The Carnival of Freaks!

Carnival of Freaks "Let's have a Jolly old Time!" [[Image:|300px|]] "Let the Fun Begin!" Leader(s): Kraken and the Ring Master Base of Operations: Several small bases on earth, Primary base is on Kraken's ship Concept: A cadre of murderous colorful killers of eccentric personalities, don't be a Fuddy Duddy and Dull! Founded: Recent Website: [ Click Here] Members: At Present, Kraken, Ringmaster, Mister Carnival, The Ballard

"Welcome heroes, Welcome welcome to all of our Guests~ Welcome to the show." Calls out Kraken. "We have it all, Freaks, Geeks and shows for all ages. The Dunking tank is full of Acid for our brave ~Volunteer~, why don't you give that ball a toss Ironclad!" adds in the Ringmaster bouncing a small rubber ball off of Ironclad's face. "Really, I hear the Lion Tamer's act will be a marvel, a possible once in a life time show~ I also heard it's her first day on the job Let's all give her a round of applause for her bravery~." Calls out Mister Carnival from his stance on-top of a large Cage, with a woman in a Lion Tamer's outfit staring down a large male lion. "Don't worry, I'm sure either way we'll all have a scream~" Ballard finishes the sales pitch with a small smirk on his face.

The founding of the Carnival

Really the founding of the Carnival wasn't an overly complex affair, no secret societies no shared accident of joint Dementia. Simply as when Kraken came to earth to have his games he soon found a small cadre of like minded men with him, who can see the world through his sense of "Humor, and the Stories he so loves." And Simple as that the Carnival was founded. That's it, a bunch of like minded lunatics with the same idea of Fun!

The motivations of the Carnival

While it is true the carnival members hold no value of life, they are not outwardly malicious in attempts to murder people to wrack up a body count. If they are going to murder someone there's going to be a purpose for it, even if it's for making someone run a rat maze of a death trap, but due to their Leader's view of "Fun" Kraken sees that every death trap has an escape clause if the victim is willing to push themselves to survive, and not necessarily in the Jigsaw way will they cut off their leg to survive. The trap is more the victim finds themselves chained to a piece of machine slowly, very slowly slidding to say a saw blade or a pit of acid. While it first looks like they are chained to hard to escape, or they are sorely secured to the conveyor belt if they fight they find they can wiggle out if they are dexterous or find their chains are only locked with a very basic Bike lock combination lock, and have the will to fight through the possible combinations to escape. That being said they have no problems putting hostages in situations of near guaranteed death if the goal is to "Drag a hero" Into the game, or give them a test of "Heroism" Do they take the route of violence cold efficiency to fight the bad guy, or rush off to the save the innocent. So again the Freaks don't particular care for the sanctity of life but they aren't simply creating mass death for the laughs. It's all about having Fun, and being the Professional Villains, and the Game of Heroes and Villains.

The delivery of the Carnival

The Carnival comes in many ways from a Dramatic staged Circus using mind controlled civilians, Thugs and Robots, to a small quiet warehouse where they pass out free money to people, the money is laced or (not) With a slow acting deadly neurotoxins giving especially big bundles to under privileged children and wait. When the heroes come, they tell the heroes they've given dozens if not a hundred people dosages of Neurotoxin and they only have enough in the Injector to save a few. Do the heroes save the children or do they save people more fairly, (OR the money wasn't ladened with toxins at all, the real toxins are in the injector and when the hero injects the child holding the money with the cure, they are actually giving them a mega dosage of the Toxin.)

The Carnival Despises un fun heroes. To which won't be described here to not start a debate flame war, but if they find an un fun hero they will pack up their game and leave, taking the hostages with them, and make the Hostages fight for their own lives. As Kraken would put it. "I'm sure you'll be a better hero than those that came to save you, all you need is a tragic origin story."

The resources of the Carnival

Primarily the Carnival isn't overly fussed with large world threatening schemes, and even if they were Kraken's resources through his parents or his ties to various space faring criminal organizations and pirates. That being said they just don't care for the "MarcoSchemes" Of world threatening proportions they prefer to play smaller schemes on a more "Interpersonal level" With the heroes. Kraken's connections just assure that the Carnival will never be at a spot of being unable to afford their games.