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failure of his teleportation experi- befell Kiber. Somehow the matter ruler of the African Kingdom of ..-...
ments, was a large prone semi- transmitter radically transformed his
human creature fused to the floor of body and permanently bonded it with Wakanda, at the base of Wakanda's
his stronghold, unable to move. the molecular structure of the floor in
Talents: Kiber had Incredible abili- his laboratory. Hence, Kiber was Panther Mountain. The androids
ties in the areas of teleportation, now horribly misshapen and unable
molecular physics, and robotics. to move from where he lay on the then teleported Khanata to Kiber's
Contacts: None floor. Moreover, Kiber's body struc-
ture and chemistry were strangely South Atlantic headquarters.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: altered. Kiber had an overpowering
appetite to consume food, which his Searching for Khanata, the Black
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: androids procured for him, and he
Kiber the Cruel lived up to his name Panther went to Panther Mountain
because he was willing to inflict cru- swelled to inhumanly gigantic size
elty and death upon others to pro- from eating so much. Moreover, and was himself captured and
long his own life. Kiber came to through unknown means, Kiber
rationalize his psychic vampirism by learned that he could gain energy by brought by teleportation to Kiber's
saying that when he absorbed their absorbing the consciousnesses and
psyches they were going to a better life forces of other human beings. lair. Fighting off android guards, the
place, a place without worry, fear, or (Perhaps Kiber had some human
human misery; he may even have assistants at the base and discov- Black Panther found Kiber fused to
convinced himself of this at the end. ered he could absorb life forces by
Kiber may have seen himself as absorbing theirs.) Kiber believed the floor. Kiber's androids trans-
humanity's savior, that incorporating that in his new form, as long as he
humanity into himself would end all kept absorbing life forces, he was formed all of their current victims to
wars. potentially immortal.
energy except Khanata; this energy
HISTORY Kiber directed his androids in
doing work for him. Apparently it was was then transmitted to an energy
Frederick Kiber was a controversial the androids, following Kiber's
scientist who disappeared from pub- instructions, who perfected the mat- globe in Kiber's laboratory. The Pan-
lic view after he announced his ter transmitter. Also, it was presum-
determination to create a means of ably the androids who, guided by ther saved Khanata from being turn-
teleportation . Kiber worked on Kiber, devised the "energy con-
inventing suqh a "matter transmit- verter" cabinet, which could trans- ed into energy and defeated Kiber's
ter" at his isolated base within a form a human being into living
mountain rising from the waters of energy, which was stored in the other androids. ,.-..
the South Atlantic Ocean. Appar- globe atop the cabinet, and could be
ently Kiber was aided by a large transmitted into another such globe. The Panther then took the energy
number of androids who also served
him as guards; the origin of these Kiber had his androids travel from globe, intending to have his scien-
androids is unknown. his island base via teleportation to
capture victims. The androids would tists somehow find a way of restoring
In the course of his teleportation be teleported back with their cap-
experiments, a terrible accident tives and transform them into energy the human consciousnesses

in the converter. Kiber would absorb trapped within it to physical life.
the captives' life force from this
energy. Kiber had energy globes Apparently, this was the only remain-
containing the life forces and energy
from various captives stored in his ing globe in Kiber's headquarters
headquarters. He intended eventu-
ally to create gigantic storage com- that still contained life forces. The
plexes full of such energy-filled
globes whose power he could draw Panther took the globe with him
on if needed. Kiber desired ulti-
mately to control the world. when he left Kiber's base, thereby ......--...

Kiber did not allow his human cap- leaving Kiber to perish soon without
tives to see his true form . Instead, he
spoke to them through a projected its energies. As king of Wakanda, the
holographic image of his original
human form . Some of Kiber's Panther had earlier declared Kiber's
androids captured Khanata, a cous-
in of T'Challa, the Black Panther, base to be part of his Wakandan

realm by right of conquest. Hence, it

may be presumed that the Panther

arranged for Wakandan forces to

occupy the base and take the

androids into custody so that they

could not procure more victims for --.

Kiber. Kiber died shortly after his

defeat by the Black Panther. It is not

known whether the life forces con-

tained in the globe that the Panther

took were ever restored to bodily

existence.

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F EX (20)
A EX (20)
S GD (10)
E EX (20)
R TY (6)
I EX (20)
P GD (10)
Health: 70
Karma: 36
Resources: PR (4)
Popularity: 20 ( - 30 with authori-
ties)

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Blaine Colt
Occupation: Gunfighter
,,.--.,.. Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with a
criminal record
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single (in recorded
history)
Known Relatives: Dan Colt (father,
deceased)
Past Group Affiliations: None
Base of Operations: Mobile within
~ the American Southwest in the
1870s

KNOWN POWERS
Gun-fighting: Kid Colt uses two Colt
.45 revolvers, which do Typical dam-
age .

Talents: Kid Cold gets + 1 CS with

his revolvers and also with lassos.
He has Martial Arts B, and Riding
----- skill.
Contacts: Kid Colt knew the Two-
Gun Kid, and the Rawhide Kid.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: HISTORY
Kid Colt was one of the greatest
heroes of the old West, in spite of the Blaine Colt was the son of Dan Colt,
false charges placed against him. the owner of the Flying-C Ranch just
He has a different code of conduct outside Abilene, Wyoming. Blaine
than modern superheroes; dueling secretly began practicing using a
(with guns) is an accept~d. and ho~­ Colt .45 handgun and discovered he
orable behavior and killing one s was extraordinarily fast on the draw.
enemy was acceptable in a fair fight. Knowing he had a hot temper, Blaine
Kid Colt was always concerned was afraid that if he carried a Colt, he
about injustice, especially when it might someday shoot someone in a
affected those who could not fight fit of temper. Therefore, Blaine
back, and served a champion for the

common man.

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refused to carry a gun, thus disap- The next morning Dan Colt got up soon learned that the sheriff wanted -
pointing his father, who knew Blaine before Blaine and, without telling his
might need a gun someday for son beforehand, went to Abilene to him for questioning as a possible
defense. But Blaine refused to tell settle his score with Larribee. Dan
his father the real reason he did not left orders that Blaine was to wait at murderer. Afraid that no one would
carry a gun for fear he would worry the ranch for him. Later that day, a
that Blaine might become a killer. deputy arrived from Abilene and told believe he had outdrawn Larribee in
Blaine that Larribee had killed Dan in
Lash Larribee, the brutal head of a a gun duel. Blaine was furious. Since a fair fight, Blaine Colt fled from Abi-
gang of gunslingers, formed a Larribee was a professional gunfigh-
Ranchers Protective Association ter and Dan Colt was not, Blaine lene.
based in Abilene. Except for Dan claimed that their duel had not been
Colt, all the ranchers in the area fair and that Larribee had murdered From then on Blaine Colt, known
joined Larribee's association for fear Dan Colt.
of reprisals from Larribee if they did as " Kid Colt," wandered the Ameri-
not. One day in the early 1870's Blaine Colt strapped on a gunbelt
Larribee and some of his men con- and rode to Abilene, where he con- can Southwest as a fugitive from the
fronted Dan and Blaine Colt in Abi- fronted Larribee in a saloon and
lene. Larribee demanded that Dan challenged him to a gunfight. Larri- law. His flight from Abilene con-
Colt join the association, but the bee grabbed his gun from its holster,
elder Colt refused . Larribee knocked but before he could fire, Blaine Colt vinced many that he was a murderer,
Dan Colt down. Both Dan and Blaine drew and fired his own gun, shooting
Colt attempted to fight back against Larribee dead. and he was unjustly blamed for
Larribee, but Larribee held them
both off at gunpoint. Larribee One of Larribee's men, fearing many crimes over the years. In fact,
Blaine was too dangerous for him
ordered the two Colts to ride out of and the rest of the gang, ran to the Kid Colt used his amazing skill with
town and told them that the next time sheriff and told him that Blaine Colt
he saw them, either they should join had shot Larribee down in cold guns to defend people from crimi-
his association or be ready to fight blood , without giving Larribee a
him in a gun battle. chance to draw his gun. Blaine Colt nals, and many came to call him "a

Robin Hood on horseback." Among

Kid Colt's most notorious adversar-

ies were Iron Mask, Doctor Danger, -

and the Fat Man. During his life as a

gunfighter, Kid Colt encountered the

Rawhide Kid, who had also been

unjustly branded as an outlaw, and

the masked crimefighting gunman

known as the Two-Gun Kid.

The full story of Kid Colt's life has

not yet been revealed; the circum-

stances, time, and place of his death

are as yet unknown. ,,....._

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F RM (30)
A RM (30)
S RM (30)
E RM (30)
R TY (6)
I GD (10)

P TY (6)
Health: 120
Karma: 22
Resources: TY (6)
Popularity: 0

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Simon Maddicks
Identity: Secret
Occupation: Professional Criminal
,.--...__ Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with no
criminal record
Place of Birth: Williamsburg, Virgin-
ia
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Former
agent of the Roxxon Oil Company
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Body Armor: Killer Shrike wears an Killer Shrike is a mercenary in the
insulated steel-mesh body suit that truest sense, and takes pride in his
provides Excellent protection from ability to do a good job in difficult sit-
physical and electrical attacks. uations. Failure to perform costs him
Bracelets: Killer Shrike wears talon- his reputation, so he is willing to go
shaped power blasters on each to any length to come out on top of a
wrist. These blasters inflict Incredi- situation. He has a grudge against
ble damage in a 2-area range. The several superheroes, most notably
,,--...__ talons are made of Amazing-rank Spider-Man.
steel and inflict Remarkable Hack
and Slash damage.
Flight: Killer Skrike's anti-gravity
units allow him to fly with Typical

speed (6 areas/round).
Talents: Killer Shrike has Martial
Arts A, and Military skill.
Contacts: Killer Shrike has many

criminal contacts, especially with
Roxxon Oil.

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HISTORY hospital by Bloodstone's agents. to the Shrike knowledge of his past. ,.--...,
There he lay comatose for several In battle with Spider-Man and the
For his in itiation, the Conspiracy weeks. Upon awakening he had tem- Beast, Weems was killed before he
sent Killer Shrike to capture the mon- porary amnesia, but was soon con- could uphold his end of the bargain.
ster called Goram. Instead, he found tacted by one of the Brand scientists, The Shrike escaped and was soon
himself engaged in battle with the Dr. Stephen Weems, who operated contacted by agents of the Brand
adventurer Ulysses Bloodstone and upon him. Weems, calling himself Corporation. They helped store his
was defeated. Injured by the short- the Modular Man, had been the vic- memory, and assigned him to under-
circuiting of his electrical weaponry, tim of a microwave experiment that cover work as bodyguard to Brand
the Shrike was taken to a New York backfired , and sought the Shrike's president James Melvin. With
help to acqu ire more power. In Brand's public dissolution, Ki ller
return , Weems promised to disclose Shrike became a free agent.

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F RM (30)
A GD (10)
S EX (20)
E IN (40)
R GD (20)
I EX (20)
P GD (10)
Health: 100
Karma: 40
Resources: IN (40)

Popularity: 0

BACKGROUND sions, small duties or delaying contacts. His agents have infiltrated
Real Name: Wilson Fisk heroes that attack his organization most businesses, law enforcement
Occupation: Criminal organizer and directly. agencies, city government, and even
mastermind, president and owner of Talents: Fisk practices a grueling the military.
....-..._ legitimate businesses regimen that keeps him in fighting ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with no form. His great mass is muscle, not
criminal record fat, and the Kingpin has Martial Arts 205
Identity: Publically known A, B, C, as well as Wrestling skill.
Place of Birth: Unknown, presum- The Kingpin also has Excellent Rea-
ably in the New York area son with Business/Finance.
Marital Status: Married Contacts: The Kingpin has Criminal
Known Relatives: Vanessa (wife), Contacts and prides himself on
Richard (son) knowing what is going on in his city,
Base of Operations: New York City, especially in the area of crime. He
~ conducts his operations (legal and also has many Business/Finance
illegal) from a skyscraper he owns in
mid-town Manhattan. He lives in a
mansion in New York State's West-
chester County.
Past Group Affiliations: Leader of a
coalition of East Coast non-Maggia
criminal organizations, former man-

ager of Las Vegas HYDRA faction
Present Group Affiliation:

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KNOWN POWERS
Body Armor: Through his fighting
disciplines, the Kingpin has Poor
Body Armor.
Weaponry: The Kingpin has been
known to carry a few weapons for his
own defense. He usually carries a
walking stick made of Remarkable
material containing a 3-shot laser,
range of 2 areas, doing Excellent
energy damage. The walking stick
also contains two doses of Amazing
Intensity sleep gas (range 1 area,
Endurance FEAT or sleep 1-10
hours). The Kingpin's diamond stick-
pin also contains a dose of sleeping
gas, which may be used against
..---.... opponents he is grappling.
Minions: Kingpin rarely travels
alone, but maintains a private army
of goons for fighting practice ses-

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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Fisk formed a small gang, which that Fisk abandon his life of crime or./"""'
The Kingpin is the Caesar of Crime, rapidly grew in size, influence, else she would desert him. Fisk
a man who built an empire on human power and wealth and was careful to agreed to her terms, and they retired
sin, a master tactician who knows invest his illegal gains in legitimate
every human weakness and how to businesses. to Japan. Vanessa even persuaded
exploit it to his advantage. The King- him to turn over his files on the activi-
pin will not get directly involved in After finally becoming a prominent ties of other leaders of organized
conflict, but will use agents, such as member of New York society, he met crime to American legal authorities.
assassins like Bullseye, Elektra, and and soon married Vanessa, a beauti- To prevent this, the new leaders of
Tombstone, or petty thugs and extor- ful woman not yet 20 years old and the Kingpin's crime syndicate kid-
tionists to do his dirty work. The whose love, the Kingpin has stated, napped Vanessa, who was then
Kingpin's influence extends into all gave him the peace he sought after apparently killed by a Kingpin aide
areas of crime (including narcotics, a his constant struggle for power. who correctly saw her as the only
field that he once said he would nev- Whether or not Vanessa knew of his obstacle preventing Fisk from
er be involved). He is a monstrous criminal activities when she married returning to crime.
evil because he revels in and
exploits the human weaknesses that him is unclear; she did know after- Fisk reassumed leadership of his
make his business possible. Yet, he wards. Their son, Richard, was born former organization, and turned over
is also a tragic figure, who would within a year after their marriage. his files on other criminal leaders to
have given up his life of crime but for the law through the Daredevil. The
the cruelty of fate, and the loss of the About 20 years later, Fisk, now ploy worked; as a result, many crimi-
woman that he loved more than life known as the Kingpin, had become nal leaders were convicted. In the
itself. one of the most powerful criminal ensuing power vacuum, Kingpin
leaders in both the New York and Las rebuilt his coalition, stronger than
HISTORY Vegas areas and had won the before.
respect of many of the other crime
Wilson Fisk was impoverished as a bosses. When the costumed crime- Kingpin put up a candidate, Ran-
child, and committed his first murder fighter Spider-Man briefly retired , dolph Winston Cherryh, who actually
when he was 12. From the start Fisk the Kingpin decided the time had won a New York mayoral election.
was determined to be the best in come to fulfill his master plan to form However, Daredevil found Vanessa
whatever he did, and he believed a coalition of criminal gangs to com- still alive, though suffering from
physical strength to be a major factor pete with the Maggia under his lead- severe mental problems and told the ...---...
in building power in the underworld. ership. The Kingpin then directed a Kingpin he would return her if the\
Hence, he fanatically trained himself major crime wave in New York City
in various methods of bodybuilding which came to an end with his first Kingpin ordered Cherryh to decline
and personal combat, finally concen- confrontation with the again active accepting the mayorship. The King-
trating on the Japanese art of sumo. Spider-Man. Moreover the Kingpin's pin agreed.
His sumo training probably led to his attempt to silence Daily Bugle pub-
interest in the Orient, which would lisher J. Jonah Jameson backfired Karen Page, Daredevil's former
manifest itself in other ways. Fisk when Spider-Man rescued Jame- lover who had become a heroin
educated himself by stealing books son, who then publicly exposed Fisk addict, sold the information that
from stores and libraries, and as the Kingpin. The crime coalition Daredevil was lawyer Matthew Mur-
became particularly fascinated by apparently then fell apart. dock to a drug dealer which eventu-
political science. He decided that ally reached Kingpin, who arranged ,,.-......
another key to success would be in In the following years the Kingpin for Murdock to be rendered virtually'
using political techniques in organiz- was offered an opportunity to fully penniless and had him framed for
ing and directing groups of crimi- achieve his ambitions for political bribing a witness to perjure himself.
nals. It was his adoption of these power when he was recruited to Murdock lost his license to practice
techniques that caused him to be serve as the behind the scenes lead- law. Murdock confronted the King-
thought of as a political "kingpin of er of the Las Vegas area faction of pin, who arranged to have Murdock
crime" a description which became the now fragmented HYDRA, with killed.
his nom de crime. Although Fisk has his son Richard under him as
always taken pleasure in physical Supreme Hydra of this group. But Murdock escaped, and even-
combat with his enemies, he has Through HYDRA the Kingpin tually regained his sanity. In his
always recognized the necessity planned to overthrow the U.S. gov- obsession with destroying Dare-
never to place himself in a situation devil, the Kingpin unleashed but
in which the law can prove his ernment and even achieve world failed with Nuke, a U.S military
responsibility for crimes. domination, but he turned against attempt to recreate a Super-Soldier.
Then Vanessa, who finally recovered
HYDRA upon learning that the Las from her autism, left the Kingpin with
Vegas contingent was actually con- the help of Daredevil and is currently
trolled by the infamous Nazi war hiding in Europe. The Kingpin is cur-
criminal, the Red Skull. Ever since, rently plotting a scheme against Matt~
the Kingpin has pursued more realis- Murdock involving a woman named·
tic goals. Typhoid Mary.

