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The Dragon Head of New York’s Triad is the supervillain Dragon, Bai Xiang, who is able to turn into the oriental version of one. Back before she ascended to the position of Dragon Head, she clashed with the Old Guard of The Protectors, but these days it is rare for her to take direct action personally.
 
The Dragon Head of New York’s Triad is the supervillain Dragon, Bai Xiang, who is able to turn into the oriental version of one. Back before she ascended to the position of Dragon Head, she clashed with the Old Guard of The Protectors, but these days it is rare for her to take direct action personally.
  
===Tianlong==
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===Tianlong===
 
Bai Lian, daughter of the Dragon and her nominated successor. In her human form she uses water and weather manipulation powers. Able to adopt a dragon form like her mother; wingless flight, claws and scales, spits lightning.
 
Bai Lian, daughter of the Dragon and her nominated successor. In her human form she uses water and weather manipulation powers. Able to adopt a dragon form like her mother; wingless flight, claws and scales, spits lightning.
  

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The Old Guard has left, and so have New York’s most powerful supervillains, but New York is far from empty. Rikers holds several supervillains and their lieutenants. Countersuper Marshals stand ready to support The Protectors. And not all of the old heroes and villains are gone. Here are listed some of the notable individuals in New York.

Mr. Raccoon

There is something in Van Cortlandt Park. Something only children can see. By childish descriptions and drawings, it is a child sized raccoon. But Mr. Raccoon is not a figment of imagination. Several Protectors have conversed with him, although to them Mr. Raccoon has been only a disembodied voice. While not one of The Protectors, he is something of a protector of the park, helping people – especially children – who have gotten lost or in trouble. In one occasion, he warned all the children to take their parents home just before New York was struck by an unnatural ice storm.

Hangman

Decades ago, Rick Fisher was the supervillain Hangman. A serial killer who hunted and killed sex offenders, until The Protectors apprehended him and he got sent to Rikers. He was among the several who were released after the Rikers Raid. The former supervillain has turned his back to his murderous past. He is still swift to step up when he sees someone being harassed, but has not killed anyone since his release. These days he has a family and works as a self defense instructor. Including private sessions for supers who need a trainer or sparring partner.

Dragon

The Dragon Head of New York’s Triad is the supervillain Dragon, Bai Xiang, who is able to turn into the oriental version of one. Back before she ascended to the position of Dragon Head, she clashed with the Old Guard of The Protectors, but these days it is rare for her to take direct action personally.

Tianlong

Bai Lian, daughter of the Dragon and her nominated successor. In her human form she uses water and weather manipulation powers. Able to adopt a dragon form like her mother; wingless flight, claws and scales, spits lightning.

Prophet

Prophet’s People are a semi-religious, ultra-conservative cult. Considered domestic terrorists, they have been a problem ever since The Storm first hit. Numerous rank and file members have been arrested for attacks against various minorities and political groups by both the police and The Protectors, but their leader, Prophet, has never been caught. He is believed to be a Super because of his ability to evade capture.

Sentinel

The sentient android who acts as the main jailer and last line of defense for Rikers. Whether inside or outside a nullifier field, the humorless android is seriously tough. During the Rikers Raid, it took The Protectors piling up on him to bring him down.

Dr. Forsberg alias Abductor

Better known to the public as the supervillain Abductor, Dr. Forsberg is a mind controller and a mad scientist obsessed with finding a way to trigger superpowers. Her dream is to give superpowers to everyone and uplift humanity to a transhuman state. Although no closer to that goal than she was when she was arrested, her enthusiasm has not diminished.

Thanks to her brilliant mind and the decades of research she has been allowed to do in Rikers, under close supervision, she is one of the leading experts in the field of superpowers. The Protectors often consult her. But despite her helpfulness and the fact that she has been a model prisoner, Dr. Forsberg might be the most dangerous supervillain in rikers. If there is one thing that has given the Old Guard nightmares, it has been the possibility of the Abductor escaping.

Police Commissioner Angelo

Back when she was still Police Captain Angelo, she was the first ranking member of law enforcement to ally with The Protectors, although back then she had to do so in secret. Since then she has risen through the ranks and now commands New York’s police force. She remains a staunch ally of The Protectors. She is also honorable and ramrod straight in strictness, and has zero tolerance for needless violence or abuses of authority, whether among the police force or among The Protectors.

Mayor White

Janice White made her name as the Chief Executive Administrator of New York’s restoration project. Even back then, she had the Mayor of the time on a leash. Now she is the Mayor. Always white haired, years show only in her skin, otherwise she remains as fit as ever.

What is not widely known is that Mayor White is also the Commander of Heroslayers. The semi-secret organization dedicated to curtailing abuses of superpowers. By any means necessary. Ever since the Rikers Raid, Heroslayers have worked together with The Protectors. A large number of Countersuper Marshals are their rank and file. If different decisions had been made in the past, things could have gone differently.

Story vignette: Mayor White

AYA

Originally the name of an advanced submersible designed and built by captain and inventor Nelson Montagne - or Captain Nemo, as he is better known among supers. Nemo designed the vehicle as a fully automated passenger submersible that only needed a captain, but had a holographic crew for the convenience of the passengers. The vehicle had a highly sophisticated autopilot to handle both the systems and direct the holograms. During the first Storm, the autopilot gained sentience.

Nemo and AYA were originally pressured to work for Jade Mask, who threatened Nemo's family, but in the final confrontation between Protectors and Jade Mask with his minions, they assisted the Protectors against the villain. Turned out that AYA's hologram crew is perfectly combat capable, their energy matrices capable of delivering a powerful shock. She just cannot project them far from the submersible.

These days, AYA works as the dispatcher for Super Marshals. The sentient AI's extreme processing and multitasking capacity makes her highly suitable for the role, as AYA can hold a conversation with multiple Protectors at the same time, and monitor radio frequencies and traffic cameras while doing that.

AYA identifies as female, and is fascinated with human form. Her hologram crew tend to appear dressed in somewhat revealing clothes.