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. -- ~ - ~ -=--:---;------ -.- .. - ..... .- - ---
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the hover-chair grants Modam other been subjected to experiments de- the custody of officials at the Vault,
abilities: but was presumably freed by mem-
• Flight: Anti-gravity generators in signed to increase the intelligence of bers of AIM .
the hover-chair enable Modam to fly
at Remarkable airspeed (15 areas apes; these experiments had Most recently, Madam was sent to
per turn) up to a maximum flight ceil- caused her brain to expand. She bring Diamondback, Anaconda,
ing of 19,000 feet. pleaded with her husband to end her Black Mamba, and Asp to a luxury
• Headband: This device aids Mo- misery. liner for a mysterious cruise. All four
dam in focusing her psionic energy. of these women had been, or are
Without it all of her mental powers Refusing to kill his wife, Dr. Pym currently, members of the Serpent
are reduced by -2CS. returned with her to the Avengers' Society. During the assignment, Mo-
• Plasma Cannon: This laser- compound, where he feverishly dam hijacked the serpent saucer,
guided weapon is capable of inflict- worked to find a cure that would re- and Diamondback's apartment was
ing Incredible energy damage. verse the expansion of Maria's artifi- demolished. Flying the serpent sau-
• Telescoping Arms: Her titanium- cially enhanced brain. He was cer, Modam took the women to the
steel arms have Amazing Material making progress, and had just com- luxury liner off the coast of Florida.
Strength and can elongate up to 1 pleted a mobile support system for On the way, each costumed woman
area. her, when Maria rendered Dr. Pym was given an invitation and
Limitation: Because her muscula- unconscious with a blast of knockout $100,000 in cash.
ture is atrophied and her head is gro- gas. Maria escaped to AIM head-
tesquely enlarged, Modam is quarters, where she underwent fur- Captain America discovered
physically dependent on the exo- ther mutations, becoming the Diamondback's ruined apartment,
skeleton provided by her hover- creature called Sodam: Specialized and became concerned for his
chair. If the chair's systems Organism Designed for Aggressive friend's safety. Cap contacted Pala-
malfunction, she is extremely vul- Maneuvers. In a battle with Dr. Pym, din to see if he had any information
nerable. Hawkeye, and Mockingbird, Sodam
Talents: None. concerning Diamondback, but Pala-
Contacts: AIM agents around the was eager for victory, but she was or- din had little knowledge of her
world dered to retreat by the secret rulers whereabouts. The two men then
of AIM, who were reluctant to endan- went to the hospital, where two
ADDITIONAL NOTES: ger their creation further. members of the Serpent Society
(Rock Python and Puff Adder) were
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: A number of months later, at Al M's being treated for the wounds they re-
While Modam must have once been first International Weapons Exposi- ceived in their fight with Modam.
a normal person with a normal per- tion, the creature resurfaced as Mo-
son's emotions, she is now a biome- dam: Mobile Organism Designed for From Rock Python's description of
chanical organism devoid of such Modam, Cap realized that AIM was
"flaws." Madam is totally loyal to her Aggressive Maneuvers. After having involved, and he decided to fly to
AIM creators, and she is eager to undergone extensive mutation, in- their headquarters on a small Carib-
prove her abilities. cluding the addition of cybernetic bean island. Paladin persuaded Cap
to let him come along.
HISTORY: implants, Modam emerged from the
Although Modam's origin is as yet alteration chamber as the latest During the flight, Cap received a
unrevealed, it has been alluded to product of AIM's research.
that she is Maria Pym, the deceased homing signal coming from a tracer
wife of Doctor Henry Pym. Accom- For her first mission, Modam was Diamondback had activated in her
panied by the rest of the West Coast sent to acquire Quasar's quantum costume . As the Avenger's ship
Avengers, Dr. Pym discovered that bands. She placed a strange device closed in on the luxury liner, Modam
his wife was alive and being held within the Statue of Liberty that emit- was launched to deal with the in-
captive in a Bratislava prison, which ted a power surge to attract Qua- truders. Modam used her powers to
also served as part of that country's sar's attention. Upon arriving at the put the pilot, John Jameson, in a
superhuman research complex. scene, Quasar mistakenly believed trance, which caused the ship to fall
the device to be a bomb, when in into a power dive. Captain America
Dr. Pym found his wife attached to fact it was designed to act as a mag- could not pull the ship out of the
a huge life-support system. Al- dive, forcing himself, Paladin , and
though she was alive, she was not net for his quantum bands. As Qua- John to eject. As the three men float-
unchanged: Her brain was freakishly sar was held fast against the device, ed toward the ocean, Modam de-
large and encapsulated in a glass Madam moved in for the kill. Though stroyed their parachutes with her
dome. Maria explained that she had she assailed his mind and blasted plasma cannon , plunging them into
away at him with her plasma bolts, the ocean. Paladin disabled Ma-
Madam could not force Quasar to dam's headband and damaged her
surrender. Overcoming Madam's hover-chairs gyroscope, causing her
mental attack, the cosmic Avenger to flee. Modam's current where-
lashed out and blew Madam's arms abouts are unknown.
off. He then broke free of the mag-
netic device and towed his attacker
into Earth 's upper atmosphere,
where Modam was rendered uncon-
scious. Madam was given over to
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Members: Stryfe, Dragoness, Fore- Equipment: DRAGCNESS
arm , Kamikaze, Reaper, Strobe, Su- Body Armor: Remarkable protection
mo, Tempo, Thumbellina, Wildside, against physical and energy dam- STATISTICS:
Zero age.
Paralysis Ray: From his armor, Stry- F EX(20)
The MLF has been organized by the fe is able to fire a Paralysis Ray of A RM(30)
mysterious overlord, Stryfe. Its pur- Excellent rank energy. GD(10)
pose is to perform terrorist acts in re- Talents: Leadership. s RM(30)
sponse to crimes against mutants. Contacts: None known. GD(10)
The MLF has stolen a quantity of trit- E GD(10)
ium, which is a key part in the con- ADDITIONAL NOTES: R GD(10)
struction of hydrogen bombs. So far, I
they haven 't threatened to use it. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: p
Stryfe is an arrogant and cruel man,
The MLF also has two other mem- fanatically dedicated to the cause of Health: 90
bers, Rusty Collins and Skids, whom mutants and against humans. He Karma: 30
they rescued from a government de- runs the MLF with an iron hand, en- Resources: TY
tention build ing. These two are forcing his will upon the others by Popularity: -5
slightly hesitant about the MLF's strength and violence. Recently, it
methods but have stayed with the has been revealed that Cable and BACKGROUND:
group because of their rescue. Stryfe are the same person. Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Terrorist
STRVFE IN BRIEF:
Little is known of Stryfe's past before Identity: Secret
STATISTICS: his leadership of the Mutant Libera- Legal Status: Unknown
tion Front became known . He has Other Known Aliases: None
F RM(30) demonstrated a considerable skill at Place of Birth: Unknown
A EX(20) keeping the disparate personalities Marital Status: Unknown
RM(30) of the MLF working together well. Known Relatives: None
s Base of Operations: Madripoor
IN(40) In an incident in Madripoor, the Past Group Affiliations: Mutant
E RM(30) MLF fought the New Mutants and Liberation Front (MLF)
R Cable with Dragoness, Sumo, and Present Group Affiliation:
I RM(30) Kamikaze. Their presence here indi-
p RM(30) cates that the MLF has more than KNOWN POWERS:
just the United States on their Flight: Flies by the use of leather
Health: 120 minds. They seem to be interested wings at Good air spee.d.
Karma: 90 in forming a worldwide organization Fire Generation: Incredible intensity
to fight for the rights of mutants eve- up to a three-area range.
Resources: IN rywhere. Fire Protection: Incredible protection
Popularity: -20 from fire and heat attacks.
In a shocking twist, it was revealed Talents: Aerial combat.
BACKGROUND: that Cable and Stryfe, two sworn en- Contacts: Stryfe, MLF.
Real Name: Unknown emies, are actually the same per-
Occupation: Leader of under- son . How they were able to fight face ADDITIONAL NOTES:
ground organization to face in Madripoor has yet to be ex-
Identity: Secret plained. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Legal Status: Wanted by U.S. au- Dragoness is an arrogant villainess,
thorities quite confident in her ability to van-
Other Known Aliases: Cable quish any foe. This tends to produce
Place of Birth: Unknown overconfidence in battle.
Marital Status: Unknown, pre-
sumed single IN BRIEF:
Known Relatives: Unnamed son , Along with Sumo and Kamikaze, the
deceased nonhuman-looking Dragoness
Base of Operations: Mutant Libera- fought the New Mutants and Wolver-
tion Front Headquarters ine in Madripoor and was eventually
Past Group Affiliations: Leader of defeated. Nothing else is known of
Mutant Liberation Front (MLF) her past.
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS:
Force Bolts: Incredible force energy
bolt.
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FOREARM ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Forearm is a serious man, intent on Kamikaze is a fearless fighter and
STATISTICS: doing his job efficiently and well. He has been known to brag about his
ignores pain; indeed it actually powers. He is often reckless and
F EX(20} seems to make him more deter- overconfident during battle.
A EX(20} mined to get the job done.
IN BRIEF:
s RM(30) IN BRIEF: Kamikaze, along with Dragoness
Forearm participated in the MLF's and Sumo, fought the New Mutants
E RM(30) acquisition of the tritium and was and Wolverine in Madripoor. Other
R TY(6) hurt by a lucky shot from one of the than what was learned in that battle,
I GD(10) guards. It didn't slow him down at little is known of this explosive vii·
p TY(6} all. He was one of the members cho- lain .
Health: 100 sen to go on a mission to Genosha,
Karma: 22 the results of which have not been REAPER
Resources: TY(6) revealed yet.
Popularity: -5 STATISTICS:
KAMIKAZE
BACKGROUND: F EX(20)
Real Name: Unknown STATISTICS: A GD(10)
Occupation: Terrorist GD(10)
Identity: Secret F GD(10) s EX(20)
Legal Status: Unknown A EX(20) TY(6}
Other Known Aliases: None E TY(6}
Place of Birth: Unknown s GD(10} R TY(6)
Marital Status: Unknown I
Known Relatives: None E RM(30) p
Base of Operations: MLF Head- R TY(6}
quarters I GD(10) Health: 60
Past Group Affiliations: Mutant p TY(6) Karma: 18
Liberation Front (MLF) Health: 70 Resources: TY
Present Group Affiliation: Karma: 22 Popularity: -5
Resources: TY(6)
KNOWN POWERS: Popularity: -5 BACKGROUND:
Multiple Attacks: Forearm has four Real Name: Unknown
arms that can be used for two at- BACKGROUND: Occupation: Terrorist
tacks a turn for Typical damage or Real Name: Unknown Identity: Secret
once a turn for Incredible damage. Occupation: Terrorist Legal Status: Unknown
Body Armor: Typical protection from Identity: Secret Other Known Aliases: None
physical and energy damage. Legal Status: Unknown Place of Birth: Unknown
Talents: Forearm has Martial Arts B. Other Known Aliases: None
Contacts: Stryfe, MLF. Place of Birth: Unknown Marital Status: Unknown
Marital Status: Unknown Known Relatives: None
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Known Relatives: None Base of Operations: MLF Head-
Base of Operations: Madripoor quarters
Past Group Affiliations: Mutant Past Group Affiliations: Mutant
Liberation Front (MLF) Liberation Front (MLF)
Present Group Affiliation: Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS: KNOWN POWERS:
Flight: Excellent air speed.
Explosive Touch: Remarkable force Paralyzing Touch: Incredible ability
damage upon touching the victim . to paralyze any being. This power is
He must be in flight and able to move channeled through his flail.
his arms for this power to work. Equipment: The flail Reaper uses is
Talents: None known. specially designed to house and re-
Contacts: Stryfe, MLF. lease his power.
Talents: Reaper has a Weapon Spe-
cialty with the flail.
Contacts: Stryfe, MLF.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: ADDITIONAL NOTES:
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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ADDITIONAL NOTES: ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Reaper enjoys his work, looking at it
more as fun than as a job.
IN BRIEF: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
During a mission, Reaper took on Strobe has a personality that is Sumo likes to tout his own powers
the leader of the New Mutants, Ca- every bit as fiery as her powers. and is proud of his huge size. His
ble and almost paralyzed him. Ca- main battle tactic is to leap about,
ble' was just able to swing his arm IN BRIEF: landing on as many people as pos~i
Strobe fought the leader of the New ble, and crushing them beneath his
around and knock Reaper out. Mutants, Cable, and melted one weight.
Reaper was one of four members of his hands in their encounter.
Little else is known about this hot vil- IN BRIEF:
chosen to go on a mission to lainess. Sumo, along with Dragoness and
Genosha, the results of which have Kamikaze, fought the New Mutants
not been revealed yet. and Wolverine in Madripoor. Follow-
ing Stryfe's orders, they attacked
STROBE SUMO their foes but were beaten .
STATISTICS: STATISTICS: TEMPO
F GD(10} F RM(30} STATISTICS:
A GD(10} A TY(6)
TY(6) IN(40) F TY(6)
s RM(30) s AM(50) A GD(10}
TY(6) TY(6)
E TY(6) E TY(6) s TY(6)
R TY(6) GD(10)
I R E RM(30)
p I R GD(10)
p I GD(10)
Health: 56 p EX(20)
Karma: 18 Health: 126 Health: 52
Resources: TY Karma: 22 Karma: 40
Popularity: -5 Resources: TY Resources: TY(6)
Popularity: -5 Popularity: -5
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unknown BACKGROUND: BACKGROUND:
Occupation: Terrorist Real Name: Unknown Real Name: Unknown
Identity: Secret Occupation: Terrorist Occupation: Terrorist
Legal Status: Unknown Identity: Secret Identity: Secret
Other Known Aliases: None Legal Status: Unknown Legal Status: Unknown
Place of Birth: Unknown Other Known Aliases: None Other Known Aliases: None
Marital Status: Unknown Place of Birth: Unknown Place of Birth: Unknown
Known Relatives: None Marital Status: Unknown Marital Status: Unknown
Base of Operations: MLF Head- Known Relatives: None Known Relatives: None
quarters Base of Operations: MLF Head-
Past Group Affiliations: Mutant Base of Operations: Madripoor quarters
Liberation Front Past Group Affiliations: MLF (Mu-
Present Group Affiliation: Past Group Affiliations: Mutant tant Liberation Front)
Liberation Front (MLF) Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS: Present Group Affiliation:
Energy Aura: Strobe has the ability
to surround herself with an aura of KNOWN POWERS:
Leaping: Remarkable leapin_g abi_lity
Amazing heat energy, giving her the used to charge his foes by Jumping
on them. Such attacks hit with Re-
following abilities: .. markable ability and inflict Amazing
damage.
• Can melt inorganic obiects with Talents: Wrestling, Leaping.
Contacts: Stryfe, MLF.
Amazing ability by touching the~ .
• Amazing protection from physical
attacks by inorganic objects.
Talents: None known.
Contacts: Stryfe, MLF.
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KNOWN POWERS : THUMBELLINA WILDSIDE
Flight: Typical Air Speed.
Time Twisting: Tempo has the Mon- STATISTICS: STATISTICS:
strous ability to cause time to move
at different rates for different sub- F TY(6} F EX(20}
jects. To date, her single Power A PR(4} A GD(10)
Stunt is to enable her allies to move
faster than their foes. This has the s GD(10} s GD(1 0}
following effects:
• Tempo's allies can take five E RM(30} E EX(20)
actions to one for their opponents. R GD(10} R EX(20)
• Tempo's allies can Dodge with I TY(6} I TY(6)
Monstrous ability. p TY(6} p TY(6)
Health: 50 Healt h: 60
Limitation: When Tempo uses her Karma: 22 Karma: 18
Power Stunt, her allies must make Resources: TY(6} Resources: TY(6}
an Endurance FEAT each turn or Popularity: -5 Popularity: -5
suffer exhaustion . Failing the FEAT
causes all abilities to decrease BACKGROUND: BACKGROUND:
-1CS. These column shifts are cu- Real Name: Unknown Real Name: Unknown
mulative and last for 24 hours. If En- Occupation: Terrorist Occupation: Terrorist
durance reaches Shift 0, a check for Identity: Secret Identity: Secret
heart attack and death is required. Legal Status: Unknown Legal Stat us: Unknown
Talents: None known. Other Known Aliases: None Ot her Known Aliases: None
Contacts: Stryfe, MLF. Place of Birth: Unknown Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Unknown Marital Status: Unknown
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Known Relatives: None Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: MLF Head- Base of Operations: MLF Head-
quarters quarters
Past Group Affiliations: MLF (Mu- Past Group Affiliations: Mutant
tant Liberation Front} Liberation Front
Present Group Affiliation: Present Group Affiliation:
ROLE PLAYING NOTES: KNOWN POWERS: KNOWN POWERS:
Tempo must be dedicated to the Reduction: Thumbellina has Re- Specialized Invisibility: Wildside has
cause of the MLF because every markable shrinking ability and can the Amazing ability to make himself
time she uses her power, it puts her reduce herself to one inch in height. and up to a dozen allies invisible.
allies in danger of dying from a heart At this height, she is -2CS to be hit This only applies to eyesight; elec-
attack. tronic monitoring still picks up him.
and + 2CS to hit larger targets. This power is probably psionic in na-
IN BRIEF: ture and could be overridden by an-
Not much is known of Tempo before Talents : Demolitions, Repair/ other psi-mutant as a Power Stunt.
she surfaced with the Mutant Libera- Tinkering. Talents: Acrobatics, Tumbling.
tion Front. Her accent places her ori- Contacts: Stryfe, MLF. Contacts: Stryfe, MLF.
gins in the Deep South of the U.S.
but where exactly hasn't been re- ADDITIONAL NOTES: ADDITIONAL NOTES:
vealed. As a member of the MLF, her
main function is to slow her foes and ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
allow her allies to move quickly. Thumbellina likes to use her powers
to fix mechanical objects, but she
doesn't use them much in combat.
IN BRIEF:
Thumbellina participated in the MLF
mission in which they placed a bomb
in a facility. Thumbellina went along
to fix the wires of the bomb. She
rarely goes out in combat situations.
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.. --.. -_._ ...
- -. . -
- - - --J!oo.....~..~.. - - - - - -
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: KNOWN POWERS: ADDITIONAL TEAM NOTES:
Wildside is an exuberant character, Gateway: Zero has the Monstrous
prone to excessive behavior. He ability to create dimensional door-
plays the fool for the MLF, trying to ways to any place that he has been
bring levity into tense situations. before. He can hold these doors
open as long as he wishes. He can
IN BRIEF: transport himself and six others in
Wildside was involved in the MLF's this fashion.
acquisition of the tritium . Wildside Talents: None known.
allowed himself to be injured in a Contacts: Stryfe, MLF.
battle, so the leader of the MLF, Stry-
fe, ordered him to stay back from ADDITIONAL NOTES:
their second documented incident.
Not much is known about the history
of Wildside.
ZERO
STATISTICS:
F TY(6)
A TY(6)
s TY(6)
E RM(30)
R TY(6)
I TY(6)
p TY(6)
Health: 48
Karma: 18
Resources: TY(6)
Popularity: -5
BACKGROUND: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Real Name: Unknown Zero is a silent villain , taking orders
Occupation: Terrorist from other members of the MLF
Identity: Secret without protest.
Legal Status: Unknown
Other Known Aliases: None IN BRIEF:
Place of Birth: Unknown Nothing is known about the past of
Marital Status: Unknown the man known as Zero. He teleports
Known Relatives: None members of the MLF where they
Base of Operations: MLF Head- want to go, when they want to go
quarters there, providing the terrorist organi-
zation with an awesome surprise
Past Group Affiliations: Mutant strike ability.
Liberation Front (MLF)
Present Group Affiliation:
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NAGA
STATISTICS:
F GD(10)
A TY(6)
s EX(20)
E RM(30)
R GD(10)
I TY(6)
p GD(10)
Health: 66
Karma: 26
Resources: MN(75)
Popularity: -30 (undersea realms)/O
(elsewhere)
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Naga
Occupation: Despot
Legal Status: Citizen of Lemuria, le-
gally dead ..
Identity: Publicly known in Lemuria,
the general populace of Earth is un-
aware of his existence
Place of Birth: Lemuria
Marital Status: Unrevealed, married
at least once, probably several times
Known Relatives: Merro (son, de-
ceased), Llyra (daughter-in-law)
Base of Operations: Lemuria
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS: • Energy Shield : He could manipu- could be t ransformed into another
Resistance to Cold: Naga possesses late energy to provide himself with object of Monstrous Material
Excellent protection from cold tem- Incredible protection from physical Strength or less. To use this power,
peratures and cold-based attacks. attacks and Unearthly protection Naga had to touch the matter to be
Swimming: He can move through from energy attacks. transformed, which couldn't weigh
water at Poor speed (2 areas per more than 75 pounds.
