Sonya Carline

Sarah Carline is special. Young, attractive, wealthy successful; people wonder what she’s doing single and living in a rust-bowl like Orphicten. The young Magistrate with Special qualifications in Superpower law says she’d dedicated to cleaning up the city.

Doctor Magic

Philip Graw always new he was special and when he decipher the a bad translation of an arcane tome; granting him magic powers. He became a Superhero under the guise of “Doctor Magic”. Unfortunately; being a Superhero or Sorcerer doesn’t pay well and when Philip Graw couldn’t cover his bills, he began hiring out “Doctor Magic” to television shows and corporate events. Eventually, Doctor Magic stopped being a Hero entirely, becoming a talk show host and New Age author.

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Urban Jungle Girl

Lady Cynthia Hart was born to a family of British nobility. Her parents were on a diplomatic mission to Orphicten when the bombs fell. Suddenly marooned in the urban jungle, they made their mark amongst the street gangs of Orphicten. For the first fifteen years after the wars’ end, the fought tooth-and-pistol before being killed by savage native criminals. Their infant daughter was left abandoned. Found by the sentient motorbike, Zuba, and raised in the ways of the urban jungle. As it stands, Lady Hart knows herself solely as Urban Jungle Girl.

Marv Smalltown

Barry and Mary Smalltown moved to Orphicten during the war to take advantage of the city’s booming war industry. After the war they wanted children, but found themselves unable to conceive; so some years later they adopted an infant orphan named Marvin. But the world had moved on and Orphicten was rusting. Like most people employed by the war industry, Barry and Mary hadn’t earned enough to save and couldn’t move on. But Barry was struggling to find work. While they were raising Marvin to believe in right and wrong, Barry was doing odd-jobs for the Mikos Family. Marven was ten when he found out, and never took money from his father again, instead getting whatever odd jobs he could. Arguments were frequent between Marvin and Barry in those days. In his mid teens one particularly savage argument resulted in Marvin striking his father in front of some colleagues. His father was knocked unconscious in an instant. When his father’s colleagues stepped in Marvin beat them all. More came later, and left after Marvin threw a car at them. Marvin had left the Smalltown home by the time Barry had returned from the hospital; setting out to clean up Orphicten. Now in his late twenties, Marvin Smalltown has been living on the street for nearly a decade. He’s tried and is still trying to clean up Orphicten. But the criminal is clever and Marvin is ever-idealistic. They’ve drawn him into their web and learnt to work around him. He takes out individuals, even the big bosses. But every one he misses scales up the ranks. One day Marvin Smalltown may clean up Orphicten, but that day is decades off.

Detective George 'the Yank' Washington

With allegations of ties to the Mikos Crime Family, brutality, and drug running left Detective Washington with only two options for his career. One; early retirement or two- join the Villain Squad. The Villain Squad, a colourful name for Orphicten’s SCU (Special Crimes Unit, handles Supers). So George ‘the Yank’ Washington chose the latter.

Shadow

Shadow isn’t a villain. It’s a drug that creates them. Shadow’s growing popularity is attributed to its side effects. Not only does anyone under the influence of Shadow gain the Overconfidence Hindrance, it also grants the user powers. Specifically these are Altered Form and Dark Vision. A hit of Shadow causes the users eyes to film over with a strange black liquid. This liquid additionally coats their limbs, generally from the knee and elbow down; giving them their stretch effect. Shadow junkies are generally easy to spot, as the more they use it the blacker their limbs and eyes become stained, with some of the most hardcore being permanently pitch.

Owlman

Project 23 was a long time ago. But the Supervillian, Chimera, managed to dig up its research. Super-science had come a long way since World War II, and so Chimera assumed he could iron out a lot of the kinks and problems in the Owlman process. All he needed was a test subject. Robert Blake was a gambler deep in dept to the Mikos family. Going with Chimera turned his luck around. Becoming Owlman gave him a job as a Supervillian for the family. Now doing special jobs for the Mikos family, chiefly handling the Supers when they come calling, Owlman is a real life urban legend. Owlman is good friends with the other Mikos super-thug, Mothman.

Mothman

When Chimera perfected Project 23, the Mikos family were happy wit the result of Owlman. One in particular was Steel Armstrong. Born at the end of the war, Steel’s parents had been active participants in Power Culture. Believing themselves to have Superpowers, they renamed their family name Armstrong and dubbed their newborn son Steel.

All his life, people assumed Steel had Superpowers. Everyday his parents bugged him about when his Powers would manifest. They’d argued over what origin he’d have, and made him wear ridiculous costume after costume. For that reason, Steel made sure he fell in with the Mikos family. Hating Superheroes and volunteering for every opportunity to take down a cape, Steel saw the potential Chimera offered the family. He didn’t even care what this ‘Project 24’ business would do to him, only that it’d bring more capes. Since becoming Mothman, Steel’s hatred of Supers has lessened somewhat- as if filling the psychological gap in his soul by becoming one -and Steel has even become fast-friends with Owlman.

Deimos

Derik Moses had a superpower. He was a super junkie. He could do drugs more often and in vaster quantities than any other junkie on the planet. For all his efforts; Derik got nothing but a killer addiction. When Shadow hit the streets, Derik was the first and hardest to use it. In fact, Derik used so much Shadow that his flesh and bones dissolved and his mind melted into his shadow. Slowly, Derik Moses took on the persona of Deimos- Greek god of dread. Without a body, Deimos was immune to all the old narcotics which once dominated his life. The big time junkie became a small time dealer of Shadow. While at the bottom run of the ladder now, Deimos has the potential to claw his way to being a real problem if left unchecked.

Chthonian

Even before become Chthonian, Johnny Mikos hungered for power. Not just any power, mind you, Superpower. A lieutenant in the Mikos Crime family in charge of Orphicten’s Trojan Docks and nephew to Don Gabriel Mikos, Johnny knew the family frowned on Super-criminals. The Don saw them as a fast way to attract the wrong kind of attention, even if they kept a stable of them just in case the ‘capes showed up. Mostly, though, the Family hired them on a job-by-job basis. With Exodus Rock looming over their heads, most Villains would roll on their employer to avoid being tried as a Super-criminal. So the Don figured the less they knew the better. Johnny disagreed. He believed that if you set up a mafia-like structure that included the Supers would help ensure their loyalty. Johnny was researching different was of acquiring powers for years. Not jus the masochism that took place at Spark Parties, but solid origins. Magic texts, Super-soldier experiments and so on. Curious, but cautious, Johnny never took the next step- until Shadow hit the streets. The belief that the Griffins were ‘Powering-up’ led Johnny to take the next step, acquiring the Helm of the Unseen and becoming Chthonian, god of Crime.

Boom-Shock

Herman Greene was a high-school drop out from Albion who moved to Orphicten, wanting to make it big as a boxer. He became a two-bit prize-fighter for a crooked ring. The crooked part of that ring involved break in. One in particular involved busting into a Labour Corp lab working on creating a partner for Corner Stone. Looking for something of value, Greene busted up the lab pretty good. Good enough to cause an explosion. Found dying on the street outside, Greene was charged but found innocent of the robberies due to lack of evidence. It was only later that Greene learnt the explosion had given him the power to create an explosive force. When ignited in the air, it creates a deadly burst of force. When formed in an object it creates fractures. Greene was later freed from his other criminal obligations by the Mikos Crime Family. Giving Greene a costume and the identity of Boom-Shock, Greene joined the family’s stable of villains.