Villain Team Name
Hey, gang, it looks like I'll be running a high-powered Champions mini-campaign for some friends over this summer. I've decided to develop a team concept that I introduced last year when my old group closed down. I'm coming up blank on a name for the team, though, so I could use some of the creativity that abounds here. Especially from the twisted folks (you know who you are).
The concept isn't so much a team as a loose alliance. Seven of the most powerful, destructive demonic entities abiding on the Earth have banded together to advance their mutual goals. Said goals aren't exactly subtle: the spreading of large-scale terror, chaos, death and destruction. While their goals aren't subtle, several of these demons are very devious and possess powers well suited to deception and manipulation, to complement their tremendous collective force.
I intend to use demonic beings written up in various 5E Champions sourcebooks, gathered from around the world. This is the lineup I've chosen, with the sourcebook each monster appears in for anyone unfamiliar with them and curious:
From the British Isles, Samhain, who spreads and feeds on terror and suffering (Champions Universe and Evil Unleashed). Samhain is the most subtle and charismatic of these demons, and is the one who has gathered and is "leading" them, although with creatures as evil and arrogant as these, it's all even Samhain can do to keep them going in the same direction;
From Egypt, The Living Sphinx, a cunning and ferocious predator, who feeds on the spirits of the slain (Champions Worldwide);
From India, Survalesh, an asura from the Hindu hells who delights in tormenting the living as he once punished the dead (Champions Worldwide);
From China, Li Chun The Destroyer, driven by lust for devastation, with the blood of Chinese superheroes already on his hands (Champions Worldwide);
From Australia, Marmoo, master of insect hordes from the Dreamtime, who desires the destruction of everything of beauty in the world (Hidden Lands);
From South America, Eclipsar, wielder of terrible powers of darkness, who dreams of extinguishing the Sun and ending life on Earth (Champions Worldwide);
From beneath the Atlantic Ocean, The Murk, an aquatic horror filled with the dark power of the inimical Qliphothic dimensions (Hidden Lands).
I plan to introduce these demons to the PC heroes gradually in the early game sessions, starting with encounters with individual demons, then in twos and threes, until the PCs understand the full scope of what they're up against. I also want to foreshadow their coming through dreams and visions by the heroes and by mystics around the world. As part of that foreshadowing I would like to use a group name that they keep hearing without knowing what it means at first. Something evocative and frightening. And that's where my imagination is running dry.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Feel free to ask questions if you'd like further clarification.
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Originally Posted by CrosshairCollie
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