• African Violet:

"As a Protector, I specialize in making sure any innocents are out of harms way."

Thandi Wessels. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thandi is the descendent of a line of magic linked to ancient energies of the African continent. When her magical abilities came of age, Thandi was able to use her dark energies to assist others, and became a local hero in the Johannesburg area. Over the years, she participated in the 2004 Tsunami relief efforts and eventually was chosen to receive UNTIL training. For several years, she participated in international humanitarian efforts and UNTIL-sponsored activities. She has been a part of several international superhero groups and in 2012 was part of an UNTIL effort to repel an attack by Warlord in Okinawa. Her name was offered by UNTIL to Sparrowhawk and Thandi accepted her invitation to join the Protectors of the World.

• Aliona:

• All-Star

"It's not what you got, it's how you use it."

Nathaniel Carter was an all-star high school quarterback and small-time crook with the unique mutant ability of Hyperkinesis when he was put on death row after being framed for the murder of his fiancée by his partner-in-crime. Offered a second chance by the U.S Government, Nate was trained to be a soldier, a spy and, most importantly, a patriot. With his checkered past behind him and an exciting new future on the cards, Nate became the All-Star, a veritable one-man army and one of the greatest known marksmen alive. Despite his primary role as a freelance agent for the U.S Government, All-Star has spent much of his time working out of his comfort zone with heroes, sorcerers and aliens alike. This constant lack of consistency and a near-fatal injury caused him to reevaluate his standing in the superhero community and, with the support of his girlfriend, Sparrowhawk, prompted him to look into registering with a team of like-minded crimefighters. What All-Star wasn't expecting, however, was for his partner to spring the concept of founding their own group on him. Though All-Star isn't entirely sure what he's gotten himself into on this one, he offers Sparrowhawk his full support and does what he can to help the Protectors whenever he's available.

• Black Sigil:

Born in Vibora but raised in Hearst City, Scott Harris was a struggling journalist until chance caused him to take on the mantle of the original Black Sigil. Equipped with a powersuit capable of harnessing magic itself he began to fight crime as a part-time hero before the death of a friend fully committed him to heroics. Scott has since taken residence in Millennium City and become a global hero fighting for what's right. With his armor he specializes in energy manipulation and astral projection, while without it he is more-or-less an average person. Although he is still rather new to the superhero community he has adjusted quite well - recently he has even decided to join the newly formed Protectors of the World to become a greater force for good.

• Canadian Fist:

"The Canadian Fist is here! Now, who needs to get some?"

Dusk Vermillion is the daughter of a former UNTIL agent, Nathaniel Vermillion. Coming to Millennium City after her powers emerged, Dusk quickly caught the attention of UNTIL and its Superhero Liaison Program. With her impressive natural command of magic and psionic abilities to further bolster her tool kit, Dusk has been relentless in fighting evil both supernatural and mundane in hopes of living up to her father's names and the high standard she tries to hold herself to. Hoping to better uphold her ideals, she joins the Protectors to fight alongside some of the world's finest. And if that happens to let her fight alongside her idol...

• C.O.P.

"Do I look like I'm here to negotiate?"

The Construct Optimized for Peacekeeping Unit 18 of 20, or simply "Mills", is one of a decommissioned series of robots whose purpose was to not only to aid police forces with apprehending metahuman criminals, but apparently make said criminals regret they were ever born, Mills was made with pride in Austin, Texas by Syntha Tech Industries. Mills, like all C.O.P.s, is a fully self-aware artificial intelligence construct installed in a massive and heavily armored chassis built to withstand the worst types of punishment super villains can dish out and then return the favor with both fire power and brute strength. Mills is currently with an elite division of M.A.R.S. known as Special Unit Alpha, which defends the city from rogue A.I.'s and other dangerous synthetics. Though he is often criticized as being every bit as dangerous as the villains he was designed to fight, there's no denying his impressive service record and he always gets the job done by the book. ("The Book" is what Mills named his night stick.) At first, he scoffed at the idea of ever joining a superhero team and declined Sparrowhawk's invitation, but later changed his mind after a lengthy talk with Syntha Tech's C.E.O., who believes Mills can serve a higher purpose working with the Protectors.

