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|Title= 7th Rune Lord<br />
|Name=Lord Xanadu<br />
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|MainArchetype= Sorcery<br />
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|RealName= Unknown<br />
|Aliases= The Silver Sorcerer, The Red King, Xan<br />
|Birthdate= 1927<br />
|Birthplace= Kearny Nebraska<br />
|Citizenship= Former US citizen {deceased}<br />
|Residence= Triskelion Keep<br />
|Headquarters= The Inner Sanctum<br />
|Occupation= Protector of the Triskelion Gate<br />
|Legal= KIA Korea, 1953<br />
|Marital= Separated<br />
|Relatives= Lady Tephra {Estranged Wife}<br />
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|Species= Human<br />
|SubType= Cyborg<br />
|Manufacturer= Zoar<br />
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|Ethnicity= Caucasian {formerly}<br />
|Gender= Male {Originally}<br />
|Age= 291<br />
|Height= 6' 8"<br />
|Weight= 800 lbs<br />
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|KnownPowers= Cybernetic Enhancement, Psinoic, Sorcery<br />
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==Life on Earth ==<br />
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The man that would become known as Lord Xanadu was born, and grew up in, a rural area of Nebraska in the late 20's. He did not have the temperament to be a farmer and joined the army shortly after the end of WWII in the hopes of raising enough money to go to college. He was deployed to Korea during the conflict there and during his tour, met and fell in love with a nurse stationed there from Greece named Tephra. They made plans for the future, but fate stepped in and ended them all. Xan was mortally wounded in the battle of Imjin River and left for dead. Little did he know that he had been under observation by an extra-terrestrial entity that called itself '''Zoar'''. '''Zoar''' was a technological intelligence built, and left behind, by a vastly ancient race know as the Lukovians, also known as the Travelers. Said to be the oldest sentient race in our galaxy, the Lukovians are rumored to have visited every habitable planet in our galaxy, watching and promoting the existence of intelligent life. '''Zoar''' was built at the center of our moon to observe the development of our planet. Approximately 4000 years ago every trace of the Lukovian race suddenly disappeared from our galaxy as if they had never been. Except for a handful of abandoned outposts on the very fringes of our galactic range and 4 so called Observers, including '''Zoar'''. This disappearance triggered a latent program in '''Zoar''' which compelled it to begin a program of interaction with the people of Earth beyond simple "observation". What this program is, '''Zoar''' refuses to reveal exactly. After several hundred years '''Zoar''' decided that it needed an agent capable of going to earth and performing various tasks which it could not do remotely. It first constructed a robot called '''MACH''' to carry out it's commands but unwittingly created a sentient machine which eventually rebelled and was banished from Earth. '''Zoar''' then decided to use a human being, enhanced with a cybernetic body that had been built and left behind in the Lunar installation. Xan was plucked from the Korean battlefield and his brain was augmented and placed inside the cybernetic body.<br />
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== Cyborg ==<br />
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For the next 30 years Xan was content to do '''Zoar's''' bidding, as he became accustomed to the power of his new body and the awakened psionic potential of his mind. However, he was forbidden from contacting Tephra and this was a nettle that over the years, as Xan watched '''Terphra''' spend the rest of her life alone, festered and eventually contributed to his mutiny. In 1980, '''Tephra''' was involved in a near fatal car accident that rendered her a quadriplegic. Xan pleaded with '''Zoar''' to allow him to intervene but was refused. This was the last straw for Xan. He retrieved '''Tephra''' from '''Earth''' and fled through a trans-mat device to the farthest of the remaining '''Lukovian''' outposts in the '''Greater Magellanic Cloud'''. There he attempted to recreate his own body, in a feminine form, in which he could place '''Tephra's''' brain and save her life. Some elements of his construction he could not directly replicate, but his expanded intellect allowed him to over come these problems and he succeed in creating a new ''golden'' cybernetic body for '''Tephra'''. With the operation a seeming success, Xan and '''Tephra''' found a ship stored at the installation, which Xan named the '''Exodus''', and they set out to explore the wonders of the '''Milky Way galaxy'''. The couple soon learned that the '''Lukovian''' origin of their cybernetic bodies was the stuff of legend among the space faring races and they also learned that only one other '''Lukovian''' cyborg had survived the great purge and it was known as '''"The Anubinite"'''. The power they wielded inevitably drew them into adventures and conflicts too numerous to describe here. They eventually became involved with a group of interstellar mercenaries known as '''The Red Guard''', and found a home with a diverse group of beings that welcomed them. Xan saw that this group of near brigands had the potential to be a potent fighting force and eventually challenged and won the right to be the leader of the the Red Guard, the Red King.<br />
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== The Red King ==<br />
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Xan turned the '''Red Guard''' into a fully mobile strike force capable of being anywhere and fighting almost anyone. Shortly after becoming the Red King, Xan lead them to one of the other remaining '''Lukovian''' Observers, '''Zujis'''. '''Zujis''' was also built in the center of a moon orbiting a planet that supported sentient life but unfortunately, that planet had exploded before it could do anything to prevent it. The '''Moon of Zujis''' was sent into an irregular elliptical orbit around the local star and there Zujis resided, purposeless. When Xan arrived, '''Zuji'''s agreed to letting the '''Red Guard''' use it's moon and facilities as a base of operations. Access to '''Lukovian''' technology gave the '''Red Guard''' an edge few could match, but they kept the source of this edge a closely guarded secret. Massive gravity furnaces were built in the moon which allowed them to move the moon throughout the galaxy on the principle of gravitational punch-through. Having their own completely self sufficient base located at whatever conflict they were engaged in was another edge few could match, only the '''Malvans''' had had similar bases. The Red King had 2 goals for the Red guard one, simply to provide help for anyone who asked for it. Two, to provide a place where misfits of war and science could gather and feel at home. Many races had created soldiers specifically for fighting, whether through cybernetic enhancement, genetic manipulation or even simple psychological conditioning. When the need for these soldiers was concluded, whether it be loss, surrender or simply being discarded for more advanced models, these soldiers previously had nowhere to go. To keep them from falling to despair or becoming parasites preying upon the soft underbelly of the galaxy, the '''Red Guard''' gave them a home and a purpose to satisfy what they were made to be. Xan made many life long friends here including '''[[Doctor Disaster]]''' and his '''''Death Squad''''', '''Dor''', '''[[Captain Arcane]]''', '''Saint Trotex''', '''The Harrower''' and others, as well as many enemies such as '''The Anubinite''' and '''MACH the Dark Machine'''. The '''Red Guard''' became famed through out the galaxy, fighting in and/or resolving (sometimes their mere presence precipitated talks of peace) all manner of political or military conflicts. The '''Red King''' was generally content with this life, though the emotional toll of being responsible for so many beings wore on him over the years. Adding to this stress, he began to notice a change in '''Tephra's''' attitudes. At first she had had no interest in fighting, instead choosing to tend the wounded but eventually she gave this up and became a commander of a regiment of light ''Dimension Blasters'', fighting on the front lines and taking no prisoners. Her attitude toward the '''Red King''' also began to change. She would try to hide it but it was obvious the love between them was becoming strained.<br />
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Nearly 15 years after they had joined the '''Red Guard''', they were contacted by an extra dimensional sorcerer named '''Lord Taurok''' who had heard tales of their prowess in battle and had dire need of reinforcements to repel an attack by a cabal of misguided magi who had raised a massive army. The '''Red King''' was apprehensive, he had never taken on an inter-dimensional contract, as it would require them to leave their Lunar base behind. But '''Tephra''', rather uncharacteristically, lobbied intensely in favor accepting the mission and the '''Red King''' relented. '''It would be his last mission as King'''.<br />
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== Death and Rebirth ==<br />
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The '''Red Guard''' were able to pass through a portal to another dimension that '''Lord Taurok''' called "the World Without End" or '''Wwend''' for short. Is was a place of wonders both bizarre and familiar. Magic and science were both practiced and all manner of beings were to be found here. '''Lord Taurok''' explained that he was in fact a cyborg like the Red King except that he was a mechanical intelligence surrounded by organic flesh instead of the other way around. But this in no way prevented him wielding magic and that he was a member of a group that called themselves the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Rune Lords]]'''. The '''Rune Lords''' were a group of magi that were dedicated to keeping a mystic gateway, the '''Triskelion Gate''', sealed and whatever dire presence that lurked behind it, out. They were opposed in this endeavor by another group calling itself the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]'''. The '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' imagined great power either directly or as a reward for opening the gate. The '''Triskelion Gate''' was kept closed in 2 ways, one, the gate was locked requiring 9 keys. Two, it's location periodically changed. It appeared in 9 different locations through out the cosmos and in each location, a key would need to be used in order to open the gate. The '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Rune Lords]]''' controlled seven out of the nine locations (one was lost over time, the other never known to anyone living), the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' possessed 5 out of 9 keys. Taurok explained that the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' were making a major push to take possession of the gate locations in anticipation of locating the remaining keys and that it was his job, as the '''7th Rune Lord''', to protect this place known as Triskelion Keep.<br />
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The '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' struck with an army composed of legions of necrotic cyber soldiers and all manner of vile creatures conjured from the dark realms. The battle was hard fought but The Guard held its ground and seemed as if it would prevail when the Red King received a message stating that the main battle had been a diversion while the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' themselves made an assault on the Gate Vault. The Red King and Tephra immediately made their way to the Vault only to be ambushed by the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' who seemed intent only on killing the Red King. But just as he brought his awesome power to bear on his foes, he was rendered inert from a source he had never suspected, Tephra. From that point on, his despair consumed him. The exchange between he and the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' seemed to almost be nonsense. They all seemed to know him, and had taught Tephra magic that would slide by his mundane defenses and deliver him into theirs hands. How this had all come to pass was a complete mystery to the Red King as the only thought in his mind was, why. The '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' then forced him to watch helplessly as they summoned their true force, an flotilla of advanced dreadnoughts that began to lay waste to the Red Guard troops. This was more than he could bear, somehow he was able to activate his boot jets and hurl himself at the emerging dreadnoughts, overloading his matter-energy converter and destroying the fleet in a colossal explosion which killed him.<br />
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As his spirit traveled into the ether on it's way to '''Atziluth''', he was intercepted by two ethereal beings of immense power. During this encounter it was explained that he had been a pawn in their mortal game and that he was now being "''kinged''" and returned to the board. (Xan's interpretation of this encounter is based on his life experiences, the true nature of the beings, and what they communicated is unknowable by mortal creatures). At first he refused to return to life, his despair at being betrayed by his true love still consuming him. But it was then explained to him that he had in fact been the cause of her actions in that, the body he created for her had a flaw which had over time altered her personality. The primary effect being, turning her love into hate. If he returned, he would have the opportunity to fix this flaw and return her to her former self. At this news the '''Red King''' heartily agreed to being returned, not fully understanding at the time the conditions of his return nor what it would ultimately cost him.<br />
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The beings returned him to '''Triskelion Keep''' shortly after his death, reconstituting his cybernetic body, but in a way that opened the world of magic to him. The beings had called him a '''''Xanadu''''', referring to the type of game piece he now was, and in his disorientation upon his rebirth, it was the first word he spoke. (Technically what Xan thinks he actually heard was more like ''Kzzztandadoosh'', but his mind transliterated that to Xanadu) The '''Red Guard''' had survived and returned to their home dimension, presuming him to be dead. Only '''[[Doctor Disaster]]''''s '''Death Squad''' and '''[[Captain Arcane]]''', had remained behind and witnessed his return. He spent months recovering and readjusting to his new form. He immediately began to understand and manipulate magic. He decided to stay in '''Wwend''' and study at the '''University of Magical Details''' at the nearby '''City of Dawn'''. He was also informed that it had been '''Lord Taurok's''' last wish that he take his place as guardian of '''Triskelion Keep'''. '''He was confirmed as Lord of the Keep and the Western Marches by the Emperor of Dawn and became known as, Lord Xanadu.'''<br />
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== The Long Walk ==<br />
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After Lord Xanadu became acquainted with his duties and responsibilities as master of Triskelion Keep, he immediately set about planning how he would save '''Tephra'''. She had fallen into the embrace of one of the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' known as '''Morthair''', who had taught her many vile magics, and her reversed personality made her feel love instead of hate for this evil demon magus. She had even been accepted into the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' herself and was now known as '''Lady Tephra'''. Xan, rather naively, thought he might simply convince '''Tephra''' to return to him, not fully understanding how fundamental the change to her brain had been. She ostensibly agreed to meet with him, atop a quasi-mystical crystal mountain know as the '''Scarlet Pinnacle'''. Shortly after Lord Xanadu arrived he realized he had been duped, and the only thing waiting for him was an automaton replica of '''Tephra''', armed with a thermo-nuclear device. Xan tried to flee using a teleportation spell but the blast caught him and disrupted his spell, sending him careening through space, and as he would later realize, time as well. What dimension or planet Xan eventually landed on, he never knew for sure. The blast disrupted his inner workings so severely that he was amnesic for many years with only bits an pieces of his life and knowledge available to him. He landed on a planet where mechanical constructs so mimicked organic life, that they were virtually indistinguishable. The quasi-humanoids there thought him to be one of their own and when he eventually demonstrated his ability to inadvertently do magic, they made him their '''Witch Doctor'''. Thus began Lord Xanadu's long walk back to the future. For, after many years wandering and even crossing planes and dimensions, he eventually learned he had been blasted backward in time about 200 years from where he had been. During this time he met many of the beings that would go on to be his friends and enemies in the future. The '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' '''Karactacus, Morthair and Garthain''', The '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Rune Lords]]''' '''Torc''' and '''Grendazance''' and many others. Eventually he began to make his way back to '''Wwend''', when he realized he was beginning to overlap his earlier life. So that when Morthair and Tephra stood watching the "death" of Lord Xanadu he in turn was watching them. After this they quickly made plans to assault '''Triskelion Keep''' again but were confounded when news reached them that Lord Xanadu had promptly returned, and had been joined by 3 apprentices. They quickly learned that the Lord Xanadu they now faced was far wiser and vastly more powerful than they previously experienced. They would also learn, to their regret, that they had created their own worst enemy. With the help of his 3 apprentices, '''Lord Xanadu was able to settle into life on Wwend again and was content to remain there till one day...'''<br />
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== The Road Home ==<br />
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Lord Xanadu received news that the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lord Karactacus]]''' had gone to a small blue-green planet on the outer rim of a galaxy far far away in search of the lost gate location. A place called '''Earth'''. In his studies and travels Lord Xanadu had learned that '''Earth''' had once been home home to great magical empires such as '''Atlantis''' and '''Lemuria''' and that it was even likely that '''Earth''' had played a part in the sealing of the Triskelion Gate. He had hoped no one else would realize this, but when he heard this news he knew it was time to go home. He left his apprentices in charge of defending the keep and returned to Earth to stop '''Karactacus'''. For whether he found the gate location there or not, Xan knew that '''Karactacus''' was capable of causing great harm to his home world. it had been 29 (+200) years since he had set foot on his native soil. What he found there, a world steeped in power and roiling in conflict, only seemed to confirm what he suspected. The Gate location really was here, and cosmic forces were converging in anticipation of it’s discovery. Xan voraciously studied the Earth bound magic that was available to him, conferring with the '''Trismegistus Council''' and Lemurian rebels willing to teach him. He eventually learned to craft the talismans of the Arch-Mage and command their power. He also sought allies to aid him, knowing that '''Karactacus''' would waste no time raising an army of techromantic zombies to do his bidding. He contacted '''[[Doctor Disaster]]''', who had returned to Earth after the battle of Wwend, and joined him and the Death Squad in Millenium City. He also encountered one of the men who had replaced him in the service of '''Zoar''', the hero now known as '''[[Copper]]'''. He arranged to meet with '''Zoar''', to settle things between them and to ask for his help in repairing Tephra. '''Zoar''' had no interest in Lord Xanadu's activities on Earth, not really being capable of holding a grudge, and did indeed show him how to correct the flaws in Tephra’s body. '''Now all that remains is finding Karactacus, and stopping him.'''<br />
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== Cybernetic ==<br />
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What purpose the Lukovians had in mind when they created the humanoid body that now holds Lord Xanadu's brain, is anyone's guess. Even '''Zoar''' had no information on what it was actually intended to do, It simply saw it as one of the tools at It's disposal. That it was intended to house a human brain though is unmistakable, Lukovians had bodies more like giant squids, and lived in a liquid atmosphere. It is constructed very much in the same way a human body is. It has "muscles" made out of a polymorphic metallic substance, surrounding various "organs" and supported by a virtually indestructible endoskeleton. His body can withstand considerable punishment however, his durability is based more along the lines of an ablative system, allowing partial destruction that is quickly repaired. The most impervious part of his body is his head which is built differently to prevent any kind of penetration and filled with a liquid that absorbs and redirects kinetic energy. Lord Xanadu's entire body could be destroyed beyond repair, and as long as his head remains functional a new body would reconstruct itself. But all of these systems can be overcome by sufficient trauma. His primary defense is an invisible force-field that is best at deflecting energy. This too can be overcome if the energy deflected is greater than his energy reserves.<br />
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The body does not have a tremendous mass, therefore although Lord Xanadu is mechanically quite strong, able to lift (press) over 100 tons, this does not translate into a devastating fighting power since he cannot punch with enough velocity to make the mass of his fist a viable threat to say, a being like '''Grond'''.<br />
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Besides super human strength, Lord Xanadu also benefits from all the amenities of mechanical perception, augmented hearing, sight and touch. His newly recreated body has had an additional dimension of feeling added that Lord Xanadu has yet to fully identify. He is also able to project beams of intense energy possessing both heat and force from his hands. An ability he rarely uses anymore, preferring to use magic instead. His body is capable of flight by generating an inertial dampening field and propulsion from jets in his feet. Something he also rarely uses, instead preferring to use mystical means to fly.<br />
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The crowning achievement of the Lukovian body is the matter-energy converter. Lord Xanadu is able to convert matter directly into energy just by touching it. Typically he is always converting air molecules around him into the energy he needs to operate. He also converts matter from the ground he is standing on, a consequence being that no matter where he goes, he leaves foot prints behind where the matter was consumed. If he were trapped in a true vacuum, unable to convert anything, his normal body functions would last for about 24 hours, much less if he needed to expend energy. He has a back up power supply, used only to keep his brain alive, that could theoretically last a week if the rest of his body shuts down.<br />
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== Psionic ==<br />
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All human beings are endowed with latent or operant psionic abilities. In Lord Xanadu these abilities had been latent. One of the apparent purposes of the Lukovian cybernetic body, was to activate and augment those psionic abilities. It has been theorized that the actual purpose of the body was to gauge the current level of human psionic ability, the Lukovians themselves were magnificent psionicists. Human psionic power is generally broken down into 5 categories of varying degrees, telepathy, telekinesis, coercion, amelioration and the rather nebulous, "manipulation". All human beings are born with aptitude in one or more category. Some races like the Lukovians use scientific and medical means to accentuate and amplify psionic abilities. <br />
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In Lord Xanadu's case, if his powers had become operant naturally, he would have been a moderate talent in Telepathy, a very strong telekinetic, fairly weak and indecisive in the areas of coercion and amelioration, and strong in manipulation. With the augmentation from his body he is a very strong Telepath, able to communicate with people halfway around the world, a world class Telekinetic, he can lift thousands of tons or control hundreds of separate objects, A moderate Coercer, he can control the minds of 2 or 3 people at time provided they are not also psionic, a moderate Ameliorator, he can make your headache go away ;) and a master class Manipulator able to create things out of thin air provided they are not too complex. (Manipulation is really a subclass of telekinetics, being able to manipulate matter on a subatomic scale and also to generate and direct energy from this manipulation)<br />
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Lord Xanadu feels the most comfortable with his psionic abilities. He has never enjoyed physical combat and so refrains from using his bodies mechanical power. And while he enjoys using magic and the study and practice required to excel in it, he is more often than not likely to revert to mental powers in a pinch. In fact many of the "mystical" effects he is seen generating are actually purely psionic power.<br />
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His body is capable of generating a psionic shield to protect his mind. The draw back of this shield is that it only works one way, by cutting off all telepathic interaction. No one can go in, but he can't go out either, with out dropping the shield. His personal mental shields are considerable but would prove ineffective against a world class coercer or telepath.<br />
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== Sorcery ==<br />
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Despite his physical and mental abilities, Lord Xanadu has been absolutely entranced by magic. Unlike the aforementioned powers which were given to him, sorcery is something that Lord Xanadu has had to learn and practice and master on his own. His rebirth may have opened the door for him to the world of magic, but he had to walk through it. Magic has given him a seemingly endless life of power and wonder and he revels in it. After his rebirth he began studying magic to learn how to combat the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' and to learn what he needed to know about the '''Triskelion Gate'''. After the attack which left him in the past, he has had to slowly learn things mostly on his own. Picking up what he could from itinerant wizards and entities. After he arrived in '''Babylon the City of Man''' and joined a sort of mystic police force, he gained access to all sorts of varied knowledge and spells. As a member of the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Rune Lords]]''', he is obligated to become an authority in one aspect of sorcery and because of his unique perspective, he is the Lord of Science and Magic, just like '''Lord Torc''' was before him. his counter part in the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' is '''Karactacus'''. As such, Lord Xanadu has learned many ways to combine magic with scientific endeavors.<br />
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The easiest combination of magic and science is enchanting technological items. Extending beyond that, Lord Xanadu is quite fascinated with creating and enchanting objects and talismans, even though the Rune Lord of Enchantment is '''Lady Agite''', this has become a hobby for him. He has created a number of magical talismans and like to spread them across the '''Empire of Dawn''' like Easter eggs for people to find and use. He has also created stronger more complex items, some of these are listed below.<br />
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After 200 years of research and practice Lord Xanadu has become a formidable sorcerer capable of truly awesome feats when able to properly prepare. His most common effects involve summoning unstable or energetic sigils, calling on dark tendrils to flay his enemies, or healing his allies with regenerative spells.<br />
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== Battle Garb ==<br />
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Over the centuries Lord Xanadu has amassed a collection of items and equipment he uses to facilitate spells and conjurations or to provide protection. Unlike many cyborgs, Xan does not like to call attention to this obvious fact of his existence. While serving Zoar he rarely dealt directly with other human beings and so did not consider his appearance much. After He and Tephra took to the stars, he was often mistaken for a robot, something that irritated him immensely. So he began to wear clothing, especially after he became the Red King, he created an outfit to make himself stand out as a leader. Later he learned the importance of wearing mystical battle dress, some entities don't care how tough your body is, they go right for your soul ;) Hence what he calls his "garb of battle" is a collection of blessed and empowered pieces that enhance his protection and offensive abilities. The ultimate addition being the Cimmerine gems that adorn his chest and arms.<br />
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== Angring ==<br />
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Vexer is the son of a famous Faerie wizard known as '''D'Jeon M'Stere'''. '''D'Jeon''' was well known for aiding humans that found their way into Faerie by accident and became lost. Vexer felt as if his father cared more for strangers than for him and so set out to oppose him. Secretly at first, but eventually openly as his father easily thwarted his son's interference and increasingly malicious plans with out ever actually fighting him. Vexer was infuriated by his fathers refusal to directly confront him and so resorted to summoning an arch '''Demon of the 6th circle''' to menace '''D'Jeons''' latest charges. The Demon broke free of Vexer's control and began to lay waste to the borders of Faerie. The destruction appalled Vexer. It had never been his intention to destroy everything he knew and so he joined his father in banishing the demon. D'Jeon M'Stere gave his life to complete the banishment and with his dying breath, pleaded with his son to return to the light. Vexer agreed. But the years of petty evil and dark magic had taken their toll on him. He had grafted demonic wings to his back, his body had lost all it's color, and fangs grew from his mouth. Prior to summoning the demon, Vexer attempted to tap into dark energy directly and fused his being with the '''Faceted Heart of the Ebon Flame'''. Now dark fire courses through his body, hungering for souls to consume. With his father dead, Vexer had no one to turn to, to teach him the ways of the light. But the battle with the demon had attracted the attention of an itinerant sorcerer known as Lord Xanadu. He encountered Vexer at his fathers grave and was touched by his story. Xan saw the despair that threatened to consume Vexer and pledged to aid him on his road to redemption, and to teach him ways to harness and cleanse the darkness within him.<br />
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'''The Left Landed Universe.''' A true mirror to our world. East is west, right is left and good is evil. This is the twisted world that spawns Argon, or Nogra as he would say, the evil counterpart of [[Halon]] in the CU.<br />
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Nayrb Nniuq was a brilliant but lazy electronics prodigy. Though he would often come up with new designs for technology, he rarely brought those ideas to fruition. His brother, whom he naturally hated, would at times find his designs and finish them gaining the accolades of their parents and teachers which made Nayrb hate him even more. Part of Nayrb's apathy arose from the singular desire to be alone. He hated his family, which was perfectly natural, but he also hated all of humanity. Every tiny bit of it. He wished he existed alone in a quiet dead world. Despite his filial enmity, Nayrb's brother Namron, was uncommonly good to his brother, attempting to share his successes based on Nayrb's ideas and to help his brother when he could. Naybr assumed this was all some sort of complex game of humiliation, what else could it be? As they grew older Namron got a job at a company called A.R.G.ENT. whose reputation for greed and crueltiy was well known. Nayrb on the other hand barely graduated high school and was still living with their parents who were on the verge of kicking him out of the house as all good parents did. Namron offered to get his brother a job at ARGENT. Nayrb hated him for this ridiculous example of altruism, but he did have to eat, so he took the job, and hated his brother even more.<br />
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The job turned out to be nothing more than a janitor, but it allowed Namron to consult with his brother on projects after hours since Nayrb was the much more intuitively brilliant of the pair. Nayrb was intrigued by Namron's latest project, upgrading and augmenting ARGENT's standard powered armor and creating android troops to engage in 'community pacification' duties. Namron was competing with another division that wanted to use captured battle wounded prisoners and turn them into cybernetic killers. Nayrb was thrilled with possibilities for murder and mayhem and so enthusiastically helped his brother on the project. All the while of course, planning his demise. The cyborg project seemed to be gaining traction even though the Nniuq brother's technology seemed to be superior. Nayrb took it upon himself to sneak into their research area and read over their data when he made a horrifying discovery. The cybernetic project was not designed to produce killers, it was designed to replace lost limbs and organs for ordinary people. My Devil! he thought to himself, they want to help people! His disgust almost made him throw up. Further investigation also revealed that his brother's project was actually intended to be sold to heroes! An uncontrollable rage engulfed his mind. He stormed back to his brother's lab where the first prototype of their new power armor designs was stored ready for testing along with the first 5 androids. He quickly donned the suit, activated the droids and the suits control circuits, and went on a horrific rampage through the lab, destroying everything he could find. He destroyed the armor lab, the cybernetic lab and razed that wing of the building down to it's foundation with the help of the androids. From there he flew to his brother's apartment intending to pound him into jelly, but he was not there. By this time the police were on their way, looking for their slice of the action, and not having anyway to pay them off, Nayrb decided to flee. But he swore that night that he would not stop till ARGENT and his brother were destroyed and who knows, maybe the whole world after that.<br />
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The first thing Nayrb realized he needed to do was apply for a grant from the government to help fund his campaign against ARGENT. Of course a 'grant' was a euphemism meaning he would need to knock off a federal reserve bank. The reserve banks were well known to be extremely light on security and intentionally so, so that people like himself could fund their villainy properly. With the power of his armored suit and his androids, Nayrb was able to make off with a considerable sum in gold bullion. While he might be able steal all the things he needed to continue his armor development, and he would steal all he could from ARGENT, sometimes it was much more expedient to pay for things. Next he needed a hideout. Not only to keep people from stealing from him, but also to keep away the few wretched 'heroes' that liked to make life difficult for everyone else. He realized immediately that his androids would no doubt attract the attention of Organitron eventually, what a pain in the neck. This is where money was helpful as there were agencies that specialized in just this sort of thing. He found a 2 bed room 2 bath lair with a sizable work shop for a reasonable price. All the initial security and secrecy was taken care of provided the rent was never late, and no one else paid more to find out where you were. There were of course additional security deposits required for that. These agencies were fabulously wealthy.<br />
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Now Nayrb needed to solve the problem of production. His reconnaissance of the old lab told him that ARGENT was being very slow in the clean up and reclamation of the building he had damaged, and that the foundries in the sub-basements were still largely intact. He set his androids to burrow under ground into those foundries and steal the equipment with out anyone knowing for months to come. He immediately set about upgrading the suit and ridding it of his brother's influence. Making sure there were no 'backdoor' protocols installed, which there were. As he completed his new model and sent it into production, he began to contemplate a name for himself. Every proper villain should have one he thought. He thought about his desire for solitude, for aloneness. Even though he was 'alone' now in his lair, he could feel the mass of humanity out there, pressing on his psyche. He wanted nothing to do with them, any of them. As his mind wandered, he remembered his basic chemistry, the noble gasses that stubbornly refused to mix with other elements under natural conditions, and the most stubborn of all, Argon. He liked the sound of it. It had resonance. His enemies would soon learn to fear it.<br />
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With his new suit, and 2 more androids constructed, Argon began his campaign of terror against ARGENT. They had never been directly targeted like this before, largely because no one had ever thought that they were anything other than they seemed, a ruthless corporation out to make a fast buck at any cost. But Nayrb saw through the lies. He saw their hazardous waste sites were far too safe. Their water 'appropriation' business was in fact building irrigation infrastructure. Their refugee work camps were actually relief centers. The list went on and on. It all had to be destroyed. ARGENTS usual security forces were no match for him, he knew their vulnerabilities and they had not yet had time to develop new designs. They had been upgrade in a certain fashion. Nayrb saw his brother's handiwork there, but without his own creativity, he knew that Namron had no chance of keeping up with his technology. One day, after destroying a 'young hostage' (daycare) center, everything changed.<br />
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Nayrb felt a sudden lightness and a flash of light and he was suddenly somewhere else. He felt a sudden charge of electricity through his suit and all of his systems shut down. He was carried away and laid on a table his suit was taken off of him, by strange metal arms and hands he saw, and he was hooked into a complicated apparatus, apparently designed for torture he soon found out. The pain was excruciating. Strange images and ideas passed through his mind as he was pumped full of drugs. Odd voices told him to obey or die. By the end of it, he wanted to, he really did. After an indeterminate amount of time, which felt like forever, Nayrb found himself floating in a tank of liquid, his wounds and mind healing. the relief was tremendous. He saw a dark figure moving about the room his tank was in, heard the sharp metalic clunk of it's feet as it walked around the room. It touched a console and he was lifted out of the tank. He could see now that it was a feminine form clad in exquisite black and red power armor, the slight hum audible now. He was dried and dressed by robots and she led him into a new chamber with a large pulsing orb inscribed with intricate designs at it's center. This was Raoz. Roaz he learned was an ancient computer left here to observe humanity and ensure it's demise by a long extinct race that had been bent on cosmic domination, which it had failed at. But a few of their machines were still operational. Raoz being one of them, it was following it's programming which was to cause the de-evolution of mankind and it's eventual extinction. Nayrb liked the sound of that. Raoz informed him that on occasion it needed agents to carry out it's commands on Earth. Usually this entailed assassinating certain individuals or even whole communities if needed. While Nayrb had no problem with the idea of murdering innocent people, he did have a problem with the idea of being a servant, even though his previous harsh treatment made him feel inclined to go along wit it. Raoz informed that he had a choice, he could serve willingly, in which case he would then have access to extremely advanced technology that would make him a true force to be reckoned with, or he could return to the treatment which would leave him begging for servitude. "The carrot or the stick, you choose" said the armor clad female. She had an odd timbre to her voice, but it was rather soothing, even seductive. But Nayrb realized that he had a tremendous opportunity here. "As long as I get to destroy my enemies, I'll destroy yours as well." He said.<br />
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From that point on, Nayrb became a minion of Raoz. One of three he came to find out. All of them supplied with advanced power armor. The woman who was named Aterg, but liked to call herself the Marquise, and another man named Cire. Raoz's technology was truly out of this world and it took Nayrb weeks to examine it and create a new armor design that was light years ahead of anything anyone one on Thrae had. He was also astonished to find that they were actually in the center of the moon, the ancient race having built the facility there aeons ago. Raoz also encouraged him to make new android designs based on it's technology, explaining that eventually, it's program of extermination would accelerate to a point that out right war would be the final phase and the android troops would be need to annihilate the last of the resistors. Over the course of 3 years, Argon and his androids obliterated most of ARGENT's holdings, it was only a desperate alliance with the usually pacifistic VIPER organization that kept them afloat. As he had anticipated, his extensive use of androids brought him into conflict with Organitron on numerous occasions. He lost many troops to it's benevolent reprogramming. He also had to contend with many many other villains attempting to replicate or abscond with his technology. These sometimes protracted distractions gave ARGENT the breathing room it needed to survive. He also formed a relationship with his female colleague, Aterg despite her being nearly insane. She had unfortunately chosen the stick, and the process of conformity had nearly broken her mind. She often spoke of serving her 'Mistress' and that they were all living on borrowed time anyway. She also often spoke of the 'great perversion' which she was sent to contend with occasionally by Raoz, though never in any detail. She was an incredible beauty, long black hair with a slight asian cast to her features. It had been lust at first sight.<br />
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Then one day she returned from a mission and was completely unhinged. She had been in battle, her suit was badly damaged and she was hurt. Nayrb tried to help her, he removed her helmet and saw the insanity in her eyes, she was mumbling something about not betraying her Mistress when she saw Nayrb's face. Her eyes widened and she exclaimed, "You! You did this to me! I saw you!" She struggled out of his grip, he himself was not wearing his suit and was not prepared for her reaction. She pointed her sub-space canon at him, a incredibly dangerous weapon, and backed away. "You hurt me! Why why why?!" She screamed. Nayrb had had enough, no piece of tail was worth this. He slowly edged to the exit as she began pointing her canon at the androids moving toward her. he quickly ducked out while he had the chance and rushed to arm himself. The sounds of battle erupting behind him. Raoz controlled all of their armors, Nayrb didn't understand why she wasn't being neutralized. The sounds continued as he activated his armor recall and was quickly encased. As he strode back, he realized she had fled to the trans-mat room and was gone. "What the heaven was that about Raoz?" he asked but the machine made no reply, as it often did not, leaving him with his usual sense of frustration. He was better off without her anyway. But that would not be the last he would see of her. Not by a long shot. What Nayrb didn't know, as that Raoz's self professed omniscience, was not nearly as complete as it would have liked and the Marquise had ways of disappearing from it's observation. She had been able to employ her own agents and minions in ways that Raoz was not aware. Her addled mind now believed she had a vendetta against Nayrb and after a few weeks she came at him in full force.<br />
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The world of '''Multifaria''' is both strange and familiar. A parallel world where all the peoples of Earth across time can be jumbled together. Many peoples lives are drastic deviations from their Prime Earth counter parts. Sometimes they are eerily similar. The Multifarian version of '''Bryan Quinn''' aka [[Halon]], is named '''Brian Quinn''' and he begins his professional life as an engineer working for a high tech company along with his brother [http://primusdatabase.com/index.php?title=Sigma'''Nathan''']. <br />
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Brian is furious after this and confronts his brother in the lab, bringing with him several of his cyborg drones. The argument continues and escalates till Brian finally orders his cyborgs to kill Nathan. Not wanting to be directly implicated in the attack Brian makes a hasty retreat and does not witness a power armored form burst through the windows and attempt to protect Nathan. But it was too late, Nathan has already been struck down. The armored form, which is clearly feminine, destroys the cyborgs and collects Nathan's body. The battle ignites a fire which destroys the building, and all evidence of what occurred, as well as setting back the power armor division and thus ensuring the supremacy of the cyborg technology. Brian secretly salvages much of his brothers data and technology for himself to build off of later, but can't bring himself to ever look at it again. The only way to cope with the tremendous remorse he feels over his actions is to hide from it and pretend it never happened. But that suppressed remorse is transformed into a callous rage that Brian inflicts on everyone around him. His work with the cyborgs becomes cruel and sadistic. <br />
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Feeling that sense of love, trust and now family, changes Brian. Or perhaps simply reawakens in him those feelings that he had let die with his brother. Brian opened his eyes to what he had helped create in New Harmon and was repulsed by it. Shadow Destroyer had long been opposed by various super heroes and 'resistance' forces whom Brian had previously taken little notice of. Now he began to look for ways to sabotage his own work in very quiet and subtle ways, instituting plans that sometimes took years to bring to fruition. All the while he and his wife raised their son to be better than the world he found himself in. Brian knew the time was fast approaching when his actions would be discovered and decided to create a weapon against Shadow Destroyer himself. <br />
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He reopened his brothers files and poured over them intending to build a power suit but even with his technical skill he was unable to solve certain problems with mobility and power transfer. Then,with out warning, Shadow Destroyer suddenly replaced all of his cyborg troops with completely new robotic troops of a design Brian had never seen before. The most powerful of these, the 'Mega-Destroids' were taking down super heroes right and left. The resistance didn't seem to have much longer to live. One heroine, wearing an impressive and powerful suit of armor who had been dubbed 'Princess Vanadium', was one of the last to fall. When she did, Brian was in for the most profound shock of his life. 'Princess Vanadium' had been his wife all along. In her final message to him, she pleaded with him to get their son, now 16 years old, safely out of the city. She also gave him a file that solved all of his own armors design problems. The revelations kept coming but they were just to much for Brian to take in. Brian knew he didn't have much time, he fed the new data into his automated foundries deep below his own residence and got Paul ready to leave placing him into an escape tunnel. It was too late however as the secret police assaulted their home and dragged Brian away.<br />
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Paul ran through the tunnel into the sewers of New Harmon. He didn't know where to go or what to do. He knew enough to stay away from the destroid patrols and to scrounge for food and supplies when he could. Eventually he was found by a patrol of resistance fighters and cautiously taken in for vetting. When they were sure he was not a threat he was allowed to join them. On the way in he had told his story to the patrol's leader, a man named 'Griz'. Before they arrived he had quietly told Paul not to reveal who his parents had been, for his own good. A year passed with the resistance. They had gained a new leader, "the Old Man" who had shown them new ways to counter the destroids and cause some real damage. Paul had been educated in electrical engineering and even metallurgy by both of his parents and helped maintain the resistance's equipment as well as creating some destroid specific weapons. He had know from a young age that his mother was really 'Princess Vanadium' and she had shared some of her technological secrets with him. He had always just assumed his father knew also, and that they all had an unspoken understanding not to speak of it openly, you never knew who was listening.<br />