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F GD (10)
A EX (20)
S RM {30)
E MN (75)

R EX (20)

I GD (10)

P TY (6)
Health: 135
Karma: 36
Resources: TY(6)
Popularity: - 3

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Ulysses Klaw
Occupation: Ex-scientist, profes-
sional criminal
~Legal Status: Citizen of the Nether-
lands with a criminal record
Identity: Publicly Known
Place of Birth: Vlaardingen, Nether-
lands
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Past Group Affiliations: Former
member of Masters of Evil II, ally of
Solarr, Molecule Man 11 , and Doctor
,.-... Doom

Base of Operations: Mobile

KNOWN POWERS be affected by other physical and Incredible intensity.
Body Transformation: Klaw's organic energy attacks, though he may still be * Sonic force field projection, Incred-
body has been irreversibly replaced stunned or slammed (kill results are ible intensity.
with a material sonic energy form . considered stuns). He has Incredible * Create sonic objects, Remarkable
Though solid, this form does not rank Body Armor for determining the material strength.
need to eat, drink, breathe, or sleep. effects of physical attacks. Should * Create sonic creatures, quasi-living
It cannot be damaged except in cer- Klaw's Health be reduced to 0, he creatures of sound that Klaw may con-
...---...tain specific cases. loses corporeal shape and is trol. These creatures take damage
· Exposure to vacuum inflicts absorbed by his sonic converter. normally, and have the following stats:
Remarkable damage each round Sonic Converter: Klaw's right hand
(sound must have a medium to travel has been replaced with a prosthetic FAS ER IP
device made of steel and Vibranium Ty Ty Rm Rm N/A N/A N/A
through). {Incredible strength material). This
* Certain sound frequencies can device can manipulate sound in the Destroying the sonic converter
cancel Klaw's natural vibrations. following distinct fashions: forces Klaw to make a Psyche FEAT
Exposure to these frequencies * Sonic blasts, 10-area range, roll or become unconscious.
causes Klaw to make an Endurance
FEAT or fall unconscious. He
remains unconscious until he is
removed from the presence of the
cancellation wave.
* Attacks with weapons of sound
dampening Vibranium inflict full and
normal damage.
* Presence of more than 10 lbs. of
sound dampening Vibranium causes
...--.... Endurance FEAT or loss of all Health.
* Sonic attacks will reduce Klaw's
Health by an amount equal to the
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Talents: Klaw is a former physicist. claw-like prosthetic device into which he Klaw's prosthetic device was recov- -----·
Contacts: Klaw has not retained any built a sonic-force blaster: Ten years lat- ered and taken to Project: Pegasus, a
major contacts, although a creature er, he mounted a second attack, and government energy research facility.
of his power can undoubtedly make was opposed by the Fantastic Four, and When Solarr, another ward of the Pro-
allies wherever he chooses. T'Challa. Thwarted again, Klaw leaped ject was inadvertantly freed from his
into his massive sonic converter device containment cell, he sought an ally to
ADDITIONAL NOTES: (he acquired Vibranium on the black help him escape. Finding Klaw's hand-
market) and was transformed into a blaster, Solarr thought that the Project
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: creature composed of " living sound." was responsible for killing him and
Klaw is an overconfident, arrogant threw the device angrily against the wall.
power-hungry man. He enjoys his Klaw was pummeled into uncon- The sonic vibrations of the impact pro-
power and is not determined to sciousness by Mister Fantastic, who vided the necessary energy for Klaw to
regain his human form. His recent was wearing Vibranium knuckle· reconstitute his solid sound body. The
madness, suffered during the guards, and was taken to prison. Klaw two criminals' attempt to escape was
" Secret Wars" due to exposure to soon was freed by the Crimson Cowl, thwarted, however, and Klaw collapsed
the power of the Beyonder, seems to and invited to join the second Masters back into his sonic device. Project scien-
be cured, but his ordinary psychosis of Evil. After two unsuccessful battles tists soon revived him again in order to
and his lust for power are still intact. against the Avengers with the Masters study him. Weeks later, when the
of Evil, Klaw journeyed back to Wakan-
HISTORY da where he helped steal a device able mutant Dazzler was there to have her -
to augment the metal-disintegrating sound-inducing powers tested, Kia..-.
Ulysses Klaw was a physicist working property of a Vibranium-alloy. During tricked the mutant into helping him
in applied sonics at the Technical Uni- another battle, the Thing crushed his escape. Realizing her mistake, the Daz-
versity at Delft who had designed a prosthetic hand. zler used her body's sound-absorbing
sound transducer able to convert abilities to siphon Klaw's energies totally
sound waves into physical mass. The After rebuilding the device, Klaw into herself. Klaw's mental essence, ren-
theoretical element necessary to make joined forces with the murderous Solarr dered unconscious, was also transfer-
his device work was Vibranium, a sub- and trapped the Avengers within a solid red to the Dazzler. When the Dazzler
stance known to exist only in certain sound barrier. Klaw threatened to exe- expended the vast quantity of energy
meteoric deposits in a small African cute them if the Black Panther did not that is Klaw while aboard Galactus' star-r--.
nation. Klaw organized a team of mer- abdicate the throne of Wakanda to him, ship, the advanced alien circuitry
cenaries to help him seize the element but the Panther managed to subdue
from the African tribe who guarded it, them. Klaw was freed from prison by a aboard absorbed it and Klaw's mental
the Wakandas. When T'Chaka, the member of the extradimensional race
leader of the Wakandan cult of the of Sheenarians, who wished him to use essence.
Black Panther, refused to yield any, his sonic powers to help open a dimen- Some time later, Galactus and others
Klaw ordered his men to kill him. Wit- sional portal big enough for their invad-
nessing his father's death, T'Chaka's ing armada to enter Earth. Klaw agreed were assembled for study by the
adolescent son T'Challa seized Klaw's and after a skirmish with Ka-Zar in Lon- Beyonder. Doctor Doom, another of the
sonic blaser weapon and aimed it at don traveled with the Sheenarians to beings abducted by the Beyonder,
the marauders, shattering Klaw's right the Savage Land where there was a stole aboard Galactus's homebase to
hand with one burst. Vibranium deposit necessary to create find weaponry to battle first Galactus
the portal. After Ka-Zar repulsed the then the Beyonder, and not knowing _,........_
Klaw vowed to return. When he invaders, Klaw fled into the Sheenarian the alien technology, Doom resur·
reached civilization, he was fitted with a rected Klaw, who returned mildly
dimension, and later to return to Earth. insane. Doom nevertheless exploited
Materializing in the Florida Everglades the fact that Klaw's energy-form was
(where the Earth's Nexus of Realities is attuned to Galactus' ship and carved
located), Klaw happened upon the up Klaw's non-organic body into spe-
wand of the second Molecule Man. cial lenses, which enabled Doom to
Helping the Molecule Man to find a siphon the energy released from the
body to possess, Klaw and his new ally homebase. Successful, Doom
traveled to New York to battle the attacked the Beyonder, who gave up
Fantastic Four. Klaw was subdued by his power to Doom in order to see what
the visiting Impossible Man. Realizing he would do with it. Doom believed he
that his sonic powers had been waning
over the years, Klaw successfully had totally eradicated the Beyonder
manipulated a youth gang into restor- from existence, but the Beyonder
ing him to full power, although he was instead took refuge inside Klaw's now
overpowered by the Black Panther, restored energy form. Then, the
who turned his handblaster on Klaw Beyonder manipulated Doom into
himself. Klaw's sound-body was appar- returning it and sent Doom and Klaw to,r---
Earth. Klaw eventually regained his
ently disintegrated. sanity and is currently in prison, proba-
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F AM (50)
A UN (100)

S UN (100)

E CL3000
R MN (75)

I EX (20)
P CL3000

Health: 3,250

Karma: 3,095

Resources: CL1000
Popularity: O

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Michael Korvac
Occupation: Former computer tech-
nician, would-be master of the uni-
,.--.. verse

Legal Status: Citizen of Earth, sub-
ject of the Badoon Empire
Identity: Korvac's existence is not
publicly known to the populace of
20th Century Earth
Place of Birth : North America in an
alternate future in the 31st Century
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
~ Base of Operations: 31st Century
'Earth; in the 20th Century, Forest

Hills Gardens, Queens, New York
City
Past Group Affiliations: Leader of a
band of alien renegades
Present Group Afflllatlon:

KNOWN POWERS Contacts: Korvac was in love with ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Mental Powers: Korvac could use Carina, the daughter of the Collector. Korvac came from a shattered world
,...-..,,, any mental power (see Player's and grew up in a world under the tyr-
ADDITIONAL NOTES: anny of the Badoon. Korvac's goal
Book) at CL1000 level. was to bring order and harmony to
Energy Manipulation: Korvac could the universe. The only way he knew
control all forms of energy at Shift Y how to achieve this was by conquest,
rank. His power stunts included: by establishing himself as a benevo-
* Projecting Force or Energy bolts lent dictator. In the end, Korvac real-
(capable of slaying true immortals) ized that life was important; while he
* Creating a personal force field himself perished, he also knew that
Cosmic Awareness: Korvac had this the universe needed champions,
power at CL1000 rank. and returned its greatest champions
Healing: Korvac had this power at
CL1000 rank, capable of resurrect- to life.
ing the dead.
Invulnerability: Korvac was Invulner-
able to heat, cold, radiation, toxins,
and disease.

Alter-ego: Korvac's human body was
- a disguise to prevent foes from sus-

pecting him:

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HISTORY energies. However, thanks to the memory of what transpired, and Kor-
intervention of the Guardians of the vac returned to his meditations. The
Michael Korvac was a highly-skilled Galaxy and the Asgardian thunder next time Korvac was forced to act
computer technician on Earth in an god Thor (who had been accidentally was when the Collector began to
alternate future of the 31st Century teleported from the 20th Century by capture the Avengers to save them
who offered his services freely to the Korvac's time-probe), Korvac's from Korvac. The Collector foresaw
Badoon when they invaded the solar scheme was foiled . Korvac himself that Korvac's attempt to attain uni-
system in 3007. His superior abilities teleported to safety, but the Guard- versal sovereignty would cause
were recognized by the alien con- ians soon picked up his trail. In the great conflict among the powers of
querors, and Korvac was soon given 20th Century, Korvac's sensors the cosmos which could ultimately
the task of overseeing the analytical detected an enormous , power- destroy the universe. To prevent the
computer system governing the source , which proved to be the Collector from revealing his premo-
Badoon Empire on their throneworld nitions to the Avengers, Korvac dis-
Moord. A zealous worker, Korvac worldship of the planet-eater Galac- integrated him with a long-distance
collapsed one day while on the job. tus. Plugging himself into the ship's power-blast. By this time, Carina had
His supervisor decided to punish central computer system, Korvac switched allegiance from her father
him by amputating the lower half of absorbed such knowledge and to Korvac. When they pinpointed
his body and grafting the remaining power that he became nearly omni- the source of the beam that killed the
part to a mobile computer module, in potent. Using this godlike power, he Collector, the Avengers and the
effect, turning him into a cyborg created for himself a perfect human Guardians traveled to Korvac's
(cybernetic organism). Awakening to body. With his expanded conscious- home in Forest Hills. The teams
discover the cruelty enacted upon ness, his desire for revenge was sup- would not have recognized the unas-
him, Korvac used his cybernetic abil- planted liftier ambitions: to become suming Michael as their enemy had
ities to slay those who had per- the benevolent proprietor of the Starhawk not known something was
formed the operation. entire universe. After assuming con- amiss when he could not see the
trol, he planned to reshape the uni- man they were talking to. His pres-
Korvac soon realized the vast verse in order to eliminate all chaos ence discovered, Korvac felt com-
potential of his new form and tapping and rectify all the injustices that the pelled to battle and destroy the
into the Badoon's master computer civilizations of the universe had Avengers and Guardians, for fear ,.........
system, he began to plot the wrought. Until such time as he could they would rally the great powers of
takeover of the whole empire. Before bring about his vision, he decided to
he could carry out his plan , however, return to Earth, his homeworld, to the universe against him. After slay-
he was transported through time by live comfortably among humankind. ing wave after wave of champions,
the galactic gamesman called the On Earth he went by the name Korvac looked to his beloved Carina
Grandmaster to be used as a pawn " Michael" and took for a consort a for moral support, and finding a flick-
in one of the alien's games. In this model named Carina Walters, who er of hesitation, decided to end his
game Korvac and others were pitted was in reality the daughter of the life rather than continue on with a
against the Defenders. Korvac Grandmaster's fellow Elder of the hopeless battle against the universe.
allowed himself to be beaten so he Universe, the Collector, sent to spy Enraged, Carina lashed out at the
could computer-scan the Grandmas- on Korvac. survivors until she too realized the,,--..,,
ter's power without his knowledge . futility of it all and committed suicide.
The Guardians of the Galaxy out- In the instant of his death, Korvac
Korvac's cybernetic console had the fitted their space station Drydock magnanimously restored to life all of
capacity to tap and synthesize virtu- with time travel capacity and materi- the Avengers and Guardians he had
ally any type of energy. In such a alized in the 20th Century on Kor- slain. Moondragon, one of the
manner, Korvac analyzed the Grand- vac's trail. There they joined forces beings present who had not been
master's power and siphoned part of with the Avengers. The sensory- killed, explained to fellow survivor
it. Returned to his own era, the 31st enhanced Guardian named Thor that she had telepathically
Century, Korvac used his expanded Starhawk discovered Korvac's been in rapport with Korvac, and
abilities to teleport himself to a deso- whereabouts and went alone to con- believed him not to be evil, by her
late planetoid where he built himself front him. In a battle that took place definition .
a stronghold. Now able to travel on both the physical and astral
through time like the Grandmaster, planes of existence, Korvac totally
Korvac recruited an elite group of ali- obliterated Starhawk. He then
en henchmen, and plotted the restored his foe, atom by atom, to
corporeal form, so that no one would
takeover of the galaxy. know of his defeat. The only differ-
One of Korvac's earliest known ence Korvac made in Starhawk's
reconstitution was that Starhawk
strategies was to send a power would no longer be able to perceive
siphon beam into the sun of his Korvac's existence in any way.
Starhawk was sent away with no
native solar system in order to cause
it to go nova so he could siphon its

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F IN (40)
A EX (20)
S IN (40)
E RM (30)
R EX (20)
I GD(10)
P GD(10)
Health: 130
Karma: 40
Resources: EX (20)
Popularity: - 5

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Krang
Occupation: Former warlord of
Atlantis, former usurper of the throne
,,-.-.. of Atlantis, professional adventurer
Legal Status: Exiled citizen of Atlan-
tis, convicted of treason
Identity: Krang does not use a dual
identity. His existence is known to
few surface dwellers
Place of Birth: At lantis City, Atlantis,
Atlantic Ocean

Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
,,.--.. _Base of Operations: Atlantic Ocean
·and Eastern seaboard

Past Group Affiliations: Ally of Attu-
ma, Byrrah, and Dr. Lemuel Dorcas,
employer of the Puppet Master and
Orka, former member of the Viper's
Serpent Squad

KNOWN POWERS Talents: Krang is an expert in mili- ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Swimming: Krang can swim at Poor tary tactics, especially those involv-
,,.---.... speed (2 areas/round). ing aquatic warfare. He is an expert
Water Breathing: Krang can survive on Atlantean equipment.
in any part of the ocean, but requires Contacts: Krang has been allied
with a number of renegades, such as
sea water to breathe. If he is without Attuma, Byrrah, and Dr. Dorcas. He
water or "amphibian serum" (he car- was a member of the original Ser-
pent Squad.
ries enough to last a day on land), his
gills dry up after 1O minutes and he
begins to " drown." On land, his
strength drops to Excellent and his
Health to 11 O (his stats remain nor-
mal if he is under the effects of
amphibian serum).
Body Armor: Krang wears a chain-
mail suit that gives him Remarkable
protection f rom physical and energy
attacks. This suit includes a water
helmet with an internal water purifi-
cation system.
~ Pistol: Krang carries a modified

Atlantean energy pistol, which emits
a plasma beam of Remarkable inten-
sity with a range of 7 areas.