• Enhanced Psyche: When using • Mind Control: Naga could com-
round). the Crown's powers, Naga's Psyche mand anyone with a Psyche less
Water Breathing: Twin gills located was considered to be Monstrous. than Monstrous. However, those
on his neck enable Naga to breath • Enhanced Strength: Naga 's with an Amazing Psyche needed on-
water (fresh or salt). He requires w~ Strength increased to Amazing, rais- ly succeed at a Green FEAT to resist,
ter to breathe, and he suffocates in ing his Health to 96. while characters with Incredible or
open air in five minutes without spe- • Image Generation: Naga could Remarkable Psyches needed a suc-
cial means of survival. He can see create illusions of whatever he de- cessful Yellow FEAT roll to resist.
sired. Seeing through these images Anyone with a Psyche of Excellent
underwater as well as a human sees required a successful Yellow Psyche or lower could resist control only by
on land, and he can withstand the in- FEAT at -3CS. succeeding at a Red FEAT. Duration
• Levitation: Naga cou ld levitate varied from days for Poor or less
tense water pressure at the ocean's himself and others at Good rank. Psyches to only a single combat
bottom. round tor Incredible or Amazing
Equipment: • Matter Transformation: Matter of
Serpent Crown: The majority of Na- Monstrous Material St rength or less 57
ga's powers were derived from wear-
ing the Serpent Crown of Set. The
following powers were granted to
Naga upon wearing the evil god's
crown:
• Bolts of Mystical Energy: Naga
could project energy bolts of up to
Unearthly force and range (60 ar-
eas).
Psyches. Crown, a receptacle for the mystical Eventually, the Questor Karthon
• Mind Reading: He could read the power of Set. As Atra and the Devi- took the Serpent Crown from Prince
surface thoughts of anyone within 3 ant emperor Phraug fought over the Namor of Atlantis, the Sub-Mariner.
areas. To reach deep into a person's Crown, the alien Celestials detona- Karthon brought both of them to his
mind, Naga had to succeed at a ted a massive weapon, sinking Le- master in Lemuria. Naga mistakenly
Green Psyche FEAT. If he concen- muria beneath the waves. The
trated on a particular person and Celestials caused the skeletons of believed the Crown would restore
succeeded at a Yellow Psyche FEAT, Atra and Phraug to be preserved, his youth, but it did not. However, he
Naga could reach the subject's mind with both gripping the Serpent
no matter what the range. Crown as a warning against the per- once again possessed its other
• Reduced Aging: While he wore ils of lusting for power. powers. In a show of might, Naga
the Crown, Naga was able to live for used the Crown to destroy all of the
centuries. The Lemurians discovered the Questors except the terrified
• Telekinesis: The Crown provided Crown and its skeletal owners when Karthon . The mad emperor then bat-
Naga with Monstrous rank telekine- they settled the sunken continent, tled Namor in the arena before all of
sis. As a Power Stunt, Naga once but they avoided the evil remains. the Lemurians. Naga used the
used this ability to open a chasm in Naga, however, was told by Set to Crown to open a great chasm in the
the ocean floor. take the Crown for himself. Arriving ocean floor and mentally command-
• Teleportation: He could teleport at the site, Naga ordered one of his ed Namor to hurtle himself into it.
himself and others at Unearthly cronies to pry the Crown from the
rank. bony hands of the skeletons. When As the end seemed near for the
Talents: None. he did so, the lackey dropped dead. Sub-Mariner, Naga was struck down
Contacts: Llyra. Undaunted, Naga took the Crown
from behind by the sword-wielding
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: and placed it on his head, thereby Karthon. Previously, to break Na-
While he lived, Naga was a tyranni- gaining tremendous powers. mor's spirit, Naga had slain
cal ruler who would go to any lengths
to retain power over his people. His Set was so pleased with his stu- Karthon's sister and used his powers
despotism was characterized by the dent that he revealed to Naga a way of illusion to disguise her corpse as
continual murder, torture, and im- to treat the Serpent Crown with cer- the body of Namor's beloved, the La-
prisonment of those of his subjects tain fish oils, which preserved Na-
whom he regarded as enemies. Na- ga's youth for as long as he wore the dy Dorma. After learning the true
ga had always been touched by in- Crown. Thereafter, Naga lived for identity of the corpse, Karthon was
sanity, and his madness escalated centuries in the prime of health and so enraged that he murdered his
over the centuries. vitality. However, wearing the Crown emperor, and saved Namor's life.
enhanced Naga's reptilian
HISTORY: features-his skin grew scaly, his The Sub-Mariner had the fallen
Naga was of the water-breathing, outer ears fell away, and his skull be- Serpent Crown placed upon Naga's
blue-skinned species of humanity came more serpent-like in shape. corpse, so it could ensnare only the
called homo mermanus. Five hun- The influence of the Crown even mu- mind of a dead man. As a result of
dred years ago, he was born in Le- tated the entire Lemurian race, mak- the chasm's creation, tremors trig-
muria, a sunken continent in the ing their skins scaly as well. gered an underwater earthquake
Pacific Ocean. It has never been re- that swallowed Naga and the Ser-
vealed how Naga became emperor Over the following centuries, Na- pent Crown.
of Lemuria or how he first came to ga ruled as a diabolical tyrant. With
worship the ancient serpent demon the powers of the Serpent Crown, he Recently, Ghaur, head of the
Set. However, it is certain that Set re- crushed most rebellions with ease. priesthood of the Deviants, and Lly-
garded Naga as a valued servant However, a group of young Lemuri- ra, the Empress of Lemuria, formed
with the potential to conquer the ans with telepathic powers were the an alliance and reconstructed the
world in the dark god's name. As a exception. They formed a dissident Serpent Crown in an immense new
sign of his favor, Set gave Naga's movement, and eventually were version. They planned to sacrifice
face reptilian features, mimicking able to steal the Serpent Crown
Set himself. while Naga slept. The rebels fled. the seven "Brides of Set"-
Using a serum that enabled them to Andromeda, Dagger, the Invisible
Ages ago, before the sinking of breathe air, they founded a small city Woman, Marvel Girl, the Scarlet
Lemuria, the continent was popu- within an Antarctic cavern. The Le-
lated by normal air-breathing hu- murian dissidents became known as Witch, She-Hulk, and Storm-to em-
mans, as well as the race called the the Ancients. power the giant Serpent Crown and
Deviants. At this time, the alchemist bring Set physically to Earth. How-
named Atra created the Serpent Lacking the Crown, Naga began ever, as Ghaur mentally probed
to age. Fearful of his approaching deeply into the Crown, he uninten-
doom, the despotic emperor formed tionally released the spirit of Naga,
a group of warriors called the Ques- who claimed the power of the Crown
tors to recover the Crown, but for as his own. Naga and Ghaur fought
decades they failed. a battle of wills, and finally they and
Llyra suddenly vanished. Freed of
mental domination, the Brides of Set
hurled the Crown into an immense
sea cavern, where it remains today.
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NIGHT THRASHER
STATISTICS : Wrist: A red result on the Grap- • 3 Plastique Packs in Right Hip
Casing: Remarkable Explosive
F EX(20) pling column indicates that Night Concussion damage in 1 area
A RM(30) Thrasher can use the wire to
strangle his victim. If the victim • 3 Napalm Gel Packs in Right Hip
s GD(10) needs to breathe, he must make Casing : Incredible Energy dam-
an Endurance FEAT roll each age in 1 area plus cause fires that
E RM(30) burn with Good intensity until put
R GD(10) round or become unconscious for out.
I GD(10) 1-1O rounds, and dead 1O rounds
p IN(40) after he is unconscious, if Night • 3 Cordite Packs in Right Hip Cas-
Health: 90 Thrasher keeps strangling him. ing: Excellent Explosive damage.
Karma: 60 Since the wire is adamantium, it
Resources: IN(40) does Typical Edged Weapon • Magnesium Flares in Left Hip
Popularity: 3 damage each round and can cut Casing: Remarkable Intensity
through armor of less than Mon- Light.
BACKGROUND : strous Strength Material rank.
Real Name: Dwayne Taylor • Smoke Pellets in Left Hip Casing:
Occupation: Chairman of the Taylor Good Intensity Smoke.
Foundation, adventurer
Identity: Secret
Other Known Aliases: None
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen
Place of Birth: Unknown
Known Relatives: Chord (legal
guardian), Tai (legal guardian),
mother and father (names unreveal-
ed, deceased)
Base of Operations: Taylor Founda-
tion Penthouse in New York City
Past Group Affiliations: New
Warriors
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS:
Mental Barriers: For some reason,
Night Thrasher has mental barriers
that provide him with Unearthly re-
sistance against telepathy and men-
tal probes.
~ Equipment:
Armor: All of Night Thrasher's abili-
ties come from his armor, which pro-
vides him with Good protection
against physical attacks and Excel-
lent protection against heat and fire
attacks.
• Hydraulics: Hydraulics in the suit
provide Night Thrasher with Good
Leaping ability, and they enable
him to run 3 areas per round. The
hydraulics also add a + 1CS to
Strength, up to a maximum of Ex-
cellent.
Offensive Capabilities: The armor
has the following built-in offensive
capabilities:
• Cayenne Pepper Spray in Right
....._ Wrist: Make an Endurance FEAT
roll or spend 1-5 rounds blinded
and choking, -2CS on all FEATs
• Adamantium Garrote Wire in Left
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• Incendiary Caps in Left Hip Cas- Business/Finance, Criminology, then busting them. Giving his name
ing: Good Intensity flame. Detective/Espionage, Computers, as Night Thrasher, Dwayne joined
and Electronics. Night Thrasher also them on their crusade.
• Ball Bearings in Left Hip Casing: has the Heir to Fortune and Leader-
Requires Agility FEAT rolls or the ship talents. One night, while Silhouette was
victims fall down. Contacts: Night Thrasher has a va- infiltrating a gun-running operation,
riety of contacts in the business the police accidentally came upon
• Spur Jacks in Left Hip Casing: world . He has a number of paid in- them. Scared that the police were
Punctures normal tires. formers on the streets of New York fixing to shoot his sister, Midnight's
City, constantly spying for him. He Fire started to throw a blade at them.
• 8 inch spring lock blade in Right also seems to have some shady con- Dwayne stopped him before he had
Forearm: Does Good Edged dam- tacts that can get him such informa- a chance to throw it, and a gun battle
age. tion as security codes to various erupted. Silhouette was hit and bad-
computer systems. ly injured in the spine. Dwayne, who
Helmet Assembly: Night Thrasher's had fallen in love with Silhouette,
helmet has the following built-in ADDITIONAL NOTES: was heartbroken, as was Midnight's
equipment: Fire. Midnight swore to get revenge
• Voice Scrambler of Remarkable ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: on Dwayne someday.
Night Thrasher is an intense young
Intensity man who has vowed to make all Dwayne left them, believing that
• Infrared Vision of Good Intensity criminals pay for what they do. He Silhouette was dead. Realizing that
• Telescopic Vision, Excellent has a temper that sometimes gets he needed more of an edge, Dwayne
away from him when he is fighting. trained even harder and used his
range Night Thrasher has trouble relating parents' money to create his armor
• Camera Attachment and Film- to the other New Warriors. They feel and weapons. He then decided to
that he is too pushy, and they are create a special team so he would
Pack getting tired of his berserk rages. have some backup. He recruited
• Breathing Apparatus with 5 min- Marvel Boy, Kid Nova, and Firestar.
HISTORY: They were also joined by Speedbafl
ute air supply Little is known of Dwayne Taylor's
• Enhanced Hearing of Excellent life before he became Night Thrash- and Namorita, and became the New
er. His parents were apparently very Warriors.
Intensity rich when they were killed by crimi-
nals for some as yet unexplained Soon after they formed the team,
Backpack Assembly: Night Thrash- reason. Dwayne's guardians, Chord Midnight's Fire made an appear-
er's backpack contains the following (an intelligent man who has a mili- ance and tried to frame Dwayne with
weapons: tary background) and Tai (an older the murder of two policemen. In a fi-
• 2 detachable Escrima Sticks that oriental woman with martial arts nal battle with Midnight's Fire, Dway-
skills) support Dwayne's vow to ne overcame his fear of his nemesis
do Remarkable Blunt damage. make all criminals pay for their and beat him in a battle. Dwayne
• Uzi Machine Pistol is hidden and actions. then discovered that Silhouette was
still alive but crippled . She re-
shielded in the backpack (Excel- Dwayne trained himself to be a nounced her brother's actions and
lent damage). skilled fighter before he began his
career. On his first outing he met turned him in to the police.
Skateboard: Night Thrasher carries Midnight's Fire and his sister, Silhou- Since then Night Thrasher and the
a special skateboard. The skate- ette. These two were taking out crim-
board can be locked to his backpack inals by gaining their confidence and New Warriors have successfully bat-
assembly or to his right forearm. The tled a number of super villains.
skateboard is Good Material
Strength and can be used as a Dwayne has a lot of trouble inter-
shield for Good protection against acting with the other New Warriors,
physical attacks. A spring-blade ca- and anybody else, for that matter. He
pable of Good Edged damage is hid- is a good strategic leader, but he
den in the front of the skateboard. lacks the warmth that a trusted lead-
Night Thrasher can increase his er needs to command loyalty from
speed up to Good, and has Good his people.
Control and Good Body while riding
the skateboard.
Talents: Night Thrasher has the
Guns Talent and he is a Weapons
Master. He knows Martial Arts Types
A, B and E, Acrobatics, Tumbling,
,.,--..
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ODIN
STATISTICS:
F UN(100)
A UN(100)
s AM(SO)
E CL3000
R IN(40)
I IN(40)
p CL3000
Health: 3250
Karma: 3080
Resources: CL1000
Popularity: 90
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Odin
Occupation: Monarch of Asgard
Legal Status: Citizen of Asgard
Identity: Publicly Known
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Frigga (wife),
Thor (son), Loki (foster son, de-
ceased)
Base of Operations: Asgard
Past Group Affiliations: Gods of
Asgard ...
.-.. Present Group Aff1hat1ons:
KNOWN POWERS:
Illusory Duplication: Odin ca~ ~end
out a image of himself within a
CL3000 range.
Invulnerability: Odin has Excellent
resistance to physical and energy at-
tacks. In Asgard, Odin has CL3000
resistance to aging, disease, fire,
cold, corrosives, and toxins.
Dimension Travel: Unearthly rank. -, other Asgardians with stern kind-
Enchantment: Shift Z ability to gift a ness, like a father. He has a tenden-
Thrudstock: This is a mace made of cy to anger quickly if someone
target with Unearthly powers. a CL1000 Strength Material that disputes his rules or commands.
does Shift X damage.
Energy Bolts: Shift Z intensity blasts Talents: Odin has at least the Lead- HISTORY:
ership and Asgardian Occult talents. Odin was born many eons ago, to a
of pure magical energy. . . . Contacts: Odin can call on all race of gods called Asgard ians.
Regeneration: Shift Z Healing ~.b1hty. Asgardians for aid, and he is also on Odin is the grandson of Buri, the first
good terms with many rulers of other Asgardian, who supposedly c~me
Spirit Vampirism: CL3000 ab1ht~ to pantheons of gods. out from underneath the ice of N1ffle-
heim (an extradimensional realm).
absorb all Asgardian life forces into ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Buri somehow sired Bor, who then
Odin's main goal is to protect Asgard married a female giant named Be-
himself and combine their ability and its people at all costs. Humans stia. Sor and Bestia had three sons,
are of secondary concern to him. He Viii , Ve, and Odin.
ranks with his. The Asgardians re- does realize that Earth and Asgard
are tied together, and he will act if The three brothers led the Asgar-
main in a coma until he releases Earth is threatened by a major disas- dians in a war against the Frost Gi-
ter. In this case he can even call on
their souls. the leaders of other pantheons. Sur- 61
tur is his mortal enemy. Odin treats
Equipment: ..
Armor: Odin wears a suit of magical
armor that provides him with
Amazing protection from physical
and energy attacks.
Gungnir: This is a magical spear
made of Uru (CL3000 Material
Strength) that does Amazing dam-
age.
ants, and killed the giants' leader, millennium, in return for the Celes- Worlds. Surtur's demons battled the
Ymir. The remaining Frost Giants tials agreeing not to seal the pas- Asgardian armies on Earth, while
were exiled to the other-dimensional Surtur battled Odin, Loki, and Thor
sages to Earth. in Asgard City. Odin enlarged him-
world of Jotunheim. Odin went ahead and began plan- self and grappled with the huge Sur-
The brothers then set out to ex- tur. The two combatants fell into a
ning a way to stop the Fourth Host
plore another of the Nine Worlds, from destroying Earth , if they decid- huge crevice that supposedly led to
Muspelheim. This demonic realm ed to. He made a powerful suit of ar- Muspelheim . The crevice then
was ruled by the gigantic Surtur. The mor, called the Destroyer. He also sealed up behind them.
brothers learned that Surtur some- transformed the legendary Ring of
day intended to destroy the Nine the Nibelung into the Destroyer's Baldur the Brave was chosen to
Worlds with his huge sword, which rule Asgard in Odin's absence, while
would ignite the Eternal Flame of weapon, the Odinsword. Thor decided to remain the guardian
Destruction. The three Asgardian In the 20th century he became of Earth. About this time, Seth, an
brothers merged into one giant be- Egyptian god, declared war on
ing and destroyed Surtur's sword. concerned by his son Thor's arro- Asgard and the other pantheons.
gance. He decided to teach him hu- Thor and some allies attacked
Fleeing Surtur's hordes, the broth- mility by giving him a mortal form, Seth's Black Pyramid, the source of
ers came to the Nexus between that of a crippled surgeon named Seth's power. Thor and his friends
Asgard and Muspelheim. Odin went Donald Blake. He then stripped Thor successfully invaded the Pyramid
through the Nexus, but his brothers of his memories. A few years later, and discovered that Odin was being
stayed behind to make sure that Sur- the successful surgeon was visiting held prisoner there.
tur could not follow them. Viii and Ve Norway on vacation. Blake stumbled
told Odin to rule Asgard well, and into a cavern where Thor's magic Odin was freed and returned in
then the Nexus disappeared in a hammer had been left, in the form of time to witness Seth's defeat. Odin
flash of light. A few moments later, a wooden cane. Blake hit the cane then resumed his leadership over
young Odin found himself possess- against a boulder in anger, and he Asgard . Odin explained that he had
ing his brothers' powers. This collec- was magically transformed into been forced to defeat Surtur by
tive power is known as the "Odin Thor, and the cane became his ham- physically merging with Surtur, in an
Power." Occasionally Odin must en- effort to stop Ragnarok, the destruc-
ter a year-long sleep so that the Odin mer again. tion of the universe. When Ymir, the
Power can be recharged. This sleep Years later, he informed Thor of Frost Giant. attacked Asgard, he let
is known as the "Odin Sleep." his true identity, and allowed Thor to Surtur gain control of the joint body.
Odin married the Asgardian god- retain his immortal form perma- The fire elemental and the frost el-
nently. Recently, he granted Thor's
dess Frigga, but he felt that he need- emental fought over who would have
ed a son of who was of both Asgard request to merge with a human, Eric the privilege of destroying the uni-
and Midgard (Earth). He mated with Masterson, so that the human would verse. Thor recovered the Twilight
the goddess of the Earth, Gaea, who Sword, Surtur's sword, from the Sea
bore him a son. The son, named not die of mortal injuries. of Eternal Night. While the two ele-
Thor, was then raised by Frigga. At one point, Odin sacrificed his mentals fought over the Twil ight
Odin led his people in another war right eye to the sentient Well of Wis- Sword, Thor opened a dimensional
against the Frost Giants of Jo- dom, Mimir, in return for knowledge aperture that sucked both of them in-
tunheim. After slaying the leader, on how to delay the Ragnarok, the to the Sea of Eternal Night. There
Laufey, Odin adopted Laufey's son , end of Asgard. The eye later grew the two would remain trapped for-
Loki, who was normal-sized. Loki larger and became sentient. The eye
was raised alongside Thor, but he al- told Thor many stories about his ever in suspended animation , so
ways resented his foster brother. past and Odin's. The truth of many of that Ragnarok would never occur.
these stories has yet to be verified.
Odin later learned of the coming of Odin was able to separate himself
the Third Host of the Celestials. The When the Fourth Host of the Ce- from Surtur's body before it was
Celestials were a race of aliens with lestials arrived, Odin drew all the life drawn through the dimensional rift.
great powers who had influenced forces of the Asgardians into himself Odin then resumed his normal phys-
the evolution of human life on Earth. except Thor. Odin's spirit then en- ical form. Odin appointed Heimdal!
The Third Host was to judge humani- tered the Destroyer armor and at- as his representative while he slept
ty's worthiness to survive when the tacked the Fourth Host. The the Odin Sleep and re-energized
Fourth Host was to arrive a millen- Celestials easily destroyed the De- himself. While Odin slept, events on
Earth soon caused Thor to kill Loki.
nium later. stroyer.
The Celestials ended up judging The dimension-shattering reper-
Odin, Zeus, and Vishnu met the cussions of Loki's death awoke Odin
Third Host, who were about to seal in humanity's favor, when Gaea pre- from the Odin Sleep prematurely.
the interdimensional passages be- sented the host with 12 genetically Odin was forced to have Heimdal!
tween Earth and the various realms banish Thor for eternity because he
of the gods. The gods agreed not to advanced youths, the Young Gods.
interfere with the Celestials for one The remaining pantheons of gods had willfully killed Loki.
granted Thor the power to resurrect
Odin, who then restored the other
Asgardians.
