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Pitch Power Level: 11 (250/250) Unspent Power Points: 0 Trade-Offs: -1 Attack / +1 DC, -1 Defence / +1 Tough In Brief: Infernal Biker with a Demon in her belly. Catchphrase: “Fire me up!” Alternate Identity: Carmen Canto (Secret) Birthplace: Mexico City Residence: Freedom City Base of Operations: Freedom City Occupation: Journalist, Rock Report Magazine Affiliations: Blacksmoke Motorcycle Club Family: None alive. Father is the missing (presumed dead…) biker sorcerer Carlos Canto Description: Age: 38 (6/6/86) Apparent Age: 25 Gender: Female Ethnicity: Caucasian/Hispanic Height: 5’6” Weight: 55Kgs Eyes: Brown Hair: Dirty Blonde (Dyed) Carmen looks like a slightly scruffy but sexy rock musician / biker. She is good looking, and has curves in the right places. She wears a variety of clothes but tends to favour rock styled ones, such as leather trousers, buckled belt, etc. She almost always wears clothes that some part of her spinal tattoo (that reaches from the base of her neck to the sacrum) is visible. One particular piece of clothing she almost always wears is boots of some sort, so that she can wear a titanium brace around her right foot (easing her mobility problems). She walks with a quite visible limp because of this. When she commands the demon living inside her, Tazel to “fire me up”, her body becomes wrapped in smoke and wisps of flame. Her eyes glow a fiery red, and there is a furnace bubbling away down her mouth. Her clothes will change, become studded, leathery, black and red. The combined effect is enough to conceal her appearance (and thus identity). History: Carmen’s story starts with her father, Carlos Canto. He was a skilled sorcerer in a biker gang (The Blacksmokers), not renowned for being a good guy, nor a particularly bad one. He did, however, possess an uncanny knack for black magic: in particular, dealing with demons. His luck and cunning held out for many years, as he rode with his gang, gaining fame and notoriety, and a long list of crimes including (at its height) armed bank robbery. His luck would not hold forever, and ran out when he fell in love and had a child. At this point, the infernal creatures he had bound and tormented took their revenge through his family. They propelled the Feds into busting him in a messy fire-fight. Carlos knew his time was up, but he wasn’t going to let his newborn daughter suffer for his sins. As the guns blazed, he took his baby daughter and tattooed his most powerful signs down her spine. This hasty and reckless action damaged his daughter, leaving her disabled, but protected. No demon could touch her. The creatures he had bound took him and his wife, but could not lay a hand in revenge against his babe. Carmen grew up an orphan, and not in the best of company. She was fostered, and didn’t have a bad life, but struggled with it. She fell in with bad boys, and bad crowds, and given the fame of her father it was not long before she was hanging out with bikers, rock stars, and tattoo artists. When she became a rock music journalist, she started to peel back the history of her father. She eventually found an old haunt of his just outside San Antonia. There, she found a dusty shack lived an old biker friend of her father, Axel ˜Grease” Robinson, who showed her Carlos’ leather bound diary and his fabled devil stick. Tough as his biker friends were, nobody had dared to read the diary or take up his stick. (Un)fortunately, as she read his diary, she unleashed Tazel, the fiery spirit that Carlos had bound many years ago, and who was now bound to her. Carmen bound him tightly indeed, by swallowing him whole! Through her fathers’ Diary Carmen learned black magic. It came, if anything, easier for her. No demon could harm her, and she could delve deeply into the anger and resentment that had built up in her to summon the “infernal forge”, the ways of hammer, steel, smoke and fire. Personality & Motivation: Carmen is a wild child, and has an inability to settle. She is quite “passionate”, in good and bad ways, able to love and hate quickly. She has an anarchic streak and has broken the law on numerous occasions with petty offences. So why be a hero? Carmen, although driven to free her father, is deeply angry at him. His legacy is a disability from her spinal tattoos, an undesirable upbringing, her mother’s death, and a whole heap of legacy problems with demons. She wants to be everything her father was not. She wants to be a hero. Powers & Tactics: Tazel, the demon residing in her belly can be expelled and commanded, but usually is used to fire up Pitch, giving her exceptional strength and resilience. She will use this power in conjunction with her own sorcery, commanding fire, steel and smoke, usually in a blistering full on attack. Pitch has no particular martial art expertise but is what might be called an experienced brawler. She is also a reasonably skilled writer and reporter, and will often try to work out what is going on via subterfuge. Pitch drives a customised bike that is pumped full of infernal oil. It can become smoky, concealing its appearance (which she activates when she drives a pitch), and is faster than most normal bikes, as well as being able to drive up walls and even through the air. As Carmen, she often keeps a set of kunckledusters in her jacket, as befits her biker girl image. On her bike, she has a length of chain concealed