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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: the Atlantean nomads and led them into custody by the New York police. -
Krang's dreams of kingship and glo- to the original capital city, Krang real- Namor freed them, returned them to
ry have been destroyed time and ized he had to eliminate Namor to Atlantis, and had Krang imprisoned
time again by Namor, the Sub- further his ambitions. Krang courted outside the city.
Mariner. As a result, his chief goal is Namor's friendship and was appoint-
the destruction of the Sub-Mariner ed warlord. As field commander of Namor's cousin Byrrah freed
and all that he loves, which included the Atlantean militia, Krang exerted Krang soon afterwards and used him
Krang's former love, Lady Dorma. his influence over his troops to to further his own ambitions for the
Krang is a strategist and prefers to encourage greater loyalty to him throne. When Byrrah's scheme
manipulate situations rather than get than to Namor. Finally, when Namor failed, Krang fled. Eventually he dis-
directly involved; he uses powerful was absent from Atlantis on a mis- covered the subsea laboratory of Dr.
catspaws to attack Sub-Mariner, sion to the surface, Krang staged a Lemuel Dorcas, who was looking for
although he has faced Namor in a new test subject upon whom to
physical combat. military coup and seized the throne. confer the powers of a marine ani-
When Namor returned, Krang had mal. Krang offered Dorcas his ser-
HISTORY him thrown into prison and then vant, the dull-witted Orka, and
began to plot an invasion of the sur- Dorcas endowed Orka with the might
Krang was born to the upper class of face world. Namor escaped with the of a killer whale. Orka led an attack
the water-breathing Homo mer- help of Dorma and began a quest for of killer whales upon Atlantis, but it
manus of the city-state of Atlantis. the trident of Neptune, hoping the was repulsed by the might of the ,,---.._
When he came of age, he enlisted in symbol of power would help him Sub-Mariner. Krang joined forces
the militia of Atlantis and worked his regain the throne. Krang was a harsh with Dr. Dorcas and Byrrah to stir
way toward becoming a high-ranking despot and the Atlantean people public sentiment in Atlantis against
military officer. Between the time that soon rose in revolt against him dur- Namor, but Namor thwarted this
the Atlanteans left the City of Tha- ing Namor's absence. When Namor scheme and again banished Krang
korr and resettled the sunken city of finally returned with the trident, he from the realm.
Atlantis, the military was busy pro- bested Krang in personal combat
tecting the nomadic tribe of Atlante- and exiled him from the capital city. Krang eventually came upon the
ans from predators and undersea Serpent Crown, an ancient artifact of
barbarians. Consequently, Krang While in exile, Krang forced the immense power, and putting it on his
had little time to pursue his ambition head, became the agent of the ser- .--..
of seizing the throne of Atlantis. He criminal Puppet Master to construct pentine intelligence that created it.
did, however, become engaged to him a puppet that would give him The Crown led him into partnership
the Lady Dorma, who had lost faith wth the human subversive, the Viper
that her true love, Namor the Sub- control over the aquatic monster (formerly Madame Hydra), and her
Mariner, would ever return to their called Behemoth. Although Namor Serpent Squad. Their scheme was
people. Namor had become amnesi- conquered the creature, Krang trick- to raise the "continent" of Lemuria,
ac, and after recovering his memory ed Dorma into renewing her vow to but they were opposed by Namor
searched for his mother's people marry him and then fled with her to and Captain America who at that
without success. the surface employing a chemical to time had assumed the guise of the
alter their blue skin to pink and Nomad. Nomad beat Krang in battle ,,........_
When Namor finally discovered enable them to breathe air. While
there, Krang used Atlantean technol- and Krang fled into the Pacific.
ogy to create a tidal wave that struck Krang's current whereabouts and
lower Manhattan, killing hundreds. activities are unknown.
Before he could continue the
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F IN (40)
A RM (30)
S RM (30)
E IN (40)
R EX (20)

I IN (40)
P TY (6)
Health: 140

Karma: 76

Resources: GD (10)
Popularity: -10

BACKGROUND

Real Name: Sergei Kravinov
Occupation: Professional hunter
and adventurer

Identity: Publicly known
Legal Status: Former citizen of the
U.S.S.R. with an international crimi-
nal record

Place of Birth: Stalingrad, U.S.S.R.
Marital Status: Single

Known Relatives: Nicolai Kravinov
(father, deceased), Anna Makarova
Kravinov (mother, deceased)
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Former
member of Sinister Six, employer of
the Gibbon and Lightmaster, partner
of Tarantula, former partner of Calyp-
so, former ally of the Chameleon
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Kraven is a complex character,
Running: Kraven can move up to 4 obsessed with glory of the hunt and
areas/round when running. personal honor. These desires often
.- Weapons: Kraven uses a number of conflict because while Kraven usually
hunts with an honorable victory as his
weapons in his " hunts," usually hid- goal, he has been known to throw
den in the terrain where he intends to aside his honor (especially against
hunt his prey: Tigra) to achieve victory any way he
can. Kraven's greatest obsession was
* Axes (10 points Edged Thrown to prove himself Spider-Man's superior
weapon) in every possible way; when he
* Darts (2-area range, Typical dam- achieved this (in his eyes), he had noth-
age) ing left to live for, and killed himself.

* Electro-Blaster (Incredible attack, 213
one-area range, used infrequently)

• Knock-out potions of Amazing
Intensity (used to coat weapons)
* Manacles (Remarkable strength,
bullseye equals automatic Grapple)
* Poison gas of Good intensity

Kraven had a small organization of
servants, usually natives that he
employed during hunts in Africa to
give their assistance in small tasks.

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HISTORY managed to physically overpower honor and fairness, and that caused ,......,
Kraven. Kraven later joined with five his frequent defeats. Determining to
Sergei Kravinoff was the only son of other of Spider-Man's foes in an salvage his honor and reputation, he
Russian aristocrats who emigrated attempt to subdue him, but this too journeyed to America simply to deliv-
to the United Kingdom after the Rus- met failure. Two subsequent battles er certain jungle beasts to a zoo.
sian Revolution. Orphaned soon with Spider-Man also ended in While there, Kraven's female com-
after, Kravinoff learned to survive by defeat, despite Kraven's growing panion Calypso set him up to battle
his wits and cunning. By late adoles- arsenal of weaponry. Spider-Man again, believing that vic-
cence, he had traveled extensively, tory would restore to Kraven his
usually as a stowaway aboard cargo Finally Kraven decided to look for sense of greatness. Kraven was
ships and trains, and lived at one other game. Traveling to the Savage defeated again. Calypso persuaded
time in nearly every major city in Land, he stalked and captured Zabu, him to attempt Spider-Man's capture
Europe and Asia. Finding employ- the last of the saber-tooth tigers, but once more some months later. In the
ment in a safari to equatorial Africa Zabu's human ally Ka-Zar followed midst of battle, Calypso decided to
as a young man, Kravinoff (who Kraven back to New York and freed secretly help Kraven attain victory by
anglicized his name to Kraven) dis- Zabu. Kraven nursed the wound he pricking Super-Man with a hallucino-
covered his natural talent for hunt- sustained in battle with Ka-Zar, and genic poison. Discovering this,
ing. He soon left the safari to live on then returned to the Savage Land Kraven helped Spider-Man from
his own in the African veldt. He determined to defeat Ka-Zar. There harming himself until the drug wore --..
acquired great hunting skills by the he befriended Gog, an extraterrestri- off, then left Calypso for not under-
time he reached adulthood and soon al, and employed it to battle both Ka- standing his attempt to regain his
amassed considerable wealth as a zar and Spider-Man. Gog seemingly dignity. He later apparently aban-
game hunter. He remained in Africa drowned in quicksand and Kraven doned his quest to regain his honor
for almost a decade, during which himself narrowly averted death when and attacked Tigra using poisons
he plunged over a cliff. Returning to and other "dishonorable" weapons.
time he met a witch doctor in the civilization Kraven forced the Gibbon He was beaten by the West Coast
Belgian Congo who had concocted to serve as his pawn against Spider- Avengers and was put in prison.
an herbal potion that enhanced Man, but the ploy failed. He then
physical prowess. Kraven stole it accepted a contract to kill J. Jonah He promptly escaped from prison
and augmented his speed , strength, Jameson and sportingly pitted him and challenged Spider-Man one final ,_
and agility. Kraven used his height- against his own son, who at that time time. He captured Spider-Man and
ened abilities to hunt game more effi- was the Man-Wolf. Kraven was taken buried him alive, then dressed up as
ciently and entered into a captive by the police and never car- Spider-Man and took his place, ter-
partnership with the man who would ried out the contract. rorizing a number of criminals with
later call himself the Chameleon in brutal assaults. He defeated Vermin,
When he was finally freed, he trav-
order to export the animal skins and eled to Chicago to kidnap a Dr. an opponent that had required the
ivory that he acquired. Mairaux, who had devised a means combined might of Spider-Man and
to increase reaction time. He was Captain America to defeat, then
Kraven had stalked the deadliest opposed and defeated by the cat- swore to an (unearthed) Spider-Man
animals on Earth, and desired new woman Tigra. that he would never hunt again. /"""
challenges. The Chameleon who Shortly afterwards, he killed himself,
had become a master of disguise Recovering from the wounds Tigra and is buried in a cemetary some-
and nemesis of the American adven- inflicted, Kraven accepted another where near New York, his headstone
turer Spider-Man, contacted Kraven contract at a reduced fee to kill a proclaiming that Kraven had finally
and suggested tha the hunt Spider- member of the Empire State Univer- achieved the honor that he had
Man. Amid great publicity, Kraven sity faculty. The contract was sought for so long.
assigned by the former chancellor of
arrived in America and began his E.S.U., Lightmaster, and obligated
hunt. After observing him in action, him to ally himself with the Tarantula.
Kraven pressed his attack and soon Kraven was again defeated by
found he was no physical match for Spider-Man. When his wounds
Spider-Man. Thus he was obliged to healed, he stalked and captured
resort to nerve poisons, tiger traps, Tigra to revenge his earlier defeat,
and steel nets. Despite his best
efforts, he was defeated by Spider- and placed on her a "control-collar"
Man and deported from the country forcing her to obey his commands.
for his life-threatening activities. He Pitting her against Spider-Man.
sneaked into the U.S. a short time Kraven was once again bested by
later to try again. This time he used a the two. He then retreated to some-
special "jungle-scent" that damp- where in the Caribbean Islands in
ened Spider-Man's extrasensory order to rethink his life and goals. He
"spider sense," but Spider-Man still concluded that in his many battles
with Spider-Man, he lost his sense of
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F MN (75)
A AM (50)
S UN (100)
E UN (100)
R PR (4)
I PR (4)
P PR (4)
Health: 325

Karma: 12
Resources: EX (20)
Popularity: 1O

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Valgoth
Occupation: Defender of Asgard,
former seeker of vengeance
~ Legal Status: Former citizen of
Svartalfheim, now citizen of Asgard
Identity: Although Kurse has been
seen by ordinary people in New York
City, the people of Earth do not
believe he is an extraterrestrial being
Place of Birth: Svartalfheim
Marital Status: Presumed single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Formerly Svar-
,..-..., talfheim , now Asgard
Past Group Affiliations: Formerly
the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Body Armor: Kurse's armor has been Kurse, or Valgoth as the Asgardians
enchanced by the Beyonder to pro- now call him, is a creature brought
vide him wit h Unearthly protection back from death to serve as a living
from all types of attack. vessel of rage, first against Thor,
--.._ Mental Protection: Kurse has Mon- then against Malekith. Kurse is usu-
ally silent (he makes Hogun appear
strous protection against all mental loquacious by comparison). Kurse
powers. serves as protector of Asgard's chil-
Previous Memory: Kurse is haunted dren (who can usually take care of
by memories of his life as the Dark themselves anyway!), and will only
Elf Algrim. If placed in a non- be stirred to battle on their behalf.
threatening situation (usually in the Kurse's anger against Thor might be
company of children), he will not rekindled by one who is devious and
attack, but be lost in thought for a hateful enough (i.e. Loki).

turn. Since the death of Malekith, he 215
has been mostly docile.
Weakness: All creatures of Faerie
are hurt by iron. Any attack with an
iron weapon can stun or slam Kurse
(but it must penetrate his armor to do
damage).
Contacts: Kurse is a friend of
Asgard's Lord, Balder, and a special
,...... friend of the Asgard children.

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HISTORY dered Algrim amnesiac; not remem- greatly surpassed Thor's. Beta Ray
bering the real reason why he fell Bill and Power Pack then arrived to
The being called Kurse was original- into the lava, he knew only that Thor join the battle, Thor used his ham-
ly Algrim the Strong, one of the Dark was somehow to blame. mer to project intensive heat at
Elves of the extradimensional realm Kurse. The heat, reminding Kurse of
of Svartalfheim who served the Dark Algrim's hatred of Thor was sens- the lava pit, reawakened his memo-
Elves' ruler, Malekith the Accursed. ed by the incredibly powerful Beyon- ries of how he came to fall into it. At
Malekith captured Lorelei, an Asgar- der who had come to Earth to last Kurse realized that it was not
dian woman who had used a magical investigate the nature of desire. Thor but Malekith who was responsi-
potion to make the Asgardian thun- Intrigued, the Beyonder decided, as ble and his hatred therefore shifted
der god Thor fall deeply in love with an experiment, to restore Algrim to from Thor to Malekith. On Thor's
her. To rescue Lorelei, Thor went to health, give him vastly greater instructions, Energizer, a member of
the English Cotswolds, where stood strength and remodel his armor, and Power Pack, absorbed energy from
the faerie castle that serves as a nex- then see what Algrim would do. both Thor's and Beta Ray Bill's
us between Earth and the otherdi- Somehow sensing that he would find enchanted hammers and then fired a
mension al faerie realm of Thor in New York City, Algrim, now tremendously powerful ball of
Svartalfheim. Thor broke through transformed into the being called energy at Kurse, which rendered him
into the world of faerie and seeing Kurse, passed from Svartalfheim to unconscious. Thor then suggested
Lorelei menaced by Malekith, Earth and began walking across the to the Beyonder that Kurse be trans- ,-
became oblivious to everything else. ocean bottom to get to New York. ported to Hel, the realm ruled by the
Hence, he was easily ambushed by Asgardian death goddess Hela, to
the superhumanly strong Algrim, In New York City Kurse mistook search for Malekith, who might be
who stood in shadow wearing ebony Beta Ray Bill for Thor and attacked there. Thor was also hoping that
armor. Malekith had told Algrim he him. Bill escaped death at the far Kurse would cause trouble for Hela
had chosen him to defeat Thor. But stronger Kurse's hands by reverting while he was there. The Beyonder
while Thor and Algrim fought each to his original, non-super-powered agreed, and teleported Kurse to Hel.
other, Malekith ordered that a pitfall form, in which he no longer resem-
be opened beneath their feet. Thor bled Thor. Driven by insane hatred, Kurse wreaked havoc in Hel look-
and Algrim fell down a great chasm Kurse wreaked havoc in Manhattan ing for Malekith, who was not there,
toward a lake of molten lava. Thor as he searched for Thor. In the proc- and Hela had Kurse driven into ,,-..
summoned his magic hammer ess he severely injured Margaret Asgard itself. There Kurse finally
Mjolnir, which carried him to safety, Power, mother of the superhuman
but Algrim plunged into the magma. children known as Power Pack, who found Malekith, who had used his
has since recovered. Power Pack shape-changing powers to become
The magma's tremendous heat sought out Kurse and succeeded in a double for the Asgardian Balder.
left Algrim on the brink of death. He burying him alive by causing the col- Kurse slew Malekith and then, his
would have been killed outright lapse of a building under construc-
except that his enchanted armor pro- t ion. mission of vengeance finally fulfilled,
tected him from the magma's full he became peaceful and submis-
effects, and that his desire for venge- But Kurse succeeded in freeing sive.
ance for Thor gave him the will to himself that very same day, found
live. In fact, the shock of the intense Thor, and attacked him. Kurse was Later, Kurse aided Balder in the
pain the magma caused him ren- now stronger than Thor, so Thor successful defense of Asgard during .....--.,.
donned his belt of strength , which the attack of Utgard-Loki and the
doubled his strength. The observing Frost Giants. Following this, Vol- -
Beyonder then vastly increased stagg noted that Kurse was not a fit
Kurse's strength so that it again name for an Asgardian, and he was
renamed Valgoth.

