MU4 - Gamers Handbook of the Marvel Universe

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ans, Paul Cartier, Georges Baptiste fought each other while Marie pre-
Regardless of the personality of the and Henri Cluzot, were hunting in pared the Wendigo for the transferral
curse victim, the Wendigo has but the Canadian North Woods, when process. She created a gas that
one thought: to consume and eat they were attacked by wolves. Clu- knocked out the two combatants and
human beings. A mindless ber- zot was mortally wounded in the returned the Hulk to his human form
serker, the Wendigo will attack any- attack, and his friends took him to of Dr. Bruce Banner.
thing that blocks its path. shelter in a cave. As the men began
to starve, Cluzot died, and Cartier, on Seeing the human Dr. Banner,
HISTORY the verge of insanity, resorted to eat- Baptiste lost all resolve to help Marie
ing the dead man's flesh. In doing transfer the horrible curse, and wan-
The Wendigo is a human being who so, he fell victim to the curse that dered off. Marie tried to move Ban-
has been magically transformed into transformed him into the Wendigo. ner, but he turned into the Hulk and
a massive, fur-covered beast in renewed his fight with Wolverine.
accordance with an ancient curse. The Wendigo kept Baptiste
This curse, the origin of which is as trapped, to be eaten later. Even so, Baptiste entered the cave in which
yet unrevealed, affects any person the mind of Paul Cartier, not yet total- the Wendigo lay and completed the
who consumes the flesh of another ly submerged, telepathically called ritual that freed Cartier and trans-
human being for any reason. Soon for help. He was heard by the formed Baptiste into the Wendigo.
after the act of cannibalism, all gamma-radiated Hulk, who was The Hulk defeated Wolverine, and
aspects of the cannibal 's humanity wandering through the region. The the Wendigo fled.
becomes obliterated as the person Hulk first encountered Cartier's sis-
assumes the voracious appetite and ter, Marie, who mistook him for the The new Wendigo was seen
bestial instincts of the Wendigo. Wendigo. She believed the Wendigo attacking and killing campers
to be her brother's killer, never sus-
The Wendigo generally appears pecting the truth. Her grief touched around the Hudson Bay and the
as a ten-foot-tall, white-furred crea- the Hulk, and he agreed to help superhuman government agents
ture with long talons and sharp teeth, locate Cartier. He sought out the true Vindicator, Shaman, and Snowbird
no matter what the body type was of Wendigo, freed Baptiste, and took of Alpha Flight were sent to investi-
the person who becomes the Wendi- him to Marie. Baptiste revealed the gate. They were joined by Wolverine,
go. All authenticated cases of the story of Cartier's transformation. by this time a member of the group
Wendigo have been confined to the When the Hulk encountered the the X-Men, and his teammate
Canadian North Woods, perhaps beast again, Paul Cartier's con- Nightcrawler. The five narrowly
indicating that the curse originated sciousness pleaded with him to defeated the Wendigo, and Shaman
in the region. (There was an uncon- defeat the beast in the hope that he used his magical skills to cure
firmed sighting of a thin, green, tal- might be cured. However, the Wendi-
oned creature referred to as a go's strength and invulnerability Georges Baptiste, who was arrested
Wendigo during a blizzard in New were apparently equal to the Hulk's, for murders he committed as the
York City, but any connection to the and the Wendigo escaped. During beast.
Canadian Wendigo is not yet the fight, Cartier's mind was com-
known .) pletely overcome. Fur trapper Francois Lartigue was
the next person stricken with the
The Wendigo possesses superhu- In the months that followed, Marie curse. He and three companions
man strength comparable to that of studied magic, hoping to cure her were trapped in a North Woods cabin
the Hulk and Sasquatch, as well as a brother. She was assisted by by a blizzard . Driven insane, Larti-
high degree of resistance to injury Georges Baptiste, who felt he owed gue murdered the others and ate
and pain. It is said to be virtually both Cartiers a great debt. When the them , only to become the Wendigo.
impossible to kill it. Persons pos- Hulk next wandered into Canada, He was tracked by the member of
sessed by the Wendigo have with- Marie magically lured him to her, Alpha Flight called Sasquatch, and
stood direct blows inflicted by the planning to transfer the Wendigo to the Hulk again stumbled on the
Hulk and severe wounds inflicted by the already "cursed" Hulk. First she scene. Together the Hulk and Sas-
Wolverine, using his Adamantium tranquilized the Hulk, and then she quatch subdued the Wendigo, and
claws. The Wendigo's magical summoned the Wendigo. However, Sasquatch took him back to civiliza-
nature renders it immune to all nor- before she could begin the neces- tion to be cured by Shaman.
mal forms of disease and aging. sary ritual, the Hulk awoke. Believ-
Once a person becomes a Wendigo, ing the Wendigo was threatening To date, these are the only con-
he or she remains a Wendigo for the Marie and Baptiste, the Hulk firmed instances of the Wendigo
rest of his or her life, unless by some attacked the beast. In the midst of manifesting itself.
magical means, the curse is lifted. their battle, the two were confronted
by the mutant known as Wolverine,
In the first modern documented sent by the Canadian government to
case of the Wendigo, three Canadi-
subdue the Hulk. Wolverine and the
Hulk subdued the Wendigo, then

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WEREWOLF

- STATISTICS

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

R TY (6)
I MN (75)

P GD (10)
Health: 120

Karma: 91
Resources: EX (20)
Popularity: - 2

BACKGROUND

Real Name: Jacob Russoff (given

name), Jack Russell (adopted name)
Occupation: Occasional adventur-

er. Russell lives off a trust fund set up

by his mother from the sale of his

father's estate. !&

Legal Status: Naturalized citizen of •

the U.S. with no criminal record

Identity: Secret

Place of Birth: Medias, Transylvania

Marital Status: Single

Known Relatives: Gregory Russoff

(father, deceased), Laura Russell

(mother, deceased), Phillip Russell
(step-father), Lissa Russell (sister),

Louisa Russoff (great great great-
grandfather, deceased), Grifori Rus-

soff (great great great-grandfather,

deceased)

Base of Operations: Los Angeles,

California

Past Group Affiliations: The Night """"'.~ -~
Shift
·

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS When Russell transforms willingly, rank. He can track by smell and
Lycanthropy: Russell is the victim of he takes on the form of a traditional remember scents previously
a curse that causes him to transform " wolf man," resembling a man with encountered. He can hear a heart-
into a werewolf during the three fur and pointed teeth. Russell is beat at a 1-area range and smell an
nights per month of the full moon. All capable of speech in this form . Dur- approaching being within a 3-area
of the powers listed below and the ing nights of the full moon, Russell
stats above derive from Russell's takes on a more wolflike form. range.
transformation. Although Russell Claws: The Werewolf has razor-
can transform into a werewolf any- sharp claws and teeth which can Running & Jumping: Poor ground
time he wishes, with his personality inflict up to Remarkable Edged dam-
intact, he automatically changes age. The claws are of Good Material speed (2 areas/round) for up to a half
during a full moon when his Reason hour. He can jump up to two stories
is reduced to Feeble and his nature Strength. straight up or across.
becomes that of a savage beast. lnfravision: Sees in the dark with Invulnerability: Amazing resistance
to all forms of physical damage
Russell's human statistics are: Excellent ability. except that caused by silver weap-
FASER I P Extraordinary Senses: Amazing ons. If injured, Russell cannot have
TY TY TY GD TY GD GD his Endurance reduced below Fee-

Health: 28 201

Karma: 26

ble except by silver weapons. first Russoff to become afflicted, and even began metamorphosing
Silver Vulnerability: Each hit by a sil- acquired a copy of the Darkhold, the into a more wolf-like state, with long-
ver weapon requires Russell to tome of evil mystical knowledge orig- er ears and snout, a curved spine,
make an Endurance FEAT roll. A inally scribed by the ancient demon and lupine jointed legs.
Red or Yellow result is treated as a Chthon . The act of reading the pas-
" kill." sage on werewolves supernaturally Shortly after that, a devil-
Talents: Russell has Mystic Back- triggered the dormant curse in Rus- worshipping cult led by a man
ground. His years of attempting to soff's ancestry, and transformed him named Schuyler Belial became
seek out a cure for his condition have into a werewolf. Russoff sent his wife interested in capturing Jack Rusell
provided him with the Equivalent of Laura to her native America with the to use him in a ceremony to bring the
the Occult Lore skill. In his mindless children to safeguard them. Russoff world under " Satan 's rule." The cult
state during nights of the full moon, was eventually stalked and killed by hoped to kill Russell in a ritual sacri-
Russell has the Resist Domination a mob of townspeople. fice, then inject his blood into their
ability. The more savage Werewolf own veins in an attempt to become
has an instinctive equivalent of Mar- When Laura Russoff learned of werewolves themselves. Jack Rus-
tial Arts D. her husband's death, she married a sell spent almost a year fleeing from
Contacts: Russell has been able to man named Russell to give her chil- the cult. At one point, the cultists
call upon the assistance of Dr. dren a father. Jack Russell and his captured him and placed a thin hom-
Michael Morbius in the past. He is sister Lissa were raised in Los ing transmitter on his scalp to enable
currently a member of the Night Angeles. When Jack turned eight- them to keep tabs on him. Russell
Shift. een, he began to turn into a werewolf eventually sought the help of the
on the three nights of the full moon. Moon Knight, and the two of them
ADDITIONAL NOTES: As a werewolf, Russell encountered managed to defeat the cult, despite
such bizarre persons as the Moon the fact that it was the time of the full
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Knight, the Hangman, Sarnak, Dr. moon and Russell had little control
Although originally embittered over Glitternight, the Hunchback, Tigra, over his bestial self. Most of the cult-
his curse, Russell seems to have and DePrayve. ists were killed in the melee.
gotten used to it over the years. He
enjoys his role as a crimefighter, and Finally, the mystical extradimen- Returning to his home in Los
takes great pains to make sure that sional beings known only as "The Angeles, Russell settled back into
his berserk "other-self" is securely Three Who Are All" granted Russell what passed for his normal life, tak-
contained during nights of the full the ability to transform himself at will ing care to lock himself up on the
moon, so as not to besmirch his into the werewolf regardless of the nights of the full moon. To his dis-
already shaky reputation. time of month and to retain his may, his moon-influenced wolf-form
human intellect. With this ability, was increasing in strength with each
HISTORY Russell embarked upon a career as passing month. Desperate, he con-
an occasional crimefighter, once tacted Dr. Michael Morbius, a blood
Jack Russell was the elder of two encountering Iron Man in New York. specialist, for help in curbing his bes-
children sired by Gregory Russoff, a He still had one major limitation, tial self. Breaking free of his holding
Transylvanian baron and scholar, however. On the nights on the full room one moonlit evening, Russell
who was turned into a werewolf moon, his human mind still was subdued by the West Coast
when Jack was still a small child. In regresses to that of a savage beast. Avengers.
the mid-1950s, Baron Gregory Rus- Russell designed a virtually escape-
sett, the great great grandson of the proof cell for himself for the three A few weeks later, in greater con-
nights of the full moon. trol of himself, he encountered Iron

Some time later, Russell contact- Man rescuing his sister Lissa from
ed Dr. Karl Malus, a Los Angeles- the clutches of the ghostly sorceress
based medical researcher, hoping to Morgan Le Fey.
find a way for him to retain control
over himself on the nights of the full Recently, the Werewolf was
moon. Unknown to Russell, Malus invited to join the Shroud 's new
was criminally inclined, and instead gang, the Night Shift. Jack Russell
of helping him , hooked Russell to an remains a reluctant adventurer
experimental machine to subvert his searching for the ultimate solution to
will. With the aid of the original the ongoing problems of being a
Spider-Woman, Russell escaped werewolf.
Malus's clutches and put the scien-
tist behind bars. Note: Jack Russell's sister Lissa
was cured of lycanthropy soon after
When the full moon arose, Russell her first transformation at age 18 by
found that Malus's treatment had the sorcerer named Taboo, who mys-
hidden side effects. Russell again tically took her curse upon himself.

lost control over his transformations

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WHIRLWIND

STATISTICS

F GD (10)

A IN (40)

s GD (10)

E RM (30)
R TY (6)
I TY (6)
p T Y (6)

Health: 90

Karma: 18

Resources: TY (6)
Popularity: - 8

BACKGROUND
Real Name: David Cannon
Occupation: Professional criminal,
former circus performer, profession-

al wrestler, and iceskater
Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S.

with a criminal record
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missou-

ri

Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: No ne
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Member of
the Masters of Evil II, Ill, IV, former
agent of Count Nefaria, partner of
Batroc, t he Porcupine, the Trapster,

and Tiger Shark
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS • The ability to generate a focused making him deadlier then ever. He
Spinning: The Whirlwind can spin his b last of air capable of doing Remark-
body at up to 400 rpm. He is immune able damage. uses two weapons:
to dizziness and vertigo, and has • If spinning with his arms out-
developed the follow ing Power • The generation of a tornado that
affects the area the Whirlwind is in, stretched, the Whirlwind can make
St unts: doing Remarkable damage to every- use of his Arm Blades. By making a
• The ability to move at Excellent one in that area. With a Yellow normal Fighting roll he is able to do
Catching Roll, the Whirlwind can Amazing Edged damage to an oppo-
Ground Speed (5 areas/round). He throw an opponent out of the area. nent. Whirlwi nd can use t hese
can move up a vertical wall a number With an Agility FEAT roll, the W hirl- blades, which are made of a
of stories equal to the twice t he wind can throw the victim at a spe- Remarkable material , even while he
amount of areas he has moved on c ific spot. is using his power to fly.
the ground to build up momentum.
Weaponry: Whirlwind has recently • He also makes use of a type of
• The generation of spinning air taken up the use of Edged weapons, shuriken. Made of Good strength
c urre nts to provide him with Remark- material, it can be thrown by Whirl-
able body armor against physical wind to do Remarkable damage up
attacks and missile weapons only.
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• The ability to escape any grapple
as if he possessed Monstrous

Strength.
• The ability to fly at Good air

speed (8 areas/ round) like a helicop-
ter. The Whirlwind can do this for up
to 10 minutes, and cannot use his
hands and arms for anything else
except attack with his wrist blades

(see below).

to 3 areas away. Whirlwind normally HISTORY Whirlwind accepted the invitation
carries 10 of these. of the Crimson Cowl (revealed to be
Talents: Cannon has the Wrestling David Cannon was born a mutant Ultron-5) to join Klaw, the Radioac-
and Driving talents. His previous with the ability to move his body at tive Man, and the Melter in the sec-
professional experience has given great speeds. As a child, he learned ond Masters of Evil. The Masters
him the Performing talent in ice skat- that he never became dizzy and ambushed and took the Avengers
ing and circus performing. could make himself nearly untoucha- hostage, but the Avengers escaped.
Contacts: Whirlwind has worked ble by spinning in a tight circle like a All the Masters were apprehended
with the second, third, and fourth top. He used his natural abilities first except Ultron and Whirlwind. He
Masters of Evil. He was a partner of as a bully, and during his teens as a remained undercover as Janet van
Batroc, the Porcupine, the Trapster, petty criminal. He later found legiti- Dyne's chauffeur for several years,
~nd Tiger Shark, and is on good mate employment as a circus per- trying to devise a foolproof scheme
terms with all of them. He has a num- former, a professional wrestler, and to steal her fortune. Whirlwind
ber of minor underworld contacts, finally an ice-skating competitor. His teamed with Batroc and Porcupine
and has also bought equipment from talents were noticed by small-time on a mission for the Red Skull, and
the Tinkerer. criminals operating a betting syndi- then rejoined with some of the Mas-
ADDITIONAL NOTES: cate, and soon he was fixing races ters of Evil for a minor skirmish with
for them. When the criminals warned the Avengers in Vermont. He finally
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES him of possible police investigation, got another chance at revenge upon
Cannon is a braggart and a loud- Cannon scoffed and decided to use Pym when Pym was trapped at ant-
mouth. He enjoys flaunting his his talent for crime flamboyantly. size, but he did not succeed in killing
powers and likes making heroes look Designing himself a costume, Can- his old enemy.
like saps. He considers himself non dubbed himself the Human Top
sG>mewhat of a ladies' man and and embarked upon a series of At one point he was freed from jail
attempted to become romantically heists of jewelry and department by Egghead, who wanted Whirlwind
involved with Janet van Dyne (the stores. Dr. Henry Pym, then known to join his Masters of Evil. Somewhat
Wasp) on several occasions. as Giant-Man, read of the Human stir-crazy from the confinement,
Top's exploits and decided to bring Whirlwind disobeyed Egghead and
204 him to justice. With the aid of his prematurely attacked the Avengers,
leading the Masters to an early
partner the Wasp, Pym tracked down defeat. He managed to escape, how-
and captured the Human Top. ever, and months later, at his high
school reunion , encountered Iron
On three other occasions the Fist and managed to leave the scene
Human Top clashed with Pym as unscathed.
Giant-Man. The third time, he rede·
signed his costume to enable him to When Baron Helmut Zemo was
fly for short distances and kidnapped organizing his Masters of Evil, Whirl-
the Wasp in order to lure Pym into a wind petitioned to join. But Zemo,
trap. Pym still managed to thwart perhaps hearing of his earlier fail-
him and turned him over to the ures, assigned him the task of
authorities. detaining Captain America, rather
than joining in the main force that
After serving a prison term, Can- was going to take over Avengers
non settled in lower Manhattan to Mansion. Whirlwind, determined to
regroup. Hoping to make a fresh prove himself, had the Tinkerer cre-
start in his criminal career, he ate some whirling wrist-mounted
devised himself a new costume and sawblades . With the Trapster,
renamed himself Whirlwind. Creat- Whirlwhind set a road trap, but Cap-
ing the false identity of Charles Mat- tain America outsmarted them.
thews, he acquired a portfolio of Escaping custody, Whirlwind joined
false credentials with which was Tiger Shark in San Francisco in an
hired by Janet van Dyne, the Wasp, attempt to steal a piece of high-tech
as her chauffeur. Thus gaining equipment from the Avengers Man-
access to the Avengers Mansion sion there. Presumably, Whirlwind is
garage, he broke into the mansion still in police custody.
and trapped Pym and the Wasp
inside an ant colony Pym was study-
ing, then planted a time-bomb near-
by. Pym managed to escape,
however, and warn the Avengers
about the bomb.

WHITE GUEEN

STATISTICS

F GD (10)
A GD (10)

s TY (6)

E AM (50)
R RM (30)
I IN (40)

p MN (75)

Health: 76

Karma: 145
Resources: IN (40)
Popularity: 15

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Emma Frost
Occupation: Chairperson of the
Board and Chief Executive of Frost
International, Chairperson of the
Board of Trustees of the Massachu-
setts Academy, Snow Valley, MA
Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S.

with no criminal record
Identity: Frost is known to be a lead-
er of the Hellfire Club, but her crimi-
nal activities are not public

knowledge.