in the body of the bike, that she will use when Pitch. Power Descriptions: Commanding the infernal forge dimension via her black magic, Pitch’s powers are all about smoke, fire, and metal, often in combination. For instance, she hurls smouldering blackened shards of metal or chains at her opponents. Complications: Twisted Tounges: Tazel, her pet demon, whilst technically fanatical (and who must obey her) actually hates her and would do anything to get her into trouble. He is bound to tell the truth, but of course he may tell it selectively or get her into all sorts of trouble by doing so, using deceit and manipulation. Given he is the source of her comprehend power, that would be one way of doing so (giving interpretations that are correct but misleading). Note: Tazel can be played by the GM as a totally malign and deceptive entity. He is, after all, a demon. As he mechanically is bound to obey Pitch he is built as a sidekick. He is somewhat mysterious and mercurial, meaning different GMs may take a different angle on him. Disability: Carmen walks with a noticeable limp. In addition to her disability drawback (unable to all out move) this can make things like acrobatics and so on very hard or impossible for her, and she cannot run or even walk far without pain and fatigue. Trips may be more effective. She would not be able to operate normal vehicles normally (those requiring two pedals). Should she be without her callipers for her right lower leg, these problems are worse. Rolling Stone: Whilst she generally has a reasonable amount of money from her work, she has no permanent abode, and her resources and money do fluctuate. No Exorcisms Please: Tazel, her bound demon (who normally lives in her belly) cannot abide holy grounds, or religious artefacts placed on Carmen. In such cases, he will be forcibly ejected from her. Plume of Smoke: Aside from the normal visibility of powers, the smoke and flames from her powers could lead her to be particularly noticeable, such as spotting a plume of smoke outdoors from miles away, or the fire making her noticeable in the darkness. Burnt Out: If Tazel is ejected and somehow cannot make a beeline back to Carmen's mouth (which he could do at very high speed, more than his regular flight) - for instance, if he was unconscious, or mind controlled, or there was some magical or energy barrier blocking or ensnaring him, she cannot deactivate the summon. Essentially deactivating the summon to change the array to the "Tazel within" alternate power means she must swallow him. Hidden Ink: If Pitch’s spinal tattoo is completely covered, its power fades. The spine stretched up to neck and down to sacrum. Her normal rock t-shirt would not cover it, but certain snares might, as might other powers, or even clothes. Abilities: 2 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 4 + 8 = 24 Strength 12/22 (+1/+6) With Rage, up to 28 (+9) Dexterity: 14 (+2) Constitution: 14/22 (+2/+6) Intelligence: 12 (+1) Wisdom: 14 (+2) Charisma: 18 (+4) Combat: 20 + 20 = 40 Initiative: +6 Attack: +10 Defense: +10, +5 Flat Footed Grapple: +11/+17 (Additional +3 with Rage active) Knockback: -6 Saving Throws: 7 + 7 + 11 = 23 Toughness: +8/+12 Fortitude: +9/+13 (+2/+7 Con, +7) Reflex: +7 (+2 Dex, +5) Will: +13 (+2 Wis, +11) Skills: 72 Ranks = 18 PP Bluff 4 (+8) [Additional +4 in Alt Form] Concentration 4 (+6) Craft (Mechanical) 4 (+5) Diplomacy 0 (+4) [Additional +4 in Alt Form] Drive 4 (+6) Intimidate 8 (+12) [Additional +4 in Alt Form] Gather Information 2 (+6) Knowledge (Arcane) 4 (+5) Knowledge (Pop Culture) 9 (+10) Knowledge (Streetwise) 4 (+5) Language 1 (English [Native], Spanish) Notice 4 (+6) Perform [Singing] 2 (+6) [Additional +4 in Alt Form] Perform [Stringed Instruments] 6 (+10) Profession [Writer] 8 (+10) Sense Motive 8 (+10) Feats: 15 PP Attractive Equipment 9 Favoured Opponent (Infernal) Improved Initiative 1 Jack of All Trades Rage 2 [+6 STR, +3 Fort, +3 Will, -2 Defence] Equipment: 9 PP = 35 EP Chain (Strike 2, Mighty, Extended Reach 2, Improved Trip, Improved Disarm) [7 EP] Shotgun (Blast 5 [3 vs Armoured], Accurate 1, AP: Blast 6, Feats: Stun Ammo [Rocksalt]) [14 EP] Motorcycle (STR 20, Toughness 8, Size Medium, Speed 5 [250mph], Alarm 1, Smokescreen, Retractable Numberplates [Hides ID]) [14 EP] Powers: 11 + 49 + 6 + 61 + 3 + 1 = 131 PP Immunity 11 (Aging, All Infernal Effects, All Celestial Effects) [11 PP] “Spinal Tattoo” Infernal Forge Array (40 PP Array, Feats: Alt Power 9) [49 PP] BP: Blast 12 (Extras: Autofire, Feats: Affects Insubstantial 2, Improved Critical 2, Variable Descriptor 1 [Metal], Drawback: Max Range 1 [600’]) [40/40 PP] “Metal Shards” AP: Damage 11 (Extras: Area [Cone, 1-1100’], Feats: Decrease Area 11, Increase Area 3, Incurable, Affects Insubstantial 2) [39/40 PP] “Breathe Hellfire” AP: Snare 12 (Extra: Constricting, Feats: Affects Insubstantial 2, Homing, Reversible, Tether, Can pause / activate constriction as free action, Drawback: Max Range 2 [300’]) [40/40 PP] “Chain” AP: Move Object 11 (Extras: Damaging, Perception, Feats: Affect Insubstantial 2, Precise, Flaw: Limited [Metal]) [36/40 PP] “Command Metal” AP: Create Object 9 (Extras: Duration [Continuous], Movable, Feats: Affects Insubstantial 2, Variable Descriptor 1 [Metal]) [39/40 PP] “Make Metal” AP: Transform 10 (1000lbs, Narrow to Narrow, Metal to Metal [Shape only], Extras: Duration [Continuous, countered by mechanical/structural