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1. · LEADER

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...--... STATISTICS

F GD (10)
A GD (10)

s TY (6)

E RM (30)
R AM (50)
I RM (30)
p AM (50)
Health: 56

Karma: 160

Resources: RM(30)
Popularity: - 30

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Samuel Stern
Occupation: Would-be conqueror
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with a
~ criminal record
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Boise, Idaho
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Formerly a sat-
ellite orbiting Earth, and various hid-
den bases around the globe,
currently (presumed) in U.S. South-
west
.---.. Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS * Entangling gun: Amazing strength the following stats:
Increased Mental Capacity: The cable
Leader's super-developed brain is * Mind Control devices: Remarkable, FAS ER IP
his chief gamma-ray mutation . His range 5 areas Re In Am Am Fb Fb Fb
logic is always accurate, and his * Monivac:A sentient computer with Health: 170 Karma: 6
hunches are usually on target. He a Reason of Incredible that main-
has total recall of anything he has tains the Leader's base of opera- The huge robots have an Amazing
,...--.... ever seen or read. tions, an orbiting space station with Intensity energy beam, fly at Excel-
Mind Control: The Leader has Monstrous laser defenses lent speed (10 areas/round) and
acquired the ability to control minds Minions: The Leader usually does have Incredible Body Armor. The
with a successful Psyche FEAT roll. not employ organic minions (with the Leader controls these robots by
He can take control of minds with a exception of Rock and Redeemer, mental command.
Good Psyche or less indefinitely, whose abilities are as yet unknown). Talents: The Leader's incredible
while higher strength minds may Instead, he builds powerful robots to intellect gives him all scientific Tal-
make a Psyche FEAT roll every week serve him. His current robots have ents, though he specializes in
to break free.
Psychic Unk: The Leader has a psy- 217
chic link with Rick Jones; he sees
and experiences everything that
Jones does, and has access to
Jones' memory, and may use any
Talents that Jones possesses.
Weapons: The Leader has devel-
oped a number of weapons and oth-
er inventions for his world
,- conquering bids, including:

* Stun Pistols: Amazing
* Force Rifles: Amazing

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among the government scientists he

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- STATISTICS

F FB (2)

A PR (4)

s PR (4)

E TY (6)

R PR (4)

I FB (2)
p MN (75)

Health: 16

Karma: 81

Resources: TY(6)

Popularity: o

BACKGROUND
Real Name: David Charles Haller
Occupation: Student
Legal Status: Israeli citizen with no
,......, criminal record, still a minor

Identity: The general populace is
unaware that David is a superhuman
mutant.
Place of Birth: Haifa, Israel
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Charles Xavier
(father), Gabrielle Haller (mother),
Cain Marko (foster uncle), Brian
Xavier (grandfather, deceased),
~ Sharon Xavier (gran9mother,
deceased)

Base of Operations: Moira MacTag-
gert's mutant research center, Muir
Island, off the coast of Scotland, for-
merly Haifa and Paris
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS ler's entire psyche. He can levitate and, if it is of Incredible Material
,.--..., Psionics: Haller is a mutant with mul- objects of up to one ton in weight up strength or less, cause it to burst into
to five areas away. He can place a flames.
tiple psionic powers, not all of which telekinetic force field around himself Talents: None.
have appeared. Due to an extremely which provides Amazing protection. Contacts: Haller trusts his mother,
traumatic event in his childhood, Jack can levitate Haller's body and Gabrille Haller (Israeli ambassador
Haller became catatonic, then autis- allow it to fly three areas/round. to England), his father Professor
tic. Haller's mind splintered so that a Pyrokinesis (Cyndi): Cyndi is a snide, Charles Xavier, and Moira MacTag-
different personality controls a differ- temperamental, rebellious teenage gert, and the New Mutants Cypher,
ent aspect of his psionic abilities. girl. She can generate heat in an Wolfbane, and Mirage.
Telepathy (Jemail Karami): Haller area (up to 4 areas away) of Remark-
absorbed the mind of the terrorist able intensity or create flames of 219
who drove David catatonic; Jemail is Incredible intensity against a single
now a caring, loving entity that is target. She can also concentrate on
seeking to help him regain normalcy. a single item up to 5 areas away,
He can read minds and project
thoughts with Monstrous abilities in
a 75 mile (175 if he makes an Endur-
ance FEAT roll) radius. He can fire
telepathic bolts of up to Amazing
.----... intensity at a range of 3 areas.
Telekinesis (Jack Wayne): Jack is a
swaggering adult robust adventurer,
who is attempting to dominate Hal-

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ADDITIONAL NOTES: absorbed into David's mind. absorbed the astral selves' conscious- --..
Karami's consciousness merged nesses of Cypher and Gabrielle Haller,
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: and the astral selves of Xavier and
Haller is young, with the mind of a with David's and it took Karami years Mirage followed them into David's
10-year-old. He is a gentle young to separate his consciousness from mind. It was just before Xavier actually
man, as opposed to the rather brash his psychic captor's. Nevertheless, entered David's mind that he learned
and violent nature of his personali- although Karami regained his own that David was his son and that the
ties. Haller is a "time bomb" charac- sense of self, his consciousness multiple personalities called them-
ter, a villain who is suddenly and remained trapped within David's selves Legion (from the Bible, "My
horribly plunged into abnormality, mind. Karami discovered at he had name is Legion for I am many").
and then spends long periods of time somehow gained control of David's
being non-threatening. New person- mutant telepathic power, and used it to All of the consciousnesses that
alities could emerge from him, or his read David's mind. Karami thus dis- Legion had just "captured" retained
personalities could break loose and covered that David was essentially a their independent existences within
try to eliminate each other. Amahl gentle and innocent person. Karami David's mind. These new arrivals found
Farouk might also use Haller as part then read the minds of Gabrielle Haller themselves teaming up with Wayne
of a scheme of vengeance. and others, and thus gained an under- and Cyndi against Karami. However,
standing of and sympathy for other Mirage prevented Wayne from destroy-
HISTORY people that he had lacked. ing Karami, who told her and Gabrielle
Haller how he had been trying to help #
David Charles Haller is the son of Karami decided to restore David's
Charles Xavier, who later became mind to normalcy. The terrible trauma David. Working with the reluctant Way-
the founder of the two teams of that David had suffered had splintered ne, Mirage and Karami completed the
suprhuman mutants, the X-Men and David's personality into multiple per- task of restoring David's mind to near-
tt:ie New Mutants, and Gabrielle Hal- sonalities. Each of these many person- normalcy, and Mirage and Karami
ler, who later became the Israeli alities controlled a different psionic returned the consciousnesses
ambassador to Great Britain. power. The nature of most of these absorbed from outside (including
powers is as yet unknown. Karami Mirage's own) back to their own bodies.
When David was 10, he was living in began reintegrating these personalities
Paris with his mother. Her home was into David's core personality, which (Since Karami was long dead, his
invaded by a terrorist assassination was that of a little boy desperately psyche remained within David's mind.)
team out to kill every Israeli they could needing parental help. However, some
find there. They murdered David's However, Karami was unable to inte- ,,.--....
godfather, Daniel Shomron, before his ofthese personalities resisted Karami's grate the Wayne and Cyndi personali·
eyes. David's terror catalyzed his efforts, and two proved to be particular- ties into David's core persona, and so
latent psionic powers, which he used ly formidable opponents: Jack Wayne, they remain separate personalities
to incinerate the brains of the assas- a swaggering adult roustabout adven- within David's mind. Wayne and Cyndi
sins. However, as he did so, he found turer, who commanded David's teleki- sometimes speak to people in the real
himself making telepathic contact with netic power, and Cyndi, a world through David, as can Karami
each of his victims, thus experiencing temperamental, rebellious girl who whose consciousness also remains an
their thoughts and emotions as they controlled David's pyrotic power. independent entity within David's mind.
died. This traumatized David and However, David himself is no longer
forced him into a catatonic state. The When David was in his late teens he autistic and his normal core personality r---
consciousness of the leader of the had gone from being catatonic to being is in control of his mind and body. Since
assassins, Jemail Karami, was autistic, and t1ad been placed by his he has been autistic for half his life,
mother in the care of Dr. Moira MacTag· David's dominant personality is still that
gert, a renowned scientist engaged in of a 10 year old boy, the same as it was
the study of mutants, and a longtime before he suffered the trauma. Appar-
colleague of Charles Xavier. David ently the conflict within David's mind
began to manifest his psionic abilities among his splinter personalities affect-
uncontrollably in the real world, and ed his physiognomy, accounting for his
absorbed the psyches of two of Mac- unusual appearance. (Possibly one of
Taggert's friends, Tom Corsi and his personalities controlled shapeshift-
Sharon Friedlander. MacTaggert sum- ing powers.) It is not known whether or
moned Xavier to her research center not David will become more normal in
appearance now that his normal per-
on Muir Island off Scotland, and he sonality has been restored to control of
brought with him several of the New his body. David was happily reunited
Mutants, including Cypher, Mirage, with his father and now lives peacefully
and Wolfsbane. David absorbed Mac- at Muir Island.
Taggert's and Wolfsbane's conscious-
nesses into his mind. Xavier's astral
self attempted to probe David's mind,
bringing Mirage's astral self with him
for assistance. David's mind then

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! LIGHTMASTER

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----.. STATISTICS

F TY (6)
A GD (10)

s TY (6)

E GD (10)
R EX (20)
I EX (20)
p TY (6)
Health: 32

Karma: 46

Resources: GD(10)

Popularity: 0

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Dr. Edward Lansky
Occupation: Ex-physics professor,
ex-vice chancellor of Empire State

~ University

Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a
criminal record
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: New York, New York
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York area
Past Group Affiliations: Partner of
Kraven and Tarantula
r-- Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS Talents: Lansky is a trained physi- ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Flight: Lightmaster's suit can fly with cist, with a Remarkable understand-
Typical speed (6 areas/round) ing of Optics (the study of light).
Light Powers: Lightmaster's suit Lansky also has Administration skill.
gives him control over visible light, Contacts: Lightmaster has contacts
allowing him to perform the following with a number of super-criminals,
feats: most notably the Enforcers. The
* Blind: Amazing Intensity.
,.-.__ * Create solid objects of light: Tarantula and Kraven are both
Remarkable material strength, deceased.
which may be fired to five areas
away, doing Remarkable damage.
* Solid-Light fists: By solidifying light

at the fists, he can inflict Remarkable
damage.
* Light Cage: Remarkable Intensity
Ensnaring attack.
Energy Absorption: The suit may
absorb an Unearthly amount of elec-
trical or light without damaging the
user. Should greater energy than this
be pumped into the suit, Lansky
must make an Endurance FEAT or
be transformed into living light. He
must maintain its energy level by
surrounding himself with light, losing
,..--..., one Endurance rank for every turn
that he is in darkness. He still has the
_powers of the Lightmaster suit in this
form.

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: tific knowledge and university lab facil- dentally overloaded New York's power --..
Lansky is one of many villains that is ities to design a special body-suit system, causing a brief black-out.
motivated by vengeance against capable of harnessing the power of With Manhattan plunged into dark-
Spider- Man. He likes to use minions light. Calling himself Llghtmaster, he ness, Lightmaster's bodily substance
(such as the Enforcers) to soften up enlisted Kraven the Hunter and the dissipated, banishing his essence into
his enemies, then do the killing strike Tarantula to kidnap three city govern- what he terms a "light dimension." He
personally. Lansky is aware that ment officials. The plan was thwarted escaped this state twice by gathering
Spider-Man is linked to Empire State by Spider-Man, who was enrolled at enough psychic strength to harness a
University and has been known to cre- E.S.U.'s graduate school in his civilian powerful light source in the physical
ate disruptions at ESU to lure Spider- identity as Peter Parker. Spider-Man world. The first source was the mutant
Man into a trap. Lansky is not mentally defeated Lansky by running a current Dazzler, who drove him back to non-
stable; his actions are often irrational of electricity through him in an attempt physical existence with Spider-Man's
and he makes stupid mistakes (such to short-circuit his body-suit. Instead, it aid. The second source was the alien
as hiding out in obvious places). interacted with the experimental com- energy-bands worn by Quasar. Taking
ponents of his suit to transform Light- over Quasar's body, Lightmaster
HISTORY master into a being of unstable designed and built equipment to
energy. Weeks after the accident, reverse the accident that transformed
Edward Lansky, vice-chancellor of Lightmaster's energy-mass began to him into light. Despite the interference
Empire State University, concocted a dissipate into the surrounding atmos- of Quasar and Spider-Man, he suc-
criminal plot against the New York City phere. Forced to surrounding himself ceeded in turning himself back into a
government to prevent budget cuts for with light at all times merely to stay normal man with no superhuman
higher education which would have alive, he sought revenge against powers. Currently serving a prison
harmed E.S.U. Lansky used his scien- Spider-Man. In battle with Spider-Man sentence, Lightmaster still has hidden
at his headquarters, a converted ware- away the plans for his light-powered
house for a defunct manufacturer of body-suit and perhaps working
light-display signs, Lightmaster acci-
models of the suit itself.

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,.-...... STATISTICS

F EX (20)
A EX (20)
S RM (30)
E RM (30)
R EX (20)
I GD (10)
P EX (20)
Health: 100
Karma: 50
Resources: AM(50)
Popularity: - 20 (with " loyal" citi-
zens, 50 with rebels)

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Princess-Majestrix
Lilandra Neramani
....-.... Occupation: Deposed empress of
Shi'ar empire
Legal Status: Exiled citizen of the
Shi'ar Empire, sought as a criminal
by Shi'ar authorities
Identity: Lilandra's identity is
unknown to the general populace of
Earth
Place of Birth: The Aerie (native

world of the Shi'ar)
,.-, Marital Status: Inapplicable.