Place of Birth: Boston, MA
Marital Status: Single

Known Relatives: None

Base of Operations: Boston, MA.
Emma Frost also operates from the
Massachusetts Academy and the
Hellfire Club mansion in New York
City. She maintains a townhouse in
New York City, a home in the Berk-
shire Mountains in Massachusetts
(near the Academy), and residences
in cities where Frost International
has holdings (Boston, New York City,

Chicago, Washington, D.C.
Past Group Affiliations: The Inner

Circle of the Hellfire Club
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS against mental attacks. She can con- trol, Mind Control and Illusion Gener-
Telepathy: Frost can read the tact others telepathically through ation so they can't use them. Frost
thoughts of others and contact senti- this screen, but cannot attack. must be in the same area as her vic-
ent beings at a range of 200 miles Psionic Rapport: Amazing strength tim and make a Yellow Psyche FEAT
(400 if she makes an Endurance mental rapport with a willing charac- roll to use this power. If she manages
FEAT roll). She can project realistic ter allows her to see and experience to do so, the victim must make a
images directly into a target's mind everything that her host sees and FEAT roll against Monstrous lntensi•
with Monstrous ability. She can fire ty to use their powers, using the
Monstrous-rank bolts of psionic ofeels. The host must be within 1 Rank of the power in question.
force with a 4-area range directly into Sedation: Through telepathy, Emma
an opponent's mind, ignoring body areas of her before the link can be
armor and some force fields. She established, but then she can main- acan "sedate" an unconscious indi~
can also sense individuals on the tain the rapport up to a range of 50
astral plane with Monstrous ability. vidual so that they must make
Psi Screen: Amazing protection miles. Psyche FEAT roll against Monstrous
Psionic Control: Blocks the minds of Intensity to wake up. An uncon-
individuals with psionic powers scious victim may attempt to wake
including Telepathy, Empathic Con-
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up once every 15 minutes. HISTORY learned that the project was actually
intended to destroy all superhuman
Talents: Emma receives a + 1 CS to Emma Frost is a leading member of mutants. Together Shaw and Frost
an old Boston mercantile family staged a coup that gave them control
her Reason when dealing with which arrived from England in the of the Council of the Chosen, which
administration, business, and edu- 1600s. She inherited a good deal of they renamed the Inner Circle. Shaw
cation . She has the Electronics Skill. took the title of Black King and Frost
Contacts: Frost has a large number wealth, but most of her large fortune became the new White Queen .
of contacts in the fields of business, is the result of her successes in busi-
education, finance, and transporta- ness. She rose rapidly through the Under Shaw and Frost, the Inner
tion industries. She is one of the four world of business thanks to her intel- Circle is now dominated by superhu-
highest ranking members of the Hell- ligence, drive, personal charm, and man mutants. Frost has undertaken
fire Club, giving her complete her secret use of her psionic abili- to recruit young mutants and train
access to all of that organization's ties. She eventually became the them in the use of their powers at her
equipment and operatives, as well majority stockholder of a multibillion- school so that they might use those
as mutants such as Sebastian Shaw dollar multinational conglomerate powers on the Inner Circle's behalf.
and Magneto. She is the commander which has been renamed Frost Inter- Most of these mutant students are
and trainer of the Hellions, and is national after herself. Despite her members of a team called the Hel-
also on good terms with Lucius Anto- lions. Frost taught the young mutant
nius Aquilla, the leading Senator of youth, she is now chairperson of the Angelica Jones, alias Firestar, apart
the lost civilization of Nova Roma. board of Frost International and its from the Hellions, but Firestar finally
ADDITIONAL NOTES: chief executive officer. Frost Interna- rebelled against Frost and left the
tional is principally involved in trans- school.
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES portation (both the building and the
Frost is as icy as her name. Despite use of ships and aircraft) and elec- Frost first encountered the team of
her vast powers she prefers to rely tronics. Emma Frost has also mutants called the X-Men when she
on her own keen business sense and become chairperson of the board of attempted to recruit young mutant
charisma. She rarely indulges in trustees of the Massachusetts Acad- Kitty Pryde for her school and cap-
direct confrontation , preferring to emy, a college preparatory school for tured a number of X-Men . Since
scheme behind the scenes. She can grades seven through twelve, then, Frost has crossed paths with
be totally ruthless when necessary, located in the Berkshire Mountains
but seems to actually care about her in Snow Valley, Massachusetts. the X-Men and their associates, the
mutant charges, the Hellions. New Mutants, many times, often as
Frost serves as the Academy's head- their adversary.
206 mistress and spends a great deal of
her time there. With the recent establishment of a
number of friendships between
Emma Frost's beauty and talents members of the New Mutants and
brought her an invitation to join the the Hellions, the White Queen is
Hellfire Club, an elite social organi- much less of an adversary toward
zation of the world's wealthy and the New Mutants. She has assisted
powerful figures. Frost became the them on at least one occasion, and
ally of Sebastian Shaw, who was a one New Mutant, Magma, has
member of the Club's Council of the enrolled at the Massachusetts Acad-
Chosen, which secretly conspires to emy. Other Mutants are currently not
achieve world domination through sure whether she is an enemy or not.
economic and political means. Like
Frost, Shaw was a superhuman
mutant. The Leaders of the Club and
Council, its foremost Lord Cardinal
were the White King Edward Buck-
man and the White Queen Paris
Seville. Buckman threw the Coun-
cil's support behind Project Arma-
geddon, scientist Steven Lang 's
program to build Sentinel robots and
have them hunt down superhuman
mutants. Knowing Shaw was himself
a mutant, Buckman told him that the
Project was intended to capture
superhuman mutants for use by the
council in seeking power. However,
Frost, through her psionic powers,

...-... STATISTICS

F GD (10)
A EX (20)
S IN (40)
E AM (50)
R EX (20)
I GD (10)
P GD (10)
Health: 120
Karma: 40
Resources: PR (4)

Popularity: o

BACKGROUND

Real Name: Jackson Arvad
Occupation: Former scientist
Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S.
with a criminal record
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Scranton, Pennsyl-

vania
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Former
agent of Jonas Harrow
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS discorporeal form, Will O' The Wisp ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Density Control - Self: Will O' The can take over the cybernetic sys-
Wisp has Remarkable control over tems used by many villains (such as
his own Density. He can increase his Killer Shrike). Arvad can use this
density to give himself Remarkable ability at Remarkable rank, and must
body armor or decrease it to make make a Red FEAT roll to do so.
himself immune to physical attacks Talents: A former scientist, Arvad
and allow him to pass through walls has the Physics, Computers, and
as if he were Phasing. He can solidi- Electronics Skills, as well as Repair/
fy part of his body while leaving other Tinkering.
Contacts: Former employee of the
parts intangible. Brand Corporation, sometimes ally
Flight: At minimum density Will O'
The Wisp can fly at Typical air speed of Spider-Man.
(6 areas/round). If he moves at any
speed of Feeble or faster, he gives
off so much light that he resembles
an ethereal glowing sphere.
Although he can solidify momentari-
ly to punch someone, he cannot car-
ry any object while in flight.
Hypnosis: A dazzling light from his
chest allows him to Hypnotize an
opponent with Remarkable ability.
The victim may resist by making a
Psyche FEAT roll against Remark-
able intensity. While under hypnosis,
the target will follow simple orders
and answer questions truthfully, but
will take no action to physically harm

him or herself.
Cybernetic Manipulation: While in

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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES magno-chamber long enough to another innocent person. Realizing
Arvad was originally motivated by question him on any useful scientific the Wisp's intent, Harrow activated
revenge, attempting to drive Brand applications the accident might have the device in the Wisp's skull and
out of business. He was not particu- had, and then left Arvad to die. dissipated him.
larly heroic and would do almost any-
thing short of killing to accomplish Arvad soon discovered, however, Despite his corporeal disintegra-
his goal. Obsessed, he would let that he possesses a certain degree tion, Will O' The Wisp's intelligence
nothing stand in his way. Now that he of mental control over the dispersion remained intact and he eventually
has gained his revenge on the Brand of his body's molecules. Unfortu- devised a scheme to reintegrate
Corporation, Will O' The Wisp is not nately, every time he relaxed control himself. Taking control of the battle-
sure what to do with his life. over his molecular cohesion, it was suit of the criminal Killer Shrike, the
more difficult for him to resume a Wisp coerced him to kidnap scientist
HISTORY solid state. Finally he began to fear Dr. Marla Madison and take her to
that his body's molecules would drift the laboratory where he was original-
Jackson Arvad was the chief scien- apart and he would be unable to rein- ly transformed. There he was
tist for electromagnetic research at tegrate them. He contacted criminal restored to corporeal form. The Wisp
the Brand Corporation, a subsidiary scientist Dr. Jonah Harrow, the man then destroyed the laboratory and
of the Roxxon Oil Company. His who gave Hammerhead and the fled into the night, plotting venge-
superior in the Brand bureaucracy, Kangaroo their superhuman attrib- ance against James Melvin, the man
James Melvin, drove Arvad relent- utes, in a desperate ttempt to find a responsible for the state he was in.
lessly to develop projects under cure for his deteriorating condition.
threat of being fired. During a labora- Pretending to help him, Harrow Will O' The Wisp eventually got his
tory mishap, a gravitic energy surge implanted a tiny receptor in the opportunity for revenge against
shattered the " magno-chamber" in Wisp's skill with which he could dis- Melvin, but his better judgment
whose vicinity Arvad was working. rupt the Wisp's mental control over stopped him from killing his ex-boss.
The accident plunged Arvad's body his molecules by means of a power- Turning Melvin over to the authori-
direcly into the magno-chamber's ful mind-numbing signal. Harrow ties, the Wisp forced him to expose
self-sustained electromagnetic field, then forced the Will O' The Wisp to some of Brand's illicit activities to the
and the residual high frequency field carry out certain criminal activities to news media. This exposure, brought
weakened the electromagnetic about with the aid of Spider-Man,
attractions between the molecules of further Harrow's ends. While com-
Arvad's body. This caused the mole- mitting theft, the Wisp encountered caused the shutdown of Brand's
cules of Arvad's body to gradually the crimefighter Spider-Man who lat- major plant on Long Island. Will O'
disperse. Melvin held Arvad in the er tried to persuade him to resist the The Wisp departed after that inci-
man controlling him. After much dent to contemplate what to do with
deliberation, the Will O' The Wisp his powers. His current whereabouts
finally decided to turn against Har- and activities are unknown.

row rather than to jeopardize

208

WIZARD

,--.... STATISTICS

F PR (4)
A GD (10)

s TY (6)

E EX (20)
R IN (40)
I TY (6)
p TY (6)

Health: 40
Karma: 52
Resources: EX (20)

Popularity: -1 o

BACKGROUND

Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Professional criminal,
formerly a professional inventor,
stage magician and escape artist,
and chess champion
Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S.
with a criminal record
Identity: Known to the police but not

to the general public
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York City
area. The Wizard maintains an enor-
mous mansion on Long Island
Past Group Affiliations: Leader of
the Frightful Four (now disbanded),
former ally of Mysterio and the Plant-
man
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS An~GraW~ within this sphere takes Excellent A world-famous physicist, the Wiz-
Discs: When thrown, these weapons damage each round they are in it, ard has the Physics, Computers, and
of the Wizard's own design will and must make an Escape roll to exit Electronics talents.
adhere to a target with Monstrous Contacts: The Wizard was the form-
Strength. Any target struck floats the sphere. er leader of the Frightful Four, and
upward at a rate of 1Ofeet per round Body Armor: The Wizard's metal suit has been a partner of Mysterio and
unless he or she is fastened to some- provides him with Good protection the Plantman. None of his former
against physical attacks, heat and allies are particularly inclined to help
thing solid. him , but they would probably lend a
Flight: Anti-Gravity devices within cold. hand if suitably rewarded, with the
the Wizard's costume allow him to fly Id Machine: This device, contained exception of the Sandman and
at Excellent air speed (10 areas/ within the Wizard's helmet, interacts Medusa.
with external devices to give him
round). Excellent control over an opponent's 209
Power Gloves: The Wizard's gloves,
made of Excellent strength material , mind.
provide the villain with the following Talents: The Wizard has trai ned
himself in the Thrown Weapons skill.
abilities:
• Strength raised to Excellent.
• Power Blasts capable of doing

Incredible Energy damage up to 2

areas away.
• A force field of Remarkable rank.
• The creation of a " typhoon

sphere" which can fill 1 area within a

3-area range. Anyone and everyone

ADDITIONAL NOTES: ~eused his intellectual talents Woman, captured the Wiz-

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES become a world-famous chess play- ard and procured proof for the police
A genius in physics, the Wizard
quickly became bored and sought er. The Wizard had even entered that it was actually the disguised
new challenges as a villain. Since
then he has been beaten again and show business, and would publicly Wizard who had committed the
again by a number of heroes, partic-
ularly the Fantastic Four. The Wizard stage feats of " magic" which he crimes. As a result, the Wizard was
has learned that he is best off relying
on his own devices, and now works actually accomplished through sentenced to prison.
solo. He disdains physical confronta-
tion and prefers to attack from sur- advanced scientific means. It was The Wizard made subsequent
prise and/or use cunning traps to
defeat his opponents. because of all these achievements attempts to revenge himself on the

HISTORY that he became known as the " Wiz- Torch. In an encounter with Paste-

Before his first clash with the Human ard." Pot Pete and the Sandman, the Wiz-
Torch, the Wizard was one of the
most prominent celebrities of his The Wizard came to believe that ard became inspired to create and
day, known throughout the world. He
was acclaimed by his fellow scien- there was only one intellectual chal- lead a team that would be a criminal
tists for his new theories. The Wizard
became quite rich as result of his lenge left for him, and that was to counterpart to the Fantastic Four.
great number of inventions, many of
which were futuristic devices and defeat the Human Torch. The Wizard The Sandman and Paste-Pot Pete,
furnishings sold only to the wealthy.
The Wizard designed and had built intended to defeat the Torch by under his new name of the Trapster,
for himself a futuristic mansion on
Long Island which he filled with his impersonating him and then destroy- both joined the team and the Wizard
own inventions. The Wizard also
ing the real Torch's heroic reputa- recruited Madame Medusa as its

tion. The Wizard was envious of the fourth member. The Wizard had --

powers of the superhuman adventur- heard rumors of Med usa's exist-

ers who had recently appeared, and ence, and journeyed to the Mediter-

feared that the public would lose ranean island where she was said to

interest in him. He chose to go after be living like a hermit. After arriving

the Torch since he was the most visu- on the island, the Wizard saw her

ally spectacular of the heroes. fight off a search party of police, and

As part of his scheme, the Wizard then offered her partnership with

staged another of his remarkable him. Medusa reluctantly agreed. The

public feats; he used a vehicle with Wizard and his three partners

an atomic-powered drill to bore what became known as the Frightful Four.

he said would be the deepest hole Most of the Wizard's criminal activi-

ever dug into the Earth. The Wizard ties since then have been conducted

then intentionally triggered a cave- as part of the Frightful Four. They

in, which buried his vehicle deep have most often come into conflict

underground. Unknown to anyone with the Fantastic Four, who have

else, the Wizard had placed oxygen defeated them repeatedly. After

tanks aboard the vehicle which could Medusa's departure from the organi-

enable him to live for weeks down zation, her place was filled by Thun-

there. As the Wizard planned, he dra, the Brute, Electro, and Llyra.

was rescued by the Human Torch. In Occasionally the Wizard committed

seeming gratitude, the Wizard crimes on his own, and once he

invited the Torch to his mansion. entered a brief partnership with Mys-

There the Wizard imprisoned the terio.

Torch and donned a costume he had Since none of Medusa's succes-

designed which allowed him to mim- sors proved to be a successful mem-

ic the Torch's abilities. Thus dis- ber of the group, and since the

guised as the Torch , he publ icly Sandman has now reformed , the

committed a series of crimes. How- Wizard has disbanded the Frightful

ever, the Human Torch broke free , Four. For now, at least, the Wizard

and with the aid of his sister and operates on his own as a profession-

teammate in the Fantastic Four, the al criminal.

210

I

WOLFSBANE

STATISTICS

F TY (6)
A GD (10)

s TY (6)

E EX (20)
R PR (4)
I GD (10)
p GD (10)
Health: 42
Karma: 24
Resources: PR (4)
Popularity: 5

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Rahne Sinclair

Occupation: Student
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
Kingdom with no criminal record, on

student visa to the U.S.; still a minor,
ward of Moira MacTaggart
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Somewhere in Ross
and Cromarty, Scotland
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Professor
Xavier's School for Gifted Young-

............ sters, Salem Center, Westchester
County, NY
Past Group Affiliations: The New

Mutants
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS less for at least 10 rounds before in that state.
Shapechange: Rahne has the ability Heightened Hearing: Amazing rank.
to change herself into two other springing again. Anyone attempting to surprise her in
forms: a large red wolf and a half- Mind/ink: In wolf form , Rahne cannot wolf form has a -1 CS.
wolf, half-human ("wolfoid") crea- speak or communicate, but has a
ture. Rahne can switch between all crude mindlink with Danielle Moon- In "wolfoid" form, Rahne has the fol-
three forms in the same round. If an star (Mirage), and can transmit base lowing statistics and abilities:
opponent attempts to Grapple with information and feelings.
her and that opponent is not aware of Heightened Sight: Sees into the FASER I P
Rahne's abilities, they must make an ultraviolet and infrared portions of GD GD TY RM PR WX GD
Agility FEAT roll to keep hold of her if the spectrum at Remarkable rank. Health: 56
she shapechanges. She can see anything in total dark-
ness that gives off heat (such as liv- Claws: In wolfoid form Rahne has
In wolf form, Rahne has the follow- ing organisms). With a FEAT roll claws that do Good Edged damage.
ing statistics and abilities: Rahne can judge a person's emo- Bite: Typical Edged damage with her
tional state and detect any changes teeth.
FASER I P
EX GD GD EX PR RM GD 211
Health: 60

Bite: Good Edged damage.
Tracking: Remarkable ability in track-
ing and recognizing humans and
animals by their scent.
Movement: Springs at Good ground
speed (4 areas/round) for up to 5
rounds, then must slow back to Typi-
cal ground speed (3 areas/round) or

Tracking: Recognizes other crea- ADDITIONAL NOTES: HISTORY
tures by their scent .
Movement: Same as for wolf form. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Rahne Sinclair, born in Scotland,
Mind/ink: Rahne's wolfoid form can Raised by a preacher in Scotland, was delivered by Moira MacTaggart,
speak but still maintains her Rahne was under constant religious who is the daughter of the powerful
mindlink with Danielle Moonstar pressure. She is somewhat shy, Scots Lord Kinross and close friend
(Mirage). Mirage must make a extremely insecure, guilt-ridden and and professional associate of Pro-
Psyche FEAT roll to understand her has little self-esteem. She has a hard fessor Charles Xavier, founder of the
in this state due to Rahne's semi- time believing that her powers are team of mutant X-Men. An orphan,
animal/semi-human brain. not supernatural in original. She has Sinclair was raised by the stern min-
Healing: Damage to Rahne's wolf or an avid interest in fantasy literature, ister Reverend Craig, but she was
wolfoid form is healed when she however and likes to imagine herself befriended by MacTaggart, whose
returns to human form unless the as a fairy-tale princess. Of all the ward she became.
damage was caused by magic or her New Mutants she is perhaps the
Health drops below 42. In these most innocent. Sinclair's mutant power, which
cases, the damage is then transfer- enables her to transform herself into
red to her normal state. Any damage a wolflike being, emerged at puberty.
she suffers in human form is carried One night when Sinclair was four-
over to her lupine form . teen , she fled in wolf form from a
mob led by Reverend Craig, who
Talents: Rahne has the Student tal- believed her to be possessed by the
ent. She speaks fluent English and devil. One member of the mob shot
Gaelic. at Sinclair, inflicting a flesh wound. In
Contacts Rahne has no family, but is wolf form Sinclair ran past MacTag-
the ward of Moira MacTaggert. She gart, fell, and reverted to human
is a charter member of the New form before her eyes. Recognizing
Mutants. Sinclair, MacTaggart took her under
her protection, saving her from the
mob.

