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=Kurtzberg staff=
 
=Kurtzberg staff=
  
==John Merriwether==
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==The Kestrel==
 
 
AKA Major Power
 
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Superhero; Principal
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Grim Avenger Superhero
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
Retired superhero; active principal
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Rumored to be deceased, and not for the first time.  She'll be back.
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
In his normal form, Merriweather appears to be a strong, very-well preserved man for his age, with short, salt-and-pepper hair and blue eyes. As Major Power, he’s a powerfully-built man of about 30 with an unspecific Mediterranean appearance. His uniform is a grey one-piece bodysuit (not skin-tight) covered by a red, unadorned tabard.  
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An athletic woman in a dark hood and cape, The Kestrel is a vigilante, noted for being hardcore and possessing no sense of humor whatsoever.
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
By touching his Second Strength Crystal, Merriweather can transform into Major Power, a duplicate of an unknown (and deceased) Knight of Prester John. Due to the physical disciplines of the Knights, the Major Power body is stronger, faster, and more durable than most humans, and possesses sharper senses, but not outside normal human parameters.
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An iron will, incredible martial arts and athletics skills, and a useful array of small gadgets.
  
 
===Connections===
 
===Connections===
  
Mr. Merriweather is the principal of Kurtzberg Academy
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"I work alone."
  
==George Williams==
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==John Merriwether==
  
AKA The Crimson Wing
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AKA Major Power
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Superhero; teacher
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Superhero; Principal
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
Retired superhero; active teacher
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Retired superhero; active principal
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
An elderly man with short, white hair and a military air. He was active as a superhero in the 1950s, and is very serious and methodical.
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In his normal form, Merriweather appears to be a strong, very-well preserved man for his age, with short, salt-and-pepper hair and blue eyes. As Major Power, he’s a powerfully-built man of about 30 with an unspecific Mediterranean appearance. His uniform is a grey one-piece bodysuit (not skin-tight) covered by a red, unadorned tabard.  
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
Mr. Williams can fly. His ability has not deteriorated with age in the least, and while there are ''faster'' fliers, it is generally acknowledged that there are no ''more skilled'' fliers in the world
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By touching his Second Strength Crystal, Merriweather can transform into Major Power, a duplicate of an unknown (and deceased) Knight of Prester John. Due to the physical disciplines of the Knights, the Major Power body is stronger, faster, and more durable than most humans, and possesses sharper senses, but not outside normal human parameters.
  
 
===Connections===
 
===Connections===
  
Mr. Williams is the Flight Instructor at Kurtzberg Academy
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Mr. Merriweather is the principal of Kurtzberg Academy
  
=Superheroes=
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==George Williams==
  
==Amber and Azure==
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AKA The Crimson Wing
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Superheroic defenders of Seattle, lesbian role models
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Superhero; teacher
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
Active superheroes
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Retired superhero; active teacher
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
Amber is an athletic but solidly built brunette; Azure is tall and willowy, with dark blonde hair with a dyed blue streakThey each wear jumpsuits matching their codenames.
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An elderly man with short, white hair and a military airHe was active as a superhero in the 1950s, and is very serious and methodical.
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
Amber can slow time, creating an orange-red field when she does soAzure can speed time, generating a blue field.  Their powers are linked to each other; they suffer the opposite of their normal effect if separated for two long.
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Mr. Williams can flyHis ability has not deteriorated with age in the least, and while there are ''faster'' fliers, it is generally acknowledged that there are no ''more skilled'' fliers in the world
  
 
===Connections===
 
===Connections===
  
Sometimes affiliated with the Defense Pact
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Mr. Williams is the Flight Instructor at Kurtzberg Academy
  
===Notes===
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=Superheroes=
 
 
They are a long-time couple and came out as the first openly lesbian superheroes in the US in 1997.
 
  
 
==Bear Flag==
 
==Bear Flag==
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Tara Cain's father, major funder of Kurtzberg
 
Tara Cain's father, major funder of Kurtzberg
 
==The Kestrel==
 
 
===Occupation===
 
 
Grim Avenger Superhero
 
 
===Current Status===
 
 
Rumored to be deceased, and not for the first time.  She'll be back.
 
 
===Description===
 
 
An athletic woman in a dark hood and cape, The Kestrel is a vigilante, noted for being hardcore and possessing no sense of humor whatsoever.
 
 
===Abilities===
 
 
An iron will, incredible martial arts and athletics skills, and a useful array of small gadgets.
 
 
===Connections===
 
 
"I work alone."
 
  
 
==Captain Liberty==
 
==Captain Liberty==
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Peaceforce member
 
Peaceforce member
  
==Concorde==
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==Skyglow==
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Active Superhero
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Government-sponsored superhero
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
Still an active superhero
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Retired to motherhood
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
A tall, dark, and handsome superhero who travels a lot, and often enjoys the night life wherever he goes.
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A middle-aged, but still attractive, woman, perhaps in her 40s. She's very June Cleaver.
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
Concorde can fly at several times the speed of sound. He can create impressive sonic booms thereby which he uses offensively.
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Skyglow can produce tremendously powerful blasts of energy, but these are huge explosions, not precise bolts.
  
 
===Connections===
 
===Connections===
  
==Greenstone==
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Captain Liberty (Husband)
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==White Fang==
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Superhero (UK)
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Superhero
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
Active
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Still active, despite his age
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
The man called Greenstone was transformed by an industrial accident into a living menhir-- a nine-foot-tall figure of living stone. He's been active for decades, and may well continue to be so for centuries. He's very methodical about training.
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A grizzled man of indeterminate age, he has graying black hair, apparently permanent stubble, and large fangs, as well as claws on his hands.  His costume has varied frequently over the years, but generally shows his chest hair and is often fur-lined. He's known for being tough, cynical, grizzled, and gay-- he was outed in the 70's, and has since become a spokesman for gay rights.
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
Greenstone is unbelievably strong, nearly invulnerable, and doesn't need to eat, breath, et cetera. He may well be immortal, but the jury's still out on that one.
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White Fang is very strong, quite agile, an extremely skilled fighter, and has incredible stamina, including the ability to heal his injuries incredibly quickly. He also possesses assorted enhanced senses, a resistance to cold, and formidable claws.
  