• Dobergirl

"Don't worry. I've got more than enough bite to go with the bark."

Sunny Oskern is a former sidekick to veteran street level hero, Doberman! From the the small but growing city of Flatlake, Michigan, Dobergirl is an enthusiastic, strong willed and loyal young woman with a varied and growing skill set. Though originally nothing more than an obsessed fangirl, working under Doberman she was trained in unarmed combat (mostly boxing and street fighting), the use of improvised and unorthodox weaponry and some minor detective skills. In the last few years she's further sharpened her skills, picking up a knack for common tech used by the hero community, a familiarity with high grade weaponry and advanced vehicles used by both legal and criminal organizations. In addition to these skills, Dobergirl recently became much closer to her namesake thanks to canine DNA grafts to fix genetic damage caused during her sidekick days when she was accidently struck by an experimental 'power ray' meant to give a small criminal a boost in strength. These augmentations grant her highly increased physical capabilities and senses far above those of a normal human. Hand picked by Sparrowhawk to be one of the charter members because of her potential, Dobergirl hopes she can prove that she made the right choice.

• Fantasma:

• Howitzer: (Currently Inactive)

Shira Levi is a retired veteran of the Israel Defense Force, bringing nearly three decades of military experience to the team. Born in Jordan in 1963, she was taken from her family by the mysterious Black Sand cult and was used as one of their test subjects. Fortunately she was rescued by the efforts of Aaron Walker and the Israeli Special Forces. Inspired by the people who saved her, she later joined the service at age 18 where she remained for most of her adult life. Now older and wiser, Shira hopes to influence the new generations and, when necessary, bring her considerable destructive powers to bare when evil refuses to back down. Although Howitzer has often lead strike teams and troops in the field, she believes a younger, more energetic woman such as Alex is better suited for leadership and hopes to offer her advice when needed.

• Kaira:

"I'm sorry, but Protocol restricts me from disclosing additional information."

Kaira is a dimensional researcher, explorer, and data-collector for the G.U.I.D.E., one of the greatest repositories of information about the Metaverse. After a rather eventful entry into Millennium City, Kaira has been assigned to continue studying this particular universe in addition to taking care of other dimensional threats. Despite being restricted by her No Direct Interference protocol, Kaira has been granted clearance by her employers to assist UNTIL with various scientific pursuits that will hopefully lead to a healthy standing with the Metaversal public in the future, as well as deal with various threats throughout the world in order to keep the dimension safe for study, seeing as it has proven to be a rather unique one so far. Joining the Protectors should help with these duties, and hopefully the various others that she has to deal with on a daily basis. These things do get overwhelming, after all.

• Katsuo:

"'Nothing ventured, nothing gained.'"

Hisashi was born and raised in Himeiji, Japan, and was completely normal in every sense of the word. He was always interested in sports and got into boxing during the time he was in highschool. He was particularlly close to his younger brother, who viewed him as a sort of role model growing up. His brother eventually went missing and Hisashi was given an offer by a group that would help in searching for him, provided that Hisashi join them. Distraught, Hisashi accepted. Becoming wrapped in the group's xenophobic politics, he was eventually chosen to undergo a procedure to become something akin to a superhuman with the aid of nanobiomachinery. Hisashi was forced to become a frontline force in the group's goal to create a utopian society despite how much he hated doing so. Eventually the group fell to infighting and Hisashi disappeared in obscurity. He decided to use his powers in the hero community under the name of Katsuo instead, gaining quite a bit of fame while he operated in Japan before immigrating to United States. He's operated in quite a few places around the world, often noted as being heavily determined and straightforward. While not the most famous of heroes, Katsuo joined the Protectors due to his increasing involvement in affairs around the globe.

• Keioisis

"In the struggle against evil, there is no shame in defeat, only in not fighting."

