Black Knight (League of Extraordinary Justice)

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Alexis Keene is a former actress and national champion in women's fencing, and the current Black Knight (no known relation to sir Percy).

She was visiting the Tower of London, recently restored to its original Medieval state, when Morgan le Fay besieged the city with an army of demonic automatons. Alexis was nearly buried under a wall toppled by the magical bombardment, and took shelter in a previously hidden underground chamber revealed by the destruction. Here she found the Ebony Blade, a black sword of celestial steel fashioned by the wizard Merlin for the defense of Camelot, refitted shortly before the English Civil Wars as a basket-hilted broadsword according to the fashion of the time, and hidden here for centuries since.

She picked up the sword hoping merely to defend herself against any invaders finding their way down here, but that changed in a flash as the blade accepted her as its owner and the mystical link between them opened. With the powers of the Ebony Blade awakened, under the guidance of the spirits that haunt it, she ended up being instrumental in beating back the invasion. Soon after, she retired from her previous occupations and took up heroing as a full time activity.

Miss Keene dresses in black by habit, and as the Black Knight she wears black half armor and helmet, a white leather glove on her right hand and a large white cloak over her left shoulder, leaving her sword arm free.

Power Level: 10
Power Points: 152

Gender: female
Age: mid twenties
Height: taller than the average man
Weight: none of your business
Eyes: green
Hair: black, shoulder length and often somewhat carelessly tied up

Complications
Enemy: Morgana le Fay does not forgive, nor forget.
Fame: The star of stage and gymnasium, now a hero of the Commonwealth!
Motivation: The thrills, the fights, the adventures!
Motivation: ...but also the responsibility as the chosen wielder of the Ebony Blade.

Abilities (60pp)

Strength +4
Stamina +4
Agility +5
Dexterity 0
Fighting +5
Intellect +2
Awareness +5
Presence +5

Offense

Initiative +5

Unarmed +10, close, damage +4
Ebony Blade +10, close, damage +10, multiattack, critical 16-20
Reflected attack +10, ranged, damage depending on attacker

Defense (21pp)

Dodge +10
Parry +10
Fortitude +10
Toughness +10/+4
Will +10

Skills (23pp)

An old promotional card advertising Alexis Keene in a major supporting role as Lily, the fairy champion, in "Honey and Hawthorne". It was a somewhat silly play, but proved popular with critics and audiences alike; the opening scene of the third act where she confronts the King of Toads in his throne room and duels his snake assassin to a mutual death was particularly well loved.

Acrobatics 10 (+15)
Athletics 11 (+15)
Expertise: drama 5 (+7/10)
Insight 5 (+10)
Intimidation 5 (+10)
Perception 5 (+10)
Persuasion 5 (+10)

Advantages (32pp)

Accurate Attack
Agile Feint
All-Out Attack
Benefit 2 (independently wealthy)
Close Attack 5
Connected
Defensive Attack
Equipment 2
Improved Critical 4 (swords)
Improved Defense
Improved Disarm
Improved Grab
Improved Trip
Interpose
Minion 4
Move-by-Action
Power Attack
Precise Attack 2 (close cover and concealment)
Weapon Bind

Powers (16pp)

Ebony Blade (easily removable device; indestructible) - 15pp
Damage 6 (strength-based; multiattack)
  • Alt: Deflect 10 (close range, reflect, accurate 5)
  • Alt: Nullify magical effects 10 (close range, broad) linked to Affliction 10 (Will, dazed/stunned; limited degree, reversible)
Enhanced Trait: Diehard, Great Endurance, Improved Smash, Weapon Break (permanent)
Senses: postcognition (limited to events connected to the Ebony Blade and its bearers), ranged touch, tactile danger sense
Mystical Bond - 1pp
Immunity: the Ebony Blade

Equipment (10ep)

Black armor (6ep)
Protection 6
Headquarters (4ep)
A secret basement beneath Miss Keene's townhouse, with concealed exits to several alleys and the Thames.
Tiny, Toughness 6
Concealed, Dock, Garage, Living Space (in the house above), Personnel (butler, cook, maid)

Anglachel, construct horse minion

Slightly exaggerated cover illustration for a popular boys' adventure story inspired by the Black Knight's loyal steed.

A black steel titan of fine machinery and inch-thick armor plating - tougher than a battleship, stronger than a locomotive, faster than a diving hawk!

His eyes burn with the fire of his furnace heart, his breath is billowing steam and his hoofbeat like thunder and the tolling of church bells!

Children delight in feeding him bits of coal!

Power Level: 10
Power Points: 60

Height: 7 feet
Weight: 3200 lbs.

Abilities (2pp)
Strength +10, Stamina --, Agility 0, Fighting 0, Dexterity -4, Intellect --, Awareness 0, Presence --
Defense (16pp)
Dodge 5, Parry 5, Fortitude (immune), Toughness 15 impervious, Will (immune)
Skills (0pp)
Stealth -5
Powers (42pp)
Growth 5 (Str/Tou +5, Dod/Par -3, Stealth -5, size +1, mass +5; permanent, innate)
Protection 10 (impervious, innate, noticeable)
Senses 3 (direction sense, distance sense, low-light vision)
Speed 6 (1800ft/120mph) linked to Environment 1 (light)
  • Alt: Leaping 7 (900ft)




League of Extraordinary Justice