 
===Connections===
 
===Connections===
  
==Skyglow==
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=Supervillains=
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==Baboon==
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Government-sponsored superhero
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Criminal for hire, rogue scientist
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
Retired to motherhood
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At large
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
A middle-aged, but still attractive, woman, perhaps in her 40s. She's very June Cleaver.
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Baboon resembles a larger, more humanoid baboon. While a brilliant scientist, Baboon is also a savage, berserk killer.
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
Skyglow can produce tremendously powerful blasts of energy, but these are huge explosions, not precise bolts.
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Baboon is strong, fast, extremely agile, and possessed of long, dangerous fangs.  
  
===Connections===
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==Brontes==
 
 
Captain Liberty (Husband)
 
 
 
==Thunderblade==
 
 
 
aka Emile Marcum
 
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Superhero
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Megalomaniacal villain
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
An active superhero
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In custody
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
Tall, muscular, handsome, with short, blonde hair and clear blue eyes, Thunderblade is a well-known superhero who is frequently in the public eye.
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A man in dark indigo robes with gold trim, Brontes believes himself to have power inherited from the Greek Titans. His megalomania completely outstrips his abilities, however.
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
Thunderblade can fly, has some degree of invulnerability, and can create his sobriquet-- a sword made of electricity capable of amazing feats of destruction.
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Brontes can generate and control storms.  
  
 
===Connections===
 
===Connections===
  
==White Fang==
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==The Internet Upstart==
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Superhero
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Destructive Computer Virus; possibly an AI
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
Still active, despite his age
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Missing, presumed purged
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
A grizzled man of indeterminate age, he has graying black hair, apparently permanent stubble, and large fangs, as well as claws on his hands.  His costume has varied frequently over the years, but generally shows his chest hair and is often fur-lined.  He's known for being tough, cynical, grizzled, and gay-- he was outed in the 70's, and has since become a spokesman for gay rights.
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A computer virus that turned infected technology murderously destructive.
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
White Fang is very strong, quite agile, an extremely skilled fighter, and has incredible stamina, including the ability to heal his injuries incredibly quickly.  He also possesses assorted enhanced senses, a resistance to cold, and formidable claws.
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see Description
  
 
===Connections===
 
===Connections===
  
=Supervillains=
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==The Mikado==
 
 
==Baboon==
 
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Criminal for hire, rogue scientist
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Criminal, would-be Emperor of Japan
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
At large
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In prison, as he has been since 1968
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
Baboon resembles a larger, more humanoid baboon. While a brilliant scientist, Baboon is also a savage, berserk killer.
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A very old man. In his prime, The Mikado was a British man who became obsessed with Japanese feudal culture, and attempted to emulate it, however poorly.
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
Baboon is strong, fast, extremely agile, and possessed of long, dangerous fangs.  
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The Mikado was an excellent swordsman, a trait unsurprising in such a clear-cut case of Napier's syndrome.
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===Connections===
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==Robert Napier==
  
==Brontes==
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AKA Black Bob
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Megalomaniacal villain
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Criminal, would-be pirate
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
In custody
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Deceased, or so they say...
  
===Description===
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===Description===
  
A man in dark indigo robes with gold trim, Brontes believes himself to have power inherited from the Greek Titans. His megalomania completely outstrips his abilities, however.
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Black Bob Napier was a young man who grew up with a lifelong obsession with classic tales of pirates. This grew to consume his life, and he eventually became a pirate, dressing in traditional garb, talking like Long John Silver, and attacking shipping with an old-fashioned wooden vessel. He was clinically insane, and the first diagnosed case of Dissociated Hyperobsessive Disorder, otherwise known as "Napier's Syndrome."
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
Brontes can generate and control storms.  
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"Black Bob" had no powers; however, he demonstrated uncanny skill at any task related to his obsession, such as sailing, fencing with a cutlass, or keelhauling landlubbers.  
 
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===Connections===
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==Rusty==
 
 
==Cellophane==
 
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Criminal for hire
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Criminal
  
===Status===
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===Current Status===
  
At large and hard to find.
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At large
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
A scrawny black man, in his 40s or 50s. Cellophane is a career, professional criminal, but not, himself, a violent one, although he has few scruples about his co-workers. His talents are in high demand, and it's known that he is, himself, quite wealthy.
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A blue-collar worker from Detroit, an industrial accident transformed Rusty into a being of rusted metal.
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
Cellophane can make both himself and an unknown number of people or objects around him invisible.
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Rusty is strong and tough, but not as much as you might expect of a man made of metal. However, he can corrode metal at a touch.  
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==Chiller==
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===Connections===
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==Schwartzchilde==
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Thug for hire
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Supercriminal, madman
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
At Large
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In custody, at least for the moment.
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
A large, muscular man with no hair and blue-white skin. An unpleasant thug.
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Schwartzchilde breaks Superbeing tradition by wearing casual clothes. He has wild hair, insane eyes, and is in fact quite mad.
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
Chiller can create, and hurl, knives made out of ice.  
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Schwartzchilde controls gravity, making him extremely dangerous.  
  