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The Resistance was making some real progress when disaster struck. The Old Man was captured by Shadow Destroyer's forces, but even this eventuality had been planned for and the resistance fighters implemented the Old Man's plan of seizing an inter-dimensional teleporter at Conqueror Headquarters and asking for help in a place the Old Man knew he could get it. Brian was chosen to go with the strike team to assist with any unexpected technical aspects of the teleporter and to support his anti-destroid weapons. The assault seemed like an easy one, they were so adept at handling destroids now it was almost trivial, which made Paul feel a bit uneasy. After the resistance took control of the teleporter and sent 'Griz', their new leader through, Paul discovered that his trepidation had been well founded. It was a trap. The control room was flooded, literally with sea water and Karkaradons. Paul was able to place a gravitic mine on an outside wall and blast a hole big enough to begin draining away the water which would take away the shark men's advantage. Still the fighting was fierce and could have gone either way when the last of the water drained away and Griz came back through the portal with no less than six super heroes from another dimension. Paul had not seen so many in one place since he was a little kid. They quickly defeated the Karkaradons and followed the team back to their hideout. Along the way one of the heroes, clad in an impressive blue power suit, tried to talk to Paul a little, though there was little time for chit chat and Paul was more concerned with keeping his eyes peeled. But there was something about the man's voice, even through the distortion of the voice modulator, that seemed very familiar to him.<br />
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When the heroes did return it was with news of success and preparations for a major assault against Shadow Destroyer himself but Paul was called to the infirmary. He couldn't imagine why till he got there and found his father barely clinging to life. The hero wearing the blue power suit was also there. He had been the one that had rescued him. Paul had never thought to see his father again. He had aged so much in the two years that had passed since they last saw each other. His father struggled to speak even against advice not to. He asked Paul for his forgiveness, for his failure to protect him and for his mother's death. Paul said there was nothing to forgive and pleaded with him to conserve his strength. Brian continued and told him to return to their home. There he would find the legacy that his parents had left him hidden deep underground. A legacy of power and responsibility. The man in the power suit then asked for everyone in the room to leave except Paul, and right then he realized why the mans voice seemed so familiar. The man removed his helmet to reveal a familiar face. The face of his father. Both Brian and Paul were dumbfounded, they had not really understood that these heroes, that had come to help them, had come from a parallel universe. A place where the same people might live different lives, or very similar ones. The man said his name was Bryan Quinn, and that he would stand and continue the fight that Paul's father no longer could. Paul could sense there was more that the man wanted to say but held back. Perhaps things they wouldn't understand. Brian Quinn's eyes grew wide, he asked his other self to look out for Paul and told his son that he loved him, and quietly passed away.<br />
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Bryan turned to leave when Paul asked to be allowed to join the final fight. He thought he should be standing in his father's place, not some outsider. But Bryan consoled him and reminded him that even if Shadow Destroyer fell today, his evil legacy would continue and it would then be Paul's turn to continue the fight. Paul accepted what he was saying and let him go. He contemplated what his father had said to him and remembered that he should go home. He realized that he might still join the fight if he had a superior weapon. Through the hubbub of preparations, Paul snuck out into the tunnels and made for his old home. He found it in ruins but his father had told him where the secret entrance was and it remained undisturbed. Deep under ground he discovered the foundry and there he found a fully completed, dust covered power suit. It was still attached to umbilicals that had kept it charged and ready for 2 years. It was a shiny bronze color which was the base alloy with no colorings at all. Paul quickly unhooked it, the system recognized his DNA and responded to his commands. It was a little big for him, which was good because he expected to grow a little bit more, but seemed to function just fine. It took some time to discover the exit intended for the suit, the entry had been very small, but find it he did and launched himself into the heart of Shadow Destroyer's domain in the roar of jet boots.<br />
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Paul was acutely aware that he was probably doing a very dumb thing, the Mega-Destroids could track him and easily bring him down, but his first encounter with them showed that they were all completely unresponsive. Smoke was billowing off in the distance and a purple haze was lingering over the center of New Harmon. As he flew over, Paul saw nothing but carnage, there were only small pockets of fighting going on here and there. Many of the New Harmon troops were surrendering. As he approached the center he saw no signs of combat. He landed at what he had heard was the nexus of Shadow Destroyer's power, but nothing but rubble and smoke remained. The fight was over and apparently the resistance had won. Paul looked around in disappointment. He had wanted to show the Destroyer just how brilliant his parents had been and help take him down. He wandered over to a what appeared to be a smaking hole in the ground, the very center of everything. Being this close, even through the power suit, made him feel nauseous. He knew the suit had been designed to ward off the dark magics that Shadow Destroyer employed but it had it's limits. As his eyes began to water, Paul saw a glimmer and faint swirl form in the pit. It grew and bubbled though not in a threatening manner. Suddenly a small form popped up through the swirl and paused to look at Paul. It was a wretched looking thing, eyeless and hunched over with many insect like wings. It hissed at Paul as it regarded him. He was feeling even more unsettled and blurted out, "What are you?" It hissed again and replied in a voice that grated across chalk boards. " I am the seed! I am the seed of rot!" The little creature suddenly bounded up and away from Paul, speeding away on it's insect wings almost faster than he could see. Curiously, his suit instantly began tracking it. Paul didn't know what it was but the cold pit in his stomach told him it was nothing good. He activated his flight systems and went after it.<br />
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It bobbed and weaved through the air, more as an act of chaos rather than evasion but Paul could see it was taking him back to Conquerors Headquarters. He could see that the resistance was still in control of the building, he even saw people that appeared to be celebrating. They paid no attention to the whisp as it buzzed around them into the building. Paul followed at full speed returning to the teleportation room just in time to see the whisp plunge through the still open gateway that the new heroes had just passed through themselves. He had no time to think, he instinctively knew that the creature was sent to bring doom to the people that had just saved them and so he plunged into the portal after it. He appeared on the other side to a room full of startled people and had no time to stop himself as he crashed into the far wall. As he stood up he saw the wretched whisp laugh at him as it flew up the nearest stairs and out into the new world. The transition between worlds, the deleterious effects of the creature, the feeling of being trapped in something that should be moving but was instead standing still, disoriented Paul severely. All he could manage to do was blurt out, "Didn't you see it?! We have to stop it!" as he rushed after the creature. His instruments told him it was still ahead of him when he again engaged his rockets and took off but he quickly passed out and the suit went to auto pilot in pursuit mode.<br />
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When he regained consciousness, Paul found himself flying over a snow covered landscape, his instruments no longer registering the creature. His telemetry told him he was flying over what would have been '''Borealia''' in his home world. He knew he was in a stranger in a strange land and that he was in danger. Suddenly flak fire began to explode all around him, someone was shooting at him. He instinctively zeroed in on the gun emplacement and destroyed it with his suits micro missiles. He began to be pelted by small arms fire and grenades. He responded in kind till the shooting stopped. As the smoke cleared he found that he had been attacked by men wearing uniforms that bore the name ARGENT. The name meant nothing to him. The anti-aircraft guns had been camouflaged and the men had been manning a small hidden outpost, apparently some kind of listening station. They all appeared to be dead and Paul decided to hole up here for the time being and try to catch his bearings. <br />
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The suit had an unoccupied sentry mode that allowed Paul to try to get some sleep. But something with this place was just, wrong. He kept wanting to feel some kind of current, a swirling eddy that he had never really noticed till it was gone. This place, was too still. He rested but couldn't sleep. He thought about what to do next. The whisp was gone. He had left his entire world behind with no way of knowing if he could return. Thinking of the creature filled him with such dread. He had to find it. He considered trying to contact the man that had worn his father's face, but that unnerved him as well. Tomorrow he would find out where he was and what he could do, tomorrow.<br />
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Paul operates a high powered technological suit of armor developed by his parents. It has a wide variety of weapons and defensive systems. The outer shell and super structure are made of a super-alloy consisting of Questionite, Tantalum, Serpentium and Copper. The inner layer, covering all inner mechanisms, is a polymer-siliconfiber-Twaron composite. This allows Paul to resist impacts up to light anti-tank shells and explosives. The primary artificial muscles are composed of multi-layer silicon nanotubes which enables Paul to lift (press) approximately 55 tons. The suit can protect it's wearer from extreme temperatures ranging from near absolute zero to just under 5000 F.<br />
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It is designed to be air tight and can survive a hard vacuum or submersion with an internal air supply lasting approximately 3 hours. The armor can survive depths of up to 3000 ft. The power system is electrical with the primary power source being capacitors fed power from a small fusion reactor. There is also a secondary solar collection system that can recharge the capacitors very slowly. The fully charged capacitors can operate at full power for 6 hours without recharging. The armor is equipped with a flight system that includes anti-gravity and anti-inertia dampeners, making it very fuel efficient. Thrust is provided by boot jets that can operate both as a solid fuel rocket and a ramjet engine. With the anti-grav/inertia systems fully functional, the armor can fly at mach 1 for 2 hours. In the event those systems are not working, the solid fuel rocket can last for 15 to 45 minutes depending on velocity. There is a tertiary water jet system that is not high speed. With the negation system working, the water jets can achieve a speed of approximately 10 knots.<br />
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The primary weapon systems are; an arm mounted, high yield, ground to ground missile launcher, A back mounted battery of multi-purpose missiles and a series of lateral, armor-piercing, micro-missile batteries capable of penetrating 5 inches of steel. The armor includes a first aid system designed to provide basic treatment to it's wearer. It has very little in the way of stealth technologies, a highly refractive coating provides good protection against radar and sonar as well as including anti-targeting technology. The suit has its own radar, sonar and laser tracking systems as well as a full broadband communication system including microwave transmissions. Being Multifarian in origin, the suit has elements of an eldritch nature which allow it to register and track some mystical wavelengths. Paul's father designated this the '''"Bronze"''' suit. Before his capture and death, he was already in the planning stages for a new suit he called '''"Electrum"'''<br />
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http://primusdatabase.com/index.php?title=Omicron
Omicron
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Approximately 4000 years ago, the evil wizard '''Louhi''' attempted to steal a '''Sunstone''' from the great god '''Ukko'''. During the ensuing struggle, the stone fell from the heavens and landed on the island of '''Saaremaa'''. There it's power fused with the land and wood and the area become a center for a powerful sect of druids who learned to draw on the power of the '''Sunstone''' to protect their forest. Out of respect for '''Ukko''', the druids perform a ritual of obeisance every 7 years and offer the return of the '''Sunstone'''. Aside from this offering, the druids were jealous of their power and produced a glamour that hid the stone and it's surrounding forest. Those that encounter it have no idea they have been repelled, they are supplied with memories of having visited the area and it being exactly what they expected it to be.<br />
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At the time of the '''Ban''', many mystics found their power greatly diminished, and so it was with the druids, if they ever left the sphere of influence of the '''Sunstone'''. Only in the enchanted grove did their spells and workings remain potent. However, whereas in the past the druids had been steadily expanding the influence of the stone, and thus the size of the grove, now that influence began to shrink, despite their best efforts. As a result of this general loss, many mystics went in search of places of power just like this one. Some few mystics were able to penetrate the glamour and learn of the enchanted forest. The druids, and their descendants, generally cultivated good relations with those visitors as long as they respected the stone and the forest. Though witches and demon summoners were summarily expelled. One of those welcomed mystics was '''Baron Skaaraborg'''. Following the dissolution of the '''[[Sacred Order of the Chain]]''', and the Start of '''WW 1''', '''Baron Skaaraborg''' decided that retreat from the increasingly hostile and mechanized world was the only way to preserve his sorcerous heritage and fled to the island of '''Saaremaa''' where he was allowed to dwell among the druids. Not long after this, '''Voivod Dragos''' also petitions for entrance into the enclave and is admitted along with his family. The Glamour holds, and the war does not touch the forest or it's inhabitants. The new wizards bring new knowledge and power to the grove and learn much about druidic lore. Allowed to discreetly visit the surrounding country side, '''Baron Skaaraborg''' meets and falls in love with a witch living on the eastern side of the island. As a witch, she is not allowed near the enchanted grove, but the Baron convinces her to renounce her bestial power in exchange for learning his sorcerous ways. '''Voivod Dragos''' and his family fully embrace the druid way of life and become stewards of the land and wood. In time the Dragos and Skaraborg families intermarry with the final product being '''Alexio Dragos''', great-grand son of both '''Voivod Dragos''', and '''Baron Skaaraborg'''. Alexio quickly proved to be a prodigy, with a seemingly unique connection to the '''Sunstone'''. He was able to forge a connection to the land and stone so strong, that he could command the earth itself.<br />
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In 1999 the unthinkable happens. During the right of obeisance, a great lightning bolt from the sky strikes the '''Sunstone''' and it vanishes. At that moment, a small shard of the stone splinters off and embeds itself in Alexio's left eye, blinding him. The druid elders assume that '''Ukko''' has finally called the stone home. Without the '''Sunstone''', they realize their works would begin to diminish and the Glamour would eventually fail. After Alexio regains consciousness, he reveals the truth of it. The arch wizard Louhi had returned and stolen the stone. The sliver of the '''Sunstone''' is taken and mounted in an amulet that the druid elders then give to Alexio. They then name him '''Omik Huron''', Stone Seeker, and charge him with it's retrieval. With the power of the amulet, Alexio is able to use his great command of earth and stone even outside the grove. He begins following the signs and portents that eventually lead him to '''Vibora Bay''' in the United States. There his path becomes muddled, the ley lines and nexes are too intense. He does however soon realize that '''Vibora Bay''' is crawling with '''Therianthropes''', the ancient enemies of his family. He begins to suspect that '''Louhi''' is leading him into a trap, and a confrontation with his family's great nemesis, '''Orogtha''' and it's followers. While deciding whether to spring the trap or not, he encounters a woman who is also an enemy of the '''Kings of Edom''', though she is concerned with followers of '''Vulshoth'''. She is wary of him, his command of magic seems to frighten her, but eventually they come to realize that they are both scions of the old '''[[Sacred Order of the Chain]]'''. Despite their shared heritage, they decide to go their separate ways.<br />
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Alexio continues his search for the stone, at times ranging far and wide but the trails always seem to lead right back to '''Vibora Bay'''. In his travels, he usually introduces himself as "Omik Huron" but in english speaking countries, because of his thick accent, his name is often heard as '''Omicron'''. He eventually grew tired of trying to correct people and let the name stand. Some time later, Alexio is contacted by this woman, '''[[Gretchen Hammersmith]]''', and is invited to join her in reforming the '''Chain'''. Alexio is not keen on being distracted from his charge, but realizes they are all looking for something, and have all failed to find it alone. Together they might accomplish their goals, just as their ancestors had.<br />
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Though still young, Alexio has mastered many druid rites and rituals, especially those concerning the dirt and stone of the world. From his family’s heritages, he has also learned many sorcerous spells such as Skarn's Bane and the Rite of Conviction. The amulet of Ibnah that bears the Sunshard, greatly amplifies these powers. Aside from the Amulet, Alexio was provided with the trappings of a warrior wizard that protect him from mystical and mundane threats alike.<br />
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http://primusdatabase.com/index.php?title=Gretchen_Hammersmith
Gretchen Hammersmith
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|Occupation= Super natural hunter<br />
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|Relatives= [[Heron]] Great-grand father, Gilbert St. Martin Father, Nigel Hammersmith(Husband,Deceased)<br />
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==The Hand of Fate==<br />
When [http://primusdatabase.com/index.php?title=Sacred_Order_of_the_Chain'''Gilbert St. Martin'''] abandoned the geas laid upon his family in 1975, he decided to immigrate to America to start a new life. He settled in Boston where his noble title and wealth earned him a place among high society. He met and married an heiress named Caroline Cabot. Unbeknownst to him, she was the estranged grand-daughter of [http://primusdatabase.com/index.php?title=Heron'''Robert Hollingsworth'''], the man he had just left his family's battle suit with. Together they had a daughter they named Gretchen. Gilbert believed he had rid himself of his family's curse as he watched his daughter grow up and become an intelligent young woman. She attended Cambridge University in England where she met her future husband, Nigel Hammersmith. Following their wedding Nigel took his place in the family business based in Cumbria and bought the old Hollingsworth estate there. At this point Gretchen still had no idea of her lineage or what that might mean to her.<br />
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With her husband busy, Gretchen took on the renovation of the manor house and explored the grounds thoroughly. She discovered the hidden labs of the Hollingsworth's and found some of the equipment left behind. Her intuition warned her that she should keep this discovery a secret and when not otherwise occupied, she would go down to the labs and experiment with the strange technology she found and discovered she had a natural aptitude for it. One day, her husband came home with a package and immediately locked himself in his study, refusing to come out to eat or talk to his wife. By the next day Gretchen was about to have the door forced open when she heard a blood curdling scream come from the room and the sounds of death and destruction. Suddenly a beast of tentacles and blood red eyes burst thorough the door. It attacked the workmen she had standing nearby, wrapping them in tentacles and draining the life from them. It reached for Gretchen, tearing at her face and arms. Days before she had found a curious bracelet that appeared to be powered but she could not figure out what it did. She had placed it on her arm and forgotten about it, during the attack the bracelet activated and erupted in a large electric shock that knocked Gretchen unconscious.<br />
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She awoke days later to find her father standing at her bedside. He told her that Nigel was dead and that although she had survived, the attack had severely damaged her face, leaving it disfigured and he sobbingly confessed that it was all his fault. Gretchen lay in bed unable to believe what her father was telling her. Gilbert St. Martin related to her the story of their ancestor Etienne St. Martin who had inadvertently created a device, a puzzle box, that when solved allowed the King of Edom known as '''Vulshoth''' to manifest the creature she had seen into our world. Etienne had been so horrified by what he had done that he immediately sought to destroy the device but it had been lost, only to resurface again and again in the hands of those who sought the favor of elder gods. Etienne had pledged his life and his families lives to it's destruction and had begun creating the weapons and armor that his descendents would wear through the intervening years of their quest. In the 20th century, information on the device had all but vanished. By the time Gilbert had been called on to take up the cause, he believed the device was no longer a threat and had abandoned his calling. And that abandonment had led to this, his only daughter nearly killed. And now that he realized where she had taken up residence, the very spot he had relinquished his only defense, he knew that fate was sending him a cruel message. Upon hearing this, a cold fire began to burn within Gretchen. She had been touched by true evil and now knew it existed. She wanted to stamp it out, to crush it.<br />
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==The Cold Fire==<br />
While she recovered, Gilbert attempted to find out what had happened to '''Robert Hollingsworth''' and the St. Martin battle suit, but officially Robert had passed away 5 years before, at an astonishing age of 108. He then attempted to track down next-of-kin and was shocked when he discovered that Robert's ex-wife had remarried after moving to America and that he had married her grand-daughter Caroline. Again he saw the hand of fate at work, realizing now that his daughter was the inheritor of both legacies. But this led him no closer to discovering the fate of his battle suit. After Gretchen left the hospital she fiercely engaged in physical therapy and also showed her father the old labs below the estate. Gilbert recognized the '''Elder Worm''' technology that the Hollingsworths had been able to take advantage of and together they were able to cobble together some weapons and reactivate some ancient Worm armored suits to fight the '''Vulshoth''' spawn if needed. Next they began to track down the device that again had mysteriously disappeared after the attack. The spawn of '''Vulshoth''' had expired shortly after the electrical shock it had received and disintegrated. Gretchen was able to build a device she believed would track the power emitted by the device and it led them north into Scotland. There, unfortunately, they did not find the device but a group of Vulshoth's worshipers who had built a temple, allowing '''Vulshoth''' to manifest a much larger and more powerful spawn that began killing everyone around it. Gilbert and Gretchen fought the beast but it was too strong for the weapons they had built. Gilbert allowed himself to be grabbed by the thing while he overloaded the power source of his battle suit. The electrical pulse killed him, the spawn, and shorted out all of Gretchen's own armor and weapons.<br />
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The added grief of her father's death only fueled her cold fire and she retreated to Hollingsworth manor yet again. They had already salvaged everything really useful there but she vowed to go on with what she had. Inheriting both her father's and husband's fortunes made her a very wealthy woman and a bit of a mysterious celebrity as she would not appear in public without wearing something to cover the scars of her face. She relinquished control of her husband's interest in the family company and dedicated herself to finding the St. Martin device. She became an expert on the occult and those who trafficked in the artifacts of dark magic spread across the globe. As she sought the device, she began to come into contact with other artifacts and in every case she destroyed them. Always the puzzle box eluded her. One of the most powerful and prolific of the artifact traders was the '''Mo Qing Bang''' (Dark Green Gang). They despised her so much that they sent one of their top assassins, '''Lue Shi Zi''' (Green Lion) to kill her but this was years into her career as a hunter and she was able to defeat him. He has since returned to plague her on several occasions, now a lethal cyborg.<br />
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Recently Gretchen journeyed to America to follow up a report that the St. Martin device had made an appearance there and ran into the Demon Hunter known as '''[[Simon Sixkiller]]'''. They quickly recognized the same inner fire within each other and worked together to stop another '''Vulshoth''' cult from building their own temple. Gretchen was at first very shy with Simon but then realized that like her, he was scarred, but on the inside rather than the outside. He is the only one she has revealed her face to since it's disfigurement. However, Gretchen was still a little wary of Simon since he insisted on using magical artifacts in his hunting, something she would never trust. They parted ways as friends but called on each other several times for help when they needed it. <br />
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Eventually, on a joint mission in Vibora Bay, Gretchen was introduced to an ally of Simon's, the archer known as [[Quartermoon]]. [[Quartermoon]] immediately recognized the designs of some of Gretchens equipment as belonging to his compatriot, the super-scientist known as [[Heron]]. [[Quartermoon]] arranged for them to meet and shortly after their introduction, they were both astonished to discover their connections to each other. [[Heron]] of course was actually '''Robert Hollingsworth''', her long lost Great-grand father who had survived well beyond his natural lifespan. Robert was overwhelmed by the idea. He had nearly forgotten about his previous family, so unpleasant had they been to him, that it had never occurred to him that he might have grand children, let alone great-grand children. He saw none of the malice or dull-wittedness of his children in Gretchen and immediately developed an attachment to her. Gretchen in turn felt an affinity for the old man who had unwittingly made it possible for her to fulfill her desire for revenge. She also remembered that this was the man whom her father had left his original battle suit with and asked after it. Robert told her what had become of it and how it had more or less become the property of his servant android, R.O.man. He also explained to her that it was built for a man and would not suit her at all, but he offered to build her an entirely new suit and weapons if she liked. In the mean time he supplied her with some support drones and suggested that Roman join her in her quest as he had become somewhat unnecessary to Robert. He also asked if she would like to join him as a member of [[Strike Team Zulu]] but she declined. She did not want to become distracted from her purpose.<br />
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Together she and Roman continued to hunt artifacts. Now that she had access to Robert and all of his technology and records she researched the organization that had brought her two families together, the '''[[Sacred Order of the Chain]]'''. She remembered once that [[Simon Sixkiller]] had told her he had encountered another hunter a few years ago who had died in his arms and passed on his legacy to him. She recognized the name of that hunter, [http://primusdatabase.com/index.php?title=Sacred_Order_of_the_Chain'''Count Von Grüne''']. An idea began to take hold of her. She realized that the legacy of the order was still being carried forward by individual inheritors of those legacies and that it might be time for them to come together again. She confronted Simon with this information and the proposition that the 3 of them, Simon, Gretchen and Roman, reform '''the Sacred Order of the Chain'''. Simon, feeling the weight of years and still suffering his internal torment, agreed to the proposition. Although he was still associated with [[Lord Xanadu]], Simon felt that the forces Xanadu dealt with were far beyond him. The new order, which they commonly referred to simply as '''The Chain''', set up operations in Vibora Bay Florida though they also still used the Hollingsworth estate in Europe as well.</div><br />
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For weaponry, Gretchen has settled on a pair of 10mm semi-automatic pistols as her primary weapons. She carries various miniaturized explosives and gas grenades in dispensers on her fore-arms. On occasion she will also carry a compact rocket launcher on her back when she needs extra fire power.<br />
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Since meeting her Great-grand father [[Heron]], he has provided her with L-type support drones that deliver healing nanogens. He has also given her a very compact shield generator that will stand up to continued assault for only a short time.<br />
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Gretchen has no super powers of any kind. However, she is descended from a long line of advanced scientists, on both sides of her family, and it may be assumed that these families are endowed with superior genes leading to a superior intellect. She has shown great aptitude in tinkering and invention as well as studying and researching many occult subjects. She has refused to attempt any kind of magic, so it is not known if she has any aptitude in this other than in the academic sense.<br />
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Leader of the new [[Sacred Order of the Chain]]<br />
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Associate of [[Strike Team Zulu]]<br />
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LXD
http://primusdatabase.com/index.php?title=Doctor_Clearwater
Doctor Clearwater
2018-11-14T14:14:31Z
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'''Dr. Kuro Mashimitsu''', the product of a secret '''ARGENT''' experiment. He is raised by his adoptive parents in '''Hokkaido''' and develops a keen interest in nature and ecology. His conditioning by '''ARGENT''' induces him to be an exceptional athlete and student growing up. Aside from participating in sports like tennis and track, he also learns several martial arts such as '''Jujitsu''' and '''Karate'''. He is exceptionally intelligent and attends '''Princeton University''' in the United States, where he graduates at the top of his class with majors in chemistry and environmental engineering and unofficial minors in physics and music. His passion is in ecology and he pursues his Masters and Doctorate degrees studying ways of dealing with decontamination of polluted water and soil. He theorizes that a universal decontaminating compound is possible using as yet unidentified elements. Based on his doctoral thesis, he is offered a unique research position with the '''Goodman Institute'''. The Institute entices him by revealing that they have access to a variety of extremely rare elements and isotopes not generally available for research. '''Kuro''' accepts the position and is brought to the '''Goodman Institute's''' underwater laboratory in the north Pacific that had originally been a secret base for the '''Cryptonauts'''. Here the institute housed all of their ecological, meteorological and hydro-mechanical projects. While there, he makes much progress on an anti-pollution agent to be used in clean up efforts, eventually developing a liquid compound that can cause a chain reaction in many types of contaminants, including radiation, which renders them harmless to humans but it requires small amounts of the extremely rare elements '''Serpentium''' and '''Kelvorite'''. He names this compound '''''Clearwater'''''. <br />
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At the same time, one of his new friends in the atmospheric monitoring section mentions to him that new data they have compiled seems to indicate that in some areas of the world there are significant increases in pollution despite regulation, sometimes far in excess of what even the worst industry should be producing. Some areas were completely anomalous, not harboring any recognizable pollution producing activities. Almost as if it were being done on purpose. One of those places was on the nearby island of Midway. '''Dr. Mashimitsu''' and several other scientists decide to mount an impromptu expedition to the island to see what is going on. There they are greeted by the few caretakers on the island and given a tour which does not indicate anything out of the ordinary. One of the scientists, using an experimental scanner she invented, reveals that the caretakers are in fact aliens known as the '''Gadroon''' in disguise. The group tries not to reveal the discovery to their hosts and quickly return to their lab to report their findings but just after arriving, the base is attacked by a squad of the amphibious aliens. '''Kuro''' is trapped in his lab and directly exposed to his '''''Clearwater''''' compound as it's container is damaged. Shortly after this the entire lab is flooded and all hands drown inside, including '''Dr. Mashimitsu'''.<br />
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An indeterminate amount of time later, '''Kuro''' awakens underwater. Instinctively trying to hold his breath, he manages to free himself from the debris that seemed much heavier only moments ago. Still it takes several minutes for him to locate a rebreather and it dawns on him that despite his high degree of fitness, he shouldn't have been able to hold his breath that long. After checking to be sure everyone else is dead, '''Kuro''' makes his way to an escape sub and heads for '''Monster Island''' where he is rescued by members of '''Bureau 17'''. After being rescued, he is retrieved by the '''Goodman Institute''' but when he tries to make a full report to his superiors about the '''Gadroon''' attack, they seem to regard him as if he were crazy. They in turn explain that the whole tragedy was ruled an industrial accident and that he should move on and try to put it behind him. The whole situation strikes him as very strange. Later that night, he returns to the offices of the director and discovers that he and several of the others are in fact '''Gadroon''' in disguise. Not knowing who to trust, '''Kuro''' decides to begin his own investigation into who is human and who isn't and just how many '''Gadroon''' terraforming groups had made it out of '''Canada'''.<br />
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He knew he was being watched and so made it appear he was making plans to return to '''Japan''' before he carefully disappeared. His overhearing of the '''Gadroon''' conversation told him that they had written off the underwater lab and as far as the rest of the Institute would know, it was gone. '''Kuro''' knew that it was in fact salvageable, and that it would be the last place they would look for him. As he made his preparations to return, he took a moment to think about himself and his survival. He knew something was different. He felt stronger, faster, even smarter and had suffered no ill effects from his (as he believes) near drowning. He couldn't explain it. He made his way back to the underwater lab and repaired the superstructure. After draining the water, he took care of the remains of his friends, the aliens had just left them. Then he set about restoring systems, most of it had been designed to be waterproof for just such an eventuality. He then went over all the data that indicated where he might find the '''Gadroon''', besides '''Canada''', everyone already knew about that. It was the secret incursions that needed to be revealed and destroyed. Then he set about arming himself. <br />
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There was no question about killing in his mind, he wouldn't do it. So he set out to design and build non-lethal weapons based on several secret projects that had been going on there. He was able to create his signature 'portable water knife' device as well as his gas pellets and ice grenades. He also resumed his martial training. It was becoming clear just how much he had changed when he did things like doing handstands on his finger tips and running a mile in 3.5 minutes. All the better to defeat his enemies with he thought to himself. Finally, he did not want a repeat of the last attack and so salvaged some camouflage tech and adapted it into a 'speed suit' so that ideally, he could strike at his enemies and be gone without them ever seeing him. Bizarrely, the lab coat that he had been wearing when he was soaked by the '''''Clearwater''''' compound now appears to be completely indestructible. It can't be burnt, cut, abraded or stretched, though it still remains supple. It is bullet proof, but provides no resistance and would simply join the bullet as it passed through '''Kuro's''' body. So, useful certainly but not as great as one might think. '''Kuro''' has no explanation as to how this occurred.<br />
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Now that he felt ready, his first order of business was to expose the '''Gadroon''' at the '''Goodman Institute'''. He ''leaked'' evidence on the internet implicating those he knew about and signed it '''"Dr. Clearwater."''' The aliens agents fled the Institute before they could be captured. He had planned on hitting Midway next, then thought better of it. If he did that they might deduce where he was hiding. Instead, he worked on detecting and decoding their communications in which he was only partially successful. It was enough though to start him on their trail around the world. Not long after this he made contact with representatives of '''Bureau 17''' on the nearby '''Monster Island''' and agreed to join their ranks to help deal with the '''Qular''' incursions there. He was not sure why he did so, having previously felt secrecy to be his greatest ally. Then subsequently, he agreed to be a liaison between '''Bureau 17''' and a new Super Team known as '''[[Strike Team Zulu]'''. Again, his reasons for agreeing to such a thing seemed odd to himself in retrospect.<br />
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Unknown to himself, '''Kuro''' is the result of a secret ARGENT experiment. The same one that created '''[[Daedalus]]''' and '''Theta'''. After being drenched, the '''''Clearwater''''' compound has bonded with his cells and causes a bizarre reaction. '''Kuro''' did in fact die in the underwater base. The compound revived him but his cells regenerated favoring his unspecified foreign DNA. Every time '''Kuro''' dies he revives and is a little more inhuman each time. Unless someone witnesses his death and revival and informs him, '''Kuro''' will assume he has merely been unconscious. He is not immortal, nor does he heal especially quickly. Dismemberment or incineration will kill him for good. He is obviously aware that he is changing but for now is choosing not to look a gift horse in the mouth.<br />
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His crowning technological achievement so far, is creating a ''portable water knife'' . This feat is so miraculous, many would say it can't be possible, that it defies the laws of physics. Only '''Kuro''' knows how it is accomplished. With the same technology he is able to produce a number of offensive effects with his water gun such as a hydro-shock blast which stuns, a stinging spray, and of course a cutting stream strong enough to cut steel at close range, effective range on flesh is 25 feet. The gun is also capable of dispensing the '''''Clearwater''''' compound in liquid form and aerosol in a variety of pressures and ranges. '''Dr. Clearwater''' only has about 1 liter of the compound which is enough to decontaminate a considerable area or volume but it is all he has. He has exhausted his supply if ''kelvorite'' and only has a small amount of ''serpentium''. His primary weapon uses considerable amounts of water which of course is left behind when he strikes, it has become the calling card of '''Dr. Clearwater'''.<br />
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LXD
http://primusdatabase.com/index.php?title=Heron
Heron
2018-11-14T14:14:11Z
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== The Life and Times of Sir Robert Hollingsworth ==<br />
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Robert was a member of a family of scientists that dated back to the 1500's in the north of England. His grandfather, Oliver Hollingsworth, had pioneered many principles of electricity and electromagnetism long before it became accepted by mainstream society. The area near their manor house was plagued by strange attacks and disappearance over the years and Oliver was the first person to learn the true nature of that plague. A small lost colony of [http://championsonline.wikia.com/wiki/Elder_Worm'''elder worms'''] lived underneath that area and had for millennia. Never large enough to pose a significant threat to the surface, they still killed wantonly whenever it suited them. Oliver decided that he and eventually his descendants if need be, would fight this scourge using the advanced technology he had invented. He also became a founding member of The [[Sacred Order of the Chain]] when it became clear that he and his people were not alone their plight. By 1916 when Robert was 25, both his grandfather Oliver and recently his father Thomas had perished fighting the Elder worms. This is when he encountered [http://primusdatabase.com/index.php?title=Sky_Marshal'''Charles Griffin''']. The existence of the '''Elder worm''' was still a closely guarded secret so Robert made no mention of it while Charles recuperated at the manor house. When Charles was forced to join the war, he left behind his damaged ship, which Robert was delighted to have to learn from. (Robert had avoided military service for being blind in one eye.) Over the years, the Hollingsworths had captured advanced technology from the worms which had advanced their own science considerably, and pouring over the time ship did the same for Robert's. Charles had thought the ship irreparable by 1916 standards but using the Worm-tech Robert was able to repair it and have it ready by the time Charles returned in 1918. After '''Charles [[Sky Marshal]] Griffin''' departed for the future, Robert returned to his battles with the '''Elder Worm''', now armed with 51st century advances. <br />
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The worms had been forced to retreat ever deeper into their warrens and by 1921 , Robert could find no more and believed they were wiped out. He moved his labs and technology into the worm's caverns below where it would be safely hidden and made even more advances based on what had been left behind. The battle with the worms had a greater toll than just the loss of life. The estates of the Hollingsworths had dwindled over the years till almost no income was being generated. Robert began to release some of his technology surreptitiously through third parties and under pseudonyms. The patents and royalties generated new income for him, especially his invention of the electronic pinball machine. In 1924 Robert met '''Felicity Kendall''' whom he married the following year. They had a a son, '''Eric''' and a daughter '''Melody'''. Things were going well for the Hollingsworths but by 1931, Robert began to experience odd muscle spasms and began to have difficulty keeping his feet. He was diagnosed with Autonomic Lateral Sclerosis which meant that his nervous system was slowly breaking down and that he would eventually become a complete invalid before he died in a few years. Just after this, Robert had an unexpected guest. One night there was a terrible noise, as if something had crashed into the stables outside the house.<br />
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Robert ran out to find that something indeed had crashed, his old friend the [[Sky Marshal]] lay amongst the wreckage of the stable roof, mortally wounded. Robert got his helmet off, he appeared much older than he remembered, decades older, beaten and bloodied, his protective suit was in tatters, his nanogenes apparently exhausted, so that he was not healing. He croaked out a few words, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry for what will happen to you." He shuddered with pain. His last words were, "Save the belt, you will need it." Robert buried The [[Sky Marshal]] with his ancestors and did indeed keep the time belt, and most of the other gear although all of it seemed too damaged to function. Despite this event Robert was obsessed with compensating for the deterioration of his body. He knew that it would not be long before we he was simply incapable of doing any work on his own. Neither of his children had shown any interest or aptitude in science which had dismayed him, and so he set about making a new assistant for himself, and delved into the world of robotics. The '''Elder worms''' had employed automatons and he was able to capitalize on this advanced technology to be light years ahead of contemporary science. His obsession and advancing disease alienated both his wife and his children who all moved to London to get away from him. But when the Blitz began in 1940. They were forced to move back. By this time Robert was confined to a wheel chair but had succeeded in creating his first assistant, R.O.D.<br />
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Robert's family were disgusted by him and as he had also lost the power of speech, tried to have him declared incompetent so they could take over his fortune. But at the inquest Robert was able to produce an automatic type writer and demonstrated that he was still quite lucid and fit to manage his own affairs. After this he kindly suggested to his family that they live elsewhere and they then emigrated to America. Now at peace, Robert knew his time was running out. <br />
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Time, Robert remembered Charles' last words, that he would need the belt and with the help of '''ROD''', he turned his full attention to it. Unfortunately, the technology was simply beyond anything he had encountered before. It took years of slow, painstaking work to comprehend the device and return even the simplest functionality to it. He inadvertently discovered that the only time function he could generate was a stasis field, a time void in which nothing progressed. This at least was something he could use. Robert then began to resort to programming ROD with elaborate research projects which he carried out while Robert arrested his disease's progression with the stasis field. These periods became longer and longer till, in 1951, Robert inadvertently spent an entire year in stasis and was nearly declared missing, presumed dead. It became clear that it was becoming increasingly difficult to keep the outside world out of his affairs and he decided to create a new assistant, an android that would mimic human behavior and be his face to the world, his caretaker. He called his new assistant '''R.O.MAN''' and it was sophisticated enough to pass as a human being for brief periods and minimal scrutiny. The years passed and Robert came no closer to his goal of arresting or reversing his disease, biology was simply not his field of expertise. <br />
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In 1975, he was contacted by the '''Marquis de St. Martin''', the current heir to the St. Martin legacy and a fellow heir to the [[Sacred Order of the Chain]]. Robert had known and worked with the previous Marquis, but this was his son '''Gilbert'''. Gilbert came seeking help with upgrading the old combat suit that the St. Martins had originally built in the 1800's. It had gradually been advanced technologically, even though superficially it still looked to be from the Victorian era. Gilbert was apparently not nearly as adept at tinkering as his forefathers had been and needed help transistorizing some of the components. Robert agreed to do do the work, eager to see the inner workings of the suit for himself, and had Rod and Roman begin the upgrades. Gilbert left the suit and said he would return in 1 week, he never did. Robert completed the work on the suit, often having Roman wear and test it. He remarked at one time that He looked like some sort of '''clockwork corsair'''.<br />
