Rick R Mortis
Apr 30th, '03, 02:50 AM
The Worst Villains In Europe
Membership: Mammoth (Leader), Das Wall, Hood, Napoleon of Crime, Thespian, Yorrik (Thespian's prop skull.) Facet and Piper are reserve members for when others are unavailable. (Facet proudly claims to be the "Sixth worst villain in Europe.") Doppelganger is an associate of the team, but doesn't usually work with them.
There is a rumoured third reserve member, but nobody knows who it actually is.
Origin: Mammoth only wanted to rule the world. Is that too much to ask?
Well, apparently, it was. At every step he had been thwarted and humiliated. First, Eurostar admitted that they only tried to recruit him because they were drunk at the time. Then he was beaten up by a group of American superheroes that were on holiday at the time. Then Eurostar foiled another plan and beat him up for the fun of it. And so on.
Somewhere along the line, he decided that he needed a team to work for him. A team would have the strength to fight off his enemies, beat up superheroes and make him a name to be feared. There would be other benefits as well. A team would be able to contribute ideas for world domination. Combined with Mammoth's own mighty intellect and power, a team lead by him would be unstoppable.
All he needed was the right people.
What he got instead was Hood, Thespian, Das Wall and The Napoleon of Crime.
He put out a "help wanted" ad in the underground supervillain press. The ad said that he wanted the most evil men in Europe. Unfortunately, his Icelandic accent and his improbably constructed mouth (Everything he says sounds like he has a shoe in his mouth) meant that it came out as "the worst villains in Europe." He got what the ad asked for; a loonie, a moron, a ponce and a gay actor in pantyhose with a prop skull.
Of course Mammoth was unaware of all this. He thought he'd gotten some of the most dangerous villains in Europe (who weren't members of Eurostar, of course). It wasn't until their first team meeting that the problems came up. Mammoth asked for ideas on world domination, and there was silence. Then Thespian nominated Yorrick as a new member, and it passed with a three-fifths majority. Then Das Wall suggested that they all break for lunch, and that passed with a four-fifths majority.
Their public debut was a farce. Mammoth attacked the European parliament and publicly announced the teams' existence to the press. Unfortunately, it once again came out as "The Worst Villains in Europe" and the name stuck. Then Belgium's national superhero team showed up, and it all went downhill from there. The WVoE fled.
Since then, they have tried to conquer the world on innumerable occasions, and failed on each and every occasion. More often then not, they mess up due to the team's own incompetence, and the intervention of heroes (Or other villain teams out to ruin the competition) is merely the icing on the cake. Thespain and Hood are also prone to tipping off the press in advance so they can have an audience.
Goals: As the leader of the WvoE, Mammoth's goals of World Domination are the team's goals. Everyone else is along for the ride. Every now and then another member of the team will hijack them to achieve their own goals. This usually results in more public humiliation. The best was when Hood led the team in a robbery at the palace of Versailles. Mammoth tried to swing on a chandelier.
Group Relations: Mammoth is clearly the team's leader, and everyone else is pretty happy to follow him. Unfortunately, he tends to overestimate the capabilities of the rest of the team. It wouldn't be so bad, except the rest of them do nothing but encourage this opinion of them. The end result is that Mammoth is convinced that he has the best team in all of Europe, and they are pretty much unstoppable. Then reality strikes, and hard.
Relations with Other Teams: The WVoE considers Eurostar to be their archenemies. The end result is that the occasional fight breaks out between the two teams, which results in the WVoE being smacked around. They are also on bad terms with Triad (who they once managed beat up, resulting in the WVoE's only ever clear victory), and Eclipse (Who claim the title of "Worst Villain Team in Europe") They also once clashed with the Ultimates during their '02 US Tour. This resulted in another smacking down.
After all this, their loss rates against Superheroes only seem worse.
Tactics: The WVoE have no team tactics whatsoever. They like to loudly announce who they are and then wait for the media to show up before they start smashing things. Das Wall is fond of throwing expensive sports cars at things, but he often forgets to look where he's aiming.
Reputation: Mammoth thinks they're awesome. Everyone else thinks they're idiots.