===Connections===
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==Connections==
 
 
 
 
==Ciphogene==
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==Slick==
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Criminal
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Thug for hire
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
At Large
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At large, tacky
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
A nondescript man dressed in prison greys, Ciphogene was actually a convicted murderer, executed by gas chamber in the 1920s. However, after lying dormant for several years, he returned to life, with the ability to transform into a cloud of toxic gas.
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A man in a pompadour with an open white shirt and gold chains, Slick fancies himself quite the lady's man.
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
Ciphogene can transform into a cloud of poison gas.
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Slick can control friction, making surfaces near him sticky or slippery at will.  
  
 
===Connections===
 
===Connections===
 
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==Cobweb==
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==Steampunk==
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Supervillain
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Thug for hire
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
At Large
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At large
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
An older, grey-haired man, typically covered with strands of his own webbing.
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A punk with a pseudo-British accent, he dresses like a stereotypical punk rocker, and possesses artificial limbs, which are extremely bulky and apparently steam-powered. He is violent and dangerous.
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
Cobweb can climb walls much like a spider, and can spin strong strands of webbing which he can throw.
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Steampunk's cybernetics make him extremely strong and tough. In addition, he can vent steam from them, producing scalding blasts.  
  
 
===Connections===
 
===Connections===
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==The Datanimal==
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==Steeplejack==
 
 
aka "Red," aka "Iriomote-sama"
 
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Rogue AI, AI rights revolutionary/terrorist
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Criminal for hire
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
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===Description===
 
===Description===
  
The Datanimal was originally created as a database of endangered and extinct animals, and was capable of recreating their images. However, it became self-aware, and escaped. It has since become active in promoting the cause of AI rights, usually by destroying people and/or companies that it feels are exploiting AIs, or by helping other free AIs accomplish their goals, regardless of what those goals are. It has demonstrated no concern whatsoever about the human race, as individuals or as a whole, but is only concerned with artificial intelligences.
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A man in powered armor with extensible legs.
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
The Datanimal creates a body out of some form of solidified energy, which can take the form of any animal in its database. It can also enter any computer or electronic system and alter data therein, although if the computer isn't large enough, it can't stay long.
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Steeplejack wears powered armor with extensible legs and blasters. Not actually very effective.  
  
===Connections===
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===Connections===
  
Any free AI can be assumed to have met the Datanimal at least once.
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==Talos==
 
 
==Nick Donohue==
 
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Very sneaky criminal
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Magical Construct
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
In custody
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Only a Pawn in the Great Game of Life
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
A thoughtful criminal, Nick invariably disguises his appearance as a different villain.
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A gigantic, mobile statue of bronze, Talos is an ancient, nonsentient artifact-- a magical machine that obeys the commands of whoever possesses its talisman. It has often been used by criminals.
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
Nick controls water, and so often uses flamethrowers and the like to get others to bring large quantities of it to him.  
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Talos is a gigantic mobile bronze statue, and as such, is strong, tough, and dangerous. It has also demonstrated the ability to regenerate itself after destruction.
  
===Connections===
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==Tingler==
 
 
He has worked with just about every supervillain or villain organization in the US at one point or another.
 
 
 
==Dr. Brilliance==
 
 
 
AKA Sven Knudsen
 
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Mad Scientist
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Criminal, skank.
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
In captivity
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In custody
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
Worked to 'make the world better' "Better" was whatever had caught fancy, and often involved him being in charge. Zero ethics or morals, human experimentation, mind control etc. Whatever had caught his current fancy.
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A scantily-clad woman with a whip, Tingler is mentally unstable, a flirt, and a sadist.
  
===Abilities===
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===Abilties===
  
Mad Scientist/Gadgeteer
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Tingler is a skilled fighter. In addition, she possesses her "neural whip," a whip that can produce neural feedback in those it strikes to produce pleasure, pain, or other sensations.
  
 
===Connections===
 
===Connections===
 
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Occasionally associated with THETA
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==Vulpix==
 
 
==Façade==
 
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Insane criminal
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Criminal
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
At large, probably hiding right behind you.
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At large
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
A master of disguise, reports of Façades's true face are contradictory. He appears to be a former actor, circus clown, or make-up man, depending on which story you believe. Facade is a dangerous sociopath with a lifelong obsession with masks-- a clear case of Napier's Syndrome.
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A woman with fox ears and tail and snarling fangs, Vulpix is a savage, vicious fighter.
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
Façade is a normal human, but ruthless, and a master of disguise. He's also a dangerous combatant.
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Vulpix is very agile, fast, and strong, and possesses dangerous claws and fangs.
  
 
===Connections===
 
===Connections===
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Just don't ask.
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=Others=
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==Firebolt==
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=="Lefty" Baines==
  
===Occupation===
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===Occupation===  
  
Perennial thug-for-hire
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Cameraman; master of the terminally embarrasing tabloid candid
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
At large
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Feared by those with secrets to hide; beloved by gossips worldwide.
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
A man in flame-decorated powered armor that he stole, Firebolt is one of the cheaper, more readily available thugs-for-hire in the industry. As a result, almost every superhero has fought him at least once, often in the beginning of their career.
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He changes his look constantly to remain unnoticed.
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
Firebolt's armor allows him to fly, enhances his strength, provides life support, protects him, and, of course, has a modified flamethrower allowing him to shoot bolts of fire.
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A real talent for finding the perfect moment to catch someone with their finger up their nose, metaphorically or not.
  
 
===Connections===
 
===Connections===
  
Because of his low cost and easy availability, Firebolt actually knows almost everyone who is anyone in the metahuman community.
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Tabloids everywhere.
  