MacTaggart brought Sinclair to
Professor Xavier in America. There
Wolfsbane became one -of the first
members of Xavier's new team of
young superhuman mutants, the
New Mutants, whom he trained in
the use of their mutant powers. Sin-
clair has remained a member of the
team ever since, and has come to
regard her guardian, MacTaggart, as
her surrogate mother.

212

WOLVERINE

STATISTICS

F IN (40)
A RM (30)

S GD (10)

E RM (30)
R TY (6)
I MN (75)

P IN (40)
Health: 110
Karma: 121
Resources: EX (20)
Popularity: O

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Logan
Occupation: Adventurer, captain in
the Canadian armed forces,
assigned to intelligence (retired)
Legal Status: Citizen of Canada,
now permanent resident in the U.S.;

no criminal record
Identity: Secret, known to certain
members of the Canadian govern-
ment
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None known
...--... Base of Operations: An abandoned
town in the Australian Outback
Past Group Affiliations: Former
member of the Canadian armed
forces, former operative of Depart-
ment H, current X-Man
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS gases, drugs (including alcohol), and serk, Wolverine ignores all Stun
Adamant/um Skeleton: Strips of Ada- results, and his Psyche is consid-
mantium have been bonded to Wol- disease. ered Unearthly for resisting the
verine's skeleton, giving him Animal Empathy: Communicates effects of Mind Control.
Excellent body armor against Blunt with mammalian carnivores (wolves,
physical attacks and Typical protec- Wolverine must make a Yellow
tion against Edged damage. He can wild dogs, etc.) at Amazing rank. He Psyche FEAT roll to come out of this
do Excellent damage with his fists. cannot control their actions, but he state, and may only do so when no
An opponent striking a hard part of can usually get them to act in a danger is present. If someone Wol-
Wolverine's body (such as the jaw) friendly way toward him. verine trusts is present to help him,
with bare hands would take Typical Heightened Senses: Monstrous he only needs a Green FEAT roll.
Blunt damage. Nothing can cut sense of smell and Incredible hear- Invisibility: As with all of the current
t hrough Wolverine's bones. X-Men, Wolverine cannot be detect-
Claws: The three claws mounted on ing. ed by any electrical means, includ-
the back of each hand can be used to Berserker: Wolverine has the ability ing mutant sensing devices (such as
do up to Monstrous damage on the to " go berserk" in combat. He pre- Cerebro, or t he Sentinels) or cam-
Edged Attack column. Unless he fers not to do so, but if he must he
wishes to kill his human opponent, can enter the state at will. When ber- 213
Wolverine normally will strike for no
more than Excellent damage.
Regeneration: Wolverine regains 1O
Health points per hour, or 1 every 6
minutes. He has Unearthly Endur-
ance for FEAT rolls ag ainst poison,

eras. He is still visible to the naked HISTORY his sanity, although Logan was still
eye, however. prey to animalistic rages at times.
Wolverine's past is shrouded in mys- Both he and Heather Hudson believe
Talents: Wolverine is skilled with tery. There is no known record of his it was the shock of having Adaman-
Guns, Thrown Weapons, Sharp birth, and he ages at a slower rate tium bonded to his skeleton that
Weapons, and Oriental Weapons. than that of ordinary human beings, reduced Logan to the animalistic
He is trained in Martial Arts A, B, and so his age cannot be estimated. state in which she found him.
E, and has the Tumbling ability. He Before Wolverine's skeleton was
has had extensive Military and Espi- laced with Adamantium, he served in Logan served as a Canadian
onage training. Wolverine has been a war with a group called the Devil's secret agent for a time, but knowing
trained in Ninja skills which allow Brigade, and later worked as a of his special powers, claws, and
him to hide in shadows with Incredi- freelance intelligence operative. Adamantium-laced skeleton, high
ble ability, and allow him to see at Canadian officials decided to make
night {but not total darkness) with Wolverine's skeleton has been
Remarkable ability. Wolverine laced with the artificial, virtually inde- Logan the leader of the group of
speaks fluent Japanese and under- superhuman agents that would
stands Russian. structible metal called Adamantium, become known as Alpha Flight.
Contacts: Wolverine is currently and he has been given artificial Ada- Logan was originally given the code
unable to call upon any contacts, but mantium claws. When and where this name of "Weapon X," but he was
past contacts have included the happened he does not remember. also known as Wolverine, because of
Canadian Armed Forces Intelligence his resemblance to the small but
Division and Alpha Flight. Mariko When James MacDonald Hudson fierce Canadian mammal of that
Yashida, head of Japan's powerful and his wife Heather took a delayed name. As Weapon X he clashed with
Clan Yashida, is Wolverine's roman- honeymoon in Canada's Wood Buf- both the Hulk and a Wendigo.
tic interest and will come to his aid, falo National Park, they were
but knows he prefers to handle most attacked by Logan , who had become Professor Charles Xavier invited
situations on his own . savage and animalistic, and seem· Wolverine to join the X-Men, and
ingly incapable of speech. Heather Logan , recognizing the hopeless-
ADDITIONAL NOTES: wounded Logan with gunfire and the ness of his love for Heather Hudson,
Hudsons brought him to their cabin. accepted Xavier's invitation. Alpha
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Hudson went for medical help for Flight was ordered to bring him back
At one time a brutal, ruthless fighter, Logan, and left Heather in the cabin by force, but both attempts to cap-
Wolverine has mellowed somewhat with the unconscious " wild man. ture him ultimately failed. He has
over the years. He has made a defi- When a blizzard prevented Hudson since voluntarily aided Alpha Flight
nite effort to subdue the " beast" side from returning, Logan regained con- members in combat.
of his mind, although he can call on it sciousness and unwittingly extend-
when necessary. Wolverine pos- ed his claws, severing his bounds, Logan became engaged to
sesses a high degree of honor, and then, again unwittingly, retract- Shingen Harada's daughter Mariko,
derived from the samurai code of ed the claws. Heather Hudson the current leader of the Yashida
bushido. Despite his many years began to shout at Logan , who, clan , but she called off their wedding
with the X-Men , Wolverine is still apparently out to attack her, again as a result of her being psionically
essentially a loner and if a personal extended his claws. In horror Logan manipulated by the X-Men 's foe
problem comes up, he will almost saw the claws for what he claims is Mastermind. Although Mariko Yashi-
always deal with it himself rather the first time he remembers them . da was freed from Mastermind 's
then turn to his comrades for help. Believing that someone had implant- influence, and although she and
ed the claws in Logan against his Logan still love each other, she will
214 will, Heather Hudson comforted the not marry him until she believes she
despairing Logan until James Hud- has redeemed herself for calling off
son returned . the wedding . Logan took under his
care Akiko, a young orphan girl who
At one time, Heather Hudson sus- has become Marika's ward. Logan
pected that James Hudson may and Mariko regard her as if she were
have had someth ing to do with their own daughter.
implanting the Adamantium in
Logan's body and giving him the Wolverine, as well as the other X-
claws . However, a recent battle Men, is currently believed to have
between one of Hudson's experi- died in the casting of a mystical spell
mental subjects, Bedlam, and Alpha to save the world from Trickster. In
Flight, proved that Hudson was in no reality, the X-Men were saved and
way responsible for Wolverine's given the chance to act as unseen
"creation." " legends." The X-Men now operate
secretly out of a deserted town in the
Logan lived with the Hudsons who Australian outback, assisted by an
worked with him to help him regain aborigine known only as Gateway.

STATISTICS

F EX (20)

A RM (30)
S UN (100)
E MN (75)
R TY (6)
I TY (6)

P TY (6)
Health: 225
Karma: 18
Resources: GD (10)
Popularity: 35

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Simon Williams
Occupation: Former industrialist,
security consultant for Cordco Incor-
porated, now stuntman, actor,
adventurer
Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S.
with a criminal record
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Paterson, NJ
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Sanford (father,
deceased), Martha (mother), Eric
(the Grim Reaper, brother,
deceased), Vision ("brother"), Wan-
da ("sister-in-law"}, Thomas, Wil-

liam ("nephews")
Base of Operations: West Coast
Avengers Compound, Los Angeles,
CA
Past Group Affiliations: Former ally
of the original Masters of Evil, former
member of the East Coast Avengers,
current member of the West Coast
Avengers
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS which time it burns out entirely. ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Body Armor: Wonder Man's super- Talents: Williams is a performer
hard skin provides him with Amazing trained as a stuntman. He is a medio-
cre actor and businessman.
protection against all forms of dam- Contacts: Wonder Man is a member
age. Mental attacks are resolved of the West Coast Avengers, and a
former member of the East Coast
normally. Avengers. He is particularly close to
Invulnerability: Class-1000 Resist-
ance to heat and cold the Vision. He is also a well-known
Life Support: Wonder Man does not actor in Hollywood.
require food , water, or air to survive,
and is considered to have Class-
1000 Life Support for this reason. He
can survive in deep space for short
periods with no ill effect.
Flight: A jet-pack provides him with
--.. Good air speed (8 areas/round).
Wonder Man can hover in place
using this belt, which supports Mon-
strous weight for up to 5 rounds, at

215

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES regular treatments of an unspecified lending his aid to the Avengers,
During the first few years after his antidote. Not wishing to die, Wonder Wonder Man was often over-
"resurrection," Simon had an inordi- Man agreed to Zemo's plan and in a whelmed by cowardice in life·
nate fear of death which often staged battle with the Masters of threatening situations. Finally, while
restricted him from going full out in Evil, he won the confidence of the battling the near-omnipotent Korvac,
combat. He has since overcome his Avengers. They accepted Wonder Wonder Man mastered his fears. He
fear and can sometimes come Man into their ranks and unsuccess- was eventually re-elected to mem-
across as egotistical. He is more a fully tried every means to cure him. bership in the Avengers and became
follower than a leader. When Wonder Man led the Avengers close friends with his fellow Aveng-
into an ambush by the Masters of ers the Beast.
HISTORY Evil, he decided that he could not
betray the Avengers' kindness to Having no inclination to go back
Simon Williams was the younger of him even if it cost him his life. into business, Wonder Man left the
two sons of Sanford Williams, an Deprived of Zemo's life-prolonging Avengers determined to become an
industrialist who founded a highly treatment, Wonder Man succumbed actor, since he felt that during much
successful munitions factory called to the mysterious side effect of his of his time with the Avengers he was
Williams Innovations. When his old- power acquisition . Telling the Aveng- only acting at being a hero. Unable
er brother Eric refused to join the ers the he was glad that his final act to get decent acting work, he headed
family firm, Simon, the more studi- was a noble one, Wonder Man fell to Los Angeles to exploit his nearly
ous, less athletic of the two, readily still, displaying no vital signs. indestructible body by doing stunt
accepted. Simon inherited full con- work for the movies. He was highly
trol over the business at 22. Under The Avengers took his body back successful at this and soon began
Simon's inexperienced manage- to the U.S. for burial, but his brother getting acting work as well. Wonder
ment, Williams Innovations began to Eric, now known as the criminal
lose its competitive edge. Desper- Grim Reaper, retrieved the body to Man was invited to join the West
ately, Simon sought his brother's aid, use in bribing the Vision. The Grim Coast Avengers team. While helping
and Eric suggested that he embez- Reaper tried to convince the Vision the team in its struggle to establish
zle some money from the company that his consciousness could be its own identity, Wonder Man began
in order to invest in some businesss transferred into Wonder Man's body, to come to terms with himself and his
enterprises Eric had gotten wealthy giving the Vision a more human role as a hero. His turning point
from, namely the illicit racketeering form. later, the Reaper claimed that came when he went on national tele-
run by the criminal Maggia families. Wonder Man could not be resur- vision to announce that he was guilty
His embezzlement and Maggia con- rected and offered to have the of the embezzlement charge
nection were discovered by his com- Vision's consciousness transferred brought against him years ago and
pany's board of directors, and Simon into Captain America's body instead. that he was sorry about it. Wonder
Williams was brought to trial. The Vision pretended to go along Man was gratified when the public
with the Reaper's scheme in order to gave him a vote of confidence for his
Found guilty and facing a prison help the Avengers apprehend him. candid admission. He had also come
sentence, Williams was released to regard the Vision as a surrogate
when Amara the Enchantress paid The Grim Reaper, escaping, "twin brother" due to their psycho-
his bail and ensorceled the authori- became obsessed with the idea of logical similarity. Wonder Man has
ties. Baron Heinrich Zema, intrigued reviving his brother. In New Orleans, become a confident, capable crime-
by the newspapers' assertion that he voodoo priests turned Wonder Man fighter and staunch member of the
blamed Anthony Stark for his down- into a mindless zombie. The Grim West Coast Avengers.
fall, had dispatched her to recruit Reaper had them instruct the semi-
Williams for the Masters of Evil. Dis- living being to accuse the Vision of
oriented by the upheavals in his life, "stealing" his mind. He then
Simon Williams agreed to go to shipped the body to Avengers Man-
Zemo's South American base. Serv- sion. When the crate was opened,
ing as a test subject for Zemo's "ion- Wonder Man indeed did as bade but
ic ray" treatment, Williams emerged to no real effect. The Avengers sub-
with super strength and durability. dued Wonder Man and took it with
Zema then gave him a costume and them to New Orleans to investigate.
dubbed him Wonder Man. Curiously, as Wonder Man began
moving about again , he began shak-
To ensure Wonder Man's coopera- ing off the effects of all that had been
tion, Zema told him that a side effect done to him. The Avengers learned
of the treatment was that it altered his body was fully metamorphosed
his metabolism so that he would die from one of flesh and blood to one of
within a week unless he was given an unspecified superhuman flesh-
like substance nourished by ionic
energy.

216

WOOCGOD

STATISTICS

F RM (30)
A RM (30)
S AM (50)
E RM (30)
R TY (6)
I GD (10)
P TY (6)

Health: 140
Karma: 22
Resources: ShO (0)

Popularity: O

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Woodgod
Occupation : Lawgiver of the Chan-

glings
-' Legal Status: Citizen of the commu-

nity of the Changelings
Identity: The general populace of
Earth is unaware of Woodgod's

existence
Place of Creation :The Pace farm
just outside Liberty, New Mexico
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: David Pace
("father," deceased), Ellen Pace

,-, ("mother," deceased)
Base of Operations: The commu-
nity of the Changelings in a valley in
the Colorado Rocky Mountains
Past Group Affiliations: The

Changelings

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS and they tend to follow his lead. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Goat Body: Woodgod's lower body is ADDITIONAL NOTES: During the first weeks of his "birth,"
that of a goat. He can use his hooves Woodgod was emotionally imma-
to kick for Excellent Edged or Blunt ture. As he was exposed to new
damage, and can run at Good experiences, he slowly developed a
ground speed (5 areas/round) for up sense of responsibility. He has now
created his own little world to live as
to 5 rounds, before slowing for 10 he pleases and instill the values he
rounds before going to Good ground believes are important to the
Changelings he has created.
speed again. He can also leap with
Excellent ability (20') up or across). 217
Immunity: Woodgod was immune to

the nerve gas which his "father" has
created. He presumably has Class-

1000 resistance to other toxins and
diseases that would affect humans.
Talents: Woodgod has somehow
mastered the art of genetic engineer-
ing to the point where his Reason is
considered Incredible when dealing

with this subject.
Contacts: Woodgod was at one time
the leader of the Changelings, but
has since resigned the position. He
is still respected by that community

HISTORY mental activity at nearby Tranquility to kill both them and Woodgod. -
Base. One of the townspeople saw Woodgod escaped and eventually
Woodgod is a genetically engi- Woodgod and spread the word in returned to the Pace farm, and used
neered sentient life force who physi- Liberty that a monster had been cre- the books he found there to teach
cally resembles a satyr of classical ated at the Pace farm . A group of himself to read. Shortly afterward
Greco-Roman mythology. Scientists townspeople stormed the farm and Woodgod left to live in a valley free
David and Ellen Pace employed one shot Woodgod. Then, despite from human habitation in the Colo-
cloning techniques to create David Pace's warning, one of the rado Rocky Mountains. Woodgod
Woodgod, combining human and townspeople smashed a cannister of achieved emotional maturity and
animal genetic material. lethal nerve gas within the barn. The proved so successful in educating
gas killed the Paces, the attacking himself that he even mastered the
Woodgod first became conscious townspeople, and all of the people of
as an adult and his first sight was of Liberty. techniques of genetic engineering
David Pace. Woodgod's brain cell he found described in David Pace's
count tripled within the first five min- Woodgod, however, proved to be notebooks. Using these methods,
utes of his achieving consciousness, immune to the gas. Recovering from Woodgod created sentient half-
and, by watching the Paces, he rap- his wound, Woodgod fell into despair humanoid, half-animal beings whom
idly learned how to speak English. and rage on discovering that the he called the Changelings. Woodgod
Within two days Woodgod could Paces were dead. Still childlike, led the community of Changelings
walk and had full physical coordina- Woodgod set out to kill human and drafted their laws. At first he still
tion. Although he had the mental felt bitterness and hatred toward
capacity of an adult, Woodgod still beings since human beings were humanity, but he decided that he and
needed to learn about the world responsible for his " parents'" the Changelings must temper justice
around him as a child does. He deaths. with mercy lest they all become no
regarded the Paces, who named him better than the worst of humanity.
Woodgod after the satyrs, as his par- Woodgod made his way into the Woodgod defeated a challenge to
ents. now-desolate town of Liberty, whose his leadership from the murderous
air was still full of the nerve gas. Changeling Leoninus, and then
The Paces had also been working Colonel Del Tremens of Tranquility gave up his position of leader, so that
with nerve gas for the federal gov- Base, for whom David Pace devel- now each Changeling in the commu-
ernment. A year before, the govern- oped the nerve gas, investigated the nity will govern himself. It is
ment had accidentally spilled nerve Woodgod's hope that the Change-
gas near the nearby town of Liberty, mass deaths at Liberty. When Tre- lings will live together in peace and
New Mexico, causing sheep to die mens and his forces discovered harmony, that someday the Change-
and children to become ill. The Woodgod, they attacked the satyr- lings' existence can be revealed to
townspeople therefore had grown like being, who fought back fero- the outside world and that humanity
suspicious and resentful of govern- ciously. Unable to kill Woodgod , will accept them without fear or
Tremens had the town quarantined. hatred.

