Editing Necessary Evil in Freedom City ENCYCLOPEDIA (section)

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* AEGIS (American Elite Government Intervention Service): US government agency established in 1962 to deal with
superhuman and paranormal threats to public and national safety.
* Aerie, the: Home of the Avians in the mountains of Greenland.
* Agent Black: Alias used by Evening while an agent of the Ministry of Powers in Britain and a member of the Brigade Six.
* Agent Silver: Alias used by Troy Griffin while an agent of the Ministry of Powers in Britain and a member of the Brigade
Six.
* Agent White: Alias used by Subject Nine while an agent of the Ministry of Powers in Britain and a member of the Brigade
Six.
* ALEX (Artificial Life-form EXperiment): Dr. Atom’s helper, lab assistant, and robotic nanny for his grandchildren. It has
developed the habits and personality of a fussy English butler over the years.
* Alien-Gator: Humanoid alligator Freedom Eagle fought in the South River Swamp in the 1950s.
* Allen Wrench (Wallace Allen): U.S. Army Sergeant abduced and altered by aliens in 1941, given the power to alter and
improve machinery. Worked for the War Department and later the Manhattan Project.
* Alpha-Centurion, the: False duplicate of the Centurion created by Omega. Defeated and exiled to the Zero Zone in 2002.
* Angel Androids, the (Aki, Ako, Aya): Creations of Doc Otaku, which look like teenaged girls, but are actually powerful
androids with super-human strength and speed.
* Apocalypse Today!: Criminal organization opposed by AEGIS in the 1960s.
* Archer (Ethan Keller): Disillusioned former junior partner of the third Bowman. After a falling out with his mentor and the
passing of the Moore Act, Keller took on the identity of Archer and founded FORCE Ops. He adopted a more vigilante
style of crime fighting, including the use of deadly force against his opponents. He dissolved FORCE Ops and quit the
superhero game after the Terminus Invasion.
* Argent (Carolyn “Carrie” Psion): Youngest of the Psions (with her twin sister Gwen), possessing telekinetic powers linked to
her proximity to her twin.
* Argo: “The Ultimate Android,” creation of Talos with the power to mimic super-powers, duplicated the powers of the
Freedom League before being defeated by them. Later rebelled against his creator, seeking to conquer the world for
himself.
* Arrow I (Timothy Quinn): Ward and partner of Arrow I (Fletcher Beaumont I). Later Arrow II.
** Arrow II (Fletcher Beaumont II): Son of the original Bowman, partner of Tim Quinn as Bowman II, later Bowman III and
mentor of Ethan Keller.
** Arrow III (Ethan Keller): Ward and partner of Bowman III, later adopted the identity of Archer.
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* Asbestos (June Abados): Freedom City firefighter with mutant immunity to heat and fire. Divorced after her powers
manifested and she chose firefighting over a career as an administrative assistant.
* Ashe, Dominic: European terrorist and leader of Overthrow for SHADOW. Has a bionic right arm.
* Associates, the: Time travelers from the future able to possess the bodies of people in the present to work against threats
from outside Earth’s normal timestream.
* ASTRO Labs (Advanced Scientific and Technological Research Organization): High-tech company based in Freedom City.
* Atlanteans: Aquatic offshoot of humanity descended from the survivors of the sunken continent of Atlantis. Modern
Atlanteans have a culture and technology similar to that of ancient Rome, although they have various remnants of their
ancestors’ advanced technology and magic.
* Atom Family, the: World-famous family of explorers and adventurers, begun by patriarch Dr. Alexander Atom and
including his wife Anne, his daughter Andrea, his wards Jack Wolf and Mentac (later his son-in-law), and his
grandchildren Maximus, Tesla, Victoria, and Chase. Their robot bulter ALEX and Chase’s pet Cosmo the Moon Monkey
round out the family.
* Atom Family: A family of adventurers and explorers. The current generation of the Atom Family is four siblings with superpowers.
Their parents, Andrea Atom and Mentac (from the Farsider royal family) were lost in the Terminus. Their
grandfather, Dr. Atom, exists as a disembodied intelligence inside a holographic computer matrix. Jack Wolf, Dr. Atom’s
former ward, is the Atom siblings’ guardian and mentor.
** Atom, Andrea: Scientist and adventurer, daughter of Dr. Alexander Atom, wife of Mentac, and mother of the Atom
siblings. Andrea was lost in the Terminus during the invasion in 1993.
** Atom, Anne: Wife and assistant of Dr. Alexander Atom, mother of Andrea Atom. Mrs. Atom died of cancer in 1972.
** Atom, Chase: The youngest of the Atom siblings (b. 1989), with growing telepathic powers and a mysterious connection
to the Moonstone.
** Atom, Dr. Alexander: Brilliant scientist and inventor, advisor and aide to the Liberty League in the 1940s, later explorer in
the 1960s and ‘70s. Memory patters transferred into a holographic computer system in the 1990s. He is now caretaker
and guardian of his grandchildren, the Atom Family.
** Atom, Maximus: Oldest of the Atom siblings (b. 1985), with the power to alter his molecular structure to grow, shrink, or
become incorporeal at will.
** Atom, Tess: Second of the Atom siblings (b. 1986), a brilliant budding scientist with the power to generate and project
nucleonic radiation.
** Atom, Victoria: “Vicky” is the third Atom sibling (b. 1988), a shy young woman with elastic powers.
* Atomic Brigade, the: Little-known 1950s super-team assembled by the Patriot that lost four members in the Korean War
in 1950.
* Aura (Gwendolyn Psion): Youngest of the Psions (with her twin sister Carrie), possessing telepathic powers linked to her
proximity to her twin.
* Ayesha, Queen: Immortal queen of a hidden valley in Africa and sometime foe of the White Lion.