Scenario Use: The GM has been double dog-dared to use a team from European Enemies, and can't back out.
Membership: Mammoth (Leader), Das Wall, Hood, Napoleon of Crime, Thespian, Yorrik (Thespian's prop skull.) Facet and Piper are reserve members for when others are unavailable. (Facet proudly claims to be the "Sixth worst villain in Europe.") Doppelganger is an associate of the team, but doesn't usually work with them.
There is a rumoured third reserve member, but nobody knows who it actually is.
Origin: Mammoth only wanted to rule the world. Is that too much to ask?
Well, apparently, it was. At every step he had been thwarted and humiliated. First, Eurostar admitted that they only tried to recruit him because they were drunk at the time. Then he was beaten up by a group of American superheroes that were on holiday at the time. Then Eurostar foiled another plan and beat him up for the fun of it. And so on.
Somewhere along the line, he decided that he needed a team to work for him. A team would have the strength to fight off his enemies, beat up superheroes and make him a name to be feared. There would be other benefits as well. A team would be able to contribute ideas for world domination. Combined with Mammoth's own mighty intellect and power, a team lead by him would be unstoppable.
All he needed was the right people.
What he got instead was Hood, Thespian, Das Wall and The Napoleon of Crime.
He put out a "help wanted" ad in the underground supervillain press. The ad said that he wanted the most evil men in Europe. Unfortunately, his Icelandic accent and his improbably constructed mouth (Everything he says sounds like he has a shoe in his mouth) meant that it came out as "the worst villains in Europe." He got what the ad asked for; a loonie, a moron, a ponce and a gay actor in pantyhose with a prop skull.
Of course Mammoth was unaware of all this. He thought he'd gotten some of the most dangerous villains in Europe (who weren't members of Eurostar, of course). It wasn't until their first team meeting that the problems came up. Mammoth asked for ideas on world domination, and there was silence. Then Thespian nominated Yorrick as a new member, and it passed with a three-fifths majority. Then Das Wall suggested that they all break for lunch, and that passed with a four-fifths majority.
Their public debut was a farce. Mammoth attacked the European parliament and publicly announced the teams' existence to the press. Unfortunately, it once again came out as "The Worst Villains in Europe" and the name stuck. Then Belgium's national superhero team showed up, and it all went downhill from there. The WVoE fled.
Since then, they have tried to conquer the world on innumerable occasions, and failed on each and every occasion. More often then not, they mess up due to the team's own incompetence, and the intervention of heroes (Or other villain teams out to ruin the competition) is merely the icing on the cake. Thespain and Hood are also prone to tipping off the press in advance so they can have an audience.
Goals: As the leader of the WvoE, Mammoth's goals of World Domination are the team's goals. Everyone else is along for the ride. Every now and then another member of the team will hijack them to achieve their own goals. This usually results in more public humiliation. The best was when Hood led the team in a robbery at the palace of Versailles. Mammoth tried to swing on a chandelier.
Group Relations: Mammoth is clearly the team's leader, and everyone else is pretty happy to follow him. Unfortunately, he tends to overestimate the capabilities of the rest of the team. It wouldn't be so bad, except the rest of them do nothing but encourage this opinion of them. The end result is that Mammoth is convinced that he has the best team in all of Europe, and they are pretty much unstoppable. Then reality strikes, and hard.
Relations with Other Teams: The WVoE considers Eurostar to be their archenemies. The end result is that the occasional fight breaks out between the two teams, which results in the WVoE being smacked around. They are also on bad terms with Triad (who they once managed beat up, resulting in the WVoE's only ever clear victory), and Eclipse (Who claim the title of "Worst Villain Team in Europe") They also once clashed with the Ultimates during their '02 US Tour. This resulted in another smacking down.
After all this, their loss rates against Superheroes only seem worse.
Tactics: The WVoE have no team tactics whatsoever. They like to loudly announce who they are and then wait for the media to show up before they start smashing things. Das Wall is fond of throwing expensive sports cars at things, but he often forgets to look where he's aiming.
Reputation: Mammoth thinks they're awesome. Everyone else thinks they're idiots.
Scenario Use: The GM has been double dog-dared to use a team from European Enemies, and can't back out.