Subsequently, the Hulk and
Spider-Man turned up in Liberty, and
Tremens unsuccessfully attempted

218

WRAITH

STATISTICS

F GD (10)
A GD (10)

s GD (10)

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

Health: 40
Karma: 70
Resources: TY (6)

Popularity: O

BACKGROUND

Real Name: Brian DeWolff
Occupation: Policeman, later vigi-
lante, later adventurer
_.. Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S.
with no criminal record
Identity: Known to New York City
legal and judicial authorities
Place of Birth: Unrevealed, presum-

ably New York City
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Philip (father),
Celia (mother), J ean (sister,

deceased)
~ Base of Operations: New York City

Past Group Affiliations: Member of
New York City Police Department,
later pawn of Philip DeWolff, later

ally of Iron Man I
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS Enforcement and Handguns skills. ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Image Projection: The Wraith could Contacts: DeWolff was a former
generate illusions directly into oppo- member of t he New York City Police.
nents' minds with Monstrous intensi- He had assisted Iron Man I on one
ty. As a Power Stunt he could make
himself invisible and undetectable. occasion.
Telepathy: The Wraith could read an
individual's mind with Amazing

intensity.
Mind Control: The Wraith could con-
trol the mind of a single individual.
The victim could resist by making a
Psyche FEAT roll against Monstrous

intensity.
Telekinesis: Through force of will the
Wraith could levitate objects at

Amazing rank.
Mental Attack: The Wraith could fire
blasts of mental energy doing Mon-
strous damage to an opponent up to
2 areas away. Body Armor and some
types of force fields did not prevent

damage.
Talents: DeWolff was a former

policeman, giving him the Law

219

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES wraith, dealing justice from beyond ing him from transmitting telepathic
Under Philip's control, the Wraith the grave!" signals to Brian. Without the link to
was a ruthless vigilante. When Philip's mind, Brian returned to a
Brian's consciousness was restored, Unknown to DeWolff, Bonn and
he was rational; however, on his sis- Vorster were themselves criminals state of catatonic helplessness.
ter's death he reverted to irrational with ambitions, and they had agreed
behavior. to help Philip only so that they would While he and his still-comatose
have the police commissioner in son were on trial, Philip not only
HISTORY their debt. (Ironically, DeWolff was regained control of the Wraith, but
forced out of his job as police com- even projected his own mind into the
Brian DeWolff was the son of Philip missioner, apparently by his own Wraith's body. Doctor Strange and
DeWolff, police commissioner of superiors.) Iron Man defeated the Wraith, and
New York City. He was raised by Phil- Philip's mind was forced back into
ip after the latter's divorce from Jean DeWolff's first job as a detec- his own body. Using magic to enable
Brian's mother, Celia, when Celia tive was to investigate the disappear- his hand to pass into Brian's body
received custody of Brian's sister ance of her brother over her father's harmlessly, Strange removed the
Jean. Brian graduated from the New objections. After two years, however, bullet in Brian's spine and mystically
York City police academy with the no trace of Brian 's whereabouts had healed his injuries, restoring Brian's
highest grades in his class and been discovered and the case was
entered the city's police force. Jean, closed; the department presumed own mind to consciousness at last.
too, entered the police, a fact that Brian to be dead. The court found Brian innocent of
Philip hated, not regarding women the Wraith's crimes but found Philip
as fit for police work. Brian and Jean During those two years Bonn and guilty of them and sentenced him to
DeWolff greatly loved each other. prison. Brian and Jean were joyously
Vorster aided De Wolff in obtaining reunited .
Brian and his partner Tim were advanced scientific equipment with
trapped by criminals near Manhat- which Philip intended to restore Subsequently, Jean and Brian, as
tan's South Street Seaport. Two cars Brian's mobility and presumably to the Wraith, aided Iron Man in battling
driven by criminals knocked over the endow him with psionic powers . the multimillionaire called Midas,
police car in which Brian and Tim When Bonn insisted that Brian use who had temporarily seized control
were riding, killing Tim. Brian was his psionic powers on behalf of him- of Iron Man's company, Stark Inter-
then shot, with the bullet lodging in self and Vorster, Philip finally real- national. Later, while Brian was in
his spine. ized the mistake he had made. California, the criminal known as the
Furious, Philip attacked them, but Sin-Eater murdered Jean DeWolff.
Learning over the police radio that Since the Sin-Eater was himself a
Brian's police car was under attack, they pushed him back into an appa- policeman, the grief-stricken Brian
Philip De Wolff drove to the scene ratus called the revitalizer. On thus irrationally intended to take venge-
and found his wounded son. Philip being struck the revitalizer bathed ance for his beloved sister's death on
took Brian home without informing both Philp and the comatose Brian the entire New York City Police
anyone; hence, when other police- with energy. Bonn and Vorster fled, Department as the Wraith. But on
man arrived, they did not know what assuming Philip to be dead. In fact, arriving at a New York City police sta-
had happened to Brian. At his home however, the revitalizer linked the tion in costume to begin his assault,
Philip discovered that the shooting minds of Philip and Brian, so that the Wraith was himself shot dead by
had severed important regions of now Philip could control Brian's the vigilante Scourge, who was dis-
Brian's nervous system, paralyzing body, make it walk and move normal- guised at the time as a policeman .
him and rendering him comatose. ly, and control Brian's psionic
Unwilling to see his son live in such a powers. Philip gave Brian the cos-
state, Philip summoned two wealthy tume and identity of the Wraith and
men he knew, banker Karl Bonn and used him to take revenge on Bonn
landlord Max Vorster, in the hope and Vorster.
that they would finance a cure for
Brian. With their help, Philip had The Wraith, guided by Philip's
Brian secretly operated upon by a consciousness, succeeded in killing
surgeon. both Bonn and Vorster. But the
Wraith's activities attracted the
But Philip fantasized doing even attention of Jean DeWolff and the cri-
more for Brian. He wanted Brian to mefighters Iron Man and Spider-
become a vigilante with superhuman Man, all of whom clashed with the
abilities who would battle crime with- Wraith. The sorcerer Doctor
out being restricted by the law him- Stephen Strange also ran afoul of
self. DeWolff said, " He will be a the Wraith's psionic powers. Finally,
Philip tried to have the Wraith physi-
cally murder Jean, but Spider-Man
blinded the Wraith with his webbing,
and Iron Man placed an "alpha-
jammer" helmet on Philip, prevent-

220

,..--... STATISTICS WRECKER

With Wrecking Crew Alone ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
F IN/AM (40/50) Although the Wrecker leads the
Wrecking Crew, he is by no means
A EX (20) an intellectual giant, or even particu-
S IN/AM (40/50) larly a leader of men. It's just that no
E RM/IN (30/40) one else is suited to the job. The
R TY (6) Wrecker is a cheap thug with lots of
power, but still thinks like a thug.
I TY (6) More then any other member of the
P GD (10) Crew, the Wrecker is intent on gain-
Health: 130/160 ing revenge for the past defeats of
his group by practically every super-
Karma: 2.2 hero in existence.
Resources: TY (6)
Popularity: - 20 221

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Dirk Garthwaite
Occupation: Professional criminal,
former manual laborer
Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S.
with a criminal record
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth : New York City
Marital Status: Presumed single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York City

area
Past Group Affiliations: Leader of
...-.... the Wrecking Crew, member of Mas-
ters of Evil IV

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Body Armor: The Wrecker's thick
skin provides him with Excellent pro-
tection from physical attacks and
Typical protection against energy

attacks.

Resistances: The Wrecker has

Excellent resistance to fire, cold,
heat, and corrosives. He has
Amazing resistance to toxins and

drugs.
Crowbar: This weapon is made of
Unearthly Strength material. When

used it adds + 1 CS to the Wrecker's

Strength. He can throw it up to 3

areas away, but it is not enchanted to
return to his hand. When struck by
lightning the bar will transfer some of
Garthwaite's powers to others.
Talents: The Wrecker has the Blunt
and Thrown Weapon skills, and the

Leadership talent.
Contacts: The Wrecker leads the
Wrecking Crew, and was employed
by Baron Helmut Von Zema as mem-
bers of the fourth Masters of Evil.

BULLDOZER ADDITIONAL NOTES: provides him with Excellent protec-
tion from physical attacks and Typi-
STATISTICS cal protection against energy
attacks.
F EX (20) Resistances: Piledriver has Excel-
A GD(10) lent resistance to heat, fire, cold, and
corrosives.
S IN (40) Talents: Piledriver was an amateur
boxer and has Martial Arts B.
E IN (40) Contacts: Piledriver is a member of
R GD (10) both the Wrecking Crew and the
I GD (10) fourth Masters of Evil.
P TY (6)
Health: 110 ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Karma: 26
Resources: PR {4}
Popularity: - 5

BACKGROUND ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Real Name: Henry Camp Bulldozer is not particularly thick- Calusky is the most dim-witted mem-
Occupation : Former sergeant, U.S. witted, but he enjoys a good fight ber of the Wrecking Crew. A "good
Army, now professional criminal and charging in head-first into any ole boy," Calusky likes nothing better
legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. battle. Despite his time in the U.S. then to wade into combat and slug
with a criminal record Army as a drill-sergeant, he is con- anybody he can.
Identity: Publicly known tent to follow and not lead.
Place of Birth: Unrevealed THUNDERBALL
Marital Status: Single PILEDRIVER
Known Relatives: None STATISTICS
Base of Operations: New York City STATISTICS
area F RM (30)
Past Group Affiliations: Member of F RM (30) A RM (30)
the Wrecking Crew, member of Mas- A GD{10} S IN (40)
ters of Evil IV S IN (40) E RM (30)
Present Group Affiliation: E RM (30) R EX (20)
R PR (4) I GD{10)
KNOWN POWERS I PR (4) P TY (6)
Body Armor: Bulldozer's thick skin P TY (6) Health: 130
provides him with Excellent protec- Health: 110 Karma: 36
tion from physical attacks and Typi- Karma: 14 Resources: TY (6)
cal protection against energy Resources: TY (6) Popularity: -1 O
attacks. Popularity: - 1O
BACKGROUND
Resistances: Bulldozer has Remark- BACKGROUND Real Name: Dr. Eliot Franklin
able resistance to heat, fire, cold, Real Name: Brian Phillip Calusky Occupation: Former scientist, now
and corrosives. Occupation : Former farmhand, now professional criminal
Helmet: Bulldozer wears a steel hel- professional criminal Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S.
met of Incredible strength material. legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a criminal record
With it the Bulldozer will attempt a with a criminal record Identity: Publicly known
head-first charge. When determin- Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
ing to hit, Bulldozer receives a + 1 Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
CS for each area he passes through. Base of Operations : New York City
Damage inflicted is 40 points plus an area
additional 2 points · for each area Past Group Affiliations: Member of
through which Bulldozer moves. The the Wrecking Crew, Masters of Evil
helmet acts as 40 points of protec- IV
tion against any damage that Bull- Present Group Affiliation:
dozer might take.
Talents: Bulldozer has the Military KNOWN POWERS
skill. Body Armor: Piledriver's thick skin
Contacts: Bulldozer is a member
of the Wrecking Crew and worked
with the fourth Masters of Evil.

222

WRECKER -

Place of Birth: Unrevealed upon the electrified third rail of a
Marital Status: Divorced New York City subway track, the
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York City HISTORY Wrecker had his superhuman
area strength drained from
tPhaesWt GrerockuipngAfCfirleiawt,ioMnsa:stMeresmobfeErvoifl charge of him by a dis-
IV Dirk Garthwaite was a manual labor- en~hanted energy from Thor's
Present Group Affiliation: epraneymwphlooyewdasbfyireaddfeomr hoilsitiaonntsiscoocmia-l hammer.
paid people The Wrecker
KNOWN POWERS behavior and fits of violence. Decid- wh~reabouts to keep track of the
Body Armor: Thunderball's body ing to tur~ his talent for mayhem and of his crowbar, into
aparrnomdteocrTtipyorpnoivcaiadgleasinphsrotimtpehcwytiisotihcnaEl xaacgtetaalilcenknsstt destruct!on to. criminal activity,
energy attacks. fpwortooh~wmiecerhrhi.ihhsneambdaobdtfeelyelis.edTvaeaotdgfteeRthrhyiesbkreeeirwnn'sigcthhIdastrhnliavtreenendde
lReenstirsetasinsctaens:cTehtounhdeeart,bfairlel h, caoslEd,xacnedl- Garthwaite fash ioned himself a sim- Pnson, the Wrecker made a suc-
corrosives. ple costume to conceal identity. He
sWtereeclkiwngreBcakliln: gThubnadllerobfallAwmiealzdisnga
strength material. tturhnaeddneermctoahmrekmnbiatetmeindegoafthsteheericeWrsorwoebfcakcerrri'mwheitihss cl~ecsastfeulhiJsaiclbrorewabkara. nWdillminagntaogesdharteo
TvhPiaahlllsyaesntinhitc,ess:BFaAlrnuadnnntkuEWlcinnleegaainhpreaosesncrsiientthngaetleissnktNti.ltuluscr.lneHeader hhaisdptohweethr rweiethohthisearlclioesn,vtihctesWjorienchkiemr
CofotnhteaWctrse:cTkhinugndCererbwalal nisdathmeefomubrethr which he devastated the scene of the
Masters of Evil. crime. The Wrecker became more
daring with each theft, and contin- in holding onto the crowbar outside
ADDITIONAL NOTES: an electrical storm. Lightning struck
ually evaded the attempts of the the crowbar, magically distributing
police to capture him.
Seeking another victim to rob, the the enchanted strength bestowed
upon the Wrecker among the four of
Wr~roemckoecrcuhpaiepdpebnyedLoukpi,otnheaAhsgoater-l them . Together the four superhu-
manly strong criminals became
dian god of evil, whose magical known as the Wrecking Crew, who
powers had at that time been tempo-
were led by the Wrecker himself.
rarily removed by the Asgardian . The Wrecking Crew then terror-
tmtshL~imi?moemkan~imsahmahrioldecalpysdhg,~tihdcKoiastafOlhrwsandpuaitiolnmylKaw.iamnetrhrownTenihwlhliianNileteghwoLrohnowuWikshlQidriwcseughoacermskeaheennine-r.t
pdizeae~iddtrNeonyeowbrnuY:i'olodrukinsCgssiutymubnsyleotshf srmetaohtneeeynyi,wnagenrtdoe
then carrying out their threat when
they were not paid.
cAosugladrdbiaatntlethhuisndaercrhgeonde.mTyheThWorr~cthke­ Defenders stopped one When the
scheme, the
members of the Wrecking Crew were
each taken to a different prison.
Wewtrryhri.eenoncgvkeeKorrpnaorwnLw~ioleslkarie'mshdaihssLotatorilknkyeei.nmdTafhohteerelrmntilhi,ezetew,dghtohitledoe of the Defenders, the sorcerer One
Doc-
tthoer SWtrarencgkee, rh'sadcmroywsbticaar lltyobaanniosthheedr
dimension, but it was recovered
grant Loki's request. Thus it was the sometime later by the Puppet Mas-
Wrecker whom Karnilla endowed
wwt~hehietnhicWwhmrrhaeeegccikukcieasnerlgdpsostuowppreeeermre.h,Tbuhnamiorskalpnuoopnwsogtneererrangfegbaratvhare-~ tcelr~,ywtohocouesrecdehthisemWyrsetcickaelrlyinptoowbeartetlde
with the Fantastic Four.
The Wrecker easily escaped cus-
tody after his defeat
ing the authorities. Four ~nd by the Fantastic
The Wrecker's rampage came to traveling spent the next few weeks
RFDerOasLpniEktl-i~PnLhsAiseYeinImNtesGlletNocOteuTnaEjloSbyatchkegrloifuendo,f the attention of Thor, whose power from one penitentiary to

bhaydOadlisno'sbsepeenlld. iTmhieniWshreedckaet rthbeatttimlede another, freeing the rest of the
Wrecking Crew. In order to reestab-

smartest member of a four-man Thor for hours and finally bested the olcisnn.hmtmh.theaelsWir, rtcehrceekdeCirbr'esiliwtoyrdigaesicnidadeladnnetgomerteaoskuiess
demolition team. He is loyal to his
comrades, but smart enough to partially depowered god. But the
know when to run and cut his losses. WDeresctrkoeyrewr,asafinvailrlytuoavlelyrcoimnveinbcyitbhlee
! hor and to defeat him publicly. But
However, he would prefer to con- i~incvasetneaganeddrstIhroMenaCFnrsiesitow,nawbidyeerCdeabdpyetafe"i nDataAenmdgeearr-t
vince his teammates to join him then Asgardian automaton that was at
abandon them to their fates. this time an imated by the spirit of the

Asgardian goddess Sit. Room" equipment that was being
Escaping from prison, the Wreck-
ea rgoani.ncepaogsasinesbsaetdtledh iTshof ur'l lwyhog ondolwy utilized in the Avengers' gymnasium
before being turned over to the X-
Men.
power, and overcame him. Thrown

223

Escaping once again, the Crew
began wreaking havoc at New York
City's Lincoln Center for the Per-
forming Arts in order to bring Thor to
the scene. But Thor defeated the
Crew, and all but Thunderball were
taken into police custody. Later, the
Wrecker and Crew were transported
to the world created by the alien
Beyonder to take part in the first of
the so-called " secret wars." After-
wards they joined Baron Helmut
Zemo's Masters of Evil and partici-
pated in his takeover of Avengers
Mansion In battling the Masters of
Evil Thor used his enchanted ham-
mer to transfer the superhuman
powers of Bulldozer, Piledriver, and
Thunderball into the Wrecker. The
Wrecker was defeated along with the
other Masters of Evil. His current
whereabouts and activities are
unknown .