Recently, Surtur attacked the Nine
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STATISTICS:
F MN(75)
A MN(75)
s AM(50)
E MN(75)
R RM(30)
I IN(40)
p IN(40)
Health: 275
Karma: 110
Resources: UN(100) (as a Squad-
ron member)
Popularity: 40
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Zarda Shelton
Occupation: Government agent,
former missionary of the Utopians
Identity: Publicly known
Legal Status: Citizen of Utopia Isle,
now honorary citizen of the United
States with no criminal record
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Utopia Isle
Marital Status: Widowed
Known Relatives: Howard Shelton
(husband, deceased) Hyperion (fi-
ance)
Base of Operations: Squadron City
Past Group Affiliations: Golden
Agency, Squadron Supreme
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS: ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Zarda is the appointed emissary of
Flight: Excellent air speed. the Utopians. As such, she must
Invulnerability: Remarkable resist- present a sterling example of her
ance to physical and energy attacks, people for the less-developed na-
as well as heat, cold, toxins, aging tions of the world. The Utopians
were a peace loving, knowledge-
and disease. seeking people, and it has been left
Equipment: to Zarda to exemplify these values to
Shield: Amazing protection from the citizens of Earth.
physical attacks. She can fling the 63
shield to do Amazing Blunt damage.
Talents: Leadership skills and an
Amazing grasp of philosophy, poli-
tics, and natural sciences.
Contacts: Squadron Members,
Quasar.
HISTORY: all of the country's problems. As a Members of the Squadron, includ-
Zarda, who is known as Power Prin- gesture of good faith, the members ing the Power Princess, boarded a
cess to the world at large, is from of the Squadron revealed their true space ship to battle the mysterious
Utopia Isle on the alternate dimen-
identities to the people of the world, foe .
sion Earth, home to the Squadron assuring them that the Utopia Pro- Unfortunately, all efforts to fight
Supreme. She came to the United gram would succeed . One member
States during World War II as an em- of the group, Nighthawk, disagreed this growing white entity failed. Their
issary of her genetically altered peo- with the majority and began plan- universe was saved when Arcanna's
ple. She quickly joined the Golden ning to thwart the Squadron's plans. son, Benjamin, traded places with
Agency, a small battalion of cos- the white being, who turned out to be
tumed heroes organized by the War During the year that the Utopia Thomas Lightner, the Nth Man, who
Department. During this time, she Program was put into action, Hype- had been turned into a living hole in
fell in love with a sailor, Howard rion 's arch-foe, Master Menace,
Shelton, whom she rescued from banished him to another dimension. space. He had devoured seven uni-
death. After the atomic bombings of A doppleganger Hyperion, created verses before happening across the
Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the Utopi- by the Grandmaster from inorganic
ans left Earth to settle on another Squadron's universe.
planet. They feared that the Earth material, took the real Hyperion's The infant Benjamin Thomas
would be destroyed in an inevitable place on the Squadron by faking am-
nuclear war. Power Princess is the nesia. Power Princess took over Jones was slated to become this uni-
leadership of the Squadron at this verse's next Sorcerer Supreme. He
only Utopian left on the Earth. time because of Hyperion's memory opted to trade places with the white
Zarda eventually became the being and thus stop Lightner from
loss.
common-law wife of Howard devouring worlds. As a conse-
Shelton. As a normal human, Ho- The take Hyperion became infatu- quence, the powers of Sorcerer Su-
ward aged while Power Princess did ated with Power Princess and se- preme were conferred upon Thomas
not. He became an elderly man Lightner. Benjamin left the Squad-
while Zarda remained as youthful as cretly murdered the elderly Howard ron's dimension, set on undoing all
Shelton by sucking the oxygen out of the damage that Lightner had
ever. his lungs. Power Princess had no
idea that her husband had been caused in the Nth man's form.
Power Princess became the only murdered and eventually began re- On the way back to their Earth, the
member of the Golden Agency to sponding to the evil Hyperion's ad-
continue on with the Squadron Su- vances. The real Hyperion finally Squadron was transported to the
preme, of which she was a founding main Marvel Universe Earth by the
escaped the dimension that he had new Sorcerer Supreme of their di-
member. been banished to, and attacked his mension, Thomas Lightner. He obvi-
Power Princess, as well as most of duplicate self. The evil Hyperion was ously didn't want the Squadron
killed, but hung on long enough to around to challenge his newly ac-
the rest of the Squadron, suc- confess to Power Princess that he
cumbed to the enthralling power of had killed her husband and that he quired powers.
the entity known as the Overmind. truly did love her. In the battle, the
This collective mind entity, working real Hyperion was blinded, appar- Tjle Squadron ran into Quasar
together with the demonic being ently permanently, so Power Prin- and they were taken to Project Pega-
Null, the Living Darkness, used the cess continued to be the Squadron's sus. They consulted with Reed Ri-
chards to see if his time machine
Squadron as pawns to rule the leader.
Earth. On ly one member of the In time, Power Princess and the could help, but that attempt failed.
Squadron retained his freedom ; Hy- Then , Dr. Strange came to Project
perion managed to travel to another real Hyperion fell in love and made Pegasus to send them home magi-
Earth and recruit the superteam cally. But Lightner had laid a magical
known as the Defenders to help him. plans to marry. trap for the Squadron that caused
Together, the Defenders and the Nighthawk had been building his half of their bodies to stay on Earth
Squadron finally defeated the Over- and the other half to be flung into the
mind and Null, freeing the Earth own supergroup, the Redeemers, to space between dimensions. They
stop the Squadron's Utopia Pro- were rescued from this horrible
from thralldom. death by Quasar and Dr. Strange.
gram. The Squadron lost the final
This battle left the Squadron's battle with the Redeemers and Hy- Power Princess and the other
world in an economic and political perion promised that the Utopia Pro- Squadron members trapped on
mess. The Squadron decided to Earth are now waiting for Arcanna's
take over America for a year and im- gram would be discontinued.
plement their Utopia Program. They The next great test of the Squad- son, Benjamin, to finish repairing
intended to use their powers to solve Nth Man 's destruction through the
ron occurred when a white being of dimensions. Once Benjamin returns
immense size began to grow and to Earth, the Squadron should be
threaten to devour the Sun. The able to return home with Benjamin's
Squadron mounted a last-ditch effort help.
to save their world with the techno-
logical help of one of their greatest
enemies, Master Menace.
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ASYLUM Present Group Affiliations: ADDITIONAL NOTES:
STATISTICS: KNOWN POWERS: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Gaseous Body: Asylum's body has Asylum 's new form apparently pre-
F TY(6) I been transformed into noncorporeal vents her from talking. She seems to
A GD(10) mists, providing her with Unearthly enjoy causing other people mental
protection against all forms of at- stress and anguish by using her
s TY(6) tack, except mental attacks. Appar- powers. She is fairly passive when in
ently Asylum 's head is still solid, so a battle. Asylum simply engulfs her
E RM(30) Red result enables an attack to hit victim in her gaseous body and at-
R TY(6) her normally. tacks him mentally, ignoring every-
I TY(6) Mental Attack: Anyone engulfed in one else unless they attack her.
p IN(40) Asylum's mist (a Remarkable Grap-
pling attack) is subject to an Incredi-
Health: 52 ble Intensity mental attack. She
Karma: 52 assaults her victim's brain with a
Resources: FE(2) (Personal) twisted version of an inner truth or
RM(30) (as member of Psionex) an inner lie. Every round the attack
is successful, her victim is unable to
BACKGROUND: do anything.
Real Name: Unknown Talents: Asylum '.'has exhibited no
Occupation: Former mental patient, talents.
currently employed by Genetech Contacts: Asylum can depend on
Legal Status: Unknown help from Genetech, but she can't
Identity: Secret; Asylum's existence really depend on the other members
is unknown to the general public of Psionex very much.
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Genetech Re-
search Facility, Sayville, Long Island
Past Group Affiliations: Psionex
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CORONARY ADDITIONAL NOTES: KNOWN POWERS:
Lightning Speed: Amazing ground
STATISTICS: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Speed
Coronary is a vicious young man Equipment:
F TY(6) who seems to enjoy using his Wrist Blades: Blades on his wrists do
A GD(10) powers to hurt and manipulate other Good damage and are coated with
people. an Amazing intensity knockout drug.
s TY(6) Talents: Impulse has no talents.
IMPULSE Contacts: Impulse can depend on
E EX(20) help from Genetech, but he can't re-
STATISTICS: ally depend on the other members of
R GD(10) Psionex very much.
I TY(6) F EX(20)
A AM(50) ADDITIONAL NOTES:
p IN(40)
s GD(10) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Health: 42
Karma: 56 E IN(40) Impulse is a violent youth with a sar-
Resources: PR(4) (Personal) I castic sense of humor. He seems to
RM(30) (as member of Psionex) R TY(6) enjoy hurting other people, and he
Popularity: O I TY(6) attacks wildly in combat.
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unknown p PR(4) MATHEMANIC
Occupation: Former medical stu- Health: 120
dent, currently employed by Gene- Karma: 16 STATISTICS:
tech Resources: PR(4) (Personal)/
Legal Status: Unknown RM(30) (as member of Psionex) F PR(4) I
Identity: Secret; Coronary's exist- Popularity: 0 A TY(6)
ence is unknown to the
general public BACKGROUND: s PR(4)
Other Known Aliases: None Real Name: Unknown
Place of Birth: Unknown Occupation: Former street gang E GD(10)
Marital Status: Single member, currently employed by
Known Relatives: None Genetech R IN(40)
Base of Operations: Genetech Re- Legal Status: Unknown I GD(10)
search Facility, Sayville, Long Island Identity: Secret; Impulse's exist- p IN(40)
Past Group Affiliations: Psionex ence is unknown to the
Present Group Affiliations: general public Health: 24
Other Known Aliases: None Karma: 90
KNOWN POWERS: Place of Birth: Unknown Resources: PR(4) (personal)
Body Control-Others: Coronary is Marital Status: Single RM(30) (as member of Psionex)
able to psionically manipulate a per- Known Relatives: None Popularity: O
son's metabolic processes with In- Base of Operations: Genetech Re-
credible ability. For example, he can search Facility, Sayville, Long Island
cause intense migraines, muscle Past Group Affiliations: Psionex
spasms, and an extreme upset Present Group Affiliations:
stomach. He can cause up to Excel-
lent damage each time he uses his
power.
Glass Body: Coronary's body has
been changed into some sort of
glass composition. Any one Bl unt at-
tack that does Incredible or greater
damage causes him to shatter.
Phasing: Coronary has an Excellent
rank phasing power that doesn't af-
fect electrical circuits.
Elongation: He can stretch his limbs
up to 1 area away with Febble ability.
Talents: Coronary has the Medicine
talent.
Contacts: Coronary can depend on
help from Genetech, but he can't re-
ally depend on the other members of
Psionex very much.
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BACKGROUND: PRETTY ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Former student, cur- PERSUASIONS ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
rently employed by Genetech Pretty Persuasions is a disturbed
Legal Status: Unknown STATISTICS : woman who enjoys using her
Identity: Secret; Mathemanic's ex- powers to cause others pain. She
istence is unknown to the general F GD(10) constantly curses in vile street lan-
public A EX(20) guage, and she has a nasty temper.
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unknown s TY(6) GROUP HISTORY:
Marital Status: Single Harmon Furmintz graduated from
Known Re latives: None E RM(30) Stanford University in 1933, at the
Base of Ope rations: Genetech Re- R TY(6) age of 15. In 1940 he was one of the
search Facility, Sayville, Long Island I TY(6) candidates for Project Rebirth ,
Past Group Affiliations: Psionex p IN(40) which created Captain America. He
Present Group Affiliations: Health : 66 was rejected because he was a he-
Karma: 52 mophiliac. When Captain America
KNOWN POWERS: Resources: TY(6) (Personal) debuted, Furmintz knew that he
Math Te/epath: Mathemanic is a ge- RM(30) (as member of Psionex) been created by the project that Fur-
nius mathematician who now has Popularity: 0 mintz had been rejected for.
telepathic powers. He psionically at-
tacks by projecting abstract mathe- BACKGROUND: Later on , Furmintz began his ge-
matical information into his victim's Real Name: Unknown netics career by studying with Ho-
brain with Incredible intensity. Each Occupation: Former exotic dancer, ward Stark. Furmintz served as one
round that the victim is unable to currently employed by Genetech of Reed Richard's college profes-
make a Psyche FEAT roll versus this Legal Status: Unknown sors. Furmintz felt that it was unfair
power, the victim is overwhelmed by Identity: Secret; Pretty Persua- that all around him super heroes
the information and cannot take any sion's existence is unknown to the were being created while he went
actions. general public nowhere.
Telekinesis: Excellent rank. Other Known Aliases: None
Talents: Mathemanic is a genius Place of Birth: Unknown Years later, Furrnintz created the
level mathematician. Marital Status: Single Genetech Foundation, in the hopes
Contacts: Mathemanic can depend Known Relatives: None of creating his own super heroes.
on help from Genetech, but he can 't Base of Operations: Genetech Re- When the New Warriors appeared,
really depend on the other members search Facility, Sayville, Long Island Furmintz hired the Mad Thinker to
of Psionex very much. Past Group Affiliations: Psionex gather information on the New War-
Present Group Affiliations: riors and their powers.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
KNOWN POWERS: The Mad Thinker succeeded , but
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Psionic Attack: Pretty Persuasions did not give Genetech the secret
Mathemanic has a rather laid-back can stimulate a person's pleasure identities of the New Warriors. The
and arrogant attitude about every- centers in their brain. She uses this Mad Thinker had grown to like the
thing and everyone. He does not power with Incredible intensity, and New Warriors and he even warned
hesitate to attack someone, but he during that time the individual can- them about the information he pro-
attacks them with a telepathic burst not do anything until he makes a vided to Genetech.
of mathematical information. He is successful Psyche FEAT roll versus
not a very good physical fighter. He the intensity of this power.
is fascinated and awed by abstract Psionic Weapons : Pretty Persua-
mathematical facts and theories. sions can create a variety of psionic
energy weapons. Such created
weapons can do up to Incredible
physical damage. She usually cre-
ates a whip, which can also grapple
with Incredible Strength.
Talents: Pretty Persuasions is a
trained dancer.
Contacts: Pretty Persuasions can
depend on help from Genetech, but
she can't really depend on the other
members of Psionex very much.
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The New Warriors invaded a dropped him from a high altitude. Some time after their initial en-
Genetech facility on Long Island, Coronary's body apparently shat- counter with the Warriors, Coronary
and they were surprised and ren- tered when he hit the ground. (who was reassembled after his de-
dered unconscious by a group of feat) and Mathemanic exhibited
super human youths that went by Furmintz's assistant, Walter Ro- noted increases in power. All the
the name Psionex. They woke to find sen, saw the errors of their methods Psionex members began acting ag-
themselves captives of Furmintz and and promised that they would be gressively and soon made their es-
his proteges. Furmintz described his more responsible in the future. He cape from Genetech.
life, and he told the New Warriors realized this when he saw how vi-
that the members of Psionex had cious and insane the members of The New Warriors arrived to stop
been given their powers from the in- Psionex were when under stress. Psionex, but the battle was interrupt-
formation the Mad Thinker had pro- Since there was nothing more the ed by Terrax. Furmintz attempted to
vided about the New Warriors. assimilate Terrax's power and be-
New Warriors could do, they left, come a superhero but he only gave
The perpetually late Speedball hoping that Rosen would keep his Terrax a new host body. After a
was able to free the New Warriors promise. lengthy battle, Terrax was defeated
from their power-damping cell, and
they then soundly beat Psionex. Psionex has no real leader, and by the New Warriors with help from
During the battle, one member of they really don't cooperate or use the Fantastic Four and Mathemanic.
Psionex, Coronary, was carried aloft teamwork when they are fighting. Impulse was apparently killed in bat-
Furmintz began noticing his opera- tle, and the whereabouts of the other
by Namorita. When Coronary tives' more deviant behavior and be- Psionex members are currently un-
caused Namorita to have stomach known.
pains, Namorita accidentally gan suffering bouts of depression
over his creation of super-powered
delinquents.
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STATISTICS:
F IN(40)
A RM(30)
s RM(30)
E AM(50)
R TY(6)
I EX(20)
p GD(10)
Health: 150
Karma: 36
Resources: TY(6)
Popularity: 5
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Eugene Milton Judd
Occupation: Professional adventur-
er
Identity: Secret (known to the Cana-
dian government)
Legal Status: Criminal record, par-
doned by Canadian government
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Saskatoon, Sas-
katchewan, Canada
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Alpha Flight
Headquarters
Past Group Affiliations: Beta
Flight, Gamma Flight, Alpha Flight
Present Group Affiliation :
KNOWN POWERS:
Body Armor: Remarkable (30) Body
Armor against physical attacks.
Talents: Puck has superb gymnastic
skills, which are the source of his
Fighting and Agility skills. He has
Excellent Reason when dealing with
any urban problems. Puck is fluent
in English, Chinese, and several oth-
er languages.
Contacts: Alpha Flight, Wolverine.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Eugene Judd is a man who lives for
and revels in adventure and excite- HISTORY:
ment. First as a soldier of fortune, Eugene Milton Judd was born in
then as the hero Puck, he enjoys the 1914 and led an adventurous life as
a soldier of fortune. He was tall and
thrill of battle and the exhilaration of powerfully built, with much athletic
winning a good fight. However, this talent.
doesn't mean that Puck rushes
blindly into confrontations. Living In 1939, Judd became fascinated
the adventurous life for most of his with the mystical Black Blade of
life has taught Puck the importance Baghdad . On finding it, he kept it for
of caution in the appropriate situa- himself. When he touched the blade,
tion. the earthbound spirit named Razor
was released.
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Apparently it was as much Judd's size, enabled Razor to escape from and learned how to manipulate the
dishonest thoughts as the touch that Judd's body. Judd grew to his full Dream dimension.
released the sorcerer. Razor had height but also aged all the years he
been imprisoned in the blade long Puck was able to escape the
ago by his fellow Persian sorcerers had lived. Alpha battled Razor while Dream dimension when Alpha Flight
Judd knew that he needed to im- was tricked into it by Lian the Sorcer-
to prevent him from killing any more prison the sorcerer again. Using his
people with his mystical sword, the er. The Sorcerer had created an al-
Black Blade of Baghdad itself, which "light," Judd once again drew Razor ternate Manhattan, completely
had originally been a gleaming white inside him. Judd returned to his populated by warped versions of
scimitar. In killing people, Razor had dwarfish size and youthful appear- super-heroes, in order to trap Alpha
absorbed their life forces, the so- ance. Flight there while he continued his
called " light" that their souls pos- conquest of Earth. With Puck's help,
sessed, using it to increase his own Alpha Flight journeyed to the site Alpha Flight was able to escape the
power. His fellow sorcerers had used of a previous battle, the Ebony Fire- dimension and return to Earth to de-
the magical light shining off the fountain, in an effort to cure the two
twins, Aurora and Northstar, of mys- feat Lian.
mystically-forged white scimitar to terious ailments. During a fight with The victory was not without a
imprison Razor. Razor was now a dark elves, Puck was hurled into the
wraith-like manifestation of mystical Ebony Firefountain. Loki, who was price, however. The injuries Puck ac-
force. His evil had corrupted the manipulating events from afar, ar- cumulated in the Dream dimension
ranged to have the Ebony Firefoun- appeared once he returned to Earth.
sword over the centuries, turning it tain- remove the demon Razor from As they were cured with Dreamworld
black and making it possible for him Puck's body.
to escape it one day. substance, the magic didn't stay be-
For reasons known only to him- yond the Dream dimension.
By passing the blade through a
person, Razor could steal part of self, Loki negated the effects of time While in the hospital, trying to re-
that person's life force and add it to on Puck's body, so he retained his cover from his injuries, Puck's height
its own, in the process reducing the youth while growing to full size. But had mysteriously shrunk by two feet
victim's height. Razor began to use Judd's face looked as if he were ap- when he was captured by two min-
proaching his real age of 74 years. ions of the Master. Throughout his
the power to steal Judd's life force, Puck was separated from Alpha stay in the hospital, the Master's
reducing him to the size of a dwarf. Flight at this point and the team as- slaves had been injecting Puck with
Judd fought back against Razor, and an enzyme derived1' from the flesh-
used the " light" of his own soul to sumed he was killed in the battle. manipulator Scrambles's blood and
Actually, Loki teleported Puck to the Puck's blood from a former stay at
imprison Razor inside him. Himalayan Mountains, where he the hospital. The enzyme "read"
The presence of Razor within his spent his time wandering and pon- Puck's previous blood as from a
dering his existence. dwarf and was forcing Puck's body
body has greatly extended Judd's
life and he has aged little over the Eventually, Puck decided to back into that shape.
years. search for the Doorway Between While being held prisoner at the
Worlds, a mystical portal in the Hi-
Little is known about the interven- malayas that opened onto other Master's interdimensional complex,
ing years from the imprisonment of worlds. Instead he found his old Puck was subjected to further treat-
Razor to Puck's joining Beta Flight. It ments to make him into a mate for
is known that Judd spent a year in teammates in combat with the entity Marrina. When Alpha Flight found
Spain with another famous adven- known as the Dreamqueen. him, he was a shifting mass of flesh,
turer, the author Ernest Hemingway, barely even resembling a human be-
where he learned to become a bull- While helping Alpha Flight fight ing. Walter Lankowski, using the
fighter, despite his size. the Dreamqueen, Puck sacrificed Master's equipment, molded Judd's
himself in order to hold the villainess DNA back into its previous form,
James MacDonald Hudson had in her own dimension while Laura which also turned Puck back into a
Judd paroled from prison to join Be- Dean closed the portal with her new- dwarf. Puck's tissues were con-
ta Flight. At that time, Judd prom- ly discovered power. During his time densed in this process of genetic
ised Hudson that he would never kill manipulation , which caused his
another human being. He eventually in the Dreamqueen 's dimension, body to become denser. His body is
joined Alpha Flight after dropping Puck was tortured mercilessly by the now similar in strength and density
out of sight for a while. Dreamqueen. When she was done to compressed rubber. After gaining
these new powers, he rejoined Al-
In a battle, he was forced to kill the torturing him, she would renew his pha Flight.
menace known as Deadly Earnest. body to ready him for more torture.
