so Dakimh is con-
whom she granted seeming immor- want to have Jennifer and the Man- tinuing to train Jennifer even in the
tality, although in fact he did con- Thing killed, and had the Man-Thing present. Jennifer has already
tinue to age at an extremely slow fight in a gladiatorial arena. But in become a powerful sorceress, and
rate. Finally, the Great Cataclysm fact he was testing the Man-Thing's will probably one day become the ,,.._
began. Atlanteans in the nearby col- powers and Jennifer's spirit, to make equal of Zhered-Na herself. She has
ony wrongly believed it was Zhered- certain they were the beings he was also helped in defeating various
Na's doing and attacked her cultists. waiting for. The Man-Thing tri- mystical menaces, allying herself
Zhered-Na herself was killed, but umphed in the arena, and Dakimh not only with Dakimh but with the
sent him and Jennifer back to their Man-Thing , Korrek, Howard the
swamp. Duck, Doctor Strange, and Spider-
Man .
The Tome of Zhered-Na somehow
disappeared, and as a result, Earth

186

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I ____ -" -- - - _,' - , _- - -.___ - - - - - - --------- ---~---~~--~~--------- ---- - - --

- STATISTICS

F TY (6)
A GD (10)

s RM (30)

E IN (40)

R IN/AM (40/50)
I TY/RM (6/30)
p GD/IN (10/40)

Health: 86
Karma: Varies

Resources: MN(75)
Popularity: - 30

BACKGROUND

Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Conqueror
Legal Status: Citizen of Earth
~ Identity: Secret. His existence is not
known to general populace of Earth
Place of Birth: Earth
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Nathaniel
Richards (ancestor), Ravonna (wife,
separated), many divorgent doubles
Base of Operations: Earth, Tempo-
ral Pocket near Limbo
Past Group Affiliations: None
.---... Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS Time-Ship: This time-ship travels force beams, converting it to size
Kang's time travelling has resulted in from era to era, and is also capable and strength.
the creation of many divergent dou- of interplanetary space travel.
bles who are not equal in ability. FASER I P
Kang's Reason, Intuition, and Control Speed Body Protection Ex Ex Rm Rm Ty Pr Pr
Psyche should be chosen to make Health: 100 Karma: 14
him a challenge to his opponents. Am CL1000 Am Am
The current Kang, who survived the
~ War of Kangs and who has now Some Kangs have remote time- If the Growing Man suffers a physical
escaped Limbo, should be consid- control circuitry in their armor, allow- blow or force attack of higher rank
ered as having the maximum sug- ing them to use the time-ship's than his Strength or Endurance
gested value in those scores. machinery without actually being ranks, raise his Strength and Endur-
ance to the rank of the blow, and
Body Armor: Kang wears full body aboard. adjust Health as well. His size also
armor that provides Remarkable pro- Growing Man (not used by all Kangs): increases, as if using Growth power,
tection. These androids absorb kinetic until he reaches a height rank equal
Resistances: The armor's life sup- energy from physical blows and
port provides resistance to Corro- 187
sives, Toxins, and Disease at a

Reason + 1 CS ability. While wear-

ing his armor, Kang doesn't need to
eat or sleep.

Force Field: This force field provides

Reason +2 CS protection. It is effec-

tive against all physical, energy, and
force attacks, but not mental or mag-
ical attacks.
,,...... Blaster Gauntlets: These weapons

fire force or energy beams, and have

a Reason + 2 CS range and intensi-

ty.