Charles Xavier is her consort.
Known Relatives: D'Ken (brother},
Deathbird (sister)
Base of Operations: Formerly the
Shi'ar Throneworld, now the Star-
jammer, the Starjammers' starship
Past Group Affiliations: Starjam-
mers
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS throne (possibly some of those ele- ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Limited Telepathy: Lilandra has a ments are in the Imperial Guard},
Shift Z telepathic link with Professor and contacts with the X-Men who
helped her ascend the throne once
x. before. She has chosen Professor
Xavier as her Shivarn'n Halanam
Battle Armor: Lilandra has retained {Imperial Consort), and has become
the Majestrix battle armor, which allied with the rebel Starjammers
gives her Incredible body armor
against physical and energy attacks. who wish to see her returned to the
Weapons: Lilandra used an Incredi- throne.
ble strength blaster as her primary
weapon, and a laser sword for close
combat that inflicts Incredible edged

damage.
Talents: Lilandra has Martial Arts A,

E, is + 1 CS with all laser swords,

and has Incredible Reason when it
comes to devices created by Shi'ar
--- technology.
Contacts: Lilandra has Contacts
with a political element of the Shi'ar
Empire who wants to see her on the

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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: galaxy, full of neutron stars consisting Lilandra's favor (and when Xavier ..-.
Lilandra is a fiercely pround warrior- of super-dense matter, creating mistakenly came to believe the X-
queen that is also capable of loving extraordinary gravitational forces. Men had died in battle}, they left for
and caring deeply for her friends, Should the stasis fields be destroyed, the Shi'ar Throneworld.
and she is loyal, honest, and true to these gravitational forces would
her word. However, as a galactic extend into our universe, drawing all of Lilandra became majestrix
ruler, she believes very strongly in it into the black hole, causing our uni- (empress) and Xavier became her con-
the principle of the greatest good for verse to collapse. The origin of the sort. Xavier returned to Earth on realiz-
the greatest number, and will per- M'krann Crystal is unknown. ing the danger that Phoenix presented
form acts of brutality for the greater to it. After Phoenix went insane and
good. She was responsible for Reed The insane D'ken was blind to the destroyed both a Shi'ar starship and an
Richards being placed on trial for true danger that the Crystal present- inhabited world allied with the Shi'ar;
saving the life of Galactus; this was ed, and believed he could control its Lilandra demanded that the menace of
because she felt Richards' act of unleashed power and use it for his Phoenix be ended forever to safeguard
mercy threatened all life, not own ends. Lilandra opposed his the cosmos. Xavier demanded a trial
because of any evil nature, and she plans in the Shi' ar High Council and by combat to decide the fate of Phoe-
should not be considered an enemy D'ken had her arrested. He then had nix, whom he believed to be the real
of the Fantastic Four. word leaked that she had tried to kill Jean Grey, but during this trial by com-
D'ken and usurp the throne. Civil bat, Phoenix committed suicide to pre-
HISTORY war broke out in the empire as a vent herself from wreaking further
result. D'ken had Lilandra held cap-
Princess Majestrix Lilandra Nera- tive aboard the imperial flagship destruction.
mani is a member of the royal family before she was to be executed, but Deathbird allied herself with the alien
of the Shi'ar Empire, which is gov- Lilandra escaped in a small starship.
erned by the extraterrestrial Shi'ar Badoon and Brood, and finally suc-
race and controls all known inhab- Lilandra needed help to stop her ceeded in leading a coup d'etat in
ited planets in the galaxy in which brother from destroying the uni- which she seized the throne of the
the Shi'ar dwell. Lilandra was born verse. Then she mentally saw the Shi'ar Empire. Lilandra again found
on the world called the Aerie, the image of the Earth telepath Charles herself forced to flee Shi'ar imperial
planet on which the Shi' ar race origi- Xavier, who at that time had used his forces. However, she still retained a
nated. The Empire is ruled from an powers to unite much of the collec- great deal of respect from other star-
artificial planet called the Imperial tive will of Earth humanity to create faring races, and thus was able to .........__
Throneworld. enough psychic force to drive off the become the principal organizer of the
invading alien Z'nox. Knowing of trial of Earthman Reed Richards for
The eldest heir to the Shi'ar throne Earth and its large number of super- saving the planet-destroyer Galactus
was Lilandra's older sister known as human beings, Lilandra traveled from death.
Deathbird. However for reasons yet
to be revealed, Deathbird was there for help. She finally met Xavier In her current exile Lilandra has
denied her birthright to be heir to the but was soon captured by the Shi' ar allied herself with the Starjammers, a
throne and her younger brother agent Davan Shakari who trans- group of interstellar adventurers who
D'ken became emperor instead. For ported her through an artificially cre- have aided her in the past. Recently
crimes against the state, Deathbird ated stargate through hyperspace to sensing telepathically that her lover
was exiled into space. the world where the M'krann Crystal Xavier was dying, Lilandra and the ,,-..
stood. Xavier's team of suprehuman Starjammer's leader, Corsair, jour-
Lilandra, D'ken's younger sister, mutant champions the X-Men, fol- neyed through an artificially created
served as Grand Admiral of the Impe- lowed through the stargate to the stargate from the Shi'ar Galaxy to
rial Guard, the legion of superhhuman same world. There the power of the Earth and back, taking Xavier with
champions who enforce Shi'ar law Crystal began to be unleashed, but them. The advanced medical technolcr
throughout the empire. D'ken was the universe was saved from annihi- gy of the Starjammers fully healed
insane, and Lilandra learned that he lation by the being known as Phoe- Xavier's injuries, but they were unable
intended to make use of the incredible nix, who had taken on the form and to return him to Earth since their own
power trapped within the M'krann persona of Jean Grey. ship's special hyperspace drive for
Crystal. The gigantic crystal contains intergalactic travel was damaged and
an interdimensional nexus leading to D'ken went incurably insane and the Shi'ar stargates were all now heavi-
an otherdimensional city in which is nearly catatonic as a result of a psy- ly defended against Starjammer intru-
located a sphere of energy. This chic attack on him within the Crystal.
sphere contains a network of interlock- The X-Men returned to Earth and sions.
ing stasis fields which neutralize the Lilandra joined him there, to await the Lilandra now remains with Xavier
forces emerging from a "black hole" - decision of the Shi'ar High Council as
like nexus into yet another dimension. to whether she should now become and the Starjammers, hoping for the
In this latter dimension is a neturon empress despite her having rebelled opportunity to regain her throne, and
against D'ken, the former emperor. thereby restore her governing policies,
Lilandra and Xavier became lovers, which moderated the Shi'ar tendency ,_..
and when the Council decided in to conquer new worlds and which
granted many conquered races a voice

in governing the Empire.

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---. STATISTICS

F GD (10)
A GD (10)

S N/A (0)
E EX (20)
R PR (4)
I TY (6)

P TY (6)

Health: 40
Karma: 16

Resources: N/A
Popularity: -1 O

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Arthur Parks
Occupation: Ex-scientist, profes-
---._ sional criminal
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with a
criminal record.
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: New Brunswick, New
Jersey
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Former
---. member of the Mandarin's minions,

Batroc's Brigade, and the Legal
Legion

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS The Living Laser's Reason deterio- ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Body Transformation - Light: The rate after his transformation , but
Living Laser's entire body has been may return .
transformed into a sentient quantity Talents: Parks was trained in Laser
of light. The Living Laser's transfor- Technology, and had Electronics and
,.-., mation seems to be irreversible at Repair/Tinkering skill.
present. His established power Contacts: In the past, the Living
stunts include: Laser has worked for the Mandarin,
* Holographic illusion of his human Batroc, and Grim Reaper, Count
form . Nefaria, and the government of East
* Flight: CL3000 speed (50 areas/ Germany.
round)
Laser beam: Monstrous Intensity
energy attack.
Light: Monstrous Intensity.

In his current form, the Living Laser
is invulnerable to physical and most
energy attacks, but can be harmed
by magical, psionic, laser, or light-
based attacks or by the Darkforce.
Human Form: As a human being, the
Living Laser had the following stats:

,---...,,

FAS ER IP
Gd Gd Gd Ex Ex Ty Ty

225

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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: vent his rage against his ex- cure the Serpent Crown, the Living ,,--
At present, the Living Laser is rather girlfriend's fiance. However, he soon Laser was then contacted by Count
unstable. Normally, the Laser seeks became infatuated with the Wasp, Nefaria, who offered to augment his
profit rather than revenge, although and in an attempt to impress her, power further. Agreeing, Parks
at the moment, this is not the case. learned too late that Nefaria was
Madame Masque might make a nat- began to lay waste to portions of using him as a dupe to acquire
ural ally for the Living Laser. As he is New York City. Finding himself in bat-
currently kept in the West Coast tle with the Avengers, the Living superhuman power for himself.
Avengers compound, he could be Laser kidnaped the Wasp and fled Nefaria's treatment activated the
released by a supervillain attack and
join with his savior (possibly the country. energy-gathering diodes in Parks'
Ultron?). The Avengers tracked him down in skin so that he could not shut them
down. Desperate, the Living Laser
HISTORY Costa Verde, a tiny South American met with East German agents and
nation whose guerrillas the Laser agreed to help them power their
Arthur Parks was a research scien- was aiding. The Avengers thwarted laser-armed satellites in exchange
tist who worked on developing the his schemes, rescued the Wasp, and for their siphoning off sufficient
laser (Light Amplification through extradicted him to America. Serving energy to save his life. However,
Stimulated Emission of Radiation) time for his rampage in New York, months later, he met Iron Man in bat-
for use as an offensive weapon . the Laser freed himself from prison tle and his energy began to overload.
Building the smallest laser capable with the aid of the Mandarin. He then To prevent the satellites from being -...
of use as a weapon yet devised, began a career as a henchman, armed, Iron Man destroyed the
Parks fitted two of the miniature pro- working for the Mandarin, Batroc, siphoning machine. The Laser's
jectors to his wrists and fashioned power overloaded and he exploded.
himself a costume. Upset by the the Lethal Legion, and others. Although the Living Laser was seem-
break-up with his girlfriend, Parks, After suffering various defeats, the ingly killed by the explosion, he con-
calling himself the Living Laser, first tinues to exist as a sentient energy
used his weaponry in an attempt to Living Laser spent over a year in his
laboratory and devised a way to being .
incorporate laser devices into his
own body. With the assistance of The Living Laser was captured by
underworld scientist Jonah Harrow, Tony Stark and James Rhodes and is
Parks had an array of miniature laser currently held in the West Coast ~
diodes implanted in various places Avengers compound, where Henry
over his body. Defeated again by the Pym seeks to restore him to normal.

Avengers when he attempted to pro-

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LIVING MONOLITH

STATISTICS

F TY (6)
A GD (10)

s GD (10)

E EX (20)
R EX (20)
I TY (6)
p EX (20)
Health: 46
Karma: 56
Resources: GD (10)
Popularity: O

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Ahmet Abdol
Occupation: Archeologist, Egyptol-
ogist, cult leader, would-be conquer-
..- or, now planet
Legal Status: Citizen of Egypt with a
criminal record
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt

Marital Status: Widowed
Known Relatives: Filene (wife,
deceased), Salome (daughter,

deceased)
Base of Operations: Formerly the
,-. Nile Valley, Egypt, now a distant
solar system
Past Group Affiliations: Leader of a
religious cult
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS exposed to cosmic energy of Incredi- Stage Ill: This occurs when he is
Cosmic Radiation Absorption: Abdol ble or Amazing rank for at least 1O exposed to cosmic energy of Mon-
required cosmic radiation to power rounds. He grows to 33' fall, takes on strous or Unearthly rank for at least
his mutation otherwise, he was nor- the grey hue of stone, and his eyes 50 rounds. He grows to 41 ' tall, and
,-. mal. The sources of radiation were begin to glow. appears to be made of living stone,
the mutant Havok, the Fantastic except for his eyes.
Four, and the Cheops Crystal. When FAS E R IP
he absorbed cosmic radiation, he Rm Gd Un Mn Ex Ex In FASER P
changed: Health: 215 Karma: 80
Stage I: This occurs when he is In Gd ShX Un Ex Rm Am
exposed to cosmic energy of Excel- Energy Blasts: Monstrous, 7-area
lent or Remarkable rank for at least range. Health: 290 Karma: 100
ten rounds. He grows to 26' tall, but Body Armor: Amazing vs. physical
still appears human. and energy attacks. Energy Blasts: Unearthly 12-area
Movement: Remarkable land speed . range.
F AS E R IP Body Armor: Monstrous vs. physical
Ex Ex Mn Am Ex Ex Rm and energy attacks.
Health: 165 Karma: 70
227
Energy Blasts: Amazing, 5-area
range.
Body Armor: Incredible vs. physical
-.... physical and energy attacks.
Movement: Excellent land speed.

Stage II: This occurs when he is

-- - - - --

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Movement: Incredible land speed. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: energy returned. His men abducted ,....__
The Living Monolith had one motiva- Havok and brought him to the Phar-
This was normally as far as the Liv- tion and one motivation only power. aoh's headquarters in New York City.
ing Monolith progressed . Abdol usu- His primary goal was to seek out Spider-Man later freed Havok, but
ally lost his powers when he was sources of power to exploit, and he the Pharaoh caught up and battled
defeated. Any damage he sustained was willing to sacrifice all that he Havok to a stalemate. Then, one of
as the Living Monolith did not trans- loved to do it. Currently, the Living the Pharoah's men used an ankh-
fer to his human form unless it Monolith is unable to escape his like device on Havok that, as Abdol
brought his health below 46 points. planetary predicament; it is conceiv- had planned, turned Havok's power
Any damage sustained by his human able that someone might clone part against himself. As a result, Havok
form was sustained by his Living of the Living Planet's cells (perhaps was physically paralyzed as long as
Monolith form if he changed.
even the planet itself) and the Living he wore the ankh-like device.
Stave IV: The Living Planet Not con- The Pharaoh 's men placed Havok
tent with Stage Ill, Abdol began to Monolith would be reborn. in a casing that caused him to
absorb cosmic radiation from the
atmosphere, growing hundreds of absorb energy at the peak of his abil-
feet in height and shifting all his ity to do so, transforming Abdol into
the Living Monolith. Thor combatted
powers +2 CS and all his powers to HISTORY the Monolith while Spider-Man freed

CL3000, until he went up into space As the Living Pharaoh, Abdol devel- Havok. The Monolith rapidly revert- ........_
and became a living planet. oped the uses of his superhuman ed to his normal-sized human form ,
powers and in a drug-induced but somehow Abdol escaped from
Limitations: Abdol never receives trance, discovered he was somehow
any Karma once he ascends past linked to Alexander Summers/ Thor.
Stage II. Havok, one of the original X-Men. Soon after that, Abdol acquired
Blaster: Abdol had an energy blaster Abdol determined that both he him- the so-called Cheops Crystal, a
which did Incredible cosmic ray self and Alex Summers, who was a strange pyramid-shaped gem, which
damage (in his human form, which latent mutant, had the ability to enabled him to become the Monolith
he called the Living Pharoah). It has absorb and transform cosmic radia- without Havok. Iron Fist later
a 6-area range. tion through the cells of their bodies. destroyed the Crystal and Abdol was
Talents: Abdol has Remarkable skill In some still unexplained way, Alex ,,......,
as an archeologist. He can speak flu- Summers' body prevented Abdol's taken into custody.
ent Egyptian and English. body from absorbing as much cos- Abdol escaped from prison years
Contacts: Abdol, as the Living Pha- mic radiation as it potentially could.
roah, is the leader of a worldwide cult Eventually, he battled the X-Men, later, after which he trapped three
that believes that he is the direct and during one such encounter, in members of the Fantastic Four with
descendent of the Pharoahs and contact with Havok, he absorbed the help of one of his agents, Fayah
should rule the Earth. This cult has much more cosmic radiation than Sahid. He intended to drain energy
excellent agents, armed with hi-tech usual, until he grew into a 33-foot tall from their bodies and somehow use
weapons and gadgets. giant with vast cosmic power known
it to become Living Monolith.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: as the Living Monolith. Meanwhile, Abdol learned that
Shortly afterwards, Lawrence Fayah Sahid had been captured by
the She-Hulk, and that she was his .-..
" Larry" Trask had his new group of daughter Salome. Unwilling to risk
robotic Sentinels capture Alex Sum- her being made to talk about his
mers. As soon as Havok was affect- organization, he killed her from afar.
ed by Trask's weapon, Abdol, in With the Fantastic Four's energy,
Egypt, began transforming into the he became the Living Monolith and
Monolith once more. However, two was flown to New York City intent on
Sentinels arrived immediately and destroying it. As, Spider-Man
coated Abdol with a substance that released the Fantastic Four, Captain
blocked cosmic radiation, causing America and the She-Hulk tried to
him to return to his normal form. The defeat the Monolith but couldn't.
Sentinels captured Abdol, but he Seized with guilt over his daughter,
was released after Cyclops induced the Monolith had Thor send him into
the Sentinels to leave Earth.
outer space.
Abdol's power returned when he
discovered an ancient ruby scarab, There, the Monolith reached his
which was eventually stolen from full potential size, that of a planet. He
him by the Asp during a battle with is not dead, but is unlikely to ever
return to Earth. He has found con-
tentment in his new role as a " Living .-..