That, along with other pressures,
The Dreamqueen again fought Al-
such as his feelings for Heather Hud- pha Flight and at the end of the bat-
son, and his wish to return to normal tle was banished to a distant limbo
dimension. Puck escaped his prison
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C3UANTUM
STATISTICS:
F EX(20)
A EX(20)
s UN(100)
E MN(75)
R TY(6)
I TY(6)
p TY(6)
Health: 215
Karma: 18
Resources: FE(2)
Popularity: - 5
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Soldier
Legal Status: Citizen of the planet
Dakkam
Identity: Unknown on Earth
Place of Birth: The planet Dakkam
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile, for-
merly the planet Dakkam
Past Group Affiliations: Member of
the Elite of Dakkam, former ally of
Graviton
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS: Invulnerability: Quantum possesses ADDITIONAL NOTES:
CL1000 resistance to heat and gravi-
Body Armor: Quantum's super-hard tational forces.
skin provides him with Amazing pro-
tection against all forms of damage. Life Support: With this power at Shift
Resolve mental attacks normally. Z rank, Quantum can survive in hos-
Flight: Quantum can fly at Shift Y air- tile environments indefinitely without
speed (100 areas per turn) in atmos- requiring food, water, or air.
phere and CL3000 (near-light) in the Limitation: Because he relies upon
light from the closest star, dense
vacuum of space. smoke or darkness negates Quan-
Flame Sheath: When flying, Quan- tum 's Hyper-Teleportation power
tum can create an aura of Incredible and renders him unconscious for 1-
Intensity flames around his body. 1Oturns if he fails a Red Endurance
Hyper-Teleportation: Quantum has FEAT.
the power to occupy multiple posi-
tions in space at nearly the same Talents: None.
time. In effect, he can teleport with Contacts: Aquarian, Graviton.
great rapidity back and forth among
many different locations, remaining
in one spot for a mere fraction of a
second. Due to the phenomenon of
persistence of vision, a human ob-
server sees Quantum appear in
many different positions simultane-
ously, and may mistakenly assume
that Quantum has created dupli-
cates of himself. Though he pos-
sesses this ability at Monstrous
rank, Quantum can teleport himself
only a maximum of six inches away
from his previous position.
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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: powers. Toward this end, a platoon the other. The two aliens fought, and
Quantum is a brave soldier, totally of militiamen, including Quantum , when Graviton interfered in the
loyal to the ruling Elite of Dakkam , were elected to serve as test sub- struggle, the resulting clash of great
the Fatherworld. Though he wields forces propelled Quantum off the
great powers, he uses force only on jects. levitating mass of rock. As Quantum
those who interfere with his quest to Known as the Elect, each of the
find the missing members of his pla- fell to Earth, the Avengers escaped.
toon . His unyielding determination soldiers was placed inside an incu- Because of his superhuman
to find his comrades has brought bator capsule and launched into or-
him into conflict with several super powers, Quantum survived the tre-
heroes, causing him to be labeled a bit around the Earth 's sun. Sensors mendous fall. He abandoned his alli-
villain, when in fact, he is fueled by monitored their bodies, waiting for ance with Graviton, and has
none of the motives associated with signs of cellular enhancement. maintained a low profile while
most super criminals. searching for his comrades , the
When Quantum was awakened,
HISTORY: he discovered that his strength had missing Elect.
Little is known about the early histo- increased a hundredfold, and he Recently, Quantum 's quest
ry of the enigmatic alien called was virtually impervious to injury. He
Quantum . The origin of his super now had the power to quantumize brought him to an encounter with
powers is closely tied to that of an- his spatial coordinates, allowing him Quasar and Aquarian. After discov-
other Dakkamite named Wundarr, to materialize his body in different lo- ering that Aquarian was a Dakkami-
who later became known as the pac- cations within his probability field for te, Quantum hoped that Aquarian
ifist super being called Aquarian . mere fractions of a second each . might be one of the Elect. Quantum
Wundarr was launched into space told Aquarian of the Elect and how
as an infant by his father, who mis- Quantum also discovered that his he came to Earth. Aquarian assured
takenly believed the planetwide de- fellow platoon members had gone, Quantum that he was Dakkamite,
struction of Dakkam was imminent. apparently having hatched before but not one of the Elect. Quantum
Spending the interstellar voyage in him. He searched for his comrades suddenly came to the conclusion
suspended animation, Wundarr and that Aquarian was the original
his vessel were eventually caught by tirelessly, finally flying through the Dakkamite to transform, the one the
the gravitational pull of Earth. The sun itself. Upon emerging, he no- scientists observed . Calling Aquari-
young Dakkamite was bombarded ticed a gravity beacon from Earth an a traitor to the Fatherworld,
by cosmic rays from the Earth 's sun , and answered its call , hoping it was Quantum attacked.
which granted him certain superhu-
man powers. set by the missing Elect. Before the pacifist came to harm,
Unfortunately, the beacon was Quasar interfered and defeated
Scientists on the planet Dakkam
noticed the superhuman powers of sent by the criminal Graviton, who Quantum by altering the probability
Aquarian . After presenting their ob- enlisted Quantum, along with the fe- field surrounding the alien. Quantum
servations to the ruling Elite of male alien named Halflife and the was stuck between two discrete
Dakkam, the scientists were ordered electromagnetic entity called Zzzax, quantum levels, freezing him with
to undertake an experiment to deter- in his war against the West Coast
mine the viability of endowing Avengers. Quantum went along with three intangible images.
Dakkam ite soldiers with similar Graviton's plot in exchange for a Out of compassion, Aquarian
promise of help in locating the Elect.
asked Quantum to join his group of
Quantum , Halflife, and Zzzax followers, but the infuriated soldier
helped Graviton defeat the West
Coast Avengers, who were made refused and flew away. Until Quasar
prisoner at Graviton 's headquarters, uses his powers to reverse the ef-
a mass of rock suspended in the fects upon Quantum, the alien will
atmosphere. The Avenger Tigra es- apparently remain as three intangi-
caped and convinced Halflife and
Quantum that each was out to kill ble images.
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RAGE
STATISTICS:
F RM(30)
A GD(10)
s MN(75)
E MN(75)
R GD(10)
I GD(10)
p GD(10)
Health: 190
Karma: 30
Resources: FB(2)
Popularity: o
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Elvin Daryl Holiday
Occupation: Adventurer, student
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no
criminal record, still a minor
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: New York City
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Edna Staples
(grandmother, legal guardian), moth-
er is deceased and whereabouts of
father is unknown
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliations: Avengers
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS:
Body Armor: Rage's toughened skin
provides him with Incredible protec-
tion against physical attacks and Re-
markable protection versus energy
attacks.
Lightning Speed: He can run at Re-
markable land speed (6 areas per
round).
Talents: None.
Contacts: Rage can rely on any of
the Avengers for help.
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: predominately white neighborhood ers for Fisk Biochem climbed out.
Beneath all that bone and muscle, in New York City on his way to trade Unaware of Elvin clinging to the
Rage is really just a kid named Elvin some comic books with a friend. A creek bank below, the two workers
Holiday. Before his transformation, group of white boys spotted Elvin poured a barrel of toxic waste into
he was a puny boy who was often and began to beat him, figuring he the stream. Elvin was covered in the
mistreated by the neighborhood bul- had probably stolen the comic horrid liquid. Somehow he managed
lies. Now he fights vigorously for the books. Elvin ran down a dead end al- to get home to his Granny Staples'
downtrodden people of the world ley and hid from the bullies in a house, where he was staying until
and against prejudice. For the most stream of foul water. After his pursu- his parents got back together. Gran-
part, Rage is intelligent and soft- ers left, Elvin struggled to climb the ny Staples was a retired nurse, and
spoken; however, he is quick to take
brash and brutal action when faced bank of the creek, but he was ex- she decided to care for Elvin herself,
with injustice. hausted from holding his breath un- rather than take him to·a hospital.
der the polluted water and lay there
HISTORY: moaning for help. Elvin did indeed get better; in fact,
One day, when Elvin Holiday was on- he got better than he had ever been
ly 13 years old, he passed through a After a few moments, a van before. He kept getting bigger and
backed down the alley and two work- stronger, until he discovered his body
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was impervious to just about anything. most. Before slamming the door on Sandman, and Rage. All other
When the transformation was com- his way out, Rage made a final state- Avengers, excluding the West Coast
plete, the scrawny boy had changed ment that left the Avengers deep in Avengers, were considered to be in
into a huge, burly, bald man who ap-
thought, "I just want to use my the inactive reserves.
peared to be in his mid-30s. powers to make life better for man- The Avengers held a press confer-
Realizing that nobody could push kind, and if you don 't know it, most of
mankind is the little guy who never ence on the steps of their headquar-
him around anymore, Elvin decided ters to announce the results of their
to go back and teach the bullies a gets the benefit of your heroics." meeting. The conference was inter-
lesson they would not soon forget. Recently, while destroying a crack rupted by the Tetrarchs of Entropy,
However, Granny Staples told him to who accused the Avengers of help-
never come back if he left to seek house in Brooklyn, Rage noticed a ing Ngh escape the Dimension of
vengeance with hatred in his heart. beam of energy streaking up into the Exile. The primary team of Avengers
Elvin pleaded with her, saying God sky from the streets of Manhattan. Us- was immediately transported to the
had transformed him so he could be ing his great speed, Rage ran through alien dimension to be punished ,
the Lord's sword of vengeance. the subway and arrived at the sight of while the reserve substitutes, includ-
Granny Staples confided to Elvin
that she believed he was being the energy blast just in time to be ing Rage, were left behind.
saved for something special, and sucked through a dimensional gate- As Rage struggled to help his new
that the Lord would never have way created by Thor. The Avengers
meant for him to be consumed by had transported themselves, Ms. Zhu- friends, the home of his grandmoth-
hatred for ignorant children. Elvin kova, Dr. Estivez, and a Russian hero er was invaded by Ngh and his alien
saw the wisdom of her words, and named Ramskov in order to neutralize
from that point on he has used his the uncontrollable powers Ramskov cohorts. Ngh planned to use Granny
had gained at the Chernobyl incident. Staples to force Rage to be his agent
power to help those in need, fighting As fate would have it, Rage was also inside the Avengers. Rage, however,
for the downtrodden and weak under transported to the other dimension, led Quasar, She-Hulk, Black Widow,
the name of Rage. which happened to be a prison world and the Vision to Granny Staples'
for psychotic alien criminals governed home, where they confronted Ngh
One day not long ago, while the by the enigmatic Tetrarchs of Entropy. and the alien criminals. During the
Avengers were busy rebuilding their battle, the primary team of Avengers
mansion in Manhattan, Rage went to Rage helped She-Hulk, Captain returned with the Tetrarchs and an-
the construction site in order to America, Iron Man, Thor, and Sersi other being called Ahh. As it turned
"sign up." He was confronted at the battle and defeat a horde of alien
entrance by Jarvis, the Avengers' creatures. When Ramskov's condi- out, Ahh and Ngh were two halves of
butler, who told Rage that becoming tion had been stabilized, Thor once the same being, with Ahh represent-
an Avenger was a much more com- again opened the gateway to return
everyone to Earth. Unfortunately, ing the good half and Ngh the evil.
plicated process. Accusing Jarvis of the alien criminals, led by Ngh the When the halves joined, a third be-
giving him the runaround , Rage Unspeakable, followed the Avengers ing appeared and quickly deprived
pushed his way past the butler and into the Earth dimension, and hid in the Tetrarchs of their power to pass
was intercepted by Captain Ameri- the steeple of the Chapel of St. Jude between the realities. The incredibly
ca. Asking him why there were no powerful being then left, and the
black Avengers, Rage accused Cap the Lesser to wait for nightfall. Avengers hurled the Tetrarchs back
of bigotry and discrimination. Re- In the meantime, Rage was of- through the dimensional gateway.
minding Cap that he was supposed
fered, and accepted, membership in In the end, Ngh's alien cronies
to be a champion of fairness, Rage the Avengers for his valiant effort in were rounded up by a drug dealer
advanced pointing a finger at the the Dimension of Exile. Shortly named L.D . 50, whose crack house
Avenger, and told Cap that he had thereafter, the Avengers were forced had been destroyed by Rage at the
been quick to judge Rage by his ap- to undertake a two-day meeting to
develop a new charter because their beginning of the story. Whether LO .
pearance alone. original charter had recently been 50 will use his new allies to seek re-
revoked by the United States gov- venge against Rage remains to be
Sersi, who happened upon the ernment. After allowing for a truly in-
scene, mistook Rage's angry ap- ternational membership, the seen.
proach for an attack upon her be- Avengers accepted a new charter In the short time he has been with
with the United Nations. It was de-
loved Cap, and she blasted Rage cided that the new primary team the Avengers, Rage has grown into a
with her eye beams. As the other would consist of Thor, Sersi, Vision, hero with a lot of potential for great-
Avengers joined in the fight, Captain ness. Being the youngest and least
America stopped them and ex- Quasar, Black Widow, and She- experienced Avenger has not
plained the misunderstanding. An Hulk, with Captain America serving stopped him from holding his own
angry Rage accused the Avengers as " chair-being." Seven reserve
of worrying more about battling substitutes were also chosen, in- against Dr. Doom and his robots or
super-villains and building their cluding Spider-Man, Black Knight, the Mole Man and the Subterra-
Falcon , Hercules, Captain Marvel, neans. Rage is certainly an Avenger
headquarters than about the people to watch in the future.
of the city, the ones who need them
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STATISTICS: REC WOLF
F RM(30) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
A IN(40) Red Wolf is a stern, no-nonsense
type of superhero. In a fight, he pre-
s RM(30) fers to get the job done as quickly
and as efficiently as possible, with
E IN(40) no wisecracks or extra remarks. Red
R GD(10) Wolf takes his duty as Owayodata's
I MN(75) agent on Earth very seriously; he
p RM(30) tries to act as a link between the old
Indian ways and the modern world.
Health: 140
75
Karma: 115
Resources: TY{6)
Popularity: 5
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: William Talltrees
Occupation: Former soldier, con-
struction worker, now professional
adventurer
Identity: Secret
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no
criminal record
Other Known Aliases: Thomas
Thunderhead
Place of Birth: Wolf Point, Montana
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Thomas (father,
deceased), Rebecca (mother, de-
,--- ceased), William (uncle)
Base of Operations: American
Southwest
Past Group Affiliations: Rangers
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS: ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Enhanced Senses: Red Wolf has en-
hanced sight, hearing, and smell all
at Monstrous rank.
......_ Tracking: Monstrous ability to track.
Weapons: Red Wolf carries two
weapons. The first is a six-foot-long
wooden coup-stick (fighting staff)
that can be used as a bludgeon or as
a javelin to cause 10 points of blunt
damage and be thrown up to 3 ar-
eas. The second weapon is a flint-
edged tomahawk that can inflict 10
points of Edged damage or 16 points
of Blunt damage. Both items have
Remarkable Material Strength.
Talents: Red Wolf has Wrestling,
Throw Weapons, and Acrobatics. He
has had Military training and can
track at Excellent rank.
Contacts: Rangers, Avengers, Dr.
Strange, Black Crow.
HISTORY: from Owayodata to try to bring Corrupter. He remained with the
peace between the white and red loosely organized group that be-
Among the Cheyenne Indians of the peoples. How he eventually died has came known as the Rangers. The
American Plains is the widespread Rangers were eventually pitted
belief in Owayodata, the Wolf-Spirit. not yet been recorded. against the West Coast Avengers by
This spirit, one of the Native Ameri- In the latter half of the 20th centu- a demon in Shooting Star's form.
can gods, is an entity on the order of With the disappearance of the real
the Asgardians or Olympians. He ry, another man assumed the man- Shooting Star and Firebird's depar-
generally chooses to imbue his es- tle of the Red Wolf. Will Talltrees, ture, the Rangers disbanded.
sence and attributes within a human son of Thomas Talltrees, a Chey-
host, rather than to physically mate- enne tribal leader, grew up on a res- William Talltrees faced his past in
rialize on the earthly plane. Within ervation hearing tales of the Red the desert and was almost found
the bloodline of a certain Cheyenne Wolf from the spiritual leaders of the wanting. The boy who fell from the
family, Owayodata has often chosen tribe. Once he reached adulthood, helicopter came back as a character
to manifest himself, creating a quasi- Talltrees left to enlist in the U.S. Ar- called the Bengal to avenge his fami-
superhuman champion of the peo- my. During his time in the Army, he ly's death against Talltrees. Lobo
ple called the Red Wolf. How long allowed his fellow soldiers to de- was killed in the fight and Red Wolf
the Wolf-Spirit has been manifesting stroy a village in Vietnam and let a was critically injured. Owayodata
himself in this way is not known, nor young man fall to his death from a visited Talltrees as the doctors oper-
why he has chosen this particular ated on him and forced the hero to
helicopter. confront and conquer his guilt. The
bloodline. After serving his time, he became Wolf Spirit then granted him en-
The first Red Wolf was said to hanced powers and abilities to aid
a construction worker in New York
have tamed the first horse and driv- City. Returning home, Talltrees wit- him in his fight for justice.
en his people's enemies, such as the
Sioux, from the plains so that the nessed his father being intimidated While meditating in the wilder-
Cheyenne would have a land of their into selling his property by a corrupt ness, Red Wolf heard gunshots and
own. The first Red Wolf about whom investigated. He found joyriders hav-
there are historical details is the businessman, Cornelius van Lunt. ing target practice with a mother wolf
young full-blooded Cheyenne who That night, Talltrees became the
sole survivor of the massacre of his and her cub~. He stopped the men,
was raised by a kindly white couple family at the hands of Lunt's hench- but stayed his hand from further vio-
after his tribesmen were massacred men. Swearing vengeance, lence as he picked up the only sur-
by the U.S. calvary. The couple Talltrees donned the ceremonial viving cub. He has started training
garb of the Red Wolf kept by his this cub to become the new Lobo.
named him Johnny Wakeley. tribe's spiritual leaders; he then per-
Wakeley became an orphan again formed the ritual dance he had wit- Recently, Red Wolf teamed with
nessed as a youth. He was visited Black Crow and Doctor Strange to
when Indians slaughtered his foster by Owayodata and imbued with the stop three angry members of the In-
parents. Pursued by renegade mem-
bers of his own tribe, Wakeley stum- god 's spiritual legacy. dian pantheon of gods from exacting
bled into a spot where the Talltrees soon found a wolf cub vengeance on the white man for
ceremonial garb of the Red Wolf was centuries of oppression and cruelty.
buried. There, he was visited by the that he named Lobo and trained to The three rogue gods and all the
spirit of Owayodata. Bidden to don be his companion, as in the legends vengeful spirits of wrongfully-slain
the ceremonial garb and given the Native Americans were finally per-
totem of power, the coup-stick, Wa- of the previous Red Wolves. Stalking suaded that they could not mold the
keley became the latest incarnation van Lunt back to New York, Red Wolf modern world into their image of the
of the Red Wolf. A wolf, Lobo, joined exacted vengeance from him with past, so they gave up.
him at the burial place . As the Red the aid of the Avengers. Upon his re-
Wolf, Wakeley used the great skills turn to the southwest, he began a ca- This encounter bolstered Red
and prowess that he had acquired reer as a masked vigilante and Wolf's desire to forge a new bond be-
tween the Indian nations and the
champion of freedom.
Red Wolf was one of the heroes of modern world.
the American Southwest who re-
sponded to a distress call from Rick
Jones to rescue the Hulk from the
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RINTRAH
STATISTICS
F GD(10)
A GD(10)
s RM(30)
E RM(30)
R GD(10)
I EX(20)
p RM(30)
Health: 80
Karma: 60
Resources: PR(4)
Popularity: 0
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Rintrah
Occupation: Apprentice to Doctor
---. Strange
Legal Status: None
Identity: Rintrah's existence is un-
known to the general populace.
