THE LIVING SLUDGE (Reginald Williamson)

Played by Luke Johnson

Calling: Investigator

Strength 6D Intellect 8C

Agility 8X Willpower 12C

Edge 1 Hand Size 3 (17)

Monstrous while in sludge form

Natural Weapons, Mythology, Occult, Observation, Meditation

Reginald Williamson’s mother disappeared while Reginald was still very young. He was raised by his eccentric father in a huge house. Here, Reginald could do basically what he wanted. He read about myths and the occult, and one day accidentally summoned a mjaor demon. This demon cursed Reginald but through meditation he learned to control his curse. Thus, The Living Sludge was born.

BRAINHEAD (Brian Head)

Played by Joe Johnson

Calling: Exemplar

Strength 2X Intellect 8C

Agility 3C Willpower 20X

Edge 1 Hand Size 3 (17)

Monstrous, Susceptible to cold

Disguise, Gadgetry, Photographic Memory, Biology

Brainhead (whose true name is unpronounceable by human tongue) was sent to Earth to learn about it in preparation for an invasion. However, after his reports, the Zarkronian government decided it wasn’t worth the bother, but forgot to send him transport home, so he remained on Earth as an ambassador.

Zarkron is a planet inhabited by asexual fungus based humanoids who are able to use mind control on humans because of genetic chance. There are two main religions there, the church of the holy spore and the church of the forbidden spore.

RAZORWIRE (Karl Tzirwyrski)

Played by Scott Brewer

Calling: Thrill-Seeker

Strength 7D Intellect 5D

Agility 15D Willpower 3D

Edge 1 Hand Size 3 (17)

Skills:

Whips, Martial arts, 70s Horror Film Trivia, Photography

Powers:

Karl was created in a Russian lab in the late 80s, just before the end of the cold war. He was supposed to be a weapon against the Americans but the war ended and he was discarded. He went to England and learned photography and learned the enjoyment gained from watching 70s horror films. Soon, he realised he could have more fun in Manhattan, hanging around with super-heroes.

SNIFFLES (Snifkur Bariokovric Duvroski III)

Played by Paul (sorry Paul I don’t know your surname)

Calling: Majesty

Strength 5D Intellect 2D

Agility 4X Willpower 4C

Edge 2 Hand Size 4 (20)

Kid, Naïve

Climbing (Rock), Geology, Observation, Animal Handling (Moles)

Born in the subterranean city of the moles below Chernobyl, the only son of a liaison between a high born moloid woman and the mole man. After the nuclear incident of Chernobyl, the resultant radiation killed the majority of the Russian moloids but made "Snif" stronger.

His father commanded that he and his mother emigrated with the Russian mole people to America.

Mole Man realised very quickly that certain subterranean factions wanted his son dead, so he sent him to "safety" above the surface. Here, he was cared for by the Avengers until Black Widow (Natasha Romanov) saw that maybe it would be better for everyone if he joined new upstart team The Squires.

BLACK SURFER (Kelly)

Played by Dave Brace

Calling: Guardian (Earth)

Strength 18X Intellect 7C

Agility 8C Willpower 4X

Edge 1 Hand Size 3 (17)

Hindrances: Phobic (Garlic), Obsessed (Vampires)

Surfing, Skiing, Psychology, Occult

One day while surfing, Kelly swallowed radioactive waste and suddenly in a blinding flash of light he had super powers and could jump from place to place using the dark force. He unfortunately could not control his claws.

CHILL CAT (Was Captain Courageous, real name unknown)

Played by Woolley

Calling: Protector

Strength 6D Intellect 4D

Agility 20C Willpower 7D

Edge 1 Hand Size 3 (17)

Obsessive (Poetry), Naïve

Boxing, Archery, Martial Arts, Computers, Animal Handling

Captain Courageous only recently awoke, a bum in an alley with super-powers. He cannot remember his past at all, although recently an experience with some sharks dislodged something at the back of his mind. He is still unsure what part they play, but he knows that sharks have some part in his history. Recently, Captain Courageous was so heavily influenced by a beatnik epidemic in Manhattan that he has changed his entire outlook on life.

FRUIT MACHINE JOEY (Glaxo)

Played by Duncan Thompson

Calling: Greed

Strength 9B Intellect 4C

Agility 4C Willpower 19X

Edge 1 Hand Size 3 (17)

Hindrances:

Obsessive – Fruit Machines, Phobic – Women

Natural Weapons, Shields, Hammers, Ricochet, Fruit Machine Trivia

Stunt: Wide Angle Beam

Born in Australia, Glaxo won his powers there on a misogynistic fruit machine. He later moved to the USA when he came into contact with a shady fruit machine maker called Whizzo.

SHOCK THERAPY (Robert Richard Oldfield)

Played by Jamie Farrell

Calling: Uncontrolled power

Strength 4C Intellect 7D

Agility 5C Willpower 7X

Edge 1 Hand Size 3 (17)

Susceptible to Water

Martial Arts Weapons, Knives, Acrobatics, Martial Arts, Robotics.

Robert was born in 1840 into a rich family. In 1870, he was exploring the mountains of Eastern Europe when he came across a cavern. He entered the cavern and found a great table with much food on it. He searched the area for danger and when he found none, guzzled it down. He saw the light of the cave entrance dwindling and ran there only to see the cavern entrance closed. He then felt drowsy and awoke in the year 1977 to see children in front of him. He startled them and scared them away and has spent a long time learning of what he has missed. He learned after his slumber that he had gained great power, the source of which is a magical staff that is bonded to him somehow, and his costume is also part of that staff.