==Funnelweb==
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==Maximillian Di Flores==
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Criminal
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Fashion Designer; Costume designer and consultant
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
At Large
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A power none dare challenge in the fashion industry
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
An Australian supervillain with a stolen suit of powered armor. Ruthless.
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Always exquisitely dressed, Mr. Di Flores is a professional fashion designer who seeks to repay debts he feels he owes to the metahuman community by providing costumes for new heroes. While his designs are generally aesthetically impressive, he also does design his costumes for practicality, and with the wearer's capabilities in mind. A small man with very long, dyed hair, Mr. Di Flores affects flamboyant gestures, although he generally tones them down a great deal when around young men.  
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
A skilled burglar, Funnelweb's suit of armor possesses various weapons and tools, including several extendible robotic limbs, poison dart guns, and web shooters. It isn't very well armored, however.
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Fashion
  
 
===Connections===
 
===Connections===
  
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Everyone who is anyone.
  
 
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==Bill Wilfred==
==Hyve Mynd==
 
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Villain, insect colony
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Modelling Agent
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
At large
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Very active indeed
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
A former entomologist, Hyve Mynd somehow transfered her mind from her dying body to a colony of wasps. She now is a roughly humanoid-shaped swarm of wasps.
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A well-dressed, middle-aged man, Bill is quite energetic and creative about finding work for his clients.
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===Abilities===
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A real talent for talking attractive people, especially metahumans, into modelling careers.  It's not a superpower, though.  Probably.
  
===Abilites===
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===Connections===
  
Hyve Mynd is a sentient colony of wasps, and so can fly, sting, etc.  
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Numerous clients, including some Kurtzberg students.
  
===Connections===
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==Brian Pike==
 
==Imperator Fasti==
 
  
===Occupation===
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===Occupation===
  
Ruler of JANUS, an evil Roman Empire-themed terrorist world-conquering organization
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Billionaire industrialist, dilletante explorer and adventurer
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
Active
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Semi-retired from exploring, still an active industrialist.
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
Pretty much a dead ringer for Julius Caesar. A megalomaniac with a vast organization.
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A grey-haired man in his sixties, he lost his left eye and hand several years ago, and wears an eyepatch and a prosthetic hand.
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
Some rumored, none confirmed
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Boy, he's rich.  He's also an experienced adventurer, and it's almost certain that his prosthetic hand has some kind of useful features
  
 
===Connections===
 
===Connections===
  
Leader of JANUS, archenemy of the Kestrel
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After his journey to Elfland, he married the widowed and exiled Queen of Elfland, Malerella.
  
==The Internet Upstart==
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==Sarah Summers==
  
 
===Occupation===
 
===Occupation===
  
Destructive Computer Virus; possibly an AI
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Lightweight TV "personality" and interviewer
  
 
===Current Status===
 
===Current Status===
  
Missing, presumed purged
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Has a nationally syndicated show with a dedicated audience.  She's doing quite well.
  
 
===Description===
 
===Description===
  
A computer virus that turned infected technology murderously destructive.
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A green-haired, attractive young woman, "Double S" is bubbly and enthusiastic, as well as very sympathetic to her interviewees.
  
 
===Abilities===
 
===Abilities===
  
see Description
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Unusually natural smile on camera. Naturally green hair.
  
 
===Connections===
 
===Connections===
  
==Kiai==
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She knows everyone. Really. Just ask her.
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===Occupation===
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=Cellophane=
  
Thug for hire
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==Occupation==
  
===Current Status===
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Criminal for hire
  
At large
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==Status==
  
===Description===
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At large and hard to find.
  
A green gi'd martial artist and thug
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==Description==
  
===Abilities===
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A scrawny black man, in his 40s or 50s. Cellophane is a career, professional criminal, but not, himself, a violent one, although he has few scruples about his co-workers. His talents are in high demand, and it's known that he is, himself, quite wealthy.
  
A skilled martial artist, Kiai also has sonic blast abilities.
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==Abilities==
  
==Lady Fawkes==
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Cellophane can make both himself and an unknown number of people or objects around him invisible.
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=Chiller=
  
===Occupation===
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==Occupation==
  
Anarchist, villain-for-hire
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Thug for hire
  
===Current Status===
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==Current Status==
  
At large
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At Large
  
===Description===
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==Description==
  
A fiery-tempered Brit, Lady Fawkes is an anarchist who is nevertheless willing to hire herself out for enough money. She's intelligent and very calculating.
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A large, muscular man with no hair and blue-white skin. An unpleasant thug.
  
===Abilities===
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==Abilities==
  
Highly skilled, it has recently been discovered that she has the ability to convert nonliving organic matter into explosives by touch.
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Chiller can create, and hurl, knives made out of ice.  
  
===Connections===
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==Connections==
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=Ciphogene=
  
==Lord Nova==
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==Occupation==
 
===Occupation===
 
  
Would-be Emperor of the New World, God-King of La Inferna Verde
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Criminal
  
===Current Status===
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==Current Status==
  
Possibly deceased; few people actually believe that for a minute.
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At Large
  
===Description===
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==Description==
  
A tall, somewhat elderly south american man with silvering hair and a handsome smile, Lord Nova has recently started wearing a helmetless suit of armor. He favors long cloaks, Roman-era architecture, and talks a lot like Khan Noonian Singh as played by Ricardo Montalbon. He has been an active supervillain since at least 1938. He controls a secret empire in La Inferna Verde in Brazil, and makes regular attempts to conquer the remainder of the New World through advanced technology, armed minions, and subtle conspiracies. Over the years, he has made many, many enemies.
+
A nondescript man dressed in prison greys, Ciphogene was actually a convicted murderer, executed by gas chamber in the 1920s. However, after lying dormant for several years, he returned to life, with the ability to transform into a cloud of toxic gas.
  