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In 1980, just when Robert began to accept his fate, the idea of nano technology was first introduced to the world, and suddenly he realized that he had had the answer in his hands all this time. He remembered that his old friend the [[Sky Marshal]] had been endowed with a subatomic repair system he called "nanogens". Robert had no idea how to begin creating such a thing but he knew where he might find one, in the body of the long deceased [[Sky Marshal]]. The '''Sky Marshal's''' supply of nanogens had seemed to have been depleted, resulting in his death, but Robert only needed to find one. And one he did find. He spent the next ten years studying the subatomic device and finally succeeded in reactivating it and programming it to create more of itself. 5 years later he succeeded in reinitializing the biological repair routines of the nanogens and inejected them into his body. The nanogens were still working at reproducing themselves while at the same time addressing the massive amount of nerve damage in his body. It would take time. Even with the time spent in stasis Robert was running out of time. He was already nearly a hundred years old although his body had only experienced about 70 of those years. The improvement from the nanogens was felt almost immediately but would it be enough to stave off death? And even if it did, Robert had lost so much of his life confined in a deteriorating body, he would be a very old healthy man by the time he was cured. <br />
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He turned his attention back to the time belt to see if there was a way out of this predicament. He also refurbished the '''Sky Marshal's''' old battle suit and turned it into an ambulatory life support system for himself while the nanogens made great progress revitalizing his nervous system, it would be some time before the damage to his limbs and lungs would be fully repaired.<br />
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The years passed and Robert continued to grow stronger and stronger. He could now walk with the aid of the suit and was able to make great progress on the time belt. He was able to jury rig the belt so that it was able to generate a reverse time endomorphic field to revitalize his cells. In other words, the time belt now made his cells age backwards so that each year he grew younger and stronger. This was in 1999. Robert decided that the new millennium would be the year of his rebirth into a new life. He decided to emigrate to America to assume a new identity and a new life. The reverse aging was a 1 to 1 ratio, meaning he aged backwards at exactly the same rate he had aged forwards so despite his desire to lead an adventurous new life, he still had the body of an old man.<br />
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However he couldn't resist the urge to return to being a super scientist at large and so relocated to the fabulous Millennium City which was the heart of adventure in North America. Since Robert did not know anyone in America, he decided to take up residence at an exclusive retirement home in an effort to engender a new social life and to learn about the city and the country from it's oldest residents. There he met a rather interesting man named Mr. Hartenau. Robert's android '''Roman''' had set up a new identity and a home nearby that also served as the cover for his secret lab but he insisted that '''Rod''' accompany him in the rest home. The little robo the perked the curiosity of Mr Hartenau. The 2 men were both astute enough to realize there was more than met the eye to both of them and they eventually revealed some of their secret identities with each other. From that point on Mr. Hartenau, who was really the hero know as [[Count Ubiquitous]], introduced Robert to a small group of like minded men that called themselves, [[Strike Team Zulu]]. Upon joining the team Robert took the code name Heron, after the ancient Egyptian inventor, and began lending his considerable expertise in robotics to the group while his body continued to regenerate. Recently Robert has begun taking on field missions as he has become strong enough to manage himself.<br />
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Until Roberts nanogen therapy allowed him to walk again, he was confined to a wheel chair for decades. After building ROD, Robert designed and had ROD construct, an advanced chair that could propel itself. As time wore on and his disease progressed, he improved the chair till it could react to his simplest commands and see to his every need with out the aid of ROD. While in his civilian identity, Heron still uses the chair to hide the fact of his progressing recovery.<br />
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After his disease began to take hold and his family abandoned him, Robert spent all his efforts into constructing a sophisticated robot that could replace his failing hands. After that he spent a great deal of time researching his disease but also tinkered further with robotic designs. When it became clear he needed a new assistant he built R.O.MAN and abandoned his ALS research and concentrated on robotic designs including nanogen research. After he was contacted by [[Halon]], he put his robotic expertise to use by designing technology for the STZ.<br />
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R.O.D. stands for Remote Operation Device. ROD was initially designed to follow voice commands which it did well. When it became apparent that Robert's voice was going to fail, he designed a new logic processor that he could program with advanced research that ROD could execute with simple commands. After many years of ROD being his only companion, Robert designed a simple personality program, about as sophisticated as a dog's, so that he would be more enjoyable to be around and made loyalty to Robert his primary directive. ROD is roughly humanoid in design but of a small stature so that Robert would not have to look up from his chair constantly. After R.O.MAN was built, upgrades to ROD have been few and far between, but he still represents a sophistication in robotics few can match.<br />
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When Robert was nearly declared dead after being in stasis for a year, he decided that he needed a new assistant. One that was as loyal as ROD but could pass for a human being. He then designed the Remote Operation Man to emulate human appearance and behavior and to become his face to the world. His initial product was still rather robotic, and he at first only allowed Roman to interact with other people while he was there to help smooth over any mistakes it made. He then designed a fuzzy logic Duotronic brain that was capable of learning from human interactions. As time wore on and Roman was left to himself more and more, he began to venture out into world more often. While nothing could obviate his base programming of loyalty to his creator, Roman began to want more. A core trait of his personality, like Rod's, was loyalty and a need to protect. When Robert was protected by the time stasis field, Roman looked for other people to protect. When The Marquis De St. Martin left his combat suit in the care of Robert, he trained Roman in it's operation and uses for testing purposes. After that, Roman began adventuring on his own as the '''Clockwork Corsair''' and is now considered an honorary member of [[Strike Team Zulu]]. Recently, Roman was invited to join [[Gretchen Hammersmith]] and [[Simon Sixkiller]] in reforming the [[Sacred Order of the Chain]].<br />
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Now that [[Strike Team Zulu]] is on the road to becoming a global force, one that values human life, Heron was tasked with designing a sophisticated android soldier for large battle support. The base droid fits inside the '''Avenger''' battle suit designed by [[Halon]] and is based on the work he did with Roman but the programming is much more straight forward and less prone to independence. The Thunderbolt Drones are a complete integration of the android and suit technology making a highly durable foot soldier.<br />
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Robert Hollingsworth is descended from a long line of advanced scientists and it may be assumed that his family is endowed with superior genes leading to a superior intellect. As a young man he had the normal speed and strength for his age and size. After being diagnosed with '''Autonomic Lateral Sclerosis''', Robert was able to delay the progress of his disease and prolong his life with the aid of the Time Belt. Now that he is aging backwards and the nanogens have repaired a significant amount of his neurons, he now posses the strength and agility of an 80 year old man.<br />
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http://primusdatabase.com/index.php?title=Captain_Arcane
Captain Arcane
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== The Mystery Man ==<br />
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Very little is known about the man called Captain Arcane. Even whether he is a man at all is not know for certain. He claims to be a human male from the planet Earth but refuses to give any details. Nor does he explain how a human being ended up in interstellar space alone. He joined the Red Guard many years before [[Lord Xanadu]] became the '''Red King''' and distinguished himself as a covert operative and intelligence gatherer. No one alive has seen his real face, he always appears in a mask or helmet as Captain Arcane. However he is said to be a master of disguise and it's possible many have seen him and simply not known it. He is equipped with a scrambler field that renders any scanning devices or imagers inoperative. He also appears as a non-entity to psionicists, how he achieves this effect is not known. But all of these features have led to him being a superlative clandestine agent. When [[Lord Xanadu]] joined the Red Guard and it became common knowledge that he was from Earth, Captain Arcane sought him out and befriended him. He showed Xan and Tephra the ins and outs of the organization and aided them on many missions. It was Captain Arcane who organized the popular support for Xan to take control of the Red Guard and became his chief spy afterwards. Despite the Captains unwillingness to divulge his past, he and [[Lord Xanadu]] became fast friends and he is loyal to him to this day. <br />
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After Xans apparent death on Wwend, Captain Arcane stayed behind with [[Doctor Disaster]]'s Death Squad (all former Earthmen) to bury him and so was present to witness his rebirth. Captain Arcane stayed on Wwend for a short while after this event but [[Lord Xanadu]] then asked him to return to the '''Red Guard''' to help with their recovery and to help choose a new leader, since he had decided to stay on Wwend and accept new responsibilities there. [[Doctor Disaster]] and his death squad decided to return to Earth at the point and so Captain Arcane retured to the '''Red Guard''' alone. There he was met by many who thought he should become the new '''Red King''' but he refused, saying that he preferred to work in the shadows. The losses the '''Red Guard''' suffered on Wwend meant that they had to scale back their operations considerably. In fact, the '''Red Guard''' declined to engage in any operations for several months while they rested and recuperated at their base in deep space, and no one was eager to assume command. Captain Arcane continued to serve in an advisory capacity and decided it might be in everyone's best interest if an outside party were brought in to take command. He came up with a rather unorthodox plan. He believed only one being could hold this ragtag group together, and that was someone they had fought against on numerous occasions, '''The Anubinite'''. A competitor in the intergalactic mercenary business, '''The Anubinite''' was a Lukovian cyborg, like Lord Xanadu and Lady Tephra, and was the only other one known to exist. He had been one of the few beings capable of going toe to toe with Xan, and the only one strong enough and charismatic enough to lead the Red Guard. <br />
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'''The Anubinite''' readily agreed, he had always commanded an inferior force and was eager to have the '''Red Guard''' at his disposal. While not quite having the same sense of honor and integrity as the former '''Red King''', he still commanded respect and got the Guard back on it's feet. Unlike Xan, who had fostered a sense of community and belonging for the troops of the '''Red Guard''', The Anubinite was all business and would take any contract, no matter what the job entailed. The jobs became brutal and despicable, as those kinds of people always had the most money. And when it became clear that the Captain disagreed with these policies, and had enough support to constanly challenge The Anubinite's authority, tensions began to rise between the two. Ultimately, the high pay and less moral constriction on beings created for no other purpose than to kill, brought the majority of the Red Guard to the Anubinite's way of thinking. By this time the Captain realized that the Guard he had known was gone. Finally, when Captain Arcane learned that [[Lord Xanadu]] had returned to Earth for an important mission, he decided to follow. <br />
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Being the secretive person he has always been, he set up his own base of operations in the Canadian north and began building a network of contacts for information and control. By the time he contacted [[Lord Xanadu]], he already knew what needed to be done and had found the trail leading to Karactacus. However, by this time Karactacus had amassed a considerable force of necrotic soldiers and so [[Lord Xanadu]] felt it was important to have an equal force and asked Captain Arcane to be his liaison to a burgeoning unaffiliated paramillitary group known as [[Strike Team Zulu]]. <br />
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[[Strike Team Zulu]] was lead by a man known as [[Halon]]. And while he had begun with the best of intentions, Captain Arcane could see that [[Halon]] was beginning to slip. His hatred for his enemies and his growing power was beginning to twist him into something other than a hero. Captain Arcane could see what was happening and decided that this time, he would not stand by and watch as another group of good men were led astray. He asked to join the '''Strike Team Zulu Signal Corps''' and became a special operative. He also allowed the STZ R&D department to study his technologically advanced combat suit he had brought with him from space and it became the basis for the standard medium battle suit for all STZ operatives. His weapons however he has kept to himself in order to maintain his edge.<br />
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Not long after joining the STZ, '''Captain Arcane''' learned that the '''Marquise''', the primary antagonist of the STZ, had an intelligence agent of her own who had been the reason why the '''Marquise''' had been able to make such sudden and unexpected attacks on supposedly secure facilities. He also learned that her latest mission was to gather information about the new Antarctic base the STZ had built to house its android/armor production facility. The code name for this operative was '''"Joan Jett"''', apparently a woman. The Captain was unable to acquire much more information about her, which intrigued him, other than she was a potentially superhuman threat. He staked out the most logical areas of observation around the new Antarctic base and was able to catch her trying to penetrate the bases perimeter. He was immediately struck by her beauty, she wore no mask and had marvelous long black hair cascading down her shoulders and despite the cold, was rather sparsely clothed. They did battle across the frozen landscape for hours, the Captain wanted to capture her alive but she avoided his snares at every turn. Finally she reached her rendezvous point where an escape craft waited and Captain Arcane was forced to simply gun her down just as she reached it. His rifle has quite a devastating effect on bare flesh and her left arm and head were blown off her body. The ship took off with her body and head, leaving the arm behind. When the Captain found it, he was surprised to see that the stump of the shoulder was completely smoothed over with skin and that the arm itself was still alive. He took the arm back with him for study and it has been determined that '''"Joan Jett"''' has a hyper-healing ability that makes her nearly impossible to kill. Shortly after this, while on a mission to Vibora Bay, Joan appeared again, alive and well, trying to assassinate the Captain. Her left arm had been replaced with a cybernetic prosthesis but her head was back on her body as if it had never been lost. During the course of the ensuing battle, she let it be known that she would not rest till she had possession of her arm again. The Captain has considered giving it back to her but keeps it primarily to distract her from her spying duties and to keep her off her game.<br />
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Captain Arcane has refused to allow his physical abilities to be measured and has refused medical treatment even when obviously injured. However he has been observed performing feats that would be considered superhuman. His reflexes and endurance appear to be considerably greater than the average human and he has been observed lifting objects in excess of 1000 pounds. While it is known that his combat suit does augment strength and agility, it is not known whether this is the only source of his abilities. He also has recovered from all injuries with out medical treatment. Again it is not know whether this is an inherent ability or if he has private automated medical facilities.<br />
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There has been some speculation that Captain Arcane is in some way telepathic as he is able to learn to understand many languages in very short amounts of time, even non-vocal alien languages. He also has proven able to acquire knowledge that doesn't appear accessible in any other way. The Captain has never admitted to this ability, nor was [[Lord Xanadu]], a formidable telepath, ever able to make mental contact with him.<br />
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Captain Arcane uses a variety of technologically advanced weapons and gear, primarily of alien design and manufacture. His combat suit is designed for the maximum combination of stealth and durability. It can withstand the impact of a high powered rifle bullet with minimal effect on its wearer. The suit also has an efficient energy shield capable of refracting various kinds of energy projections. It has a modular equipment deployment design allowing for a wide range of devices and weapons to be equipped for mission specific purposes. <br />
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http://primusdatabase.com/index.php?title=Quartermoon
Quartermoon
2018-11-14T14:12:35Z
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|Headquarters= Moon Base Zulu<br />
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== Attack of the Zygotes ==<br />
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Quartermoon began life as an experimental clone of '''Teleios'''. On his way to growing his perfection of body series of clones, '''Teleios''' considered the idea that brute strength perhaps not the best attribute to enhance and decided to try making a group of clones that had greater agility, coordination, and endurance. The initial test group was comprised of six clones. The new mutagenic agents '''Teleios''' used did indeed bestow all the required attributes to the clones but it also had the bizarre effect of turning their hair a shocking blue. '''Teleios''' nearly terminated the group right away because of this strange anomaly but decided to keep them long enough to test their performance to see if he was on the right track. But he was soon to discover that this batch of clones had another anomalous trait, a stubborn streak of individuality. He quickly deemed them incorrigible and ordered them destroyed. On their way to the gene banks, clones 4 and 5 mounted an escape. Clone 4 was killed by a warbeast just as they broke out into the Canadian wilderness but clone 5 got away and wandered deep into the woods. There he met a small group of Sasquatch that took him in and taught him the ways of their people. How to live on the land and how to hunt. His super human dexterity made him an excellent marksman and he especially preferred the bow. The Sasquatch gave him a name, '''Ra Kestra''' which literally translated means, " the moon in it's quarter phase" or the quarter moon, to commemorate the night they found him. Quartermoon lived peacefully with with his new family. Despite the mental conditioning that all '''Teleios''' clones receive, he was still only a few years old and exhibited many child-like qualities. He was intensely curious and would often tinker with interesting equipment and material he would find in old mining camps and abandoned hide-outs of various factions. Although he was careful to steer clear of anything having to do with '''Teleios'''. He also became enamored with the various recreational substances that the Sasquatch had learned to cultivate over the years. He claimed it improved his aim.<br />
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== Paradise Lost ==<br />
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One day, after returning from a hunt, Quartermoon discovered his whole tribe had been wiped out or captured by a '''VIPER''' raiding party. Many of the '''VIPER''' soldiers had been killed in the raid and much of their wrecked equipment littered the ground. Quartermoon was confused and distraught, except for the time of his escape from '''Teleios''', Quartermoon had never had to deal with loss or feelings of pain and anger. The only way he could deal with these feelings was to hunt. He saw the trail of the raiders and decided to follow it. He also decided that his simple wooden bow and arrows would be no match for their guns and armor. He possessed the keen intellect that all '''Teleios''' clones did and was able to fashion a high powered compound bow and a number of special arrows, some that would stun, some that would explode, and some that might even pierce the armor of the '''VIPER''' soldiers. On his way he discovered the camp of a scientist, '''Dr. Karl Severisen''' who was also on the trail of '''VIPER'''. It turned out '''VIPER''' had abducted others for their evil experiments as well, not just the Bigfoot. Quartermoon agreed to help find the others as well and was able to quietly dispatch the guards holding all the prisoners and lead them home. He was pleased to see that nearly half his tribe had survived. They retreated even further into the wilderness but '''Dr. Severisen''' convinced Quartermoon to return with him to learn the ways of other humans.<br />
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== East of Eden ==<br />
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'''Dr. Severisen''' gave Quartermoon an additional name, '''Vanth''' after his own son who had been killed in a '''VIPER''' raid. Vanth was astonished by the beauty and majesty of Millennium City. He loved to be around all the interesting and diverse people, especially the women. The only thing he missed from the woods was hunting. But he quickly realized that with his abilities and experiences, he could easily become a hunter of those who did not deserve to be free to hurt others. He designed a battle suit and a sophisticated bow and arrow system that would allow him to deal with super human threats non-lethally for the most part. He also realized that he could make money doing this by bringing in wanted criminals for bounties. This allowed him to support himself in the lifestyle to which he would grow accustomed too. At first he hunted rarely, he preferred to spend his time pursuing wine, women and song. But gradually he became more and more disgusted by the criminal syndicates that protected their members, and he began to plan raids against their infrastructures, to try to knock the pins out from under them. Vanth also became increasingly aware of the far reaching power of '''VIPER''' and they eventually became his main target.<br />
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== Ra Kestra Zulu ==<br />
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Quartermoon discovered that '''VIPER''' was building a secret base in the jungles of Africa that might increase their power considerably and so made plans to stop them if he could. In the days before his planned raid, he began to have dreams of fire and serpents, and the eyes of a woman that burned through his soul. For the first time in his life, he understood real fear. He designed a jungle stealth suit to improve his odds of survival. Once there he faced the most advanced weapons and armor that he had ever encountered. He penetrated far, but not far enough, he couldn't stand up to their weapons once his cover was blown. As he tried to slip away, he witnessed an armored figure cut through the '''VIPER''' soldiers like they were blades of grass. He discovered that '''VIPER''' had given this adversary the code name '''[[Halon]]'''. Vanth decided that this was someone that he wanted to know. When he returned to Millennium City he did what he does best, he hunted. It took some time but he finally found a way to contact [[Halon]] and arrange a meeting. At that time he offered to pay '''[[Halon]]''' either to construct, or help construct an actual power suit that would increase his survivability, but still allow him to use his agility and coordination. '''[[Halon]]''' saw something in Quartermoon that he realized he sorely needed, a sense of optimism and mirth, and so decided to make him a different offer. He explained that he had recently reunited with his own brother, who went by the name of '''[[Sigma]]''', and that together they were forming a group to deal with '''VIPER''' once and for all, and that they would be glad to have him join them. And so Quartermoon did so. Together they formed '''[[Strike Team Zulu]]'''.<br />
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As a variation on the Strength of Body clone series, '''Vanth Ra Kestra''' benefits from many of the advancements '''Teleios''' had made in trans-evolutionary cloning. A high resistance to disease, aging and fatigue. His body is extremely efficient in processing food and water allowing him to last 3 to 4 times longer than an average human. He has super human strength, allowing him to lift (press) 1.5 tons. The dexterity variation of his clone series has increased his brain-muscle reaction time to a nearly instantaneous level. This plus heightened senses, hand-eye coordination and his keen Teleiosian intellect to calculate trajectories, have combined to make him an uncanny marksman. This extends to any projectile, thrown or shot including firearms, but his sensitive hearing has led him to prefer archery.<br />
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Vanth has learned a number of martial arts including: Wing Chun, Jeet Kun Do, Capoeira, Savate, Taekwondo, Karate, Muay Thai, Kung Fu, Choi Kwang Do, Glima, Jujitsu, Sambo, Aikido, Hapkido, Chin Na, Grecco Wrestling, Judo, Shuai Jiao, Eskrima, Fencing, Gatka, Kendo, and Kyūdō. In addition, he has become an expert in most modern dance forms including Ballroom, ballet, Jazz and disco.<br />
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Vanth's first bow was an Elm long bow that the Sasquatch taught him to make. Shortly after that he began experimenting with his own designs and quickly learned to create a heavy laminated Bow that only he could wield. He also began to experiment with arrow designs, augmented by the scraps he found in various sites. After his introduction to the civilized world, he learned about advanced bow design and created several new designs which approach fire arm level power, with bow level silence. But with advanced arrow design Vanth can bring heavy fire power to bear including explosive, sonic, and electrostatic projectiles up to 200 yards.<br />
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Over time Vanth also began developing combat suits to improve his survivability. But his lack of electrical engineering training limited his advancements. After joining '''[[Strike Team Zulu]]''', Vanth was able to assist [http://primusdatabase.com/index.php?title=Halon Bryan Quinn] in designing a new powered armored suit. It was light, allowing for greater mobility but still included stealth technology and was able to resist medium powered rifle bullets. Quartermoon now wears a variation of the '''STZ Light Combat Suit Mk 2'''. He also wears a combination jet pack/quiver for greater air mobility.<br />
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'''[http://www.cloganart.com/ Quartermoon by Charles Logan]'''<br />
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LXD
http://primusdatabase.com/index.php?title=Sigma
Sigma
2018-11-14T14:12:14Z
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|Birthdate= Mar 10, 1986<br />
|Birthplace= Logan, Utah<br />
|Citizenship=United States of America<br />
|Residence=Millennium City<br />
|Headquarters= Moon Base Zulu<br />
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=== Early life ===<br />
While potentially as smart, or smarter, than his older brother '''[[Halon| Bryan]]''', Norman spent most of his time as a boy reading comic books and running around the house with a towel tied around his neck for a cape. He did have an aptitude for electronics, like his brother, but would never finish a project and did poorly in school. But luck was on Norman's side and one day he won a small lottery prize, enough to start his own comic book store and to float it along when it didn't turn a profit. As Norman grew older, he wanted more and more to be a real super hero and not just pretend. But every time he began to work on an idea, he would eventually grow tired of it and abandon it. The urge though was heightened even more after the supposed death of his brother '''Bryan''', at an '''ARGENT''' laboratory.<br />
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Fortune would again step in when a super hero battle took place in the street outside his shop. It was a battle between the '''Silver Slider''' and the '''Incredible Plum'''. During the fight, the Slider's sliding disc, crashed into Norman's shop. The '''Slider''' lost the battle and was carted off in an ambulance while Norman quietly stashed the sliding disc in the basement of his shop before anyone noticed it was there. It was inoperable, but Norman was able to tinker it back into working order. It was then that the solution hit him. He could salvage super tech from hero-villain battles all across the city, maybe even the country. So that's what he did. He eventually gathered the parts to create a suit capable of projecting high voltage electrical bolts. This was particularly facilitated by his pilfering of Lightning Bug's super secret capacitor core. At first he looked a bit comical, his suit being made from mismatching parts, but Norman continued to upgrade his suit as he became a more experienced crime fighter and named himself, '''Sigma'''.<br />
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Time passed, Norman had been working as a hero for nearly year now. He had begun to make a reputation for himself, though not always a good one. At times other heroes would accuse him of theft. The '''Silver Slider''' was especially troublesome and demanded the return of his sliding disc, despite having others. He enjoyed 'hanging out' with other heroes when he could, making friends with the likes of '''Rhino Beetle''', '''Rocket Rider Theta''' and '''[[Quartermoon]]'''. One fateful day, Norman was closing his shop up early in order to work on his latest electro suit when he heard the police scanner report a '''Mega-Destroid''' loose in the city. He flew into action and proceeded to the battlefront. Inwardly, Norman secretly hoped a real heavyweight would show up the aid them. One that could knock pieces of the robot loose for him to recover. Studying technology designed by '''Dr. Destroyer''' himself would be amazing he thought. Norman realized he had arrived 'early', only a couple heroes had engaged the mechanical monstrosity. Norman steeled his resolve and dove in despite not being overly durable himself. He had only fought a '''Mega-Destroid''' once before and knew that his electricity attacks would not be terribly effective. More heroes began arriving and the '''Destroid''' ceased it's advance and took a more defensive stance. Norman noticed a rather slinky 'cat woman' attempting to rip away the machines foot hydraulics and catching the machine's attention. Norman saw it was charging it's own electrical attack to throw at the woman and that he might be the only one who could save her. He sprang into action, heedless of his own safety and intercepted the lightning bolt leveled at the unsuspecting woman. Norman's capacitor was overloaded and the resulting backlash blasted him backwards with pieces of his suit flying in every direction.<br />
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Norman awoke to see the battle had ended and himself still alive, though he suspected his heroic career might be over as his suit, including the all important super capacitor, was destroyed. He also noticed a figure bending over him, a man clad in a handsome suit of blue power armor. Norman was instantly jealous, but quickly was just as baffled when the figure said, '''"Norm?"''' Blast! he thought to himself, his cover was blown! The armor clad figure bent down and whispered closely, '''"Norm! It's me Bryan! Come on, if you can stand we need to get out of here and talk."''' Norman followed the figure as they flew across town to an apparently empty lot. Norman's flying disc had survived. After moving through a secret entrance the man removed his helmet to reveal his own brother's face. Norman couldn't believe his eyes. His brother '''[[Halon| Bryan]]''' was supposed to be dead, but here he was. Likewise, his brother regarded him with wonder, and asked how he had come to be a real live superhero at last. They exchanged their stories and reveled in their new found camaraderie. They had not been terribly close growing up, being somewhat intimidated by each others strengths rather than heartened by their flaws. '''[[Halon| Bryan Quinn]]''' had a whole secret lab to work out of and invited Norman to join him there for the time being. Over the next few weeks, Norman and '''Bryan''' shared their experiences and knowledge with each other with Bryan wanting to help Norman get back into the game with a whole new electro suit.<br />
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About the time that the two brothers had completed deigns for Norman's suit, an old friend of his, '''[[Quartermoon]]''' contacted him while seeking information about an armor clad hero he had only had brief contact within Africa. '''[[Quartermoon]]''' described him as wearing a red power suit, and Norman now knew that '''Bryan''' in fact had several armor suits built, and one of them was red. He decided to pass the query on and '''[[Halon| Bryan]]''' admitted it was probably him, since he had indeed assaulted a '''VIPER''' base in Africa wearing the red suit. Norman arranged a meeting and '''[[Quartermoon]]''' expressed his desire to have a power suit of his own, only much lighter and more conducive to his archery. Norman expected his brother to refuse, he had always been a rather private and solitary person, but he surprised them all in not only agreeing to help make the suit, but also inviting both of them to join him in forming a team. From that moment on, '''[[Strike Team Zulu]]''' was born.<br />
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Norman is a human male of average build and moderate condition. He eats a lot of junk food and tends to spend more time tinkering on his equipment rather than using it. He is quite intelligent and has moderate knowledge of electronics and bio-mechanical engineering. He is extremely inventive and often designs new technology on a whim but is not likely to follow through on it's development.<br />
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Norman began his heroic career after 'acquiring' the '''Silver Slider's''' sliding disc and '''Lightning Bug's''' Super Capacitor core. With these two examples of super technology to work from, Norman constructed an insulated suit but it lacked any offensive capabilities until he was able to pilfer various emitters and other bits lost in super heroic battles. The '''Sigma''' suit went through 4 distinct iterations before Norman was reunited with his brother and they began designing a new wholly original suit for him. Norman had come up with many different possible upgrades to his suit but had lacked the resources and facilities to implement them. Now with the aid of his brother Brian and his patron '''Zoar''', there was no limit to what Norman could create. '''Sigma 5''' was a new light suit designed to test overall system stability and to aid in designing '''[[Quartermoon]]'s''' suit. From that basis, Norman then designed and built '''Sigma 6''', a heavy, full power battle suit. Following their adventure in '''[[Multifaria]]''', Norman and '''Bryan''' took time off to revisit their suit designs and to come up with new technologies that would free them once and for all from the need to pilfer certain parts and equipment from their enemies. '''Sigma 7''' represents a significant achievement for Norman and is the basis for all of the '''STZ's''' power systems. The suit is a full power armor but is geared toward high powered assault rather than durability and strength. <br />
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The outer shell is a super alloy consisting of Questionite, Titanium and Niobium. The inner layers are composed of many layers of insulation with give the suit a very bulky look despite it's light weight. The suit is able to deflect high powered rifle bullets and has a high refraction index that makes it impervious to high-powered lasers and heat. The artificial musculature included in the suit allows the wearer to lift (press) up to 10 tons. The suit is airtight and waterproof with an internal oxygen supply lasting for up to 6 hours. The offensive system is tied directly into the power system of the suit. It is able to project arcs of electricity up 50 feet at a peak capacity of 1.21 gigawatts. It is also able to produce arcs at much lower intensities and wattage. As a defensive measure, the suit can charge the local area in all directions, grounding to what ever, or who ever enters the field. Also as a defensive measure, the suit is able to absorb electrical, magnetic, and heat energy directed at it and then store, convert or dissipate this energy. There are various safeguards in place to prevent the explosive overloads previously experienced. The suit is also capable of producing free floating balls of charged, super heated plasma that are often used to distract and annoy opponents.<br />
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LXD
http://primusdatabase.com/index.php?title=Skorpios
Skorpios
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As a boy, Sanasar was raised to honor the ancient mysteries of his people. He was also raised with the bitterness of centuries of conflict and oppression. His family had been forced to flee from their ancient lands in '''Van''' a hundred years before. As he grew up, he realized that he and his family were visited by several '''Shahapset''' that only they could see. They honored and revered the '''Shvod''' of their house, who appeared as a scintillating green serpent in the spring. And the protector of their farm, a grizzled old '''Shvaz''' that appeared as a scorpion in the Fall. On his 13th birthday, the '''Shvod''' and '''Shvaz''' both appeared to Sanasar, an unprecedented meeting. They seemed intent, even menacing. Sanasar was scared, and then they both struck. The Serpent bit him and the Scorpion stung him. He fell into a coma and experienced his first vision.<br />
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He saw his destiny dominated by the two spirits. First though, he must follow the scorpion, to the west. On the slopes of '''mount Ararat''' he would find his first master. His spirit left his body, which remained in a coma and was placed in a hospital, and journeyed to the prison of a powerful being, '''Mher the Younger'''. A being of such power, who could not yet roam the Earth freely, but who amused himself by training some few in the mysteries of the arcane. Sanasar learned the names and places of power through out the world. He learned to commune with spirits and cast spells, mix potions and summon visions. For ten years his spirit dwelt there till he had a vision of his brother clad in green and bowing to a monstrous snake. On that day, '''Mher''' dismissed his student saying that it was now time to follow the way of the serpent.<br />
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His spirit rejoined his body and he escaped from the hospital, he was weak but he had the knowledge to create a potion that would rejuvenate him. Using his powers, he made his way south, all the way into '''Africa''' where he sensed he would find his brother. There he made contact with him through dreams and discovered that he had left the Armenian army to join a new order, one that would eventually bring all people under one banner, the banner of '''VIPER'''. This contact however, also attracted the attention of the Grand Masters of the Serpent Mages. When they confronted him, Sanasar presented himself as Skorpios, and expressed his desire to join them. The Grand Masters accepted him and at the first monthly sacrifices to '''Nama''', Skorpios experienced another vision. He saw his people and nation restored to their ancestral glory at the hands of the '''Great Nama''' and '''Viper'''.<br />
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While '''VIPER''' does not overtly discourage mystics joining their ranks, they also do not actively seek them out. The inner circle of Serpent Mages consists of 21 individuals that have a very specific focus. There are '''3 Grand Masters''', each of whom have two Masters under their command who in turn each have 2 apprentices, typically one acolyte and one novice. There are a handful of other mystics employed by '''VIPER''' who are ''hopefuls'', awaiting their chance to join the inner circle. Encountering a Serpent Mage in the field is rare. While the three Grand Masters are technically equals, the most senior of them, '''Francois Mercy''', is the de facto leader. The primary endeavor of the Grand Masters is to search for signs and portents of people or events that threaten '''VIPER''' in the mystic world. Specifically, keeping an eye on DEMON. They spend most of their time at the central scrying pool at the '''Temple of Nama''' in Africa. The Masters and their apprentices are the tools of the Grand Masters, being sent into the field when and where needed.<br />
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Skorpios began as a novice but almost immediately became and acolyte. After only 5 years he was acknowledged as a master, after having 'engineered' a vacancy. Then he was introduced to a new experience, teaching others, but he only taught them the 'standard' Serpent Mage mysteries and kept the rest of his knowledge to himself.<br />
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Recently, the Grand Masters divined that the '''Serpent Lantern''', which had been lost decades before, was now retrievable through their magics. The summoning required the combined power of the entire inner circle. During the ritual, Skorpios experienced a powerful vision. A vision of the world in turmoil and a green serpent, long and sleek approached and encircled the world, quelling it. The Serpent sat contentedly but began to grow, it's body thickened but did not loosen it's grip on the world so that the serpent began to crush it. The surface began to crack and fracture, turmoil again erupted, worse than before. The world seemed doomed to crumble under the weight of the ever growing snake but then an iron fist smote the head of the snake causing it to uncoil slightly. The fist struck again, the serpent turned to strike but the iron fist ignored the bites. Finally, the great hand grabbed the serpent and choked the life out of it, the Earth was saved. Skorpios was not the only mystic to experience a vision then, but he was the only one that seemed to have a negative experience. The others had all experienced visions of triumph for '''VIPER'''.<br />
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Shortly after the Serpent Lantern had been retrieved, the increased activity at their base had attracted the attention of '''UNTIL''' who then sanctioned intrusions by 'super heroes'. One assault was by [[Halon|someone clad in armor]] that shrugged off some of their most potent magics. Skorpios himself fought this person and was defeated. He wondered if this was the iron fist that was destined to bring down '''VIPER'''. But he sensed the intense fear of the man inside the armor, and though he penetrated deeply into their sanctum, he was ultimately fooled with a series of illusions. More visions came to Skorpios. This time when the iron fist fought the snake, the first bite seemed to have an effect. A bright glow emanated from that spot, slowly engulfing the hand and causing it to explode, taking the Earth and the snake with it. The visions progressed, causing Skorpios ever greater anxiety and trepidation. Now he could see what seemed to be a figure in the light, the source of the explosion. It was a man. Skorpios determined to go on a vision quest, to settle once and for all what this meant. <br />
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He returned to his homeland of '''Armenia''' and on the slopes of '''Mount Ararat''', used a potion containing both snake and scorpion venom to induce the visions. In this way the vision was much more lucid and clear but also changed again. This time, the fat serpent was struck by the iron fist, but then the snake began to dodge and weave, avoiding the blows. It began to return to it's sleek shape and eased it's grip on the world which remained quiescent. The vision then divided, now there were two Earths one with the sleek snake avoiding the iron fist, and the other, was the old vision of the fist defeating the snake. He also now saw that each Earth was being held in a great hand. Those hands belonged to a great gleaming white man-shaped figure with a snake's head. Skorpios now realized that it was great '''Nama''' himself that was sending the visions. Visions that seemed to say that if '''VIPER''' were left unopposed, it would eventually collapse under it's on weight and take humanity with it. He was left with a choice, oppose '''VIPER''' fully, bringing about it's defeat, or oppose it just enough to keep it lean and hungry. And in-between the two, central to the whole scenario, was the exploding man. Skorpios accepted the vision, realizing that he had to leave '''VIPER''' and join this man, while saving him and the Earth in the process.<br />
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Skorpios abandoned '''VIPER''' and using his powers of divination, learned who this man was and what needed to be done. He learned he was almost too late already. The man was about to embark on the path that led to destruction. Skorpios sent his own visions to the man to delay him long enough for him to arrive. The visions worked, and Skorpios was able to convince the man to accept his help in achieving his true potential. The man, who now called himself the '''[[Count Ubiquitous|Director]]''', was a staunch adversary of '''VIPER''' but he also had a vision of world peace, through order and discipline. Skorpios was perplexed why great '''Nama''' would want him to join a group so dedicated to '''VIPER's''' destruction, but he believed above all, that he must follow the visions.<br />
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Millenia ago, in the wilds of '''Britain''', there lived a small lost colony of '''Elder Worm''', inhabiting deep caverns in the north of '''England'''. Their numbers were few but over time, even their infrequent forays to the surface were eventually noticed. The local tribes began to plot the demise of these demons and made incursions into the caverns to find them. The '''Elder Worm''' here did not have the ability to transform humans into '''Worm''' but did have other magics they could use. They took a specimen of legless lizard, called a slow worm, and experimented on it with both technology and magic. It grew and became fearsome and was set to guard the cave entrances against the invaders. As it fed on the bodies of those it killed, the magics used to create it also helped it consume some part of it's victims' souls. Eventually it ceased to be an animal. It became crafty and malicious, now leaving the tunnels to hunt prey and make it's self stronger. It had grown far beyond what any mortal could combat, so the chieftains made a bargain with a great '''Red Dragon''' from the south, to fight the white worm in return for virgin sacrifices at each solstice. The two monsters did battle and the white worm was defeated but the magics of the '''Elder Worm''' had worked a miracle in the worm so that each time it died, it was reborn again, stronger and more fearsome than before. The chieftains declared the bargain unfulfilled as long as the worm was alive so the '''Red Dragon''' was forced to do battle each year with the alien worm. Finally the Red Dragon, '''Kalgikovor''', called on the aid of the mighty serpent '''Nama''' it had met years before. He asked that '''Nama''' transform the white worm into something he could easily defeat, but '''Nama''' was feeling capricious that day and transformed both of them into pigs, which the king then caught and imprisoned in a cavern in '''Wales'''. There they returned to their true forms and resumed their yearly conflict, though '''Kalgikovor''' continued to win, the margin narrowed every year. <br />