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to the power of the absorbed blow. discontent. Discovering the parts of the Avengers encountered in subse- .
He suffers no damage from an attack a time machine and the plans for its quent skirmishes. One of the most
he absorbs, or from one less than or assembly in the ruins of one of his relentless of Kang's several cam-
equal to his current Endurance rank. ancestors' property, the man who paigns in the 20th Century was a
The Growing Man can be slammed, would call himself Kang embarked quest for a supposed " Celestial
but not stunned, by an attack he upon a life of conquest and adven- Madonna." He failed to gain control
absorbs. He has a maximum limit of ture. (The time machine was appar- of the Celestial Madonna, but
Monstrous in Growth, Strength, and ently the one invented by his returned in a plot to destroy all of the
Endurance. ancestor Nathaniel Richards.) Set- other Kangs in existence. He suc-
Side Arms: Some (not all) Kangs car- ting up a base of operations in the ceeded in this plan (which was in fact
ry 1-4 concealed weapons, with the Egypt of 2950 B.C. (the Second manipulated by Kang's other surviv-
same range and intensity as his Dynasty), he used his advanced sci- ing counterpart, lmmortus), but lost
gauntlets. ence to subjugate the natives. Call- the love of his wife Ravanna, and
Talents: Kang has Repair/Tinkering ing himself Pharaoh Rama-Tut, he was seeming driven mad. Neverthe-
and Engineering skills. ruled for about 1O years before an less, Kang returned to his base with
Contacts: Kang has no contacts, encounter with the Fantastic Four his sanity (relatively) intact, where he
although he may soon have contacts necessitated his leaving that time. was subdued by a female Kang from
in the Great Council. a separate universe, who is a mem-
On his way to the future, he was ber of the Great Council, apparantly ,.,.--...
ADDITIONAL NOTES: delayed by a "time storm" that tem-
porarily blocked his passage beyond an amalgamation of the most suc-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: the 20th Century. Encountering Doc- cessful Kangs of the many universes
Kang is a merciless villain driven to tor Doom drifting in space1 he res- in the multiverse. Whatever Kang's
one goal: conquest of all that is. He cued the infamous despot and future, it is certain he will cross
was once motivated by the love of his returned him to Earth , before resum- swords with the Avengers again,
wife, Ravanna, but she betrayed him ing his journey to the time period of probably deadlier than ever. Another
to lmmortus. It is quite likely that his origination. However, distur- divergent double of Kang, at the
Kang will wish to seek revenge bances in the timestream caused chronological age of 75, withdrew
against lmmortus and the Avengers, him to overshoot his target and from time altogether to become the
and, now that he has been intro- emerge in a future reality of the year benign master of Limbo called r-..
duced to a council of thousands of 4000 A.O. In that alternate future, lmmortus. Because of his vast
Kangs, will use them to further his civilization had all but collapsed, and resources, Kang is one of the most
aims. Kang is one of the most dan- the remainder of the human popula- unpredictable and formidable
gerous beings in the universe. tion was engaged in exterminating beings ever born.
one another with remnants of
HISTORY advanced weaponry from an earlier Note: Another divergent double of
era. Inspired by his encounter with the former Rama-Tut did not travel
The man who would become Kang Doctor Doom, the former Rama-Tut into the future and become Kang,
was born in one of Earth's alternate constructed a suit of body armor with but instead chose to travel a few
futures of the 30th Century (a differ- a metal mask, incorporating numer- short months into the past where he
ent one from that which was con- ous protective devices and weapon- established a new identity as the ~
quered by the alien Badoon) and ry. Then, outfitted in his battle suit, Scarlet Centurion and manipulated
being a man of adventure in a time of he emerged to confront the 40th the founding members Avengers
world peace and prosperity, he was Century Earth as Kang the Conquer- into conquering 20th Century Earth
or. It took him only a few weeks to for him. That world diverged from the
quell the warfare and create a new mainstream history as a conse-
empire for himself. quence of this extratemporal inter-
ference. Although one divergent
Dissatisfied with ruling a deca- counterpart of the Centurion aban-
dent, dying society, Kang launched a doned this guise after the Avengers
one-man assault on the 20th Centu- defeated him, another fled across
ry, only to be thwarted by the Aveng- time to an alternate timeline where
ers. Subsequent attacks on the he became a nemesis of the Squad-
Avengers, though sometimes tem- ron Supreme.
porarily successful, were also
quashed by the members of that
famed team of champions. Kang's
life became extremely non-linear;
every foray in time produced at least
one divergent-timestream counter-
part to Kang. It became difficult to
distinguish which Kang counterpart

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F RM (30)

A RM (30)
S EX (20
E EX (20)

R TY (6)

I TY (6)

P TY (6)
Health: 100
Karma: 18
Resources: TY(6)

oPopularity: - 1

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Frank Oliver
Occupation: Boxer, later profes-
sional criminal
--. Legal Status: Australian citizen with

Li criminal record in the U.S.