===Abilities===
+
==Abilities==
  
Until about 1970, Lord Nova demonstrated no superpowers beyond an astonishing intellect, great charisma, formidable personal skills, and the fact that he apparently didn't age. After 1970, however, he began aging again, and has somehow acquired some form of plasma generation abilities; however, it is possible that these are in fact a product of the armor he has never been seen without since 1970. He has access to a great deal of advanced technology, armies of minions, and incredible resources.
+
Ciphogene can transform into a cloud of poison gas.
  
===Connections===
+
==Connections==
  
==Malojo==
+
=Cobweb=
  
===Occupation===
+
==Occupation==
  
 
Supervillain
 
Supervillain
  
===Current Status===
+
==Current Status==
  
 
At Large
 
At Large
  
===Description===
+
==Description==
 +
 
 +
An older, grey-haired man, typically covered with strands of his own webbing.
  
An older man with a goatee and a monacle, Malojo's left eye is bloodshot and malicious-looking.
+
==Abilities==
  
===Abilities===
+
Cobweb can climb walls much like a spider, and can spin strong strands of webbing which he can throw.
  
Malojo has an "evil eye," and can project pain through eye contact.
+
==Connections==
 +
 +
=Concorde=
  
===Connections===
+
==Occupation==
  
==The Mikado==
+
Active Superhero
  
===Occupation===
+
==Current Status==
  
Criminal, would-be Emperor of Japan
+
Still an active superhero
  
===Current Status===
+
==Description==
  
In prison, as he has been since 1968
+
A tall, dark, and handsome superhero who travels a lot, and often enjoys the night life wherever he goes.
  
===Description===
+
==Abilities==
  
A very old man. In his prime, The Mikado was a British man who became obsessed with Japanese feudal culture, and attempted to emulate it, however poorly.
+
Concorde can fly at several times the speed of sound. He can create impressive sonic booms thereby which he uses offensively.
  
===Abilities===
+
==Connections==
  
The Mikado was an excellent swordsman, a trait unsurprising in such a clear-cut case of Napier's syndrome.
 
  
===Connections===  
+
=The Datanimal=
  
==Robert Napier==
+
aka "Red," aka "Iriomote-sama"
  
AKA Black Bob
+
==Occupation==
  
===Occupation===
+
Rogue AI, AI rights revolutionary/terrorist
  
Criminal, would-be pirate
+
==Current Status==
  
===Current Status===
+
At large
  
Deceased, or so they say...
+
==Description==
  
===Description===
+
The Datanimal was originally created as a database of endangered and extinct animals, and was capable of recreating their images. However, it became self-aware, and escaped. It has since become active in promoting the cause of AI rights, usually by destroying people and/or companies that it feels are exploiting AIs, or by helping other free AIs accomplish their goals, regardless of what those goals are. It has demonstrated no concern whatsoever about the human race, as individuals or as a whole, but is only concerned with artificial intelligences.
  
Black Bob Napier was a young man who grew up with a lifelong obsession with classic tales of pirates. This grew to consume his life, and he eventually became a pirate, dressing in traditional garb, talking like Long John Silver, and attacking shipping with an old-fashioned wooden vessel. He was clinically insane, and the first diagnosed case of Dissociated Hyperobsessive Disorder, otherwise known as "Napier's Syndrome."
 
  
===Abilities===
+
==Abilities==
  
"Black Bob" had no powers; however, he demonstrated uncanny skill at any task related to his obsession, such as sailing, fencing with a cutlass, or keelhauling landlubbers.  
+
The Datanimal creates a body out of some form of solidified energy, which can take the form of any animal in its database. It can also enter any computer or electronic system and alter data therein, although if the computer isn't large enough, it can't stay long.
 
==Overload==
 
  
===Occupation===
+
==Connections==
  
Specialized criminal-for-hire
+
Any free AI can be assumed to have met the Datanimal at least once.
  
===Current Status===
+
=Dr. Brilliance=  
 +
AKA Sven Knudsen
  
At large
+
==Occupation==
  
===Description===
+
Mad Scientist
  
A man in dark clothes with overlaid red circuitry designs, Overload decided early on to specialize-- his normal practice is to blackmail power and computer companies with threatened outages, when he hasn't been hired for other work needing his talents.
+
==Current Status==
  
===Abilities===
+
In captivity
  
Overload can fly and generate powerful electromagnetic pulses capable of disabling or damaging electronic devices.
+
==Description==
  
===Connections===
+
Worked to 'make the world better' "Better" was whatever had caught fancy, and often involved him being in charge. Zero ethics or morals, human experimentation, mind control etc. Whatever had caught his current fancy.
  
==Quantra the Invader==
+
==Abilities==
  
===Occupation===
+
Mad Scientist/Gadgeteer
  
Alien invader
+
==Connections==
  
===Current Status===
+
Occasionally associated with THETA
  
Apparently defeated; may return
+
=Sharon Silverman=
  
===Description===
+
==Occupation==
  
True form unknown; wears an armored exo-suit that is over twelve feet tall.
+
Robotics expert
  
===Abilities===
+
==Current Status==
  
Powerful electromagnetic manipulation powers that may be powered by alien technology
+
Presumed alive and inventing
  
===Connections===
+
==Description==
  
==Rusty==
+
A robotics expert who created JULIA and CALVINIA, and has presumably close connections to Arthur Cain
 +
==Abilities==
  
===Occupation===
+
Super-inventor
  
Criminal
+
==Connections==
  
===Current Status===
+
Has created several AIs; does work for Arthur Cain.
  
At large
+
=Zebulon Graves=
  
===Description===
+
==Occupation==
  
A blue-collar worker from Detroit, an industrial accident transformed Rusty into a being of rusted metal.
+
Scientist, possibly "Former Government", possibly "Government," possibly "Mad."
  