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Eventually the legend of their imprisonment faded and in time, a new lord attempted to build a castle directly over the cavern in which the two beasts fought. The battle made the ground unstable and no tower would stay up. This continued for many weeks until the king was advised to seek the help of a boy not conceived by a mortal man. He sent his soldiers out across the land to find such a lad. The boy they found was called Myrddin Emrys, whom some call '''Merlin'''. Following the advice of his councilors, the king was planning to sacrifice the boy in order to appease the supernatural powers that prevented him from building a fortress here. The boy however was not Merlin, it was '''Nama''' in disguise. He informed the king about the '''Red Dragon''' and '''White Worm''' battling under the ground and offered to free one of them to stop the unrest. The King chose to set the '''Red Dragon''' free, deeming it at least able to be bargained with. The '''White Worm''' was cognizant enough to know what was going on, and to realize who it's tormentor really was. Left trapped in the caverns, the '''White Worm''' languished and vowed vengeance. As time wore on the '''White Worm''' would occasionally moan pitifully, disquieting those that dwelt above it. Finally, the site was abandoned after an attempt to dig a well pierced the cave holding the worm, and making it's protestations even more audible and disquieting. The legends of the '''White Worm''' spread, some of the more unhinged tribesmen sought out the well and began to worship the '''White Worm''' beneath the ground whom they named '''Dyonin'''. Some few of them were genuine mystics and sacrificed themselves to their god. In this way '''Dyonin''' began to learn power for itself. It began to directly influence those that came to serve it, each sacrifice making it stronger and smarter. It's hatred for '''Nama''' never diminished, though it had not only come to accept it's imprisonment, it felt comfortable there, having grown so large now that nothing short of serious excavation could ever free it. It also knew that '''Nama''''s power still dwarfed it's own, it would need to bide it's time.<br />
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Centuries passed, the cult of '''Dyonin''' had grown until Christianity had taken a firm hold over England and all of the pagan religions were forced to disband or hide themselves. '''Dyonin''''s increase in power slowed as the sacrifices became few and far between, so it slumbered, sometimes for years at a time. Centuries passed, '''Dyonin''' became aware of the world at large and watched it, and studied it. It witnessed the destruction of it's former masters, the '''Elder Worm''', far to the north at the hands of men. It also began to feel the power of '''Nama''' reach out into the world. '''Dyonin''''s own cult had shrunk to a '''[[Lord Blackburn|single family tradition]]''' that no longer gave it enough to increase it's power, only to keep it alive. '''Dyonin''' realized it would never attain the power necessary to oppose '''Nama''' directly, but it might influence people and events to hinder him. It's mystic senses had grown acute and far reaching, it sensed the powers invoked in '''Nama''''s name across the world. It watched the serpent mages and hid from their questing eyes. It found doubt in one, and fed that doubt. It began to push, a little here a little there till finally, while all other serpent mages were distracted, it made contact with it's cats paw, sending a powerful vision to bring about '''VIPER''''s destruction. Eventually it dared even to appear before the serpent mage who took him to be '''Nama''' himself, as was intended. '''Dyonin''''s glee was boundless as the serpent mage abandoned '''VIPER''' and joined it's enemies, while still believing he served '''Nama''' faithfully. '''Dyonin''' would have his revenge.<br />
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Skorpios abandoned not only '''VIPER''' in general, but also the two apprentices under his tutelage who felt his betrayal very keenly. Both were women, his acolyte was called '''Vena''', and his novice was called '''Astraea'''. '''Vena''' felt very close to Skorpios, perhaps more so in her mind than in Skorpios's. When it became apparent that not only had he abandoned his post, but had gone so far as to join a known enemy, the circle of Serpent Mages expelled both of his apprentices, not believing that they knew nothing of his plans, and were not actually helping him. '''Vena''' felt doubly betrayed by this as she was fiercely loyal to '''VIPER'''. She declared that she would hunt Skorpios down and bring his body before the circle to show them her true place was amongst them.<br />
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Skorpios was already an accomplished sorcerer when he chose to join VIPER. While he did participate in the monthly blood rituals with the other serpent mages, he did not depend on it for his power. He is adept at all of the typical serpent mage spells such as summoning and communing with serpents, taking on serpent form, and the venomous touch. He is also adept at scrying and potion making, especially using various toxins in creative and not necessarily lethal ways. He was also a master of the venom strike, projecting bolts of noxious energy that not only poisoned living targets, but could also melt inanimate objects, sometimes at great distances. Also, to the consternation of his '''VIPER''' overlords, Skorpios revered and emulated the scorpion. Using it's venom for even more efficacious effects. Skorpios uses mystic disciplines to read minds and communicate telepathically with those that are attuned to it, up to and including, mesmerization of a single subject. He can levitate/fly at moderate speeds. He can also use astral projection to observe other places and planes for limited periods of time. <br />
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| supergroup = The Red Guard<br />
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| supergroup = The Red Guard<br />
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After a partially successful hack of some '''VIPER''' computer systems, the Champion's super computer '''SOCRATES''' had access to a list of potentially suspect ''super heroes''. Those on the list were merely designated with letters from the Greek alphabet and '''SOCRATES''' was still in the process of actively identifying the individuals when some of them began to turn up dead. The sophisticated computer determined that someone else was using the same list to assassinate them and decided to contact those that it knew of to warn them and possibly enlist their aid in catching the assassin. Those that responded to the summons banded together and thus, the Greek Patrol was formed. Aside from '''[[Sigma]]''', '''[[Epsilon]]''' and '''[[Omicron]]''', the surviving members are:<br />
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| biography =A terribly mysterious man living in Nova Scotia. A recent visitor to our planet, the man designated as Xi is infact '''Lord Damson''' of the Rune Lords, come to assist '''[[Lord Xanadu]]''' in his battle against '''Karactacus''' and the '''[[Hex Lords]]'''.<br />
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| alterego =Richard Beeman<br />
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| biography =The son of a woman assaulted by an irradiate in Burning Sands, the man designated as Gamma is able to project and absorb intense bursts of radiation.<br />
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| alterego = Stewart Fonda<br />
| nationality =Japanese<br />
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| supergroup = Greek Patrol<br />
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| biography = A complete enigma. No one is sure if Zeta was once a human being or is some sort of alien. Until it responded to SOCRATES's summons, Zeta had only appeared sporadically in the Canadian wilderness. (Some speculate that it is actually a rogue '''Solaron''' from Rigel)<br />
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Across the vast '''[[Multiverse]]''' are an infinite number of possibilities. Some of those possibilities and the characters that are part of them are listed here. Certain 'keystone' versions of Earth (or more appropriately, the third planet in this solar system) make up the bulk of the multiversal splintering. Those being known as;<br />
'''V'ha''' (e.g., V1 or V2100) <br />
'''Earth'''(e.g. E1346 or E2116) <br />
'''Harshazent'''(e.g. H22 or H3289) <br />
'''Lungorin'''(e.g. L2312 or L5432) <br />
'''Sirmilor'''(e.g. S123 or S3478) <br />
'''Tau'Valion'''(e.g. T998 or T547) <br />
Some are designated both with a number and a nickname (e.g. E6431: The Left Handed Universe.)<br />
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'''(I have used cannon numbering for dimensions where I have been able to find it, e.g. Earth 1346, otherwise they are just made up by me.)'''<br />
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<div style="font-size:110%;color:#cc0000; font-weight:bold;">E1346: Champions Earth</div> Also known as "Earth Prime" by some of it's inhabitants. All characters not otherwise designated live in this Universe.<br />
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<div style="font-size:110%;color:#cc0000; font-weight:bold;">E1661:[[Multifaria]]</div> A place where time does not flow in a uniform direction, it swirls and eddies so that people and places throughout history seem to interact with each other in seemingly impossible ways. Home of Shadow Destroyer.<br />
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| alterego = Paul Quinn<br />
| nationality =New Harmonite<br />
| supergroup = [[Strike Team Zulu]]<br />
| link =[[Xenon]]<br />
| biography =Brian Quinn was a willing participant in Shadow Destroyers conquest of Detroit. Too late, he had a change of heart and built a suit of armor to combat his master but never had a chance to use it. His son Paul, inherited the armor and accidentally crossed over to E1346. He has since become known as '''[[Xenon]]'''.<br />
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| character =Princess Vanadium<br />
| alterego = Carolyn Monroe<br />
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| supergroup = Strike Team Zeta<br />
| link =<br />
| biography =Originally a V'hanian spy, Caroline was cut off from her superiors and chose to settle in her new dimension. Using advanced V'hanian technology she began opposing Shadow Destroyer wearing a suit of power armor. Wife of Brian Quinn and mother of Paul Quinn. Deceased.<br />
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<div style="font-size:110%;color:#cc0000; font-weight:bold;">E6431: The Left Handed Universe</div> Also known as "Mirror Earth" since almost everything is in some way opposite of it's more common existence. The average person is left handed rather than right handed. Most of the same languages are spoken but are spoken backwards. "Good deeds" are considered contemptible while "evil deeds" are considered praise worthy.<br />
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| character = '''[[Argon]]'''<br />
| alterego = Nayrb Nniuq<br />
| nationality = Nacirema<br />
| supergroup = Minions of Raoz<br />
| link =[[Argon]]<br />
| biography = Nairb Nniuq is a ruthless yet unwilling minion of '''Raoz'''. After being slain in battle with the STZ, '''[[Halon]]''' pilfered his technology to build Cobalt 7.<br />
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| spd =5<br />
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| nationality = none<br />
| supergroup = Minions of Raoz<br />
| link =<br />
| biography = With the help of Raoz, Argon created a number or robots and androids to assist him in his endeavors. His crowning achievement is the 12 foot tall 'mega-droid' Ultimax. This droid is completely autonomous though not really self aware.<br />
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| dex =5<br />
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| link =<br />
| biography = The computerized assassin '''Raoz''', tried to create a robotic minion to spread chaos and destruction across the planet and hasten the demise of humanity. Unfortunately for '''Raoz''', tit's creations kept going '''good''' and refused to harm mankind. M.A.C.H. 1 through 4, eventually left the planet. M.A.C.H. 5 however chose to remain and directly oppose '''Raoz'''.<br />
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| spd =5<br />
| ref =6<br />
| dex =6<br />
| pwr =5<br />
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<div style="font-size:110%;color:#cc0000; font-weight:bold;">E1348</div> Only subtly different than E1346, any heroes visiting this dimension would have a difficult time distinguishing it from their own. ARGENT has been somewhat more successful in this world with more assets and greater influence.<br />
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| character = Hadron<br />
| alterego = Bryan Quinn<br />
| nationality = United States<br />
| supergroup = A.R.G.ENT Inc.<br />
| link =<br />
| biography = Bryan Quinn resolved his conflicts with Dr. Schubert amicably and has had a long and fruitful career with '''Argent''' as their primary power armor designer and Vice President of Corporate Security. In the field he is known as '''Hadron: Agent of Argent'''. He is dedicated to Argent's goals of ultimate profitability.<br />
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| character = Vindicator<br />
| alterego = James Harmon IV<br />
| nationality = United States<br />
| supergroup = A.R.G.ENT Inc.<br />
| link =<br />
| biography = '''James Harmon III''' was well on his way to making '''Harmon Industries''' a major defense contractor when his wife was tragically killed in a car crash. He fell into an alcohol fueled malaise that saw his company flounder. Just as '''James Harmon IV''' was coming of age, he concieved of rejuvenating both the image and status of his family's company by creating a suit of armor and doing good deeds in their name. He would then market derivatives of this technology to revitalize their finances. However, '''Harmon Industries''' had been left open to a hostile take-over bid and '''ARGENT''' made the most of it. When the dust settled though, they found out that all the major patents and designs had been licensed from a private firm owned solely by the Harmons, '''Harmon Labs'''. Legaly, '''Harmon Labs''' was under contract to '''Harmon Industries''', but with '''James Harmon IV''' now in charge, '''ARGENT''' was no closer to obtaining their valuable technology. Finally '''ARGENT''' attempted to simply take the data by force but were stopped by an individual wearing an advanced suit of power armor who introduced himself as ''''Vindicator''''. Vindicator is officially chief of security for Harmon Labs.<br />
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<div style="font-size:110%;color:#cc0000; font-weight:bold;">E1554: Viper World</div> In 1986 '''Viper''' helps defeat Luther Black and Demon. Although done without fanfare, it leads to secret deals with some law enforcement agencies for increased leeway in their operations, in exchange for their forbearance. In 1992 '''Viper''' prevents the destruction of Detroit and generates much public good will. A few major '''Viper''' cells reorganize themselves into a private security agency known as '''Ophidian Inc'''. In 1996, Viper destroys Eurostar and expands it's influence throughout Europe. Communities and eventually even whole countries around the world turn to '''Viper''' to provide security against super human threats when local governments fail. '''Viper''' continues to broker their position into a world wide presence and are eventually able to depose the few resisting governments and assert absolute control over the world with the promise of security. <br />
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| character = Count Hartenau<br />
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| nationality = United States of Viperia<br />
| supergroup = Viper<br />
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| biography = Alexander Hartenau was at one time Nest Leader for Western Detroit and one of the founding members of '''Ophidian Inc.''' After '''VIPER''''s eventual conquest of the world, Count Hartenau was appointed governor of the North Central United States of Viperia. '''Viper Agent XX''' and '''Black Adder III''' both report to him directly. When circumstances dictate, the Count wears an antiquated, though greatly upgraded, Mk I Nest Leader armored suit in combat. Though now quite old, he uses a draysha derivative elixir to keep himself fit and healthy.<br />
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| character = Viper Agent XX<br />
| alterego = Branon Quint<br />
| nationality = United States of Viperia<br />
| supergroup = Viper<br />
| link =<br />
| biography = After Viper acquired Argent, Branon Quint became Viper's foremost power armor designer. On special occasions he makes appearances in high powered prototypes as '''Viper Agent XX'''.<br />
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| alterego = Eric Gumby<br />
| nationality = United States of Viperia<br />
| supergroup = Viper<br />
| link =[[BLKADR 02.jpg]]<br />
| biography = Eric is the leader of a special unit of that deals with extra-dimensional incursions and specifically with watching for signs of encroachment by the V'hanian empire. His armor is a third generation revision designed by Branon Quint.<br />
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| ref =3<br />
| dex =4<br />
| pwr =5<br />
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<div style="font-size:110%;color:#cc0000; font-weight:bold;">E2525</div>Time flows more quickly in this dimension. Relatively speaking, it is the year 2525 and this dimension is battling Istvatha V'han's forces. Earth however, has already capitulated and the majority of it's super heroes are dead or captured.<br />
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| character = Neutron<br />
| alterego = Quenton Bryant<br />
| nationality = American<br />
| supergroup = Strike Force Able<br />
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| biography = Quenton Bryant is a descendant of a long line of inventors, scientists and heroes. Quenton joined the fight under the '''Aurum Inc.''' banner and fought bravely in an extremely advanced suit of armor, supported by his own android troopers. In the final battle for Earth, Quenton was severely injured and the battle was lost. His androids had been programmed with an imperative to save him at any cost, and so retrieved his badly damaged body and adapted their own robotic and armor technology to revive him. He has since lead a relatively successful resistance to imperial forces.<br />
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| character = Uber Lad<br />
| alterego = Preston Bryant<br />
| nationality = American<br />
| supergroup = Strike Force Able<br />
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| biography = Preston Bryant is the son of Quenton Bryant. In the dark days before the fall of Earth, Earth's people began to resort to all sorts of desperate measures. Quenton and his wife Carmen, decided to volunteer their unborn child for experiments to produce new super humans through application of cosmogenic energies. Carmen died in child birth and Earth fell before it was determined just exactly what had been accomplished in their son's birth. With Carmen dead and Quenton presumed dead, Preston was placed in an ultra secret rearing facility, staffed mostly by androids. The first five years of his life Preston was indoctrinated with heroic ideals of a world at war. Finally Quenton, now recovred from his own procedures, found his son and took him to his own secret base. It became clear that the experiments had indeed bestowed super human abilities to Preston. He has faster, stronger and more durable than any normal human. Quenton kept him sheltered and tried to undo the indoctrination with only moderate success. Preston's abilities made him arrogant and bull headed. At age 15 he could no longer be contained and insisted in joining in the fighting. He could now fly, project beams of energy from his eyes and was nearly invulnerable. Quenton fears he will quickly lose control of Preston, and then lose him entirely. Being a teenager, Preston tends to change his codename on a weekly basis. This week it is "Uber Lad"<br />
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| character = Cobalt<br />
| alterego = Darius Hartenau<br />
| nationality = American<br />
| supergroup = Strike Force Able<br />
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| biography = Darius was an assistant to Quenton Bryant in designing and building his original armored suit. He himself had little desire to engage in field activities. After Quenton was presumed lost, Darius retreated to a remote back up lab and began work on a new armored suit that would incorporate technologies pilfered from the V'hanian empire. His original plan was to find a resistance fighter worthy of carrying on the fight in the suit but later decided, to honor the memory of his friend and mentor, Darius would waer the suit himself. He has since been reunited with Quenton and has joined the new resistance.<br />
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| character = The Obliterator<br />
| alterego = Zovax<br />
| nationality = Extra-terrestrial<br />
| supergroup = None<br />
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| biography = Sometimes known as "the '''Last Lukovian'''". In this reality, the alien computer known as '''Zoar''' developed a serious fault shortly after beginning it's 4th program which rendered it's 2nd program inoperable. '''Zoar''' continued with a vastly limited version of the 4th program while it endeavored to fix itself. Being more or less "blind" to the probability matrix, this '''Zoar''' was taken completely by surprise when the V'hanian forces invaded Earth. With the activation of the 5th program, Zoar became aware of an emergency measure it could employ. Summoning one of it's creators. A single Lukovian had forgone true ascension and remained to maintain and service the vast Lukovian networks. When this being arrived, it was able to quickly repair the faulty computer and it's presence caused the 9th program to activate. This program called for '''Zoar''' to merge with a portion of the Lukovian's essence, to create a new entity that would directly oppose the V'hanian invasion and reboot the 2nd, 4th and 5th programs. The new entity which called itself '''"Zovax"''', has begun destroying all V'hanian forces on the planet. The V'hanians and Earthlings have taken to calling this entity, "the Obliterator".<br />
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| character = Baryon<br />
| alterego = Quentin Baryon<br />
| nationality = Argentian<br />
| supergroup = Strike Force Able<br />
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| biography = Sir Quentin Baryon is the first knight in service to the '''King of Argentum''' and Lord of Logandown manor. Technology is advance here but is often very closely guarded and not shared with the rabble. Baryon wears an advanced suit of power armor he designed for the king and his vassals. He wields the ancient techno-sword Drandol and the Shield of the Silver Moon.<br />
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| character = Ophidio<br />
| alterego = Alexio Ophidio<br />
| nationality = Helenan<br />
| supergroup = Yellowstone Border Guard<br />
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| biography = Sir Alexio Ophidio is lord of Yellowstone Manor which borders Sir Baryon's lands in the nearby kingdom of Helena. The border in this area is only marked by the continental divide so the two lords argue and fight often over just exactly where that is. Opidio wields the sacred mace of St. Landru.<br />
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<div style="font-size:110%;color:#cc0000; font-weight:bold;">E1812: United States of Canada</div>After the US declaration of war in 1812, the north-eastern states secede from the union and join the Canadian colonies. The remaining United States strengthen ties with France while the Canadian colonies strengthen ties with Britain. The war of 1812 stalls with this development, but is not ended. After the burning of Washington, the remaining states decide to move the capitol to Atlanta, and reorganize as the Confederate States of America. As the Napoleanic Wars intensify, French Canadians are persecuted and eventually driven to immigrate to the CSA. England and France achieve a cease fire in Europe, allowing Britain to send more troops to support Canada while France is still engaged with Russia and unable to support the Confederate States. Fighting continues both in North America and Europe. Britain is not a part of the third coalition against France and therefore Napolean is able to solidify his hold over most of Europe. With greater support from Britain and the loss of most northern states, Canada is able to make gains much further south. Finally reaching an agreement with the CSA and drawing a border at the 37th parallel from the corner of Virginia, to the pacific coast. At the same time the United States of Canada are founded.<br />
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In the modern age things are ultimately much the same as E1346. The USC aided Britain in war against France and in the Russian and German wars of independence to emerge as one of the dominant super powers of the world. Rivalry and conflicts with the CSA are frequent and intense, leading to strong patriotism on both sides. Many super heroes and even villains wear their patriotic colors proudly. <br />
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| character = Yukon<br />
| alterego = Bryan Quinn<br />
| nationality = Canadian<br />
| supergroup = National Security Force<br />
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| biography = Bryan Quinn was a mild mannered comic book store proprietor, along with his brother. Both are brilliant tinkerers but lack the ambition and resources to become anything more. One day a super hero battle takes place outside their store and Roboking's hover tank crashes into it. The brothers manage to steal the tank and hide it before authorities are able to haul it away. They are able to decypher much of the advanced technology but can't decide what to do with it. However, after the disappearance of one of Canada's greatest heroes, the brothers decide it is their duty to help fill the void left by the tremendous loss. Together they build the U.C.O.N.(Unlimited Cryogenic Oscilation Neutralizer) armor system and reactivate the hover tank for support. Bryan is then officially sanctioned by the government as the hero designated "Yukon".<br />
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| character = Delta<br />
| alterego = Norman Quinn<br />
| nationality = Canadian<br />
| supergroup = National Security Force<br />
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| biography = Norman Quinn was a mild mannered comic book store proprietor, along with his brother. After the success of creating the U.C.O.N. system, Norman supports his brother Bryan as the pilot of their hover tank, '''Komak'''. Togther they are devloping a new suit to be worn by Norman known as '''D.E.L.T.A''' which will project fire in contrast to Bryan's ice weaponry. It is operational enough to wear but is incomplete.<br />
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| character = Free Star<br />
| alterego = Robert Harley<br />
| nationality = CSA<br />
| supergroup = American Hero Corps<br />
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| biography = Robert Harley was a CSA soldier that volunteered for the 'Razorline' treatment when his country called for more super powered heroes to join it's ranks. He has since been an outspoken proponent of taking back territory from Canada and has clashed with Canadian heroes on numerous occasions.<br />
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| character = The Visitor<br />
| alterego = Caroline Munro<br />
| nationality = American<br />
| supergroup = The Lost<br />
| link =<br />
| biography = Caroline Munro is a theoretical physicist and the last person alive in North America. She has endeavored since the plague to build a device capable of opening wormholes through space to reach one of the offworld colonies. All inter-planetary ships were scuttled to avoid spreading the plague. She inadvertently builds a trans-dimensional gateway and begins to visit other Earths. For some bizarre reason, every Earth she visits is shortly thereafter afflicted by some great catastrophe that destroys it, forcing her to flee back to her own dimension. She has witnessed the destruction of 5 other Earths so far. She wears an advanced exo-suit during her travels that she does not remove for fear of spreading the plague inadvertently.<br />
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| dur =7<br />
| spd =4<br />
| ref =4<br />
| dex =3<br />
| pwr =3<br />
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| character = The Hunter<br />
| alterego = Anaximandros Daedalus<br />
| nationality = Greek<br />
| supergroup = The Lost<br />
| link =<br />
| biography = There were some who said the super scientist Anaximandros Daedalus, was responsible for the plague that wiped out humanity. Others said he was their only hope in surviving it. They were all wrong. What ever his motivations are, after the plague, Daedalus began hunting down survivors and killing them. He has killed all but the remaining 11 whom he has not yet found.<br />
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| profileimage = CONQ 01.png<br />
| character = The Conqueror<br />
| alterego = Valentin Osândă<br />
| nationality = 'Transnistrian'<br />
| supergroup = The Lost<br />
| link =<br />
| biography = After the dissolution of the USSR in the early 1980's, '''Dr. Valentin Osândă''', an ambitious and gifted super scientist, seized control of an area of Moldova and declared independence as the state of '''Transnistria'''. With the help of an advanced robotic army, Dr. Osândă declared himself monarch and successfully defended his crown for several decades. At the time of the plague, Osândă had just completed the take over of all of Moldova and was setting his sights on Romania. With the drastic loss of population, Dr. Osândă has begun a campaign to claim all uninhabited territory. Transnistria now covers most of Eastern Europe and western Russia and is populated by the droves of service droids and bots that had been left behind.<br />
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| spd =5<br />
| ref =5<br />
| dex =5<br />
| pwr =6<br />
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| character = The Prevaricator<br />
| alterego = Rubio Pasquale<br />
| nationality = Argentinian<br />
| supergroup = The Lost<br />
| link =<br />
| biography = Rubio Pasquale was a well known mercenary and spy working throughout Central and South America. He gained international notoriety after being involved in the "Libya - ERP scandal" of the 1990's in which he consistently lied about his employers involvement. In a twist of irony, Rubio was one of the very few people to actually learn the source of the "plague" but no one would believe him given his history.<br />
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| ref =4<br />
| dex =6<br />
| pwr =1<br />
| sta =4<br />
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| character = The Mourner<br />
| alterego = Joaquin Harmongate<br />
| nationality = Panamanian<br />
| supergroup = The Lost<br />
| link =<br />
| biography = Joaquin was chosen by an interstellar police force to serve his space sector that included Earth and became known as the hero '''Starion'''. He was on the far side of the sector when the plague ravaged his home. He returned to a dead world. Wracked by grief, he could see nothing to do but to inter the multitude of bodies left behind. He uses his vast powers to eliminate the bodies en mass as he finds them.<br />
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| dur =7<br />
| spd =7<br />
| ref =7<br />
| dex =7<br />
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| character = Bronze<br />
| alterego = Eric Nongorilla<br />
| nationality = American<br />
| supergroup = Allied Universal<br />
| link =<br />
| biography = Eric is a NPPD officer and the one and only minion chosen by the Extra-terrestrial computer '''Zoar'''. He has been supplied with a powerful suit of bronze colored armor to facilitate his work serving the needs of Zoar's 4th program. Eric is also allowed to use the suit at his discretion and has informed his superiors in the police department who authorize his occasional intervention as the hero code-named: Bronze.<br />
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| spd =3<br />
| ref =3<br />
| dex =3<br />
| pwr =5<br />
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| character = Count Ubiquitous<br />
| alterego = Unknown<br />
| nationality = American<br />
| supergroup = Allied Universal<br />
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| biography = In this world "Count Ubiquitous" is actually a set of triplet brothers all born with identical mutant super powers. They have cultivated a single persona so as to share the work and stress between themselves. The world at large dubbed them "Ubiquitous" since the hero never seems to rest and may even appear in multiple places faster than would seem possible.<br />
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| character = Atomikos<br />
| alterego = Prince Alexander I, Alexandros Korizis<br />
| nationality = Greek<br />
| supergroup = Allied Universal<br />
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| biography = The man that would eventually be know as '''Atomikos''' was born '''Prince Alexander I''' of Greece on August 1st 1893. Though lately descended from the royal families of Denmark, Germany and Russia, Alexander embraced his ancient Greek/Byzantine heritage and was a proponent of the Megali Idea, the unification of ethnically Greek territories now under the control of the Ottoman empire. As World War 1 began to take shape, it seemed the perfect opportunity for Greece to push for those territories. However, The Ottoman Empire allied itself with Germany when war broke out and the then King, George I who had close ties to Germany, refused to side against them even though he also supported war with the Ottomans. The political turmoil that ensued following this stance taken by the King led to his exile at the insistence of the Prime minister, '''Eleftherios Venizelos'''. Alexander’s older brother supported their father and also left for exile which left Alexander to be installed as king. After his ascension, he soon realized all political power now rested with the prime minister and he became little more then a figure head visiting troops to improve morale. But as the war came to a close his dream of Greek unity was much closer to reality as Greek territory was greatly expanded.<br />
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Unbeknownst to all, including himself, Alexander had been born a '''mutant'''. His strange biological nature showed no outward signs or indications until the fateful day in 1920. In September of 1920 he was bitten by a pet monkey that had contracted rabies and the virus caused a bizarre reaction from his mutated physiology. A scabrous foul-smelling lesion developed at the point of the bite and began to spread over his body. After three weeks Alexander lapsed into a coma and the growth continued to cover his body. At this point his wife and the Prime minister conspired to have him declared dead and his wife then secretly took him, now completely covered in a kind of cocoon, to the city of '''Alexandroupoli''', which had been recently named after him on the new Greek frontier. Though his wife believed him to be alive in the cocoon she could not bear the stench it exuded nor could she take time away from her newly born daughter to look after what was left of Alexander. She had him placed in a vault under the villa she lived in and after a few years returned to the royal estate at Tatoi. Shortly after this Alexander’s father returned as King but abdicated again in 1922 in favor of the first '''prince George II'''. By 1924, with no word of a change in his condition, Alexander’s wife considered him dead and interred in Alexandroupoli and moved on with her life. That same year the monarchy was deposed and a republic declared in Greece.<br />
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In October 1928, all but forgotten, the villa that held Alexander caught fire and burned to the ground. The conflagration burned away the cocoon holding him and somehow revived him. Alexander emerged from the smoldering ruin 8 years after his “death” to a Greece in chaos. The physiological changes wrought by his hibernation were immediately apparent. He had remained virtually unscathed by a raging fire and had easily dug himself clear of tons of burning debris. He was now far stronger, much faster and considerably more durable than any normal human being. Alexander decided not to tell anyone who he was nor reveal what he was capable of. In December, as Alexander was still trying to find his place in the world, a surprise attack by Turkish invaders forced him to take action. As the Turks swarmed into the city Alexander, along with numerous others took refuge in the local civic building which also housed the Evros Museum. The Turks moved closer, brutally killing anyone in their way. As Alexander, still not wanting to reveal himself to the public, debated his next move, another man in the crowd grabbed a hoplite helmet from a display, put it on and walked out to face the advancing troops. The idea galvanized Alexander as he also grabbed a helmet to hide his identity, as well as a shield and sword and leapt to the defense of the building. Here he learned he was not the only person to have unique gifts. The two men, seemingly immune to harm, battled the Turks and then sent them running. <br />
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In the aftermath the other man introduced himself only as '''Cole''', an American traveling after the First World War. He told Alexander of his plan to return home and to fight to protect the weak and innocent with the special abilities he possessed. This meeting inspired Alexander to do the same. In public he took the name of '''Alexandros Korizis''' and eventually rose to the position of '''Governor of Evros Prefecture'''. But when the situation called for it, he became '''Kaptain Kronos''' hero of the Greeks. '''Alexandroupoli''' and the Evros prefecture knew peace and prosperity under the protection of '''Kaptain Kronos'''. However, the rest of Greece suffered from political turmoil and even the return of his Brother '''King George II''' in 1935 failed to bring any resolution. Since Alexander could not deal directly with his brother without recognition, he allied himself with a close family friend of his Fathers’, '''Ioannis Metaxas''' who was eventually appointed prime minister in 1936. Politically, as Alexandros, and publicly as '''Kaptain Kronos''', he supported Metaxas’ declaration of dictatorship as the best and shortest way to settle the unrest in the nation and begin the healing, and was a voice for moderation and compassion which led to the dictatorship being the mildest and most progressive in Europe. As war again approached in Europe, Alexander this time supported neutrality but when the Italians threatened to invade in 1940 he was given a special commission by '''Metaxas''' and was in the vanguard of the highly successful repulsion of the Italian invasion. For this he was Awarded the '''Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer''' the highest award in Greece.<br />
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In 1941 the Germans finally turned their eye to Greece since the Italians had failed to take it on their own. Shortly after the invasion began '''Ioannis Metaxas''' passed away and Alexander (as Alexandros) was named '''Prime Minister'''. Finally Alexander was in a position to lead all of Greece to a new period of prosperity once the Germans were dealt with. As the invasion began '''Kaptain Kronos''' again led very successful counterattacks and was then made a special priority target for the '''Storm Korps'''. Not having faced other super powered adversaries before, '''Kronos''' was beaten and taken prisoner and eventually given over for experimentation. Of course; on that day the Prime Minister also disappeared and Alexander was again declared “dead” but the entire government would soon fall to the German advance without Alexander there to lead them. <br />
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The Korps’ psionic torturers eventually learned everything about Alexander’s origin and powers and it was decided to test his regenerative abilities against exposure to atomic radiation, the debilitating effects of which were still hampering Germany’s atomic program. After the tortuous exposure to massive amounts of radiation Alexander again was encased in a cocoon and then monitored. Not knowing how long it might take for a metamorphosis to occur the Korps placed him in an observation cell on a small island in the Aegean where he remained until May of 1943. With the war turning against the Axis the '''Storm Korps''' special scientific unit was charged with quickly assembling whatever advanced weapons or projects they might have for deployment. The decision was made to not wait any longer on Alexander’s metamorphosis and to force his emergence or destroy him. Exposed to an atomically fueled heat source, this time Alexander burst from his hibernation empowered by a new transformation and laid waste to the entire installation with his own powerful atomic flame before falling unconscious into the sea. He drifted for almost 2 weeks before being spotted off the coast of Egypt by a patrol of '''Sand King''' members. His super powers being evident even in his unconscious state, he was taken to one of their bases where he was identified by a '''Storm Korps''' prisoner as '''Kaptain Kronos'''. Still weak, Alexander learned what had transpired after the German occupation of Greece and vowed to return to drive the Germans from his homeland. In the mean time he also learned that his brother '''King George''' was on his way, eager to meet the famed Greek hero for the first time. Alexander convinced 2 members of the '''Sand Kings''' to smuggle him out of Cairo and then join him in the resistance he would lead. Since his powers had now radically changed, Alexander decided to let the people believe that '''Kaptain Kronos''' was dead and took the name '''Atomikos''' which he loudly declared upon his arrival in '''Alexandoupolis'''. There Atomikos was joined by local partisans as he and the other 2 super powered '''Sand Kings''' drove the occupying Bulgarian and German forces out of Evros and then out of Thrace. There the German resitance stiffened as they took over the occupation of all Greece from the surrendering Italians.<br />
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During this time '''Atomikos''' saw his beloved Greece become fractured and self destructive. While he and his allies held the East, the other various resistance movements began fighting among themselves even before the Germans and been defeated. Alexander was at a loss to decide which side to fight for and in the end decided to fight for none of them. They had all become murderous barbarians to him and it took little encouragement from his allies to leave Greece as it became obvious the Germans were close to withdrawing completely. '''Atomikos''' and his friends joined up with the '''Prime Hero Corps''' just prior to the D-day invasion. Here he once again met the man named Cole who had gone on to become the famous '''Super American'''. Here he found a renewed sense of purpose and brotherhood with the fighting heroes. '''Atomikos''' joined in the pursuit of the dwindling '''Storm Korps''' to the bitter end in the black forest battle. There he suffered a seemingly fatal wound that again triggered his hibernation. The attending doctors and scientists were at a loss as to what was happening to him but they all agreed, he was still alive in his cocoon and needed to be cared for. He was evacuated to the United States and placed in a heroes veteran facility where he was watched and studied. Since no one was aware that another trauma was required to awaken '''Atomikos''', and the stench prevented him from being placed in an invalid ward, Alexander was again placed in a secure cell, and slowly and quietly forgotten again. After a decade or more, the small underground wing holding the sleeping '''Atomikos''' was carelessly walled off, in an attempt to relieve an unidentified smell that had plagued the area for years. And there he spent the next 50 some years.<br />
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<p>LXD: Lord Xanadu by LXD, after P. Craig Russell.</p>
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<div>Lord Xanadu by LXD, after P. Craig Russell.</div>
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2018-09-13T13:24:16Z
<p>LXD: Created page with "A person who is wise and/or of sound mind and judgement. In a fantastical setting, Sage may refer to a magic-user whose talents tend toward clairvoyance, prophecy or divinatio..."</p>
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<div>A person who is wise and/or of sound mind and judgement. In a fantastical setting, Sage may refer to a magic-user whose talents tend toward clairvoyance, prophecy or divination. Someone who is very learned, experienced and knowledgeable about a great many things.</div>
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Lord Damson
2018-09-12T14:47:30Z
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Damson Zin is a '''Ljósálfr''' from the realm of '''Faerie'''. He is relatively young, only 318 years old. '''Ljósálfar''' in general consider themselves superior to most other races including other Elves. Zin was from a clan that harbored outright contempt for any not of their race. Zin was exceptionally gifted in the mystic arts especially those that dealt with scrying, clairvoyance and manipulation of the mind. There were few even among his own peers that he considered his equal. The ease with which he manipulated others contributed to his feelings of superiority. <br />
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His skill in telling the future was considerable, though his experiencing in interpretation was limited. He often had unbidden dreams of his people being menaced by some unknown threat. He became obsessed with the idea that his people’s mild attitude and introspection were going to get them all killed. He began to seek power for himself, enough to subjugate the lesser peoples and keep his own people from harm. He consorted with those of his kindred that embraced those ideals, the '''Dökkálfar'''. This resulted in little useful lore as the '''Dökkálfar''' merely sought to use him in their own schemes. One thing he did learn about from them was a tale about a source of tremendous power, a locked gateway that waited to reward those who opened it. His visions told him that his fate and that of this gateway were inextricably linked. He took this to mean that was destined to find it, and open it. <br />
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Damson Zin spent decades searching for the lore that would lead him to the '''Triskelion Gate'''. He finally realized that the gateway was not to be found in any of the higher planes and that he would need to descend to the '''Malkuthic''' realms to claim his destiny. In the faraway place known as '''Sirmilor''', Damson found what he was looking for. His skills at scrying lead him to a dire wizard who also sought to claim the power promised by the '''Triskelion Gate''', and more importantly, knew where to find it. The wizard was old and weak, he succumbed to Zin's power quickly. Rifling through the spoils, Damson discovered that claiming the power from the gate was not going to be anything like a simple affair and that this wizard had been allied with a number of others seeking the same thing. The only other item of note was an exquisite mask that seemed to have some power of it’s own. <br />
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Damson made contact with this group, known as the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''', describing his defeat of their former compatriot and his desire to join them. At first the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' were more inclined to kill him and take the only thing they needed from him, the mask, which as it turned out, was one of the 9 keys needed to open the gate. Damson quickly proved his worth by circumventing their ploys with his clairvoyance. The others grudgingly accepted him and warned him that under no circumstances was he to attempt to use the mask.<br />
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Zin soon realized he was dealing with beings of an altogether different order. They were not simply arrogant and callous, they were truly evil. His visions still seemed to point towards the gat,e so he steeled his resolve and went along with their plots. His clairvoyance led the Hex Lords to several more of the keys, strange objects that seemed to repel his compatriots as much as they enticed them. The mask Damson had won began to dominate his visions. He couldn’t shake the desire to don it, to see through it’s eyes all the things still hidden from him. Finally, he gave in and put on the '''Mask of Ockham''' and looked into his scrying orb. For one brief, exquisitely powerful moment, Damson saw everything. The mask was far more than a simple key, it was a conduit to an '''Umbra of Sephiroth'''. It was a fragment of existence itself, with the single goal of protecting all creation from that which would consume it. <br />
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The power of the vision overwhelmed him. After he recovered, he accepted that he had been blind before. that his arrogance and hubris had led him down a path that went no where. The mask was a source of great power and it had chosen him to help preserve everyone, not just his own people. Damson immediately left the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''', taking all of the keys they had collected with him. He then spent long years in contemplation and communion with the mask. A century passed. Damson Zin had purged himself of his former attitudes and embraced all that was good and wise. He pursued knowledge and wisdom and used his gifts to guide those that needed him most. He learned the name of the '''Umbra of Sephiroth''' inside the mask and achieved the union of spirit that made the two of them together, greater than the sum of their parts. Over the course of time, Damson had let a few of the other keys go, to follow the destinies he saw for them.<br />
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Finally, his visions told him it was time to actively rejoin the fight. He approached those that opposed the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''', the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Rune Lords]]''', and was accepted into their ranks. He quickly became a valued friend and confidante to most of his fellows. The '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' of course were furious at his defection and for a time focused many of their plots on his untimely demise. His powers of clairvoyance and deception countered them easily. In due course, Damson saw that it was also time to begin to pass on what he had learned. It was now time for his apprentice to arrive, and arrive she did. Her name was '''Azbeth Eli''', another '''Ljósálfr''' that had just come into her own powers of clairvoyance, which had led her straight to Damson. Master and apprentice settled into their new roles as if born to them. <br />