Identity: Publicly Known
Place of Birth: Sydney, Australia
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliation: Ally of

Jonah Harrow
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ing kangaroos in the wild. Fasci-
Kicking: Due to his body alterations, Kangaroo was an angry man, mad at nated by their leaping ability, Oliver
the Kangaroo could do up to Incredi- the world and out to prove himself. became determined to become as
ble damage with his punches, and He was rash and reckless, and good at jumping as they were. Not
could perform a leaping kick that did obsessed (like so many criminals) realizing the obvious fact the kanga-
Amazing damage (he must leap in with ·defeating Spider-Man, and was roos hopped better than human
order to inflict this damage). willing to risk his life to kill him. beings did because kangaroos'
Leaping: The Kangaroo could leap bodies are different from human
up to two areas horizontally, and one HISTORY beings', Oliver decided he might be
.- area vertically. able to leap like a kangaroo if he
Talents: The Kangaroo had Martial A native of Australia, Frank Oliver lived like one. So Oliver left his job
Arts Band a Good ability to survive in used to spend his vacations observ- and went to live in the wild, eating
the wilderness. what kangaroos ate, frequenting the
Contacts: Kangaroo was used by same places that they did, and con-
Jonah Harrow as part of his plan to tinually practicing jumping.
defeat Spider-Man, but it is unlikely
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Amazingly, Oliver succeeded in his leaping ability to escape. Embit- Jonas Harrow, who convinced him to -
developing his leaping ability to the tered Oliver decided that if society undergo a series of operations that
point at which he could jump as high intended to treat him as a criminal, took seven hours and that considera-
and as far as a man-sized kangaroo. then he would become a true men- bly enhanced the Kangaroo's punch-
Presumably the real reason for Oli- ace to society and use his unusual ing and leaping abilities. Harrow
ver's superhuman leaping prowess abilities as a thief, employing his intended to use the Kangaroo as a
was that he was a mutant, and his " Kangaroo" alias. pawn in his criminal schemes, but
self-training in the wilderness made Oliver, his self-confidence returned,
him capable of achieving the super- Soon afterwards, the Kangaroo knocked Harrow aside and left him.
human potential he had always pos- stole a metal case that he assumed
sessed. contained something of great value Soon thereafter, the Kangaroo
from some guards. Inside the case attacked Spider-Man. During their
Desiring to capitalize on his newly he found a vial, which he pocketed, battle, however, the Kangaroo suf-
developed ability, Oliver became a unaware of its contents. Within the fered an intensely painful headache.
professional boxer known as the vial were deadly live bacteria which Harrow had implanted a small
Kangaroo. Oliver intended to use his device in Oliver's forehead which he
leaping ability in the ring and thus were being used for scientific experi- could activate by remote control to
become a human counterpart to he ments and which, if released, would induce severe pain. Harrow could
"boxing kangaroos" in animal acts. spread a plague. Learning of the also communicate with Oliver
However, in one match Oliver theft, the costumed crimefighter through the implanted device. Real- .---
severely injured an opponent by Spider-Man tracked down the Kan- izing that the only way to end the
knocking him down with one of his garoo and found him robbing a party. pain was to follow Harrow's transmit-
powerful leaps. Told that he would be Spider-Man tried to get the Kanga- ted command, the Kangaroo
prosecuted if the injured man did not roo to listen to him to convince him of returned to Harrow.
recover, Oliver panicked and fled how dangerous the vial's contents
Australia. were, but the Kangaroo attacked Harrow ordered the Kangaroo to
him. Spider-Man finally seized the steal a certain radioactive isotope
Stowing away on a boat, Oliver Kangaroo, shook the vial loose from from the Hudson Nuclear Laborato-
reached America. There, however, his clothing, and snared the vial in ries. Learning of the Kangaroo's
he was eventually arrested as an ille- his webbing. Spider-Man let the break-in at the laboratories, Spider-
gal alien and was sentenced to be police take custody of the intact, Man went there and battled Oliver. ,,..--....
deported back to Australia, where he unopened vial, but the Kangaroo Finally, knocking Spider-Man aside,
feared he would stand trial for his escaped. the Kangaroo entered the room hold-
thoughtless brutality in the ring. Two ing the dangerously radioactive iso-
guards accompanied Oliver by train Humiliated by his defeat by topes. Within seconds the Kangaroo
to New York City, his point of depar- Spider-Man, Oliver fell into a deep was killed by the intense radiaton.
ture for Australia. depression and spent the following Spider-Man shut the lead-shielded
months as a vagrant in New York door to the room , thereby saving
But on arriving at New York City's City, lacking the confidence to return himself from exposure to the lethal
Pennsylvania Station, Oliver to thievery. Oliver was finally rad iation.
knocked down his guards and used approached by the criminal surgeon

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F GD (10)
A TY (6)

s TY (6)

E GD (10)

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

Health: 32

Karma: 101

Resources: TY(6)