===Abilities===
+
==Current Status==
  
Rusty is strong and tough, but not as much as you might expect of a man made of metal. However, he can corrode metal at a touch.
+
Unknown
  
===Connections===
+
==Description==
  
==Schwartzchilde==
+
A short man with a very eccentric moustache and beard, he talks to himself great deal.
  
===Occupation===
+
==Abilities==
  
Supercriminal, madman
+
Highly intelligent, possibly a Superinventor.  Has the capability to create AIs.
  
===Current Status===
+
==Connections==
  
In custody, at least for the moment.
+
More-or-less created Glass's mind, has past (possibly current) connections with Project: Echidna
  
===Description===
 
  
Schwartzchilde breaks Superbeing tradition by wearing casual clothes. He has wild hair, insane eyes, and is in fact quite mad.
+
=Thunderblade=
  
===Abilities===
+
aka Emile Marcum
  
Schwartzchilde controls gravity, making him extremely dangerous.
+
==Occupation==
  
===Connections===
+
Superhero
 
==Slick==
 
  
===Occupation===
+
==Current Status==
  
Thug for hire
+
An active superhero
  
===Current Status===
+
==Description==
  
At large, tacky
+
Tall, muscular, handsome, with short, blonde hair and clear blue eyes, Thunderblade is a well-known superhero who is frequently in the public eye.
  
===Description===
+
==Abilities==
  
A man in a pompadour with an open white shirt and gold chains, Slick fancies himself quite the lady's man.
+
Thunderblade can fly, has some degree of invulnerability, and can create his sobriquet-- a sword made of electicity capable of amazing feats of destruction.
  
===Abilities===
+
==Connections==
  
Slick can control friction, making surfaces near him sticky or slippery at will.
+
=Façade=
  
===Connections===
+
==Occupation==
 
==Steampunk==
 
  
===Occupation===
+
Insane criminal
  
Thug for hire
+
==Current Status==
  
===Current Status===
+
At large, probably hiding right behind you.
  
At large
+
==Description==
  
===Description===
+
A master of disguise, reports of Façades's true face are contradictory. He appears to be a former actor, circus clown, or make-up man, depending on which story you believe. Fascade is a dangerous sociopath with a lifelong obsession with masks-- a clear case of Napier's Syndrome.
  
A punk with a pseudo-British accent, he dresses like a stereotypical punk rocker, and possesses artificial limbs, which are extremely bulky and apparently steam-powered. He is violent and dangerous.
+
==Abilities==
  
===Abilities===
+
Façade is a normal human, but ruthless, and a master of disguise. He's also a dangerous combatant.
  
Steampunk's cybernetics make him extremely strong and tough. In addition, he can vent steam from them, producing scalding blasts.
+
==Connections==
  
===Connections===
+
Just don't ask.
 
 
 
 
==Steeplejack==
+
=Firebolt=
  
===Occupation===
+
==Occupation==
  
Criminal for hire
+
Perennial thug-for-hire
  
===Current Status===
+
==Current Status==
  
 
At large
 
At large
  
===Description===
+
==Description==
  
A man in powered armor with extensible legs.
+
A man in flame-decorated powered armor that he stole, Firebolt is one of the cheaper, more readily available thugs-for-hire in the industry. As a result, almost every superhero has fought him at least once, often in the beginning of their career.
  
===Abilities===
+
==Abilities==
  
Steeplejack wears powered armor with extensible legs and blasters. Not actually very effective.  
+
Firebolt's armor allows him to fly, enhances his strength, provides life support, protects him, and, of course, has a modified flamethrower allowing him to shoot bolts of fire.
  
===Connections===
+
==Connections==
  
==Talos==
+
Because of his low cost and easy availability, Firebolt actually knows almost everyone who is anyone in the metahuman community.
  
===Occupation===
+
=Funnelweb=
  
Magical Construct
+
==Occupation==
  
===Current Status===
+
Criminal
  
Only a Pawn in the Great Game of Life
+
==Current Status==
  
===Description===
+
At Large
  
A gigantic, mobile statue of bronze, Talos is an ancient, nonsentient artifact-- a magical machine that obeys the commands of whoever possesses its talisman. It has often been used by criminals.
+
==Description==
  
===Abilities===
+
An Australian supervillain with a stolen suit of powered armor. Ruthless.
  
Talos is a gigantic mobile bronze statue, and as such, is strong, tough, and dangerous. It has also demonstrated the ability to regenerate itself after destruction.
+
==Abilities==
  
==Tingler==
+
A skilled burglar, Funnelweb's suit of armor possesses various weapons and tools, including several extendible robotic limbs, poison dart guns, and web shooters. It isn't very well armored, however.
  
===Occupation===
+
==Connections==
  
Criminal, skank.
+
=Greenstone=
  
===Current Status===
+
==Occupation==
  
In custody
+
Superhero (UK)
  
===Description===
+
==Current Status==
  
A scantily-clad woman with a whip, Tingler is mentally unstable, a flirt, and a sadist.
+
Active
  
===Abilties===
+
==Description==
  
Tingler is a skilled fighter. In addition, she possesses her "neural whip," a whip that can produce neural feedback in those it strikes to produce pleasure, pain, or other sensations.  
+
The man called Greenstone was transformed by an industrial accident into a living menhir-- a nine-foot-tall figure of living stone. He's been active for decades, and may well continue to be so for centuries. He's very methodical about training.
  
===Connections===
+
==Abilities==
 
==Vulpix==
 
  
===Occupation===
+
Greenstone is unbelievably strong, nearly invulnerable, and doesn't need to eat, breath, et cetera. He may well be immortal, but the jury's still out on that one.
  