Kara was created by Keioseth's dark-side incarnate Chaosiris in an attempt to unlock the special powers and abilities of Alenna McIlroy (Seryna). He used a magic sword, known as the Aurora, to steal Alenna's soul and then place it within a cloned body that was programmed to follow his commands. He planned to use age acceleration to make her an adult before using her as a weapon but Keio and his UNTIL unit found an rescued her. Keio raised her as his own but after Siris formed a team to try and capture both father and daughter she was sent to live in Ireland with her Grandmother. Years passed and once Siris was believed to be dead she came to live with her father until she was kidnapped and taken to an elemental lightning plane. The Freelancers managed to rescue her but the time displacement of the plane had caused Kara to age to her teen years. She was living a normal life until her body was mortally wounded and her soul stolen. After being rescued she was placed into a cloned body that was genetically related to both Keio and Alenna, truely making her Keio's daughter. She has Psycho-Electrokinetic powers allowing her to manipulate psionics such as telepathy and telekinesis as well as electromagnetic fields and electricity.

• Orchid:

"I've found that too many people can't see the forest for the trees. Good thing I can bring them all to visit."

Orchid, better known as Dr. Christina Thorne, is a graduate of UC Davis, majoring in agronomy and genetic engineering. Born and raised up the coast in Monterey Bay, Christina was always fascinated with the aspects of horticulture and botany, growing and maintaining a garden even at a young age. After her eight year program at UC Davis in Botany & Plant Sciences, Dr. Thorne was picked up by the GM Food company called EdenWorks, headed up by fellow researcher Dr. Laura Abrahms. Despite living at relatively normal life up until this point, Christina began having odd dreams, featuring a deep, pulsing green light and a twisting jungle-like mass of plant life. Within four months, the dreams escalated to consume every waking moment, until July 6th, 2011. When she awoke, Christina had somehow fused with plantlife on a cellular level, becoming a hybrid of both plant and animal. Now working within the seclusion of her own home, Dr. Thorne occasionally assisted global organizations such as UNTIL and WHO with research and professional opinions as Orchid. Only recently has she begun to branch out and use her powers as a superhero, where she was directed to the Protectors of the World by an UNTIL agent.

• Razira:

"Do not underestimate the wolf inside of me. Or else you will get burned."

Razira, unlike most of the others of the Protectors' team, has most of her past and civilian life buried behind layers of 'need to know' simply for her parents' protection. What little she has said of her past include that she was born in Florida more than 30 years ago, moved to Millennium City to get away from it all, gained a college degree in Business Management, and became a barista at the main coffee chain in Millennium. At least until she was kidnapped, genetically altered, and eventually became the Hero she is today - a werewolf with the powers of oxygen based temperature control, who is employed through one of UNTIL's Special Projects. Now nearly a four year veteran of the heroic lifestyle, she was approached out of the blue by Sparrowhawk, inviting her to the Protectors. Despite being a lone wolf type through her job at UNTIL, something deep down told her to accept. Now she finds herself hoping that her high level 'blaster' type powers and werewolf senses will be enough alongside others with far more technical, magical, and general know-how than she does.

• Riptide:

"I've got plenty of bang for your buck."

Avakai ty'Lori, better known as Riptide, was born on the distant ocean planet Voltexi, where his father owned a vast import/export business. His future would hold something different for him, however - he signed on with the military as soon as he was of age, receiving various cybernetic augmentations and intensive training in the use of multiple deadly weapons of war. After being discharged from service when it was discovered his body was not receptive to the newest line of cybernetics, Riptide decided to take to the stars, working as a bounty hunter to help pay his way throughout the galaxy. He traveled for almost six decades before finally crashing on Earth. Now he helps the crime-fighters of the planet with his extensive knowledge of extraterrestrials and skill with weaponry, proving to be a deadly and ferocious combatant even against seemingly overwhelming odds. His normally laid-back attitude hides a far more predatory, bloodthirsty nature; Riptide only truly feels alive when he's on the battlefield. His friendship with Sparrowhawk resulted in his recruitment into the Protectors of the World, where he will continue to ply his trade.