224

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~ - -- - - -

STATISTICS

F IN (40)
A EX (20)

s GD (10)

E EX (20)
R IN (40)
I RM (30)
p AM (50)
Health: 90
Karma: 120
Resources: AM (50)
Popularity: - 45

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Would-be-conqueror
Legal Status: Citizen of the Peo-
-. pie's Republic of China with no
known criminal record

Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Somewhere in main-

land China
Marital Status: Married many times
Known Relatives: Suwan (grand-
niece, deceased)
Base of Operations: Various hidden
bases throughout the world
,.,--., Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS Green or Yellow result, fhe victim is Id Paralyzer: In the past, the Yellow
Immortality: The Yellow Claw has revived as a mindless zombie; a Red Claw has employed a device which
devised a number of chemical elixirs result restores the victim with his allows him to control any number of
that have kept him alive and in good mind intact. individuals. A target must be within a
condition for over one hundred Body Armor: Light-weight armor radius of 1 area of the Paralyzer to be
years. However, he still takes dam- underneath his robes provide him affected, but then may be controlled
age normally and can be killed by with Excellent protection against from any range. An opponent may
being reduced to Shift-0 Endurance. physical and energy attacks, includ- resist by making a Psyche FEAT roll
Illusion Projection: Yellow Claw has ing heat, cold, and corrosives. against Good intensity. The victim is
the ability to project Excellent rank Claws: Through secret chemical a mindless zombie who must receive
Illusions directly into an opponent's processes, the Yellow Claw has direct orders from the Claw to do
mind. The illusion is not visible to any hardened his fingernails to Good anything.
other person present, and affects Material Strength. He can use his fin- Mutated Animals: The Claw has cre-
only one individual at a time. gernails to inflict Good Edged dam- ated a number of mutated animals in
Necromancy: Amazing knowledge of age on an opponent. the past, including spiders and
magic dealing with the resurrection
and control of the dead. He has 225
developed two Power Stunts with
this ability:

• The ability to transfer a spirit into
the body of an unwilling victim. The
victim may resist by making a
Psyche FEAT roll against Amazing

intensity.
• The resurrection of the dead.

Yellow Claw must make a FEAT roll
at Amazing rank against an intensity
equal to the full Endurance rank of
the individual in question. On a

marine life. As a rule of thumb, these However, the Claw was continually proved himself the most powerful of his -
creatures have the following statis- betrayed by his sole living relative, his peers by killing the others in combat.
tics: grandniece Suwan, who was in love with Deciding to compete for this prize, the
the Claw's nemesis, Chinese-American Yellow Claw captured the palace of his
FASE FBI agent James "Jimmy" Woo. With longtime rival, the Mandarin, and suc-
TY PR EX RM Suwan's help, Woo succeeded in thwart- ceeded in bringing about the Mandarin's
Health: 70 ing the Claw's schemes. The Yellow physical death (he had transferred his
Claw was enraged but could not bring spirit to another body). The Yellow Claw
Talents: The Yellow Claw is a genius himself to kill his only relative. Eventually did not win the Black Lama's competi-
in the fields of Biochemistry, Genet- the Yellow Claw left the United States to tion, for Iron Man accidentally caused
ics, and Robotics. His Reason is perfect new methods for its subjugation. the destruction of the Mandarin's palace,
considered Amazing when dealing To ensure that Suwan would no longer forcing the Claw to flee.
with such matters. He is an expert in subvert his efforts, the Claw placed her
Martial Arts A, D, and E. Long years in unaging suspended animation in the Proclaiming that he intended to bring
of experience have given him the so-called "lotus vial of dreamless sleep." peace to the entire world and eliminate
Occult Lore and Resist Domination the threat of war by taking control of the
skills. He speaks fluent English and In more recent years the Yellow Claw planet himself, the Yellow Claw attempt-
all dialects of Chinese. sent troops whom he had reduced to will-
Contacts: Yellow Claw controls a less slaves to invade the Statue of Lib- ed to destroy New York City as a display
vast organization of underlings, and erty. This scheme was thwarted, of his power by creating a massive tidal
still has some contacts in the Chi- however, by Colonel Nicholas Fury of wave. This time the Claw was opposed
nese government. SHIELD and Captain America. by Fury, SHIELD, and Richard Rider in
his guise of Nova. SHIELD ended the
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Subsequently, Fury clashed repeated- threat of the tidal wave before it hit New
ly with the Yellow Claw only to finally York City, and Nova caused the Claw's
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES learn that this " Yellow Claw" was actu- skycraft to explode. The Claw, however,
More so than the Mandarin, the Yel- ally a robot, as were the "Suwan" and somehow escaped the explosion. Earli-
low Claw is an intricate schemer. "Voltzmann" accompanying it. er, Voltzmann had fallen from the sky-
One of his plans might lie in wait for Unknown to Fury, the robots were the craft, seemingly to his death, but his
decades as it matures toward culmi- creations of Doctor Doom. As a result of body has never been recovered .
nation. Now that his life-extending his aiding SHIELD against the Claw
potions are weak and thin , the Yellow robot, Jimmy Woo, the real Claw's long- Still seeking an heir; the Claw intended
Claw seeks to extend his rule time opponent, became a member of to father sons on a number of women
through others. SHIELD. who had been judged to have superior
genetic traits. When these sons reached
HISTORY The real Yellow Claw finally re- manhood, they would fight each other to
emerged. First he severed his ties with
Although his native China has under- the People's Republic of China. Using the death to be the sole surviving heir,
gone a Communist revolution, the Yellow occult means, the Claw transferred the who would rule over a new race of man-
Claw retains many of the ways of Imperi- spirit of Princess Fanle-tamen of ancient kind created by his father. He would
al China. In the 1950s, the Yellow Claw Egypt, a woman who had a drive for con- insure that by releasing a sterilizing
made an agreement with Communist quest, into the body of Suwan , thereby vapor over the world. The Vision caused
Chinese leaders to conquer the western causing a fusing of their personalities. the Claw's spacecraft which was to
democracies on their behalf. In fact, the The Claw knew that not even his elixirs spread the sterility-inducing gases to
Yellow Claw intended to conquer the could keep him alive forever, and he crash. The Yellow Claw was inside the
world for himself. believed that Suwan, who had revived plunging spacecraft. He escaped, how-
with the princess's spirit in her, was now ever, and began to scheme anew. To
226 suited to being his heir. The Claw defeat his latest plan, the combined
clashed with Captain America, Fury, and forces of the Fantastic Four, Captain
the Falcon. Finally, he seized control of America, Spider-Man, the East Coast
the SHIELD helicarrier, the organiza- Avengers, and Frog-Man. The Claw was
tion's flying headquarters, only to be forced to retreat before this overwhelm-
shot by Suwan in revenge for having
kept her in suspended animation. Now ing onslaught, and is still at large.
Suwan intended to use the Claw's
resources to conquer the world herself.
While Captain America, the Falcon , and
SHIELD agents battled and defeated the
Claw's minions on the helicarrier, the
Claw himself uttered a spell that caused
the life forces animating Suwan to leave
her body and enter his. As a result,
Suwan crumbled into dust and the Yel-
low Claw regained his full health. The
Claw then escaped.

Months later, the Yellow Claw was con-
tacted by the enigmatic Black Lama,
who stated that he would bestow the
means of achieving world conquest
upon the would-be world conqueror who

STATISTICS

F TY (6)
A GD (10)

s TY (6)

E EX (20)
R GD {10)
I TY (6)
p GD (10)

Health: 42
Karma: 26

Resources: TY (6)

Popularity: o

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Rita DeMara
Occupation: Professional criminal
Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S.
-.. with a criminal record
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York City

area
Past Group Affiliations: Masters of

Evil IV
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Yellowjacket is not particularly
Shrinking: Yellowjacket is able to brave. She stole the original Yellow-
shrink at Incredible rank with the aid jacket costume to make her career
as a thief easier, not to engage in
of her helmet. pitched battle. If confronted with
Insect Communication: The cyber- superior force, she will either surren-
netic helmet that Yellowjacket stole der or flee.
from Henry Pym allows its owner to
command insects at Remarkable 227
rank. It is unknown whether her own
helmet has this ability.
Protected Vision: Yellowjacket wears
goggles that provide her with Excel-
lent protection against light-based

attacks.
Flight: Anti-gravity devices in the Yel-
lowjacket costume allow DeMara to
fly at Good air speed (8 areas/round)

at any height.
Disruptor Sting: Disruptor blasters
built into the costume allow Yellow-
jacket to fire disruptor beams which
do Remarkable Energy damage at
either 1 area range (when shrunk) or
3-area range (at full size).
Talents: Yellowjacket has the Elec-
tronics, Engineering, and Repair/

Tinkering skills.
Contacts: Yellowjacket was a
member of the fourth Masters of Evil.

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

-- --- ---

HISTORY her own invention, DeMara stole the was freed by the Gray Gargoyle and
original Yellowjacket uniform from Screaming Mimi on behalf of Baron
Little is yet known about the back- Avengers Mansion, and modified it Helmut Zemo. They also brought her
ground of the costumed criminal for her own use. either her original helmet and cos-
calling herself Yellowjacket, a name tume or duplicates. Yellowjacket
previously used by Dr. Henry Pym DeMara as Yellowjacket clashed became a member of Zemo's new
when he was a costumed adventur- with Pym's ex-wife, Janet van Dyne, Masters of Evil and participated in
er. The new Yellowjacket is Rita the Wasp, who easily captured the their takeover of Avengers Mansion .
DeMara, who was previously a new Yellowjacket when DeMara However, the Avengers finally
small-time criminal with some minor became hysterical upon using her defeated Zemo and the Masters of
convictions, and who apparently has helmet's cybernetic size-control Evil, and Yellowjacket was sent back
a good degree of skill with technolo- devices to shrink herself to tiny size. to prison. Recently she has sided
gy, including computers. Using tech- At that time DeMara could not adjust
nological resources apparently of with the Avengers, she is headed
psychologically to being so small, toward the side of good.
although she has learned to do so
since then.

DeMara was sent to prison, but

228

STATISTICS

F AM (50)
A EX (20)
S ShY (200)
E ShX (150)
R PR (4)
I GD(10)
P GD(10)
Health: 420
Karma: 24
Resources: Inapplicable

Popularity: -10

BACKGROUND

Real Name: Ymir
Occupation : Inapplicable
Legal Status: Inapplicable
.........., Identity: The general population of
Earth believes Ymir to be a mytho-

logical being
Place of Birth : Niffleheim
Marital Status: Inapplicable
Known Relatives: Utgard-loki, Loki,
and the race of Frost Giants (descen-
dants)
Base of Operations: Niffleheim
Past Group Affiliations: None

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS thereafter manually retrieve the ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Growth: Ymir is big. He has Class-
1000 Growth, giving him a stature of c lu b.
1000 feet in height and a corres- Talents: None
Contacts: None. Although Ymir is
ponding + 6 CS to be hit. the ancestor of the races of Frost
and Ice Giants, and has led them
Defenses: Ymir's icy hide acts as against Asgard in the past, he has lit-
Shift-X Body Armor. Moreover, Ymir tle interest in them, and would never
is absolutely immune to cold-based
attacks. He has Class-1000 resist- seek their aid.
ance to Toxins, Mental Attacks of all
types, and Disease. Ymir also pos-
sesses Life Support at Shift-Z rank,
and the powers of Regeneration and

Immortality.
Ice Generation: Through magical
means, Ymir can radiate waves of
cold, as if he had Ice Generation at
Unearthly rank. As his imagination is
limited, Ymir has only bothered to
develop power stunts that allow him
to radiate ice instead of cold, and

entrap his opponents.
Weapon: Ymir wields a great ice club
(Amazing Material Strength), with

which he gains + 1 CS, both To Hit

and for damage. While only charac-
ters with Unearthly strength or better
can even lift the club, Ymir can throw
it (with Incredible skill), striking tar-
gets up to 4 areas away, but he must

229

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES of the later generations of Frost Ymir, however, succeeded in
Ymir is one of the oldest beings in Giants, unable to create coldness regenerating himself, and led the Ice
the Nine Worlds, and he has never from their own bodies, will shrink in Giants in war against Asgard at
learned any degree of cunning. size if exposed to sufficient heat. some later time. Odin created a
Although capable of speech, he is as Continued exposure to such heat will chasm containing an interdimen-
savage and brutal as the fierce Nif- melt such a Frost Giant entirely. sional nexus through which Ymir's
fleheim winters. army plunged into Muspelheim,
Except for the fire demon Surtur, where the native demons took the
HISTORY Ymir is the oldest known being in the Giants prisoners. Odin then
" Nine Worlds" of the Asgardian cos- entrapped Ymir himself within a cir-
Ymir is the oldest and most powerful mology. It is said that millennia ago cle of flame within a volcanic area. It
of the Frost Giants, an otherdimen- warm air from the otherdimensional
sional race of enormous humanoid is not known how long Ymir
creatures. The huge size, durability, realm of fire, Muspelheim, crossed a remained there.
and colossal strength of the Frost dimensional barrier into the location
Giants have made them formidable of the magical Well of Life. Tons of In recent times a member of the
toes to the gods of Asgard over the ice from Niffleheim, the otherdimen- mystical cult called the Sons of
millennia. sional realm of ice and cold, formed
the Well of Life. It is said that in time Satannish used the so-called Spell
Ymir is the progenitor of the entire the warm air from Muspelheim of Fire and Ice to bring both Ymir and
race of Frost Giants, although he dif- caused these tons of ice over the Surtur to Earth, where they began
fers considerably in appearance Well to transform into the living, sen- wreaking havoc. Earth's sorcerer
from many of his current descen- tient Frost Giant Ymir. Another being Supreme Doctor Stephen Strange
dants, such as Utgard-Loki. Ymir appeared from the ice, the enchant- used the Crystal of Conquest, which
and many of the first members of his ed cow Audumia. Audumia fed off contained part of the mystical power
race were also known as Ice Giants. the ice itself, and Ymir subsisted on of the demon known as Satannish
Like the other Ice Giants, Ymir is the milk Audumia produced. and Mephisto, to transport Surtur
covered with snow and ice, and con- and Ymir magically into each other's
stantly generates intense coldness Ymir went to live in Niffleheim, presence at the very instant they
from his body. The later generations which he populated with the race of were lashing out with their weapons.
of Ymir's race, do not generate cold Ice Giants. (The more recent genera- Ymir and Surtur thus struck each
and are therefore known simply as tions of Frost Giants live in the realm other's weapons, creating a mystical
Frost Giants. Nonetheless the great of Jotunheim.) The young god Odin " implosion " in which each being
size of the Frost Giants is dependent and his brothers Viii and Ve fought a temporarily cancelled out the
on cold temperatures, and members war with the Ice Giants and slew powers of the other, and each was
Ymir. According to Asgardian leg- returned to his home dimension,
end, Odin, Viii, and Ve created the Surtur to Muspelheim and Ymir to
Earth and sky from Ymir's corpse, Niffleheim.
but this part of the story is clearly
untrue. Ymir's current whereabouts and
activities are unknown.

230

ZABU

STATISTICS

F IN (40)
A GD (10)

S EX (20)

E RM (30)
R PR (4)
I EX (20)

P TY (6)
Health: 100

Karma: 30
Resources: None
Popularity: 0

BACKGROUND

Real Name: Zabu

Occupation: Pet
Legal Status: Not applicable
Identity: Zabu's existence as a true
prehistoric saber-tooth is not given
credence by the general populace of

Earth
Place of Birth: Somewhere in the

Savage Land
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: The Savage

Land
-.. Past Group Affiliations: Partner of

Ka-Zar and Shanna the She-Devil

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES:

Fangs & Claws: Remarkable Edged ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Although Zabu can be friendly and
damage even playful when the mood takes HISTORY
him, he is still one of nature's killing
Running: Good land speed (4 areas/ machines. When angered and/or Zabu is the last known living
threatened, he will attack until he or saber-tooth tiger and is the compan-
round) for up to 5 rounds before he his opponents are dead. ion and ally of Ka-Zar, the adventurer
must slow for at rounds to who was once based in the Savage
least 1o Land, where Zabu was born.

recover Except for those living in the Sav-
age Land, saber-tooth tigers became
Heightened Senses: Zabu is capable extinct during the Pleistocene peri-
od, the time during which the Earth
of following a scent with Amazing experienced its last so-called Ice
ability. His hearing, at Remarkable Ages. Saber-tooth tigers were
named after their resemblance to
rank. is keen enough to sense a foot- modern day tigers (although the
step in a 3-area radius. Although saber-tooths of the Savage Land, at
least, were. not striped), and the
Zabu does not possess true infravis- unusually long pair of saber-like
ion, he possesses night sight suffi- teeth that each creature possesses.
Saber-tooth tigers could also open
cient to allow him to take no their mouths far wider than other
penalties in normal darkness. members of the cat family can. The
Talents: Although Zabu is not truly saber-tooth's great physical strength
and agility and their long, sharp
intelligent, he is capable of following teeth made them the most formida-
ble carnivores of their time, capable
simple commands. In a wilderness-
231
type environment Zabu can survive

indefinitely.