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In recent times, Damson received visions telling him to proceed to a small Blue-green planet on the edge of a spiral galaxy in the '''Malkuthic''' realms, called '''Earth'''. This was well in advance of '''[[Lord Xanadu]]'s''' return and so he and his apprentice set up quiet life in a pleasant place called Nova Scotia and awaited events to take their course. Inevitably, '''[[Lord Xanadu]]''' requested that all of the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Rune Lords]]''' meet him on Earth to battle the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' again. Lord Damson has since made his presence known.<br />
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Damson Zin is a '''Ljósálfr''', that is, a '''Light Elf''' from the higher plane of '''Faerie'''. As such, he is gifted with eternal life, though not immortality. '''Ljósálfar''' are in general superior to mundane humans in every way though not enough to be considered "superhuman". They can lift 3 times their own weight, leap twice their own height and have endurance levels well beyond normal humans. When Zin dons the '''Mask of Ockham''', he is transformed into a new gestalt entity that greatly increase his natural abilities. His natural mystic abilities and lore are concerned mostly with clairvoyance, illusions and the manipulation of minds. If he is engaged in combat he can stun people senseless or dominate their minds and coerce them into fighting for him. Since his epiphany, Damson has sworn not to take a life. He has cultivated knowledge of healing magics as well though he is not yet proficient.<br />
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Zin only becomes '''"Lord Damson"''' when he dons the '''Mask of Ockham''' and merges with the '''Umbrah of Sephiroth''' within. A new entity, composed of the two, now wields the power and knowledge of both. The mask by itself is partly sentient and is able to withhold it's powers or grant limited use depending on the worthiness of the possessor. Furthermore, it must be communed with and convinced to accept a sorcerer before the higher union can be achieved. Few magic users that have possessed the mask and it's sibling artifacts, have achieved this. '''"Lord Damson"''' is then a truly superhuman sorcerer in every sense of the word. The new being has the memories of Zin but does not consider itself to be him. It has its own personality and it's own interpersonal relations with the rest of the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Rune Lords]]''' and Zin's apprentice. Some of Zin's old callousness and hubris becomes more apparent in '''"Lord Damson"'''.<br />
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http://primusdatabase.com/index.php?title=Lord_Xanadu
Lord Xanadu
2018-09-12T14:36:10Z
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The man that would become known as Lord Xanadu was born, and grew up in, a rural area of Nebraska in the late 20's. He did not have the temperament to be a farmer and joined the army shortly after the end of WWII in the hopes of raising enough money to go to college. He was deployed to Korea during the conflict there and during his tour, met and fell in love with a nurse stationed there from Greece named Tephra. They made plans for the future, but fate stepped in and ended them all. Xan was mortally wounded in the battle of Imjin River and left for dead. Little did he know that he had been under observation by an extra-terrestrial entity that called itself '''Zoar'''. '''Zoar''' was a technological intelligence built, and left behind, by a vastly ancient race know as the Lukovians, also known as the Travelers. Said to be the oldest sentient race in our galaxy, the Lukovians are rumored to have visited every habitable planet in our galaxy, watching and promoting the existence of intelligent life. '''Zoar''' was built at the center of our moon to observe the development of our planet. Approximately 4000 years ago every trace of the Lukovian race suddenly disappeared from our galaxy as if they had never been. Except for a handful of abandoned outposts on the very fringes of our galactic range and 4 so called Observers, including '''Zoar'''. This disappearance triggered a latent program in '''Zoar''' which compelled it to begin a program of interaction with the people of Earth beyond simple "observation". What this program is, '''Zoar''' refuses to reveal exactly. After several hundred years '''Zoar''' decided that it needed an agent capable of going to earth and performing various tasks which it could not do remotely. It first constructed a robot called '''MACH''' to carry out it's commands but unwittingly created a sentient machine which eventually rebelled and was banished from Earth. '''Zoar''' then decided to use a human being, enhanced with a cybernetic body that had been built and left behind in the Lunar installation. Xan was plucked from the Korean battlefield and his brain was augmented and placed inside the cybernetic body.<br />
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For the next 30 years Xan was content to do '''Zoar's''' bidding, as he became accustomed to the power of his new body and the awakened psionic potential of his mind. However, he was forbidden from contacting Tephra and this was a nettle that over the years, as Xan watched '''Terphra''' spend the rest of her life alone, festered and eventually contributed to his mutiny. In 1980, '''Tephra''' was involved in a near fatal car accident that rendered her a quadriplegic. Xan pleaded with '''Zoar''' to allow him to intervene but was refused. This was the last straw for Xan. He retrieved '''Tephra''' from '''Earth''' and fled through a trans-mat device to the farthest of the remaining '''Lukovian''' outposts in the '''Greater Magellanic Cloud'''. There he attempted to recreate his own body, in a feminine form, in which he could place '''Tephra's''' brain and save her life. Some elements of his construction he could not directly replicate, but his expanded intellect allowed him to over come these problems and he succeed in creating a new ''golden'' cybernetic body for '''Tephra'''. With the operation a seeming success, Xan and '''Tephra''' found a ship stored at the installation, which Xan named the '''Exodus''', and they set out to explore the wonders of the '''Milky Way galaxy'''. The couple soon learned that the '''Lukovian''' origin of their cybernetic bodies was the stuff of legend among the space faring races and they also learned that only one other '''Lukovian''' cyborg had survived the great purge and it was known as '''"The Anubinite"'''. The power they wielded inevitably drew them into adventures and conflicts too numerous to describe here. They eventually became involved with a group of interstellar mercenaries known as '''The Red Guard''', and found a home with a diverse group of beings that welcomed them. Xan saw that this group of near brigands had the potential to be a potent fighting force and eventually challenged and won the right to be the leader of the the Red Guard, the Red King.<br />
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Xan turned the '''Red Guard''' into a fully mobile strike force capable of being anywhere and fighting almost anyone. Shortly after becoming the Red King, Xan lead them to one of the other remaining '''Lukovian''' Observers, '''Zujis'''. '''Zujis''' was also built in the center of a moon orbiting a planet that supported sentient life but unfortunately, that planet had exploded before it could do anything to prevent it. The '''Moon of Zujis''' was sent into an irregular elliptical orbit around the local star and there Zujis resided, purposeless. When Xan arrived, '''Zuji'''s agreed to letting the '''Red Guard''' use it's moon and facilities as a base of operations. Access to '''Lukovian''' technology gave the '''Red Guard''' an edge few could match, but they kept the source of this edge a closely guarded secret. Massive gravity furnaces were built in the moon which allowed them to move the moon throughout the galaxy on the principle of gravitational punch-through. Having their own completely self sufficient base located at whatever conflict they were engaged in was another edge few could match, only the '''Malvans''' had had similar bases. The Red King had 2 goals for the Red guard one, simply to provide help for anyone who asked for it. Two, to provide a place where misfits of war and science could gather and feel at home. Many races had created soldiers specifically for fighting, whether through cybernetic enhancement, genetic manipulation or even simple psychological conditioning. When the need for these soldiers was concluded, whether it be loss, surrender or simply being discarded for more advanced models, these soldiers previously had nowhere to go. To keep them from falling to despair or becoming parasites preying upon the soft underbelly of the galaxy, the '''Red Guard''' gave them a home and a purpose to satisfy what they were made to be. Xan made many life long friends here including '''[[Doctor Disaster]]''' and his '''''Death Squad''''', '''Dor''', '''[[Captain Arcane]]''', '''Saint Trotex''', '''The Harrower''' and others, as well as many enemies such as '''The Anubinite''' and '''MACH the Dark Machine'''. The '''Red Guard''' became famed through out the galaxy, fighting in and/or resolving (sometimes their mere presence precipitated talks of peace) all manner of political or military conflicts. The '''Red King''' was generally content with this life, though the emotional toll of being responsible for so many beings wore on him over the years. Adding to this stress, he began to notice a change in '''Tephra's''' attitudes. At first she had had no interest in fighting, instead choosing to tend the wounded but eventually she gave this up and became a commander of a regiment of light ''Dimension Blasters'', fighting on the front lines and taking no prisoners. Her attitude toward the '''Red King''' also began to change. She would try to hide it but it was obvious the love between them was becoming strained.<br />
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Nearly 15 years after they had joined the '''Red Guard''', they were contacted by an extra dimensional sorcerer named '''Lord Taurok''' who had heard tales of their prowess in battle and had dire need of reinforcements to repel an attack by a cabal of misguided magi who had raised a massive army. The '''Red King''' was apprehensive, he had never taken on an inter-dimensional contract, as it would require them to leave their Lunar base behind. But '''Tephra''', rather uncharacteristically, lobbied intensely in favor accepting the mission and the '''Red King''' relented. '''It would be his last mission as King'''.<br />
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The '''Red Guard''' were able to pass through a portal to another dimension that '''Lord Taurok''' called "the World Without End" or '''Wwend''' for short. Is was a place of wonders both bizarre and familiar. Magic and science were both practiced and all manner of beings were to be found here. '''Lord Taurok''' explained that he was in fact a cyborg like the Red King except that he was a mechanical intelligence surrounded by organic flesh instead of the other way around. But this in no way prevented him wielding magic and that he was a member of a group that called themselves the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Rune Lords]]'''. The '''Rune Lords''' were a group of magi that were dedicated to keeping a mystic gateway, the '''Triskelion Gate''', sealed and whatever dire presence that lurked behind it, out. They were opposed in this endeavor by another group calling itself the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]'''. The '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' imagined great power either directly or as a reward for opening the gate. The '''Triskelion Gate''' was kept closed in 2 ways, one, the gate was locked requiring 9 keys. Two, it's location periodically changed. It appeared in 9 different locations through out the cosmos and in each location, a key would need to be used in order to open the gate. The '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Rune Lords]]''' controlled seven out of the nine locations (one was lost over time, the other never known to anyone living), the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' possessed 5 out of 9 keys. Taurok explained that the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' were making a major push to take possession of the gate locations in anticipation of locating the remaining keys and that it was his job, as the '''7th Rune Lord''', to protect this place known as Triskelion Keep.<br />
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The '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' struck with an army composed of legions of necrotic cyber soldiers and all manner of vile creatures conjured from the dark realms. The battle was hard fought but The Guard held its ground and seemed as if it would prevail when the Red King received a message stating that the main battle had been a diversion while the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' themselves made an assault on the Gate Vault. The Red King and Tephra immediately made their way to the Vault only to be ambushed by the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' who seemed intent only on killing the Red King. But just as he brought his awesome power to bear on his foes, he was rendered inert from a source he had never suspected, Tephra. From that point on, his despair consumed him. The exchange between he and the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' seemed to almost be nonsense. They all seemed to know him, and had taught Tephra magic that would slide by his mundane defenses and deliver him into theirs hands. How this had all come to pass was a complete mystery to the Red King as the only thought in his mind was, why. The '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' then forced him to watch helplessly as they summoned their true force, an flotilla of advanced dreadnoughts that began to lay waste to the Red Guard troops. This was more than he could bear, somehow he was able to activate his boot jets and hurl himself at the emerging dreadnoughts, overloading his matter-energy converter and destroying the fleet in a colossal explosion which killed him.<br />
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As his spirit traveled into the ether on it's way to '''Atziluth''', he was intercepted by two ethereal beings of immense power. During this encounter it was explained that he had been a pawn in their mortal game and that he was now being "''kinged''" and returned to the board. (Xan's interpretation of this encounter is based on his life experiences, the true nature of the beings, and what they communicated is unknowable by mortal creatures). At first he refused to return to life, his despair at being betrayed by his true love still consuming him. But it was then explained to him that he had in fact been the cause of her actions in that, the body he created for her had a flaw which had over time altered her personality. The primary effect being, turning her love into hate. If he returned, he would have the opportunity to fix this flaw and return her to her former self. At this news the '''Red King''' heartily agreed to being returned, not fully understanding at the time the conditions of his return nor what it would ultimately cost him.<br />
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The beings returned him to '''Triskelion Keep''' shortly after his death, reconstituting his cybernetic body, but in a way that opened the world of magic to him. The beings had called him a '''''Xanadu''''', referring to the type of game piece he now was, and in his disorientation upon his rebirth, it was the first word he spoke. (Technically what Xan thinks he actually heard was more like ''Kzzztandadoosh'', but his mind transliterated that to Xanadu) The '''Red Guard''' had survived and returned to their home dimension, presuming him to be dead. Only '''[[Doctor Disaster]]''''s '''Death Squad''' and '''[[Captain Arcane]]''', had remained behind and witnessed his return. He spent months recovering and readjusting to his new form. He immediately began to understand and manipulate magic. He decided to stay in '''Wwend''' and study at the '''University of Magical Details''' at the nearby '''City of Dawn'''. He was also informed that it had been '''Lord Taurok's''' last wish that he take his place as guardian of '''Triskelion Keep'''. '''He was confirmed as Lord of the Keep and the Western Marches by the Emperor of Dawn and became known as, Lord Xanadu.'''<br />
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== The Long Walk ==<br />
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After Lord Xanadu became acquainted with his duties and responsibilities as master of Triskelion Keep, he immediately set about planning how he would save '''Tephra'''. She had fallen into the embrace of one of the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' known as '''Morthair''', who had taught her many vile magics, and her reversed personality made her feel love instead of hate for this evil demon magus. She had even been accepted into the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' herself and was now known as '''Lady Tephra'''. Xan, rather naively, thought he might simply convince '''Tephra''' to return to him, not fully understanding how fundamental the change to her brain had been. She ostensibly agreed to meet with him, atop a quasi-mystical crystal mountain know as the '''Scarlet Pinnacle'''. Shortly after Lord Xanadu arrived he realized he had been duped, and the only thing waiting for him was an automaton replica of '''Tephra''', armed with a thermo-nuclear device. Xan tried to flee using a teleportation spell but the blast caught him and disrupted his spell, sending him careening through space, and as he would later realize, time as well. What dimension or planet Xan eventually landed on, he never knew for sure. The blast disrupted his inner workings so severely that he was amnesic for many years with only bits an pieces of his life and knowledge available to him. He landed on a planet where mechanical constructs so mimicked organic life, that they were virtually indistinguishable. The quasi-humanoids there thought him to be one of their own and when he eventually demonstrated his ability to inadvertently do magic, they made him their '''Witch Doctor'''. Thus began Lord Xanadu's long walk back to the future. For, after many years wandering and even crossing planes and dimensions, he eventually learned he had been blasted backward in time about 200 years from where he had been. During this time he met many of the beings that would go on to be his friends and enemies in the future. The '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' '''Karactacus, Morthair and Garthain''', The '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Rune Lords]]''' '''Torc''' and '''Grendazance''' and many others. Eventually he began to make his way back to '''Wwend''', when he realized he was beginning to overlap his earlier life. So that when Morthair and Tephra stood watching the "death" of Lord Xanadu he in turn was watching them. After this they quickly made plans to assault '''Triskelion Keep''' again but were confounded when news reached them that Lord Xanadu had promptly returned, and had been joined by 3 apprentices. They quickly learned that the Lord Xanadu they now faced was far wiser and vastly more powerful than they previously experienced. They would also learn, to their regret, that they had created their own worst enemy. With the help of his 3 apprentices, '''Lord Xanadu was able to settle into life on Wwend again and was content to remain there till one day...'''<br />
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== The Road Home ==<br />
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Lord Xanadu received news that the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lord Karactacus]]''' had gone to a small blue-green planet on the outer rim of a galaxy far far away in search of the lost gate location. A place called '''Earth'''. In his studies and travels Lord Xanadu had learned that '''Earth''' had once been home home to great magical empires such as '''Atlantis''' and '''Lemuria''' and that it was even likely that '''Earth''' had played a part in the sealing of the Triskelion Gate. He had hoped no one else would realize this, but when he heard this news he knew it was time to go home. He left his apprentices in charge of defending the keep and returned to Earth to stop '''Karactacus'''. For whether he found the gate location there or not, Xan knew that '''Karactacus''' was capable of causing great harm to his home world. it had been 29 (+200) years since he had set foot on his native soil. What he found there, a world steeped in power and roiling in conflict, only seemed to confirm what he suspected. The Gate location really was here, and cosmic forces were converging in anticipation of it’s discovery. Xan voraciously studied the Earth bound magic that was available to him, conferring with the '''Trismegistus Council''' and Lemurian rebels willing to teach him. He eventually learned to craft the talismans of the Arch-Mage and command their power. He also sought allies to aid him, knowing that '''Karactacus''' would waste no time raising an army of techromantic zombies to do his bidding. He contacted '''[[Doctor Disaster]]''', who had returned to Earth after the battle of Wwend, and joined him and the Death Squad in Millenium City. He also encountered one of the men who had replaced him in the service of '''Zoar''', the hero now known as '''[[Copper]]'''. He arranged to meet with '''Zoar''', to settle things between them and to ask for his help in repairing Tephra. '''Zoar''' had no interest in Lord Xanadu's activities on Earth, not really being capable of holding a grudge, and did indeed show him how to correct the flaws in Tephra’s body. '''Now all that remains is finding Karactacus, and stopping him.'''<br />
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== Cybernetic ==<br />
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What purpose the Lukovians had in mind when they created the humanoid body that now holds Lord Xanadu's brain, is anyone's guess. Even '''Zoar''' had no information on what it was actually intended to do, It simply saw it as one of the tools at It's disposal. That it was intended to house a human brain though is unmistakable, Lukovians had bodies more like giant squids, and lived in a liquid atmosphere. It is constructed very much in the same way a human body is. It has "muscles" made out of a polymorphic metallic substance, surrounding various "organs" and supported by a virtually indestructible endoskeleton. His body can withstand considerable punishment however, his durability is based more along the lines of an ablative system, allowing partial destruction that is quickly repaired. The most impervious part of his body is his head which is built differently to prevent any kind of penetration and filled with a liquid that absorbs and redirects kinetic energy. Lord Xanadu's entire body could be destroyed beyond repair, and as long as his head remains functional a new body would reconstruct itself. But all of these systems can be overcome by sufficient trauma. His primary defense is an invisible force-field that is best at deflecting energy. This too can be overcome if the energy deflected is greater than his energy reserves.<br />
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The body does not have a tremendous mass, therefore although Lord Xanadu is mechanically quite strong, able to lift (press) over 100 tons, this does not translate into a devastating fighting power since he cannot punch with enough velocity to make the mass of his fist a viable threat to say, a being like '''Grond'''.<br />
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Besides super human strength, Lord Xanadu also benefits from all the amenities of mechanical perception, augmented hearing, sight and touch. His newly recreated body has had an additional dimension of feeling added that Lord Xanadu has yet to fully identify. He is also able to project beams of intense energy possessing both heat and force from his hands. An ability he rarely uses anymore, preferring to use magic instead. His body is capable of flight by generating an inertial dampening field and propulsion from jets in his feet. Something he also rarely uses, instead preferring to use mystical means to fly.<br />
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The crowning achievement of the Lukovian body is the matter-energy converter. Lord Xanadu is able to convert matter directly into energy just by touching it. Typically he is always converting air molecules around him into the energy he needs to operate. He also converts matter from the ground he is standing on, a consequence being that no matter where he goes, he leaves foot prints behind where the matter was consumed. If he were trapped in a true vacuum, unable to convert anything, his normal body functions would last for about 24 hours, much less if he needed to expend energy. He has a back up power supply, used only to keep his brain alive, that could theoretically last a week if the rest of his body shuts down.<br />
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All human beings are endowed with latent or operant psionic abilities. In Lord Xanadu these abilities had been latent. One of the apparent purposes of the Lukovian cybernetic body, was to activate and augment those psionic abilities. It has been theorized that the actual purpose of the body was to gauge the current level of human psionic ability, the Lukovians themselves were magnificent psionicists. Human psionic power is generally broken down into 5 categories of varying degrees, telepathy, telekinesis, coercion, amelioration and the rather nebulous, "manipulation". All human beings are born with aptitude in one or more category. Some races like the Lukovians use scientific and medical means to accentuate and amplify psionic abilities. <br />
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In Lord Xanadu's case, if his powers had become operant naturally, he would have been a moderate talent in Telepathy, a very strong telekinetic, fairly weak and indecisive in the areas of coercion and amelioration, and strong in manipulation. With the augmentation from his body he is a very strong Telepath, able to communicate with people halfway around the world, a world class Telekinetic, he can lift thousands of tons or control hundreds of separate objects, A moderate Coercer, he can control the minds of 2 or 3 people at time provided they are not also psionic, a moderate Ameliorator, he can make your headache go away ;) and a master class Manipulator able to create things out of thin air provided they are not too complex. (Manipulation is really a subclass of telekinetics, being able to manipulate matter on a subatomic scale and also to generate and direct energy from this manipulation)<br />
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Lord Xanadu feels the most comfortable with his psionic abilities. He has never enjoyed physical combat and so refrains from using his bodies mechanical power. And while he enjoys using magic and the study and practice required to excel in it, he is more often than not likely to revert to mental powers in a pinch. In fact many of the "mystical" effects he is seen generating are actually purely psionic power.<br />
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His body is capable of generating a psionic shield to protect his mind. The draw back of this shield is that it only works one way, by cutting off all telepathic interaction. No one can go in, but he can't go out either, with out dropping the shield. His personal mental shields are considerable but would prove ineffective against a world class coercer or telepath.<br />
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== Sorcery ==<br />
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Despite his physical and mental abilities, Lord Xanadu has been absolutely entranced by magic. Unlike the aforementioned powers which were given to him, sorcery is something that Lord Xanadu has had to learn and practice and master on his own. His rebirth may have opened the door for him to the world of magic, but he had to walk through it. Magic has given him a seemingly endless life of power and wonder and he revels in it. After his rebirth he began studying magic to learn how to combat the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' and to learn what he needed to know about the '''Triskelion Gate'''. After the attack which left him in the past, he has had to slowly learn things mostly on his own. Picking up what he could from itinerant wizards and entities. After he arrived in '''Babylon the City of Man''' and joined a sort of mystic police force, he gained access to all sorts of varied knowledge and spells. As a member of the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Rune Lords]]''', he is obligated to become an authority in one aspect of sorcery and because of his unique perspective, he is the Lord of Science and Magic, just like '''Lord Torc''' was before him. his counter part in the '''[[The Rune Lords/Hex Lords|Hex Lords]]''' is '''Karactacus'''. As such, Lord Xanadu has learned many ways to combine magic with scientific endeavors.<br />
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The easiest combination of magic and science is enchanting technological items. Extending beyond that, Lord Xanadu is quite fascinated with creating and enchanting objects and talismans, even though the Rune Lord of Enchantment is '''Lady Agite''', this has become a hobby for him. He has created a number of magical talismans and like to spread them across the '''Empire of Dawn''' like Easter eggs for people to find and use. He has also created stronger more complex items, some of these are listed below.<br />
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After 200 years of research and practice Lord Xanadu has become a formidable sorcerer capable of truly awesome feats when able to properly prepare. His most common effects involve summoning unstable or energetic sigils, calling on dark tendrils to flay his enemies, or healing his allies with regenerative spells.<br />
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== Battle Garb ==<br />
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Over the centuries Lord Xanadu has amassed a collection of items and equipment he uses to facilitate spells and conjurations or to provide protection. Unlike many cyborgs, Xan does not like to call attention to this obvious fact of his existence. While serving Zoar he rarely dealt directly with other human beings and so did not consider his appearance much. After He and Tephra took to the stars, he was often mistaken for a robot, something that irritated him immensely. So he began to wear clothing, especially after he became the Red King, he created an outfit to make himself stand out as a leader. Later he learned the importance of wearing mystical battle dress, some entities don't care how tough your body is, they go right for your soul ;) Hence what he calls his "garb of battle" is a collection of blessed and empowered pieces that enhance his protection and offensive abilities. The ultimate addition being the Cimmerine gems that adorn his chest and arms.<br />
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His most prized possession is his elven blade '''Angring'''. Xan acquired this blade during his journeys through the land of Faerie. Forged as a dowry gift by a mighty elf lord for his daughters wedding, '''Angring''' became lost when the wedding party was attacked and slaughtered by a pack of raving Lizardmen. The sword fell from the hand of the groom before it could even be unsheathed and in its despair it hid itself in the dusty ground never to be found again till Lord Xanadu happened upon the site and was accosted by a summoning of vile demons. Angring sensed the loss of love felt by Lord Xanadu, and the chance for redemption, and allowed itself to be grasped and used. The kindred spirits instantly bonded and they have been inseparable ever since. Many years later, Xan was forced to use Angring in a way that damaged it beyond simple repair. In a quest to restore the blade, Lord Xanadu encountered another powerful weapon, one that did not have a palpable spirit like '''Angring''', but was still strong. He was then able to combine the two. '''Angring's''' form was changed forever, but it was still '''Angring'''. Since then Xan rarely uses the sword in actual physical combat, he uses it more as a channeling rod.<br />
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Not long after Lord Xanadu left Babylon he encountered his first apprentice. Xan had not really considered teaching but was touched by the situation of his first pupil Vexer. Xan considers Vexer more of a friend than a student but it saves many lengthy explanations if he is considered as such by all others. Later as they made their way to Wwend, they were joined by Vardis, whom Lord Xanadu feels he can learn from as much as he might teach. After Xan regained control of Triskelion Keep, he took in Vane and Tedrigan. All already have powers and skill of their own and have become trusted lieutenants.<br />
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Vexer is the son of a famous Faerie wizard known as '''D'Jeon M'Stere'''. '''D'Jeon''' was well known for aiding humans that found their way into Faerie by accident and became lost. Vexer felt as if his father cared more for strangers than for him and so set out to oppose him. Secretly at first, but eventually openly as his father easily thwarted his son's interference and increasingly malicious plans with out ever actually fighting him. Vexer was infuriated by his fathers refusal to directly confront him and so resorted to summoning an arch '''Demon of the 6th circle''' to menace '''D'Jeons''' latest charges. The Demon broke free of Vexer's control and began to lay waste to the borders of Faerie. The destruction appalled Vexer. It had never been his intention to destroy everything he knew and so he joined his father in banishing the demon. D'Jeon M'Stere gave his life to complete the banishment and with his dying breath, pleaded with his son to return to the light. Vexer agreed. But the years of petty evil and dark magic had taken their toll on him. He had grafted demonic wings to his back, his body had lost all it's color, and fangs grew from his mouth. Prior to summoning the demon, Vexer attempted to tap into dark energy directly and fused his being with the '''Faceted Heart of the Ebon Flame'''. Now dark fire courses through his body, hungering for souls to consume. With his father dead, Vexer had no one to turn to, to teach him the ways of the light. But the battle with the demon had attracted the attention of an itinerant sorcerer known as Lord Xanadu. He encountered Vexer at his fathers grave and was touched by his story. Xan saw the despair that threatened to consume Vexer and pledged to aid him on his road to redemption, and to teach him ways to harness and cleanse the darkness within him.<br />
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Vardis lived in the space between space that some call '''The Wandering'''. A place of strange disparate landmasses and glowing bridges that lead anywhere and no where. A crossroads of sorts, or a dead end. A place to turn back, or move forward. Few beings actually lived in this place, most were traveling. Vardis belonged to a small sect of monks that had taken up residence at the site of what they called the '''The Well of Pnuema'''. The sect had been at this site for millennia and believed that their combined concentration kept the well closed, holding back a great evil. Between the ages of 30 and 60 the members of the sect do nothing but concentrate on keeping the Well closed. Before that the young are taught to care for the sentinels by those that have passed their time of service. They also care for travelers that are found in need of aid in '''The Wandering'''. They have learned many healing magics and protective spells. However, Vardis was a malcontent. As he studied the ancient texts, he felt that they were vague on several points and open to interpretation. Interpretations that might not call for a lifetime of servitude. The elders refused to hear anything he had to say, they were convinced that they were performing a vital duty. As Vardis's day of concentration approached, 2 travelers came to the Abbey, Lord Xanadu and '''[[Simon Sixkiller]]'''. Xan knew that they were very close to the lower planes now, so close in fact, that he was sure that this sect had originated on Earth. Lord Xanadu asked to see the Well and was shocked to find the Triskelion Gate. Or at least what appeared to be the Triskelion Gate. By this time Lord Xanadu's memory had mostly returned. He recognized the gate but his mystical senses told him it was not the gate at all, merely an edifice carved in it's likeness. After studying the ancient texts for himself, Xan realized that these people had dedicated their lives to a woefully incomplete account of the Battle of '''Sharna-Gorak'''. Xan wrestled with what to do, if he told the monks the truth, it might cause great harm to them and their society, but in the mean time, they spent their lives in an utterly futile pursuit. Xan chose to leave them to their mission, pledging to someday return and find a way to harness the power of this abbey and put it to a real positive use. As he was want to do with all educated visitors, Vardis approached Lord Xanadu to ask his opinion of the texts. Xan decided that Vardis needed the truth and told him. Vardis was appalled but not surprised, he had come to the same conclusion long ago. He knew he had no place in the abbey now and joined Xan and Simon on their journey.<br />
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Vane is a Dark Elf from the underworld of '''Wwend'''. His family worked a fungus farm on the farthest edges of Dark Elf territory. So far that they could see the great northern chasm that lead to the surface world of light. Being so far away, Vane was not excessively exposed to the racial enmity that Dark Elves feel for all others and grew up with a decidedly uncommon good nature and even a desire to explore. Vane would lie in the fields and gaze up at the few stars that could be seen through the chasm and dream of traveling there to see what the rest of the world was like. One day, while exploring the border between '''Drowland''' and '''Goblinhome''', Vane found a curious device. It seemed to be an orb with many moving parts and levels, almost like a puzzle. As he played with it and moved the parts around he suddenly found himself transported nearly a mile away from where he was. Vane was thrilled. He took the device home and examined it when ever he had time to himself. He found he could make it do a couple other things like glow brightly or play a little tune. But the easiest thing he learned was how to travel. He realized he could travel miles and miles if he wanted to. He began to think of trying to go out of the underworld but was afraid since he knew nothing about it. Then one day, a goblin raiding party set upon his family's farm. Vane ran to his parents and asked them to hang onto him while he worked the device to escape. Vane set it to go as far as he thought he could, and found himself transported to the top of the '''Northern Chasm''', alone. Driven by despair, Vane threw the device into the snow as hard as he could. It let out a tremendous sound that built up till it threatened to burst Vane's ears and melted all the snow around it. Vane scrambled to it and grappled with it trying to stop the sound when it suddenly stopped by itself. Vane sat still for a long time, looking at the brilliant sky full of stars above him, wondering what he should do next when he heard footsteps approach. Lord Xanadu approached Vane with caution. The power he had sensed that had drawn him to this remote area was daunting. He found Vane despondent and open to some much needed hospitality. Xan explained to Vane that the device seemed to be a great power that had chosen him to be it's wielder, but that without training and discipline, that device might destroy him. Vane agreed to become Lord Xanadu's apprentice to master the orb and to meet new and interesting people at his new home in the Empire of Dawn.<br />
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Tedrigan's people were from the dark world of '''Loezen'''. The struggle for life there was harsh and unrelenting. '''Loezen''' is also one of the locations of the Triskelion Gate which is protected by '''[[Lord Grendazance]]'''. Tedrigan's village chose him to be their representative at the Decennial Games which '''[[Lord Grendazance]]''' held every 10 years to search for a new apprentice. '''Grendazance's''' apprentices typically did not survive much longer than that. Some believed that '''[[Lord Grendazance]]''' did not want to be supplanted and would fail to teach his apprentices vital magics they would need in their duties. Others scoffed at this and declared that they were just too weak, and that this year, things would be different. However, '''[[Lord Grendazance]]''' did finally have an apprentice survive the full 10 years, '''Garth'''. But just short of completing his apprenticeship, Garth left the '''Mun Citadel''', for reasons no one outside it knew. The people had held the games for so many years that it was a widely cherished tradition so they were held anyway and Tedrigan was the winner. He presented himself to '''[[Lord Grendazance]]''' at the Citadel but was turned away, with '''Grendazance''' claiming he still had an apprentice, even though everyone knew that '''Garth''' had left. Tedrigan would not take no for answer and stood at the gates of the Citadel for weeks. After sometime. Lord Xanadu arrived to visit '''Grendazance''' and took an interest in Tedrigan's plight. He offered to take Tedrigan as his own apprentice, till '''Grendazance''' came to his senses and accepted him. Tedrigan has accepted this for the time being. Most of Tedrigan's power comes from the stone club he wields which Xan has nicknamed '''"The Ugly Stick"'''.<br />
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Daedalus
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|RealName= Axon<br />
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|Birthdate= Aug. 1 1987<br />
|Birthplace= Kantanos, Greece<br />
|Citizenship= Persona Non-Grata<br />
|Residence= None<br />
|Headquarters= 'Westmorland Castle' USA<br />
|Occupation= Scientist, inventor, Vigilante<br />
|Legal= Illegal alien inside the United States, wanted for murder<br />
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|Relatives= 5 brothers, Batian, Clavius, Darius, Eryx, Flavian<br />
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|Age= 30<br />
|Height= 6'3"<br />
|Weight=200<br />
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'''Axon Daedalus''' was born on the island of '''Crete''' as part of an experiment sponsored by '''ARGENT''' to create their own "super soldier" process that they would later market. It used data stolen or bought from various other projects along the same lines. The project had two goals, first; to create a reliable process for creating super humans, and two; creating a group of super powered soldiers to work for '''ARGENT'''. Being a completely new and experimental process, several groups of subjects were created using slightly different methods. One group of six subjects was created by an in-vitro process combining the DNA of 6 carefully chosen genomes from across the world with a sample of anomalous DNA the company had acquired on the black market. Although they could not determine the exact nature of the sample, preliminary testing had shown it to have various advanced characteristics. Simply cloning the sample had proven to be unsuccessful. The resulting fetuses were grown in artificial wombs and born on August 1 1987 in a secret compound in western Crete known as '''"The Hatchery"'''. The initial data regarding the result was inconclusive, therefore it was decided to progress with other experiments in psychological conditioning, education and obedience training while the subjects grew and could be tested further later. It quickly became apparent that the DNA they all shared was dominant as they were all generally alike in appearance and mannerism. Within 2 years it became apparent that they were all extremely intelligent, learning to speak fluently by age 1. By age 5 it was clear that physically they were superior, but not yet showing any signs of being ''super human''. Their psychological conditioning was proving to be less and less effective as their intellect matured and they began to be more difficult to control.<br />
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With other projects at '''the Hatchery''' seeming to have the desired superhuman results, it was decided to terminate the unruly children to save money but by this time, they had come to the attention of a '''Dr. Hesslein'''. '''Hesslein''' had had success in programming sleeper agents for '''ARGENT''' to perform industrial espionage against a few of their competitors. One of those agents had been so successful in increasing profits, that '''Dr. Hesslein''' had been given carte blanche for his next project. When he learned of the newly engineered children, he saw an unprecedented opportunity. He convinced the board that despite their not being ''superhuman'', the ''new humans'' as he called them, were talented enough to be desirable recruits for any company or governmental agency in the world given the proper conditioning. They could be inserted into advantageous situations at such a young age that they would be virtually undetectable by any investigation and their advanced intellect would make them effective agents even before adulthood.. Given his past success, the board agreed to his plan.<br />
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What no one knew at the time, was that '''Dr. Hesslein''' owed his success at psychological conditioning not to any scientific regimen, but to the fact that he himself was a powerful ''psionic''. While he had no particular aspiration to be some sort of conqueror, he did enjoy discovering new ways to use his powers on other people. The 6 young boys presented a unique challenge, finding ways to influence their personalities, without destroying their intellect or creativity. He knew it would takes years of painstaking work, but the rewards would be unbelievable if it worked. He made a show of using various drugs and sensory manipulation techniques while he started with inserting various mental blocks to curb their innate rambunctiousness and instill loyalty to himself. He treated them like any other laboratory subjects at first, but decided the best way to control the boys without damaging them, was to insert himself as a father figure. His initial plan for total control was to build up a secondary personality inside the mind of each subject. Namely, it would be more or less a copy of himself that would nudge and push the boys to follow their assigned roles, and at times even being able to assume total control in times of emergency, with the boys being completely unaware of it. Aside from this secret mental conditioning, they were also educated and induced to follow aptitudes in assigned fields ranging from electrical engineering to ecology in order to be suitable recruits for '''ARGENT's''' rivals and competitors. As time wore on, '''Hesslein''' grew to marvel at the amazing potential of the boy's minds. While they did not seem to have his actual psychic gifts, their minds were marvels of order and sophistication. <br />
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The boys had been named in alphabetical order, '''Axon''', '''Batian''', '''Clavius''', '''Darius''', '''Eryx''', and '''Flavian''' and so '''Dr. Hesslein''' tended to experiment on them in much the same order, with '''Axon''' receiving the most experimental techniques before they could be refined for use on the others. The consequences being that '''Axon''' tended to be the most erratic and unstable of the group. '''Dr. Hesslein''' eventually determined that '''Axon''' would likely be of little use as an agent and might be better suited to working directly for '''ARGENT''', maybe even for himself when he matured. It wasn't until he made that decision, that '''Hesslein''' realized that he had inadvertently developed his own attachment to the boys and was beginning to have second thoughts about how they were going to be used. When the boys reached the age of 12 it was time to begin inserting them into their deep covers. They were assigned to be placed into the origin countries of their original human genomes. '''Flavian''' was the best conditioned and was the first to be sent to his origin country of the '''United States'''. When '''Flavia'''n left, '''Dr. Hesslein''' felt like part of himself was leaving as well. He began to experience extreme anxiety and concern for ''his'' boys. He quickly decided that he would devise a new Psychic program to erase his presence from the boy's minds and free them. It took time, time he didn't have. One by one the boys were shipped out to India, Algeria, Brazil and Japan till only '''Axon''' remained. <br />
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'''The Hatchery''' had been the home of more than one ''super soldier'' program. Most had ultimately been determined to be failures, but had produced various other types of test subjects that had been retained for further experimentation, just like the boys. One of those subjects had been code named '''Chimera'''. The experiment had been successful in creating something ''superhuman'' but it was also monstrous. It continued to mutate over the years, the scientists in charge of it were not yet aware of the danger they were in until it was too late. Just after '''Batian''' had been sent to Japan, the '''Chimera''' broke free of it's containment and rampaged through the entire base. Destroying anyone or anything that got in it's way. One of those things, was '''Dr. Hesslein'''. Caught unawares, the doctor had no time to do anything but to send the incomplete mental program to '''Axon'''. Through the psychic link, '''Axon''' felt his ''father'' die at the hands of the beast. The trauma of death and the incomplete program had an unexpected result in '''Axon'''. His mind became a fusion of his original personality, the psychic clone of '''Dr. Hesslein''' and '''Hesslein''' himself. His memory became a disjointed mishmash of the two but his conditioned aptitudes in bio-mechancial engineering, psychology and electrical engineering remained. What was left of the psychic clone attempted to assert control but found it impossible and relegated itself to shoring up the ruptured personality and eventually completing the merger of all three.<br />