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: An unknown dimen-
sion
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Doctor
Strange's Sanctorum in Greenwich
---. Village
Past Group Affiliations: Doctor
Strange and friends, Enitharmon the
Weaver
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS:
Magical Abilities: Rintrah is currently
a Discipline of the Order School of
Magic; he knows only a handful of
...-.... spells. He has the potential to some-
day become a powerful sorcerer,
once his training with Doctor
Strange is over.
Personal: Dimensional: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Alteration-Appearance: Rintrah can Dimensional Aperture: Excellent Rintrah is a brave soul who is very
change his physical features with Talents: Rintrah has the Mystical
Remarkable ability. He cannot Background talent. headstrong at times. He believes im-
change his approximate size or Contacts: Rintrah is currently serv- plicitly in the power of good over evil.
weight, but he can disguise the fact ing as Doctor Strange's apprentice. He has trouble believing that the
that he is a minotaur easily. In the past Rintrah has served as the forces of good can sometimes have
Astral Projection: Good apprentice of the alien wizard known setbacks. He is more than willing to
as Enitharmon the Weaver. sacrifice himself for the life of an-
Shield-Individual: Excellent personal other.
protection against physical , energy
and magical attacks.
Universal: ADDITIONAL NOTES:
..-.... Eldritch Bolts: Excellent energy
damage with a one-area range
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HISTORY: chards. They traveled to Urthona's was the flame from a demon's head. ,,--...
Rintrah is an intelligent being from home planet and confronted the ali- The search for the demonic fire
another dimension. He resembles a en wizard. led Strange and Rintrah to the new-
green-skinned minotaur of myth. During the battle, it appeared as if est version of the Ghost Rider. They
Rintrah's magical potential some- then battled the mysterious villain
how bought him to the attention of Strange had destroyed his magical known as Zodiak, who was appar-
Enitharmon the Weaver, an other- di- books and mystical talismans. In ac- ently backed by mystical masters
mensional sorcerer. Enitharmon tuality, the books and talismans from another dimension. During the
took Rintrah in and began training were saved by the magical entity battle, the heroes were able to drive
him as an apprentice. Agamotto, one of the Vishanti. Aga- back Zodiak, plus gain a piece of
motto later returned the unharmed flame from a demon from Zodiak's
Rintrah first encountered Doctor items to Doctor Strange. home dimension.
Strange when Strange asked Eni-
tharmon to repair his Cloak of Levita- Strange and Rintrah were able to During the battle, Rintrah dis-
tion, which had been torn in a battle. beat Urthona, and tree his captives, guised himself to look like Topaz,
After he repaired the Cloak, Enithar- Wong and Topaz. They then re- and he made Topaz look like him.
mon told Rintrah to return the Cloak turned to Earth. Rintrah remained Rintrah chivalrously insisted on do-
to Strange. with Doctor Strange and accompa- ing this, hoping to protect Topaz.
nied him on several adventures. Rintrah subsequently took a mortal
Rintrah found Strange just after blow intended for Topaz from the
the sorcerer's physical body had Rintrah was a staunch supporter mad Zodiak.
been badly wounded in a battle with of Strange's during the troubling
a demon sent by an alien mystic times that followed. As Earth was in- Doctor Strange and Topaz were
from Strange's own dimension. Mor- vaded by a number of evil entities last seen flying off with the wounded
tally injured, Strange had been from beyond, Doctor Strange was Rintrah, toward the nearest form of
forced to release his astral form and forced to turn to black magic to help medical aid for the dying being.
take possession of the bodies of two defeat them. During th is time ,
of his friends, Morgana Blessing and Strange allied himself with the black They arrived back at Strange's
Sara Wolfe. While in these two other magician Kaluu. home, where Strange promptly used
forms, Strange was just able to beat a spell to remove any taint of black
Urthona's demon. During the battle, After defeating the dark forces, magic from Rintrah's grievous
Urthona transported Strange's Strange attained godhood and slow- wound. Strange then used his earth-
house, and everything inside it, to ly became detached from humanity. ly medical abilities to operate on the
his home planet. Kaluu , Enitharmon, and Rintrah wounded Rintrah. Luckily Rintrah re-
were able to return Strange to his old covered, but he is still weak from his
Rintrah found Strange just after in- self. Rintrah then returned with Eni- recent brush with death.
tense surgery was performed to tharmon to his dimension.
save Strange's physical body. Still A day later, Rintrah and Strange's
inside Sara Wolfe's body, Strange's Eventually, Rintrah returned to other friends watched Strange per-
astral spirit asked Rintrah to allow Earth and asked Strange to accept form the ritual necessary to free To-
him to project his spirit into Rintrah's him as an apprentice. Strange paz from her possession. To the
body. Rintrah agreed, allowing both agreed and Rintrah is currently liv- surprise of everyone but Strange,
Strange's and Rintrah's conscious- ing with him in Strange's home in they discovered that the demon pos-
nesses to inhabit one body at the Greenwich Village. sassing Topaz was not Ullikummis. It
same time. was actually Mephisto's daughter,
Recently, Rintrah has been help- Mephista. Upon being summoned
Rintrah's shared body then took ing Doctor Strange search for a cure forth from Topaz's body, Mephista
Strange's healing body and bor- for Topaz, one of Doctor Strange's promised all the heroes that she was
rowed a spaceship from Reed Ri- other allies. Topaz had been pos- going to kill them and take their
sessed by an ancient demon of Su- souls to her father.
mer. The spell required to banish the
demon requires a number of unique
ingredients. One such ingredient
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STATISTICS:
F GD(10)
A GD(10)
TY(6)
s
E RM(30)
R GD(10)
I EX(20)
p AM(SO)
Health: 56
Karma: 80
Resources: GD(1 O)
Popularity: 0
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Jimaine Szardos
Occupation: Airline stewardess
Identity: Secret
Legal Status: Former citizen of
West Germany, now naturalized citi-
zen of the United States
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Margali Szardos
(mother), Stefan Szardos (brother,
deceased), Kurt Wagner (foster
brother)
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliations: X-Men
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS: Universal: Talents: Amanda Sefton has the
Magical Ability: Amanda Sefton is a Mystic Background and Occult Lore
practitioner of some form of the Fa- Teleportation: Remarkable teleporta- Talents.
erie School of Magic. This means tion for caster with a two-area range. Contacts: Amanda Sefton can call
that her spells cannot affect cold iron Shield-Individual: Remarkable pro- on aid from her mother, Margali
.- or metallic constructs. Living beings tection against physical , energy, and Szardos, a powerful sorceress. She
that are partially mechanical or me- magical attacks. is a trusted companion of the X-Men.
tallic (Colossus or the Reavers, for ADDITIONAL NOTES:
example) cause a -2CS to all her Bands: Grappling attack with Incred-
spell effects. Amanda has pro- ible strength and a range of five ar- 79
gressed beyond the Apprentice eas.
level, but she has not reached the
next level of Mastery. She has ac- Mystic Bolts: Incredible force or en-
cess to the following spells all the ergy damage.
time:
Shape Shifting-Unlimited (Self and
Personal : Others): Remarkable.
Flight: Amanda can cast this spell
with Excellent ability, granting her Equipment:
flight at a maximum of six areas per
ro un d . Costume: Recently Amanda started
Nature Control (Water and Earth): wearing a special X-Man costume
Amanda can manipulate, move, and created by Moira McTaggert. The
control up to two tons of earth or wa- costume provides Excellent protec-
ter with Remarkable abi lity. The tion against physical and energy at-
range for her spell is three areas. tacks.
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: death. Jimaine, who had long ago the wand was an evil entity that took
Amanda Sefton is a competent fallen in love with Kurt, followed him over its owner's mind. Margali re-
young woman who has led a very to America and watched over him vealed that the wand had hoped to
strange life. She is a brave woman secretly. She became the airline gain control over Strange. Upon re-
who is willing to fight to the very end stewardess Amanda Sefton, and ar- turning everyone to the physical
for her friends, the X-Men . ranged to accidentally meet Kurt. plane, Strange destroyed the wand.
She mystically disguised herself so
She is a determined but soft- he would not recognize her, and they Amanda continued her relation-
spoken woman who only reveals her began dating each other regularly. ship with Kurt as well her career as
powers when they are absolutely an airline stewardess, while she ig-
needed. Due to her unique life histo- Margali eventually took her re- nored her magical studies. When
ry, Amanda is very accepting and venge on Kurt by exiling him to a the mystical Dire Wraiths invaded
open minded when confronted with pocket dimension she had created.
strange people and beings. The dimension resembled hell as Forge's skyscraper headquarters in
depicted in Dante's Inferno. Aman- Dallas, Amanda helped drive the
HISTORY: da, pretending to be Margali, kid- Wraiths off. Amanda and Kurt kept
Amanda Sefton is actually Jimaine napped Kurt's fellow X-Men and seeing each other for a long time,
Szardos, the daughter of a powerful Doctor Strange. Amanda then sent but they finally parted as friends.
sorceress known as Margali Szar- them to the same dimension that
dos. Margali also had a son, Stefan, Margali had sent Kurt, hoping that Recently, Amanda joined a group
and she took in the orphaned Kurt they would be able to help Kurt. Kurt of former X-Men and X-Men allies in
Wagoner (who would one day be- finally confronted Margali in this protecting Muir Island from an inva-
come Nightcrawler of the X-Men). pocket universe and convinced her
of his innocence. Amanda then re- sion by Donald Pierce's Reavers.
Margali raised the children in a vealed her true identity to Kurt. They were warned of the attack by
small Bavarian circus, where she Freedom Force, who also joined in
pretended to be a simple fortune tell- Later, Amanda Sefton heard a ru- the defense of the island. During the
er. While Kurt worked on becoming a mor that Dr. Strange needed a new battle, Stonewall of Freedom Force
circus performer, Margali trained Ji- apprentice, because Clea had left was killed. Unknown to Amanda and
maine in magic. The brooding Ste- him. She went to Strange and asked the other members of the Muir Island
fan eventually left the circus to make to become his new apprentice, as X-Men, they were soon under the
his own way in life. did every crackpot in the world who mental influence of Legion.
heard about the rumor. Strange ar-
The small circus was taken over Meanwhile, the multiple personali-
by a rich Texas millionaire, who or- ranged for all the petitioners to meet ties of Legion were actually under
dered Kurt to be placed in the freak at one spot, where he told them that the control of the mysterious
sideshow. The anguished Kurt quit he currently had no wish to take on Shadow King . The Shadow King was
the circus and headed toward Win- an apprentice. the first mutant villain that Professor
zeldorf, West Germany, where Ste- X encountered , years before Xavier
fan lived. There Kurt discovered that Amanda's mother, Margali Szar- formed the original X-Men team.
Stefan had gone mad and killed two dos, appeared and attacked They fought a telepathic battle in the
children. Strange. Margali was angered that astral plane, which apparently end-
Strange had refused to take on her ed in the Shadow King's death.
Two days after leaving the circus, daughter as an apprentice. Strange
Kurt tracked Stefan down and tried cast a spell to force himself and In actuality, the Shadow King had
to capture him. During the fight, Kurt Margali into the astral plane. Margali become a being of mental energy,
accidentally broke Stefan's back, warped the spell so that all the able to possess the bodies of others.
killing him. Civilians discovered Kurt would-be apprentices were also It has recently been revealed that
with Stefan's body, and because of forced into the astral plane with the Shadow King is also the true
Kurt's demonic appearance, they as- them. power behind the Hellfire Club.
sumed that he had killed the two
children. Kurt was saved from the Strange and Margali battled with After months of being controlled
mob by the psionic powers of Profes- all their mystic forces. Strange soon by the Shadow King, Amanda and
sor X, who asked Kurt to join his new realized that Margali's powers came the inhabitants of Muir Island were
team of X-Men. Kurt agreed and from her wand . Strange tricked freed by the combined efforts of Pro-
went to America with Professor X. fessor X, the X-Men , and X-Factor.
Margali and took the wand from her. The Shadow King was apparently
Margali blamed Kurt for Stefan's Margali immediately regained her killed, and much of Muir Island was
destroyed in the battle.
true mortal form, that of an old wom-
an. She explained to Strange that
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STATISTICS:
F GD(10)
A RM(30)
s AM(50)
E AM(50)
R EX(20)
I RM(30)
p IN(40)
Health: 140
Karma: 90
Resources: RM(30)
Popularity: 25
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Sersi
Occupation : Actress, dancer, form-
~ er stage magician, hedonist
Legal Status: Citizen of Olympia,
naturalized citizen of the U.S. with
no criminal record
Identity: Although Sersi's existence
as an Eternal is public knowledge, it
is generally disbelieved
Place of Birth: Olympia, Greece
Marital Status: Unrevealed , but pre-
sumably single
Known Relatives: Helios (father),
,..-...__ Perse (mother)
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliations: Eternals of
Earth, Avengers
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS: • Flight: She can fly at Shift X air- minds of humans, Eternals, and De-
Invulnerabilities: Sersi has CL1000 speed (50 areas per round). viants at Excellent ability.
Resistance to Heat, Cold, Energy, • Image Generation: Sersi can cre-
Electricity, Radiation , Toxins, and ate illusions affecting all five senses • Immortality: Like all Eternals, Ser-
Disease. She does not age. Though at Unearthly rank. si's life force is augmented by cos-
she is affected by Stun and Slam re- • Levitation : By mentally manipulat- mic energy. She has total mental
sults, only a Kill result that scatters ing gravitons (subatomic particles
her atoms over a wide area of space control over her physical form and
can harm her. carrying the force of gravitation.al at- bodily processes even when asleep
Cosmic Energy Manipulation: Sersi traction between atoms), Sers1 can or unconscious. As a result she is
can manipulate Cosmic Energy at levitate herself along with other per- immortal, and can die only through
Amazing rank, allowing her to per- sons or objects at Shift X ability. an injury that disperses her atoms
form the following: • Matter Transmutation : With the through space, or if her mental con-
• Metabolism Boost: By bolstering Unearthly ability to rearrange atoms · trol over her body is somehow bro-
her metabolism with cosmic energy, ken and she is then fatally wounded .
Sersi does not tire from physical ex- and molecules, Sersi can change a • Telekinesis: She can use her mind
ertion. creature or object's shape (turning a to lift objects at Incredible rank or
• Energy Beams: At Amazing rank, man into a pig, for example). She create an Excellent rank force field.
she can project beams from her can even transmute one substance • Telepathy: She can read the
eyes or hands. This cosmic energy into another by rearranging sub-
can be used as force, heat, light, and atomic particles. minds of humans and Eternals at Ex-
possibly other forms of electromag- cellent rank, but cannot read Devi-
netic energy. • Mind Control : She can control the ant minds.
Psionic Abilities: Using the vast
powers of her mind, Sersi has the
following abilities:
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• Teleportation : Sersi can psionical- Returning from the Trojan War, and their visits to Earth. ,,..-...
ly teleport herself at Shift Z rank, but Odysseus and his crew landed on When the Eternals decided to
must succeed at a Red Psyche FEAT the Mediterranean island of Aeaea,
roll to do so. If the roll is successful, leave Earth, their collective con-
she arrives at her destination, but where Sersi lived in a villa. Some of sciousness in the form of the Uni-
must succeed at a Red Endurance the crew went ashore to explore, and Mind decreed that a small number of
FEAT roll or be paralyzed with pain Sersi was pleased to have them as Eternals who were particularly in-
for 1-1O turns. No Karma can be dinner guests. The ravenous sailors volved with Earthly matters, includ-
spent on either of these rolls. gorged themselves with little regard ing Sersi, remain behind. Although
Uni-Mind: Like all Eternals, she can for manners. Becoming drunk, they Sersi prefers not to involve herself
join the Uni-Mind (see Uni- Mind). menaced the beautiful Eternal and with the Eternals' battles against the
Talents: Sersi is a talented dancer her servants. Disgusted, Sersi trans- Deviants, when those conflicts re-
and connoisseur. quire her participation, she always
Contacts: Sersi is currently an formed the sailors into pigs. Her an- joins her fellows and proves to be a
Avenger and can call on any of her ger having passed, Sersi took a formidable adversary.
fellow teammates. She is also a liking to Odysseus when he came to
member of the Eternals, though she see about his missing men. She On one such occasion, Sersi
seldom meets with them except in turned the pigs back into sailors at joined her fellow Eternals to battle
times of trouble. Sersi has many so- his request, and bid them welcome the Deviant Priest-Lord Ghaur,
cial connections around the world. once again. Though initially reluc- whose army attacked Olympia, the
tant, Odysseus and his crew ended Eternals' mountaintop retreat and
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: up spending an entire year feasting sanctuary. Ghaur acquired his army
Sersi seeks and enjoys everything and celebrating at Sersi 's villa. through heinous means. As part of
pleasurable in life. She is well known the Deviant religion , those citizens
for throwing unusual and memora- Sersi also visited Camelot during
ble parties. Even in mortal combat the reign of King Arthur Pendragon. found to be genetically unclean were
she never wavers from the finest of While there, she helped to expose consigned to die in the sacred flame
social graces. Since joining the the mutant Maha Yogi , who was at pits. For countless years, Deviants
Avengers, however, Sersi has be- the time impersonating the then- walked solemnly up the temple
come more responsible. She is a missing sorcerer Merlin. steps to face their fate in the flame
staunch ally, willing to lay down her pits, all at the command of Ghaur
life for friends and innocents. In recent years, Sersi has been liv- and his priests.
ing in Manhattan. She rents a large
HISTORY: apartment on Manhattan 's West In actuality, however, the Priest-
Born to Helios and Perse, Sersi is a Side and a huge loft in Soho. She is Lord had been taking the best of the
third- or fourth-generation member famous in New York City social cir- Deviants for millennia, condemning
of the Eternals, evolutionary off- cles and elsewhere around the world them to death under false pretenses,
shoots of humanity who possess in- as a hostess of lavish and bizarre and then secretly storing them in
definite life spans and superhuman stasis coffins where their minds
powers. Although she is at least parties. were slowly wiped clean. The mil-
4,000 years old, Sersi is still consid- When the Eternals and another lions of Deviants supposedly sent to
ered a young woman by her fellow the fire pits suffered absolute thrall-
Eternals. evolutionary offshoot of humanity, dom so that Ghaur's dreams for con-
the Deviants, decided to reveal their
Even though Sersi has always existence to the rest of the human quest over the Eternals might come
loved the pursuit of pleasure, and true. Ghaur's army was defeated,
she has been known for giving unfor- race, Sersi publicly revealed herself however, when the machinery grant-
gettable parties since the days of an- to be an Eternal. The general public,
cient Greece, she has always been however, tends not to believe in the ing them life was sabotaged by
equally dedicated to her work. Hav- Thena, the leader of the Eternals on
ing spent centuries developing her existence of these hidden races of Earth, and Warlord Kro, a rebellious
talents for psionically rearranging superhuman beings. Deviant.
and transmuting matter, Sersi has
gained greater mastery over this dis- At one time Sersi had a close rela- Most recently, at Captain Ameri-
cipline than any other Eternal. She tionship with Professor Samuel ca's invitation, Sersi joined the
had already perfected her psionic Holden, a man with a strange insight Avengers. Although her prime moti-
abilities by the time of her meeting into how the origins of the first Devi- vation for joining was the desire for a
with Odysseus (the legendary hero ants, Eternals, and humans were in- romantic relationship with Cap, Ser-
known to the Romans as Ulysses) in tertwined. In his lectures, Professor si has become a dutiful and reliable
the 13th Century B.C. Holden spoke of how the god-like Avenger. However, she is not alone
Celestials descended from space in her desires, for the former mem-
and tampered with the genetic struc- ber of the Serpent Society called
ture of early primates, fostering two Diamondback also has her eye on
offshoots of the human species- Cap. As of this writing, the conse-
Eternals and Deviants. For some quences of this potentially explosive
reason, the Professor's audience love triangle have not yet unfolded.
quickly forgets this knowledge when
the lecture has ended. Only Sam
Holden remembers the Celestials
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STATISTICS:
F UN(100)
A MN(75)
s ShX(150)
E CL1000
R ShZ(500)
I ShY(200)
p CL3000
Health: 1325
Karma: 3700
Resources: CL1000
Popularity: -1000
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Set
Occupation: God
Legal Status: None
Identity: Known to general public as
mythological entity
Place of Birth: Earth
Marital Status: Inapplicable
Known Relatives: Gaea (sister),
Atum (nephew), Damballah (off-
spring), Sligguth (offspring)
Base of Operations: Set's dimen-
sion
Past Group Affiliations: Inapplica-
ble
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS: Handbook of the Marvel Universe. HISTORY:
Set can use all powers and magical Talents: None. Set was one of the very first living
spells at Shift Z rank, but he is Contacts: Llyra, Naga, Hugh Jones, beings to arise on the planet Earth.
trapped in his own pocket dimension and Ghaur. As such, he is one of the Elder Gods
and cannot come to Earth without of Earth and one of the most power-
assistance. However, his power can ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ful demons known to exist. While on
still reach those on Earth, due to his Brooding within his other- Earth, Set manifests himself as a
mystical link with the Serpent dimensional realm, Set is deter- huge seven-headed serpent.