craft], Flaw: Range) [40/40 PP] “Mold Metal” AP: Nullify 10 (Any one mechanical effect, Extras: Duration [Sustained], Range [Perception]) [40 PP] "Seize Engine" AP: Suffocate 8 (Extras: Range 2 [Perception], Duration 1 [Sustained]) [40/40 PP] “Smoke” AP: Teleport 10 (1000’/200K Miles, Extras: Affects Others, Accurate, Feats: Change Direction, Change Velocity, Easy, Extended Reach 1, Progression: Affects Others 2 [5 persons], Progression: Mass 3 [1000lbs], Flaws: Medium [Hot Metal]) [39/40 PP] “Forge Walk” AP: Environmental Control 4 (50’ radius, Dim Light, Distraction DC 5, Extreme Heat, Hamper Move [50%], Extras: Range [Perception]) linked with Obscure 4 (50’ Radius, Visual and Olfactory, Extras: Range [Perception]) [16+24=40/40 PP] Protection 6 [6 PP] “Spinal Tattoo” Tazel Array (60 PP Array, Feats: Alt Power 1) [61 PP] BP: Alt Form 10 (50 PP, Extras: Duration [Continuous]) [60/60 PP] “Tazel Within” Comprehend 2 (Speak/Understand Animals, Flaws: Limited to animal associated with devil’ry e.g. Rats, Pigs, Goats) [2 PP] “Twisted Tongue” Comprehend 2 (Speak/Understand Languages) [4 PP] “Twisted Tongue” Enhanced Traits 6 (Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidate and Sing +4, Feats: Distract [Intimidate], Fascinate [Intimidate]) [6 PP] “Twisted Tongue” Feature 1: Mimicry [1 PP] “Twisted Tongue” Super Senses 5 (Visual Counters Obscure) [5 PP] “Infernal Vision” Immunity 13 (Fire effects, Condition: Cold, Starvation and Thirst, Suffocation: Smoke) [13 PP] “Infernal power” Enhanced Traits (+10 Strength, +8 Constitution) [18 PP] “Infernal Power” Feature 1: Smoky [Conceals secret ID like a mask] [1 PP] AP: Summon 12 (180 PP: Tazel, Extras: Fanatical [NB: Complication], Heroic, Duration: Continuous, Feat: Mental Link, Drawback: Full round to summon/expel) [60/60 PP] Super-Movement 4 (Wall crawling 2, Slow Fall, Sure Footed 1, Extras: Affects Others [only], Flaws: Limited to Combustion Vehicles, Drawbacks: Move Action to ignite) [3 PP] “Hellfire Ignition” Super Senses 1 (Visual Detect Infernal) [1 PP] “Infernal eyes” Drawbacks: Disability: Cannot move all out [1 PP] NB: See complication for possible additional effects. DC Block ATTACK RANGE SAVE EFFECT Unarmed Touch DC 16/21 Tough* Damage Chain Equipment 10’ DC 18/23 Tough* Damage Chain Power Ranged DC 27 Reflex Snare Metal Shards Ranged DC 22 Tough Damage Hellfire Breath Touch/Cone DC 26 Tough/DC 21 Reflex Damage Hellfire Ignition Perception DC 22 Tough Damage Smoke Perception DC 25 Fort Suffocate *Additional +3 if Rage active Totals: Abilities 24 + Combat 40 + Saving Throws 23 + Skills 18 + Feats 15 + Powers 131 – Drawbacks 1 = 250/250 Power Points

Captain Cosmos Power Level: 11 (194/205 PP) Unspent Power Points: 11 Trade-Offs: -4 Attack / +4 DC, -4 Defence / +4 Toughness In Brief: Multidimensional Paragon Alternate Identity: Buddy Brand Birthplace: San Franisco Residence: Freedom City Occupation: Newsreader Affiliations: None Family: Bernard Brand (Estranged Father, Businessman), Violet Brand (Lawyer Sister) Description: Age: 44 Apparent Age: 44 Gender: Male Ethnicity: Caucasian Height: 5’11” Weight: 85 Kgs Eyes: Blue Hair: Brown / White Buddy is a fairly tall, broad man, with a physique representative of regular but not extreme exercise. He looks fairly close to his age, with silver flecked white hair and a few wrinkles. He has what many call a “trustworthy” face. When dressed as Captain Cosmos he has a black and grey spandex costume and mask, complete with cape. His chest has a golden “X” shaped cross on it. Captain Cosmos can change his dimensions. As a one-dimensional being he is essentially an imperceptible line. As a two dimensional being he will be completely flat. As a four dimensional being, he looks slightly faint, as if out of synch with the universe. As a five dimensional being, he appears to move with a faint blur. As a hyperdimensional being he gives an almost indescribable appearance of being “hyper-real” – even to those with normal senses there is an impression that he exists in countless incomprehensible dimensions. History: Buddy had an undesirable upbringing with a father who simply pushed him too hard to succeed at everything, wanting him to be a lawyer or politician. In university, Buddy rebelled, and ended up working in media, which ended up enjoying – and being promoted to newsreader for WCZA Channel 7 News. His flagship show is "the Brand Report", where he grills famous persons of Freedom City on a Thurdsay Evening. Buddy’s life changed when he ran into an alternate version of himself late on evening, driving home from an out of town party. The mysterious figure was “Captain Cosmos” and lay dying on the road. As Buddy comforted the dying man, he heard his dying words “Beware…the Collapse!” and was then infused with a hyperdimensional energy source, granting him extraordinary powers. For the first few days Buddy was wracked with nausea and disorientation. His physician, Doctor Linda LaBelle, ran some tests and came up with some extraordinary results. To this day, only she knows of his secret identity. Buddy felt both a duty to carry on the mantle of Captain Cosmos, and a duty to address some of the terrible things he had reported on in the world. Thus, Captain Cosmos roamed the skies once more… Personality & Motivation: Captain Cosmos is a friendly guy who is generally well liked. Having seen much of the darker side of the world as a newsman, he has a cynical