Contacts: Zabu is the trusted

comrade of Ka-Zar and Shanna the

She-Devil. His true existence is
known to the X-Men, Spider-Man,

the Fantastic Four, and Iron Man.

of killing animals as large as masto- age Land. Subsequently Zabu was Zabu and Kevin became compan-
dons and giant ground sloths. adopted by a family of wolves, but he ions. They went to dwell in the Place
fled from them after he killed the eld- of Mists, a region where Maa-Gor's
Zabu bears a great resemblance est wolf cub in a struggle for suprem- tribe refused to set foot. There Kevin
to the best known of the extinct acy. grew to manhood, protected from all
saber-tooth tigers, those of the dangers by Zabu. It is said that Zabu
genius Smilodon, to which Zabu Zabu wandered the Savage Land did not age during the years he was
himself may belong. Zabu, however, on his own, teaching himself how to exposed to the strange gases within
seems more massive and powerfully survive as he grew to adulthood. A the Place of Mists. Maa-Gor's people
built than the known examples of year after his birth Zabu first encoun- referred to Kevin as " Ka-Zar," which
Smilodon found in North America. tered the female who became his means "son of the tiger." Zabu
Like these, however, Zabu has a very mate. Maa-Gor, leader of a tribe of
primitive tribe of cavemen living in remained Ka-Zar's companion when
short tail, although some accounts the Savage Land, had been leading Ka-Zar became an adult.
have erroneously protrayed him as his people in exterminating saber-
having a tail as long as that of a mod- tooth tigers, nearly rendering them Along with Ka-Zar and his wife
ern tiger. Shanna O' Hara Plunder, Zabu
extinct in the Savage Land . Maa-Gor escaped the destruction of the Sav-
Saber-tooth tigers, as well as and his men killed Zabu's mate. age Land at the hands of the alien
many other forms of prehistoric life, Enraged, Zabu tracked them down Terminus. After traveling to Califor-
even including dinosaurs, survived and found them about to attack the nia, the Plunders and Zabu returned
into recent times within the Savage young boy Kevin Plunder, who had to the Savage Land when it was
Land, a hidden jungle in Antartica come to the Savage Land with his restored by the combined efforts of
whose tropical climate was main- explorer father. Zabu suddenly leapt the High Evolutionary and Garokk,
tained by the heat of Antarctic volca- on Maa-Gor from behind, giving the Petrified Man. Their current
noes. It was in the Savage Land that Kevin Plunder a chance to shoot activities are unknown.
Zabu was born. While Zabu was still Maa-Gor in the shoulder with his
a cub, his mother and siblings were father's gun.
killed by human natives of the Sav-

232

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ZEUS

STATISTICS

F MN (75)
A AM (50)

S ShX (150)

E ShX (150)
R IN (40)
I UN (100)
P ShX (150)

Health: 425

Karma: 290
Resources: UN (100)

Popularity: 40

BACKGROUND

Real Name: Zeus
Occupation: Supreme Monarch of

Olympus
._ Legal Status: Citizen of Olympus

Identity: Publicly known, but
believed to be a mythical character
Place of Birth: Mount Lycaem,

Arcadia

Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Ouranos (grand-
father, deceased), Gaea (grand-
mother), Cronus (father), Rhea
(mother), Hera (wife/sister}, Vesta
....._ (sister}, Persephone (sister-in-law),
Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena,

Dionysus, Hebe, Helen of Troy,
Hephaestus, Hercules, Hermes,
Venus, and others (children)
Base of Operations: Olympus
Past Group Affiliations: Gods of

Olympus

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS Generation at Unearthly rank. Talents: Zeus has a mystic back-
Body Armor: Incredible body armor • The granting to mortal beings or ground, and the Leadership talent.
provides protection against both Contacts: Zeus is the supreme ruler
physical and energy attacks. objects, of supernatural powers or of the Olympian Gods. Moreover, he
Immortality: Zeus is a true immortal abilities. Zeus cannot enhance any has forged pacts with the leaders of
and does not die if reduced to 0 person or object by more than 100 most other Ruling Deities, as well as
Health or Shift-0 Endurance. Unlike points of attributes or powers. the Eternals.
other gods of Olympus, this power
applies to Zeus no matter what plane • lnterdimensional teleportation of 233
of existence he is on at the time of
the attack . Moreover, his is the Shift-X rank.
authority to strip this power from oth- • Shape Change of Unearth ly

er members of the pantheon. rank.
Resistances: Zeus does not age and • Precognition. Although Zeus is
enjoys the power of Hegeneration.
He has Class-1000 resistance to dis- capable of seeing millennia into the
future, he is curiously unable to see
ease. more specifically than major events
Godly Power: Zeus commands great
energies in his role as leader of the and general trends.
Greek pantheon. He has been
known to use this energy as follows:

• Electrical Generation or Energy

ADDITIONAL NOTES: freed his siblings from Tartarus, along brother Pluto, ruler of Hades, the
with three one-eyed giants called Olympian underworld, to collect any
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Cyclopes and the three hundred- more of the souls of the dead from
What can you say? Zeus embodies all handed giants called Hekaton- Earth. Pluto obeyed the edict resent-
the attributes of rulership: arrogance, chieres, all six of whom Cronus had fully. Zeus, noting Pluto's increas-
wisdom, authority, dignity, and so imprisoned there for fear they would ingly ominous rebelliousness,
forth. Zeus is not quick to anger, but help overthrow him. The grateful warned him against attempting to
his wrath is the most terrible of all Cyclopes taught Zeus how to wield overthrow him. Nonetheless Pluto
Olympians once it is called forth. his energy-manipulating powers in has recently attempted unsuccess-
battle. After winning a ten-year war fully to overthrow Zeus, as has
HISTORY with the Titans, he imprisoned most Zeus's own son, the war god Ares.
of the male Titans in Tartarus and
Zeus is the youngest son of Cronus, established himself in the small A millennium ago Zeus's son Her-
ruler of the superhuman extradimen- " pocket" dimension of Olympus as cules led a band of warriors he had
sional race of Titans, and his wife, supreme ruler of the Olympians. transported through time from
the Titaness Rhea. Cronus and ancient Greece to battle Norsemen
Rhea were the offspring of the sky In ancient times Zeus and his fel- who were under the protection of the
god Ouranos and the primeval Earth low Olympians successfully defeat- Asgardian god Thor. This conflict led
goddess Gaea. (Ouranos and ed challenges to their rule by the to war between the Asgardians and
Cronus are not to be confused with giants Otis and Ephialtes, by a small Olympians. Zeus secretly met with
the Eternals Uranus and Chronos, Odin, ruler of the Asgardians, and
the latter of whom is also known as army of superhuman giants, and the two gods not only put an end to
Kronos.) Cronus overthrew his most dangerously, by the monster the war, but also formed an alliance
father's rule by fatally wounding him. Typhoeus, father of Typhon, the to defend Earth from danger posed
The dying Ouranus prophesied that Titan who has menaced the Olympi- by the alien Celestials. Odin and
Cronus would likewise be over- ans in recent times. Zeus met with the heads of the other
thrown by one of his own children. As races of gods who were or had been
a result, upon the birth of each of his After the end of the Hyborian Age, worshipped by Earth mortals to dis-
own children, Cronus had the infant the Olympian gods sought worship- cuss the Celestials' possible threat
imprisoned in Tartarus, the most dis- pers on Earth. Neptune became the to Earth, and then Odin, Zeus, and
mal section of the extradimensional patron god of the water-breathing the Hindu god Brahma went to con-
underworld known as Hades. Atlanteans. Seeking worshippers in front the Third Host of the Celestials
Greece, Zeus learned that Greece's on behalf of all of Earth's gods. How-
Appalled, Cronus's wife Rhea con- Mount Olympus, the location of the ever, Odin and Zeus were forced to
cealed her sixth pregnancy from him main interdimensional nexus pledge not to interfere when the
and secretly gave birth to Zeus on between the Olympian dimension Celestials threatened to seal off the
Mount Lycaeum in Arcadia, an area and Earth, lay near Olympia, the interdimensional passageways con-
of the land now known as Greece. principal city of the Eternals. Over necting the gods' dimensions with
Rhea gave the infant Zeus to the the years many ordinary human Earth. As a result of this pledge, the
safekeeping of Gaea who hid the beings came to think of many Eter- Olympian gods had to lessen their
baby on the isle of Crete, where he nals not as the god's representatives contact with Earth, although Zeus's
was tended by various minor god- but as the gods themselves. This led offspring Hercules and Venus have
desses. to a growing resentment which spent periods living among Earth
recently erupted into a brief war. human beings in recent years. The
Reaching adulthood, Zeus set However, today the Eternals and the Celestials' Fourth Host recently
about taking revenge on Cronus. He Olympian gods are again at peace decided to spare Earth from destruc-
with each other. tion and has left the planet.

Worship of the Olympian gods Today Zeus remains the ruler of
spread from Greece to Rome and the Olympian gods and of Olympus
throughout the Roman Empire. The itself, as well as a staunch ally of the
gods intervened frequently in human Asgardians.
matters at first, as in the Trojan War,
but did so less as time passed. When An alternate future of the 24th cen-
Christianity finally replaced the wor- tury has been glimpsed in which
ship of the Olympian gods in the Zeus and the other Olympian gods,
Roman Empire, Zeus decided that except for Hercules, leave Olympus
the time had come for the Olympians for another plane of existence. Her-
to break most of their ties with Earth. cules remains behind to father a new
Neptune, however, was allowed to race of gods. Whether or not the
watch over his Atlantean worship- Olympians gods will come to such an
pers. end in what becomes the " main-
stream" future is as yet unknown.
Since the worship of the Olympian
gods had died out, Zeus forbade his

234

ZODIAC

BACKGROUND city. was much longer than a single
The human Zodiac's ultimate goal month. In the guise of Scorpio, Fury
Zodiac is the name of two criminal captured the Avengers and sum-
organizations, one composed of is that of world economic and politi- moned the rest of Zodiac to Aveng-
human beings and the other of senti- cal domination. Zodiac intends to ers Mansion, planning to free the
ent androids. Each of the twelve rule humanity just as its leaders Avengers and have them help him
leaders of the human Zodiac and believe the astrological zodiac gov- capture the other eleven members.
each of the members of the robotic Unfortunately, the plan failed,
erns humanity's fate. although neither Fury nor the Aveng-
Zodiac is named and costumed after The first recorded activity of a ers were seriously harmed, and
a sign of the Zodiac. Zodiac escaped, with Aries taking
Zodiac member was the unsuccess-
The original human Zodiac was ful attempt of the original Scorpio to possession of the Zodiac Key.
founded by Cornelius Van Lunt, a assassinate Nick Fury, the Public Sometime later, Aries, leading a
Director of SHIELD. Scorpio wielded
New York-area businessman who an ankh-shaped extradimensional small army, succeeded in capturing
started his career in legitimate real power object called the Zodiac Key, Manhattan Island and sealing it off
estate dealings but branched out which could fire energy bolts and from the rest of the world with a force
into various criminal endeavors. An field. This ransom attempt was
ardent believer in astrology, van Lu.nt teleport people and objects even thwarted by the Avengers and Dare·
amassed a fortune under the guid- from one dimension into another. devil. Aries died in an explosion
ance of his personal astrologer. Van which apparently destroyed the Key.
Lunt invested that fortune in the for- The origin of the Zodiac Key is
mation and outfitting of a nationwide unclear. The cult called the Brother- The Key was rediscovered, how-
hood, who live in an otherdimen- ever, and Nick Fury, Daredevil, Iron
criminal network. Hand-picking the sional world and once possessed the Man, Aquarius, Capricorn, and Sag-
original eleven other Zodiac mem- Key, claim that it was carved from ittarius all found themselves trans-
bers, van Lunt long concealed his stone and is a conduit for the power ported with the Key to the dimension
true identity from them beneath his of their god, whose name, translated from which it originated. The six
zodiacal persona Taurus. Van Lunt into English, is Ankh. The Brother- Earthmen were returned to Earth,
was originally the only member of hood believes that the Key's power is but the Brotherhood retained the
Zodiac who knew the true identities somehow dependent on the exist-
of all the other leaders. Each of the ence of intense conflict between Key.
twelve leaders of Zodiac was born Van Lunt, as Taurus, became the
under the sign of the zodiac after forces of good and evil, in which nei-
ther side entirely and permanently new leader of Zodiac and recruited a
whom he or she was named, and new Aries and a new Scorpio. Taurus
was based in a different American defeats the other. When the Key's embarked upon a scheme to display
power began to decline, the Brother- Zodiac's power with a "Star-Blazer"
city. hood sent it to Earth, believing that device, powered by some manner of
None of the twelve leaders of Zodi- the struggle between good and evil " stellar energy," to kill all the people
was more intense there than in their
ac possess superhuman powers, but own world . Apparently, the Key living in Manhattan born under the
most of them employ technology to responds to the mental commands sign of Gemini. The Avengers
give themselves special capabilities. of its wielder. The Key's energy level destroyed the Star-Blazer. An inter-
Generally, the Zodiac leaders each has shown no signs of decline on nal power struggle then occurred in
operate independently in the city Earth, and the limits of its power on which six of the Zodiac leaders turn-
that is his or her base of operations, ed against Taurus, who induced the
but they assemble for matters of col- Earth are unknown. the rebellious leaders and the
lective importance. Whenever there The second Scorpio was Jacob Avengers into a death trap. But they
is a vacancy in Zodiac's leadership,
either by death or expulsion , the Fury, Nick Fury's brother. He too survived , and the Avengers suc-
remaining members accept applica- came into possession of the Zodiac ceeded in defeating and capturing
tions for membership from criminals Key and used it to try to kill his broth- Taurus, the Zodiac leaders loyal to
who meet certain qualifications, er. The attempt ended in failure, and him, and the dissident Zodiac lead-
chief among which is having been Nick Fury confiscated the Zodiac ers. The charges brought against the
born under the zodiacal sign of the Key from his brother. Scorpio Zodiac leaders by the Avengers put
vacancy. Traditionally, all of the Zodi- dropped out of sight to convalesce them behind bars, but most of them
ac leaders are male except for Virgo. from his wounds. A ·short time later, have had their sentences commuted
Following his horoscope, van Lunt Nick Fury feigned his own death at and returned to their home bases. It
has relinquished control over the the hands of a member of the sub- was at this point that van Lunt, who
group, and Zodiac currently has a versive organization HYDRA, and has been Zodiac's financier from the
rotating system of leadership. Hence assumed the role of the second beginning, instituted the system of
leadership changes from month to Scorpio in order to inflitrate Zodiac, monthly rotating leadership.
month according to the prevailing whose members were unaware of
astrological sign. Each Zodiac lead· Jacob Fury's apparent demise. At Shortly after the capture of the
er commands his or her own group of this time Zodiac was led by Aries, Zodiac leaders by the Avengers,
henchmen based in his or her base whose term of leadership under the Darren Bentley, the original Aquari-

rules by which Zodiac then operated ,

235

us, learned that he was dying and The human Zodiac organization Under circumstances yet to be
made a deal with the demon called was greatly weakened in power by revealed, a full contingent of twelve
Slifer that enabled Bentley to take on the capture and imprisonment of its Zodiac androids were created and
the appearance and attributes of any leaders, even though most of them activated some time later. While
of the other twelve Zodiac members. soon regained their freedom . Van some of them resemble some of the
Aquarius was opposed by Johnny Lunt, as Taurus, planned to compete android Zodiac members created by
Blaze, the Ghost Rider, however, and in certain criminal activitities with Jake Fury, others do not. It is not
died when the demon Slifer claimed one or possiby more of the New York known at present who created them,
his life and soul as payment. what technology was used, or what
City-based "families" of the criminal connection if any the new androids
The second, android Zodiac was organization called the Maggia. have to either the original human
created by Jack Fury, the original Learning of van Lunt's intentions, Zodiac or the original android Zodi-
Scorpio, whom the rest of the Zodiac the Maggia somehow acquired the ac.
organization believed dead. Jake services of the android Taurus and
Fury rediscovered the Zodiac Key, sent it to wreak destruction at van The existence of the new android
which the Brotherhood apparently Lunt's new base of operations. Zodiac first came to light in recent
had again sent to Earth, and used it Unable to defend himself against the months when the mutant Quicksilver
as an energy source for his "Theater android, van Lunt contacted an recruited them as his allies in a
of Genetics." In this laboratory he associate who hired James Rhodes, scheme to revenge himself upon his
the second Iron Man, to defend van fellow members of Avengers for vari-
created eleven Life Model Decoys to Lunt's property. Although Rhodes ous imagined wrongs. However, the
serve as members of his own Zodiac managed to defeat the android, Avengers defeated all of the mem-
organization. (Life Model Decoys are thereby saving his life, van Lunt bers of the android Zodiac, most of
androids created by advanced tech- regarded Iron Man as a threat to whom are now in the custody of the
niques developed by SHIELD scien- Zodiac's future plans. Deducing Iron federal government. Aries and Tau-
tists to simulate human life.) The Man's identity, van Lunt contacted rus, however, apparently escaped.
Capricorn and Pisces androids, how- Aries and Aquarius and assigned
ever, died from imperfections soon them to attempt to assassinate Each of the new android Zodiac
after their activation, and the Virgo Rhodes. They failed, however, and members has a personality that is
android proved impossible to acti- governed by the traits associated
vate. When the Defenders and the were captured. Anthony Stark, the with the zodiacal sign after which he
Moon Knight defeated the other original Iron Man, then alerted or she was named. Within those limi-
Zodiac androids, Jake Fury commit- SHIELD to Zodiac's renewed crimi- tations, each of the Zodiac androids
ted suicide. The Gemini, Libra, Tau- nal activity. It is not known what is apparently capable of indepen-
rus, and Sagittarius androids SHIELD did about this information. dent thought. Moreover, many, and
escaped, but the others were taken The current activitites and where- perhaps all, have superhuman abili-
into custody by SHIELD and were abouts of the rest of the human Zodi- ties.
presumably destroyed. ac are unknown at present.

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ABUARIUS

STATISTICS

F TY (6)
A EX (20)

s TY (6)

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

Health: 42

Karma: 22
Resources: GD (10)
Popularity: 0

BACKGROUND replacement's personality. KNOWN POWERS
Real Name: I: Darren Bently, II: Zachary Zodiac Key: The first Aries occasionally
Drebb Comments: The original Aquarius was
Occupation: Professional criminal granted the supernatural ability to take wielded the Zodiac Key
Legal Status: United states citizen with on the forms and abilities of his fellow · Horns: The Aries costume, worn by all
a criminal record Zod iac leaders by the demon Slifer, who three men, bears horns of Remarkable
Identity: Publicly revealed subsequently killed him.
Place of Birth: I: New York City, II: Unre- Real Name of Replacement: Zachary strength material, which add + 1 CS to
vealed Drebb
Marital Status: Single the wearers' attempts to charge.
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: San Francisco, Talents: None
California Contacts: Each Aries was a member of
Past Group Affiliations: Human Zodiac
Present Group Affiliation: Van Lunt's Zodiac.