Popularity: 4

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Xi'an (pronounced
Shan) Coy Manh
Occupation: Former adventurer,
~ fo rmer executive assistant to Profes-
sor Charles Xavier
Legal Status: Former citizen of
South Vietnam, legal alien in the
U.S. with no criminal record
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Central highlands of
Vietnam
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Coy Leong
~ (brother), Coy Nga (sister), Tran Coy
Manh (brother, deceased), Nguyen

Ngoc Coy (uncle)
Base of Operations: Formerly Pro-
fessor Charles Xavier's School for
Gifted Youngsters, Salem Center,
Westchester County, New York, now
unknown (possibly San Francisco)
Past Group Affiliations: The New
Mutants
~Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS body also affects her. If the body is the victim's personality will over-
Possession: Xi'an has the ability to reduced to five Health, killed, or ren- whelm her own (or she must aban-
take over the minds of human beings dered unconscious, she immediately don the victim's mind). She may
and animals. She does this with returns to her own body, shaken and possess more than one person at a
Unearthly ability, and must be in the groggy, unable to perform any time and can manipulate them simul-
same area for initial possession, but actions for a full round. taneously, but it isn't easy (Red
can extend her range up to a half- Psyche roll required).
mile after that. Those attacked make Her mental control is absolute, but Talents: Xi'an has a Remarkable tal-
a Psyche FEAT roll against the during the first ten rounds after ent for survival in wild areas and
Unearthly attack to avoid posses- beginning possession, all attempts ruins. This includes the ability to hide
sion. The victim's mind goes blank to use the body are at -1 CS. After and remain unmoving for hours if
during the possession When she the tenth round she uses the body necessary. She speaks fluent
possesses other people, Karma's normally. Every half hour, the victim English, French, and Vietnamese.
body remains immobile, but she may make a Psyche FEAT rolls to As Charles Xavier's administrative
retains possession of it (unlike astral regain control. After 24 hours, Kar- assistant, she undoubtedly has
projection) and may act with both ma must make a Psyche FEAT roll or
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Psyche FEAT. Her mind automati-
cally returns to her own body if it is

damaged. Damage to the possessed

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some Business Administration skill. ally, the family escaped from Viet- Karma and psionically turned her -
Contacts: Xi'an's current contacts nam on a small overcrowded boat. own power against her, enabling him
include her uncle, Nguyen Ngoc Xi'an was too sick and hungry to use to take possession of her mind and
Coy, Father Michael Bowen (uncle to her powers to fight the Thai pirates body. In Karma's form, now able to
Tandy Bowen, aka Dagger), and who attacked the boat, killed her use both his own mental powers and
Magneto, overseer of the New father and the other adult men on hers, Farouk established a criminal
Mutants (who has connections in the board, and assaulted the women. empire. Farouk became the master-
Hellfire Club). Xi'an's mother died the day the survi- mind behind the Gladiators, super-
vors were rescued by the U.S. Navy. human mutants who fought each
ADDITIONAL NOTES: other in a gladiatorial arena for the
Xi'an, her younger brother Leong, illicit entertainment of California's
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: and her younger sister Nga were decadent rich. Farouk, who when he
Karma is a determined young wom- sent to America to be reunited with was alive was a man with a great
an who has experienced more than her uncle Nguyen and Tran . General appetite for food, used Karma's body
her share of tragedy. She is self- Coy had become a powerful and to indulge his appetites again, and
sufficient, preferring not to burden prosperous criminal in the United Karma eventually became gro-
her friends with her troubles. Karma States, and Tran was using his tesquely enormous.
is mature and level-headed, but can powers in his uncle's employ. But
be very vicious and deadly when she when Coy asked Xi'an to use her Two of the New Mutants, Magma
is enraged or when her back is powers in his service, she refused. and Sunspot, were kidnapped and
against the wall; her brother's fate is forced to become members of the
ample of evidence of this. But then General Coy kidnapped Gladiators. The two were rescued by
Leong and Nga in an effort to black- other members of the New Mutants
HISTORY mail her into working for him. Des- and X-Men, who learned that Karma
perate, she located Spider-Man was the head of the Gladiators' orga-
Xi'an Coy Manh was the daughter of whom she believed to be a criminal nization. Karma escaped and even-
a colonel in the South Vietnamese from accounts in the New York Daily tually captured and took possession
army. Either because of pre-natal Bugle, and took possession of his of the minds of the X-Man Storm and
influences or because of exposure to mind so she could use his powers to all the New Mutants except Magik
mutagenic chemical/biological war- rescue the children. Spider-Man and and Warlock. The latter two freed the ,.--..,.
fare agents after they were born, the Fantastic Four located Xi'an and others from Farouk's psychic con-
Xi'an and her twin brother Tran Coy Bowen, learned her story, and
Manh were mutants with the power agreed to help her. Tran used his trol , and Farouk's consciousness
to take mental possession of the powers to take control of the fled from Karma's body into that of
minds of others. Fantastic Four and have them attack the New Mutant Cypher's. Farouk's
Spider-Man. To save Spider-Man, and Karma's minds then engaged in
When South Vietnam fell to Com- Xi'an was forced to kill her brother by psychic combat, and she defeated
munist rule, General Coy arranged absorbing his life essence into her- him. Farouk fled back to the astral
for the evacuation of Xi'an's family, self and was then reunited with
but only Tran was actually rescued. plane.
The rest of the family was left Leong and Nga. Shortly afterwards, Karma, Storm,
behind. Overcoming her revulsion Shortly thereafter, Xi'an, who now
and moral qualms over her powers, and the rest of the New Mutants ~
Xi'an used them to save her family called herself Karma, accepted the were kidnapped to Asgard by the
from prison and execution. Eventu- invitation of Professor Charles Enchantress. Magik tried to teleport
Xavier to enroll in his school in order herself and her friends out of the
to learn to use her mutant powers, Enchantress' dungeon, but her
and became leader of the New spells instead scattered them
Mutants, as well as Xavier's own through space and time. Karma
found herself in a desert in the
secretary. Asgardian dimension months in the
During a battle between the New past. Over the considerable time it
took for Karma to be reunited with
Mutants and the Viper, he blew up the rest of the New Mutants she
her Pacific Coast estate in an became once again a slim young
attempt to kill her foes. The New
Mutants fell into the ocean below, woman in good condition.
Karma served as a member of the
and the currents separated her from
her teammates, who thought her New Mutants until the disappear-
ance of her brother and sister, when
dead. she left the New Mutants to pursue
Instead, Karma's mind fell under them. She may have joined forces ---...
with her uncle, but her present
the possession of the superhuman
mutant Amahl Farouk. Although whereabouts are uncertain.
dead, Farouk's consciousness con-
tinued to exist on an astral plane.
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STATISTICS