Crown. Set has the ability to cast the mined to make the Earth his own. He
following powers through the Ser- hungers for the life energies of the Set was created when the very
pent Crown: people of Earth, but first he must be embodiment of all potential life
Mental Probe: He can peer into the summoned to the planet in physical forces on Earth, known as the Demi-
mind of the wearer of the Crown at form. To this end he is capable of de- urge, seeded the virgin planet with
Amazing rank, or the mind of anyone vising incredibly elaborate and devi- ethereal energy. A number of ethere-
within 4 areas of it at Incredible rank. ous schemes, typically involving the al beings were spawned, including
Serpent Crown . Several times he Set, Chthon, and Gaea (who was
Mind Control: Set can attempt to has come close to his objective, but much later known as Mother Nature
dominate the conscious mind of the has always been thwarted . or Mother Earth). Though originally
wearer of the Serpent Crown at ethereal, these awesome entities
Amazing Intensity, or anyone within can take on physical form .
4 areas of it at Incredible Intensity.
Telepathy: Set has the Unearthly Even though Set was already one
ability to mentally communicate with
the wearer of the Crown or anyone 83
within 6 areas of it.
Note: Once the Crown is actually
worn, Set can bestow virtually any
power upon the wearer. For more in-
formation about the Serpent Crown,
see Volume Six of the Gamer's
of the mightiest of the Elder Gods, the animals that provided him with ra, a Lemurian high priestess of Set,
he desired power over his fellow vast amounts of power, Set took to form an alliance. Together, they
gods, and thus decided to spawn his mental control of all reptiles, and in- constructed the Serpent Crown in a
own progeny upon the Earth. He fa-
thered such beings as Damballah duced in them a burning desire to gigantic new form that was suppos-
and Sligguth. hunt and kill mammals. Gaea chal- edly indestructible. They used its
lenged Set to appear before her. He awesome power to control the minds
This was not enough, however, so of the seven Brides of Set-
Set decided to slay the Elder Gods in did, appearing on the Earth in the Andromeda, Dagger, the Invisible
order to consume their mystical en- form of a gigantic serpent. Woman, Marvel Girl, the Scarlet
ergies and add them to his own. Witch, She-Hulk, and Storm.
When Set devoured the first of his Set attacked Gaea, but she sum-
moned her son, who quickly obliter- At Ghaur's command, Andromeda
victims, he committed the first mur- ated Set's head. Absorbing demonic and She-Hulk swam beneath the sea
der in the history of the Earth. Con- to the Altar of Neptune's Wrath,
sequently, by subsisting off the life energies from Set, Atum became the where they recovered a fragment of
energies of fellow sentient beings, Demogorge once again . But Set was Set's immortal life force .
Set began his degeneration from a not yet defeated, and grew two
true god into a demon. heads back in place of one. A fero- Set's resurrection was interrupted
cious battle then ensued, lasting for by the Avengers, who erupted upon
Set was not alone in his hunger. an undetermined amount of time. In the scene. Ghaur forced the Scarlet
Other Elder Gods followed his exam- the end, Set retreated to his pocket Witch to use her probability power
ple, and it was not long before all of dimension with seven heads, which on the fragment of Set, giving it
the Elder Gods degenerated into de- he has retained to this day. Having enough power to "hatch." As the
expended or lost most of his energy, Avengers watched in horror, the
mons except for Gaea. Set cannot return to Earth without seven-headed god exploded from
Gaea feared the war of the de- his own dimension to tower above
assistance. Once again victorious, them all.
mons would destroy all life on Earth. Atum returned to the sun.
She therefore summoned and mat- All hope seemed lost. However,
ed with the Demiurge, and bore her Untold millions of years later, Set Doctor Strange, Quasar, Thor, and
saw to the rise of the Serpent Men, the Thing dove into one of Set's
first child, the sun god named Atum. reptilian beings in semi-humanoid mouths and traveled to his pocket di-
She sent her son to Earth to save the form that can change shape to re- mension , forcing Set to retreat from
planet from the demons. Relentless- semble humans. It still remains un- Earth in order to battle them . Aware
ly, Atum started slaying the demons, clear whether the Serpent Men are that they were hopelessly out-
absorbing their physical forms and the actual progeny of Set, or wheth- matched, Thor left Set's dimension
energies into himself, and thus er he created them by affecting the and went to ask Atum for help, but
transforming into his other identity evolution of reptiles on Earth. Under Atum refused to become the ruth-
as Demogorge the God-Eater. Set's instruction, a group of Serpent
Men led by the Lemurian alchemist less Demogorge. Thor would not re-
Eventually, Demogorge succeed- named Atra created the Serpent lent, however, and intentionally
ed in cleansing the Earthly plane of Crown, an object of immense mysti- angered Atum, provoking his trans-
all demons except Chthon, Set, and cal might. However, when the conti- formation into Demogorge. Thor was
a smattering of Set's progeny. Fail- nent sank, the Crown was lost then absorbed by Demogorge, but
ing to defeat the Demogorge in com- beneath the waves. he was able to take temporary con-
bat, Set created a pocket dimension trol over their merged form.
and escaped there with some of his Later, the sunken continent of Le-
offspring (including Damballah and muria was repopulated by a water- Upon returning to Set's dimen-
Sligguth). Demogorge reverted to breathing , blue-skinned species of sion, Thor (in Demogorge's body)
his form as Atum, and chose the tore Set's seven heads off and
heart of Earth's sun as his home. humanity called homo mermanus. hurled them to seven different areas
The emperor of these people, called of the multiverse. When Demogorge
Many millions of years later, dur- Naga, was a devout worshiper of the regained control of his body, he was
ancient demon Set, who regarded impressed by Thor's bravery, nobili-
ing the Mesozoic period of Earth 's Naga as a valued servant with the ty, and selflessness, and freed him.
history, Set drew psychic energy potential to conquer the world in the Atum returned to the sun, while Doc-
from the violent passions of the dino- dark god's name. As a sign of his fa- tor Strange, Quasar, the Thing, and
saurs, even though he was still in his vor, Set instructed the emperor to Thor returned to the Earth. Because
pocket dimension. However, Gaea Set's consciousness was gone, his
take the Serpent Crown for himself. pocket dimension imploded, obliter-
realized that dinosaurs represented With the powers of the Serpent ating the rest of Set's body before it
a dead end in life's progress, and could regenerate its heads. It still re-
that mammals were destined to Crown, Naga crushed most rebel- mains to be seen if one or more of
lions with ease. Eventually, however, Set's heads will regenerate a new
evolve into sentient beings. There- he was killed and his body and the body and return to Earth.
fore, she reluctantly chose to let the Serpent Crown were swallowed by
dinosaurs die out so that mammals an underwater earthquake.
could become the dominant crea-
tures on Earth. Recently, Set commanded Ghaur,
a priest-lord of the Deviants, and Lly-
Infuriated at the thought of losing
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SHADDWMASTEAS
YURIKO EZAKI SHIGERU EZAKI YURIKO EZAKI
STATISTICS:
F RM(30)
A RM(30)
s GD(10)
E EX(20)
R GD(10)
I EX(20)
p GD(10)
Health: 90
Karma: 40
Resources: TY(6)
Popularity: 0
KNOWN POWERS:
None.
Talents: Martial Arts A.
Contacts: Punisher.
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Yuriko is determined to eradicate the
group called Eternal Sun and will go
to any lengths to accomplish that
goal.
PHILLIP
RICHARDS
STATISTICS:
F RM(30)
A EX(20)
s EX(20)
E EX(20)
R GD(10)
I EX(20)
p TY(6)
Health: 90
Karma: 36
Resources: TY(6)
Popularity: 0
KNOWN POWERS:
None.
Talents: Martial Arts A.
Contacts: Punisher.
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Phillip is dedicated to wiping out the
Eternal Sun society.
SOJIN EZAKI PHILIP RICHARDS
85
MANZO gade Japanese soldiers who had his imprisonment. During the battle,
refused to surrender. During his bat- both Shigeru and Sojin were killed
STATISTICS: tle with the renegades, Ezaki's mask as they were on the way out of the
fell off, revealing his identity to Ri- complex. Deciding that she couldn't
F GD(10) chards and to the leader of the rene- face her husband again , Yuriko ac-
A TY(6) companied Phillip to the U.S.
gades, Kantaro Umezu. Richards
s GD(10) forcibly enlisted Ezaki's aid in track- Yuriko and Phillip, with new com-
panions Manzo and Rikichi, lived in
E EX(20) ing down Umezu and his renegades. a New York apartment, downstairs
They finally gave up after being con- from Frank Castle, the Punisher. The
R EX(20) tinually harassed by the ninjas. Sunrise Society were once again af-
I TY(6) ter the Shadowmasters but now us-
p TY(6) However, over the next decades, ing high-tech assassins in battle
Health: 46 the former renegades formed them- suits . The Shadowmasters man-
selves into the Sunrise Society, a aged to defeat the group of assas-
Karma: 32 highly powerful group of Japanese in- sins that attacked them at their
Resources: GD(10) vestors under the control of Umezu, apartment with the help of the Pun-
Popularity: 0 isher and the Black Widow. Yuriko
who had escaped capture. Mean- discovered that all the assassins
KNOWN POWERS: while, Ezaki and Richards continued have her father's face. The Society
None. their friendship and Ezaki started to has cloned him and uses the trained
Talents: Gun skill at the Excellent tutor Richards's son Phillip along with clones as their new killers.
rank. his own son Sojin and daughter, Yuri-
Contacts: Punisher ko, in the art of ninjitsu. The Shadowmasters fled to Japan
in search of a new master to teach
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: After spotting Ezaki in a newspa- them the ninjitsu art of the Shadow-
Manzo is protective of his "niece," per photo, Umezu sought revenge masters. They become the pupils of
Yuriko, and has a dry sense of hu- for his past humiliations. He killed Hatsu Yakamoto. The Sunset Socie-
mor. Richards and kidnapped Ezaki's
family in order to trap the Shadow- ty changed its name to the Eternal
HISTORY: master. Ezaki saved his family but Sun and still pursued the Shadow-
The lga Province of Japan is the masters when the Punisher came to
birthplace of the martial arts masters was apparently killed during the res- Japan, at the request of Yakamoto.
of ninjitsu, known as the Shadow- cue. The Punisher had gone through a
masters. While the true origin of this training camp with the master's
legendary race of Japanese warriors As the years passed, Sojin mar- daughter and Yakamoto wanted the
is shrouded in mystery, Japanese ried and was blessed with two chil- Punisher to bring his art of ninjitsu to
tales say that the Shadowmasters dren. He learned the art of aikido, the United States.
are half human, half demon and pos- the least violent of the martial arts.
sess mystical powers. For centuries, Yuriko met a man named Naoichi, Yuriko, Phillip, and Manzo reintro-
the Shadowmasters served as whose father resembled a member duced themselves to the Punisher
guardians and protectors of the lga of the old group of Japanese rene- after he recognized them as the peo-
Province. gades. Over the years, further inves- ple he had helped on the streets of
tigation failed to uncover any new New York. Kathryn Yakamoto was al-
With the surrender of the Japa- clues, so Yuriko, against her better so there. The Shadowmasters
nese at the end of World War II, U.S. judgment, married Naoichi. Phillip planned an attack on the new Eter-
Army Captain James Richards took went back to the U.S. and studied nal Sun base complex.
command of the lga Province, over- chemistry.
seeing the government. The mayor The local officer of the Eternal Sun
of Ueno, a small town in lga, was All this changed when Yuriko turned out to be Iris Green, a hustler
Shigeru Ezaki, one of the last true looked at an old scrapbook while her whose trail the Punisher had been
Shadowmasters who still regularly husband was away on a business following for a long time. The Sha-
patrolled and practiced his ninja art. trip. The fires of revenge burned dowmasters infiltrated the head-
Ezaki's tengu demon mask protect- within her. She finally decided to fol- quarters in order to destroy their
ed his identity, allowing him to con- low her father-in-law as he went on records and inflict as much damage
tinue to practice his art when all another of his mysterious business as possible-they blew the whole
martial arts were forbidden. trips. She found the Sunrise Socie- complex up. In retaliation , the Eter-
ty's base. Phillip Richards returned nal Sun assassinated the elder
Richards and Ezaki became to Japan to help Yuriko and Sojin as- Yakamoto.
friends following a daring rescue sault the Society's headquarters to
from the path of an oncoming jeep of get revenge for their fathers' deaths. The Punisher and Kathryn fol-
Ezaki's son Saiih, by Richards. The lowed Iris Green to the U.S., but the
debt of honor was repaid when Ezaki In the confrontation between the Shadowmasters stayed in Japan to
hid Richards from a group of rene- Sunrise Society and the novice Sha- continue their fight against their fa-
dowmasters, it was learned that Shi- thers' killers.
86 geru Ezaki had been captured and
had been subjected to the Society's
cloning experiments for the time of
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..---...
_
~--~-·----------- - -~ -~
STATISTICS:
F MN(75)
A RM(30)
s IN(40)
E UN(100)
R GD(10)
I IN(40)
p AM(50)
Health: 245
Karma: 100
Resources: GD(10)
Popularity: 15 (50 in Asgard)
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Sit
Occupation: Warrior of Asgard,
Shield-Maiden
Identity: Publicly known in Asgard
and on Earth, but most humans do
not believe she is actually a goddess
Other Known Aliases: None
Legal Status: Citizen of Asgard
Place of Birth: Asgard
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Heimdal! (broth-
er)
Base of Operations: Asgard
Past Group Affiliations: Gods of
Asgard
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS: ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Invulnerability: Sit has Excellent re- Sif is a brave and beautiful warrior-
sistance to physical attacks, heat, goddess. She is a brave and honor-
able person, loyal to her people and
cold, radiation, poison, and aging. her liege to the end. She is a mighty
Sit has Typical resistance versus fighter, but at the same time she can
other forms of energy attacks. be compassionate and merciful. She
,.,---- Immune to Diseases: Sit is immune is in love with Thor, greatly admiring
to all terrestrial diseases. his nobility and courage.
Equipment:
Enchanted Sword: Sit possesses a 87
magical sword enchanted by Odin.
She can use the flat of the blade to
do Monstrous Blunt damage, or use
the edge to cause Incredible Edged
damage. By spinning the sword, Sit
can travel between dimensions. In
this manner she could formerly trav-
el between Asgard and Earth with
Monstrous ability; she can still travel
to other dimensions with Good abili-
ty. Failure of the FEAT roll means
she ends up in a random dimension.
Talents: Sif is a Weapons Master
with all forms of swords.
.---... Contacts: Sif is one of the greatest
Asgardian warriors; she is a close
friend of Thor and Beta Ray Bill.
HISTORY: people often come between the two and Sif spent some time together on
Sif is a beautiful warrior-goddess of lovers. In the past, Sit has tried to ad- Earth. Once back in Asgard, Sif and
the Asgardian pantheon. Heimdall, just to living on the mundane Earth. Bill defeated the Titanium Man, the
her brother, is the sentinel of Unfortunately, Sit prefers the maj- Russian villain , who was leading a
Asgard 's Rainbow Bridge, which esty of Asgard. group of disgruntled American war
connects Asgard and Midgard veterans wearing the Credit Card
{Earth). At one point, Thor's former mortal Soldier battlesuits.
lover, Jane Foster, was dying. Sif
When Sit was a child, she pos- merged her life force with Foster's, Sif and Bill eventually returned to
sessed long golden hair. She often reviving the dying woman. Sif did Earth. Sit finally came to forgive
played with young Thor, Odin's son , this partially so that she could try to Thor, after realizing that Lorelei was
and Loki , Thor's adopted brother. Sit understand Thor's attraction to mor- to blame for Thor's brutality. Sit was
and Thor fell in love while they were tals, especially Jane Foster. also impressed by Thor's heroism
when he entered Hela's realm to res-
quite young. Jealous, Loki cut off all Soon afterward, Foster was sepa- cue some mortals' souls stolen by
of Sif's golden hair while she was rated from Sit, when Foster was ex- the death goddess. This also caused
asleep. iled to a limbo-realm called the Sit to accept Thor's guardianship of
Earth and Asgard.
Guessing that Loki had something Runestaff of the Possessor. Sit and
to do Sif's loss of hair, Thor angrily Thor eventually rescued Jane Foster When the Egyptian death god,
demanded that Loki restore her and reunited her with her mortal Seth, attacked Asgard, Sit fought
golden locks. The scared Loki con- love, Kevin Kincaid.
along with the other brave Asgardian
tacted two dwarven craftsmen, Thor and Sit later came to the aid warriors. During the battle, Leir, the
Brokk and Entiri {who would later of the alien champion, Beta Ray Bill. Celtic god of Lightning, saw Sit and
create Thor's Mjolnir hammer), and Beta Ray Bill was the guardian of a developed an attraction for her.
asked them to create new hair for large space fleet that carried the sur-
Sif. Loki was either unable, or unwill- viving members of his race in sus- Later, when the Frost Giant Ymir
ing, to pay the dwarves enough gold pended animation. Sif, Beta Ray Bill attacked Asgard , Leir arrived in
to create golden hair. The dwarves and Thor drove off a horde of Sur- Asgard planning to ask Sit to marry
decided that " for the price of tur's demons that were attacking him. A worried Sit agreed , once two
naught" they would make " strands conditions were fulfilled .
Bill's fleet. During this time, it was
of naught." discovered that Beta Ray Bill was al- The first condition was that Leir
The dwarves created magical so worthy of receiving the powers of help her find Thor and bring him
back to Asgard. Leir agreed and
strands of hair from the blackness of Thor when the alien picked up
the night. The strands of darkness Thor's hammer, Mjolnir. Odin cre- they traveled to Earth in search of
took root the moment they were ated Storm Breaker, a hammer with Thor. The trail led from Earth to the
placed on Sif's head, and then be- the same enchantments as Thor's Black Galaxy, where they finally
gan to grow out. Thor found that Sif's Mjolnir, and gave it to Bill. found Thor. Leir got them back to
new black tresses made her even Asgard in time to witness the final
more attractive, disrupting Loki's Beta Ray Bill and Sit found them- battle between Ymir and Surtur,
plan to ruin their relationship. selves attracted to each other while which heralded Ragnarok.
the war with Surtur raged on. During
For a time, Thor and Sit had a fall- this time, Thor had fallen under an Thor and Odin were able to per-
ing out. Many years later, Thor be- enchantment that caused him to fall manently postpone Ragnarok, sav-
gan his career as a super hero on in love with the Asgardian Lorelei. ing the universe. Leir then had to
Earth, and fell in love with the mortal Thor was so blinded by the spell that face Sif's second condition: to de-
he even struck Sif in anger. feat Sif's chosen champion in battle.
Jane Foster. Their affair eventually Thinking that Sit would ask Thor to
fell apart, due to the vast differences In a final climactic battle with Sur- be her champion, Leir was stunned
in their backgrounds. tur, Thor, Loki, and Odin defended when Sit acted as her own champi-
Asgard. Meanwhile, the Ancient on . Sif easily bested the arrogant
Odin arranged for Thor to meet Casket of Winters had been opened Leir.
the now adult warrior-goddess, Sit. on Earth. The warriors of Asgard , led
They became close companions and by Sif and Bill, protected Earth from Since then, Thor and Sit had con-
fell in love again. They promised to Surtur's demons and the renegade tinued their close relationship. The
someday marry each other. Dark Elves working with Surtur. Sur- recent exile of Thor's soul to Mephis-
tur and his forces were defeated on to's realm has greatly upset Sit.
Unfortunately, Thor's feelings of Asgard and Earth.
responsibility to the Earth and its
Before returning to Asgard, Bill
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STATISTICS:
Normal Blob Form
F TY(6}
A GD(10} RM(30}
EX(20)
S TY(6}
EX(20}
E GD(10} IN(40}
R GD(10} GD(10}
PR(4}
I PR(4} TY(6}
P TY(6}
Health: 32/110
Karma: 20
Resources: PR(4}
Popularity: O
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Edward Cross
Occupation: Student activist, Nazi
skinhead
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a
criminal record
Other Known Aliases: Eddie the
Cross
Identity: The general public is un-
aware of his transformation
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Presumably single
Known Relatives: Chaim Cross (fa-
ther)
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliations: Various
racist skinhead organizations
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS: hind only a pile of bones. Once skeleton to have the same statistics
Alter Ego/Blob Form: Eddie can engulfed, the target is held (as in as Eddie in his normal form , without
transform himself into an amoeba- wrestling) with Excellent the benefit of body armor.
like mass of flesh. He reverts to his Strength. Each round the victim is Talents: While in college, Eddie ma-
normal form when rendered uncon- trapped inside, he suffers Excel- jored in Mideastern studies and was
scious. In his blob-like state, Skin- lent rank damage from Skin- an A student.
head has the following abilities: head's corrosive bodily fluids. Contacts: None.
• Elongation: Skinhead has the Ex-
• Wall-Crawling: At Good rank, ADDITIONAL NOTES:
cellent ability to stretch pseudo· Skinhead can ooze up vertical
pods of his flesh up to 2 areas surfaces.
away to make close combat at-
tacks. Limitation: Skinhead's skeleton
floats at the center of his massive
• Growth: In his altered form, Skin- form, and could be attacked by
head has a Poor Growth power, someone who has been engulfed by
making him roughly a ten-foot· Skinhead . In this case, consider the
diameter blob and + 1CS to be hit.