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'''Axon''' was left behind in the wreckage following '''the Hatchery's''' destruction. He hid himself from the '''Chimera''' that now wandered the lower levels of the wrecked base and occasionally fed on other experiments that had been left behind. He had an overwhelming desire to destroy the monster and so did not flee from the base. He waited and watched and formulated a plan for killing it. He used what little equipment and the labs that were still intact to create a weapon to fight the monster. The beast was now huge, and far beyond anything he could contend with on his own. He pieced together a robot he named '''Bellerophon''' and sent it into the catacombs after the creature. The Chimera destroyed it and also mutated further, developing thicker bone plates and quicker reflexes. The beast had already been too large to exit the base through any of the heavily fortified doors, which is why it wandered the deeper tunnels. Finally though, it wandered into an empty cistern that was open to the sky. There it remained, trying to claw it's way out.<br />
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'''Axon''' built another robot, bigger and stronger than before, but before he could send it against the monster, he made a terrifying discovery. It was growing wings. '''Axon''' did not want the creature to escape, and so he fitted his new robot with hastily jerry-rigged flight capabilities and also decided to make himself an armored suit capable of flight, believing that in the air, his small size would be an advantage against the lumbering beast. As expected, the '''Chimera's''' wings grew into a usable size and it began to heave itself out of it's prison. '''Axon''' sent '''Bellerophon II''' to contend with it while still in the cistern, keeping himself in reserve in case the beast made it into the open. '''Bellerophon''' was able to wound the monster but it still made it clear of the cistern and flew towards the open ocean. Axon attacked, striking from above he slashed the webbing of the monster's wings, which just grew back. Suddenly it occurred to him that he had let his desire for revenge cloud his reason. He then directed '''Bellerophon''' to grapple with the chimera in mid-air and then simply detonated it's power source, destroying both in the process. <br />
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Upon his return to the base he regarded as home, he saw that there had been attempts to contact the base from '''ARGENT's''' central switchboard. In order to keep people away, he activated the base's extreme radiation hazard beacon that would warn them off. His damaged personality then tried to cope with his current situation. He felt the conditioned compulsions to excel as a scientist, he felt his fathers desire to dominate, he felt his own inquisitive nature and need for validation. The last vestiges of the psychic clone urged him to patience and research before acting. He decided to set about restoring the base as best as he could. There were considerable stores still available that the '''Chimera''' had not touched and many of the computer systems could be repaired. It took months of painstaking work. In the mean time his mind healed sufficiently to become less erratic. He became more self aware. Aware that he was not who he had been, he was someone new. He decided to call himself '''Daedalus''' as he intended to become as great a scientist and inventor as his name sake. He spent the next 10 years educating himself and experimenting in various fields of robotics engineering. As a diversion he continued to develop and refine his flight suit and various weapons associated with it, using it at times to fend off scavengers and reconnaissance teams from Argent. <br />
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Then, without warning, '''Daedalus''' experienced an intense psychic assault. One of his brothers was experiencing incredible pain and was reaching out from halfway around the world. Over the years he had felt slight mental touches from his brothers across the world, having inherited some small part of his ''father's'' psychic link with the others, but he had never paid much attention to them. This was different. The assault triggered his latent concern for his brothers and he determined to discover where they were now, and who was in trouble. '''Daedalus''' delved into what records he could find, his father's memories were not clear on where the boys had been sent. He then realized how extensive and devious the original plan of infiltration was. After finding out where his brothers were, he determined that the cry must have come from '''Darius''' in '''South America'''. '''Darius''' had been programmed to infiltrate the Brazilian government or '''VIPER''' or both if possible. The records showed where '''Darius''' had been sent, but nothing after. '''Daedalus''' had to pick up the trail from there. After arriving in '''Brazil''', he pieced together '''Darius's''' life and discovered he had indeed infiltrated a '''VIPER''' cell there while also taking up a career as a motorcycle racer. It was a small cell and '''Daedalus''' determined to raid their hideout to find out what had happened to '''Darius'''. He donned his now quite advanced armored flight suit and attacked. He took them completely by surprised and was able to secure the hideout before an alarm could be sent or records destroyed. <br />
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There was no sign of his brother. From their records he determined that '''Darius''' had been selected, apparently randomly, to be used in an another ''super soldier'' experiment against his will by '''VIPER''' command. '''Daedalus''' seethed at this information. He and his brothers had been used enough as it was. In a further twist of irony, '''VIPER''' was apparently instigating it's own sleeper agent program and was trying to use '''Darius''' for it. The only other data '''Daedalus''' could find was a list of subjects designated with Greek letters and the location of the experimental facility. He traced the facility to the '''United States'''. Once there he realized he was facing a much larger opponent and endeavored to have his robot '''Bellerophon IV''' smuggled into the States to support his next incursion. After further contemplation, he decided only a stealthy incursion would be successful and fitted his suit with stealth modules he had taken from the Brazilian cell. Inside the '''VIPER''' lab, he discovered what had been done to '''Darius'''. He had been injected with a number of different types of ''nanites'' that would augment his physiology and attempt to make modifications to his brain and personality to be a loyal soldier of '''VIPER'''. '''Darius's''' mental clone had let the experiment proceed to gain increased power, but did not realize the danger it was in until it was too late. The clone resisted the reorganization of the brain and personality which had led to the psychic outcry, as it failed to do so. '''Daedalus''' also discovered that the subjects were being augmented so that they could infiltrate the ''Superhero'' community in the '''United States'''. It was a daring plan. There were ten subjects listed with the Greek letters but '''Daedalus''' could not discover which one was '''Darius'''. He gathered what information he could about them and then set off to hunt for them and find out which was his brother. <br />
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He proceeded down the list alphabetically, tracking down the subject known as '''Alpha''' who was just beginning to establish his cover as a super hero at large known as '''"Shocking Blue"'''. When '''Daedalus''' confronted him and revealed that he he knew he was a '''VIPER''' plant, '''Alpha''' reacted with extreme violence, evidently programmed to protect his cover in this manner. '''Alpha's''' ''nanites'' allowed him to project short range electrical blasts but '''Deadalus's''' suit was insulated enough to ward most of these blows off. The longer the battle went on, the more enraged '''Alpha''' became and '''Daedalus''' was forced to savagely rip his throat out with his clawed gauntlets. He had already determined that this was not '''Darius'''. The same scenario played out with '''Beta''' and '''Gamma'''. By this time however, his investigation had caught the attention of both '''VIPER''' and the Champions' super computer '''Socrates'''. When '''Daedalus''' tracked down '''Delta''', he discovered that he had walked into an ambush. 6 apparent ''super humans'' were waiting for him and ordered him to surrender. He could feel that '''Darius''' was one of them but didn't want to allow himself to be captured till he knew which one. The battle was fierce and protracted as '''Daedalus''' did his best to elude his opponents going so far as to call in '''Bellerophon''' to help. Finally he got close enough to the hero known as '''"Theta"''' to make the psychic connection to his brother. '''Daedalus''' then allowed himself to be captured so as to remain near '''Theta''' and send the mental program to free his brother from his double set of psychic shackles. When he was sure the program had taken root, he effected an escape and returned to his own base in '''Crete'''. He was now a wanted man in the '''United States'''. <br />
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Once home, he contemplated his next course of action. His recent battles had highlighted some vulnerabilities in himself and his robot '''Bellerophon''' and so he decided to correct those first before setting out on anymore adventures. This took the better part of a year. During that time he also began contemplating war with the '''ARGENT''' and/or '''Viper''' and began designing new weapons and even androids to help with that endeavor. He also discovered that the mental link with '''Darius''' had grown stronger. They could touch each other over the vast distance between them on rare occasions. The mental program seemed to have done it's job and '''Darius''' was now acting on his own, not a slave to anyone. Just as '''Daedalus''' was preparing to begin searching for his other brothers. He felt a touch from '''Darius''' and a message, '''"We are coming."''' is all it said. Indeed a few days later, '''Darius''' and another man appeared at the perimeter of the his base. The sensors in the base could read that the other man exuded power on an altogether different scale than the two brothers but he allowed them to enter to hear what they had to say. The other man introduced himself as '''[[The Director]]''' and said that he was recruiting others to join him in battle against a common foe and that '''Theta''' had recommended '''Daedalus''' as a possible recruit, a most vital one. '''[[The Director]]''' went on to explain that his group had nearly everything they needed to wage war, except for a gifted inventor and technologist, both fields that '''Daedalus''' excelled in. '''Daedalus''' considered their proposal. It would mean relocating back to the '''United States''' at least on occasion, but it also meant that he no longer had to fight a war on his own. '''Theta''' urged him to join, his mental clone had been destroyed and he wanted nothing more than to take revenge on '''ARGENT''' for what had been done to them. In the end, '''Daedalus''' agreed to joining the group and brought along '''Bellerophon''' and his plans for new androids to fight '''ARGENT''' and '''VIPER'''.<br />
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Axon is a bio-engineered human being endowed with superior physical and mental abilities. He is able to leap twice his own height, run a mile in 3 minutes and lift(press) 850 pounds. His reflexes, dexterity and senses are all preternaturally acute. Although he is an excellent marksman, Axon prefers engaging in physical combat. He has been trained in several modern unarmed combat techniques as well as Wing Chun Kung Fu.<br />
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He has a high genius level intellect capable of learning and understanding many fields of study. His initial conditioning focused on very specific subjects and he has had little contact with the outside world so is just beginning to learn non-technical subjects. He is already an accomplished roboticist and electro-mechanical engineer and inherited some advanced knowledge of psychology and mental conditioning from his ''father''.<br />
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Daedalus has inherited a small part of Dr. Hesslein's psionic abilities, mostly concerned with mental links to his 5 brothers and their mental clones. He can initiate mental ''touches'' over great distances and in that way gain some sense of where they are and what they are doing. In close proximity he can actively read the minds of his brothers and make direct contact with them.<br />
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He is equipped with a light but powerful armored suit whose primary function is flight, quietly, at high speeds and high and low altitudes. It is primarily composed of a man-made isotope of aluminum and titanium, with other parts made of questionite. It is able to withstand impacts up to medium powered rifle bullets. It is designed to enhance the wearers strength allowing him to lift(press) 3 tons. It does not hinder movement in any appreciable way, affording the wearer high agility. It can travel at mach 2 for 3 hours before the fuel cells deplete. It is water and air tight with an internal air supply lasting 2 hours. It can survive depths of up to 800 feet. It is also equipped with tasers in each gauntlet that have a range of about 50 feet and produce 50,000 volts. The wings are semi retractable and are made of Questionite. Honed to a razor edge, they make excellent weapons.<br />
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Bellerophon IV is considerably larger and more durable than it's predecessors. It is approximately 12 feet tall and weighs in at 1.7 tons. Daedalus is constantly experimenting on and upgrading it's capabilities. It is able lift 80 tons and is fitted with razor sharp claws for close combat. It can fire a heavy particle beam from it's 'eye' and also has dual m32 gatling guns. It is now accompanied by two much smaller units that can aid in combat or serve as fields mechanics.<br />
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The Zephyr’s are the first attempt by Daedalus to replace the combat androids of the '''STZ'''. '''[[The Director]]''' was able to bring 5 of the '''Avenger''' androids with him and Daedalus based his first couple of prototypes on these. His initial impression of the androids were that they were overly complicated and would be difficult to reproduce. Especially their cognitive systems. The final design included flight capabilities and built in disruptor technology. Their cognitive system was pared down so that they would be easier to mass produce. Each android has small on board fission reactor that can power it for several days before refueling. They are moderately bullet proof and are designed to attempt to continue primary function even if 50 percent critical damage is sustained. Aside from medium range disruptors, they are equipped with 6-10 long range anti-personnel missiles. They also have a devastating plasma blade for close-quarter combat. While they have enough cognitive function to carry out tasks, they have no volition aside from the base commands of returning to base if no other command exists and self-destruction if captured. All other functions are directed by the Zephyr Primes.<br />
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The Zephyr Primes are command units for the basic Zephyrs. They have sophisticated AI and are capable of independently directing the actions of 10 - 20 Zephyrs simultaneously. The primes are built from the original 5 Avenger androids from the '''STZ'''. They are considerably more durable than the standard Zephyrs with greater power generation and armament. They have flight capability but are slower and less maneuverable than the standards. The primes are powered by fusion reactors that can last several weeks. They are programmed with a variety of tactical plans and can direct their platoons for several hours or until their objective has been reached, before requiring new input. If failure or capture seems imminent, they will sacrifice whatever troops they have left to ensure their escape. The primes are programmed to respond to any member of the Directorate but only the Director and Daedalus may override pre-existing commands. If a prime is destroyed in the field, it’s Zephyrs will carryout their last instructions then return to base immediately or self destruct if necessary. Daedalus is currently working on the first wholly new Prime Zephyr prototype with many planned improvements<br />
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|Name= Daedalus<br />
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|RealName= Axon<br />
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|Birthdate= Aug. 1 1987<br />
|Birthplace= Kantanos, Greece<br />
|Citizenship= Persona Non-Grata<br />
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|Headquarters= 'Westmorland Castle' USA<br />
|Occupation= Scientist, inventor, Vigilante<br />
|Legal= Illegal alien inside the United States, wanted for murder<br />
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|Relatives= 5 brothers, Batian, Clavius, Darius, Eryx, Flavian<br />
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|Ethnicity= Half caucasian, half?<br />
|Gender= Male<br />
|Age= 30<br />
|Height= 6'3"<br />
|Weight=200<br />
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|Features= Hair is shaved down to a wide mohawk<br />
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|Skills= Computer scientist, Electrical engineer, Bio-medical engineer.<br />
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'''Axon Daedalus''' was born on the island of '''Crete''' as part of an experiment sponsored by '''ARGENT''' to create their own "super soldier" process that they would later market. It used data stolen or bought from various other projects along the same lines. The project had two goals, first; to create a reliable process for creating super humans, and two; creating a group of super powered soldiers to work for '''ARGENT'''. Being a completely new and experimental process, several groups of subjects were created using slightly different methods. One group of six subjects was created by an in-vitro process combining the DNA of 6 carefully chosen genomes from across the world with a sample of anomalous DNA the company had acquired on the black market. Although they could not determine the exact nature of the sample, preliminary testing had shown it to have various advanced characteristics. Simply cloning the sample had proven to be unsuccessful. The resulting fetuses were grown in artificial wombs and born on August 1 1987 in a secret compound in western Crete known as '''"The Hatchery"'''. The initial data regarding the result was inconclusive, therefore it was decided to progress with other experiments in psychological conditioning, education and obedience training while the subjects grew and could be tested further later. It quickly became apparent that the DNA they all shared was dominant as they were all generally alike in appearance and mannerism. Within 2 years it became apparent that they were all extremely intelligent, learning to speak fluently by age 1. By age 5 it was clear that physically they were superior, but not yet showing any signs of being ''super human''. Their psychological conditioning was proving to be less and less effective as their intellect matured and they began to be more difficult to control.<br />
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With other projects at '''the Hatchery''' seeming to have the desired superhuman results, it was decided to terminate the unruly children to save money but by this time, they had come to the attention of a '''Dr. Hesslein'''. '''Hesslein''' had had success in programming sleeper agents for '''ARGENT''' to perform industrial espionage against a few of their competitors. One of those agents had been so successful in increasing profits, that '''Dr. Hesslein''' had been given carte blanche for his next project. When he learned of the newly engineered children, he saw an unprecedented opportunity. He convinced the board that despite their not being ''superhuman'', the ''new humans'' as he called them, were talented enough to be desirable recruits for any company or governmental agency in the world given the proper conditioning. They could be inserted into advantageous situations at such a young age that they would be virtually undetectable by any investigation and their advanced intellect would make them effective agents even before adulthood.. Given his past success, the board agreed to his plan.<br />
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What no one knew at the time, was that '''Dr. Hesslein''' owed his success at psychological conditioning not to any scientific regimen, but to the fact that he himself was a powerful ''psionic''. While he had no particular aspiration to be some sort of conqueror, he did enjoy discovering new ways to use his powers on other people. The 6 young boys presented a unique challenge, finding ways to influence their personalities, without destroying their intellect or creativity. He knew it would takes years of painstaking work, but the rewards would be unbelievable if it worked. He made a show of using various drugs and sensory manipulation techniques while he started with inserting various mental blocks to curb their innate rambunctiousness and instill loyalty to himself. He treated them like any other laboratory subjects at first, but decided the best way to control the boys without damaging them, was to insert himself as a father figure. His initial plan for total control was to build up a secondary personality inside the mind of each subject. Namely, it would be more or less a copy of himself that would nudge and push the boys to follow their assigned roles, and at times even being able to assume total control in times of emergency, with the boys being completely unaware of it. Aside from this secret mental conditioning, they were also educated and induced to follow aptitudes in assigned fields ranging from electrical engineering to ecology in order to be suitable recruits for '''ARGENT's''' rivals and competitors. As time wore on, '''Hesslein''' grew to marvel at the amazing potential of the boy's minds. While they did not seem to have his actual psychic gifts, their minds were marvels of order and sophistication. <br />
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The boys had been named in alphabetical order, '''Axon''', '''Batian''', '''Clavius''', '''Darius''', '''Eryx''', and '''Flavian''' and so '''Dr. Hesslein''' tended to experiment on them in much the same order, with '''Axon''' receiving the most experimental techniques before they could be refined for use on the others. The consequences being that '''Axon''' tended to be the most erratic and unstable of the group. '''Dr. Hesslein''' eventually determined that '''Axon''' would likely be of little use as an agent and might be better suited to working directly for '''ARGENT''', maybe even for himself when he matured. It wasn't until he made that decision, that '''Hesslein''' realized that he had inadvertently developed his own attachment to the boys and was beginning to have second thoughts about how they were going to be used. When the boys reached the age of 12 it was time to begin inserting them into their deep covers. They were assigned to be placed into the origin countries of their original human genomes. '''Flavian''' was the best conditioned and was the first to be sent to his origin country of the '''United States'''. When '''Flavia'''n left, '''Dr. Hesslein''' felt like part of himself was leaving as well. He began to experience extreme anxiety and concern for ''his'' boys. He quickly decided that he would devise a new Psychic program to erase his presence from the boy's minds and free them. It took time, time he didn't have. One by one the boys were shipped out to India, Algeria, Brazil and Japan till only '''Axon''' remained. <br />
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'''The Hatchery''' had been the home of more than one ''super soldier'' program. Most had ultimately been determined to be failures, but had produced various other types of test subjects that had been retained for further experimentation, just like the boys. One of those subjects had been code named '''Chimera'''. The experiment had been successful in creating something ''superhuman'' but it was also monstrous. It continued to mutate over the years, the scientists in charge of it were not yet aware of the danger they were in until it was too late. Just after '''Batian''' had been sent to Japan, the '''Chimera''' broke free of it's containment and rampaged through the entire base. Destroying anyone or anything that got in it's way. One of those things, was '''Dr. Hesslein'''. Caught unawares, the doctor had no time to do anything but to send the incomplete mental program to '''Axon'''. Through the psychic link, '''Axon''' felt his ''father'' die at the hands of the beast. The trauma of death and the incomplete program had an unexpected result in '''Axon'''. His mind became a fusion of his original personality, the psychic clone of '''Dr. Hesslein''' and '''Hesslein''' himself. His memory became a disjointed mishmash of the two but his conditioned aptitudes in bio-mechancial engineering, psychology and electrical engineering remained. What was left of the psychic clone attempted to assert control but found it impossible and relegated itself to shoring up the ruptured personality and eventually completing the merger of all three.<br />
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'''Axon''' was left behind in the wreckage following '''the Hatchery's''' destruction. He hid himself from the '''Chimera''' that now wandered the lower levels of the wrecked base and occasionally fed on other experiments that had been left behind. He had an overwhelming desire to destroy the monster and so did not flee from the base. He waited and watched and formulated a plan for killing it. He used what little equipment and the labs that were still intact to create a weapon to fight the monster. The beast was now huge, and far beyond anything he could contend with on his own. He pieced together a robot he named '''Bellerophon''' and sent it into the catacombs after the creature. The Chimera destroyed it and also mutated further, developing thicker bone plates and quicker reflexes. The beast had already been too large to exit the base through any of the heavily fortified doors, which is why it wandered the deeper tunnels. Finally though, it wandered into an empty cistern that was open to the sky. There it remained, trying to claw it's way out.<br />
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'''Axon''' built another robot, bigger and stronger than before, but before he could send it against the monster, he made a terrifying discovery. It was growing wings. '''Axon''' did not want the creature to escape, and so he fitted his new robot with hastily jerry-rigged flight capabilities and also decided to make himself an armored suit capable of flight, believing that in the air, his small size would be an advantage against the lumbering beast. As expected, the '''Chimera's''' wings grew into a usable size and it began to heave itself out of it's prison. '''Axon''' sent '''Bellerophon II''' to contend with it while still in the cistern, keeping himself in reserve in case the beast made it into the open. '''Bellerophon''' was able to wound the monster but it still made it clear of the cistern and flew towards the open ocean. Axon attacked, striking from above he slashed the webbing of the monster's wings, which just grew back. Suddenly it occurred to him that he had let his desire for revenge cloud his reason. He then directed '''Bellerophon''' to grapple with the chimera in mid-air and then simply detonated it's power source, destroying both in the process. <br />
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Upon his return to the base he regarded as home, he saw that there had been attempts to contact the base from '''ARGENT's''' central switchboard. In order to keep people away, he activated the base's extreme radiation hazard beacon that would warn them off. His damaged personality then tried to cope with his current situation. He felt the conditioned compulsions to excel as a scientist, he felt his fathers desire to dominate, he felt his own inquisitive nature and need for validation. The last vestiges of the psychic clone urged him to patience and research before acting. He decided to set about restoring the base as best as he could. There were considerable stores still available that the '''Chimera''' had not touched and many of the computer systems could be repaired. It took months of painstaking work. In the mean time his mind healed sufficiently to become less erratic. He became more self aware. Aware that he was not who he had been, he was someone new. He decided to call himself '''Daedalus''' as he intended to become as great a scientist and inventor as his name sake. He spent the next 10 years educating himself and experimenting in various fields of robotics engineering. As a diversion he continued to develop and refine his flight suit and various weapons associated with it, using it at times to fend off scavengers and reconnaissance teams from Argent. <br />
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Then, without warning, '''Daedalus''' experienced an intense psychic assault. One of his brothers was experiencing incredible pain and was reaching out from halfway around the world. Over the years he had felt slight mental touches from his brothers across the world, having inherited some small part of his ''father's'' psychic link with the others, but he had never paid much attention to them. This was different. The assault triggered his latent concern for his brothers and he determined to discover where they were now, and who was in trouble. '''Daedalus''' delved into what records he could find, his father's memories were not clear on where the boys had been sent. He then realized how extensive and devious the original plan of infiltration was. After finding out where his brothers were, he determined that the cry must have come from '''Darius''' in '''South America'''. '''Darius''' had been programmed to infiltrate the Brazilian government or '''VIPER''' or both if possible. The records showed where '''Darius''' had been sent, but nothing after. '''Daedalus''' had to pick up the trail from there. After arriving in '''Brazil''', he pieced together '''Darius's''' life and discovered he had indeed infiltrated a '''VIPER''' cell there while also taking up a career as a motorcycle racer. It was a small cell and '''Daedalus''' determined to raid their hideout to find out what had happened to '''Darius'''. He donned his now quite advanced armored flight suit and attacked. He took them completely by surprised and was able to secure the hideout before an alarm could be sent or records destroyed. <br />
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There was no sign of his brother. From their records he determined that '''Darius''' had been selected, apparently randomly, to be used in an another ''super soldier'' experiment against his will by '''VIPER''' command. '''Daedalus''' seethed at this information. He and his brothers had been used enough as it was. In a further twist of irony, '''VIPER''' was apparently instigating it's own sleeper agent program and was trying to use '''Darius''' for it. The only other data '''Daedalus''' could find was a list of subjects designated with Greek letters and the location of the experimental facility. He traced the facility to the '''United States'''. Once there he realized he was facing a much larger opponent and endeavored to have his robot '''Bellerophon IV''' smuggled into the States to support his next incursion. After further contemplation, he decided only a stealthy incursion would be successful and fitted his suit with stealth modules he had taken from the Brazilian cell. Inside the '''VIPER''' lab, he discovered what had been done to '''Darius'''. He had been injected with a number of different types of ''nanites'' that would augment his physiology and attempt to make modifications to his brain and personality to be a loyal soldier of '''VIPER'''. '''Darius's''' mental clone had let the experiment proceed to gain increased power, but did not realize the danger it was in until it was too late. The clone resisted the reorganization of the brain and personality which had led to the psychic outcry, as it failed to do so. '''Daedalus''' also discovered that the subjects were being augmented so that they could infiltrate the ''Superhero'' community in the '''United States'''. It was a daring plan. There were ten subjects listed with the Greek letters but '''Daedalus''' could not discover which one was '''Darius'''. He gathered what information he could about them and then set off to hunt for them and find out which was his brother. <br />
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He proceeded down the list alphabetically, tracking down the subject known as '''Alpha''' who was just beginning to establish his cover as a super hero at large known as '''"Shocking Blue"'''. When '''Daedalus''' confronted him and revealed that he he knew he was a '''VIPER''' plant, '''Alpha''' reacted with extreme violence, evidently programmed to protect his cover in this manner. '''Alpha's''' ''nanites'' allowed him to project short range electrical blasts but '''Deadalus's''' suit was insulated enough to ward most of these blows off. The longer the battle went on, the more enraged '''Alpha''' became and '''Daedalus''' was forced to savagely rip his throat out with his clawed gauntlets. He had already determined that this was not '''Darius'''. The same scenario played out with '''Beta''' and '''Gamma'''. By this time however, his investigation had caught the attention of both '''VIPER''' and the Champions' super computer '''Socrates'''. When '''Daedalus''' tracked down '''Delta''', he discovered that he had walked into an ambush. 6 apparent ''super humans'' were waiting for him and ordered him to surrender. He could feel that '''Darius''' was one of them but didn't want to allow himself to be captured till he knew which one. The battle was fierce and protracted as '''Daedalus''' did his best to elude his opponents going so far as to call in '''Bellerophon''' to help. Finally he got close enough to the hero known as '''"Theta"''' to make the psychic connection to his brother. '''Daedalus''' then allowed himself to be captured so as to remain near '''Theta''' and send the mental program to free his brother from his double set of psychic shackles. When he was sure the program had taken root, he effected an escape and returned to his own base in '''Crete'''. He was now a wanted man in the '''United States'''. <br />
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Once home, he contemplated his next course of action. His recent battles had highlighted some vulnerabilities in himself and his robot '''Bellerophon''' and so he decided to correct those first before setting out on anymore adventures. This took the better part of a year. During that time he also began contemplating war with the '''ARGENT''' and/or '''Viper''' and began designing new weapons and even androids to help with that endeavor. He also discovered that the mental link with '''Darius''' had grown stronger. They could touch each other over the vast distance between them on rare occasions. The mental program seemed to have done it's job and '''Darius''' was now acting on his own, not a slave to anyone. Just as '''Daedalus''' was preparing to begin searching for his other brothers. He felt a touch from '''Darius''' and a message, '''"We are coming."''' is all it said. Indeed a few days later, '''Darius''' and another man appeared at the perimeter of the his base. The sensors in the base could read that the other man exuded power on an altogether different scale than the two brothers but he allowed them to enter to hear what they had to say. The other man introduced himself as '''[[The Director]]''' and said that he was recruiting others to join him in battle against a common foe and that '''Theta''' had recommended '''Daedalus''' as a possible recruit, a most vital one. '''[[The Director]]''' went on to explain that his group had nearly everything they needed to wage war, except for a gifted inventor and technologist, both fields that '''Daedalus''' excelled in. '''Daedalus''' considered their proposal. It would mean relocating back to the '''United States''' at least on occasion, but it also meant that he no longer had to fight a war on his own. '''Theta''' urged him to join, his mental clone had been destroyed and he wanted nothing more than to take revenge on '''ARGENT''' for what had been done to them. In the end, '''Daedalus''' agreed to joining the group and brought along '''Bellerophon''' and his plans for new androids to fight '''ARGENT''' and '''VIPER'''.<br />
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Axon is a bio-engineered human being endowed with superior physical and mental abilities. He is able to leap twice his own height, run a mile in 3 minutes and lift(press) 850 pounds. His reflexes, dexterity and senses are all preternaturally acute. Although he is an excellent marksman, Axon prefers engaging in physical combat. He has been trained in several modern unarmed combat techniques as well as Wing Chun Kung Fu.<br />
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He has a high genius level intellect capable of learning and understanding many fields of study. His initial conditioning focused on very specific subjects and he has had little contact with the outside world so is just beginning to learn non-technical subjects. He is already an accomplished roboticist and electro-mechanical engineer and inherited some advanced knowledge of psychology and mental conditioning from his ''father''.<br />
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Daedalus has inherited a small part of Dr. Hesslein's psionic abilities, mostly concerned with mental links to his 5 brothers and their mental clones. He can initiate mental ''touches'' over great distances and in that way gain some sense of where they are and what they are doing. In close proximity he can actively read the minds of his brothers and make direct contact with them.<br />
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He is equipped with a light but powerful armored suit whose primary function is flight, quietly, at high speeds and high and low altitudes. It is primarily composed of a man-made isotope of aluminum and titanium, with other parts made of questionite. It is able to withstand impacts up to medium powered rifle bullets. It is designed to enhance the wearers strength allowing him to lift(press) 3 tons. It does not hinder movement in any appreciable way, affording the wearer high agility. It can travel at mach 2 for 3 hours before the fuel cells deplete. It is water and air tight with an internal air supply lasting 2 hours. It can survive depths of up to 800 feet. It is also equipped with tasers in each gauntlet that have a range of about 50 feet and produce 50,000 volts. The wings are semi retractable and are made of Questionite. Honed to a razor edge, they make excellent weapons.<br />
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The Zephyr’s are the first attempt by Daedalus to replace the combat androids of the '''STZ'''. '''[[The Director]]''' was able to bring 5 of the '''Avenger''' androids with him and Daedalus based his first couple of prototypes on these. His initial impression of the androids were that they were overly complicated and would be difficult to reproduce. Especially their cognitive systems. The final design included flight capabilities and built in disruptor technology. Their cognitive system was pared down so that they would be easier to mass produce. Each android has small on board fission reactor that can power it for several days before refueling. They are moderately bullet proof and are designed to attempt to continue primary function even if 50 percent critical damage is sustained. Aside from medium range disruptors, they are equipped with 6-10 long range anti-personnel missiles. They also have a devastating plasma blade for close-quarter combat. While they have enough cognitive function to carry out tasks, they have no volition aside from the base commands of returning to base if no other command exists and self-destruction if captured. All other functions are directed by the Zephyr Primes.<br />
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|Birthplace= Kantanos, Greece<br />
|Citizenship= Persona Non-Grata<br />
|Residence= None<br />
|Headquarters= 'Westmorland Castle' USA<br />
|Occupation= Scientist, inventor, Vigilante<br />
|Legal= Illegal alien inside the United States, wanted for murder<br />
|Marital= single<br />
|Relatives= 5 brothers, Batian, Clavius, Darius, Eryx, Flavian<br />
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|Ethnicity= Half caucasian, half?<br />
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|Age= 30<br />
|Height= 6'3"<br />
|Weight=200<br />
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|Hair= light brown<br />
|Eyes= Blue<br />
|Skin= Medium<br />
|Features= Hair is shaved down to a wide mohawk<br />
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|Skills= Computer scientist, Electrical engineer, Bio-medical engineer.<br />
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'''Axon Daedalus''' was born on the island of '''Crete''' as part of an experiment sponsored by '''ARGENT''' to create their own "super soldier" process that they would later market. It used data stolen or bought from various other projects along the same lines. The project had two goals, first; to create a reliable process for creating super humans, and two; creating a group of super powered soldiers to work for '''ARGENT'''. Being a completely new and experimental process, several groups of subjects were created using slightly different methods. One group of six subjects was created by an in-vitro process combining the DNA of 6 carefully chosen genomes from across the world with a sample of anomalous DNA the company had acquired on the black market. Although they could not determine the exact nature of the sample, preliminary testing had shown it to have various advanced characteristics. Simply cloning the sample had proven to be unsuccessful. The resulting fetuses were grown in artificial wombs and born on August 1 1987 in a secret compound in western Crete known as '''"The Hatchery"'''. The initial data regarding the result was inconclusive, therefore it was decided to progress with other experiments in psychological conditioning, education and obedience training while the subjects grew and could be tested further later. It quickly became apparent that the DNA they all shared was dominant as they were all generally alike in appearance and mannerism. Within 2 years it became apparent that they were all extremely intelligent, learning to speak fluently by age 1. By age 5 it was clear that physically they were superior, but not yet showing any signs of being ''super human''. Their psychological conditioning was proving to be less and less effective as their intellect matured and they began to be more difficult to control.<br />
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With other projects at '''the Hatchery''' seeming to have the desired superhuman results, it was decided to terminate the unruly children to save money but by this time, they had come to the attention of a '''Dr. Hesslein'''. '''Hesslein''' had had success in programming sleeper agents for '''ARGENT''' to perform industrial espionage against a few of their competitors. One of those agents had been so successful in increasing profits, that '''Dr. Hesslein''' had been given carte blanche for his next project. When he learned of the newly engineered children, he saw an unprecedented opportunity. He convinced the board that despite their not being ''superhuman'', the ''new humans'' as he called them, were talented enough to be desirable recruits for any company or governmental agency in the world given the proper conditioning. They could be inserted into advantageous situations at such a young age that they would be virtually undetectable by any investigation and their advanced intellect would make them effective agents even before adulthood.. Given his past success, the board agreed to his plan.<br />
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What no one knew at the time, was that '''Dr. Hesslein''' owed his success at psychological conditioning not to any scientific regimen, but to the fact that he himself was a powerful ''psionic''. While he had no particular aspiration to be some sort of conqueror, he did enjoy discovering new ways to use his powers on other people. The 6 young boys presented a unique challenge, finding ways to influence their personalities, without destroying their intellect or creativity. He knew it would takes years of painstaking work, but the rewards would be unbelievable if it worked. He made a show of using various drugs and sensory manipulation techniques while he started with inserting various mental blocks to curb their innate rambunctiousness and instill loyalty to himself. He treated them like any other laboratory subjects at first, but decided the best way to control the boys without damaging them, was to insert himself as a father figure. His initial plan for total control was to build up a secondary personality inside the mind of each subject. Namely, it would be more or less a copy of himself that would nudge and push the boys to follow their assigned roles, and at times even being able to assume total control in times of emergency, with the boys being completely unaware of it. Aside from this secret mental conditioning, they were also educated and induced to follow aptitudes in assigned fields ranging from electrical engineering to ecology in order to be suitable recruits for '''ARGENT's''' rivals and competitors. As time wore on, '''Hesslein''' grew to marvel at the amazing potential of the boy's minds. While they did not seem to have his actual psychic gifts, their minds were marvels of order and sophistication. <br />
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The boys had been named in alphabetical order, '''Axon''', '''Batian''', '''Clavius''', '''Darius''', '''Eryx''', and '''Flavian''' and so '''Dr. Hesslein''' tended to experiment on them in much the same order, with '''Axon''' receiving the most experimental techniques before they could be refined for use on the others. The consequences being that '''Axon''' tended to be the most erratic and unstable of the group. '''Dr. Hesslein''' eventually determined that '''Axon''' would likely be of little use as an agent and might be better suited to working directly for '''ARGENT''', maybe even for himself when he matured. It wasn't until he made that decision, that '''Hesslein''' realized that he had inadvertently developed his own attachment to the boys and was beginning to have second thoughts about how they were going to be used. When the boys reached the age of 12 it was time to begin inserting them into their deep covers. They were assigned to be placed into the origin countries of their original human genomes. '''Flavian''' was the best conditioned and was the first to be sent to his origin country of the '''United States'''. When '''Flavia'''n left, '''Dr. Hesslein''' felt like part of himself was leaving as well. He began to experience extreme anxiety and concern for ''his'' boys. He quickly decided that he would devise a new Psychic program to erase his presence from the boy's minds and free them. It took time, time he didn't have. One by one the boys were shipped out to India, Algeria, Brazil and Japan till only '''Axon''' remained. <br />
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'''The Hatchery''' had been the home of more than one ''super soldier'' program. Most had ultimately been determined to be failures, but had produced various other types of test subjects that had been retained for further experimentation, just like the boys. One of those subjects had been code named '''Chimera'''. The experiment had been successful in creating something ''superhuman'' but it was also monstrous. It continued to mutate over the years, the scientists in charge of it were not yet aware of the danger they were in until it was too late. Just after '''Batian''' had been sent to Japan, the '''Chimera''' broke free of it's containment and rampaged through the entire base. Destroying anyone or anything that got in it's way. One of those things, was '''Dr. Hesslein'''. Caught unawares, the doctor had no time to do anything but to send the incomplete mental program to '''Axon'''. Through the psychic link, '''Axon''' felt his ''father'' die at the hands of the beast. The trauma of death and the incomplete program had an unexpected result in '''Axon'''. His mind became a fusion of his original personality, the psychic clone of '''Dr. Hesslein''' and '''Hesslein''' himself. His memory became a disjointed mishmash of the two but his conditioned aptitudes in bio-mechancial engineering, psychology and electrical engineering remained. What was left of the psychic clone attempted to assert control but found it impossible and relegated itself to shoring up the ruptured personality and eventually completing the merger of all three.<br />
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'''Axon''' was left behind in the wreckage following '''the Hatchery's''' destruction. He hid himself from the '''Chimera''' that now wandered the lower levels of the wrecked base and occasionally fed on other experiments that had been left behind. He had an overwhelming desire to destroy the monster and so did not flee from the base. He waited and watched and formulated a plan for killing the monster. He used what little equipment and labs that were still intact to create a weapon to fight the monster. The beast was now huge, and far beyond anything he could contend with on his own. He pieced together a robot he name '''Bellerophon''' and sent it into the catacombs after the creature. The Chimera destroyed it and also mutated further, developing thicker bone plates and quicker reflexes. The beast had already been too large to exit the base through any of the heavily fortified doors which is why it wandered the deeper tunnels. Finally though it wandered into an empty cistern that was open to the sky. There it remained, trying to claw it's way out.<br />