NIL (Unrevealed)

played by Alex Barahona

Calling: Responsibility of Power

Strength 13X Intellect 13B

Agility 13D Willpower 5D

Edge 1 Hand Size 3 (35)

Hindrances: Monstrous, Guilt Ridden (killed family)

Contingent Attack, Energy Control, Physics, Astronomy, Survival

Ever since his birth Nil has had an infatuation with stars, through school he learned everything about astronomy and astrophysics. It was only until his early teens he noticed his strange link to the cosmos was more than that. He was a mutant, and his superior genes granted him the power over the cosmos itself, though this power was hard to control and during his first experiment, he caused an accident which killed his family.

He tried to ignore his powers but the universe has a strange irony and circumstances have conspired against him, he has had to use his powers on many occasions for personal defence. He now has built up the courage to begin using his powers regularly to aid the forces of good and to achieve his childhood dream to see the stars.

Played by Tom Evans

Calling: Soldier

Strength 5B Intellect 3D

Agility 4C Willpower 4D

Edge 1 Hand Size 3 (17)

Knives, Clubs, Wrestling, Marksmanship, Driving, Physics, Military

MELTING POT (Justin Clay)

Created by Woolly, Now an NPC

Calling: Explorer

Strength 7C Intellect 10B

Agility 20A Willpower 4C

Edge 1 Hand Size 3 (17)

Unlucky, Triggered Powerless if he has no modelling clay

Martial Arts Weapons, Hammers, Acrobatics, Skating, Thievery, Martial Arts, Computers, Trivia (Birds), Espionage, Art (Pottery), Writing

Justin’s parents died in a freak laundrette accident, leaving him an orphan on the streets of India, from the age of two onwards.

On his thirteenth birthday, he stowed away on a ‘plane to America and taught himself pottery and rollerblading.

With his $25 million lottery win, Justin installed a kiln in his bedsit. At midnight on Halloween, a bolt of lightning struck a truck transporting nuclear waste just as it passed Justin’s window. Radioactive clay fused with his DNA, creating the mighty Melting Pot!

Played by Rob Willis

Calling: Peace of Mind

Strength 4X Intellect 7C

Agility 16B Willpower 5X

Edge 1 Hand Size 3 (17)

Addicted to Coffee, Obsessive (films)

Acrobatics, Martial Arts, Flinging, Film Trivia, Criminology

Tony Everton was born in England. He travelled to the US so that he could do a film degree. While doing this, he became obsessed with films and his poor exam progress caused an addiction to coffee. He failed his degree and so turned to his scientific friend, Austin Burns. Austin offered to pay Tony if Tony would let him perform some experiments on him. These experiments gave him his powers. He continues to work in his video shop, although he has decided now to help the Squires if the need seriously arises.

Freak Show formed when they met after being controlled by Madcap and Impossible Man's "Hilarious" mind control machine in Squires Issue #8. They consist of Rabid, The Temptress, Mangor and Eclipse.

Calling: Repentant

Strength 11B Intellect 10X

Agility 7X Willpower 7X

Edge 1 Hand Size 3 (17)

The Temptress used to live in Mephisto's realm, but after thousands of years of being bad, she tired of this lifestyle and became a goodie for a while.

Calling: Idealist (Defender of Nature)

Strength 20B Intellect 2C

Agility 12D Willpower 6D

Edge 1 Hand Size 3 (17)

Obsessive (bananas), Monstrous

Wrestling, Boxing, Clubs, Aerial Combat, Aeronautics, Occult, Taunting

Stunt: Ensnarement 

Born eight years ago in South Africa, the Mangor was a mystic shaman who, blessed/cursed by the mountain gorilla god moved to New York. There he suffered huge growth and at the age of five he was a fully grown man. A scientist later took him away to a research facility where he was transformed into an 11 foot tall winged gorilla - Mangor. The scientist did this in a vain attempt to create an evil army, but Mangor just flew away and became a hero.

RABID (Damien Franklin)

Calling: Idealist (Luddite)

Strength 4C Intellect 2C

Agility 5C Willpower 2D

Edge 3 Hand Size 5 (35)

Hindrances: Frenzied, Hateful (Science)

Brawling, Wrestling, Acrobatics, Demolitions, Super-Physiology, Medicine, Survival

Damien Franklin was kidnapped and used in experiments concerning genetically altered rabies.

ECLIPSE (Edward Clips)

Created by Alex Barahona, now an NPC

Calling: Outcast

Strength 7B Intellect 11X

Agility 12B Willpower 5D

Edge 1 Hand Size 3 (35)

Hindrances: Susceptible (light), Guilt Ridden (killed family in first change)

Martial Arts Weapons, Climbing, Garrottes, Acrobatics, Martial Arts, Aerial Combat, Performing (Dance)

Born in England, and from an early age was a member of the royal ballet. One day his mutant powers manifested during a performance. They went haywire and he burnt down the theatre. His parents and many others died in the blaze. This crushed him and he has lived as a vagrant ever since, until he joined Freak Show. Eclipse recently disappeared, at approximately the same time as the Squires allowed Nil into their ranks.

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