streak, although he is generally an optimistic sort. In other words, he sees a lot of problems in the world, but also feels that they can be sorted out. His relationship with his father growing up was pretty awful, and whilst he has internalised some of that inner drive to succeed, he doesn’t like that. He is left with a chronic feeling of not being “good enough”, which drives his career and his personal life. Powers & Tactics: Captain Cosmos draws on the power of all the alternate versions of Buddy Brand throughout the multiverse (although only one has this power). This grants him amazing strength and resilience, and as he can sustain himself from the life force of all his alternate versions, immunity to any biological attack. In addition he can fly, and can alter his dimensions, either lowering them (one or two dimensional) or raising them (and thus being able to bypass normal space and time considerations) He will reduce his dimensions primarily for stealth, although sometimes fights two dimensionally if he is tired, weakened, and feels justified in using his dangerous “slicing” ability. He is more cautious about gaining extra dimensions due to the effect it has on his mental health – particularly for extended periods of time. But, if under pressure, he will use them. Power Descriptions: Captain Cosmos’ dimensional changes appear as above (Appearance). His flight causes a rumbling sound, and ripple in space behind him. Complications: Possibly Psychotic: Gaining more than three dimensions tends to scramble his brain if sustained for long. He will become increasingly paranoid, hallucinate, and display thought disorder. This does not make him violent (as he is not a violent man), but it is disabling and frightening. Even seconds will start to make him slightly suspicious, a few minutes will make him symptomatic, whilst a few hours could drive him to life threatening catatonia As he starts to become paranoid, the GM can start to give false information or present hallucinations as real. At the more severe end of these symptoms, his speech will start to disintegrate and make communication jumbled or garbled. These effects are sped up in high gravity (his descent to psychosis taking seconds) and slowed down in low gravity. Zero gravity (such as space) hugely slows down these effects, so he could operate in hyperdimensional forms for days with minimal effect. Buddy takes a few days to improve from these side effects (Depending on severity, it may take a shorter time or longer time). Those skilled in Behavioural Sciences might help him cope with these symptoms via psychological techniques, whilst those skills in medicine might rapidly speed his recovery (to hours) with antipsychotic drugs. Seizures, including ECT, will cause extremely rapid improvement (possibly instant). Busy Body: Buddy’s Secret ID is both busy and famous, and he lives in the competitive, stressful world of Media. Whilst able and reasonably popular, he is not so skilled that he is irreplaceable. Chronic Consciousness: Whilst Captain Cosmos can time travel, it is not easy for him. He will black out (fall unconscious) with either voluntary or involuntary time travel (or possibly, even temporal effects). Dread of Drowning: As a child, Buddy nearly drowned in a white-water rafting expedition – and his Father remonstrated him badly. He has a lingering fear of being submerged (although he no longer has any danger of drowning). Whilst actually underwater he is only slightly anxious, it is the process of actually submerging that is dreadful to him. If he voluntary submerges himself he would need at least a moment to steel himself (causing delay), whilst an involuntary submerging (from knockback or telekinesis or the like) would send him into a paralytic panic. Zero: Captain Cosmos could plausibly eliminate all his dimensions; essentially a zero-dimensional form, thus ceasing (temporarily) to exist at all. Whilst he would never voluntarily do this (arguably he could not voluntary force his own non-existence) massive exotic dimensional effects or super high gravity might cause this state – as might a malignant mind controller. Abilities: 4 + 0 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 18 Strength: 14/40 (+2/+15) Dexterity: 10 (+0) Constitution: 12 (+1) Intelligence: 14 (+2) Wisdom: 14 (+2) Charisma: 14 (+2) Combat: 14 + 14 = 24 Initiative: +4 (w/ Improved Initiative) Attack: +7 Defense: +7 (+4 Flat Footed) Grapple: +24 Knockback: -7 (-15 in hyperdimensional form) Saving Throws: 0 + 5 + 8 = 13 Toughness: +15 (+1 Con, +14) (6 impervious in hyperdimensional form) Fortitude: Immune Reflex: +5 (+5 in 5 dimensional form) Will: +10 (+2 Wis, +8) Skills: 15 PP = 60 R Bluff 4 (+6) Concentration 12 (+14) Diplomacy 8 (+10) Intimidate 4 (+6) Knowledge (Current Events) 14 (+16) Language 2 (Englishbase, French, Spanish) Notice 4 (+6) Perform [Oratory] 4 (+6) Sense Motive 8 (+10) Feats: 7 PP All-Out Attack Connected Benefit 1 (Wealth) Environmental Adaptation 2 (Low and Zero Gravity) Improved Initiative Move-by Action Powers: 29 + 26 + 1 + 12 + 30 + 14 + 5 = 117 Alt Form 5 Dimensional Array (25 PP Alt Forms, Duration: Sustained [+0], Feats: 4 Extra Alt Forms) [29 PP] “Dimensional Control” [Dimensional] Base Form: 1 Dimensional (Becomes a mathematical line) Concealment 4 (All Visual Senses, Flaws: Permanent [+0], Feat: Close Range) Insubstantial 4 (Incorporeal, affected by dimensional affects, Flaws: Permanent [+0], Limited to openings and spaces) [9 = 16 = 25 PP] Alt Form: 2 Dimensional (Becomes completely flat) Concealment 4 (All Visual Senses: Flaws: Permanent [+0], Limited to those facing side-on) [4 PP] Insubstantial 1 (Flaws: Permanent [+0], Limited to passing through gaps equal to or wider than width) [4 PP] Strike 15 (Drawbacks: Lethal Damage Only, Feats: Improved Critical 1) [15 PP] Alt Form: 4 Dimensional (Bypass normal spatial constraints) Supermovement 3 (Permeate 3) [6 PP] Supersenses 8 (Auditory and Visual Penetrates Concealment) [8 PP] Super Strength 11 (+55 Lifting Capacity, Flaws: Limited to lifting only) [11 PP] Alt Form 5 Dimensional (Bypass normal temporal constraints) Supermovement 6 (Temporal 3 [Any time], Space 3 [Intergalactic]) [12 PP] Quickness 6 (X100 speed) [6 PP] Enhanced Traits 7 (Reflex +5, Feats: Evasion 2) [7 PP] Alt Form: 6+ Dimensional – Hyperdimensional (Exist in countless dimensions simultaneously!) Supermovement 2 (Dimensional Travel 2: Any alternate reality) [4 PP] Super Senses 0 (Feats: Dimensional 2, any alternate reality) [2 PP] Strength Bonus 0 (Feats: Affects Insubstantial 2) [2 PP] Impervious Toughness 6 [6 PP] Immovable 5 (+20 to resist movement, -5 Knockback, Extras: Unstoppable, Feats: Second chance [Tough Save vs Impact damage]) [11PP] Enhanced Strength 26 [26 PP] [Dimensional] Feature: Temporal Anchor [1 PP] [Dimensional / Temporal] Flight 5 (250mph, Feats: Subtle, Instant Up) [12 PP] [Dimensional] Immunity 30 (Fort Saves) [30 PP] [Dimensional] Protection 14 [14 PP] [Dimensional] Super Strength 2 [Total Effective STR 50, Feats: Shockwave) [5 PP] [Dimensional] DC Block ATTACK RANGE SAVE EFFECT Unarmed Touch DC 30 Toughness Damage Totals: Abilities 18 + Combat 24 + Saving Throws 13 + Skills 15 + Feats 7 + Powers 117 = 194/205 Power Points

In Brief: Thor's daughter got her mom's hair and her dad's everything else Character: Thrude Power Level: 12 (Built as PL11) Tradeoffs: At PL11: -5 Attack / +5 Damage, -5 Defense / +5 Toughness Power Points: 175/178 Unspent Points: 3 Catchphrase: "I SHALL SMITE THEE!" Nicknames: Trudy Alternate Identity: Princess Thrude Thorsdottir of Asgard Identity: Public, although the general public is not in universal agreement that Thrude is an actual deity Legal Status: Undocumented immigrant with no criminal record Birthplace: Thrudvangr, Asgard Residence: Nomadic Base of Operations: Intergalactic Occupation: Goddess, Princess, Psychopomp (former), Superhero, Warrior Affiliations: Lily Sorensen (mortal host, deceased), Aesir (family), Dvergar (allies), Interceptors (former member), Jotnar (enemies, family), Valkyries (former member), Vanir (allies) Family: Thor (father), Sif (mother), Odin (paternal grandfather), Frigga (paternal step-grandmother), Jord (biological paternal grandmother), Magni (paternal half-brother), Modi (paternal half-brother), Ullr (maternal half-brother), Baldr (paternal uncle, deceased), Nanna (paternal aunt), Bragi (paternal uncle), Idunn (paternal aunt), Heimdall (paternal uncle), Hermodr (paternal uncle), Hodr (paternal uncle), Tyr (paternal uncle), Vali (paternal uncle), Vidarr (paternal uncle), Forseti (paternal cousin), Vili (paternal grand-uncle), Ve (paternal grand-uncle), Loki (adoptive paternal grand-uncle), Sigyn (adoptive paternal grand-aunt), Fenrir (adoptive paternal second cousin), Hel (adoptive paternal second cousin), Jormungandr (adoptive paternal second cousin), Narfi (adoptive paternal second cousin, deceased), Sleipnir (adoptive paternal second cousin), Alviss (fiance, deceased) DESCRIPTION Age: ~2,500 (Date of Birth: ~500 BCE) Apparent Age: 22 Gender: Female Ethnicity: White Scandinavian Height: 6' Weight: 185 lbs. Hair: Gold Eyes: Blue A deity in the image of her followers, Thrude has eyes like lightning, set into flesh as pale as fresh snow. She lost her left eye in battle with The Fenris Wulf, wearing a leather patch over the scarred remains. The long, flowing golden locks she inherited from her mother shine like honey in the light of the Sun. She usually wears them in long braids, to keep them out of the way during combat. During battle, she wears furs, leathers, and linens, dyed in bright azure and amber hues, similar to the brightly-colored jumpsuits worn by modern superheroes. Magical runes have been sewn into these clothes, allowing them to change shape into a simple dress when she is not in battle. She stands tall with the regal, almost haughty bearing one would expect of a princess, and she moves with the sure, practiced gait of a trained warrior in peak condition. Her words are always clear and crisp, from a combination of perfect enunciation and sheer window-rattling volume. HISTORY Odin All-Father was king of the gods of the North, the Aesir, they who had eaten of the golden apples from the Tree of Idunn and gained eternal youth and vitality beyond the reach of mortal men. Odin One-Eye, who had helped to make the world from the fallen giant Ymir, gave gifts of knowledge to the northern tribes of Midgard: hunting, swordplay, literacy, even brewing, all of it knowledge he gained with great personal sacrifice. With Jord, the giantess whose body was the very Earth itself, he begat Thor. Thor, lord of the storm, married Sif, she of the golden hair in whose fertile womb the fields bore fruit. Together, they in turn begat Thrude, Daughter of Storms, Princess of Asgard. Her name means "Power", "Strength", in one of