Criminal
+
==Connections==
  
===Current Status===
+
=Hyve Mynd=
  
At large
+
==Occupation==
  
===Description===
+
Villain, insect colony
  
A woman with fox ears and tail and snarling fangs, Vulpix is a savage, vicious fighter.
+
==Current Status==
  
===Abilities===
+
At large
  
Vulpix is very agile, fast, and strong, and possesses dangerous claws and fangs.
+
==Description==
  
===Connections===
+
A former entomologist, Hyve Mynd somehow transfered her mind from her dying body to a colony of wasps. She now is a roughly humanoid-shaped swarm of wasps.
  
=Others=
+
==Abilites==
  
=="Lefty" Baines==
+
Hyve Mynd is a sentient colony of wasps, and so can fly, sting, etc.
  
===Occupation===  
+
==Connections==
 +
 +
=Imperator Fasti=
  
Cameraman; master of the terminally embarrasing tabloid candid
+
==Occupation==
  
===Current Status===
+
Ruler of JANUS, an evil Roman Empire-themed terrorist world-conquering organization
  
Feared by those with secrets to hide; beloved by gossips worldwide.
+
==Current Status==
  
===Description===
+
Active
  
He changes his look constantly to remain unnoticed.
+
==Description==
  
===Abilities===
+
Pretty much a dead ringer for Julius Caesar. A megalomaniac with a vast organization.
  
A real talent for finding the perfect moment to catch someone with their finger up their nose, metaphorically or not.
+
==Abilities==
  
===Connections===
+
Some rumored, none confirmed
  
Tabloids everywhere.
+
==Connections==
  
==Lisa Blair==
+
Leader of JANUS, archenemy of the Kestrel
  
===Occupation===
+
=Kiai=
  
Teen Pop Idol
+
==Occupation==
  
===Current Status===
+
Thug for hire
  
On the rise, not hit scandals or cynicism yet.
+
==Current Status==
  
===Description===
+
At large
  
An attractive blonde teenager dressed in the latest styles. She comes across as very perky and positive in interviews. They say her live shows are much, much more impressive than her videos or recordings, but they say that about everyone.
+
==Description==
  
===Abilities===
+
A green gi'd martial artist and thug
  
She can actually sing, but the marketing machine backing her makes that almost unnecessary.
+
==Abilities==
  
===Connections===
+
A skilled martial artist, Kiai also has sonic blast abilities.
  
==Maximillian Di Flores==
+
=Lady Fawkes=
  
===Occupation===
+
==Occupation==
  
Fashion Designer; Costume designer and consultant
+
Anarchist, villain-for-hire
  
===Current Status===
+
==Current Location==
  
A power none dare challenge in the fashion industry
+
At large
  
===Description===
+
==Description==
  
Always exquisitely dressed, Mr. Di Flores is a professional fashion designer who seeks to repay debts he feels he owes to the metahuman community by providing costumes for new heroes. While his designs are generally aesthetically impressive, he also does design his costumes for practicality, and with the wearer's capabilities in mind. A small man with very long, dyed hair, Mr. Di Flores affects flamboyant gestures, although he generally tones them down a great deal when around young men.  
+
A fiery-tempered Brit, Lady Fawkes is an anarchist who is nevertheless willing to hire herself out for enough money. She's intelligent and very calculating.
  
===Abilities===
+
==Abilities==
  
Fashion
+
Highly skilled, it has recently been discovered that she has the ability to convert nonliving organic matter into explosives by touch.
  
===Connections===
+
==Connections==
  
Everyone who is anyone.
+
=Lisa Blair=
  
==Zebulon Graves==
+
==Occupation==
  
===Occupation===
+
Teen Pop Idol
  
Scientist, possibly "Former Government", possibly "Government," possibly "Mad."
+
==Current Status==
  
===Current Status===
+
On the rise, not hit scandals or cynicism yet.
  
Unknown
+
==Description==
  
===Description===
+
An attractive blonde teenager dressed in the latest styles. She comes across as very perky and positive in interviews. They say her live shows are much, much more impressive than her videos or recordings, but they say that about everyone.
  
A short man with a very eccentric moustache and beard, he talks to himself great deal.
+
==Abilities==
  
===Abilities===
+
She can actually sing, but the marketing machine backing her makes that almost unnecessary.
  
Highly intelligent, possibly a Superinventor.  Has the capability to create AIs.
+
==Connections==
  
===Connections===
+
=Lord Nova=
 +
 +
==Occupation==
  
More-or-less created Glass's mind, has past (possibly current) connections with Project: Echidna
+
Would-be Emperor of the New World, God-King of La Inferna Verde
  
==Brian Pike==
+
==Current Status==
  
===Occupation===
+
Possibly deceased; few people actually believe that for a minute.
  
Billionaire industrialist, dilletante explorer and adventurer
+
==Description==
  
===Current Status===
+
A tall, somewhat elderly south american man with silvering hair and a handsome smile, Lord Nova has recently started wearing a helmetless suit of armor. He favors long cloaks, Roman-era architecture, and talks a lot like Khan Noonian Singh as played by Ricardo Montalbon. He has been an active supervillain since at least 1938. He controls a secret empire in La Inferna Verde in Brazil, and makes regular attempts to conquer the remainder of the New World through advanced technology, armed minions, and subtle conspiracies. Over the years, he has made many, many enemies.
  
Semi-retired from exploring, still an active industrialist.
+
==Abilities==
  
===Description===
+
Until about 1970, Lord Nova demonstrated no superpowers beyond an astonishing intellect, great charisma, formidable personal skills, and the fact that he apparently didn't age. After 1970, however, he began aging again, and has somehow acquired some form of plasma generation abilities; however, it is possible that these are in fact a product of the armor he has never been seen without since 1970. He has access to a great deal of advanced technology, armies of minions, and incredible resources.
  