F AM (50)
A EX (20)

S RM (30)
E RM (30)
R GD (10)
I AM (50)
P EX (20)
Health: 130
Karma: 60
Resources: EX (20)
Popularity: 9 (80 among lnhumans)

BACKGROUND

Real Name: Unrevealed

Occupation: Priest/Philosopher
Legal Status: Citizen of Attilan
~ Identity: Secret. His identity is not
known to the general public of Earth.
Place of Birth: None

Marital Status: Single

Known Relatives: Mander (father),
Azur (mother, deceased), Triton
(brother), Black Bolt, Maximus, Crys-
tal, Medusa (cousins)

Base of Operations: Attilan, Blue
Area, the Moon
~ Past Group Affiliations: Royal
Family of the Attilans

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS and injury. Karnak can halt any of ADDITIONAL NOTES:
these processess indefinitely. He
Martial Arts Supremacy: Karnak gains a + 1 CS in all Endurance
does Amazing damage when using FEATS involving poisons or knock-
the unarmed Martial Arts. He can out gasses.
use this powerful skill to do power
rank damage to any target he Talents: Karnak is a philosopher and
--... strikes. a scholar studying in the study of
martial arts. He possesses Martial
Weakness Detection: Karnak has the Arts A, D, and E as well as Wrestling
Good ability to locate the weakest and Acrobatics.
points in bodies and structures. Contacts: Karnak is a member of
Combined with Martial Arts Suprem- the Inhuman royal family. He is a
acy, this gives him the following close friend of the Fantastic Four,
Power Stunts: and an ally of the Avengers.

Super Strike: Karnak inflicts
Unearthly damage if he makes a
Psyche FEAT roll after studying the
target for one turn.

Ignore Resistance: Karnak may slam
or stun opponents whose Endurance
is greater than his Strength. He may
ignore the effects of armor, resist-

ance, or invulnerability if he makes a
Psyche FEAT roll.