the oldest tongues ever spoken upon Europa. The Aesir sought to form a lasting alliance with the Dvergar. The dwarves were unparalleled smiths and masons, masters of rune magic and creators of wondrous devices. To that end, Thrude was promised to wed Alviss the All-Wise, master of the forge. He was small of stature and humble in bearing, but well learned, of great skill and kind heart, which endeared him to the young goddess. Alviss rivaled even Odin in his understanding of runic lore, and to woo her, he forged for her Hridleif ("The Storm's Legacy"), a weapon fit for the Daughter of Storms, a weapon to rival the magnificence of her father's great warhammer Mjolnir. But her father, Thor, did not approve of the union. His pride could not bear the insult of a troll as a son-in-law and heir. So Thor tricked Alviss, demanding from him a "test of wisdom." All night did Thor ask questions of Alviss, questions about everything under the Sun. And it was the Sun that was the dwarf's undoing, for he was so distracted by Thor's tests that he did not notice its morning arrival until its rays turned him to stone, the fate of all Dvergar touched by Sol. Consumed with rage and grief, Thrude turned away from her father, joining the Valkyries. Alongside her sister shieldmaidens, she descended unto the battlefields of Midgard, choosing the bravest and the strongest of fallen mortal warriors to train and fight and revel in Valhalla, or to sate Freyja's appetites in the fields of Folkvangr. She helped build the army which would defend the realms from the ravages of the Jotnar on the day of reckoning, Ragnarok. She fought many battles in the name of the Aesir, and she slew many foes, men and monsters alike. It was in a battle with such a beast that young Thrude's fate was (literally) sealed. Fenrir, the great winter wolf, Loki's foul get, had slipped his bonds once again, and Thrude had hunted him to the ends of the Earth. Goddess and monster were locked in ferocious battle, with no quarter being asked nor given, when Loki, the trickster and schemer without equal, trapped them both with his sorcery. None know to what end he sealed them away; he has ever kept his own counsel on the matter, and his purpose may well have slipped through the cracks of his countless machinations and been lost to time even for himself. To the outside world, their prison appeared as simple pottery, a jar or bottle like any other. But inside the pocket dimension contained within, their battle raged on throughout the centuries. There was no sense of the passage of time for them, no frame of reference, only a void, empty save for their foe. In the year 2011 of the Common Era, a clumsy and ignorant human accidentally destroyed a simple clay jar from a collection of ancient Viking relics, and unleashed both Thrude and the Fenris Wolf upon the streets of Freedom City. Their battle continued, and despite the intervention of several of the city's superheroes, including Doktor Archeville, the wolf's iron-clad mortal namesake, and a Messenger of Yahweh, the winter wolf escaped, taking Thrude's eye in the process. The breaking of Thrude's prison by a mortal fulfilled the requirement of The Pact that a god not set foot upon Earth without a human summons. Thrude was not party to the horrors of Nazi Germany in which the Aesir were complicit, nor to the subsequent agreement they made to exile themselves from the human world. With the Messenger's blessing, Master Mage Adrian Eldritch allowed her to stay in Midgard. She remained on Earth for a few months, protecting the innocent as best she could and briefly serving as a member of the Interceptors, before returning to Asgard, wishing to honor the spirit of The Pact. However, she still believed that it was her inherited responsibility to redeem her family's honor and to protect the people of Midgard. She did not have to wait long for an opportunity to return to the mortal realm. When a soldier named Lily Sorensen was mortally wounded, Thrude appeared to her, and offered her a choice: Thrude could guide her to the afterlife she had earned, or she could act as Thrude's host, allowing the goddess to manifest on the Earthly plane. This would delay her final reward, but allow her to partake of Thrude's experiences in the meantime. Lily decided that she wanted to keep fighting the good fight for a while longer, so she agreed to be Thrude's vessel. PERSONALITY & MOTIVATION Like any young adult, mortal or divine, Thrude isn't half as worldly or sophisticated as she thinks she is. Of all her faults, it is her naivete to which she is most blind. Sometimes to her chagrin, Thrude takes after her parents, and indeed, her entire family. She is brave and confident to a fault, acts and speaks before thinking (often violently), and lets her boundless passions rule her. She is a linear thinker with a straightforward personality, who prefers any action at all to inaction, and like her father, this makes her gullible and easy to manipulate. A straight line is not only the quickest way between two points, it is the only way. If something doesn't fit, bend it, and if it doesn't bend, break it. But Thrude is also generous and self-sacrificing, seeking to alleviate the suffering of others by any means necessary, taking their burdens upon herself without hesitation. She will always be the first to charge in and the last to withdraw, seeking out the most powerful foes or the most