• Seadragon:

"My domain encompasses three quarters of the Earth's surface. Tread carefully."

Adventurer, privateer and guardian of the world's oceans, the atlantean exile known as the Seadragon spends his days wrestling ship-devouring monsters, staring down false gods and lamenting the lack of decent kelp wine on the surface. There is a reason why pirates have begun to fear the open seas.

• SoulStar:

"I dare you to underestimate me. Go on I'll wait. "

Soulstar is Dredrick "Dread" Wilson, A cop's son and former gang banger way back in his mid teen years. After a botched heist effort at a supposedly secret military surplus base, not to mention being betrayed by fellow gang members, Dread was forced to hide away and try and make his escape on his own. Whilst in the middle of it, he stumbled across a pair of highly advanced goggles and shoes which has a primary function of unlocking an individual's own latent abilities. His just happened to be superpowers. Sometime later he left the gang land life and decided to go out to find himself a real education and life on his own. The ability he was able to unlock from the gear granted him the power to siphon energy from any source of life period. This power can be used in a multitude of ways including creating force fields, powerful energy waves, an energy aura,an healing aura,releasing energy shots, and able to boost the powers of himself and others. The limits of this power is still undergoing and hasn't been fully explored yet but it is known that the power remains even without the equipment; it's just not nearly as powerful nor effective. As SoulStar he is known to constantly make countless references to media related subjects and make colorful chatter in and outside of combat. Any talks about his past will simply be dismissed or outright avoided since he is trying to move past that. Although very much known amongst the hero community he's been rumored to be a bit more of a "lone wolf" type, but lately things are getting so big that there are just certain situations he can't ignore, thus finally deciding to step out more into the limelight.

• Sparrowhawk:

"A capable leader needs to excel in numerous roles. That's my specialty."

Alex Harper was born a prodigy with a genius IQ, a talent to learn quickly as well as a hyperthymestic memory. She grew up to become one of the world's most dangerous combatants and a master in a multitude of skill sets. After traveling the globe for years as both an agent of UNTIL and the super heroine Sparrowhawk, Alex saw a need for a strong, efficient team that had a diverse array of skills to handle any number of threats posed. While never much of a 'team player', Sparrowhawk found strength through her partner All-Star to make her ideas reality. With his encouragement and support they decided to create the Protectors. Its goal was simple: an organization of highly trained heroes who would be the first line of defense to combat world crises. She currently heads the group in a 'mission control' type capacity, assigning teams for conflicts as they are needed to ensure their success. While sometimes behind the scenes, she is more than ready and capable of getting her hands dirty on the field. While Sparrowhawk can have a very direct, bossy and sometimes even rude demeanor that she continues to work on improving, she deeply cares about both the team and the ideals that they are based upon.

• Thundrax:

Thundrax is Craig Carson, Vancouver-born powerhouse whose vast strength stems from a connection to a source of primal mythological power. Adopting the costumed persona of Thundrax at the age of 14, Craig served with Vancouver's renowned SUNDER superhero team, then the Canadian Guard, then StarForce, which he led for a year prior to Justiciar taking over the team. After a six year sojourn in politics, Craig resumed his superhero career in 2009. Craig is also the head of Flux-Carson Enterprises, an energy, mining, and space development firm. Thundrax has a reputation as a highly principled, traditional superhero and has connections with nearly every major superhero and agency on the planet.

• Xanthe:

• Zelara/Laser Knight:

"I am more than willing to die for this world, vash'ra. But I'd prefer you go first."

Zelara T'shal hails from the spacefaring Anthari race, whose homeworld was destroyed by Valak the World Ravager decades ago. While flying an experimental vessel looking for planetary settlement candidates, her ship experienced a catastrophic warp-drive malfunction and crashed on Earth, losing all hands save her. The blue-skinned extraterrestrial has pledged her life and loyalty to her adoptive homeworld, doing battle with Earth's enemies with advanced combat armor and powerful energy weapons. Though she doesn't seem much of a warrior at first glance, and indeed only possesses rudimentary combat training, she makes up for this shortcoming with powerful alien technology, a knack for reverse engineering, and a near-fanatical determination few of her opponents can match.