Iron Will: Karnak has Amazing con-
trol over his own body. He can con-
trol his body's autonomic functions
of breathing, reflexes, and heart-

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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: HISTORY
Karnak is one of the quietest and
most thoughtful of all of the lnhu- Karnak was the second son of an
mans. He approaches any problem Inhuman priest/philospher named
Mander and an ocean biologist
in a scholarly fashion; he studies the named Azur. Having sent their first
situation, and then devises the most son Triton into the Terrigen Mist
efficient course of action. Karnak is a when he was an infant, Mander and
definite contrast to his impulsive Azur decided to raise their second
brother Gorgon, and the two of them child without Terrigen mutation.
make an interesting team. Karnak was enrolled in his father's
religious seminary in the Tower of
Wisdom where he trained in various
physical and mental disciplines until
he was 18 years old. Karnak's moth-
er died in a mysterious undersea
mishap. Karnak's father is still a
teacher at the seminary.

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F RM (30)
A EX (20)
S IN (40)
E IN (40)
R EX (20)
I RM (30)
P MN (75)
Health: 130
Karma: 125

Resources: RM (30)
Popularity: O(80 in Nornheim)

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Karnilla
Occupation: Queen of Nornheim,
Sorceress
~ Legal Status: Citizen of Nornheim
Identity: Publically known in the
Asgard dimension. Her identity is not
known to the general public of Earth.
Place of Birth: Presumably
Nornheim, dimension of Asgard
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Nornkeep,

Nornheim
.-.. Past Group Affiliations: None

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS Enhancement: With a Psyche FEAT magical talismans (such as the
Magic: Karnilla is a sorceress of Wrecker's crowbar).
Master level, currently the most pow- roll, Karnilla can increase the abili- Dimensional Travel: Monstrous level
erfuI in the Asgard dimension, ties of others and give them superhu- of ability.
although with Odin still living, one
cannot call her Sorceress Supreme man abilities (Karnilla may add Karnilla also has a spying device
of Asgard. Most of Karnilla's magical Karma to the roll): which she uses to see visual images
~, powers are unknown; these are the of whatever person she is spying on
spells she uses most frequently. * White - 2 abilities raised, + 2 CS (usually Balder).
Resistance to Cold: Remarkable Contacts: Karnilla is a close friend
Image Generation: Monstrous *Green - 3 abilities raised , +3 CS, of the current King of Asgard, Balder,
Sleep: This spell fills a three area and may have connections with the
radius, and has a 7-area range. Vic- plus one random Power Norns, the Fates of Norse myth.
tims must make a Yellow Endurance
FEAT or sleep for 1-10 hours. * Yellow - 3 abilities raised, +3 CS, 195
Paralyze: Victims of this spell must
make a Yellow Psyche FEAT or be plus two random Powers
frozen for 1-10 turns. * Red - 4 abilities raised, + 3 CS,
Personal Shield: Karnilla can create plus three random Powers
a Force Shield that deflects physical
or energy attacks of Monstrous The enhancement lasts as long as
Intensity or below.
Transmute Elements: Karnilla can Karnilla concentrates on it, and may
transmute objects of Monstrous
Material Strength or less into any be made permanent with the use of
immaterial objects (also of Mon-
strous Material Strength or less) that
she chooses.

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ADDITIONAL NOTES: Asgardian god of evil, Loki. However, ~

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: HISTORY Karnilla has long been in love with
Karnilla has been reckless and
impulsive in the past, and more than The birth and early life of Karnilla are Asgard's noblest warrior, Balder the
a little self-centered. This may have shrouded in mystery. All that is really
changed; she has willingly given up known is that she has long lived in Brave. On Balder's request (on
Balder so he may ascend the throne Nornheim, the Asgardian province
of Asgard. Oddly, although she is a where dwell the Three Norns, the behalf of Asgard's monarch Odin),
sorceress of great power feared goddesses of destiny, and she has
even by Loki, she doesn't use much become one of the most accom- Karnilla allied herself and her army
magic; she prefers to use catspaws, plished practioners of the arts of sor-
agents to carry out her designs. Her cery in the Asgardian dimension. with Asgard in the recent war with
current activities are unknown, Although Nornheim lies on the
though she may be planning Asgardian land mass within Surtur. After years of resisting Karnil-
revenge on Utgard-Loki, the Frost Asgard's own dimension, and
Giant king who ravaged her home although Karnilla is apparently of the la's advances, Balder has finally
and took her prisoner. Asgardian race, she does not con-
sider herself to be subject to Asgar- become Karnilla's lover. Some of
dian rule. Rather, Nornheim is an
independent country of which Karnil- Balder's Asgardian friends disap-
la is absolute monarch.
prove of the relationship, regarding
Karnilla lives opulently in the
ancient fastness of Nornkeep, Karnilla as a figure of evil. Karnilla
attended by her servant, the aged
minor sorceress Haag, and troops of regards herself, however, as a harsh
guardian demons. Although there
are many demons among her sub- but just ruler.
jects, Karnilla's realm is also popu-
lated by humanoid immortals, just as Balder was called away from
is Asgard proper. Karnilla's relation-
ship to the goddesses of destiny is Nornkeep to join the Asgardian
unknown, although they are clearly
beyond her jurisdiction. prince Thor in his mission to rescue

In the past Karnilla has often souls of Earth human beings from .---
proved to be an enemy of Asgard
and has acted in alliance with the Hel. During Balder's absence,

Karnilla was taken prisoner by the

Frost Giants of Jotunheim, who were

preparing an invasion of Asgard and

first intended to eliminate Asgard's

allies. The Frost Giants also trans-

formed Karnilla's subjects into

stone. On his return, Balder set out

to rescue Karnilla, and ultimately

met with success. ~

However, Balder has been forced

to give up the company of Karnilla in

order to ascend to the throne of

Asgard. Karnilla willingly allowed

Balder to pursue this goal, seeming-

ly for unselfish purposes. She is at

present rebuilding Nornheim.

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F RM (30)
A RM (30)
S GD (10)
E RM (30)
R TY (6)
I RM (30)
P EX (20)
Health: 100
Karma: 56
Resources: PR (4)
Popularity: 20

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Lord Kevin Plunder
Occupation: Hunter, Trapper, Fish-
erman
Legal Status: British citizen with no
criminal record
Identity: Publicly Known
Place of Birth: Castle Plunder, Kent-
ish Town, Long, England
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Shanna O' Hara
(wife), Lord Robert (father,
deceased), Lady Blanche (mother,
deceased), Parnival the Plunderer
,,..--..... (brother)
Base of Operations: Formerly the

Savage Land, Pangea, now mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Partner of
Shanna the She-Devil
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Weapons: Ka-Zar is a man caught between two
Knife: Ka-Zar's knife does Excellent worlds, the world of the Savage
.---.. Edged damage and is made of Land, which requires physical
Remarkable strength material strength and absolute determination
Talents : Ka-Zar has Wrestling , Acro- for survival, and the world of man, in
batics, and Animal Handling skills. which the survival skills are much
He has Thrown weapon and Bow more subtle. Ka-Zar survives by
skills, and has Incredible ability with sheer force of will. He tries to act civi-
knives. Ka-Zar has a number of other lized, but when pushed to the limit he
skills related to wilderness survival, will revert to the savagery of his
such as swimming and climbing. upbringing.
Contacts: Ka-Zar is on good terms

with a number of costumed adven-
turers, most notably Spider-Man,
Iron Man, and the X-Men. Ka-Zar is
the husband of Shanna the She-
Devil and is aided by Zabu, the
sabertooth tiger.

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There Lord Plunder took his son to gain control of the Anti-Metal. This ,,...-.
the mound of Anti-Metal, unaware
HISTORY they were being stalked by the native began a lifelong animosity between
Maa-Gor and his tribe of barbaric
Kevin Plunder is the eldest son of the Man-Apes. The Man-Apes slew Lord them. Influenced by visitors from the
British nobleman and scientist, Lord Plunder, but as they grabbed Kevin,
Robert Plunder. While searching for they were attacked by Zabu, the last outside world, he allowed aspects of
an undiscovered element he of a species of saber-toothed tiger
believed existed in nature, Lord the Man-Apes had hunted to virtual his civilized side to emerge. Upon
Plunder discovered the hidden jun- extinction. Immediately forming an
gle on the Antarctic continent that empathic bond, Zabu and the boy the senseless death of his friend,
became known as the Savage Land. fled to the Place of Mists, a region
There, he confirmed his theories by where the Man-Apes refused to set Tongah of the Fall People, which he
discovering the Anti-Metal (later foot. The incident soon passed into
determined to be an isotope of Vibra- the Man-Apes' legends, and the boy blamed on the lack of advanced
nium), a substance that can destroy was given the name "Ka-Zar" which
the molecular bonds of any known means "son of the tiger." In the Land medicine in the Savage Land, Ka-
metal. Lord Plunder returned to his of Mists, the boy grew to manhood,
native England to find his wife had his saber-toothed companion pro- zar began to develop an absurdist
passed away in his absence. Realiz- tecting him from all dangers. From
ing his own mortality, he locked away Zabu, Ka-Zar learned the ways of the view of life. Though still residing in
a sizable sample of the Anti-Metal he flora and fauna of the entire Savage
had brought back, and fashioned a Land . Upon reaching maturity, Ka- the hidden jungle, Ka-Zar began to
small fragment of it into a medallion zar failed in his attempts to make
that could be used as a "key" to peace with the Man-Apes and was immerse himself in western culture,
unleash its power. He then split the drawn into battle. At the battle's end,
key in two, giving half to each of his the whole tribe of Man-Apes had and became comfortable playing the
two sons, Kevin and Parnival, as been killed with the exception of
their inheritance. their leader Maa-Gor. role of an irreverent, Americanized

When word of Lord Plunder's dis- After his father's murder, young adventurer. This role has been rein-
covery leaked out, agents of an Kevin Plunder banished from his
unscrupulous power tried to wrest consciousness most of the memo- forced by the influence of his Ameri-
from him the Anti-Metal's location. ries of his childhood as a pampered
Saved from the agents by the arrival son of nobility and came to think and can compan ion and now wife,
of his armed butler Willis, Lord Plun- act like a "savage." Upon reaching
der decided to see to his son's maturity, Ka-Zar came into conflict Shanna O'Hara. In times of extreme ,,__
safety. While Parnival was sent into with his brother Parnival, who calling
hiding with Willis, he and Kevin himself the Plunderer, sought Ka- stress, however, he still lapses briefly
sought refuge in the Savage Land. Zar's half of the medallion in order to
into savagery.

Recently, the alien planet-ravager

Terminus rampaged through the

Savage Land and Pangea. While

doing so, Terminus destroyed much

of the climate-controlling apparatus

that sustained the tropical jungle

amidst the polar icecap. What was

not destroyed by Terminus's energy ,,--.

staff was soon claimed by the Ant-

arctic blizzard. In less than a day the

entire Savage Land and Pangea

vanished under snow and ice. The

Avengers managed to rescue Ka-Zar

and Shanna and escort them to New

York City. The home they knew gone

forever, the couple is wandering

about the world, searching for a new

home and way of life. ,,-..

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~ STATISTICS

F EX (20)
A EX (20)
S RM (30)
E FB (2)
R RM (30)
I EX (20)

P TY (6)
Health: 72
Karma: 56
Resources: TY (6)
Popularity: - 3

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Frederick Kiber
Occupation: Scientist, would-be
conqueror
...-.... Legal Status: Unrevealed
Identity: The general populace of
Earth was unaware of the transfor-
mation undergone by Kiber
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: A mountain ris-
ing from the South Atlantic Ocean
Past Group Affiliations: None
~ Present Group Affiliation :

KNOWN POWERS Energy Attacks: Kiber's Mouthpiece would be destroyed.
Teleportation : Kiber had equipment could fire blasts of Incredible intensi- Agents: Known as the Uglies, Kiber's
to teleport people with Monstrous ty. android agents had the following
ability up to 2,000 miles to his South Teleportation: The image of Kiber stats:
Atlantic stronghold. could move instantly in any spot
Psychic Dependency: Kiber within a three area radius, and break FAS ER IP
absorbed psychic energy; he had a apart into a "split" human appari- Ex Gd Gd Gd Ty Pr Pr
dependence on the psychic energy tion. Health: 50 Karma: 14
~ of others. For every 20 points of Vulnerability: The Mouthpiece could
Psyche he devoured, he would not be affected by normal attacks, Phasing: The Uglies could phase
increase his Endurance rank by one, whether physical or energy. The with Remarkable ability.
to a maximum of Monstrous. If Kiber image could be grounded out by the Atom Changer: With this weapon,
did not devour psychic energy each touch of iron (or other conductive the Uglies could produce a shock of
day, he would lose one rank of metals). Kiber would have to make a Remarkable intensity.
Endurance until he died. Kiber also Psyche FEAT roll or the Mouthpiece Immobility: Kiber, due to the initial
gained one point of Psyche for every
round that a psionic was in telepathic 199
contact with him (20 rounds of con-
tact equals one Endurance rank).
Mouthpiece: Kiber created a mouth-
piece, a semi-solid energy image of
him before his disfigurement, which
kept in psychic contact with him,
allowing him to view things from out-
side his laboratory. This mouthpiece
........_ had the following stats and abilities:

FAS ER IP
Ex Ex Rm Rm Rm Ex Ty
Health: n/a Psyche: n/a