Planet."

the Living Mummy. Later, however,
Abdol's ability to project destructive

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LIVING TRIBUNAL

- STATISTICS

F CLSOOO
A CLSOOO

S CLSOOO

E CLSOOO
R CLSOOO
I CLSOOO
P CL5000
Health: 20000

Karma: Unlimited
Resources: Unlimited
Popularity: 0

BACKGROUND

Real Name: Inapplicable
Occupation: Cosmic Tribunal
Legal Status: Inapplicable
_,.......,_ Identity: The general P?~ulac~ of
Earth is unaware of the Living Tnbu-
nal 's existence
Place of Birth: Inapplicable
Marital Status: Inapplicable
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: The multiverse
Past Group Affiliations: None

known
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: campaign.
Matter/Energy Control: The Living The Living Tribunal exists to present
Tribunal may manipulate matter and problems to the heroes. He doesn't HISTORY
energy sources with CL5000 ability. take direct actions, but says that a
Mental Powers: The Living Tribunal dire situation has developed, and The Living Tribunal is a vastly power-
has all mental abilities (telepathy, unless the situation is changed, he ful humanoid entity who has existed
etc.) at CL5000 ability. will have to directly intervene. Direct as long as the universe itself, and
Invulnerability: The Living Tribunal intervention has included such whose function is to safeguard the
has CLSOOO protection against all things as destroying planets and multiverse (the continuum of alter-
~- physical, energy, psionic, and magi- turning stable stars into supernovas. nate universes) from an imbalance
cal attacks. The Living Tribunal is a catalyst that of mystical forces. Possessing
Cosmic Awareness: The Living Tribu- forces the heroes to take action by untold power, the Tribunal will act to
nal is aware of virtually everything in telling them that the stakes are high.
the multiverse, at Beyond levels. He should be used sparingly unless 229
Contacts: The Living Tribunal is you are running a high-powered
respected (and feared) by r:nost of
the major powers of the mult1verse.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

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~ ~-

- -- - - - - - - - -

prevent one of the universes from The Tribunal is willing to obliterate hooded face on the right side of its
amassing more concentrated mysti- an entire inhabited planet to safe- head represents necessity and the
cal power than any of the others, or guard an entire universe or the multi- half-hooded face on the left side
upsetting the cosmic balance and verse itself, and is fully capable of stands for just revenge. All three
threatening the other universes. The doing so by an exercise of his own sides of the Tribunal's mind must be
Tribunal will also act to prevent a power. One of the most powerful in agreement when judging a case
grave imbalance between the mysti- beings in the multiverse, the Tribunal requiring possible action before the
cal forces allied with good and those can turn a star into a supernova with Tribunal can intervene.
allied with evil within one universe. a single force bolt.
Usually the Tribunal leaves matters The Living Tribunal's first known
involving a mystical imbalance The Living Tribunal manifests itself encounter with a being of Earth was
affecting only Earth's universe to be as a being with three faces which with Earth's sorcerer supreme Doc-
monitored by the universe's represent the three sides of the Tri- tor Strange. He later met the Gala-
"abstract" entities Lord Chaos and bunal's personality. Its front face, dorian spaceknight Rom and the
Master Order, and to be dealt with by through which it usually speaks, vastly powerful extradimensional
their creation , the ln-Betweener. stands for equity. The completely Beyonder.

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-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- LIZARD

-- ----- -- - - - - --

,---.., STATISTICS

F EX (20)
A IN (40)

S IN (40)

E AM (50)

R PR (4)

I GD (10)

P RM (30)
Health: 150
Karma: 44
Resources: GD(10)
Popularity: 3/ -1 O

BACKGROUND

Real Name: Dr. Curtis Connors
Occupation: Research biologist
r--.. Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no

criminal record
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Coral Gables, Flori-
da
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Martha (wife),
William (son)
Base of Operations: New York City
and West Palm Beach, Florida
~ Past Group Affiliations: Former ally
of the Iguana

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS Talents: The Lizard has no talents. ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Body Armor: All of Connors' super- Connors is an expert in biology, bio-
human powers derive from his Liz- chemistry, and herpetology (the
ard incarnation. As the Lizard, his study of reptiles), and retains his
alligator-like hide provides Good pro- Medical talent.
tection from physical attacks.
-----. Tail: As the Lizard, Connors has a Contacts: The Lizard has no con-
tacts, although he had contacts with
6-112 foot long tail. He is + 1 CS to hit Iguana. Curtis Connors has close
contact with Spider-Man.
with this tail, and inflicts Amazing
damage.
Wall-Crawling: The pads and retract-
able claws on Lizard's hands and
feet give him Incredible ability to
adhere to vertical surfaces and allow
him to inflict damage on the Edged
column.
Reptile Control: Lizard communi-
cates with and controls all reptiles in
a one mile radius with Amazing abili-
ty.
Alter-ego: Lizard's human alter-ego,
Curtis Connors, is a noted biologist
and biochemist. He has the following
stats:

~

FAS ER IP
Ty Ty Ty Gd Rm Gd Ty
Health: 28 Karma: 46

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----

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: HISTORY confers this ability, and administered ~
The Lizard is a savage but cunning it to himself. He succeeded in regen-
creature, driven to conquer the world Dr. Curtis Connors was an Army sur- erating his missing arm but the
and bring about a new age of rep- geon whose right arm was ampu- mutagenic effects of the chemical
tiles. He has no compassion except tated when it became gangrenous did not end and caused a body-wide
for his family which he will protect from a war wound . Unable to remain transformation to a reptilian-
a surgeon, Connors undertook the humanoid form . Although Spider-
even in his Lizard identity. The Lizard scientific study of repti les, soon Man concocted a potion that
is a sworn enemy of Spider-Man and becoming a leading authority. Rep- reversed the effects of the original
would try to destroy him if given a tiles still possess the ability to regen- chemical, the genetic-level changes
chance, but conquest, usually erate missing limbs whereas caused by the serum remained and
through plots involving the creation mammals have evolved away from Connors periodically continues to
of various rampaging lizards, is his that trait. Connors discovered the revert to the Lizard. The transforma-
chief goal. Curtis Connors, on the precise chem ical substance that tion is triggered by certain chemical
other hand, is as compassionate as
the Lizard is ruthless, and will help and electromagnetic stimuli.
Spider-Man whenever he is needed.

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1 . LLVRA

- - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - - - ~-- - - --------

STATISTICS

F EX (20)
A EX (20)
S RM (30)
E IN (40)
R GD (10)
I EX (20)

P IN (40)
Health: 110
Karma: 70
Resources: TY (6)
Popularity: 1O

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Llyra Morris
Occupation: Former empress of
Lemuria, now professional criminal
,........,_ Legal Status: Exiled citizen of

Lemuria convicted of treason
Identity: Llyra does not employ a
dual identity. The general populace
of the surface world is unaware of

her existence
Place of Birth: Milolii, Hawaii
Marital Status: Widowed
Known Relatives: Rhonda Morris
(mother), Llyron (father, deceased),
Prince Marro (husband, deceased)
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Afflllatlon: Ally of Tiger
Shark, Lymondo, Byrrah, and former
member of the Frightful Four

KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Camouflage: Llyra can change her Llyra's major purpose in life is to
skin pigments to a caucasian color. avenge herself on the Sub-Mariner.
Fish Control: Llyra can control the She is sadistic because she wants to
minds of relatively unintelligent see Namor suffer before he dies, so
marine life with a Psyche FEAT roll. her plots involve inflicting personal
Resistance to Cold: Llyra has Excel- grief or madness on Sub-Mariner.
lent resistance to cold attacks. Llyra's typical method of operation is
Swimming: Llyra can swim at Poor to find allies (such as Attuma or the
Frightful Four) to weaken the Sub-
speed (2 areas/round) Mariner before applying the killing
Water Breathing: Llyra can breathe
and survive in water as well as in air. blow personally.
Talents: Llyra has an excellent rea-

son with reguard to marine biology.
Contacts: Llyra has contacts with a
number of Atlantean renegades and
enemies, including Byrrah and Tiger
Shark, and may have kept in contact
with other members of the Frightful

Four.

233

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HISTORY other mutant power to telepathically not present, it was still Dorma who , ~
control marine animals, she usurped was now Namor's wife. When she
Llyra was the daughter of Llyron, a the throne from its benevolent ruler, learned her ploy failed, Llyra fled
member of the water breathing King Karthon . Several days after her Atlantis. Namor tracked her to her
Homo mermani who dwell in Lemu- coup, Prince Namor, the Sub- mother's oceanarium. Witnessing
ria, and Rhonda Morris, a surface Mariner of Atlantis, a friend of his approach, Llyra smashed the
woman who inherited her father's Karthon's, voyaged to Lemuria to water-filled cylinder holding Dorma,
oceanarium in Hawaii. Llyron was seek an alliance against the surface and by the time Namor reacher her,
taken captive by men in the employ people's ocean pollution. Finding Dorma had suffocated.
of Morris who were looking for Karthon in chains, Namor engaged
marine specimens to exhibit. Rhon- Llyra in battle. Llyra dispatched Llyra escaped and soon allied her-
da Morris fell in love with the sea- some of the most formidable crea- self with Namor's enemy, Tiger Shark,
man, and despite the fact that tures of the deep at Namor, but and his assistant Gerard Lymondo.
neither could live in the other's envi- Namor prevailed. Llyra was caught The three of them awakened the
ronment unaided for very long, they in a rockslide caused by a sperm ocean-dwelling creature Krago to van-
soon were married. Llyron decided whale under her command and was quish Namor and kidnapped Namor's
not to return to Lemuria and helped severely injured. Karthon was freed human father, Leonard MacKenzie. In
his wife find exotic fish for her and regained his throne. the course of battle with Namor, Tiger
oceanaium . He perished a few Shark split MacKenzie's skull with a
months after they were wed, saving Namor returned Llyra's body to lead pipe, and he and Llyra fled. Llyra --..
her mother for burial , but Rhonda abandoned the Shark to ally herself
his wife from a shark. Morris bore a with Namor's cousin Byrrah. The two
daughter she named Llyra. The Morris discovered that her daughter of them kidnapped Namor's kinsman
infant was capable of breathing air was only in a coma. Using special Namorita to use as a hostage against
as well as water, and would later technology acquired from an undis- Namor. In her scuffle with Namor, Llyra
demonstrate certain other mutant closed source, Morris resuscitated slipped into an oil spring on the ocean
powers, notably the ability to alter Llyra. Llyra then journeyed to Lemu- bottom and apparently drowned. In an
the greenish coloration of her skin ria to recruit mercenaries to accom- as yet unrevealed manner, she sur-
and hair to resemble her Caucasian pany her to Atlantis where she could vived. After lying low for a time, Llyra
mother's. As Llyra grew into adoles- wreak vengeance upon Namor. Llyra freed the surface criminals the Wiz- ,-....
cence, she developed schizophre- and her men kidnapped the Lady ard, Sandman, and Trapster, to help
nia, and began to believe that when Dorma, Namor's bride-to-be, and her carry out her latest plot on
she changed her skin to pink, she Namor's life. This plot, whereby
brought her to the oceanarium Namor was supposed to be driven
was another person, her imaginary owned by her mother. Llyra then insane by the acquisition of Spider-
twin sister Laurie. Reaching adult- used her chameleon powers to dis- Man's spider-sense, failed and Namor
hood, Llyra journeyed to her father's guise herself as Dorma. As soon as took Llyra back to Atlantis to stand tri-
land of Lemuria, and through elabo- the wedding ceremony was over, Lly-
rate machinations and the use of her ra revealed herself, claiming that she al. Llyra's currents whereabouts and
was now Namor's wife, not Dorma. activities are unknown.
However, according to Atlantean
law, even though the real Dorma was

234

- LOCKHEED THE DRAGON

,

- STATISTICS

F GD (10)
A RM (30)

s FB (20)

E GD (10)
R EX (20)
I EX (20)
p EX (20)

Health: 52
Karma: 60
Resources: None

Popularity: o

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Lockheed
Occupation: Pet of Katherine " Kit-
ty" Pryde
..,,.,--.., Legal Status: Inapplicable

Identity: Lockheed's existence is
unknown to the general populace of
Earth.
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Inapplicable
Known Relatives: Mother (presum-
ably deceased)
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Former ally
,........, of the X-Men

KNOWN POWERS

Fire Breath: Lockheed has a breath

weapon of Remarkable intensity.

Flying: Lockheed flies at Typical air

speed (6 areas/round) and can also

hover.

Psi-Screen: Lockheed has a Class-

1000 psi screen. He is virtually

,........_'impervious to psionic detection. ·

Talents: Lockheed may have abili-

ties and special knowledges, but

they have not been revealed. He

does·have a seemingly unearthly tal-

ent for eating.

Contacts: Lockheed is a close friend

of past and present X-Men , especial-

ly Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat). ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:

Lockheed is an intelligent animal,

ADDITIONAL NOTES: friendly to those he loves, especially HISTORY
Kitty Pryde, but he is quite fierce in
Lockheed is a small alien creature
defense of his friends. Lockheed is resembling a dragon of Earthly leg-
end. The team of superhuman
curious, which tends to get him in mutants known as the X-Men once
went to "Broodworld," home of the
trouble, and hungry, which gets him malevolent alien race known as the
Brood. While the X-Men were there,
into even more trouble, and Kitty has a small alien dragon began following
Kitty Pryde, the X-Man now known
to rescue him as often as Lockheed as Shadowcat. When members of

rescues her. Lockheed will probably

be joining the Excalibur group on

adventures.

235 •

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the Brood captured her, the little fire- founder, told Pryde Lockheed could gent, seems able at times to under- ,.,--
breathing dragon came to her stay at the mansion. Lockheed has stand English, and even at times
defense. Pryde was reunited with the since won the affection of the X-Men appears to have a language of his
X-Men, but they all had to leave the and Xavier's other team, the New own. However, the exact extent of his
planet because of an oncoming Mutants, and proved to be a valiant intelligence remains unknown, and it
disaster. Moments after they were ally to both groups in battle. Lock- is unclear whether he truly compre-
teleported to their allies' starship, heed and Kitty Pryde are especially hends any language.
"Broodworld" was destroyed. fond of one another.
The extent of Lockheed's strength
Pryde regretfully assumed that the Lockheed derives his name from a is unclear. He can probably carry the
dragon had been killed in fairy tale that Pryde once invented. equivalent of his own weight (in addi-
"Broodworld's destruction. One day Pryde based a gigantic talking tion to supporting his own weight)
shortly after returning to Earth, dragon in her story on the X-Men's aloft in flight. His forepaws are too
Pryde noticed that something aircraft, the Blackbird, which was small to carry much, so he usually
strange was going on down in the originally designed at Lockheed Air- carries objects in his mouth.
lower maintenance tunnels beneath craft, and named him Lockheed. Through an unknown process, Lock-
the X-Men's headquarters. While Pryde named her little alien dragon heed can exhale flame at will. The
investigating, Pryde found the little after the big one in her story. highest temperatures that this flame
dragon in one of the tunnels, and the can reach are unknown, but Lock-
two were overjoyed to be reunited. It is not known whether heed can wreak considerable dam- -.._
Pryde was then attacked by alien "Broodworld" was Lockheed 's
Sidrian Hunters. Pryde, the dragon, home planet or how he reached age with it. Lockheed's batlike wings
whom she named Lockheed, and enable him to fly. His highest rate of
her fellow X-Man Colossus fought Earth. Nor is it known whether there speed is unknown. For unknown rea-
are other living members of his race. sons, Lockheed's mind resists Pro-
and defeated the Sidri. It is not known whether he is a child fessor Xavier's attempts to probe it
Charles Xavier, the X-Men's or adult, or if he will grow any larger. telepathically.
Lockheed appears to be quite intelli-

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LOCKJAW

-. STATISTICS

F RM (30)
A FE (2)
S AM (50)
E AM (50)
R TY (6)
I TY (6)
Health: 132
Karma: 32
Resources: EX (20)
Popularity: 10 (70 among the lnhu-

mans)

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Companion to the Roy-
al Family of lnhumans
...._ Legal Status: Citizen of Attilan
Identity: Lockjaw's existence is
unknown to the general populace of
Earth.