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'''Axon''' built another robot, bigger and stronger than before but before he could send it against the monster, he made a terrifying discovery, it was growing wings. '''Axon''' did not want the creature to escape and so fitted his new robot with hastily Jerry-rigged flight capabilities and also decided to make himself an armored suit capable of flight, believing that in the air, his small size would be an advantage against the lumbering beast. As expected, the '''Chimera's''' wings grew into a usable size and it began to heave itself out of it's prison. '''Axon''' sent '''Bellerophon II''' to contend with it while still in the cistern, keeping himself in reserve in case the beast made it into the open. '''Bellerophon''' was able to wound the monster but it still made it clear of the cistern and flew towards the open ocean. Axon attacked, striking from above he slashed the webbing of the monster's wings, which just grew back. Suddenly it occurred to him that he had let his desire for revenge cloud his reason. He then directed '''Bellerophon''' to grapple with the chimera in mid-air and then simply detonated it's power source, destroying both in the process. <br />
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Upon his return to the base he regarded as home, he saw that there had been attempts to contact the base from '''ARGENT's''' central switchboard. In order to keep people away, he activated the base's extreme radiation hazard beacon that would warn them off. His damaged personality then tried to cope with his current situation. He felt the conditioned compulsions to excel as a scientist, he felt his fathers desire to dominate, he felt his own inquisitive nature and need for validation. The last vestiges of the psychic clone urged him to patience and research before acting. He decided to set about restoring the base as best as he could. There were considerable stores still available that the '''Chimera''' had not touched and many of the computer systems could be repaired. It took months of painstaking work. In the mean time his mind healed sufficiently to become less erratic. He became more self aware. Aware that he was not who he had been, he was someone new. He decided to call himself '''Daedalus''' as he intended to become as great a scientist and inventor as his name sake. He spent the next 10 years educating himself and experimenting in various fields of robotics engineering. As a diversion he continued to develop and refine his flight suit and various weapons associated with it, using it at times to fend off scavengers and reconnaissance teams from Argent. <br />
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Then, without warning, '''Daedalus''' experienced an intense psychic assault. One of his brothers was experiencing incredible pain and was reaching out from halfway around the world. Over the years he had felt slight mental touches from his brothers across the world, having inherited some small part of his ''father's'' psychic link with the others, but he had never paid much attention to them. This was different. The assault triggered his latent concern for his brothers and he determined to discover where they were now, and who was in trouble. '''Daedalus''' delved into what records he could find, his father's memories were not clear on where the boys had been sent. He then realized how extensive and devious the original plan of infiltration was. After finding out where his brothers were, he determined that the cry must have come from '''Darius''' in '''South America'''. '''Darius''' had been programmed to infiltrate the Brazilian government or '''VIPER''' or both if possible. The records showed where '''Darius''' had been sent, but nothing after. '''Daedalus''' had to pick up the trail from there. After arriving in '''Brazil''', he pieced together '''Darius's''' life and discovered he had indeed infiltrated a '''VIPER''' cell there while also taking up a career as a motorcycle racer. It was a small cell and '''Daedalus''' determined to raid their hideout to find out what had happened to '''Darius'''. He donned his now quite advanced armored flight suit and attacked. He took them completely by surprised and was able to secure the hideout before an alarm could be sent or records destroyed. <br />
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There was no sign of his brother. From their records he determined that '''Darius''' had been selected, apparently randomly, to be used in an another ''super soldier'' experiment against his will by '''VIPER''' command. '''Daedalus''' seethed at this information. He and his brothers had been used enough as it was. In a further twist of irony, '''VIPER''' was apparently instigating it's own sleeper agent program and was trying to use '''Darius''' for it. The only other data '''Daedalus''' could find was a list of subjects designated with Greek letters and the location of the experimental facility. He traced the facility to the '''United States'''. Once there he realized he was facing a much larger opponent and endeavored to have his robot '''Bellerophon IV''' smuggled into the States to support his next incursion. After further contemplation, he decided only a stealthy incursion would be successful and fitted his suit with stealth modules he had taken from the Brazilian cell. Inside the '''VIPER''' lab, he discovered what had been done to '''Darius'''. He had been injected with a number of different types of ''nanites'' that would augment his physiology and attempt to make modifications to his brain and personality to be a loyal soldier of '''VIPER'''. '''Darius's''' mental clone had let the experiment proceed to gain increased power, but did not realize the danger it was in until it was too late. The clone resisted the reorganization of the brain and personality which had led to the psychic outcry, as it failed to do so. '''Daedalus''' also discovered that the subjects were being augmented so that they could infiltrate the ''Superhero'' community in the '''United States'''. It was a daring plan. There were ten subjects listed with the Greek letters but '''Daedalus''' could not discover which one was '''Darius'''. He gathered what information he could about them and then set off to hunt for them and find out which was his brother. <br />
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He proceeded down the list alphabetically, tracking down the subject known as '''Alpha''' who was just beginning to establish his cover as a super hero at large known as '''"Shocking Blue"'''. When '''Daedalus''' confronted him and revealed that he he knew he was a '''VIPER''' plant, '''Alpha''' reacted with extreme violence, evidently programmed to protect his cover in this manner. '''Alpha's''' ''nanites'' allowed him to project short range electrical blasts but '''Deadalus's''' suit was insulated enough to ward most of these blows off. The longer the battle went on, the more enraged '''Alpha''' became and '''Daedalus''' was forced to savagely rip his throat out with his clawed gauntlets. He had already determined that this was not '''Darius'''. The same scenario played out with '''Beta''' and '''Gamma'''. By this time however, his investigation had caught the attention of both '''VIPER''' and the Champions' super computer '''Socrates'''. When '''Daedalus''' tracked down '''Delta''', he discovered that he had walked into an ambush. 6 apparent ''super humans'' were waiting for him and ordered him to surrender. He could feel that '''Darius''' was one of them but didn't want to allow himself to be captured till he knew which one. The battle was fierce and protracted as '''Daedalus''' did his best to elude his opponents going so far as to call in '''Bellerophon''' to help. Finally he got close enough to the hero known as '''"Theta"''' to make the psychic connection to his brother. '''Daedalus''' then allowed himself to be captured so as to remain near '''Theta''' and send the mental program to free his brother from his double set of psychic shackles. When he was sure the program had taken root, he effected an escape and returned to his own base in '''Crete'''. He was now a wanted man in the '''United States'''. <br />
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Once home, he contemplated his next course of action. His recent battles had highlighted some vulnerabilities in himself and his robot '''Bellerophon''' and so he decided to correct those first before setting out on anymore adventures. This took the better part of a year. During that time he also began contemplating war with the '''ARGENT''' and/or '''Viper''' and began designing new weapons and even androids to help with that endeavor. He also discovered that the mental link with '''Darius''' had grown stronger. They could touch each other over the vast distance between them on rare occasions. The mental program seemed to have done it's job and '''Darius''' was now acting on his own, not a slave to anyone. Just as '''Daedalus''' was preparing to begin searching for his other brothers. He felt a touch from '''Darius''' and a message, '''"We are coming."''' is all it said. Indeed a few days later, '''Darius''' and another man appeared at the perimeter of the his base. The sensors in the base could read that the other man exuded power on an altogether different scale than the two brothers but he allowed them to enter to hear what they had to say. The other man introduced himself as '''[[The Director]]''' and said that he was recruiting others to join him in battle against a common foe and that '''Theta''' had recommended '''Daedalus''' as a possible recruit, a most vital one. '''[[The Director]]''' went on to explain that his group had nearly everything they needed to wage war, except for a gifted inventor and technologist, both fields that '''Daedalus''' excelled in. '''Daedalus''' considered their proposal. It would mean relocating back to the '''United States''' at least on occasion, but it also meant that he no longer had to fight a war on his own. '''Theta''' urged him to join, his mental clone had been destroyed and he wanted nothing more than to take revenge on '''ARGENT''' for what had been done to them. In the end, '''Daedalus''' agreed to joining the group and brought along '''Bellerophon''' and his plans for new androids to fight '''ARGENT''' and '''VIPER'''.<br />
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Axon is a bio-engineered human being endowed with superior physical and mental abilities. He is able to leap twice his own height, run a mile in 3 minutes and lift(press) 850 pounds. His reflexes, dexterity and senses are all preternaturally acute. Although he is an excellent marksman, Axon prefers engaging in physical combat. He has been trained in several modern unarmed combat techniques as well as Wing Chun Kung Fu.<br />
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He has a high genius level intellect capable of learning and understanding many fields of study. His initial conditioning focused on very specific subjects and he has had little contact with the outside world so is just beginning to learn non-technical subjects. He is already an accomplished roboticist and electro-mechanical engineer and inherited some advanced knowledge of psychology and mental conditioning from his ''father''.<br />
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Daedalus has inherited a small part of Dr. Hesslein's psionic abilities, mostly concerned with mental links to his 5 brothers and their mental clones. He can initiate mental ''touches'' over great distances and in that way gain some sense of where they are and what they are doing. In close proximity he can actively read the minds of his brothers and make direct contact with them.<br />
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He is equipped with a light but powerful armored suit whose primary function is flight, quietly, at high speeds and high and low altitudes. It is primarily composed of a man-made isotope of aluminum and titanium, with other parts made of questionite. It is able to withstand impacts up to medium powered rifle bullets. It is designed to enhance the wearers strength allowing him to lift(press) 3 tons. It does not hinder movement in any appreciable way, affording the wearer high agility. It can travel at mach 2 for 3 hours before the fuel cells deplete. It is water and air tight with an internal air supply lasting 2 hours. It can survive depths of up to 800 feet. It is also equipped with tasers in each gauntlet that have a range of about 50 feet and produce 50,000 volts. The wings are semi retractable and are made of Questionite. Honed to a razor edge, they make excellent weapons.<br />
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The Zephyr’s are the first attempt by Daedalus to replace the combat androids of the '''STZ'''. '''[[The Director]]''' was able to bring 5 of the '''Avenger''' androids with him and Daedalus based his first couple of prototypes on these. His initial impression of the androids were that they were overly complicated and would be difficult to reproduce. Especially their cognitive systems. The final design included flight capabilities and built in disruptor technology. Their cognitive system was pared down so that they would be easier to mass produce. Each android has small on board fission reactor that can power it for several days before refueling. They are moderately bullet proof and are designed to attempt to continue primary function even if 50 percent critical damage is sustained. Aside from medium range disruptors, they are equipped with 6-10 long range anti-personnel missiles. They also have a devastating plasma blade for close-quarter combat. While they have enough cognitive function to carry out tasks, they have no volition aside from the base commands of returning to base if no other command exists and self-destruction if captured. All other functions are directed by the Zephyr Primes.<br />
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The Zephyr Primes are command units for the basic Zephyrs. They have sophisticated AI and are capable of independently directing the actions of 10 - 20 Zephyrs simultaneously. The primes are built from the original 5 Avenger androids from the '''STZ'''. They are considerably more durable than the standard Zephyrs with greater power generation and armament. They have flight capability but are slower and less maneuverable than the standards. The primes are powered by fusion reactors that can last several weeks. They are programmed with a variety of tactical plans and can direct their platoons for several hours or until their objective has been reached, before requiring new input. If failure or capture seems imminent, they will sacrifice whatever troops they have left to ensure their escape. The primes are programmed to respond to any member of the Directorate but only the Director and Daedalus may override pre-existing commands. If a prime is destroyed in the field, it’s Zephyrs will carryout their last instructions then return to base immediately or self destruct if necessary. Daedalus is currently working on the first wholly new Prime Zephyr prototype with many planned improvements<br />
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|RealName= Axon<br />
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|Birthdate= Aug. 1 1987<br />
|Birthplace= Kantanos, Greece<br />
|Citizenship= Persona Non-Grata<br />
|Residence= None<br />
|Headquarters= 'Westmorland Castle' USA<br />
|Occupation= Scientist, inventor, Vigilante<br />
|Legal= Illegal alien inside the United States, wanted for murder<br />
|Marital= single<br />
|Relatives= 5 brothers, Batian, Clavius, Darius, Eryx, Flavian<br />
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|Species= Human<br />
|Ethnicity= Half caucasian, half?<br />
|Gender= Male<br />
|Age= 30<br />
|Height= 6'3"<br />
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|Hair= light brown<br />
|Eyes= Blue<br />
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|Features= Hair is shaved down to a wide mohawk<br />
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|Skills= Computer scientist, Electrical engineer, Bio-medical engineer.<br />
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'''Axon Daedalus''' was born on the island of '''Crete''' as part of an experiment sponsored by '''ARGENT''' to create their own "super soldier" process that they would later market. It used data stolen or bought from various other projects along the same lines. The project had two goals, first; to create a reliable process for creating super humans, and two; creating a group of super powered soldiers to work for '''ARGENT'''. Being a completely new and experimental process, several groups of subjects were created using slightly different methods. One group of six subjects was created by an in-vitro process combining the DNA of 6 carefully chosen genomes from across the world with a sample of anomalous DNA the company had acquired on the black market. Although they could not determine the exact nature of the sample, preliminary testing had shown it to have various advanced characteristics. Simply cloning the sample had proven to be unsuccessful. The resulting fetuses were grown in artificial wombs and born on August 1 1987 in a secret compound in western Crete known as '''"The Hatchery"'''. The initial data regarding the result was inconclusive, therefore it was decided to progress with other experiments in psychological conditioning, education and obedience training while the subjects grew and could be tested further later. It quickly became apparent that the DNA they all shared was dominant as they were all generally alike in appearance and mannerism. Within 2 years it became apparent that they were all extremely intelligent, learning to speak fluently by age 1. By age 5 it was clear that physically they were superior, but not yet showing any signs of being ''super human''. Their psychological conditioning was proving to be less and less effective as their intellect matured and they began to be more difficult to control.<br />
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With other projects at '''the Hatchery''' seeming to have the desired superhuman results, it was decided to terminate the unruly children to save money but by this time, they had come to the attention of a '''Dr. Hesslein'''. '''Hesslein''' had had success in programming sleeper agents for '''ARGENT''' to perform industrial espionage against a few of their competitors. One of those agents had been so successful in increasing profits, that '''Dr. Hesslein''' had been given carte blanche for his next project. When he learned of the newly engineered children, he saw an unprecedented opportunity. He convinced the board that despite their not being ''superhuman'', the ''new humans'' as he called them, were talented enough to be desirable recruits for any company or governmental agency in the world given the proper conditioning. They could be inserted into advantageous situations at such a young age that they would be virtually undetectable by any investigation and their advanced intellect would make them effective agents even before adulthood.. Given his past success, the board agreed to his plan.<br />
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What no one knew at the time, was that '''Dr. Hesslein''' owed his success at psychological conditioning not to any scientific regimen, but to the fact that he himself was a powerful ''psionic''. While he had no particular aspiration to be some sort of conqueror, he did enjoy discovering new ways to use his powers on other people. The 6 young boys presented a unique challenge, finding ways to influence their personalities, without destroying their intellect or creativity. He knew it would takes years of painstaking work, but the rewards would be unbelievable if it worked. He made a show of using various drugs and sensory manipulation techniques while he started with inserting various mental blocks to curb their innate rambunctiousness and instill loyalty to himself. He treated them like any other laboratory subjects at first, but decided the best way to control the boys without damaging them, was to insert himself as a father figure. His initial plan for total control was to build up a secondary personality inside the mind of each subject. Namely, it would be more or less a copy of himself that would nudge and push the boys to follow their assigned roles, and at times even being able to assume total control in times of emergency, with the boys being completely unaware of it. Aside from this secret mental conditioning, they were also educated and induced to follow aptitudes in assigned fields ranging from electrical engineering to ecology in order to be suitable recruits for '''ARGENT's''' rivals and competitors. As time wore on, '''Hesslein''' grew to marvel at the amazing potential of the boy's minds. While they did not seem to have his actual psychic gifts, their minds were marvels of order and sophistication. <br />
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The boys had been named in alphabetical order, '''Axon''', '''Batian''', '''Clavius''', '''Darius''', '''Eryx''', and '''Flavian''' and so '''Dr. Hesslein''' tended to experiment on them in much the same order, with '''Axon''' receiving the most experimental techniques before they could be refined for use on the others. The consequences being that '''Axon''' tended to be the most erratic and unstable of the group. '''Dr. Hesslein''' eventually determined that '''Axon''' would likely be of little use as an agent and might be better suited to working directly for '''ARGENT''', maybe even for himself when he matured. It wasn't until he made that decision, that '''Hesslein''' realized that he had inadvertently developed his own attachment to the boys and was beginning to have second thoughts about how they were going to be used. When the boys reached the age of 12 it was time to begin inserting them into their deep covers. They were assigned to be placed into the origin countries of their original human genomes. '''Flavian''' was the best conditioned and was the first to be sent to his origin country of the '''United States'''. When '''Flavia'''n left, '''Dr. Hesslein''' felt like part of himself was leaving as well. He began to experience extreme anxiety and concern for ''his'' boys. He quickly decided that he would devise a new Psychic program to erase his presence from the boy's minds and free them. It took time, time he didn't have. One by one the boys were shipped out to India, Algeria, Brazil and Japan till only '''Axon''' remained. <br />
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'''The Hatchery''' had been the home of more than one ''super soldier'' program. Most had ultimately been determined to be failures, but had produced various other types of test subjects that had been retained for further experimentation, just like the boys. One of those subjects had been code named '''Chimera'''. The experiment had been successful in creating something ''superhuman'' but it was also monstrous. It continued to mutate over the years, the scientists in charge of it were not yet aware of the danger they were in until it was too late. Just after '''Batian''' had been sent to Japan, the '''Chimera''' broke free of it's containment and rampaged through the entire base. Destroying anyone or anything that got in it's way. One of those things, was '''Dr. Hesslein'''. Caught unawares, the doctor had no time to do anything but to send the incomplete mental program to '''Axon'''. Through the psychic link, '''Axon''' felt his ''father'' die at the hands of the beast. The trauma of death and the incomplete program had an unexpected result in '''Axon'''. His mind became a fusion of his original personality, the psychic clone of '''Dr. Hesslein''' and '''Hesslein''' himself. His memory became a disjointed mishmash of the two but his conditioned aptitudes in bio-mechancial engineering, psychology and electrical engineering remained. What was left of the psychic clone attempted to assert control but found it impossible and relegated itself to shoring up the ruptured personality and eventually completing the merger of all three.<br />
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'''Axon''' was left behind in the wreckage following '''the Hatchery's''' destruction. He hid himself from the '''Chimera''' that now wandered the lower levels of the wrecked base and occasionally fed on other experiments that had been left behind. He had an overwhelming desire to destroy the monster and so did not flee from the base. He waited and watched and formulated a plan for killing the monster. He used what little equipment and labs that were still intact to create a weapon to fight the monster. The beast was now huge, and far beyond anything he could contend with on his own. He pieced together a robot he name '''Bellerophon''' and sent it into the catacombs after the creature. The Chimera destroyed it and also mutated further, developing thicker bone plates and quicker reflexes. The beast had already been too large to exit the base through any of the heavily fortified doors which is why it wandered the deeper tunnels. Finally though it wandered into an empty cistern that was open to the sky. There it remained, trying to claw it's way out.<br />
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'''Axon''' built another robot, bigger and stronger than before but before he could send it against the monster, he made a terrifying discovery, it was growing wings. '''Axon''' did not want the creature to escape and so fitted his new robot with hastily Jerry-rigged flight capabilities and also decided to make himself an armored suit capable of flight, believing that in the air, his small size would be an advantage against the lumbering beast. As expected, the '''Chimera's''' wings grew into a usable size and it began to heave itself out of it's prison. '''Axon''' sent '''Bellerophon II''' to contend with it while still in the cistern, keeping himself in reserve in case the beast made it into the open. '''Bellerophon''' was able to wound the monster but it still made it clear of the cistern and flew towards the open ocean. Axon attacked, striking from above he slashed the webbing of the monster's wings, which just grew back. Suddenly it occurred to him that he had let his desire for revenge cloud his reason. He then directed '''Bellerophon''' to grapple with the chimera in mid-air and then simply detonated it's power source, destroying both in the process. <br />
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Upon his return to the base he regarded as home, he saw that there had been attempts to contact the base from '''ARGENT's''' central switchboard. In order to keep people away, he activated the base's extreme radiation hazard beacon that would warn them off. His damaged personality then tried to cope with his current situation. He felt the conditioned compulsions to excel as a scientist, he felt his fathers desire to dominate, he felt his own inquisitive nature and need for validation. The last vestiges of the psychic clone urged him to patience and research before acting. He decided to set about restoring the base as best as he could. There were considerable stores still available that the '''Chimera''' had not touched and many of the computer systems could be repaired. It took months of painstaking work. In the mean time his mind healed sufficiently to become less erratic. He became more self aware. Aware that he was not who he had been, he was someone new. He decided to call himself '''Daedalus''' as he intended to become as great a scientist and inventor as his name sake. He spent the next 10 years educating himself and experimenting in various fields of robotics engineering. As a diversion he continued to develop and refine his flight suit and various weapons associated with it, using it at times to fend off scavengers and reconnaissance teams from Argent. <br />
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Then, without warning, '''Daedalus''' experienced an intense psychic assault. One of his brothers was experiencing incredible pain and was reaching out from halfway around the world. Over the years he had felt slight mental touches from his brothers across the world, having inherited some small part of his ''father's'' psychic link with the others, but he had never paid much attention to them. This was different. The assault triggered his latent concern for his brothers and he determined to discover where they were now, and who was in trouble. '''Daedalus''' delved into what records he could find, his father's memories were not clear on where the boys had been sent. He then realized how extensive and devious the original plan of infiltration was. After finding out where his brothers were, he determined that the cry must have come from '''Darius''' in '''South America'''. '''Darius''' had been programmed to infiltrate the Brazilian government or '''VIPER''' or both if possible. The records showed where '''Darius''' had been sent, but nothing after. '''Daedalus''' had to pick up the trail from there. After arriving in '''Brazil''', he pieced together '''Darius's''' life and discovered he had indeed infiltrated a '''VIPER''' cell there while also taking up a career as a motorcycle racer. It was a small cell and '''Daedalus''' determined to raid their hideout to find out what had happened to '''Darius'''. He donned his now quite advanced armored flight suit and attacked. He took them completely by surprised and was able to secure the hideout before an alarm could be sent or records destroyed. <br />
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There was no sign of his brother. From their records he determined that '''Darius''' had been selected, apparently randomly, to be used in an another ''super soldier'' experiment against his will by '''VIPER''' command. '''Daedalus''' seethed at this information. He and his brothers had been used enough as it was. In a further twist of irony, '''VIPER''' was apparently instigating it's own sleeper agent program and was trying to use '''Darius''' for it. The only other data '''Daedalus''' could find was a list of subjects designated with Greek letters and the location of the experimental facility. He traced the facility to the '''United States'''. Once there he realized he was facing a much larger opponent and endeavored to have his robot '''Bellerophon IV''' smuggled into the States to support his next incursion. After further contemplation, he decided only a stealthy incursion would be successful and fitted his suit with stealth modules he had taken from the Brazilian cell. Inside the '''VIPER''' lab, he discovered what had been done to '''Darius'''. He had been injected with a number of different types of ''nanites'' that would augment his physiology and attempt to make modifications to his brain and personality to be a loyal soldier of '''VIPER'''. '''Darius's''' mental clone had let the experiment proceed to gain increased power, but did not realize the danger it was in until it was too late. The clone resisted the reorganization of the brain and personality which had led to the psychic outcry, as it failed to do so. '''Daedalus''' also discovered that the subjects were being augmented so that they could infiltrate the ''Superhero'' community in the '''United States'''. It was a daring plan. There were ten subjects listed with the Greek letters but '''Daedalus''' could not discover which one was '''Darius'''. He gathered what information he could about them and then set off to hunt for them and find out which was his brother. <br />
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He proceeded down the list alphabetically, tracking down the subject known as '''Alpha''' who was just beginning to establish his cover as a super hero at large known as '''"Shocking Blue"'''. When '''Daedalus''' confronted him and revealed that he he knew he was a '''VIPER''' plant, '''Alpha''' reacted with extreme violence, evidently programmed to protect his cover in this manner. '''Alpha's''' ''nanites'' allowed him to project short range electrical blasts but '''Deadalus's''' suit was insulated enough to ward most of these blows off. The longer the battle went on, the more enraged '''Alpha''' became and '''Daedalus''' was forced to savagely rip his throat out with his clawed gauntlets. He had already determined that this was not '''Darius'''. The same scenario played out with '''Beta''' and '''Gamma'''. By this time however, his investigation had caught the attention of both '''VIPER''' and the Champions' super computer '''Socrates'''. When '''Daedalus''' tracked down '''Delta''', he discovered that he had walked into an ambush. 6 apparent ''super humans'' were waiting for him and ordered him to surrender. He could feel that '''Darius''' was one of them but didn't want to allow himself to be captured till he knew which one. The battle was fierce and protracted as '''Daedalus''' did his best to elude his opponents going so far as to call in '''Bellerophon''' to help. Finally he got close enough to the hero known as '''"Theta"''' to make the psychic connection to his brother. '''Daedalus''' then allowed himself to be captured so as to remain near '''Theta''' and send the mental program to free his brother from his double set of psychic shackles. When he was sure the program had taken root, he effected an escape and returned to his own base in '''Crete'''. He was now a wanted man in the '''United States'''. <br />
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Once home, he contemplated his next course of action. His recent battles had highlighted some vulnerabilities in himself and his robot '''Bellerophon''' and so he decided to correct those first before setting out on anymore adventures. This took the better part of a year. During that time he also began contemplating war with the '''ARGENT''' and/or '''Viper''' and began designing new weapons and even androids to help with that endeavor. He also discovered that the mental link with '''Darius''' had grown stronger. They could touch each other over the vast distance between them on rare occasions. The mental program seemed to have done it's job and '''Darius''' was now acting on his own, not a slave to anyone. Just as '''Daedalus''' was preparing to begin searching for his other brothers. He felt a touch from '''Darius''' and a message, '''"We are coming."''' is all it said. Indeed a few days later, '''Darius''' and another man appeared at the perimeter of the his base. The sensors in the base could read that the other man exuded power on an altogether different scale than the two brothers but he allowed them to enter to hear what they had to say. The other man introduced himself as '''[[The Director]]''' and said that he was recruiting others to join him in battle against a common foe and that '''Theta''' had recommended '''Daedalus''' as a possible recruit, a most vital one. '''[[The Director]]''' went on to explain that his group had nearly everything they needed to wage war, except for a gifted inventor and technologist, both fields that '''Daedalus''' excelled in. '''Daedalus''' considered their proposal. It would mean relocating back to the '''United States''' at least on occasion, but it also meant that he no longer had to fight a war on his own. '''Theta''' urged him to join, his mental clone had been destroyed and he wanted nothing more than to take revenge on '''ARGENT''' for what had been done to them. In the end, '''Daedalus''' agreed to joining the group and brought along '''Bellerophon''' and his plans for new androids to fight '''ARGENT''' and '''VIPER'''.<br />
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Axon is a bio-engineered human being endowed with superior physical and mental abilities. He is able to leap twice his own height, run a mile in 3 minutes and lift(press) 850 pounds. His reflexes, dexterity and senses are all preternaturally acute. Although he is an excellent marksman, Axon prefers engaging in physical combat. He has been trained in several modern unarmed combat techniques as well as Wing Chun Kung Fu.<br />
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He has a high genius level intellect capable of learning and understanding many fields of study. His initial conditioning focused on very specific subjects and he has had little contact with the outside world so is just beginning to learn non-technical subjects. He is already an accomplished roboticist and electro-mechanical engineer and inherited some advanced knowledge of psychology and mental conditioning from his ''father''.<br />
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Daedalus has inherited a small part of Dr. Hesslein's psionic abilities, mostly concerned with mental links to his 5 brothers and their mental clones. He can initiate mental ''touches'' over great distances and in that way gain some sense of where they are and what they are doing. In close proximity he can actively read the minds of his brothers and make direct contact with them.<br />
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He is equipped with a light but powerful armored suit whose primary function is flight, quietly, at high speeds and high and low altitudes. It is primarily composed of a man-made isotope of aluminum and titanium, with other parts made of questionite. It is able to withstand impacts up to medium powered rifle bullets. It is designed to enhance the wearers strength allowing him to lift(press) 3 tons. It does not hinder movement in any appreciable way, affording the wearer high agility. It can travel at mach 2 for 3 hours before the fuel cells deplete. It is water and air tight with an internal air supply lasting 2 hours. It can survive depths of up to 800 feet. It is also equipped with tasers in each gauntlet that have a range of about 50 feet and produce 50,000 volts. The wings are semi retractable and are made of Questionite. Honed to a razor edge, they make excellent weapons.<br />
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The Zephyr’s are the first attempt by Daedalus to replace the combat androids of the '''STZ'''. '''[[The Director]]''' was able to bring 5 of the '''Avenger''' androids with him and Daedalus based his first couple of prototypes on these. His initial impression of the androids were that they were overly complicated and would be difficult to reproduce. Especially their cognitive systems. The final design included flight capabilities and built in disruptor technology. Their cognitive system was pared down so that they would be easier to mass produce. Each android has small on board fission reactor that can power it for several days before refueling. They are moderately bullet proof and are designed to attempt to continue primary function even if 50 percent critical damage is sustained. Aside from medium range disruptors, they are equipped with 6-10 long range anti-personnel missiles. They also have a devastating plasma blade for close-quarter combat. While they have enough cognitive function to carry out tasks, they have no volition aside from the base commands of returning to base if no other command exists and self-destruction if captured. All other functions are directed by the Zephyr Primes.<br />
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The Zephyr Primes are command units for the basic Zephyrs. They have sophisticated AI and are capable of independently directing the actions of 10 - 20 Zephyrs simultaneously. The primes are built from the original 5 Avenger androids from the '''STZ'''. They are considerably more durable than the standard Zephyrs with greater power generation and armament. They have flight capability but are slower and less maneuverable than the standards. The primes are powered by fusion reactors that can last several weeks. They are programmed with a variety of tactical plans and can direct their platoons for several hours or until their objective has been reached, before requiring new input. If failure or capture seems imminent, they will sacrifice whatever troops they have left to ensure their escape. The primes are programmed to respond to any member of the Directorate but only the Director and Daedalus may override pre-existing commands. If a prime is destroyed in the field, it’s Zephyrs will carryout their last instructions then return to base immediately or self destruct if necessary. Daedalus is currently working on the first wholly new Prime Zephyr prototype with many planned improvements<br />
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|RealName= Axon<br />
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|Birthdate= Aug. 1 1987<br />
|Birthplace= Kantanos, Greece<br />
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|Headquarters= 'Westmorland Castle' USA<br />
|Occupation= Scientist, inventor, Vigilante<br />
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|Relatives= 5 brothers, Batian, Clavius, Darius, Eryx, Flavian<br />
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'''Axon Daedalus''' was born on the island of '''Crete''' as part of an experiment sponsored by '''ARGENT''' to create their own "super soldier" process that they would later market. It used data stolen or bought from various other projects along the same lines. The project had two goals, first; to create a reliable process for creating super humans, and two; creating a group of super powered soldiers to work for '''ARGENT'''. Being a completely new and experimental process, several groups of subjects were created using slightly different methods. One group of six subjects was created by an in-vitro process combining the DNA of 6 carefully chosen genomes from across the world with a sample of anomalous DNA the company had acquired on the black market. Although they could not determine the exact nature of the sample, preliminary testing had shown it to have various advanced characteristics. Simply cloning the sample had proven to be unsuccessful. The resulting fetuses were grown in artificial wombs and born on August 1 1987 in a secret compound in western Crete known as '''"The Hatchery"'''. The initial data regarding the result was inconclusive, therefore it was decided to progress with other experiments in psychological conditioning, education and obedience training while the subjects grew and could be tested further later. It quickly became apparent that the DNA they all shared was dominant as they were all generally alike in appearance and mannerism. Within 2 years it became apparent that they were all extremely intelligent, learning to speak fluently by age 1. By age 5 it was clear that physically they were superior, but not yet showing any signs of being ''super human''. Their psychological conditioning was proving to be less and less effective as their intellect matured and they began to be more difficult to control.<br />
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With other projects at '''the Hatchery''' seeming to have the desired superhuman results, it was decided to terminate the unruly children to save money but by this time, they had come to the attention of a '''Dr. Hesslein'''. '''Hesslein''' had had success in programming sleeper agents for '''ARGENT''' to perform industrial espionage against a few of their competitors. One of those agents had been so successful in increasing profits, that '''Dr. Hesslein''' had been given carte blanche for his next project. When he learned of the newly engineered children, he saw an unprecedented opportunity. He convinced the board that despite their not being ''superhuman'', the ''new humans'' as he called them, were talented enough to be desirable recruits for any company or governmental agency in the world given the proper conditioning. They could be inserted into advantageous situations at such a young age that they would be virtually undetectable by any investigation and their advanced intellect would make them effective agents even before adulthood.. Given his past success, the board agreed to his plan.<br />
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What no one knew at the time, was that '''Dr. Hesslein''' owed his success at psychological conditioning not to any scientific regimen, but to the fact that he himself was a powerful ''psionic''. While he had no particular aspiration to be some sort of conqueror, he did enjoy discovering new ways to use his powers on other people. The 6 young boys presented a unique challenge, finding ways to influence their personalities, without destroying their intellect or creativity. He knew it would takes years of painstaking work, but the rewards would be unbelievable if it worked. He made a show of using various drugs and sensory manipulation techniques while he started with inserting various mental blocks to curb their innate rambunctiousness and instill loyalty to himself. He treated them like any other laboratory subjects at first, but decided the best way to control the boys without damaging them, was to insert himself as a father figure. His initial plan for total control was to build up a secondary personality inside the mind of each subject. Namely, it would be more or less a copy of himself that would nudge and push the boys to follow their assigned roles, and at times even being able to assume total control in times of emergency, with the boys being completely unaware of it. Aside from this secret mental conditioning, they were also educated and induced to follow aptitudes in assigned fields ranging from electrical engineering to ecology in order to be suitable recruits for '''ARGENT's''' rivals and competitors. As time wore on, '''Hesslein''' grew to marvel at the amazing potential of the boy's minds. While they did not seem to have his actual psychic gifts, their minds were marvels of order and sophistication. <br />
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'''Axon''' was left behind in the wreckage following '''the Hatchery's''' destruction. He hid himself from the '''Chimera''' that now wandered the lower levels of the wrecked base and occasionally fed on other experiments that had been left behind. He had an overwhelming desire to destroy the monster and so did not flee from the base. He waited and watched and formulated a plan for killing the monster. He used what little equipment and labs that were still intact to create a weapon to fight the monster. The beast was now huge, and far beyond anything he could contend with on his own. He pieced together a robot he name '''Bellerophon''' and sent it into the catacombs after the creature. The Chimera destroyed it and also mutated further, developing thicker bone plates and quicker reflexes. The beast had already been too large to exit the base through any of the heavily fortified doors which is why it wandered the deeper tunnels. Finally though it wandered into an empty cistern that was open to the sky. There it remained, trying to claw it's way out.<br />
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Upon his return to the base he regarded as home, he saw that there had been attempts to contact the base from '''ARGENT's''' central switchboard. In order to keep people away, he activated the base's extreme radiation hazard beacon that would warn them off. His damaged personality then tried to cope with his current situation. He felt the conditioned compulsions to excel as a scientist, he felt his fathers desire to dominate, he felt his own inquisitive nature and need for validation. The last vestiges of the psychic clone urged him to patience and research before acting. He decided to set about restoring the base as best as he could. There were considerable stores still available that the '''Chimera''' had not touched and many of the computer systems could be repaired. It took months of painstaking work. In the mean time his mind healed sufficiently to become less erratic. He became more self aware. Aware that he was not who he had been, he was someone new. He decided to call himself '''Daedalus''' as he intended to become as great a scientist and inventor as his name sake. He spent the next 10 years educating himself and experimenting in various fields of robotics engineering. As a diversion he continued to develop and refine his flight suit and various weapons associated with it, using it at times to fend off scavengers and reconnaissance teams from Argent. <br />
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Then, without warning, '''Daedalus''' experienced an intense psychic assault. One of his brothers was experiencing incredible pain and was reaching out from halfway around the world. Over the years he had felt slight mental touches from his brothers across the world, having inherited some small part of his ''father's'' psychic link with the others, but he had never paid much attention to them. This was different. The assault triggered his latent concern for his brothers and he determined to discover where they were now, and who was in trouble. '''Daedalus''' delved into what records he could find, his father's memories were not clear on where the boys had been sent. He then realized how extensive and devious the original plan of infiltration was. After finding out where his brothers were, he determined that the cry must have come from '''Darius''' in '''South America'''. '''Darius''' had been programmed to infiltrate the Brazilian government or '''VIPER''' or both if possible. The records showed where '''Darius''' had been sent, but nothing after. '''Daedalus''' had to pick up the trail from there. After arriving in '''Brazil''', he pieced together '''Darius's''' life and discovered he had indeed infiltrated a '''VIPER''' cell there while also taking up a career as a motorcycle racer. It was a small cell and '''Daedalus''' determined to raid their hideout to find out what had happened to '''Darius'''. He donned his now quite advanced armored flight suit and attacked. He took them completely by surprised and was able to secure the hideout before an alarm could be sent or records destroyed. <br />
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There was no sign of his brother. From their records he determined that '''Darius''' had been selected, apparently randomly, to be used in an another ''super soldier'' experiment against his will by '''VIPER''' command. '''Daedalus''' seethed at this information. He and his brothers had been used enough as it was. In a further twist of irony, '''VIPER''' was apparently instigating it's own sleeper agent program and was trying to use '''Darius''' for it. The only other data '''Daedalus''' could find was a list of subjects designated with Greek letters and the location of the experimental facility. He traced the facility to the '''United States'''. Once there he realized he was facing a much larger opponent and endeavored to have his robot '''Bellerophon IV''' smuggled into the States to support his next incursion. After further contemplation, he decided only a stealthy incursion would be successful and fitted his suit with stealth modules he had taken from the Brazilian cell. Inside the '''VIPER''' lab, he discovered what had been done to '''Darius'''. He had been injected with a number of different types of ''nanites'' that would augment his physiology and attempt to make modifications to his brain and personality to be a loyal soldier of '''VIPER'''. '''Darius's''' mental clone had let the experiment proceed to gain increased power, but did not realize the danger it was in until it was too late. The clone resisted the reorganization of the brain and personality which had led to the psychic outcry, as it failed to do so. '''Daedalus''' also discovered that the subjects were being augmented so that they could infiltrate the ''Superhero'' community in the '''United States'''. It was a daring plan. There were ten subjects listed with the Greek letters but '''Daedalus''' could not discover which one was '''Darius'''. He gathered what information he could about them and then set off to hunt for them and find out which was his brother. <br />