KNOWN POWERS: ARIES ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Power Mimicry: The first Aquarius has
the power to adopt the forms and powers STATISTICS
of his fellow Zodiac members.
Water Guns: The second Aquarius wears F TY (6) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Marcus Lassi·
housings on his wrists that allowed him A TY (6) ter was an ambitious man who dared to
to p roject streams of water. These reach beyond his grasp, drunk with the
streams deliver Typical damage on s TY (6) power of the Zodiac Key. The last two
those they strike. men to wear the costume of Aries were
E EX (20) brash and assertive.
Talents: None R TY (6)
Contacts: Each of th e men who wore the I GD (10) Comments: Lassiter was killed in the
name of Aquarius was a member of Van p RM (20) course of his ultimately unsuccessful
Lunt's Zodiac cartel. Health: 38 attempt to hold Manhattan Island for ran-
Karma: 36 som, a scheme he undertook indepen·
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Resources: GD (10) dently of his fellow Zodiac leaders.
Popularity: -2 Lassiter served a lengthy term as head of
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES the entire Zodiac organization up until
The original Aquarius was one of the BACKGROUND his demise. He wielded the Zodiac Key
most cunning and manipulative mem- Real Name: I: Marcus Lassiter, II: Grover as his major weapon.
bers of the Zodiac. Little is known of his Raymond, Ill: Unrevealed
Occupation: Professional criminal
Legal Status: I, II: Citizen of the united
states with a criminal record, Ill: Unre-

vealed.
Identity: I, II: Known to the authorities,
Ill: Secret.
Place of Birth: I: Athens, Georgia, II , Ill:
Unrevealed
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: I: Atlanta, Georgia,
II, Ill: Chicago, Illinois
Past Group Affiliations: Human Zodiac
Present Group Affiliation:

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Real Name of Successor: Grover Ray- ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
mond Klevano was a crafty fighter and a For all his unusual habits, such as paint-
Comments: Raymond's first known shrewd businessman. ing himself green for effect, and despite
activity as a Zodiac leader was his partic- Comments: Klevano has been a mem- his rather baroque power, Capricorn was
ipation in the attempt to kill all Manhat- ber of Zodiac since its founding. His cur- one of the most stable and rational mem-
tanites born under the sign of Gemini rent whereabouts and activites are bers of the Zodiac.
with a Star-Blazer device. Raymond unknown. He wears pincer-like prosthet-
fought Iron Man II and is currently in ic devices with great strength for grip- Comments: Weir has been a member of
police custody. In combat he charges his ping on his hands. Zodiac since its founding. His current
opponent as a ram would. His costume's wherabouts and activities are unknown.
horns are constructed of an unknown CAPRICORN Through unknown means he can cause
hard material, making them formidable his costume's horns to extend, wrap
weapons. STATISTICS themselves about opponents, and throw
the opponents about.
CANCER F TY (6)
A TY (6) GEMINI
STATISTICS
s PR (4) STATISTICS
F EX (20)
A PR (4) E TY (6) F GD (10)
R GD (10) A TY (6)
s TY (6) I TY (6)
p TY (6) s GD (10)
E GD (10) Health: 22
R TY (6) Karma: 22 E GD (10)
I TY (6) Resources: TY (6) R TY (6)
p TY (6) Popularity: '- 3 I TY (6)
Health: 40 p GD (10)
Karma: 18 BACKGROUND Health: 36
Resources: GD (10) Real Name: Willard Weir Karma: 22
Popularity: -3 Occupation: Professional criminal Resources: GD (10)
Legal Status: Citizen of the United Popularity: - 2
BACKGROUND States with a criminal record
Real Name: Jack Klevano Identity: Known by the authorities BACKGROUND
Occupation: Professional criminal Place of Birth: Unrevealed Real Name: Joshua Link
Legal Status: Citizen of the United Marital Status: Unrevealed Occupation: Professional criminal
States with a criminal record Known Relatives: None Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a
Identity: Known to the authorities Base of Operations: Detroit, Michigan criminal record
Place of Birth: Unrevealed Past Group Affiliatlons: Human Zodiac Identity: Known to the authorities
Marital Status: Unrevealed Present Group Affiliation: Place of Birth: Boston, MA
Known Relatives: None Marital Status: Unrevealed
Base of Operations: Houston, Texas KNOWN POWERS Known Relatives: Damian Link (brother)
Past Group Affiliations: Human Zodiac Elastic Horns: Capricorn had obtained a Base of Operations: Boston, MA
Present Group Affiliation: pair of bionic horns, which he affixed to Past Group Affiliations: Human Zodiac
his costume and which he could Elon- Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS gate with Remarkable ability. He often
Pincers: Cancer wore prosthetic crab- used these to grapple opponents or KNOWN POWERS
claws on his hands, which delivered throw them about. Mind Control: Through unknown means,
Excellent damage and allowed him to Talents: None Gemini could take control of his twin
grapple at Remarkable ability. However, Contacts: Capricorn was a member of brother's mind and body. Damian Link's
for purposes of manual dexterity, he was van Lunt's Zodiac cartel. statistics are average for a police officer.
considered to have Feeble Agility. Should Damian have been taken beyond
Talents: None ADDITIONAL NOTES: the range of Gemini's powers, Gemini's
Contacts: Until his death, Klevano was a Strength rating would have dropped to
member of Van Lunt's Zodiac cartel. Typical, with the resulting Health loss.
Talents: Gemini has Martial Arts A and E.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Contacts: Gemini was a member of van
Lunt's Zodiac cartel.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

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ZODIAC, HUMAN

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ADDITIONAL NOTES: Intuition FEAT roll (green results suffice for
Gemini was a quiet member of the orga- large features of the environment, for
nization, enslaving his twin brother's ROLE-PLAYING NOTES example that there is a desk in front of him,
mind as a pawn whenever it might prove Leo was perhaps the most vicious mem- while red results are necessary for subtle
useful. ber of the Zodiac, revelling in whatever features, such as the number of pens in
chance he had to use his claws against the pen-holder on the desk.)
Comments: Link has been a member of human flesh. Contacts: Libra was a member of the
Zodiac since its founding. Due to an Zodiac crime cartel, and could presumably
electrical accident, Link became psioni- Comments: Radford has been a mem- contact the priests of Pama if necessary.
cally linked with his twin brother Damian, ber of Zodiac since its founding. His cur-
a policeman. Hence, Joshua Link can rent whereabouts and activities are ADDITIONAL NOTES:
take mental control of Damian Link's unknown. Radford uses the claws on his
minds and body, and can add Damian's costume's "paws" as weapons. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
physical strength to that of his own body. Libra, true to his sign, was an agent of
The current whereabouts and activities LIBRA balance and cooperation in the Zodiac.
of the Link brothers are unknown.
STATISTICS Comments: Brandt has been a member
LED of Zodiac since its founding. A merce-
F RM (30) nary soldier who fought in Indochina,
STATISTICS A EX (20) Brandt married Lua, the sister of the
criminal leader Monsieur Khrull.
F GD (10) s TY (6) Opposed to their marriage, Khrull had
A GD (10) Brandts' home set afire. Lua was killed
E TY (6) but Brandt blinded, escaped with his
s TY (6) R GD (10) infant daughter. The Kree Priests of
I EX (20) Pama, who had a temple in Indochina,
E GD (10) p TY (6) trained Brandt how to move about unaid-
R TY (6) Health: 62 ed despite his blindness, as well as
I TY (6) Karma: 36 teaching the martial arts. They also
p TY (6) Resources: TY (6) taught Brandt's daughter, who took the
Health: 36 Popularity: - 3 name Mantis. As Libra, Brandt sees his
Karma: 18 role in Zodiac as that of the "the bal-
Resources: EX (20) BACKGROUND ance," not taking sides in disputes.
Popularity: - 8 Real Name: Gustav Brandt Brandt's current whereabouts and activi-
Occupation: Former mercenary soldier, ties are unknown.
BACKGROUND later professional criminal
Real Name: Daniel Radford Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a PISCES
Occupation: Professional criminal criminal record
Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a Identity: Public STATISTICS
criminal record Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Identity: Known to the authorities Marital Status: Widowed F TY (6)
Place of Birth: Unrevealed Known Relatives: Lua (wife, deceased), A TY (6)
Marital Status: Unrevealed Monsier Khrull (brother-in-law), Mantis
Known Relatives: None (daughter, deceased) s TY (6)
Base of Operations: Los Angeles, Cali- Base of Operations: Honolulu, Hawaii
fornia Past Group Affiliations: Human Zodiac E GD (10)
Past Group Affiliations: Human Zodiac Present Group Affiliation:
Present Group Affiliation: R TY (6)
KNOWN POWERS I TY (6)
KNOWN POWERS None.
Claws: Leo's costume was designed with Talents: Libra is skilled in Martial Arts A, B, p PR (4)
dangerous claw attachments, made of and E, as well as Acrobatics and Tumbling. Health: 28
Excellent materials, which did Remark- Although he is blind, he can discern a fea- Karma: 16
able Edged damage. ture about his environment by making an Resources: GD (10)
Body Armor: Leo's body suit provided Popularity: - 4
Poor protection against physical attacks.
Talents: Leo was trained in the use of his BACKGROUND
Real Name: Noah Perricone
claws, and received a + 1 CS to Hit when Occupation: Professional criminal
legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a
employing them . He also practiced Mar- criminal record
tial Arts E. Identity: Known to the authorities
Contacts: Leo is a member of van Lunt's Place of Birth: Pensacola, Florida
Zodiac cartel.
239

Marital Status: Single Occupation: Professional criminal the rest of the Zodiac, created the origi-
Known Relatives: None Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. w ith a nal android Zodiac members. When the
Base of Operations: Miami, Florida criminal record androids were defeated by the
Past Group Affiliations: member of the Identity: Known to the authorities Defenders and Moon Knight, Jake Fury
Human Zodiac Place of Birth: Washington, D.C. committed suicide.
Present Group Affiliation: Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None Real name of successor: Jacques
KNOWN POWERS: Base of Operations: Washington D.C. LaPoint
Water Adaptation: Pisces was an accom- Past Group Affiliations: member of the Comments: LaPoint's first known activi-
Human Zodiac ty as a Zodiac leader was his participa-
plished fighter underwater ( + 1 CS) and Present Group Affiliation: tion in the attempt to kill all
Manhattanites born under the sign of
a fast swimmer (3 areas/round). He KNOWN POWERS: Gemini with a Star-Blazer device.
could not, however, do more than hold None. LaPoint's current whereabouts and
his breath below the surface. Talents: Sagittarius was a Weapons activities are unknown.
Talents: None Master, and proficient in Martial Arts D
Contacts: Pisces was a member of the and E. TAURUS
Zodiac cartel. Contacts: Sagittarius was a member of
the Zodiac cartel. STATISTICS
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
ADDITIONAL NOTES: F GD (10)
A TY (6)

s GD (10)

E EX (20)
R TY (6)
I TY (6)
p RM (30)
Health: 46
Karma: 42
Resources: EX (20)
Popularity: -11

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ROLE-PLAYING NOTES BACKGROUND
Unless he was near a body of water, Pis- Sagittarius embodies the Jack-of-all-
ces kept to himself. He asserted himself Trades aspect of his sign, making him- Real Name: Cornelius Van Lunt
In the cartel, and fought opponents, only self an expert at many forms of Occupation: Professional criminal mas-
when he felt there was no other option. weaponry, rather than just bows. termind
Underwater, however, he felt supremely
confident. Co mments: Vargas has been a member Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a
of Zodiac since its founding. His current criminal record
Comments: Perricone has been a mem- whereabouts and activities are
ber of Zodiac since its founding. It is not unknown. Identity: Known to the authorities
known whether he has superhuman Place of Birth: Unrevealed
powers, but he is a skilled underwater SCORPIO Marital Status: Unrevealed
combatant. Perricone's current where- Known Relatives: None
abouts and activities are unknown. Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliations: leader of the
Human Zodiac

Present Group Affiliation:

SAGITTARIUS See entry under Android Zodiac KNOWN POWERS

STATISTICS Comments: The original Scorpio was Horns: Taurus's helmet had shock
one of the original twelve leaders of Zodi- absorbers and horns made out of Excel-
F TY (6) ac. He wielded the Zodiac Key as his lent material. When he charged, he add-
A GD (10) principal weapon. The fi rst Scorpio died ed + 1CS to Hit and for Damage. The
in an explosion after clashing with horns could do blunt or edged damage at
s GD (10) SHIELD Public Director Nick Fury. Taurus' discretion.
Star-Blazer Gun: Taurus carried the Star-
E TY (6) Real name of successor: Jacob Blazer, a gun which fired minute
R TY (6) "Jake" Fury amounts of fusion energy, the energy
I TY (6) Comments: J ake Fury took possession that powers the stars. The gun could do
p TY (6) of the Zodiac Key upon witnessing the Amazing damage to a range of 2 areas.
Health: 32 original Scorpio's death. Fury then He once designed a much larger version
Karma: 18 became the new Scorpion, and attempt- of the Star-Blazer, but that weapon was
Resources: GD (10) ed unsuccessfully to kill his brother destroyed before it could be used.
Popularity: - 1 SHIELD Public Director Nick Fury. Sub- Talents: Taurus was a master business-
sequently regaining possession of the man and also possessed the Leadership
BACKGROUND Key, Jake Fury, acting independently of
Real Name: Harlan Vargas talent. In combat, he exhibited Martial
Arts A and Firearms skill.
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. ZODIAC, HUMAN

,...-.. Contacts: In addition to his prodi- nessman, has been Zodiac's finan- Past Group Affiliations: member of the
gious business contacts, van Lunt cer from the beginning . As far as is Human Zodiac

was the leader of the Zodiac crime known, van Lunt is currently at large. Present Group Affiliation:

cartel. In combat he charges his opponent

as a bull would. His costume's horns KNOWN POWERS

ADDITIONAL NOTES: are constructed of an unknown hard None

material making them formidable Talents: Virgo was a shrewd business-

weapons. Van Lunt controls Zodiac's woman and politician. She was experi-

"Star-Blazer" energy weapons. enced in the use of Handguns.

Contacts: Virgo was a member of the

VIRGO Zodiac crime cartel.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

STATISTICS

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES F PA (4) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Cornelius van Lunt was a master A TY (6) Virgo was a quiet but intelligent woman,
schemer and tactician, ruthless in S PA (4) capable of striking at the precise
his quest for power and glory. Were it E TY (6) moment to close a deal or skewer a rival
not for a few ill-advised misadven- R GD (10) criminal.
tures, the Zodiac cartel would have I GD (10)
remained uncaptured and possibly P TY (6) Comments: Mclaughlin, the only
_,..-.__ alive until this day. Van Lunt is an Health: 20 female Zodiac leader in the group's his-
expert astrologer, and believed in it Karma: 26 tory has been a member of Zodiac since
to some extent. Resources: GD (10) its founding. Her current whereabouts
Popularity: - 2 and activities are unknown.
Comments: Cornelius Van Lunt
founded Zodiac, chose its eleven BACKGROUND
other leaders, and succeeded the Real Name: Elaine Mclaughlin
original Aries as its overall leader. Occupation: Professional criminal
Van Lunt, a multimillionaire busi- Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a
criminal record
Identity: Known to the authorities
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Denver, CO ,

241

AG.UARIUS

STATISTICS

F TY (6)

A EX (20)

s TY (6)

E GD (10)
R GD (10)
I TY (6)
p TY (6)
Health: 42
Karma: 22
Resources: FB (2)
Popularity: - 2

KNOWN POWERS ARIES I ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Body Armor: Aquarius, like all Life The original Aries LMD was a simple
Model Decoys (or LMDs), has Good STATISTICS brute. He enjoyed attacking with sur-
protection against physical attacks. prise whenever possible.
His costume also provides him with F GD (10)
Remarkable protection against elec- A TY (6) ARIES II
trical attacks. S GD (10)
Electro-Blaster: Aquarius wields a E IN (40) STATISTICS
weapon that fires blasts of electrified R TY (6)
water. Aquarius's weapon is capable I TY (6) F GD (10)
P TY (6)
of firing 20 shots up to 2 areas away, Health: 66 A GD (10)
Karma: 18
which do Remarkable electrical Resources: FB (2) s EX (20)
Energy damage. Popularity: O
E RM (30)
Talents: Aquarius receives a + 1 CS KNOWN POWERS R TY (6)
Body Armor: Aries, like all LMDs, has I TY (6)
when using his Electro-Blaster. Good protection against physical p TY (6)
Contacts: Aquarius is the only LMD attacks.
to have served with all three android Horns: Aries wears a pair of horns Health: 70
incarnations of the Zodiac (other that, when combined with a charging
than Scorpio) in the same body. Karma: 18
attack, allow him to receive a + 1 CS
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Resources: FB (2)
on the Charging column. The horns Popularity: -1
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES are made of Remarkable strength
Aquarius is a rugged individualist, material. KNOWN POWERS
but as a member of the Zodiac acts Talents: None Body Armor: Aries, like all LMDs, has
more as a team player, often working Contacts: Aries was a member of Good protection against physical
with another member to gang up on the first android Zodiac created by attacks.
an opponent. Scorpio and the Zodiac Key.
Life Support: Aries 11 does not
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
breathe, making him immune to gas
attacks and able to survive indefi- ...-...
nitely underwater.
Horns: Aries wears a pair of horns
that, when combined with a charging

attack, allow him to receive a +1 CS

on the Charging column. The horns
are made of Remarkable strength
material.

Talents: None
Contacts: Aries II was a member of

the Zodiac that allied themselves
with Quicksilver.