• Plasticity/Body Armor: His elastic
body can withstand virtually any
impact, granting him Amazing
protection against physical at-
tacks and Incredible protection
versus energy attacks.
• Rotting Touch: Skinhead has the
Excellent ability to quickly devour
the flesh off anyone he engulfs
within his huge body, leaving be-
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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: by a scene on the lawn outside, him into a quivering puddle of flesh .
Eddie Cross is a racist filled with where Eddie the Cross was leading Rocket Racer fled the scene, and
hate. Ironically, he is himself a Jew a group of skinheads in a cross- Spider-Man pursued him, realizing
who was tormented as a boy be- burning demonstration. As things
cause of his heritage. Eddie, the vic- began to get out of hand, Peter that the police would blame Rocket
tim of racism, became a racist Racer if he were not present to give
himself. Eddie sees his horrible changed into his Spider-Man cos- his side of the story. In the mean-
transformation as the ultimate sacri- tume and arrived on the scene just in time, Eddie the Cross disappeared.
fice toward racial purity. He believes time to prevent the Rocket Racer
himself to be the last hope for white from charging headlong into the Eddie returned to his gang's hide-
supremacy, and now calls himself out in a junkyard in Long Island City,
Skinhead, the White Redeemer. skinheads and starting a riot. With where he quickly engulfed and dis-
the aid of his jet-board, Rocket solved his comrades, claiming that it
HISTORY: Racer escaped Spider-Man's grasp, was time for them to join him in mak-
Edward Cross is the son of Chaim however, and attacked Eddie the ing the ultimate sacrifice for racial
Cross, a rabbi living in Queens. As a Cross. Spider-Man quickly inter-
young Jewish boy, Edward was vened, and pulled Rocket Racer purity. Standing above the smolder-
picked on against because of his away from the scene just as the po- ing bones of his friends, Eddie the
heritage. As he grew older, he be- lice arrived. Cross renamed himself Skinhead,
came a fierce Zionist to defend that the White Redeemer.
heritage, but as a man he became Realizing the skin heads wou ld
what he most hated-a Nazi skin- probably be back to cause more se- Tapping into the university's com-
head. Just as an abused child grows rious trouble, Rocket Racer and puter system, Rocket Racer discov-
to be an abusing adult , Edward Spider-Man staked out the Hall of ered Edd ie's home address.
Cross, the victim of racism , became Afro-American Studies on the E.S.U. Through contacts at the police sta-
a racist himself. campus. Just as they suspected, the tion, Peter Parker discovered the
skinheads came back and planted a same information. Rocket Racer ar-
While attending Empire State Uni- bomb that blew up the building. rived at the home first, and confront-
versity, Edward became the leader ed Eddie's father.
of a group of militant students. Shav- Infuriated, Rocket Racer attacked
ing his head and permanently scar- Spider-Man when the web-slinger As the saddened rabbi told of his
ing his face with the tatoo of a Nazi tried to calm him down, and then son's transformation into a racist,
swastika, Edward took the pseudo- took off after the skinheads. The ber- Eddie, in his form as a blob of flesh,
nym of " Eddie the Cross." serk Rocket Racer ended up pursu- crashed through the window and at-
ing Eddie the Cross into Dr. Swann's tacked. Rocket Racer was knocked
Late one afternoon, in Dr. Evan laboratory. As Rocket Racer was unconscious , and Skinhead was
Swann's research lab at Empire about to pummel Eddie senseless, about to engulf his father when
State University, Peter Parker (alias Spider-Man crashed through the Spider-Man arrived. After being
Spider-Man) was working after window and gave Rocket Racer a knocked around by the nearly inde-
hours to develop a new and im- structible blob, Spider-Man noticed
proved webbing. Unfortunately, his shot to the jaw. Eddie's skeleton floating at the cen-
labors were in vain, for he only pro- As the two heroes struggled on ter of his horrid form. The web-
duced a batch of corrosive liquid that
dissolved whatever it touched into a the floor, Eddie searched for a weap- slinger jumped into Skinhead,
smelly puddle of goo. on to kill them both, and found Peter purposely allowing himself to be en-
Parker's jar of corrosive webbing.
Before Peter could dispose of the Raising it above his head, Eddie was gulfed, and punched the creature's
chemical waste, he was distracted about to throw the jar when one of skull. Skinhead was knocked uncon-
Rocket Racer's micro-rockets shat- scious and reverted to his normal
tered the container, spill ing the form as Eddie Cross.
acidic contents all over the young
racist. The toxic chemicals had a At the present time, Skinhead is
horrible effect on Eddie, dissolving probably incarcerated at the Vault in-
stallation (a prison for superhuman
criminals) in Colorado.
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STATISTICS:
F IN(40)
A RM(30)
s GD(10)
E RM(30)
R TY(6)
I GD(10)
p GD(10)
Health: 110
Karma: 26
Resources: GD(10)
Popularity: 5
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Counter-terrorist
Legal Status: Unrevealed
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: Unrevealed
Base of Operations: Global
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS: Strength, if it is a living being. In the the Wall-Crawling power at Feeble
latter case, the creature takes an rank.
Teleportation: Due to a biochemical equivalent amount of damage.
reaction, Solo can instantly teleport Combat Knives: He is armed with
himself and his clothing and equip- Equipment: Solo carries a wide vari- four of these blades strapped to his
ment to a maximum of CL3000 ety of weapons and other items costume at various locations. Each
range (10,000 miles). He can take strapped to his costume: can be either thrown or used in
along anything else he is touching hand-to-hand combat, inflicting 10
with a total weight of no more than Automatic Rifle: Solo carries this points of damage in either case.
400 pounds. Each time he teleports, weapon in a holster strapped across Grenades: Solo carries two of each
Solo must succeed at a Green En- his back. It has a range of 7 areas
durance FEAT or be contused and and inflicts 15 points of damage. of the following types of grenades
unable to act on the following turn. One clip of ammunition holds 20 strapped to a bandolier worn across
Passengers must succeed at a
Green Endurance FEAT or be disori- shots. his chest and back:
ented for 1-1 Oturns. Body Armor: Solo's costume is made • Concussion: Inflicts 40 points of
of bullet-proof, quilted Kevlar, and
It takes Solo's metabolism time to Blunt damage to all in the same
realign after he teleports between lo- provides him with Good protection area.
against physical attacks and Poor • Flash: Creates an Amazing Inten-
cations. He must wait 1-10 turns to protection versus energy attacks. sity flash of light. Those facing the
" recharge." In order to teleport be- flash are blinded for 1-1 O turns if
fore this time has elapsed, Solo Climbing Claws: These allow Solo to they fail an Agility FEAT roll.
must first succeed at a Red Power climb vertical surfaces as if he had
Rank FEAT. He can attempt this
FEAT only once while recharging ,
and failure indicates that he must re-
charge for an additional 1-1 Oturns.
If Solo should accidentally rema-
terialize in a solid object, he must at-
tempt a Power Rank FEAT. A Yellow
result is required for success, mean-
ing he instinctively teleports to an-
other location and falls unconscious
for 1-10 turns. Failure denotes that
he suffers damage equal to twice the
object's Material Strength or actual
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• Frag: Inflicts 30 points of Edged know what country, religion, or politi- assassination of Symkaria's prin- . ,,..---.
damage to all targets in the same cal ideals he represents, leaving him cess and prime minister.
free to strike anywhere.
areq: · · After Spider-Man captured Weil,
Solo made his first recorded ap- however, Solo threatened to kill the
• Knock-Out: This grenade re- pearance in West Germany, where terrorist. Impressed by Spider-Man's
leases Excellent Intensity knock- terrorists had seized a foreign em- persistence in de~ending Weil , Solo
out gas. All in the same area who bassy and taken several of its ambas- allowed the terrorist to live with the
fail an Endurance FEAT fall un- sadors hostage. West Germany's
expert counter-terrorist unit, the promise that he would be put out of
conscious for 1-1 oturns. Grenzschutze Gruppe 9 (GSG9), had commiss ion .
already surrounded the building and
• Smoke: Excellent Intensity smoke was plotting an assault when Solo Solo later appeared at a train sta-
fills one area. All FEATs within the made his move. In a pulse of crack- tion in Barcelona, where terrorist
area are at -2CS. ling light, Solo teleported into the em- leader Toro Mendoza's men had de-
bassy and blasted away, killing all of tonated a bomb, killing numerous
Machine Pistol: Solo carries this the terrorists without harming the citizens, including women and chil-
weapon in a holster at his side. It has hostages. Before vanishing, he left a dren. From his fortress in the north
a range of 6 areas and inflicts 20 note that read , "While I live, terror of Spain , Mendoza and ·his Cascan
points of damage. A single clip of dies." These words would later be- Separatists threatened that death
ammunition holds 6 shots. come his battle cry. would follow death, until autonomy
Sub-machine Gun: Solo wears this was granted to the rebel Cascan
firearm in a holster at his side. It has Later, the terrorist outfit called UL- province. Government troops were
a range of 8 areas, inflicts 25 points TIMATUM devised a scheme to de- reluctant to assault the fortress, be-
of damage, and can be fired with one stroy the famous Arc de Triomphe in cause they realized that Mendoza
hand at -2CS . A single clip of ammo Paris, France. After foiling their plan,
for this gun holds 7 shots. Solo went after ULTIMATUM's lead- would simply escape through hidden
Limitation: Solo's teleportation is er, Major Toler Weil , and became tunnels, and his vengeance would
preceded at his destination by flash- caught up in the Symkarian/United be even more terrible. Solo decided
ing globules of plasma (the phase of States conflict that would come to be to take matters into his own hands.
matter comprised of energy) , which called the "Assassin Nation Plot.''
sometimes alert observers to his im- Using stealth and his climbing
pending arrival. In pursuit of Weil, Solo uncovered
Talents: Solo is skilled in the use of claws, Solo successfully penetrated
Guns and Thrown Weapons, grant- an ULTIMATUM stronghold at a
ing him a + 1CS with both. He has "closed" ski lodge on the border of 0the fortress's defenses. However, he
also received training in Martial Arts Symkaria and Latveria. Solo found
B, C, and E. and attacked Weil inside. Coinciden- was caught off guard and captured
Contacts: Solo has adventured with tally, at the same time, Captain by a young boy with an automatic ri-
Captain America, Silver Sable, and America, Silver Sable, and Spider-
Spider-Man . Man were fighting to gain entrance fle. The boy was a loyal follower of
from the outside. Unfortunately, af- Mendoza, and was preparing to
ADDITIONAL NOTES: ter penetrating ULTIMATUM's exter- leave on a suicide mission to drive
nal defenses, Captain America an ambulance full of explosives into
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: thought Solo was one of the terror-
Solo is a grim man , determined to ists and flung his shield at him, a government military base. The boy
extinguish terrorism wherever it is which distracted Solo and allowed led Solo, at gunpoint, to the en-
found. Why he became obsessed Weil to escape. Captain America trance of Mendoza's headquarters.
with this violent attitude is as yet un- eventually remembered seeing So- Solo made his move, knocking the
revealed. By the number of body lo's file, but their methods brought boy unconscious, then teleporting
bags left in his wake, however, it is a them into conflict more than once into Mendoza's lair. A burst of ma-
certainty that Solo's actions support during the affair. chine gun fire eliminated the terrorist
his battle cry, " While I live, terror leader.
dies!" Members of ULTIMATUM later de-
cided to destroy Ellis Island, the his- Unable to teleport immediately,
HISTORY: toric gateway for immigration into Solo blew a hole in the wall of the for-
Virtually nothing is known about the America. After Spider-Man captured tress with a grenade, then escaped.
early life of the man who would be- the terrorists, Solo appeared and Seeing an opportunity, government
come Solo, which is exactly the way shot them all , thinking he was doing troops then moved in and took the
he wants it. Solo donned a mask and the web-slinger a tavor. Spider-Man terrorist stronghold. The boy, named
costume so that terrorists would not allowed Solo to join in his search for Carlos, and several terrorists used
Weil. Spider-Man wanted to capture Mendoza's secret tunnels and came
92 Weil so that he could testify on be- out near Solo. The boy took a shot at
half of the United States in proving Solo, which just missed his head.
that the U.S. was not involved in the Before his comrades forced him to
retreat, Carlos swore to have re-
venge against Solo. Whether the
young terrorist ever succeeds re-
mains to be seen.
Solo's current whereabouts and
activities are a mystery.
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The Spider-Slayers are robots designed Present Group Affiliations: gled up Peter in its unbreakable steel
to hunt and either capture or kill Spider- coils.
Man. The various inventors of the KNOWN POWERS:
Spider-Slayers kept Spider-Man's spec- Robotic Construction: The Mark I Spider- Smythe mistakenly believed that a mi-
tacular talents in mind: Each robot is Slayer was built in a general humanoid nor flaw had caused the machine to en-
equipped with powers meant to nullify or form. For locomotion, it rolls on a steel tangle Peter rather than the spider, and
overcome the superhuman abilities of ball attached to the end of each of its two thus Peter's secret identity as Spider-
Spider-Man. legs. The Spider-Slayer is immune to Man was safe. Quite impressed, Jame-
disease, gas attacks, psionic attacks, son agreed to hire Smythe and his
To date, Spider-Man has been assault- and could possibly survive in a vacuum. invention to capture Spider-Man. Flus-
ed by eight different models of Spider- Body Armor: The Spider-Slayer's exteri- tered by his failure to escape the robot's
Slayer. The first four robots and the Mark or construction provides it with Remark- coils, Peter Parker left for school, where
VI version were designed by Spencer able protection from physical attacks he nervously watched and waited for the
Smythe, an inventor who sold several of and Excellent protection versus energy approach of the robotic hunter.
his deadly machines to J. Jonah Jame- attacks.
son, the editor of the Daily Bugle and a Elongation: The Mark I Spider-Slayer He did not have long to wait. With Ja-
man who often has a grudge against can stretch its arms and legs with Feeble meson at the controls, the robot plodded
Spider-Man. Jameson hired Dr. Marla ability, allowing it to reach up to 1 area toward the building. Peter fled and just
Madison, with whom he fell in love and away. had time to change into his Spider-Man
later married, to build the Mark V Spider- Remote-Control Guidance: All functions costume before his tireless pursuer
Slayer. Spencer Smythe's son, Alistair, of the robot can be remotely controlled found him. Eventually worn out, Spider-
built the last two Spider-Slayers, Mark from a portable control panel up to a Man's reactions slowed, and the Spider-
VII and VIII. Statistics for all eight range of five miles. The controller can Slayer ensnared him in its steel coils.
models are given below. see, hear, and speak through the robot's Unable to break free, Spider-Man used
face. The controller's face appears on a the suction power of his fingers to open a
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: video screen in the Spider-Slayer's face. metal plate in the robot's chest, then
The following Spider-Slayers do not Slick Surface: The Mark I Spider-Slayer's used his scientific skills to figure out the
have personalities of their own. Each is surface is Amazingly slick, making it im- operation of the machine's inner work·
simply a mindless machine. Consider mune to Spider-Man's webbing. ings. By the time Jameson and Smythe
the personality of the controller when de- Spider Detection: The Spider-Slayer can arrived on the scene, Spider-Man was
termining how a Spider-Slayer reacts in detect arachnids or creatures with gone.
any role-playing situation . For example, spider-like abilities (namely Spider-Man)
J. Jonah Jameson only wanted to cap- at Shift Y range (160 areas or about 4 MARKll
ture Spider-Man and not kill him, but miles).
Spencer Smythe grew to hate the wall- Steel Coils: Circling the front of the Mark STATISTICS:
crawler and wanted to see him dead. I Spider-Slayer's chest are 20 small
holes. Each hole contains a steel cable F GD(10)
MARKI of Amazing Material Strength. The steel A TY(6)
cables can be extended from the robot's
STATI ST I C S : chest to entangle any single target with- s IN(40)
in the same area as the robot. The con-
F GD(10) troller of the Spider-Slayer must attempt E IN(40)
A GD(10) an Agility FEAT roll, and any hit is con- R TY(6)
sidered to have entangled the target. I ShO
s EX(20) Wall-Crawling: At Feeble rank, the Mark I p ShO
Spider-Slayer can climb vertical surfac-
E IN(40) es. Health: 96
R TY(6) Talents: None. Karma: 6
I ShO Contacts: Inapplicable. Resources: Inapplicable
p ShO Popularity: Inapplicable
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Health: 80 BACKGROUND:
Karm a: 6 HISTORY: Real Name: Inapplicable
Resources: Inapplicable In the offices of the Daily Bugle, Spencer Occupation: Robotic hunter specifically
Popularity: Inapplicable Smythe demonstrated the uncanny abili· designed to track and kill Spider-Man
ties of the first Spider-Slayer to J. Jonah Legal Status: Inapplicable
BAC KGROUND : Jameson, Betty Brant, and Peter Parker Identity: Inapplicable
Real Name: Inapplicable (alias Spider-Man). Smythe explained Place of Birth: Spencer Smythe's labo-
Occupation: Robotic hunter specifically that his robot was programmed to sense ratory, New York City
designed to track and capture Spider- spiders, and gave Peter Parker a spider Marita l Status: Inapplicable
Man in a glass case to hold. After sensing Pe- Known Relatives: Inapplicable
Legal Status: Inapplicable ter's spider powers, however, the robot Base of Operations: Spencer Smythe's
Identity: Inapplicable ignored the real spider and quickly tan- laboratory, New York City
Place of Birth: Spencer Smythe's labo- Past Group Affiliations: None
ratory, New York City Present Group Affiliations:
Marital Status: Inapplicable
Known Relatives: Inapplicable KNOWN POWERS:
Base of Operations: Spencer Smythe's Robotic Construction: The Mark II
laboratory, New York City Spider-Slayer was built in a more hu-
Past Group Affiliations: None manoid form than the Mark I. Like its
counterpart, the Mark II is immune to
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disease, gas attacks, psionic attacks, the pushed him aside. However, Spider- turns .
and could possibly survive in a vacuum. Man dodged the beam and escaped to a Leaping: The Mark Ill has Remarkable
Body Armor: The Spider-Slayer's exteri- phone booth, where he quickly looked leaping ability, enabling it to jump 2 ar-
or construction provides it with Remark- up the address of Smythe's laboratory. eas up, 3 areas down, or 30 feet horizon-
able protection from physical attacks tally.
and Excellent protection versus energy With the fearsome Spider-Slayer Ughtning Speed: The Spider-Slayer can
attacks. breathing down his neck, Spider-Man ar- run, jump, and climb walls at Amazing
Destructo-Beam: The Mark II can fire an rived at the laboratory. The robot land speed (8 areas per round).
energy beam from its forehead of Incred- smashed through a wall to follow him in- Remote-Control Guidance: All functions
ible Intensity, but only Typical range (2 side, but suddenly Smythe found that of the robot can be remotely controlled
areas). The controller's Agility is used to the controls were malfunctioning, and from a portable control panel up to a
determine the results of an attack, rather then the Mark II exploded. Just as range of five miles. The controller can
than the robot's. Spider-Man had guessed, because the see, hear, and speak through the Mark
Remote-Control Guidance: All functions robot was so sensitive to spiders, the Ill's two huge eyes. The controller's face
of the robot can be remotely controlled hundreds of arachnids in Smythe's col- appears in the Spider-Slayer's eyes,
from a portable control panel up to a lection caused it to short-circuit. which are really two video screens.
range of five miles. The controller can Spider Detection: The Mark Ill Spider-
see, hear, and speak through the robot's MARK Ill Slayer can detect arachnids or creatures
face. The controller's face appears on a with spider-like abilities (namely Spider-
video screen in the Spider-Slayer's face. STATISTICS: Man) at Shift Y range (160 areas or
Spider Detection: The Spider-Slayer can about 4 miles).
detect arachnids or creatures with F EX(20) Spider-Sense Nullifier: The robot has the
spider-like abilities (namely Spider-Man) A AM(50) Amazing ability to nullify Spider-Man's
at Shift Z range (400 areas or about 10 innate power to detect danger, called his
miles). s EX(20) Spider-Sense. This allows the Mark Ill to
Wall-Crawling: Suction cups on the feet blindside Spider-Man.
of the Mark II Spider-Slayer enable it to E IN(40) Wall-Crawling: The Mark Ill can scale
walk up vertical surfaces at Good rank R TY(6) vertical surfaces at Good rank ability.
ability. I ShO Web-Cutter: Incredible Material Strength
Limitation: While the Mark ll's ability to p ShO pincers on the Mark Ill's face enable it to
detect spiders is greatly enhanced over Health: 130 cut Spider-Man's webbing.
that of the Mark I, the Mark II must make Karma: 6 Web-Shooter: The Mark Ill Spider-Slayer
a Typical Intensity FEAT roll when in the Resources: Inapplicable can fire Amazing Material Strength
same area as a large group of arachnids Popularity: Inapplicable webbing up to 1 area away to entangle
(at least 20) or it short-circuits because its target. It can use this webbing as a
of its extreme sensitivity. BACKGROUND: swing line, allowing it to travel at 3 areas
Talents: None. Real Name: Inapplicable per round.