dangerous hazards for herself, holding herself to a higher standard than anyone else. In her mind, there is nothing that can't be done, no foe who can't be overcome. POWERS & TACTICS As a goddess, Thrude is stronger, tougher, and hardier than any mortal ever could be. She is equally at home on dry land, on the highest mountain, in the deepest ocean, or floating in the void of outer space. Although hunger and thirst cause her discomfort, they will not be her undoing. Like any god of the Aesir, but especially befitting the daughter of Thor and sister of Magni, Thrude's divine strength can toss automobiles into the air with the same ease as a child tosses a ball. Blades and bullets bounce harmlessly off of her skin. As a member of a pantheon where every god is a "god of war," Thrude has received substantial training in both marksmanship and hand-to-hand combat. As a member of a pre-industrial civilization, she is a skilled hunter. She would fit in alongside any elite special forces unit in the world. That training is obvious to anyone with comparable instruction, even despite her fighting style being aggressive to the point of recklessness and straightforward to a fault. As a wedding present, Alviss the dwarf runesmith forged for her Hridleif, The Storm's Legacy. While not in use, it takes the form of a simple but ornate drinking horn. However, when its power is needed, it transforms into a massive shapeshifting polearm. The ebony haft runs anywhere from one to three meters long, expanding and contracting at Thrude's mental command. The gleaming mithril head, over a meter wide, morphs at her whim between the shape of a double-headed battle axe or warhammer. Both head and haft are etched with magical Norse runes, killing words which summon lightning and frost to crackle and gleam along the weapon's edges. Hridleif appears to be completely impractical, and indeed, to anyone relying solely on the laws of physics, it is worse than useless, refusing even to move from its resting place. But in the hands of those with courage and honor enough to be deemed "worthy," it is light as a feather, even as it crushes mountains into dust or cleaves a dragon in twain. Hridleif is much more than a weapon. As with the mighty hammer Mjolnir wielded by her father, it is also a sceptre for the Princess of Storms. At the wielder's command (conscious or otherwise), mist shrouds the sky, rain and sleet pour down, and thunder and lightning crash. The air freezes into great blocks of ice in any shape they desire. Electricity arcs up and down the wielder's body. They can conjure up a horse with a body of mist and lightning for eyes which can bear them across the sky at many times the speed of sound, creating thunder with every hoofbeat and leaving a blazing streak of rainbow light in its passing. COMPLICATIONS Accidents: With Hridleif in her possession, Thrude has an intimate connection with the power of the storm, and it is not always under her control. When she feels particularly excited, distressed, or depressed, the weather around her often changes to reflect her mood, without conscious effort on her part. As a young and reckless warrior, she often takes action without full regard to the potential consequences. A GM should feel free to give her or her comrades a Hero Point in exchange for either temporarily forcing the "Uncontrolled" flaw upon one or more of her powers, or creating a new hazard as a result of their use. Anachronism: Thrude spent the last thousand years imprisoned in a pocket dimension. A GM should feel free to give her or her comrades a Hero Point when her lack of context and familiarity with the modern world creates an inconvenient misunderstanding. Brash: Thrude is young and inexperienced. She inherited her father's boundless passion and courage, but also his reckless short-sightedness and lack of tactical or scholarly acumen. She is prone to "jumping the gun," and a GM should feel free to dictate a less-than-optimal course of action for her, in exchange for a Hero Point (either for her, or for an ally inconvenienced by her actions). Enemies: Thrude has inherited the enemies of the Aesir, who are legion. Their ranks include many of the Jotnar, especially Loki and the monsters he has birthed, as well as denizens of Midgard who suffered at the hands of Donar during his enslavement by the Thule Society. She has also locked swords with fellow weather manipulator Doctor Stratos. The GM can choose to have any of these foes show up at an inopportune time, making a bad situation worse. Fear Itself: Mechanically speaking, Thrude's Fearless feat makes her immune to fear effects. However, the GM can give her a Hero Point to override that immunity and force her to roll a saving throw or contested check against a fear effect normally. Lost Love: Thrude still grieves for Alviss, the dwarf runesmith to whom she was betrothed before her father murdered him. A GM should feel free to give Thrude a Hero Point in exchange for inflicting penalties upon her when she is distracted by his memory, or when an enemy uses that memory to manipulate her. Obligations: Thrude is a scion of a large royal family, party to many treaties and alliances. The GM can choose to have familial or political obligations or debts of honor make her life inconvenient. Reputation: The Thule Society's binding of Thor into the service of the Nazis during World War 2 did incalculable damage to the