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He proceeded down the list alphabetically, tracking down the subject known as '''Alpha''' who was just beginning to establish his cover as a super hero at large known as '''"Shocking Blue"'''. When '''Daedalus''' confronted him and revealed that he he knew he was a '''VIPER''' plant, '''Alpha''' reacted with extreme violence, evidently programmed to protect his cover in this manner. '''Alpha's''' ''nanites'' allowed him to project short range electrical blasts but '''Deadalus's''' suit was insulated enough to ward most of these blows off. The longer the battle went on, the more enraged '''Alpha''' became and '''Daedalus''' was forced to savagely rip his throat out with his clawed gauntlets. He had already determined that this was not '''Darius'''. The same scenario played out with '''Beta''' and '''Gamma'''. By this time however, his investigation had caught the attention of both '''VIPER''' and the Champions' super computer '''Socrates'''. When '''Daedalus''' tracked down '''Delta''', he discovered that he had walked into an ambush. 6 apparent ''super humans'' were waiting for him and ordered him to surrender. He could feel that '''Darius''' was one of them but didn't want to allow himself to be captured till he knew which one. The battle was fierce and protracted as '''Daedalus''' did his best to elude his opponents going so far as to call in '''Bellerophon''' to help. Finally he got close enough to the hero known as '''"Theta"''' to make the psychic connection to his brother. '''Daedalus''' then allowed himself to be captured so as to remain near '''Theta''' and send the mental program to free his brother from his double set of psychic shackles. When he was sure the program had taken root, he effected an escape and returned to his own base in '''Crete'''. He was now a wanted man in the '''United States'''. <br />
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Once home, he contemplated his next course of action. His recent battles had highlighted some vulnerabilities in himself and his robot '''Bellerophon''' and so he decided to correct those first before setting out on anymore adventures. This took the better part of a year. During that time he also began contemplating war with the '''ARGENT''' and/or '''Viper''' and began designing new weapons and even androids to help with that endeavor. He also discovered that the mental link with '''Darius''' had grown stronger. They could touch each other over the vast distance between them on rare occasions. The mental program seemed to have done it's job and '''Darius''' was now acting on his own, not a slave to anyone. Just as '''Daedalus''' was preparing to begin searching for his other brothers. He felt a touch from '''Darius''' and a message, '''"We are coming."''' is all it said. Indeed a few days later, '''Darius''' and another man appeared at the perimeter of the his base. The sensors in the base could read that the other man exuded power on an altogether different scale than the two brothers but he allowed them to enter to hear what they had to say. The other man introduced himself as '''[[The Director]]''' and said that he was recruiting others to join him in battle against a common foe and that '''Theta''' had recommended '''Daedalus''' as a possible recruit, a most vital one. '''[[The Director]]''' went on to explain that his group had nearly everything they needed to wage war, except for a gifted inventor and technologist, both fields that '''Daedalus''' excelled in. '''Daedalus''' considered their proposal. It would mean relocating back to the '''United States''' at least on occasion, but it also meant that he no longer had to fight a war on his own. '''Theta''' urged him to join, his mental clone had been destroyed and he wanted nothing more than to take revenge on '''ARGENT''' for what had been done to them. In the end, '''Daedalus''' agreed to joining the group and brought along '''Bellerophon''' and his plans for new androids to fight '''ARGENT''' and '''VIPER'''.<br />
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Axon is a bio-engineered human being endowed with superior physical and mental abilities. He is able to leap twice his own height, run a mile in 3 minutes and lift(press) 850 pounds. His reflexes, dexterity and senses are all preternaturally acute. Although he is an excellent marksman, Axon prefers engaging in physical combat. He has been trained in several modern unarmed combat techniques as well as Wing Chun Kung Fu.<br />
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He has a high genius level intellect capable of learning and understanding many fields of study. His initial conditioning focused on very specific subjects and he has had little contact with the outside world so is just beginning to learn non-technical subjects. He is already an accomplished roboticist and electro-mechanical engineer and inherited some advanced knowledge of psychology and mental conditioning from his ''father''.<br />
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Daedalus has inherited a small part of Dr. Hesslein's psionic abilities, mostly concerned with mental links to his 5 brothers and their mental clones. He can initiate mental ''touches'' over great distances and in that way gain some sense of where they are and what they are doing. In close proximity he can actively read the minds of his brothers and make direct contact with them.<br />
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The Zephyr Primes are command units for the basic Zephyrs. They have sophisticated AI and are capable of independently directing the actions of 10 - 20 Zephyrs simultaneously. The primes are built from the original 5 Avenger androids from the '''STZ'''. They are considerably more durable than the standard Zephyrs with greater power generation and armament. They have flight capability but are slower and less maneuverable than the standards. The primes are powered by fusion reactors that can last several weeks. They are programmed with a variety of tactical plans and can direct their platoons for several hours or until their objective has been reached, before requiring new input. If failure or capture seems imminent, they will sacrifice whatever troops they have left to ensure their escape. The primes are programmed to respond to any member of the Directorate but only the Director and Daedalus may override pre-existing commands. If a prime is destroyed in the field, it’s Zephyrs will carryout their last instructions then return to base immediately or self destruct if necessary. Daedalus is currently working on the first wholly new Prime Zephyr prototype with many planned improvements<br />
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|RealName= Axon<br />
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|Birthplace= Kantanos, Greece<br />
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|Headquarters= 'Westmorland Castle' USA<br />
|Occupation= Scientist, inventor, Vigilante<br />
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|Relatives= 5 brothers, Batian, Clavius, Darius, Eryx, Flavian<br />
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'''Axon Daedalus''' was born on the island of '''Crete''' as part of an experiment sponsored by '''ARGENT''' to create their own "super soldier" process that they would later market. It used data stolen or bought from various other projects along the same lines. The project had two goals, first; to create a reliable process for creating super humans, and two; creating a group of super powered soldiers to work for '''ARGENT'''. Being a completely new and experimental process, several groups of subjects were created using slightly different methods. One group of six subjects was created by an in-vitro process combining the DNA of 6 carefully chosen genomes from across the world with a sample of anomalous DNA the company had acquired on the black market. Although they could not determine the exact nature of the sample, preliminary testing had shown it to have various advanced characteristics. Simply cloning the sample had proven to be unsuccessful. The resulting fetuses were grown in artificial wombs and born on August 1 1987 in a secret compound in western Crete known as '''"The Hatchery"'''. The initial data regarding the result was inconclusive, therefore it was decided to progress with other experiments in psychological conditioning, education and obedience training while the subjects grew and could be tested further later. It quickly became apparent that the DNA they all shared was dominant as they were all generally alike in appearance and mannerism. Within 2 years it became apparent that they were all extremely intelligent, learning to speak fluently by age 1. By age 5 it was clear that physically they were superior, but not yet showing any signs of being ''super human''. Their psychological conditioning was proving to be less and less effective as their intellect matured and they began to be more difficult to control.<br />
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With other projects at '''the Hatchery''' seeming to have the desired superhuman results, it was decided to terminate the unruly children to save money but by this time, they had come to the attention of a '''Dr. Hesslein'''. '''Hesslein''' had had success in programming sleeper agents for '''ARGENT''' to perform industrial espionage against a few of their competitors. One of those agents had been so successful in increasing profits, that '''Dr. Hesslein''' had been given carte blanche for his next project. When he learned of the newly engineered children, he saw an unprecedented opportunity. He convinced the board that despite their not being ''superhuman'', the ''new humans'' as he called them, were talented enough to be desirable recruits for any company or governmental agency in the world given the proper conditioning. They could be inserted into advantageous situations at such a young age that they would be virtually undetectable by any investigation and their advanced intellect would make them effective agents even before adulthood.. Given his past success, the board agreed to his plan.<br />
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What no one knew at the time, was that '''Dr. Hesslein''' owed his success at psychological conditioning not to any scientific regimen, but to the fact that he himself was a powerful ''psionic''. While he had no particular aspiration to be some sort of conqueror, he did enjoy discovering new ways to use his powers on other people. The 6 young boys presented a unique challenge, finding ways to influence their personalities, without destroying their intellect or creativity. He knew it would takes years of painstaking work, but the rewards would be unbelievable if it worked. He made a show of using various drugs and sensory manipulation techniques while he started with inserting various mental blocks to curb their innate rambunctiousness and instill loyalty to himself. He treated them like any other laboratory subjects at first, but decided the best way to control the boys without damaging them, was to insert himself as a father figure. His initial plan for total control was to build up a secondary personality inside the mind of each subject. Namely, it would be more or less a copy of himself that would nudge and push the boys to follow their assigned roles, and at times even being able to assume total control in times of emergency, with the boys being completely unaware of it. Aside from this secret mental conditioning, they were also educated and induced to follow aptitudes in assigned fields ranging from electrical engineering to ecology in order to be suitable recruits for '''ARGENT's''' rivals and competitors. As time wore on, '''Hesslein''' grew to marvel at the amazing potential of the boy's minds. While they did not seem to have his actual psychic gifts, their minds were marvels of order and sophistication. <br />
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The boys had been named in alphabetical order, '''Axon''', '''Batian''', '''Clavius''', '''Darius''', '''Eryx''', and '''Flavian''' and so '''Dr. Hesslein''' tended to experiment on them in much the same order, with '''Axon''' receiving the most experimental techniques before they could be refined for use on the others. The consequences being that '''Axon''' tended to be the most erratic and unstable of the group. '''Dr. Hesslein''' eventually determined that '''Axon''' would likely be of little use as an agent and might be better suited to working directly for '''ARGENT''', maybe even for himself when he matured. It wasn't until he made that decision, that '''Hesslein''' realized that he had inadvertently developed his own attachment to the boys and was beginning to have second thoughts about how they were going to be used. When the boys reached the age of 12 it was time to begin inserting them into their deep covers. They were assigned to be placed into the origin countries of their original human genomes. '''Flavian''' was the best conditioned and was the first to be sent to his origin country of the '''United States'''. When '''Flavia'''n left, '''Dr. Hesslein''' felt like part of himself was leaving as well. He began to experience extreme anxiety and concern for ''his'' boys. He quickly decided that he would devise a new Psychic program to erase his presence from the boy's minds and free them. It took time, time he didn't have. One by one the boys were shipped out to India, Algeria, Brazil and Japan till only '''Axon''' remained. <br />
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'''The Hatchery''' had been the home of more than one ''super soldier'' program. Most had ultimately been determined to be failures, but had produced various other types of test subjects that had been retained for further experimentation, just like the boys. One of those subjects had been code named '''Chimera'''. The experiment had been successful in creating something ''superhuman'' but it was also monstrous. It continued to mutate over the years, the scientists in charge of it were not yet aware of the danger they were in until it was too late. Just after '''Batian''' had been sent to Japan, the '''Chimera''' broke free of it's containment and rampaged through the entire base. Destroying anyone or anything that got in it's way. One of those things, was '''Dr. Hesslein'''. Caught unawares, the doctor had no time to do anything but to send the incomplete mental program to '''Axon'''. Through the psychic link, '''Axon''' felt his ''father'' die at the hands of the beast. The trauma of death and the incomplete program had an unexpected result in '''Axon'''. His mind became a fusion of his original personality, the psychic clone of '''Dr. Hesslein''' and '''Hesslein''' himself. His memory became a disjointed mishmash of the two but his conditioned aptitudes in bio-mechancial engineering, psychology and electrical engineering remained. What was left of the psychic clone attempted to assert control but found it impossible and relegated itself to shoring up the ruptured personality and eventually completing the merger of all three.<br />
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'''Axon''' built another robot, bigger and stronger than before but before he could send it against the monster, he made a terrifying discovery, it was growing wings. '''Axon''' did not want the creature to escape and so fitted his new robot with hastily Jerry-rigged flight capabilities and also decided to make himself an armored suit capable of flight, believing that in the air, his small size would be an advantage against the lumbering beast. As expected, the '''Chimera's''' wings grew into a usable size and it began to heave itself out of it's prison. '''Axon''' sent '''Bellerophon II''' to contend with it while still in the cistern, keeping himself in reserve in case the beast made it into the open. '''Bellerophon''' was able to wound the monster but it still made it clear of the cistern and flew towards the open ocean. Axon attacked, striking from above he slashed the webbing of the monster's wings, which just grew back. Suddenly it occurred to him that he had let his desire for revenge cloud his reason. He then directed '''Bellerophon''' to grapple with the chimera in mid-air and then simply detonated it's power source, destroying both in the process. <br />
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Upon his return to the base he regarded as home, he saw that there had been attempts to contact the base from '''ARGENT's''' central switchboard. In order to keep people away, he activated the base's extreme radiation hazard beacon that would warn them off. His damaged personality then tried to cope with his current situation. He felt the conditioned compulsions to excel as a scientist, he felt his fathers desire to dominate, he felt his own inquisitive nature and need for validation. The last vestiges of the psychic clone urged him to patience and research before acting. He decided to set about restoring the base as best as he could. There were considerable stores still available that the '''Chimera''' had not touched and many of the computer systems could be repaired. It took months of painstaking work. In the mean time his mind healed sufficiently to become less erratic. He became more self aware. Aware that he was not who he had been, he was someone new. He decided to call himself '''Daedalus''' as he intended to become as great a scientist and inventor as his name sake. He spent the next 10 years educating himself and experimenting in various fields of robotics engineering. As a diversion he continued to develop and refine his flight suit and various weapons associated with it, using it at times to fend off scavengers and reconnaissance teams from Argent. <br />
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Then, without warning, '''Daedalus''' experienced an intense psychic assault. One of his brothers was experiencing incredible pain and was reaching out from halfway around the world. Over the years he had felt slight mental touches from his brothers across the world, having inherited some small part of his ''father's'' psychic link with the others, but he had never paid much attention to them. This was different. The assault triggered his latent concern for his brothers and he determined to discover where they were now, and who was in trouble. '''Daedalus''' delved into what records he could find, his father's memories were not clear on where the boys had been sent. He then realized how extensive and devious the original plan of infiltration was. After finding out where his brothers were, he determined that the cry must have come from '''Darius''' in '''South America'''. '''Darius''' had been programmed to infiltrate the Brazilian government or '''VIPER''' or both if possible. The records showed where '''Darius''' had been sent, but nothing after. '''Daedalus''' had to pick up the trail from there. After arriving in '''Brazil''', he pieced together '''Darius's''' life and discovered he had indeed infiltrated a '''VIPER''' cell there while also taking up a career as a motorcycle racer. It was a small cell and '''Daedalus''' determined to raid their hideout to find out what had happened to '''Darius'''. He donned his now quite advanced armored flight suit and attacked. He took them completely by surprised and was able to secure the hideout before an alarm could be sent or records destroyed. <br />
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There was no sign of his brother. From their records he determined that '''Darius''' had been selected, apparently randomly, to be used in an another ''super soldier'' experiment against his will by '''VIPER''' command. '''Daedalus''' seethed at this information. He and his brothers had been used enough as it was. In a further twist of irony, '''VIPER''' was apparently instigating it's own sleeper agent program and was trying to use '''Darius''' for it. The only other data '''Daedalus''' could find was a list of subjects designated with Greek letters and the location of the experimental facility. He traced the facility to the '''United States'''. Once there he realized he was facing a much larger opponent and endeavored to have his robot '''Bellerophon IV''' smuggled into the States to support his next incursion. After further contemplation, he decided only a stealthy incursion would be successful and fitted his suit with stealth modules he had taken from the Brazilian cell. Inside the '''VIPER''' lab, he discovered what had been done to '''Darius'''. He had been injected with a number of different types of ''nanites'' that would augment his physiology and attempt to make modifications to his brain and personality to be a loyal soldier of '''VIPER'''. '''Darius's''' mental clone had let the experiment proceed to gain increased power, but did not realize the danger it was in until it was too late. The clone resisted the reorganization of the brain and personality which had led to the psychic outcry, as it failed to do so. '''Daedalus''' also discovered that the subjects were being augmented so that they could infiltrate the ''Superhero'' community in the '''United States'''. It was a daring plan. There were ten subjects listed with the Greek letters but '''Daedalus''' could not discover which one was '''Darius'''. He gathered what information he could about them and then set off to hunt for them and find out which was his brother. <br />
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He proceeded down the list alphabetically, tracking down the subject known as '''Alpha''' who was just beginning to establish his cover as a super hero at large known as '''"Shocking Blue"'''. When '''Daedalus''' confronted him and revealed that he he knew he was a '''VIPER''' plant, '''Alpha''' reacted with extreme violence, evidently programmed to protect his cover in this manner. '''Alpha's''' ''nanites'' allowed him to project short range electrical blasts but '''Deadalus's''' suit was insulated enough to ward most of these blows off. The longer the battle went on, the more enraged '''Alpha''' became and '''Daedalus''' was forced to savagely rip his throat out with his clawed gauntlets. He had already determined that this was not '''Darius'''. The same scenario played out with '''Beta''' and '''Gamma'''. By this time however, his investigation had caught the attention of both '''VIPER''' and the Champions' super computer '''Socrates'''. When '''Daedalus''' tracked down '''Delta''', he discovered that he had walked into an ambush. 6 apparent ''super humans'' were waiting for him and ordered him to surrender. He could feel that '''Darius''' was one of them but didn't want to allow himself to be captured till he knew which one. The battle was fierce and protracted as '''Daedalus''' did his best to elude his opponents going so far as to call in '''Bellerophon''' to help. Finally he got close enough to the hero known as '''"Theta"''' to make the psychic connection to his brother. '''Daedalus''' then allowed himself to be captured so as to remain near '''Theta''' and send the mental program to free his brother from his double set of psychic shackles. When he was sure the program had taken root, he effected an escape and returned to his own base in '''Crete'''. He was now a wanted man in the '''United States'''. <br />
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Once home, he contemplated his next course of action. His recent battles had highlighted some vulnerabilities in himself and his robot '''Bellerophon''' and so he decided to correct those first before setting out on anymore adventures. This took the better part of a year. During that time he also began contemplating war with the '''ARGENT''' and/or '''Viper''' and began designing new weapons and even androids to help with that endeavor. He also discovered that the mental link with '''Darius''' had grown stronger. They could touch each other over the vast distance between them on rare occasions. The mental program seemed to have done it's job and '''Darius''' was now acting on his own, not a slave to anyone. Just as '''Daedalus''' was preparing to begin searching for his other brothers. He felt a touch from '''Darius''' and a message, '''"We are coming."''' is all it said. Indeed a few days later, '''Darius''' and another man appeared at the perimeter of the his base. The sensors in the base could read that the other man exuded power on an altogether different scale than the two brothers but he allowed them to enter to hear what they had to say. The other man introduced himself as '''[[The Director]]''' and said that he was recruiting others to join him in battle against a common foe and that '''Theta''' had recommended '''Daedalus''' as a possible recruit, a most vital one. '''[[The Director]]''' went on to explain that his group had nearly everything they needed to wage war, except for a gifted inventor and technologist, both fields that '''Daedalus''' excelled in. '''Daedalus''' considered their proposal. It would mean relocating back to the '''United States''' at least on occasion, but it also meant that he no longer had to fight a war on his own. '''Theta''' urged him to join, his mental clone had been destroyed and he wanted nothing more than to take revenge on '''ARGENT''' for what had been done to them. In the end, '''Daedalus''' agreed to joining the group and brought along '''Bellerophon''' and his plans for new androids to fight '''ARGENT''' and '''VIPER'''.<br />
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The Zephyr’s are the first attempt by Daedalus to replace the combat androids of the '''STZ'''. '''[[The Director]]''' was able to bring 5 of the '''Avenger''' androids with him and Daedalus based his first couple of prototypes on these. His initial impression of the androids were that they were overly complicated and would be difficult to reproduce. Especially their cognitive systems. The final design included flight capabilities and built in disruptor technology. Their cognitive system was pared down so that they would be easier to mass produce. Each android has small on board fission reactor that can power it for several days before refueling. They are moderately bullet proof and are designed to attempt to continue primary function even if 50 percent critical damage is sustained. Aside from medium range disruptors, they are equipped with 6-10 long range anti-personnel missiles. They also have a devastating plasma blade for close-quarter combat. While they have enough cognitive function to carry out tasks, they have no volition aside from the base commands of returning to base if no other command exists and self-destruction if captured. All other functions are directed by the Zephyr Primes.<br />
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As a boy, Sanasar was raised to honor the ancient mysteries of his people. He was also raised with the bitterness of centuries of conflict and oppression. His family had been forced to flee from their ancient lands in '''Van''' a hundred years before. As he grew up, he realized that he and his family were visited by several '''Shahapset''' that only they could see. They honored and revered the '''Shvod''' of their house, who appeared as a scintillating green serpent in the spring. And the protector of their farm, a grizzled old '''Shvaz''' that appeared as a scorpion in the Fall. On his 13th birthday, the '''Shvod''' and '''Shvaz''' both appeared to Sanasar, an unprecedented meeting. They seemed intent, even menacing. Sanasar was scared, and then they both struck. The Serpent bit him and the Scorpion stung him. He fell into a coma and experienced his first vision.<br />
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He saw his destiny dominated by the two spirits. First though, he must follow the scorpion, to the west. On the slopes of '''mount Ararat''' he would find his first master. His spirit left his body, which remained in a coma and was placed in a hospital, and journeyed to the prison of a powerful being, '''Mher the Younger'''. A being of such power, who could not yet roam the Earth freely, but who amused himself by training some few in the mysteries of the arcane. Sanasar learned the names and places of power through out the world. He learned to commune with spirits and cast spells, mix potions and summon visions. For ten years his spirit dwelt there till he had a vision of his brother clad in green and bowing to a monstrous snake. On that day, '''Mher''' dismissed his student saying that it was now time to follow the way of the serpent.<br />
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His spirit rejoined his body and he escaped from the hospital, he was weak but he had the knowledge to create a potion that would rejuvenate him. Using his powers, he made his way south, all the way into '''Africa''' where he sensed he would find his brother. There he made contact with him through dreams and discovered that he had left the Armenian army to join a new order, one that would eventually bring all people under one banner, the banner of '''VIPER'''. This contact however, also attracted the attention of the Grand Masters of the Serpent Mages. When they confronted him, Sanasar presented himself as Skorpios, and expressed his desire to join them. The Grand Masters accepted him and at the first monthly sacrifices to '''Nama''', Skorpios experienced another vision. He saw his people and nation restored to their ancestral glory at the hands of the '''Great Nama''' and '''Viper'''.<br />
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Centuries passed, the cult of '''Dyonin''' had grown until Christianity had taken a firm hold over England and all of the pagan religions were forced to disband or hide themselves. '''Dyonin''''s increase in power slowed as the sacrifices became few and far between, so it slumbered, sometimes for years at a time. Centuries passed, '''Dyonin''' became aware of the world at large and watched it, and studied it. It witnessed the destruction of it's former masters, the '''Elder Worm''', far to the north at the hands of men. It also began to feel the power of '''Nama''' reach out into the world. '''Dyonin''''s own cult had shrunk to a '''[[Lord Blackburn|single family tradition]]''' that no longer gave it enough to increase it's power, only to keep it alive. '''Dyonin''' realized it would never attain the power necessary to oppose '''Nama''' directly, but it might influence people and events to hinder him. It's mystic senses had grown acute and far reaching, it sensed the powers invoked in '''Nama''''s name across the world. It watched the serpent mages and hid from their questing eyes. It found doubt in one, and fed that doubt. It began to push, a little here a little there till finally, while all other serpent mages were distracted, it made contact with it's cats paw, sending a powerful vision to bring about '''VIPER''''s destruction. Eventually it dared even to appear before the serpent mage who took him to be '''Nama''' himself, as was intended. '''Dyonin''''s glee was boundless as the serpent mage abandoned '''VIPER''' and joined it's enemies, while still believing he served '''Nama''' faithfully. '''Dyonin''' would have his revenge.<br />
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|RealName= Axon<br />
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|Birthdate= Aug. 1 1987<br />
|Birthplace= Kantanos, Greece<br />
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|Headquarters= 'Westmorland Castle' USA<br />
|Occupation= Scientist, inventor, Vigilante<br />
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|Relatives= 5 brothers, Batian, Clavius, Darius, Eryx, Flavian<br />
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'''Axon Daedalus''' was born on the island of '''Crete''' as part of an experiment sponsored by '''ARGENT''' to create their own "super soldier" process that they would later market. It used data stolen or bought from various other projects along the same lines. The project had two goals, first; to create a reliable process for creating super humans, and two; creating a group of super powered soldiers to work for '''ARGENT'''. Being a completely new and experimental process, several groups of subjects were created using slightly different methods. One group of six subjects was created by an in-vitro process combining the DNA of 6 carefully chosen genomes from across the world with a sample of anomalous DNA the company had acquired on the black market. Although they could not determine the exact nature of the sample, preliminary testing had shown it to have various advanced characteristics. Simply cloning the sample had proven to be unsuccessful. The resulting fetuses were grown in artificial wombs and born on August 1 1987 in a secret compound in western Crete known as '''"The Hatchery"'''. The initial data regarding the result was inconclusive, therefore it was decided to progress with other experiments in psychological conditioning, education and obedience training while the subjects grew and could be tested further later. It quickly became apparent that the DNA they all shared was dominant as they were all generally alike in appearance and mannerism. Within 2 years it became apparent that they were all extremely intelligent, learning to speak fluently by age 1. By age 5 it was clear that physically they were superior, but not yet showing any signs of being ''super human''. Their psychological conditioning was proving to be less and less effective as their intellect matured and they began to be more difficult to control.<br />
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With other projects at '''the Hatchery''' seeming to have the desired superhuman results, it was decided to terminate the unruly children to save money but by this time, they had come to the attention of a '''Dr. Hesslein'''. '''Hesslein''' had had success in programming sleeper agents for '''ARGENT''' to perform industrial espionage against a few of their competitors. One of those agents had been so successful in increasing profits, that '''Dr. Hesslein''' had been given carte blanche for his next project. When he learned of the newly engineered children, he saw an unprecedented opportunity. He convinced the board that despite their not being ''superhuman'', the ''new humans'' as he called them, were talented enough to be desirable recruits for any company or governmental agency in the world given the proper conditioning. They could be inserted into advantageous situations at such a young age that they would be virtually undetectable by any investigation and their advanced intellect would make them effective agents even before adulthood.. Given his past success, the board agreed to his plan.<br />
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What no one knew at the time, was that '''Dr. Hesslein''' owed his success at psychological conditioning not to any scientific regimen, but to the fact that he himself was a powerful ''psionic''. While he had no particular aspiration to be some sort of conqueror, he did enjoy discovering new ways to use his powers on other people. The 6 young boys presented a unique challenge, finding ways to influence their personalities, without destroying their intellect or creativity. He knew it would takes years of painstaking work, but the rewards would be unbelievable if it worked. He made a show of using various drugs and sensory manipulation techniques while he started with inserting various mental blocks to curb their innate rambunctiousness and instill loyalty to himself. He treated them like any other laboratory subjects at first, but decided the best way to control the boys without damaging them, was to insert himself as a father figure. His initial plan for total control was to build up a secondary personality inside the mind of each subject. Namely, it would be more or less a copy of himself that would nudge and push the boys to follow their assigned roles, and at times even being able to assume total control in times of emergency, with the boys being completely unaware of it. Aside from this secret mental conditioning, they were also educated and induced to follow aptitudes in assigned fields ranging from electrical engineering to ecology in order to be suitable recruits for '''ARGENT's''' rivals and competitors. As time wore on, '''Hesslein''' grew to marvel at the amazing potential of the boy's minds. While they did not seem to have his actual psychic gifts, their minds were marvels of order and sophistication. <br />
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The boys had been named in alphabetical order, '''Axon''', '''Batian''', '''Clavius''', '''Darius''', '''Eryx''', and '''Flavian''' and so '''Dr. Hesslein''' tended to experiment on them in much the same order, with '''Axon''' receiving the most experimental techniques before they could be refined for use on the others. The consequences being that '''Axon''' tended to be the most erratic and unstable of the group. '''Dr. Hesslein''' eventually determined that '''Axon''' would likely be of little use as an agent and might be better suited to working directly for '''ARGENT''', maybe even for himself when he matured. It wasn't until he made that decision, that '''Hesslein''' realized that he had inadvertently developed his own attachment to the boys and was beginning to have second thoughts about how they were going to be used. When the boys reached the age of 12 it was time to begin inserting them into their deep covers. They were assigned to be placed into the origin countries of their original human genomes. '''Flavian''' was the best conditioned and was the first to be sent to his origin country of the '''United States'''. When '''Flavia'''n left, '''Dr. Hesslein''' felt like part of himself was leaving as well. He began to experience extreme anxiety and concern for ''his'' boys. He quickly decided that he would devise a new Psychic program to erase his presence from the boy's minds and free them. It took time, time he didn't have. One by one the boys were shipped out to India, Algeria, Brazil and Japan till only '''Axon''' remained. <br />
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'''The Hatchery''' had been the home of more than one ''super soldier'' program. Most had ultimately been determined to be failures, but had produced various other types of test subjects that had been retained for further experimentation, just like the boys. One of those subjects had been code named '''Chimera'''. The experiment had been successful in creating something ''superhuman'' but it was also monstrous. It continued to mutate over the years, the scientists in charge of it were not yet aware of the danger they were in until it was too late. Just after '''Batian''' had been sent to Japan, the '''Chimera''' broke free of it's containment and rampaged through the entire base. Destroying anyone or anything that got in it's way. One of those things, was '''Dr. Hesslein'''. Caught unawares, the doctor had no time to do anything but to send the incomplete mental program to '''Axon'''. Through the psychic link, '''Axon''' felt his ''father'' die at the hands of the beast. The trauma of death and the incomplete program had an unexpected result in '''Axon'''. His mind became a fusion of his original personality, the psychic clone of '''Dr. Hesslein''' and '''Hesslein''' himself. His memory became a disjointed mishmash of the two but his conditioned aptitudes in bio-mechancial engineering, psychology and electrical engineering remained. What was left of the psychic clone attempted to assert control but found it impossible and relegated itself to shoring up the ruptured personality and eventually completing the merger of all three.<br />
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'''Axon''' was left behind in the wreckage following '''the Hatchery's''' destruction. He hid himself from the '''Chimera''' that now wandered the lower levels of the wrecked base and occasionally fed on other experiments that had been left behind. He had an overwhelming desire to destroy the monster and so did not flee from the base. He waited and watched and formulated a plan for killing the monster. He used what little equipment and labs that were still intact to create a weapon to fight the monster. The beast was now huge, and far beyond anything he could contend with on his own. He pieced together a robot he name '''Bellerophon''' and sent it into the catacombs after the creature. The Chimera destroyed it and also mutated further, developing thicker bone plates and quicker reflexes. The beast had already been too large to exit the base through any of the heavily fortified doors which is why it wandered the deeper tunnels. Finally though it wandered into an empty cistern that was open to the sky. There it remained, trying to claw it's way out.<br />
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'''Axon''' built another robot, bigger and stronger than before but before he could send it against the monster, he made a terrifying discovery, it was growing wings. '''Axon''' did not want the creature to escape and so fitted his new robot with hastily Jerry-rigged flight capabilities and also decided to make himself an armored suit capable of flight, believing that in the air, his small size would be an advantage against the lumbering beast. As expected, the '''Chimera's''' wings grew into a usable size and it began to heave itself out of it's prison. '''Axon''' sent '''Bellerophon II''' to contend with it while still in the cistern, keeping himself in reserve in case the beast made it into the open. '''Bellerophon''' was able to wound the monster but it still made it clear of the cistern and flew towards the open ocean. Axon attacked, striking from above he slashed the webbing of the monster's wings, which just grew back. Suddenly it occurred to him that he had let his desire for revenge cloud his reason. He then directed '''Bellerophon''' to grapple with the chimera in mid-air and then simply detonated it's power source, destroying both in the process. <br />
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Upon his return to the base he regarded as home, he saw that there had been attempts to contact the base from '''ARGENT's''' central switchboard. In order to keep people away, he activated the base's extreme radiation hazard beacon that would warn them off. His damaged personality then tried to cope with his current situation. He felt the conditioned compulsions to excel as a scientist, he felt his fathers desire to dominate, he felt his own inquisitive nature and need for validation. The last vestiges of the psychic clone urged him to patience and research before acting. He decided to set about restoring the base as best as he could. There were considerable stores still available that the '''Chimera''' had not touched and many of the computer systems could be repaired. It took months of painstaking work. In the mean time his mind healed sufficiently to become less erratic. He became more self aware. Aware that he was not who he had been, he was someone new. He decided to call himself '''Daedalus''' as he intended to become as great a scientist and inventor as his name sake. He spent the next 10 years educating himself and experimenting in various fields of robotics engineering. As a diversion he continued to develop and refine his flight suit and various weapons associated with it, using it at times to fend off scavengers and reconnaissance teams from Argent. <br />
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Then, without warning, '''Daedalus''' experienced an intense psychic assault. One of his brothers was experiencing incredible pain and was reaching out from halfway around the world. Over the years he had felt slight mental touches from his brothers across the world, having inherited some small part of his ''father's'' psychic link with the others, but he had never paid much attention to them. This was different. The assault triggered his latent concern for his brothers and he determined to discover where they were now, and who was in trouble. '''Daedalus''' delved into what records he could find, his father's memories were not clear on where the boys had been sent. He then realized how extensive and devious the original plan of infiltration was. After finding out where his brothers were, he determined that the cry must have come from '''Darius''' in '''South America'''. '''Darius''' had been programmed to infiltrate the Brazilian government or '''VIPER''' or both if possible. The records showed where '''Darius''' had been sent, but nothing after. '''Daedalus''' had to pick up the trail from there. After arriving in '''Brazil''', he pieced together '''Darius's''' life and discovered he had indeed infiltrated a '''VIPER''' cell there while also taking up a career as a motorcycle racer. It was a small cell and '''Daedalus''' determined to raid their hideout to find out what had happened to '''Darius'''. He donned his now quite advanced armored flight suit and attacked. He took them completely by surprised and was able to secure the hideout before an alarm could be sent or records destroyed. <br />
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There was no sign of his brother. From their records he determined that '''Darius''' had been selected, apparently randomly, to be used in an another ''super soldier'' experiment against his will by '''VIPER''' command. '''Daedalus''' seethed at this information. He and his brothers had been used enough as it was. In a further twist of irony, '''VIPER''' was apparently instigating it's own sleeper agent program and was trying to use '''Darius''' for it. The only other data '''Daedalus''' could find was a list of subjects designated with Greek letters and the location of the experimental facility. He traced the facility to the '''United States'''. Once there he realized he was facing a much larger opponent and endeavored to have his robot '''Bellerophon IV''' smuggled into the States to support his next incursion. After further contemplation, he decided only a stealthy incursion would be successful and fitted his suit with stealth modules he had taken from the Brazilian cell. Inside the '''VIPER''' lab, he discovered what had been done to '''Darius'''. He had been injected with a number of different types of ''nanites'' that would augment his physiology and attempt to make modifications to his brain and personality to be a loyal soldier of '''VIPER'''. '''Darius's''' mental clone had let the experiment proceed to gain increased power, but did not realize the danger it was in until it was too late. The clone resisted the reorganization of the brain and personality which had led to the psychic outcry, as it failed to do so. '''Daedalus''' also discovered that the subjects were being augmented so that they could infiltrate the ''Superhero'' community in the '''United States'''. It was a daring plan. There were ten subjects listed with the Greek letters but '''Daedalus''' could not discover which one was '''Darius'''. He gathered what information he could about them and then set off to hunt for them and find out which was his brother. <br />
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He proceeded down the list alphabetically, tracking down the subject known as '''Alpha''' who was just beginning to establish his cover as a super hero at large known as '''"Shocking Blue"'''. When '''Daedalus''' confronted him and revealed that he he knew he was a '''VIPER''' plant, '''Alpha''' reacted with extreme violence, evidently programmed to protect his cover in this manner. '''Alpha's''' ''nanites'' allowed him to project short range electrical blasts but '''Deadalus's''' suit was insulated enough to ward most of these blows off. The longer the battle went on, the more enraged '''Alpha''' became and '''Daedalus''' was forced to savagely rip his throat out with his clawed gauntlets. He had already determined that this was not '''Darius'''. The same scenario played out with '''Beta''' and '''Gamma'''. By this time however, his investigation had caught the attention of both '''VIPER''' and the Champions' super computer '''Socrates'''. When '''Daedalus''' tracked down '''Delta''', he discovered that he had walked into an ambush. 6 apparent ''super humans'' were waiting for him and ordered him to surrender. He could feel that '''Darius''' was one of them but didn't want to allow himself to be captured till he knew which one. The battle was fierce and protracted as '''Daedalus''' did his best to elude his opponents going so far as to call in '''Bellerophon''' to help. Finally he got close enough to the hero known as '''"Theta"''' to make the psychic connection to his brother. '''Daedalus''' then allowed himself to be captured so as to remain near '''Theta''' and send the mental program to free his brother from his double set of psychic shackles. When he was sure the program had taken root, he effected an escape and returned to his own base in '''Crete'''. He was now a wanted man in the '''United States'''. <br />
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He has a high genius level intellect capable of learning and understanding many fields of study. His initial conditioning focused on very specific subjects and he has had little contact with the outside world so is just beginning to learn non-technical subjects. He is already an accomplished roboticist and electro-mechanical engineer and inherited some advanced knowledge of psychology and mental conditioning from his ''father''.<br />
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Daedalus has inherited a small part of Dr. Hesslein's psionic abilities, mostly concerned with mental links to his 5 brothers and their mental clones. He can initiate mental ''touches'' over great distances and in that way gain some sense of where they are and what they are doing. In close proximity he can actively read the minds of his brothers and make direct contact with them.<br />
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He is equipped with a light but powerful armored suit whose primary function is flight, quietly, at high speeds and high and low altitudes. It is primarily composed of a man-made isotope of aluminum and titanium, with other parts made of questionite. It is able to withstand impacts up to medium powered rifle bullets. It is designed to enhance the wearers strength allowing him to lift(press) 3 tons. It does not hinder movement in any appreciable way, affording the wearer high agility. It can travel at mach 2 for 3 hours before the fuel cells deplete. It is water and air tight with an internal air supply lasting 2 hours. It can survive depths of up to 800 feet. It is also equipped with tasers in each gauntlet that have a range of about 50 feet and produce 50,000 volts. The wings are semi retractable and are made of Questionite. Honed to a razor edge, they make excellent weapons.<br />
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