Contacts: Inapplicable. Occupation: Robotic hunter specifically Talents: None.
designed to track and capture Spider- Contacts: Inapplicable.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Man
Legal Status: Inapplicable ADDITIONAL NOTES:
HISTORY: Identity: Inapplicable
After his first failure, Spencer Smythe Place of Birth: Spencer Smythe's labo- HISTORY:
built a second Spider-Slayer designed to ratory, New York City Once again, J . Jonah Jameson hired
be twice as sensitive to spiders and Marital Status: Inapplicable Spencer Smythe to build a robot capable
much stronger. After an impressive dem- Known Relatives: Inapplicable of defeating Spider-Man. This time, how-
onstration in which the robot crushed a Base of Operations: Spencer Smythe's ever, Smythe had an ulterior motive: He
foot-thick wall , J. Jonah Jameson laboratory, New York City wanted to use the robot to steal a com-
agreed to hire Smythe once more. Past Group Affiliations: None plex computer element and frame
Present Group Affiliations: Spider-Man for the crime.
With his face in the machine's viewp-
late, Jameson tracked Spider-Man to his KNOWN POWERS: Smythe gave Jameson a portable
apartment, and commanded the robot to Robotic Construction: The Mark Ill remote-control, which he used to track
walk right up the wall of the building. Ja- Spider-Slayer was built in the form of a down Spider-Man and engage him in a
meson assumed Spider-Man was bur- huge, eight-legged spider with two large fight. Unknown to Jameson, Smythe
glarizing the apartment, and did not eyes. Like all Spider-Slayers, the Mark Ill was at the master controls in his labora-
realize that the web-slinger lived there. is immune to disease, gas attacks, psi- tory, and subtly controlled the flow of the
Spider-Man evaded Jameson's initial at- onic attacks, and could presumably sur- battle until Spider-Man and the robot
tack, and fled into the city. vive in a vacuum. were in the laboratory containing the
Body Armor: The Spider-Slayer's exteri- computer element Smythe wanted to
Impatient with Jameson's handling of or construction provides it with Remark- steal. Spider-Man was knocked uncon-
things, Smythe took control of the ma- able protection from physical attacks scious, allowing the robot to escape with
chine and trained its deadly destructo- and Excellent protection versus energy the computer element. Although things
beam upon Spider-Man. Jameson attacks. looked bad for the web-slinger, Spider-
objected to using the weapon , but Smy- Ethyl Chloride: It can release a blast of
Incredible Intensity knockout gas, affect- 95
ing all targets within the same area as it-
self. Those who fail an Endurance FEAT
are rendered unconscious for 1-10
Man eventually defeated Spencer Smy- lowing it to reach up to 1 area away and Marital Status: Inapplicable ,...
the and his latest Spider-Slayer. grapple opponents.
Spider Detection: The Mark IV Spider- Known Relatives: Inapplicable
MARK IV Slayer can detect arachnids or creatures Base of Operati ons: Dr. Marla Madi-
with spider-like abilities (namely Spider- son's laboratory, New York City
STATISTICS: Man) at Shift Y range (160 areas or Past Group Affiliations: None
about 4 miles).
Wall-Crawling: The Mark IV can scale Present Group Affiliations:
vertical surfaces at Poor rank ability.
F EX(20) Web-Shooter: The Mark IV Spider-Slayer KNOWN POWERS:
A RM(30) can fire Amazing Material Strength Robotic Construction: The Mark V robot
webbing up to 1 area away to entangle is humanoid in form, and is the only
s RM(30) its target. Spider-Slayer built by Dr. Marla Madi-
Talents: None. so·n. For locomotion, each of the Mark
E IN(40) Contacts: Inapplicable. V's feet is equipped with a steel tread,
upon which the device thunders along
R TY(6) ADDITIONAL NOTES: the ground. As with previous models, the
Mark V is immune to disease, gas at-
I ShO HISTORY: tacks, psionic attacks, and could pre-
p ShO Out to utterly destroy Spider-Man, Spen- sumably survive in a vacuum.
cer Smythe sent three humanoid robots
Health: 120 designed to look like the Vulture, Sand- Body Armor: The Spider-Slayer's exteri-
Karma: 6 man, and Kingpin to physically and men- or construction provides it with lncredi- -
Resources: Inapplicable tally exhaust Spider-Man. Smythe then ble protection from physical attacks and
Popularity: Inapplicable attacked in his newest Spider-Slayer, Remarkable protection versus energy
hoping to defeat Spider-Man while he
BACKGROUND:Real Name: Inapplica- was defenseless. attacks.
Flash Beacon: From a device in the cen-
ble Riding in his huge machine, Smythe ter of its chest, the Mark V can produce a
Occupation: Robotic vehicle specifi- grasped Spider-Man in one of the robot's Remarkable Intensity flash of light capa-
cally designed to track and kill Spider- tentacles and began to mercilessly ham- ble of blinding all targets in front of and
mer the hero into the walls and ground. within the same area as the robot for 1-
Man Dazed and weakened, Spider-Man had
Legal Status: Inapplicable virtually given up when he began to think 10 turns.
about his love for Mary Jane. Finding in- Grapple-Claw: The Mark V is equipped
Identity: Inapplicable ner strength, Spider-Man burst free of with a metal claw attached to the end of
Place of Birth: Spencer Smythe's labo- the metal tentacle and subdued Spencer a steel tentacle, which it can shoot from
ratory, New York City Smythe. its chest to grab or grapple a target in the
Marital Status: Inapplicable
Known Rel atives: Inapplicable MARKV same area as itself. Both the claw and
Base of Operations: Spencer Smythe's the tentacle have Remarkable Material
laboratory, New York City STATISTICS :
Past Group Affiliations: None Strength.
F TY(6) Heat Generation: The Spider-Slayer can
Present Group Affiliations: A PR(4) instantly raise the surface temperature
of its body to Amazing Intensity, ena-
KNOWN POWERS: s IN(40) bling it to incinerate Spider-Man's
Robotic Construction: The Mark IV webbing upon contact. If the webbing
Spider-Slayer is a much larger version of E AM(50) fails to get a red result on a FEAT roll
the spider-like Mark Ill. The Mark IV has R TY(6) against its Material Strength, it is de- ,.--
eight powerful legs, two large eyes, and I ShO
a dome-covered cockpit in which the p ShO strayed.
pilot/controller rides. The Mark IV and Health: 100 Impulse Beam: An apparatus in the Mark
any passengers are immune to disease Karma: 6 V's chest can fire an Excellent Intensity
and gas attacks. Though the machine is Resources: Inapplicable energy blast up to a range of 2 areas.
unaffected by psionic attacks, passen- Popularity : Inapplicable Large Size: Standing just over eight feet
gers inside can be. While the machine's tall, the Mark V is considered to have
functions would be unimpaired, it is un- BACKGROUND: permanent growth at Feeble rank, and is
likely that passengers could survive very Real Name: Inapplicable
long in an oxygen-deficient environ- Occupation: Robotic hunter specifically thus + 1CS to be hit.
ment, such as underwater or in a vac- designed to defeat Spider-Man
uum. The Mark IV is a very strange Legal Status: Inapplicable Oil Nozzle: The Mark V can squirt oil
vehicle with the following statistics: Identity: Inapplicable creating a Remarkable Intensity slick ar:
Place of Birth: Dr. Marla Madison's lab- ea. Anyone moving on the ground in the
Co n tro l EX(20) oratory, New York City area must succeed at an Agility FEAT or
Speed EX(20)
Body RM(30) fall down.
Prot e ct i o n Remote-Control/Cybernetic Helmet: The
RM(30) controller of the Mark V must wear a spe-
cially designed helmet, which enables
Body Armor: The Spider-Slayer's exteri- him to instantly command the robot at a
or construction provides it with Remark- range of up to five miles. The controller's
able protection from physical attacks face appears on a video screen in the
and Excellent protection versus energy
Spider-Slayer's head.
attacks. Web-Cutter: A steel tentacle secured in
Elongation: The Mark IV Spider-Slayer the Mark V Spider-Slayer's chest is
can stretch its Remarkable Material armed with Incredible Material Strength
Strength legs with Incredible ability, al- pincers that enable it to cut strands of
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Spider-Man's webbing. The web-cutter laboratory, New York City Slayer after Spider-Man. During the en-
has a range of 1 area. Past Group Affiliations: None suing battle, the spider-shaped robot
Talents: None. Present Group Affiliations: was destroyed and Spider-Man was
Contacts: Inapplicable. knocked unconscious. Smythe took the
KNOWN POWERS: hero to his laboratory, where he locked
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Robotic Construction: The Mark VI one of Spider-Man's wrists to the hand-
Spider-Slayer was built in the form of a cuffs; Spider-Man and J. Jonah Jame-
HISTORY: huge, eight-legged spider with two large son were now chained together, and the
Apparently having given up faith in eyes. It is immune to disease, gas at- bomb was ticking.
Spencer Smythe, J. Jonah Jameson tacks, psionic attacks, and could pre-
hired Dr. Marla Madison to build the sumably survive in a vacuum. Smythe did not prevent the pair from
Mark V Spider-Slayer. Remotely control- Body Armor: The Spider-Slayer's exteri- leaving. With an angry and frightened
ling the robot by means of a cybernetic or construction provides it with Remark- Jameson in tow, Spider-Man left to find a
helmet, Jameson sent the robot to follow able protection from physical attacks way of removing the handcuffs. His ef-
Peter Parker, figuring that Peter would and Excellent protection versus energy forts were futile, however. With time run-
lead him to Spider-Man. Peter's spider attacks. ning out, Spider-Man realized that
sense warned him that he was being fol- Leaping: The Mark VI has Remarkable Smythe was the only one who could re-
lowed, and he quickly broke off his date leaping ability and can jump 2 areas up, move the cuffs, but upon returning to the
with Mary Jane and sent her home in or- 3 areas down, or 30 feet horizontally. laboratory, Spider-Man and Jameson
der to change into his costume. Mental Control and Guidance: Through found that Smythe had finally died of his
unrevealed means, Spencer Smythe illness. Luckily, Spider-Man found the
Spider-Man was cornered by Jame- was able to mentally control all functions power source that electronically kept the
son's Spider-Slayer in an alley, but he of the robot up to a range of one mile. He shackle locked. With seconds to spare,
was able to dodge the charging robot, could see and hear through the Mark Spider-Man deactivated the power
which rammed into a wall. While Jame- Vi's two huge eyes. Unlike all previous source and the handcuffs.
son struggled with the cybernetic hel- models of Spider-Slayers, the control-
met, Spider-Man escaped. ler's face did not appear on video MARK VII
screens in the robot's head .
Jameson and the Mark V eventually Spider Detection: The Mark VI Spider- STATISTICS:
caught up with Spider-Man at Rockefel- Slayer can detect arachnids or creatures
ler Plaza, where the web-slinger was en- with spider-like abilities (namely Spider- F GD(10)
gaged in a conflict with the Will o' the Man) at Shift Y range (160 areas or A RM(30)
Wisp. Jameson caused much mayhem about 4 miles).
at the Plaza; eventually a statue fell on Wall-Crawling: The Mark VI has the s RM(30)
the Mark V, wrecking it. Good ability to scale vertical surfaces.
Web-Shooter: The Mark VI Spider-Slayer E IN(40)
MARK VI can fire Amazing Material Strength R TY(6)
webbing up to 1 area away to entangle I ShO
STATISTICS: its target. It can use its webbing as a p ShO
swing line, allowing it to travel at 3 areas Health: 110
F RM(30) per round. Karma: 6
A AM(50) Talents: None. Resources: Inapplicable
Contacts: Inapplicable. Popularity: Inapplicable
s EX(20)
ADDITIONAL NOTES: BACKGROUND:
E IN(40) Real Name: Inapplicable
R TY(6) HISTORY: Occupation: Robotic vehicle specifi-
I ShO Believing Spider-Man had killed his son, cally designed to defeat Spider-Man
p ShO a vengeful J. Jonah Jameson sought out Legal Status: Inapplicable
Health: 140 Spencer Smythe, and hired the inventor Identity: Inapplicable
Karma: 6 to use his latest Spider-Slayer to hunt Place of Birth: The laboratory of Alistair
Resources: Inapplicable down Spider-Man . However, Smythe Smythe (Spencer Smythe's son) in New
Popularity: Inapplicable now hated both Jameson and Spider- York City
Man; he now knew he was dying be- Marital Status: Inapplicable
BACKGROUND: cause of exposure to radioactive Known Relatives: Inapplicable
Real Name: Inapplicable materials he had used to build the vari- Base of Operations: The laboratory of
Occupation: Robotic hunter specifically ous models of Spider-Slayers. Smythe Alistair Smythe in New York City
designed to track and defeat Spider- tricked Jameson into fastening a strange Past Group Affiliations: None
Man pair of handcuffs onto one wrist. Laugh- Present Group Affiliations:
Legal Status: Inapplicable ing hysterically, Smythe told Jameson
Identity: Inapplicable that the cuffs contained high explosives KNOWN POWERS:
Place of Birth: Spencer Smythe's labo- set to go off in 24 hours. Robotic Construction: The Mark VII
ratory, New York City Spider-Slayer is shaped much like a
Marital Status: Inapplicable Smythe sent the Mark VI Spider- one-man flying saucer. It is the first
Known Relatives: Inapplicable Spider-Slayer built by Spencer Smythe's
Base of Operations: Spencer Smythe's son, Alistair. The Mark VII rests upon
eight tentacle-like legs, which are re-
tracted into the body during flight. The
cockpit is covered by a glass dome. The
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..- - . ~~---- I
........ - _...... • - >• •
Mark VII and any passengers are im- ventor, Spider-Man learned where to find Control GD(10)
mune to disease and gas attacks. While the young villain. Speed GD(10)
the machine is immune to psionic at- Body IN(40)
tacks, those inside are not. The vehicle After rescuing Mary Jane's aunt, Protection RM(30)
is not designed for space travel; its en- Spider-Man learned from her that Alistair
gines are not powerful enough to break had flown away with Mary Jane in his Access Claw: This apparatus is used to
free of Earth's gravitational pull. It has Spider-Slayer. Spider-Man caught up lift Alistair, who is a paraplegic, into the
the following statistics: with Smythe, and saved Mary Jane from Mark Vlll's cockpit.
the clutches of the Spider-Slayer. The Body Armor: The Spider-Slayer's exteri-
Control EX(20) web-slinger defeated the robot by caus- or construction provides it with Incredi-
Speed RM(30) ing it to crash into high voltage wires. ble protection from physical attacks and
Body EX(20) Due to the machine's insulation, Alistair Remarkable protection versus energy
survived, but he suffered severe shock attacks.
Protection GD(10) damage: He is now a paraplegic and is Chemical Tracer: Alistair Smythe devel-
unable to digest solid foods. oped a chemical tracer that he can spray
Body Armor: The Spider-Slayer's exteri- from his Spider-Slayer onto a target,
or construction provides it with Excellent MARK VIII then track the target at Shift Z range
protection from both physical and en- (400 areas or about 10 miles).
ergy attacks. STATISTICS: Elongation: The Mark VIII can elongate
Elongation: From holes running along its its legs and arms at Unearthly rank (5 ar-
sides, the Mark VII can extend and re- F RM(30) eas), and its neck at Monstrous rank (2
tract the following Remarkable Material A GD(10) areas). Its Incredible Material Strength
fingers can also be elongated at Re-
Strength steel tentacles: s AM(SO) markable rank (1 area) to entangle foes.
• Grapple-Claws: The Spider-Slayer is EthylChloride: It can release blasts of In-
E AM(SO) credible Intensity knockout gas from its
equipped with two of these, one on R TY(6) hands, affecting all targets in the same
each side. Each grapple-claw can ex- I ShO area as its hands. Those who fai l an En-
tend up to 1 area away to grab its tar- p ShO durance FEAT are rendered uncon-
get. Use normal grappling rules to Health: 140 scious for 1-10 turns.
resolve attacks and damage. Karma: 6 Headlight: Its faceplate can be used as
• Laser-Tentacles: Each side of the Resources: Inapplicable an Excellent Intensity beacon.
Mark VII is also armed with a Remark- Popularity: Inapplicable Slick Surface: The Mark VIII Spider-
able Intensity laser-tentacle, each of Slayer's surface is Amazingly slick, mak-
which can be extended up to 1O' to BACKGROUND: ing it immune to Spider-Man's webbing.
fire in any direction. Real Name: Inapplicable Talents: None.
• Steel Whips: These deadly weapons Occupation: Robotic vehicle specifi-
can lash out from both sides of the cally designed to defeat Spider-Man Contacts: Inapplicable.
Spider-Slayer to whip or entangle Legal Status: Inapplicable
their targets up to 1 area away. Identity: Inapplicable ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Flight: The Mark VII can fly at Remark- Place of Birth: Alistair Smythe's labora-
able airspeed (15 areas per round). tory, New York City HISTORY:
Resistance to Electricity: The Spider- Marital Status: Inapplicable Alistair Smythe built the most recent
Slayer is insulated against Amazing Known Relatives: Inapplicable model of Spider-Slayer, the Mark VIII,
damage electrical attacks. Base of Operations: Alistair Smythe's which he used to stalk Mary Jane and
Slick Surface: The Mark VII Spider- laboratory, New York City Peter Parker in Pittsburgh. Aiding inside
Slayer's surface is Amazingly slick, mak- Past Group Affiliations: None his towering robot, Alistair caught up
ing it immune to Spider-Man's webbing. Present Group Affiliations: with Spider-Man and began to pummel
Tracking System: Alistair Smythe has the hero senseless. Distracted by a fee-
created a number of electronic tracers, KNOWN POWERS: ble attack from Mary Jane, Alistair turn-
enabling him to use his Spider-Slayer to Robotic Construction: The Mark VIII ed his attention to her. Clutching Mary
track targets wearing a tracer at a range Spider-Slayer takes the form of a very Jane in a huge tentacle, Alistair was
of five miles. tall humanoid. It is the second Spider- about to kill her when Spider-Man over-
Talents: None. Slayer built by Alistair Smythe. The con- came his injuries and dealt the robot a
Contacts: Inapplicable. troller rides within the machine's chest fatal blow.
cavity, and his face appears on the ro-
ADDITIONAL NOTES: bot's faceplate, which is actually a video Furious at what might have happened
screen through which the controller can to Mary Jane, Spider-Man ripped apart
HISTORY: see, hear, and speak. The Mark VIII and the Spider-Slayer and pulled a terrified
In an attempt to get revenge against any passengers are immune to disease Alistair from the wreckage. Presumably
Spider-Man for the death of his father, and gas attacks. The robot itself is also Alistair Smythe was taken to prison.
Alistair Smythe used his own Spider- immune to psionic attacks, though its Whether or not he is still there has yet to
Slayer to kidnap Mary Jane and her Aunt passenger is not. While the robot's func- be revealed.
Anna. With a clue from the Kingpin, who tions would be unimpaired, it is unlikely
had recently employed Alistair as an in- that the controller could survive for very
long in an oxygen-deficient environ-
98 ment, such as underwater or in a vac-
uum. The Mark VIII is a type of walker
vehicle with the following statistics:
r· - - . - ----=--~ -~ . -~ -- - - ~ .
I•
~---·----~-_,,__· -~~·
STATISTICS:
F RM(30)
sA EX(20)
GD(10)
E RM(30)
A EX(20)
I TY(6)
p TY(6)
Health: 90
Karma: 32
Resources: IN(40)
Popularity: O
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Destroyer of Celestials
Identity: Secret; Stellaris tried to
trick everyone into thinking she was
aman
Other Known Aliases: None
Legal Status: Unknown
Place of Birth: Supposedly an un-
named planet destroyed by the Ce-
lestials
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: All supposedly
dead
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS:
No natural powers known.
Equipment:
Living Armor: All of Stellaris's abili-
ties and powers stemmed from her
living suit of armor. The armor's
,,....--. power supply was somewhere in the
suit of armor, and it was apparently
of a cosmic level. Stellaris could
somehow mentally control the shape
of the armor and its built-in equip-
ment. The following is a brief list of
the equipment and abilities the ar-
mor was imbued with. armor. Such weapons could do up up to CL1000. In an atmosphere,
• Body Armor: The armor always to Shift Y energy or force damage. she was limited to a Monstrous
• Physical Enhancement: Stellaris speed.
provided Stellaris with Shift X pro- could use the armor to increase • Life Support: The living armor pro-
tection from all forms of attack. any or all of her physical attrib- vided Stellaris with CL1000 life
Stellaris was still subject to Slams utes. Any of her FASE attributes support.
and Stuns while in the armor. The could be raised to Unearthly. This • Self Destruct: Stellaris stated that
armor itself seemed to be made of she could order her living armor to
a material that has a Material did not increase her basic Health self-destruct in a CL5000 explo-
score. sion, powerful enough to destroy
Strength rank of CL1000. Weaker • Sensors: Stellaris could order the a whole planet. It is not known if
areas of the armor, such as joints suit to form any sort of detection Stellaris could have actually done
(needing a red result to hit) were or sensor device, with a Shift Y that.
only of Shift Y Strength Material Power Rank. • Computer Tap: Stellaris could use
rank. • Flight: Stellaris's living armor al- the armor to plug into any sort of
• Weapons: Stellaris could form any lowed her to fly in space at speeds
sort of energy weapon from her
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