global perception of the Nordic pantheon. Both superheroes and the general public will be skeptical, at best, of Thrude's intentions. A GM should feel free to give Thrude a Hero Point in exchange for making NPCs less inclined, if at all, to trust or aid her. One way to represent this mechanically would be to force a penalty (or an automatic failure) on Bluff, Diplomacy, and/or Gather Information checks. ABILITIES 48PP (16 + 0 + 16 + 0 + 0 + 16) Strength: 35/26 (+12/+8), 50/26 Lifting (Heavy Load: 12 tons / 920 lbs.) Dexterity: 10 (+0) Constitution: 30/26 (+10/+8) Intelligence: 10 (+0) Wisdom: 10 (+0) Charisma: 26 (+8) COMBAT 22PP (12 + 10) Initiative: +0 (+0 Dex) Attack: +6, +2 Ranged (+6 Base, -4 Disability) Grapple: +21/+14 (+6 Melee Attack, +12/+8 Strength, +3 Super-Strength) Defense: +6 (+5 Base, +1 Dodge Focus), +3 Flat-Footed Knockback Resistance: 13/4 (1/2 Non-Impervious Toughness 5 = 2, + Impervious Toughness 11 = 13) SAVING THROWS 16PP (0 + 6 + 10) Toughness: +16/+8 (+10/+8 Con, +6 Protection)Impervious 11 Fortitude: +10/+8 (+10/+8 Con, +0PP) Reflex: +6 (+0 Dex, +6PP) Will: +10 (+0 Wis, +10PP)Ultimate Save SKILLS 11PP (44R) Intimidate 12 (+20) Knowledge (Arcane Lore) 5 (+5) Knowledge (History) 5 (+5) Knowledge (Theology/Philosophy) 5 (+5) Languages 7 (Danish, English, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Old English, Old Norse [Native], Swedish) Ride 5 (+5) Survival 5 (+5)Track FEATS 11PP Benefit (Status [Goddess, Princess]) Dodge Focus Fearless Interpose Luck 3 Quick Draw Takedown Attack Track Ultimate Save (Will) POWERS 78PP Device 8 (40PP Container [Passive: No Action, Permanent Duration]; Flaws: Easy-To-Lose; Feats: Restricted 2 [Will only allow "the worthy" to lift or wield it], Subtle [Transforms into a drinking horn]) [27PP] (Descriptors: Blessed Weapon, Empathic Weapon, Hridleif, Magic Weapon, Shapeshifting Weapon) Environment Control 1 (Light [Reduces darkness-based concealment by one step, from total to partial, or from partial to none]; Area: 5ft radius; Extras: Action 2 [Free]; Flaws: Range [Touch]) [2PP] (Descriptors: Lightning Aura) Flight 1 (10MPH, 100ft per Move Action) [2PP] (Descriptors: Divine Wind) Storm Mastery 16 (32PP Array; Feats: Alternate Power 4) [36PP] Base Power: [12 + 20 = 32PP] Damage 4 (Feats: Affects Insubstantial 2 [Full effect], Extended Reach [10ft], Improved Critical 2 [18-20], Incurable, Mighty, Variable Descriptor [Bludgeoning, Cold, Electricity, Slashing, and/or Wind]) [12PP] (Additional Descriptors: Weapon Strike) Flight 10 (11 ranks total; 25,000MPH, 50 miles per Move Action) [20PP] (Additional Descriptors: Divine Wind) Alternate Power: [32PP] (Additional Descriptors: Ice Constructs) Create Object 11 (Volume: 11 cubes; Toughness: 11; Lifting Strength: 55, Heavy Load: 24 tons; Extras: Duration [Continuous], Range [Perception]; Flaws: Distracting, Permanent; Feats: Precise, Progression [Object Size] 9 [5,000ft / 1 mile cubes]) [32PP] Alternate Power: [21 + 11 = 32PP] (Additional Descriptors: Lightning Bolt) Drain Toughness 11 (Extras: Affects Objects, Linked, Range 2 [Perception]; Flaws: Additional Save [Reflex], Distracting; Drawbacks: Full Power) [21PP] Damage 11 (Extras: Linked, Range 2 [Perception]; Flaws: Additional Save [Reflex], Distracting) [11PP] Alternate Power: [32PP] (Additional Descriptors: Storm Summoning) Environment Control 8 (5PP/rank = 40PP of Mix-&-Match effects; Area: 1,000ft [2 city blocks] radius; Extras: Independent, Selective, Total Fade; Flaws: Action [Full], Distracting, Range [Touch]; Feats: Slow Fade [1 minute / rank = 8 minutes]; Drawbacks: Full Power) [32PP] Alternate Power: [20 + 6 + 6 = 32PP] (Additional Descriptors: Divine Wind, Rainbow Bridge) Flight 10 (11 ranks total; 25,000MPH, 50 miles per Move Action) [20PP] Super-Movement 2 (Dimensional Travel 2 [9 Worlds of Norse Mythology]; Feats: Progression [Cargo] 2 [500 lbs.]) [6PP] Super-Movement 3 (Space Travel 3 [Intergalactic]) [6PP] Enhanced Constitution 4 [4PP] (Descriptors: Divine Might) Features 1 (Quick Change) [1PP] (Descriptors: Magic Clothes) Enhanced Strength 9 [9PP] (Descriptors: Divine Might) Features 3 (Environmental Adaptation 3 [High Gravity; Low Gravity; Zero Gravity]) [3PP] (Descriptors: Divine Might) Immunity 11 (Aging; Life Support; Starvation/Thirst) [11PP] (Descriptors: Divine Might) Impervious Toughness 11 [11PP] (Descriptors: Divine Might) Protection 6 [6PP] (Descriptors: Divine Might) Super-Strength 3 (Lifting Strength: 50, Heavy Load: 12 tons) [6PP] (Descriptors: Divine Might) DRAWBACKS -11PP Disability (One Eye; Frequency: Common; Intensity: Moderate [-4 Attack with Ranged attacks]) [-3PP] Vulnerability (Deception [Bluff, Illusion, etc.]; Frequency: Very Common; Intensity: Moderate [+50% effect rank]) [-4PP] Vulnerability (Emotion effects; Frequency: Common; Intensity: Major [x2 effect rank]) [-4PP] ATTACK RANGE SAVE EFFECT Unarmed Touch DC27/23 Toughness (Staged) Damage (Physical) Ice Construct Perception DC21 Reflex Trapped Dropped Ice Construct Perception/Area DC21 Reflex Avoided DC26 Toughness (Staged) Damage (Physical) Lightning Bolt Perception DC21 Reflex Avoided DC21 Fortitude (Staged) Drain Toughness DC26 Toughness (Staged) Damage (Energy) Weapon Strike Touch +5ft DC31 Toughness (Staged) Damage (Energy and/or Physical)* *Variable Descriptor Abilities (48) + Combat (22) + Saving Throws (16) + Skills (11) + Feats (11) + Powers (78) - Drawbacks (11) = 175/178 Power Points