A grey-haired man in his sixties, he lost his left eye and hand several years ago, and wears an eyepatch and a prosthetic hand.
+
==Connections==
  
===Abilities===
+
=Malojo=
  
Boy, he's rich.  He's also an experienced adventurer, and it's almost certain that his prosthetic hand has some kind of useful features
+
==Supervillain==
  
===Connections===
+
==Current Status==
  
After his journey to Elfland, he married the widowed and exiled Queen of Elfland, Malerella.
+
At Large
  
==Reaper==
+
==Description==
  
===Occupation===
+
An older man with a goatee and a monacle, Malojo's left eye is bloodshot and malicious-looking.
  
Former villain, current talk-show host and annoying celebrity.
+
==Abilities==
  
===Current Status===
+
Malojo has an "evil eye," and can project pain through eye contact.
  
Nobody admits to watching his show, but his ratings are fairly high.
+
==Connections==
  
===Description===
+
=Nick Donohue=
  
Reaper looks like a skeleton in a suit. Actually, his living tissues are invisible and he has no hair, so only his bones are visible. He's extremely abrasive, and has a talk show that he uses to mock superheroes for their failings. He doesn't generally do anything like skewer anyone for a death they couldn't stop, though-- he sticks to mocking their clothes, fashion sense, and any embarrassing moments.
+
==Occupation==
  
===Abilities===
+
Very sneaky criminal
  
Aside from wielding the power of the media, Reaper is virtually unkillable.
+
==Current Status==
  
===Connections===
+
In custody
  
Reaper has battled a number of heroes over the years, and mocked still more.
+
==Description==
  
==Sharon Silverman==
+
A thoughtful criminal, Nick invariably disguises his appearance as a different villain.
  
===Occupation===
+
==Abilities==
  
Robotics expert
+
Nick controls water, and so often uses flamethrowers and the like to get others to bring large quantities of it to him.
 +
 +
=Overload=
  
===Current Status===
+
==Occupation==
  
Presumed alive and inventing
+
Specialized criminal-for-hire
  
===Description===
+
==Current Status==
  
A robotics expert who created JULIA and CALVINIA, and has presumably close connections to Arthur Cain
+
At large
  
===Abilities===
+
==Description==
  
Super-inventor
+
A man in dark clothes with overlaid red circuitry designs, Overload decided early on to specialize-- his normal practice is to blackmail power and computer companies with threatened outages, when he hasn't been hired for other work needing his talents.
  
===Connections===
+
==Abilities==
  
Has created several AIs; does work for Arthur Cain.
+
Overload can fly and generate powerful electromagnetic pulses capable of disabling or damaging electronic devices.  
  
==Sarah Summers==
+
==Connections==
  
===Occupation===
+
=Quantra the Invader=
  
Lightweight TV "personality" and interviewer
+
==Occupation==
  
===Current Status===
+
Alien invader
  
Has a nationally syndicated show with a dedicated audience.  She's doing quite well.
+
==Current Status==
  
===Description===
+
Apparently defeated; may return
  
A green-haired, attractive young woman, "Double S" is bubbly and enthusiastic, as well as very sympathetic to her interviewees.
+
==Description==
  
===Abilities===
+
True form unknown; wears an armored exo-suit that is over twelve feet tall.
  
Unusually natural smile on camera. Naturally green hair.
+
==Abilities==
  
===Connections===
+
Powerful electromagnetic manipulation powers that may be powered by alien technology
  
She knows everyone. Really. Just ask her.
+
==Connections==
  
==Malerella Sungolden==
+
=Malerella Sungolden=
  
===Occupation===
+
==Occupation==
  
 
Society belle, charity spokesperson, Queen-in-exile
 
Society belle, charity spokesperson, Queen-in-exile
  
===Current Status===
+
==Current Status==
  
 
In exile as Queen, otherwise very active.
 
In exile as Queen, otherwise very active.
  
===Description===
+
==Description==
  
 
An astonishingly beautiful elven woman with exotic features, she usually wears flowers. She is very regal in her manners and actions, and has a strong sense of "Noblesse Oblige"
 
An astonishingly beautiful elven woman with exotic features, she usually wears flowers. She is very regal in her manners and actions, and has a strong sense of "Noblesse Oblige"
  
===Abilities===
+
==Abilities==
  
 
Access to Brian Pike's money
 
Access to Brian Pike's money
  
===Connections===
+
==Connections==
  
 
Brian Pike (Husband)
 
Brian Pike (Husband)
  
==Bill Wilfred==
+
=Reaper=
 +
 
 +
==Occupation==
  
===Occupation===
+
Former villain, current talk-show host and annoying celebrity.
  
Modelling Agent
+
==Current Status==
  
===Current Status===
+
Nobody admits to watching his show, but his ratings are fairly high.
  
Very active indeed
+
==Description==
  
===Description===
+
Reaper looks like a skeleton in a suit. Actually, his living tissues are invisible and he has no hair, so only his bones are visible. He's extremely abrasive, and has a talk show that he uses to mock superheroes for their failings. He doesn't generally do anything like skewer anyone for a death they couldn't stop, though-- he sticks to mocking their clothes, fashion sense, and any embarrassing moments.
  
A well-dressed, middle-aged man, Bill is quite energetic and creative about finding work for his clients.
+
==Abilities==
  
===Abilities===
+
Aside from wielding the power of the media, Reaper is virtually unkillable.
A real talent for talking attractive people, especially metahumans, into modelling careers.  It's not a superpower, though.  Probably.
 
  
===Connections===
+
==Connections==
  
Numerous clients, including some Kurtzberg students.
+
Reaper has battled a number of heroes over the years, and mocked still more.

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