Hero Name: Aric Dacia Given Name: X-O Manowar () Fighting: Remarkable (30) Agility: Amazing (50) Strength: Unearthly (100) Endurance: Unearthly (100) Reason: Good (10) Intuition: Excellent (20) Psyche: Good (10) Health: 280 Karma: 40 Resources: Remarkable (30) Popularity: Feeble (0) POWERS: Adaption - the X-O Armor can create new powers when they are needed. (Amazing) P1: Armor Skin (Amazing) Energy blast (Unearthly) T21: True Flight (Monstrous) Linguistics (Incredible) Energy absorption (Amazing) M33: Total Memory (Amazing) Radio communication (Remarkable) TALENTS: Leadership* Melee Weapons CONTACTS: Business World EQUIPMENT: X-O Manowar Armor
DESCRIPTION: Aric is a fair and honorable man who delights in combat. He is also a tragic figure, doomed to always lose what means most to him -- he's now a modern man, but with the heart of a barbarian.HISTORY: Aric Dacia was a Visigoth barbarian in the 5th Century. He was the nephew of Alaric, a great barbarian leader who eventually sacked Rome. He had a wife named Diedre, who was eventually killed during one of his sojourns into the past. Aric was eventually kidnapped by a race of aliens known to Valiant fans as the Spider Aliens. The Spider Aliens collected humans for foodstuff and Aric worked as a slave for them before stealing the mighty X-O class armor. The armor allowed him to escape from the Spider Aliens and flee back to Earth -- only to find himself in the early 1990s! Confused by the modern world, Aric found the sentient armor to be a very good guide. The armor taught him English and helped him adapt. Eventually, Aric seized control of Orb Industries and took it as the spoils of war. Orb had been a dummy corporation for the Spider Aliens. With the help of Ken Clarkson (who helped run the day-to-day operations of Orb) and Randy Cartier (in charge of Orb's security), Aric began to accept the late 20th Century as his home. All of this was undone when a villain called Crescendo slew Randy and Ken, while destroying Orb. Aric then became a wanderer, both in space and on earth, before becoming partners for a time with a young thief named Gamin.