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-- - - - - ADDITIONAL NOTES: -

-- ZODIAC, ANDROID

ADDITIONAL NOTES: --

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Aries II was a bitter LMD, who saw A fire sign, Aries is forthright and Cancer I prefers to pick out the
his artificial existence as a curse. He headstrong. If Scorpio were not toughest-looking opponent and beat
strongly distrusted any and all present, he would probably vie for on him or her until one of the two is
humans. the leadership of the Zodiac with oth- unconscious or dead.
er similarly inclined members.
ARIES Ill CANCER II
CANCER I
STATISTICS STATISTICS
STATISTICS
F GD (10) F TY (6)
A GD (10) F EX (20) A TY (6)
S EX (20) A TY (6)
E RM (30) s EX (20)
S AM (50)
R TY (6) E EX {20)
E IN (40)
I TY (6) R TY (6)
P TY (6) R PR (4) I PR (4)
Health: 70
Karma: 18 I PR (4) p TY (6)
Resources: FB (2) P TY (6)
Popularity: -3 Health: 116 Health: 52
Karma: 14 Karma: 16
KNOWN POWERS Resources: FB (2) Resources: FB (2)
Body Armor: Aries "wears" armor of Popularity: -1 Popularity: - 2
Remarkable material that provides
him with Remarkable protection KNOWN POWERS KNOWN POWERS
against physical and heat attacks Body Armor: Cancer I was designed Body Armor: Cancer ll's reinforced
and Good protection against energy with a "battle-suit" that provides him body provides him with Remarkable
and cold, and corrosives. with Amazing protection against armor.
Horns: Aries wears a pair of horns physical attacks and Incredible pro- Life Support: Cancer does not
that, when combined with a charging tection against all other forms of breathe and can survive indefinitely
damage. Once in each combat, Can- underwater. He is immune to all
attack, allow him to receive a + 1 CS cer can activate an "air-bag" device breath-based gas attacks.
on his suit, which prevents Unearthly Claws: Cancer ll's claw attachments
on the Charging column. The horns damage from one blunt or blunt- are made of Remarkable strength
are made of the same Remarkable throwing attack. The headpiece pro- material and are capable of doing
strength material as his suit. The vides him with Remarkable Excellent Edged damage.
horns are also rigged to shoot a blast protection against blinding attacks. Steam Sprayers: Cancer 11 is capable
of fire up to 1 area away which does Shoulder Cannons: Retractable can- of spraying out blasts of steam. He
Excellent Energy damage. nons in Cancer's shoulder armor can can fill any area within a 1-area
Talents: None do Incredible Force damage up to 2 range, causing Typical heat damage
Contacts: Aries Ill was a member of areas away. to everyone in that area and forcing
the Zodiac under Scorpio when the Talents: None opponents to take a - 2 CS to any
group fought the West Coast Aveng- Contacts: Cancer I was one of the physical FEATs that they attempt
ers. original android Zodiac members. due to blindness.
Talents: None

243

Contacts: Cancer II was a member ADDITIONAL NOTES: ADDITIONAL NOTES:
of the android Zodiac that assisted
Quicksilver against the Avengers.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Cancer is fascinated by aliens, espe- As the representative of a water sign, Capricorn II prefers to use his
cially those who come from the Cancer tends to back up the other powers as a distraction so that his
moon. He is a mediocre fighter at water signs, Pisces and Scorpio. As comrades can down an opponent.
best, p referring to rely on his steam such, he is a willing follower of Scor- He is amazingly egotistical consider-
blasts rather than his claws. pio. ing the relatively minor nature of his
powers.
CANCER Ill CAPRICORN II
CAPRICORN Ill
STATISTICS STATISTICS
STATISTICS
F GD (10) F EX (20)
A TY (6) A EX (20) F EX (20)
A EX (20)
S EX (20) S GD (10) S EX (20)
E EX (20)
E RM (30) E EX (20) R TY (6)
R TY (6) I TY (6)
R TY (6) I GD (10) P TY (6)
P TY (6) Health: 80
I TY (6) Health: 70 Karma: 18
p TY (6) Karma: 22 Resources: FB (2)
Health: 66 Resources: FB (2) Popularity: - 2
Karma: 18 Popularity: - 1
Resources: FB (2) KNOWN POWERS
Popularity: - 3 KNOWN POWERS Body Armor: Capricorn Ill, like all
Body Armor: Capricorn II , like all LMDs, has Good protection against
KNOWN POWERS LMDs, has Good protection against physical attacks.
Body Armor: Cancer Ill wears physical attacks. Life Support: Capricorn Ill has no
Remarkable body armor. Life Support: Capricorn 11 does not need to breathe, is immune to gas
Life Support: Cancer Ill does not breathe and can survive underwater attacks, and can survive underwater
need to breathe, and can survive or at high altitudes with no penalty. indefinitely.
indefinitely underwater. He is He is immune to gas attacks. Legs: Capricorn Ill's legs resemble
immune to gas attacks. Climbing: Capricorn has Remark- those of a goat. She can run 4 areas/
Claws: Cancer Ill uses claws of able climbing ability. round for up to 10 rounds, and can
Remarkable material which can do Gliding: Wi ng-vanes underneath leap as if she possessed Remark-
Excellent Edged damage. Capricorn's arms allow him to Glide able Strength. She can also kick for
Talents: None at Poor air speed. Using the vanes, Remarkable damage.
Contacts: Cancer was a member of Capricorn can fall from any height Talents: None
the third android Zodiac. without damage. Contacts: Capricorn Ill was a mem-
Talents: None ber of the third android Zodiac.
Contacts: Capricorn II was a mem-
ber of the second Zodiac and was an
ally of Quicksilver.

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ADDITIONAL NOTES: ADDITIONAL NOTES: ZODIAC, ANDROID

Quicksilver. Like the first Gemini, the
second switched his mind during
combat, earning him the enmity of
his fellow LMDs.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES , ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
While split, Gemini I is a study in con-
Capricorn II prefers to hang back in trasts. His white, smiling form is
ruled by pure emotion, while his
combat, only fighting when she frowning, dark side is ruled by rea-
son. Only when he combines into a
must. single form does Gemini have any
hope of resolving this conflict.
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
GEMINI I Because of his fundamental nature,
Gemini is considered unworthy by
STATISTICS GEMINI II his teammates. To maintain the bal-
ance of all 12 signs of the Zodiac,
F EX (20) STATISTICS they must have such a person within
A EX (20) the group, but he is carefully watch-
F EX (20) ed.
s GD (10) A GD(10)
GEMINI Ill
E EX (20) S GD(10)
STATISTICS
R GD (10) E EX (20)
I TY (6) R TY (6) F EX (20)
I TY (6) A GD (10)
p PR (4) P TY (6) S EX (20)
Health: 70 Health: 60 E GD (10)
Karma: 20 Karma: 18 R TY (6)
Resources: PR (4) Resources: FB (2) I TY (6)
Popularity: Popularity: - 1 P TY (6)
Health: 60
KNOWN POWERS KNOWN POWERS Karma: 18
Body Armor: Gemini I, like all LMDs, Body Armor: Gemini II, like all LMDs, Resources: FB (2)
has Good protection against physi- has Good protection against physi- Popularity: -1
cal attacks. cal attacks.
Split Body: Gemini has the ability to Expansion: Gemini II can expand, KNOWN POWERS
split into two individuals, identical Body Armor: Gemini Ill has Good
except for their coloring and their giving him Poor Growth and a + 1 CS protection against physical attacks.
masks. One body acts on pure emo- Team Attack: Gemini Ill has the rath-
tion, the other on pure reason. to be hit. Gemini gains Remarkable er freeform ability to generate any
Split Personality: Because of his dis- Strength as a result of this transfor- physical power at Typical rank, pro-
ordered mind, Gemini l's Psyche is mation, which only takes place when vided that, in the gamemaster's opin-
considered Amazing against mind he is in conflict. ion, using the power aids her
control attempts. Split Personality: When presented teammates in a more direct manner
Talents: None with a compelling argument, Gemini then it harms her foes.
Contacts: Gemini I was a member of II is inclined to accept that opinion. Talents: None
the first android Zodiac animated by He must make a Psyche FEAT roll to Contacts: Gemini Ill was a member
Scorpio, but he betrayed t hem dur- avoid being " persuaded" by an of the third group of Zodiac LMDs.
ing their battle with the Zodiac. argument and possibly changing
sides.
Talents: None
Contacts: Gemini II is a member of
the second Zodiac and allied with

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ADDITIONAL NOTES: ADDITIONAL NOTES: Built-in Radio: Leo II has a radio built ,......,
into her wrist that allows her to com-
municate with Zodiac members from
up to 100 miles away.
Talents: None

Contacts: Leo II was created by
Scorpio for the third Zodiac,
although the majority of that group
were unaware of her role as an infil-
trator. She has all the knowledge of
the real Tigra and was capable of
remaining undetected by the West
Coast Avengers.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Unlike her predecessors, Gemini Ill Leo is bloodthirsty, attempting to kill
is more mentally stable. Unfortu- heroes and civilians alike to achieve
nately, she is not particularly power- his goals. He will often fight simply
ful, and prefers to team up with her for the sake of fighting. He is
fellow air sign Libra. extremely egotistical and has a hard
time accepting anyone's leadership.

LEO I LEO II ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Designed to mimic Tigra exactly, Leo
STATISTICS STATISTICS II was the perfect infiltrator until it
was destroyed.
F RM (30) F EX (20)
A RM (30) A IN (40) LIBRA I
S IN (40)
S EX (20) E RM (30) STATISTICS
E RM (30) R TY (6)
I EX (20) F FB (2)
R PR (4) P GD (10) A GD (10)
I GD (10) Health: 130
P GD (10) Karma: 36 s TY (6)
Health: 110 Resources: FB (2)
Karma: 24 Popularity: O E EX (20)
Resources: FB (2) R EX (20)
Popularity: -4 KNOWN POWERS I TY (6)
Body Armor: Leo II has Good protec- p TY (6)
KNOWN POWERS tion against physical attacks. Health: 38
Body Armor: Leo has Good protec- Claws: Leo ll's hands and feet end in Karma: 32
tion against physical attacks. claws of Good material strength that Resources: FB (2)
Claws: Leo's claws are of Excellent inflict Good edged damage. She Popularity: - 2
strength material, and are capable of may make normal attacks as well.
doing Remarkable Edged damage. Lightning Speed: Leo 11 can move 3 KNOWN POWERS
Animal Empathy: Leo has Poor areas/round, accelerate to that Body Armor: Libra I has Good pro-
empathy with lions and tigers, speed in one round, and run without tection against physical attacks.
enough so that they will not attack tiring as if possessing Monstrous Ethereal Form: Libra I has the power
him . Endurance. to fade into an immaterial state. In
Talents: Leo has Martial Arts E and Enhanced Senses: Leo 11 possesses this form, he enjoys Shift-X body
the Acrobatics talent. Monstrous level vision, hearing, and armor against all attacks except
Contacts: Leo was a member, albeit smell. She can track opponents with those of mental and mystical origin.
an extremely rebellious one, of all Amazing ability using these skills,
three Zodiacs. but suffers a -1 CS on FEAT rolls
against attacks which impact her
senses.

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~

r---- He can also pass through material of the third android Zodiac under Scor- ADDITIONAL NOTES:
up to Unearthly strength. This power pio.
allows him to fly at Poor speed. As a
power stunt, he may turn invisible for ADDITIONAL NOTES:

olimited periods of time (1-1 rounds)

at Typical rank.

Talent s: None
Contacts: Libra I was a member of
the first two android Zodiac organi-
zations, but he was rarely called
upon to provide assistance.

A DDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Libra is a team player, willing to sacri- Thinking is not Pisces' strong suit.
fice herself against superior oppo- He acted as muscleman for the sec-
nents in an effort to help the Zodiac ond Zodiac.

as a whole. PISCES Ill

STATIST ICS

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES PISCES II F TY (6)
Libra acts as the balance in any A GD (rn)
group he finds himself in. He never STAT IS T I CS S GD (10)
engages in combat, seeking rather E EX {20)
to philosophically guide other char- F RM (30) R T Y (6)
acters as best he can. A TY (6) I PR (4)
S AM (50) P TY (6)
LIBRA II E AM (50) Health: 46
R TY (6) Karma: 16
STAT I S T I C S I TY (6) Resources: FB (2)
Popularity: -1
F GD (10) P TY (6)
A GD (10) KNOWN POWERS
Healt h: 136 Body Armor: Pisces Ill has Good pro-
S GD (10) Karma: 18 tection against physical attacks.
Resources: FB (0) Ufe Support: Pisces Ill is capable of
E GD (10) Po pularity : O breathing air or water with equal ease.
R TY (6) Swimming: Pisces can swim at 4
I TY (6) l<NOWN POWERS areas/round .
Body Armor: Pisces II, his skin Mist: Pisces can generate a mist into
P TY (6) toughened to resist the rigors of the any area within a 1-area range. Any-
ocean depths, has Remarkable pro- one within the cloud takes a -1 CS
Health: 40 tection from physical attacks. because of limited sight.
Karma: 18 Life Support: Pisces II can survive Precognition: Pisces Ill has been
Resources: FB (2) underwater indefinitely, and is known to have precognitive dreams
Popularity: -1 immune to gasses. of future events. She has Good rank
ability, although she has no control
KNOWN POWERS Talents: None over when it occurs.
Body Armor: Libra II has Good pro- Contacts: Pisces II was a member of Talents: None
tection against physical attacks. the second android Zodiac and an Contacts: Pisces Il l was a member
Flight: Libra II can fly at Poor speeds ally of Quicksilver. of the third Zodiac.
(4 areas/round).

Talents: None
Contacts: Libra II was a member of

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ADDITIONAL NOTES: ADDITIONAL NOTES: Judge's Book.
Built-In Radio: Sagittarius II has a
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ROLE-PLAYING NOTES radio unit built into his wrist that
Pisces Ill is one of the more complex Quick with both his arrows and his allows him to communicate w ith
members of the third Zodiac. She is wit, Sagittarius is overconfident, put- Zodiac headquarters up to 100 miles
sometimes bold to attack, but at oth- ting too much trust in the fact that he away.
er times she is just as quick to can down an opponent with a single Talents: Sagittarius II is a Weapons
retreat. Her lack of strong offensive shot. He is rarely concerned with Specialist with his Bow and a Marks-
powers keeps her from doing much, dodging an attack and is always sur- man, giving him a +3 CS to hit. He
but she tries wholeheartedly to help prised when his opponents are able also possess Martial Arts A and E.
her comrades. to shrug off his attacks. Contacts: Sagittarius II was created
by Scorpio to infiltrate the West
SAGITTARIUS I SAGITTARIUS II Coast Avengers for the third Zodiac.
Sagittarius was destroyed before
STATISTICS STATISTICS knowledge of his masquerade
became known to the Zodiac, and
F TY (6) F GD (10) presumably only Scorpio and Leo II
A RM (30) A RM (30) (d isguised as Tigra) knew of his
S GD (10) S GD (10) existence.
E GD (10) E EX (20)
R GD (10) R TY (6) ADDITIONAL NOTES:
I TY (6) I TY (6)
P TY (6) P TY (6) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Health: 56 Health: 70 Unlike Leo II, who was designed to
Karma: 22 Karma: 18 mimic Tigra's powers exact ly, Sagit-
Resources: PR (4) Resources: FB (2) tarius II had a personality that was
Popularity: - 4 Popularity: O somewhat different from Hawkeye
and was easily detected by those
KNOWN POWERS KNOWN POWERS who knew him well. He was mostly
Body Armor: Sagittarius II has Good cold and detached, but took a fiend-
Body Armor: Sagittarius I has Good protection against physical attacks. ish delight in practicing w ith Hawk-
Bow & Arrows: The LMD Sagittarius eye's special arrows.
protection against physical attacks. is armed with a bow and a quiver
Arrow Launcher: Sagittarius I wields SCORPIO
a pair of wrist launchers with a range containing 36 shafts. Half of these
STATISTICS
of 3 areas. He fires either pointed arrows are standard shafts which do
20 points of Blunt damage and half F RM (30)
arrows which do Excellent Edged are broad-blade heads which do 20 A RM (30)
damage or flaming arrows which do points of Edged damage. The bow
Remarkable Energy (flame) dam- has a range of 7 areas. S EX (20)
age. He carries enough arrows for 20 Other Arrows: After his infiltration of
shots of either type. the West Coast Avengers, the Sagit- E IN (40)
Talents: Sagittarius I is a Weapon tarius LMD was able to get his hands R EX (20)
Specialist with his chosen weapon. on Hawkeye's supply of arrows. The I GD (10)
Contacts: Sagittarius I was a mem- LMD then had his choice of the P EX (20)
ber of all three android Zodiacs. He arrows listed on page 29 of the
worked briefly as a freelance crimi-
nal in New York and presumably has
several criminal contacts there.

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ZODIAC, ANDROID

Health: 120 Poison Sprayer: As a member of the has provided him with the means to
Karma: 50 second and leader of the third create all three android incarnations
Resources: GD (10) android Zodiacs, Scorpio wielded a of the Zodiac. He has several crimi-
Popularity: -18 pair of wrist sprayers which could nal connections in the Manhattan
spray a neuro-toxic gas up to one area.
B ACKGROUND area away. Anyone affected by the
Real Name: Jacob " Jake" Fury neuro-toxin has to make a Yellow ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Other Aliases: Jacques LaPoint, Endurance FEAT roll or be stunned
Count Julio Scarlotti ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Occupation: Professional Criminal for 1-1 O rounds. Scorpio's personality has varied
Legal St atus: Citizen of the United Zodiac Key: An artifact from another wildly over the years. Before he real-
States, with no criminal record, but dimension, the Key is sentient and ized he was a LMD, he grew despon-
wanted by SHIELD for various determined to bring about conflict. It dent as he seemingly aged . Once he
is made of Unearthly Material realized the true nature of his exist-
crimes. Strength and it has the following ence, he came to love the conflict
Identity: Secret which the Key brought about. He still
Place of Birth: New York City mental statistics: considers himself more " human"
Marital Status: Single then the LMDs he creates, and will
Know n Relatives: Jack (father, RIP sacrifice them willingly.
deceased), Nick (brother), Dawn
GD EX MN TAURUS I
(sister)
Base of Operations: Formerly an The Key has the following powers: STATISTICS
abandoned factory in Belleville, New • Flight by itself or when someone
Jersey; now mobile F EX (20)
Past Grou p Affiliations: Jacob Fury is holding on to it, at Poor air speed A EX (20)
was a member of all three android S IN (40)
incarnations of the Zodiac, and for a (4 areas/round). E RM (30)
time was a member of the human • Force Blasts which can hit one R PR (4)
Zodiac cartel as well. I TY (6)
Present Group Affiliation: person for Incredible damage or hit P TY (6)
everybody in an area for Remark- Health: 110
KNOWN POWERS able damage. It can use either of Karma: 16
LMD Body: Scorpio's spirit lives in an these attacks at a range of 2 areas. Resources: FB (2)
artificial body, which provides him Popularity: - 2
with Excellent protection against all • Shield which can provide Mon-
forms of attack. In the presence of strous protection against any one KNOWN POWERS
the Zodiac Key, Scorpio can also form of attack per round that the Skin Armor: Taurus I possesses skin
transform his body into water. This armor of Excellent rank, superior to
makes him immune to all forms of wielder is aware of. that of most of the LMD zodiac.
attack that would not affect water. He • The Key can generate a "stasis Running: The first Taurus android
can move 5 areas per round in this was built for speedy attacks and
form and move through walls, doors, field" of Remarkable Strength. Scor- offensive maneuvers. In combat, he
etc., which are not watertight. pio can also cause sections of a wall can move 4 areas per round.
to extend itself to grab an opponent. Arm-horns: Taurus I wears an exo-
Prior to his transformation into a In this case the Strength of the Grap-
LMD (i.e., prior to his defeat by the ple is equal to the Material Strength
Defenders), Fury had the following of the wall.
Physical attributes:
• The Key can teleport the wielder
FASE and anyone the wielder wishes with-
GD GD TY GD in a 2 area range to a distance of up
to 200 miles. It cannot teleport
Health: 36 through a metal wall .

Scorpion's Tail: As leader of the first • Due to a psychic bond between
android Zodiac, Scorpio used a the Key and Scorpio, Scorpio can
metal "tail" which he could swing to never die. When he does so, the Key
do Excellent Blunt damage. The tail resurrects his spirit in yet another
was made of Excellent strength
LMD body.
material. Fury received a + 1 CS to • By absorbing stellar energy from

his fighting when using this weapon. the constellations of the Zodiac, the
Digging: As a member of the second Key can create an LMD body. This
android Zodiac, Scorpio could tun- LMD will be imbued with a personali-
nel 3 areas per round. ty and set of powers appropriate to a

given sign.

Talents: Scorpio has Martial Arts A .
He has the Robotics talent as it deals
with the creation of LMDs.
Contacts: Scorpio is psychically
bonded with the Zodiac Key, which

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