• Ada Clover: Currently on the active roster, Ada nonetheless finds herself working in a more off the field capacity for the super group. Hired by UNTIL, Ada is the public relations manager for the Protectors of the World. It is her job to be the 'face' of the team for news and media outlets. With a Q score that proves a valuable asset, it is up to her to ensure she can make the best out of any bad situation. Strictly barred by Sparrowhawk from fighting alongside the Protectors, Ada will undoubtedly discover that even a Protector not in the war zones will still somehow find their way to it...

• Citadel: aka Garret Brennar, an alien convinced that he is a mutant since the age of twelve. Supposedly born in the suburbs of Detroit, Garret had been gifted with a rapidly-expanding intellect that enabled him to pursue a Master's Degree in Applied Robotics and Cybernetics at a relatively young age, and he utilizes this intellect to craft himself a suite of personal gadgets and powered exoskeletons. Having discovered a top-secret bunker purely by accident underneath the floor of his basement apartment, Garret found a variety of abandoned tech and the plans for what he would soon dub the TITAN Power Armor. Garret, as Citadel, aided the Protectors in the Battle over Brasilia and has, since, remained in an honorary support capacity.

• Desperado: Westside lawman Desperado was instrumental in taking down Steel Lariat, a nemesis of his when he discovered his family's names were revealed publicly. Assisting the Protectors to uncover the secrets of the 175, rumor has it he has went into retirement rather than put his loved ones at further risk.

• Extractor: aka Garreth Koenig, was born Cardiff, Wales. Garreth's family moved to the United States when he was a child in order to be closer to doctors that specialized in Garreth's affliction, Muscular Dystrophy. A natural genius, Garreth's intellect was enhanced as a result of an experimental cure, which also granted him the ability to absorb, utilize, and project energy. Rather than become a hero immediately, Garreth pursued a doctoral degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry under the supervision of UNTIL. Using a pair of personal teleportation devices that he helped invent in college, Garreth became Extractor, and is often on call for UNTIL when they need a hero who is able to get to crisis zones quickly - which is how he came to work with the Protectors.

• Grimoire: aka Moira Graves. Born in rural England, Moira is a talented and natural super-sorcerer. She's one of few that could have been a valid candidate for the position of Archmage (now filled by Caliburn), and wields the potent Ascendant Band artifacts. Moira is sworn to protect the Earth and the Prime Material from incursions both mystical and not, and possesses a formidable talent that she wields with little regret. She's acerbic and brusque, and frankly, sometimes just plain rude. She has a tendency to look down on non-mages, not out of disdain, but out of a wish to keep them away from what she considers 'her business'. Unfortunately, with rising complications around the globe, Moira was forced into a position where she needed to lend her aid to others - and so she wound up being a member of the newly founded Protectors.

• Knight Watch: Knight Watch assisted the Protectors during the assault upon the Barlowe Building by the Datamen. He soon took Honorary membership in the Protectors.

• Paradigm: Originally an Olympic track & field star, Dawn Ryan was chosen by the Spirit of Humanity at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Given that her newly found superpowers ended her career as an athlete, she took some time to herself before returning as the hero Paradigm in late 2002. Since then, she's served as a tireless defender of the Earth against threats both terrestrial and not. Since becoming Paradigm, she's done battle with various deadly forces; the Red Legion, the alien species known as the Crog, and perhaps most impressively, the demon lord of Sloth, Belphegor. Paradigm has recently returned from 'inactive' status to 'honorary' status with the Protectors after dealing with a galactic threat.

• Quintessence: Manon Tessier is a superheroine coming from France. Manon very briefly worked alongside the team as an active member before leaving to pursue outside interests, finally joining with Eternals, Inc. She currently holds Honorary membership with the Protectors should they need her.