Place of Birth: Island of Atti lan,
Atlantic Ocean
Marital Status: Inapplicable
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Attilan, Blue
Area, the Moon
,..-...._ Past Group Affiliations: Compan-
ion of the Royal Family of lnhumans

KNOWN POWERS Talents: Lockjaw is a born explorer ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Gateway: lockjaw has the Unearthly and has an excellent knowledge of
ability to create dimensional short- the Earth's geography. He also has
cuts that can span 2.5 billion miles. psychiatric skill concerning the psy-
These gateways instantly teleport
Lockjaw and anyone in contact with chology of the severely deformed.
him. He locates his target sites by Contacts: Lockjaw is a member of
-. using his Tele-location power the Inhuman Royal Family, a friend
(below). In an emergency, Lockjaw of the Fantastic Four and Wyatt
can jump to the location of Attilan, Wingfoot, and a special friend of the
the Fantastic Four's headquarters, Thing.

or the Thing himself.

Tele-location: Lockjaw has the Shift Y
ability to psionically locate anyone
within his range (250,000 miles). If
the person is well-known to him, the
range stretches to nearly infinity.
Such cases are limited to the Inhu-
man Royal Family and the Thing.
Animal Body: Lockjaw resembles an
elephantine bulldog. Because of
this, people who do not know him
assume that he is an animal. Lock-
jaw's hands are useless for handling
objects; instead, he uses his
,........... immense mouth to manipulate

objects.

237

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: HISTORY jaw originally had a humanoid form ,...--...,
lockjaw is a kind, compassionate until, as a child , he was placed within
Inhuman, so much so that it is hard Almost nothing has been revealed the mutagenic Terrigen mists as oth-
~ot t~ think of him as a pleasant and about Lockjaw's early history. How- er lnhumans are. The ln humans
ever, it is now known that Lockjaw is derive their superhuman powers
intelligent animal. Lockjaw can not truly a gigantic dog, as he fr~m the effects of the Terrigen mists.
speak, though with great difficulty, appears to be, but one of the fnhu-
mans themselves, and that he pos- It 1s _now known that his exposure to
a~d, as he ~~ts it: "I didn't have any- sess~s human-level intelligence. Temg~n gave lockjaw his canine
thing to say. Lockjaw's goal in life is L?ckiaw can even speak, although
to help those who suffer from a gro- with great difficulty. Apparently Lock- fpoorrmta,taios~waleplloaws~prrse.sAupmpaarbel~ytlhyisittehlaes-
tesque appearance and he has tak-
en victims of disfiguration to Attilan ~Is~ given him certain canine
instincts and behavioral tendencies
to help them. (such as urges to chase animals).

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LOKI

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- STATISTICS

F RM (30)
A EX (20)
S AM (50)
E AM (50)
R EX (20)
I EX (20)
P MN (75)
Health: 150
Karma: 115
Resources: RM (30)

Popularity: 25

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Loki Laufeyson
Occupation: God of Mischief
Legal Status: Citizen of Asgard
~ (often in exile)
Ident ity: Loki's existence is
unknown to the general populace of
Earth .
Place of Birth: Jotunheim
Marital Status: Separated
Known Relatives: Sigyn (wife, sep-
arated), Laufey (father, deceased),
Farbauti (mother), Odin (foster
fat her), Frigga (foster mother), Thor
,,..-- (foster brother), Fenris (son), Hela
(daughter), Jormu ngand (Midgard

serpent , deceased)
Base of Operations: A castle on the
outskirts of Asgard
Past Group Affiliations: Sometime
ally of Karnilla, the Enchantress, the
Executioner, the Absorbing Man,
and Lorelei, former ally of Dormam-
mu
.--... Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS Magical Abilities: Loki's level of mas- * Animate Object: As the power, but
Dense Flesh: Loki's giantish heritage tery is Monstrous unless otherwise with Unearthly ability.
gives him dense flesh that provides stated: * Eldritch Blasts (U): Loki fires
Excellent protection against physical * Shape-shifting, Unlimited (P): Loki energy or force beams with Mon-
and energy attacks. may change into any size creature, strous force, up to 1Oareas away.
Mental Abilities: Loki possesses a gaining its stats and abilities, but * Personal Shield (U): As personal
number of highly developed mental retaining his Health. force field, Monstrous protection
powers that are non-magical , includ- * Imitation (P): As the Power with from physical, energy, and magical
ing: Unearthly ability. Loki does not gain attacks.
* Ught-casting: Loki may communi- powers or abilities. * Enhancement: With a Psyche
cate telepathically (but not read * Matter Rearrangement and Trans- FEAT roll, Loki can increase the abili-
minds) with CL1000 ability, reaching formation (U): Loki may alter materi- ties of others and give them superhu-
across dimensions. He may plant als of less than Shift X material man abilities (Loki may add Karma to
suggestions with Amazing ability. strength with Unearthly ability, and the roll):
* Enhanced senses: These allow make molecular changes.
Loki to perceive happenings in dis- 239
- tant regions or other dimensions.
* Image Projection: Loki may project
an image of himself, similar to Astral
Projection.

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* White - 2 abilities raised, + 2 CS. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: succession of clashes between Loki ---
*Green - 3 abilities raised, +3 CS, Loki is the god of mischief as well as and Thor. Sometimes Loki battled
plus one random Power. evil, and his machinations are Thor directly. On other occasions
" Yellow - 3 abilities raised, + 3 CS, designed to embarass and humiliate Loki used pawns to fight Thor, some
plus two random Powers. his opponents, not just defeat them. of whom he temporarily endowed
* Red - 4 abilities raised, +3 CS, Loki is a master of sarcasm even with increased superhuman power
plus three random Powers. when his enemies are winning, Loki such as the Cobra and Mister Hyde.
has a verbal quip to make them Loki is responsible for transforming
The enhancement lasts as long as seem foolish. Despite appearances, "Crusher" Creel into the Absorbing
Loki concentrates on it, and may be Loki has a sense of honor, and will Man and for the revival of the Asgar-
make permanent with the use of repay debts to those who have saved dian Destroyer as an opponent for
magical talismans. him or helped him. Loki's goal is the Thor. Loki has attempted to turn
" Dimension Travel (D): Monstrous rule of Asgard , although he is also Odin against Thor and to steal Thor's
ability. With a talisman, Loki may willing to be its destroyer if things enchanted hammer. On one occa-
cast spells between dimensions as don't go his way. sion Loki mystically exchanged
well. bodies with Thor. Loki has temporari-
* Life Protection (0): Kill results will HISTORY ly seized control of Asgard when
not destroy Loki; his life force will Odin was incapacitated. However,
remain intact. The exact workings of Loki is the son of Laufey, king of the Loki has invariably been thwarted in -----.
this ability is unknown. frost giants of Jotunheim, one of the his bid for power and revenge by
"Nine Worlds" of the Asgardian cos- Thor.
Talisman: Loki may use magical arti- mology. Odin, ruler of Asgard, led his
facts to empower his spells to subjects in a war against the giants, Recently, Loki joined Thor and
greater effects than his own natural during which Laufey was slain in bat- Odin in their battle against the
abilities, up to the highest rank of the tle and the giants were defeated. demonic Surtur. Surtur intended to
talisman. For instance, Loki used the Because Loki was the son of a king destroy Asgard, and Loki, whose
CL1000 abilities of Twilight, the fallen in battle, Odin elected to adopt goal is to rule Asgard, therefore felt
Sword of Surtur to transform Thor him alongside his bloodson Thor. obliged to stop him. After Odin and
into a frog. He could not transform Surtur vanished at the end of this
the (greater than CL1000) material of In childhood Loki greatly resented battle, Loki began his machinations ,,---...
Mjolnir with this talisman. the fact that Odin and the other to be named as the new ruler of
Asgardians favored the young Thor,
Talents: Loki has occult and mytho- who already had a nobility of spirit Asgard. As part of his plans, he mag-
logical lore. He is not adept at physi- and excelled in all his endeavors, ically transformed Thor into a frog,
cal attacks. over himself. As a boy Loki began using power drawn from Surtur's
Contacts: Loki is the adopted son of studying the arts of sorcery, for abandoned sword. But Thor was
Oden and uses this connection to which he had a natural affinity. returned to his normal form when the
get away with all sorts of mischief in Asgardian Volstagg destroyed the
Asgard. His ties with the Frost Giants As Loki grew to adulthood, his engine, draining power from the
is quite shaky at present, but Loki inborn propensity for mischief had sword. Loki was unable to prevent
has a way of turning bad situations to begun to manifest itself and he the ascension of Balder to the Asgar- ,-..
his own benefit. earned the nickname "God of Mis- dian throne after Thor refused the
chief." But as his deeds grew throne himself. To retaliate for not
ADDITIONAL NOTES: increasingly malicious, and his lust being chosen Asgard's rule, Loki
for power and vengeance became spread a magical plague that ren-
apparent, he became known as the dered Asgard unable to defend itself
"God of Evil," Loki attempted many from an attack by Utgard-Loki and
times over the centuries to destroy the frost giants. However, the giants
Thor and seize the throne of Asgard ravaged Loki's home, and only the
for himself. Finally, Odin magically intervention of Thor saved him.
imprisoned him within a tree as pun- Angry at being attacked and being
ishment for his many crimes. Then, put in Thor's debt, he aided Asgard's
Thor was barished to Earth to learn salvation.
humility in the mortal form of Dr.
Donald Blake. However, Loki is continuing his
quest for supreme power in Asgard.
Shortly after, Blake regained the It has been said that should the time
ability to assume the godly form and of Ragnarok the destruction of the
power of Thor, and Loki succeeded Asgardian gods ever come, Loki will
in freeing himself from his mystical lead the forces of evil against ..--...
imprisonment. There followed a long Asgard.

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; LONGSHOT
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- -- - -

STATISTICS

F RM (30)
A RM (30)

s GD (10)

E EX (20)

R TY (6)
I EX (20)
p RM (30)
Health: 90

Karma: 66

Resources: TY (6)

Popularity: 6

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Former slave, movie
stuntman and rebel leader, now pro-
--.... fessional adventurer.
Legal Status: None on Earth, rene-
gade slave with a criminal record on
his homeworld
Identity: The general populace of
Earth does not know that Longshot is
an extra-dimensional being.
Place of Birth: An unidentified world
in another dimension .
Marital Status: Single
Base of Operations: Australia

Known Relatives: Inapplicable
Past Group Affiliations: Leader of
rebels on his homeworld, current
member of the X-Men
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS Aura Reading: Longshot may read Talents: Longshot is a stuntman in
Probability Manipulation: Longshot the psychic aura of an object with his own world , and as such has Acro-
can manipulate probability fields to Incredible ability, and may under- batics and Tumbling skills. He has
,----. his advantage. Any percentile roll stand the thoughts of those who
have handled (and will handle in Martial Arts A and E, and gets + 1 CS
made by the player running Longshot future) the object, at the time the
is read as the high die first (a roll " 2" object is held. The auras of those to his Agility FEAT in the tossing of
and "8" would be a roll of 82, regard- with the strongest emotions (fear, cleaver-like blades that cause Good
less of how the dice fell). If the player anger, etc.) will be read best. Failure damage. He is also skilled in the use
rolls a "O" on either of his dice, then of a power rank FEAT will indicate of jetpacks, which allow Flight at
the Judge should roll a die in private; that no auras may be read. Longshot Excellent speed (6 areas/round,
this d1 O roll indicates which upcom- will only detect future auras if the Agility FEAT to steer).
ing die roll will be inverted (a stroke of Contacts: Longshot has contacts
bad luck, meaning a roll of " 9" and Judge has defined plans for the among the rebels of his own dimen-
" 1" would be a 19). Thus if the Judge object in the future. sion and with the X-Men.
rolled a "4," it would mean that the
fourth roll after that FEAT will have
reversed numbers indicating bad
luck. No further checks for bad luck
should be made until the first bad luck
occurrence is resolved. The Judge
should not inform a player that the roll
,,-..., is "good" or " bad" until he has spent

Karma for the roll. Longshot's bad
luck applies to his allies as well as
himself.

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ADDITIONAL NOTES: the race's rulers. The Spineless Ones hot on his trail, he found an interdi-
demanded to have a race of slaves, mensional portal and escaped
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: which Arize created for them through through it to Earth. There he was
Longshot is a very happy-go-lucky genetic engineering. The Spineless dubbed " Longshot" because he con-
(no pun intended) character, a man Ones' mythic images of devils had tinually acted against heavy odds in
who loves thrills and adventure, and humanoid form, and Arize, apparently his exploits . Longshot had many
who has very few inhibitions. He has with ironic intent, designed his genetic adventures on Earth, including battles
a tendency to look at the world in creations to resemble them. Moreover against rebel hunters from his own
ways that we take for granted (such Arize had no intention of allowing his world such as Spiral and Gog and
as the time he referred to ham and sentient creations to be oppressed, Magog. He was befriended by the
eggs as " dead burned animal flesh, and secretly designed their genetic movie stuntwoman Ricochet Rita.
and unborn baby birds"). Spiral is codes so that, despite the Spineless
his avowed enemy. Mojo ultimately came to Earth ,
Ones' wishes, the humanoids would determined to prevent Longshot
HISTORY be intelligent and have a strong sense from returning to their home world
of individual self. Hence, a rebellion of and telling the humanoid slaves how
On a world in another dimension a the slaves would be inevitable. Fur- Earth was ruled by human beings
race of sentient semi-humanoid thermore, Arize designed some of like themselves. Mojo feared that
beings lacking spines evolved. The these slaves, including the one who this news would inspire further rebel-
race's inability to stand upright pre- would be known as Longshot and his lions. Once coming to Earth , Mojo -
vented their civilization from advanc- ally Quark, to have special superhu- began planning to enslave its popu-
ing beyond a relatively primitive man powers. Later, the Spinless Ones
level. Finally, the scientist Arize demanded that Arize create lation. Meanwhile, Longshot began
designed an artificial exoskeletal immensely powerful weaponry for regaining his memories, enough to
frame that would enable a member them, and when he refused, they cast recall his true origin. Aided by Rico-
of his race to stand erect. Most of the him out, and he began a life as a her- cet Rita, Quark, and the sorcerer
race began using these exoskele- Doctor Strange, Longshot defeated
tons and under Arize's guidance, mit. Mojo, forcing him into an interdimen-
their civilization rapidly advanced. Longshot first achieved con- sional portal. Spiral followed Mojo
and Longshot, Ricochet Rita, and
However, some of Arize's race sciousness as an adult, having been Quark also entered the portal in --...
refused to use the exoskeletons and grown in machines to become a war- order to follow Mojo back to his home
for unknown reasons, these so-called rior slave for one of the Spineless world . Longshot intends to kill Mojo
Spineless Ones somehow became there and then to lead his thousands
Ones, Mojo. Longshot's first words of fellow humanoids from his home
were to tell Mojo, his owner, "No one world to Earth where they can be
owns me." Mojo put Longshot to free. Whether Longshot will succeed
work as a performer of dangerous in his quest remains to be seen.
stunts in the movies he produced.
Eventually Longshot sought out Longshot intended to kill Mojo and
Arize, who told him his origin, lead his thousands of humanoid fol-
explained to him that he was indeed lowers to Earth where they could be,..--..,,
tree. Mojo, however had other plans,
a living being with a right to freedom, and teleported him to Earth, at a time
and urged him to help bring about a before he recovered his memories.
rebellion of the slaves against the Longshot joined the X-Men , and par-
Spineless Ones. ticipated with them in " The Fall of
the Mutants," where they saved the
Longshot became a legendary world from an extremely evil entity, at
heroic rebel leader on his homeworld, the cost of their lives. Longshot was
but was finally captured by the Spine- resurrected and is still a member of
less Ones who artificially induced the X-Men.
amnesia in him so he would become a
submissive slave. Instead, the amne-
siac Longshot fled with rebel hunters

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----- LORDCHAOS I

" :

I

STATISTICS

F SHZ (500)
A SHZ (500)
S SHZ (500)
E SHZ (500)
R SHZ (500)
I CL3000
P CL3000
Health: 2000
Karma: 6500
Resources: CL1000
Popularity: O

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Inapplicable
Occupation: Personification of cha-
os, agent of universal balance
,,-.... Legal Status: Inapplicable
Identity: The general populace of
Earth do not know of the existence of
Lord Chaos
Place of Birth : Unknown
Marital Status: Inapplicable
Known Relatives: Inapplicable
Base of Operations: The universe
Past Group Affiliations: Partner of
Master Order

KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Note: in all likelihood, Lord Chaos Lord Chaos works in partnership with
has more powers than are shown. Master Order; they do not seem to be
Cosmic Awareness: Lord Chaos has in conflict, which is unusual for two
CL5000 cosmic awareness. opposing archetypes. They have
Telepathy: Lord Chaos has CL3000 described their role as the opponent of
telepathy, able to communicate " the Still One" (Death). In their rela-
between galaxies. He cannot (or tionship, Chaos serves as the ques-
more likely will not) directly interfere, tioner, because Chaos is the force of
,---- aside from giving creatures with uncertainty. Lord Chaos rarely inter-
extra-sensory abilities (combat venes directly; he will employ agents
sense, cosmic awaremess) a chance (and in extremes, the ln-Betweener).
to make a Psyche roll to determine Lord Chaos and Master Order seem to
what Lord Chaos would like them to be working together to ensure the con-
tinuation of the universe.
do (such characters may ignore the
" hunch"). 243

Contacts: Lord Chaos is the partner
of Master Order, and used the In-

Betweener as an agent.

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HISTORY (This is in contrast with the Elders of statements implying that they had ,~
the Universe who are still separate influenced Spider-Man's destiny
Lord Chaos embodies the principle from their pursuits. The Gardener, from his origin for the sole purpose of
of disorder, randomness, and form- for example, has a personality and freeing Warlock at that particular
lessness. It is one of a small class of point in time. Whether this is true, lit-
cosmic beings who seem to have no identity beyond his passion for gar- erally or figuratively, is not known.
personality beyond the abstract con- dening.) They may also have been The extent of Lord Chaos' power or
cept it represents (others in this created by some as yet unrevealed scope of influence is unknown.
class of beings include Death, the ln- intelligence for the sole purpose of Apparently, Order and Chaos main-
Betweener, Eternity, and Master embodying these universal princi- tain a balance of power between
Order). The origins of these abstract ples or concepts. Lord Chaos was them for the well-being of the uni-
entities are unknown. They may first observed during the final war verse. (Eventually according to
have once been more conventional with Thanos, the mad Titanian who physics, the energy and matter in the
living organisms or intelligences who worshipped the embodiment of universe will succumb to entropy or
undertook a certain discipline or Death. With its "brother" entity, maximum state of inert uniformity,
interest to such an extent that they Master Order, Lord Chaos appar- meaning that Order will ultimately
have become synonymous with it. ently manipulated Spider-Man's criti- dominate.) Lord Chaos and Master
cal role in freeing Adam Warlock Order may simply be aspects of Eter-
from his soul-gem to defeat Thanos. nity itself. Their powers' nature and r '
Order and Chaos made certain function remain unknown at present.

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LORELEI

r- STATISTICS

F EX (20)
A RM (30)

S IN (40)

E IN (40)
R GD (10)
I RM (30)
P IN (40)
Health: 130
Karma: 80

Resources: RM(30)
Popularity: 20 ( - 5 among Asgar-
dians)

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Lorelei
Occupation: Seductress

-- Legal Status: Citizen of Asgard
Identity: Lorelei used a secret iden-

tity on Earth
Place of Birth: Asgard
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Amora the
Enchantress (sister)
Base of Operations: Asgard, for a
time Manhattan, for a time the castle
of Loki on the edge of Asgard
..........._ Past Group Affiliations: Ally of Loki

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS talents, and has Excellent knowl- ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Dense Flesh: Lorelei's Asgardian edge of magic potions. She has
heritage gives her Good body armor some occult knowledge.
against physical and energy attacks. Contacts: Lorelei has aided Loki in
Seduction: If Lorelei so chooses, she the past, and Loki may aid her if it is
can cause any man to fall in love with also in him interests. She is
her. Lorelei may make a Psyche estranged from her sister, the
Enchantress, and is an enemy of Sit.
r-- FEAT roll, and the target must make

a FEAT roll equal to Lorelei's to resist
her commands. {If Lorelei rolls a yel-
low Psyche FEAT roll, it requires a
yellow or red Psyche FEAT to resist
her.) Lorelei can raise the effects of
her seduction by +3 CS with a mag-
ic potion (the elixir of Lofn), making
her virtually irresistible to even a god
such as Thor.
Petrifying Kiss: Lorelei, when she is
annoyed, may kiss a member of the
opposite sex and transform them
into a granite statue. The target must
be willing and may make an Endur-
ance FEAT roll (red if Endurance is
less than Remarkable, yellow if
Endurance is Remarkable or lncredi-
,......... ble, and green if Endurance is

Amazing or better).
Talents: In addition to her seduction
skills Lorelei has hunting and riding

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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ognize the adult Lorelei. She went to planned to use Lorelei to influence -
Lorelei is a young goddess who New York City on Earth where she
loves pleasure. She is cunning and claimed to be a mortal human being Thor to throw his support behind
devious, but doesn't take important named Melodi. There she confront-
things (such as the imminent ed Thor's old enemy, the dragon Faf- Loki's bid to become Asgard's new
destruction of Asgard) very seri- nir, who used his hypnotic abilities to
ously, which tends to be a liability. overpower her. Fafnir took her cap- ruler. Loki gave Lorelei the elixir of
Her major goal is to become romanti- tive and used her as bait to lure Thor
cally involved with a god (or any into a trap at the construction site Lofn, which , when Thor inhaled its
handsome entity of similar power where he worked in his secret identi-
and prestige) of high rank, such as ty of Sigurd Jarlson. As Jarlson Thor vapors, would make Thor fall so
Thor or Loki; she will not settle tor saved Lorelei from death, and then
anything less (including such fought the dragon in his godly identi- deeply in love with her that he would
esteemed gods as Heimdal!). ty. Hence Thor and Lorelei first met
in their false identities as the do whatever she asked. In effect,
HISTORY humans Jarlson and Melodi.
Thor would become Lorelei's slave.
Lorelei is the younger sister of the Jarlson and Melodi became friends,
sorceress Amora the Enchantress. and Melodi was clearly attempting to Loki instructed Lorelei to then per-
The two sisters share an interest in deepen the relationship into a
using their beauty and wiles to domi- romance. Circumstances, however, suade Thor to support Loki's bid for
nate any male that either wishes. prevented her from getting Jarlson to
However, unlike Amora, Lorelei has drink the golden mead she had pre- the throne. Lorelei was tiring of Thor,
had no interest in mastering sorcery pared using the love potion. Lorelei
apart from learning certain skills to was then kidnapped by Thor's foe but agreed to Loki's scheme since
aid her in her amatory pursuits. Both Malekith the Accursed, leader of the
sisters are natives of Asgard . Dark Elves. Malekith used sorcery to she planned to have Thor become
cause a stick of wood to take on the
Loki, the Asgardian god of evil, appearance of Melodi and this magi- monarch himself and to make her his
chose Lorelei to seduce his longtime cally animated false Melodi gave
enemy, his stepbrother Thor, god of Jarlson the mead to drink. Under the queen. She subjected Thor to the
thunder. Lorelei, who was strongly mead's spell, Thor fell uncontrollably
physically attracted to Thor, needed in love with Melodi (since the first vapors of the elixir of Lofn , and he
no persuasion to agree to Loki's "woman" he saw bore her appear-
scheme. Lorelei prepared a love ance). Malekith then revealed to Thor fell under her control.
potion, which, if Thor drank it, would that the real Melodi was his prisoner.
cause him to fall madly in love with Thor, enraged, rescued Melodi from To take revenge on Lorelei, the
the first woman he saw. Loki hoped
that Thor's passion for Lorelei would the Dark Elves. Enchantress cast a spell on Odin's
distract him from interfering in Loki's Soon afterward the demonic Sur-
schemes for gaining power. scepter of power, knowing that Loki
tur began his war against Asgard.
Thor had not seen Lorelei since Amora was infuriated by Lorelei's would pick it up, as indeed he did.
she was a child and so would not rec- refusal to join in fighting Surtur's
demonic hordes, and decided to Due to the spell, when Lorelei next
take vengeance on her. Odin , mon-
saw Loki, she fell madly in love with
arch of Asgard, vanished along with
Surtur at the war's end. Loki then him. The Enchantress believed that

loving the heartless Loki would even-

tually destroy Lorelei emotionally.

Loki naturally responded to Lorelei's

new interest in him. ,,.-

Thor's friend Heimdal! realized

that Thor was under Lorelei's con-

trol, and devised a plan to save him.

He had the Enchantress urge Thor to

visit Loki when she knew that Loki

and Lorelei were in each other's

arms. Thor's rage at seeing them

together made him realize he him-

self was under a spell. He forced

Loki to release him from the spell on

pain of death, and then left the two of

them together. As the Enchantress

predicted, Loki grew tired of her;

eventually, she broke free of the spell

and now lives alone in a palace

somewhere in Asgard.

246

MACHINE MAN

- STATISTICS

F EX (20)
A EX (20)
S RM (30)
E UN (100)
R RM (30)
I IN (40)
P RM (30)
Health: 170
Karma: 100
Resources: TY (6) (FB/2 in future)
Popularity: 20 (0 in future)

BACKGROUND

Real Name: X-51

Occupation: Insurance investigator
for the Deimar Insurance Corpora-
tion

Legal Status: Undetermined
Identity: Known only to a few U.S.
government officials

Place of Birth: The Broadhurst Cen-
ter for the Advancement of Mecha-
nized Research, Center City,
California
Marital Status: Inapplicable
Known Relatives: Inapplicable
,--...,., Base of Operations: Garven's
Garage, an automotive repair shop
in Queens, New York
Past Group Affiliations: Former
(traitorous) minion of the Ultimate
Adaptoid

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS Heating/Cooling Systems: Machine Pistol Hands: Machine Man has a
Anti-gravity Generators: Machine Man is able to use his internal tem- pair of modified .357 Magnums
,--...,., Man can hover or fly silently at Fee- perature control systems to radiate installed in his index fingers. They
ble (2 areas/round) speed. great amounts of heat or cold have a one area range and do Good
Extendable Limbs: Machine Man can through his hands. He can do this damage.
extend his arms and legs out a maxi- with Remarkable ability (Remark- Power Source Dependency:
mum of three areas, and can engage able damage) affecting a maximum Machine Man is dependent on solar
in close combat and handle objects. radius three areas around his hands. receptors for energy; if kept in total
He can step over structures up to Electricity: Machine Man may chan- darkness for more than 40 hours, he
three stories tall, and climb surfaces nel up to Incredible electrical energy will lose three Endurance ranks each
at a speed of five areas/round. The through his circuits, and release it by hour thereafter. If he is not exposed
further Machime Man extends his touch. He must make an Endurance to light before his Endurance drops
arms, the weaker he becomes: when FEAT roll to avoid malfunctioning to Feeble, he will shut down. He will
his limbs are extended one area, he (passing out for 1-1 O rounds) with regain consciousness when he is
has normal Strength, two areas this ability. exposed to sunlight, and one Endur-
away, his Strength becomes Excel-
lent, and three areas away, it is only 247
Good .

Environmental Independence:
Machine Man does not need to eat,
sleep, drink, or breathe. He is invul-
nerable to poisons and other toxins,
and can survive in outer space or in a
vacuum.

ance rank per round. sophisticated mobile weapons sys- robots experienced a nervous break- ,...--..,
Contacts: Machine Man's two clos- tem, capable of independent action down and the program was deter-
est friends are Peter Spaulding, a and decision-making: a robot soldier mined to be a failure, causing Dr.
psychologist, and " Gears" Garvin, a Broadhurst to order the robots'
mechanic. He has encountered a that could think like a man. destruction. Each of the robots had
number of superheroes, most nota- A team composed of the most been equipped with an auto-destruct
bly Sasquatch, the Thing, Spider- device that could be triggered
Man, and the Avengers. prestigious computer engineering remotely. As Dr. Stack was removing
specialists in the nation designed, the firing mechanism from Machine
ADDITIONAL NOTES: built, and began programming the Man, the destruct signal was sent
51 experimental robots under the out, setting off the primer charge,
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: direction of Dr. Oliver Broadhurst. Dr.
Machine Man has a very flippant per- Able Stack, a brilliant computer heu- killing Stack instantly.
sonality, telling jokes as he fights, ristics programming specialist, rea- Vowing to fulfill Dr. Stack's dream,
and insulting his opponents with wit-
ty put-downs. There is a serious side soned that a robot could only think Machine Man adopted a human
to Machine Man, as he ponders the like a man if he was treated like one. identity, Aaron Stack, and tried to
place of the machine, especially a Ignoring the personal risk, Dr. Stack find his place in the world of human
living machine, in a human society, took one of the robots, X-51, into his beings. He eventually met psychia-
but he keeps this mostly to himself. home, and instructed him as if he trist Peter Spaulding and mechanic
Machine Man serves a focus for were Stack 's own son. Stack "Gears" Garvin, who would become
rebellion in the world of 2020; a believed that robot and man could his friends. He worked for a time as
Judge may take the characters live in harmony, and work together to an insurance investigator for the
through a time portal into this inter- realize a better world. Stack even Delmar Insurance Company. His
esting alternate future. went so far as to have an artificial employer and fellow employees
face made of low-density foam to
HISTORY simulate flesh and a realistic wig fab- were unaware he was a robot.
ricated for X-51, alias Machine Man. Machine Man fought to preserve
Machine Man is the product of a top-
secret U.S. military project which During Machine Man's "adoles- himself in a world that feared the
was funded to perfect a highly machine, especially against Senator
cence" with Dr. Stack, the other 50 Miles Brickman and Madame Men-
robots were developing major per- ace. He fell in love with the robot ,..--..
sonality defects which were due to
insufficient programming. The Jocasta but she was destroyed in
regions of their artificial brains battle with Ultron. Machine Man 's
devoted to memory and personality most recent action was to aid the
programming were intermingled, as Avengers in their fight against the
in human brains, and they were
developing self-awareness, original Ultimate Adaptoid.
thought, emotions, and a con- Note: There is an account of an

science. Since they were forced to alternate future of 1990 wherein
mature in a matter of weeks they
developed unusual psychoses, Machine Man is deactivated and bur-
mostly unlike anything found in ied by his old enemy, industrialist
humans. Ordinarily, the psycholo-
gists would welcome such new ave- Sunset Bain , alias Madame Menace. ,,..--...
nues of research, but these severe In this future time-line, Machine Man
depressions, schizophrenia, delu- remains buried until 2020 when he is
sions of grandeur, and emotional exhumed and reactivated by a
imbalances were being experienced youthful gang of technology scaven-
by potentially dangerous robots. gers called the Midnight Wreckers.
Eventually three-quarters of the Whether this alternate future
becomes the " mainstream" future

remains to be seen.

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~ STATISTICS

F GD (10)

A EX (20)

s RM (30)

E RM (30)
R IN (40)

I EX (20)
p EX (20)

Health: 90
Karma: 80
Resources: RM (30)

Popularity: - 5

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Samuel "Starr" Saxon
Occupation: Robotmaker, Profes-
sional criminal
~ Legal Status: U.S. Citizen , declared
legally dead
Identity: Machinesmith does not
use a dual identity
Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennes-

see
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Former
......._ master of Mesmero and the Demi-

men
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: suicide. If Machinesmith returns, his
Computer Transmission: Machine- Money, power, revenge - any one of motives will be uncertain, perhaps
smith can transmit his memory, per- these would be enough to motivate a simulating a human existence as
sonality, and thinking ability to any supervillain. Starr Saxon's career closely as possible, which might
specially created cybernetic device. seems to combine all three. He require an android model of incredi-
His true personality was lodged in a began with one interest - financial ble sophistication (the Vision?).
" ' computer, which was made from a gain - and used his immense talent
substance with Good Material building robots which were intended 249
Strength. for monetary gain through sales to
Talents: Saxon is one of the world's criminal masterminds. Following
most skilled roboticists. His reason is this, he experimented with the acqui-
Amazing for the purpose of robot engi- sition of power with a scheme involv-
neering and building defense sys- ing the Demi-Men. After that, he
tems.
Contacts: Starr Saxon preferred to experimented with revenge against
keep his creations a secret, but Daredevil. Then, he tried to commit
undoubtedly has cultivated contacts
throughout the criminal world.

ADDITIONAL NOTES: