st barbara Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Okay so my long running "All The World's Heros" project has finally got to Africa and once again I find myself short of ideas for villains. I have some from northern and central africa but I need some ideas for some Southern African ( Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and Madagascar) super villains. Most of those countries can only muster one or two heros but Zimbabwe and South Africa have 4 and 7 heros respectively. I will use "Ironhorn" and "Pridemaster" from "Champions Worldwide" of course but I would like a few more; particularly some names that seem appropriate for an ex hero or two from South Africa who has turned to crime or a good name for a White Supremacist supervillain ! As in the past I hope that the Hero Board Community can assist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Help with some African Supervillains please ! How about a character called Koevoet? Apparently that's Afrikaans for crowbar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Help with some African Supervillains please ! If you ever saw the old Champions villain compendium Enemies: Villainy Unbound, one of the villains was Lionslayer, formerly a radical Zulu revolutionary from Apartheid-era South Africa who became disillusioned with the cause and became a supervillain (joining the terrorist group VOICE). Our board colleague Enforcer84 posted a fine Fifth Edition update of Lionslayer to the boards, including a HDC file: http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?p=761079 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Johnston Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Help with some African Supervillains please ! Voortrekker is Afrikaans I think. Good for a South African who isn't the city type. Of course there's always Witchfinder. Finding and killing witches is big business all over Africa. Blood Diamond? Obviously you need a Tarzan/Sheena ripoff. Any random pair of syllables will do. Umthakathi is a Zulu word meaning malign spell caster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestnik Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Help with some African Supervillains please ! Anansi the Spider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Help with some African Supervillains please ! Anansi the Spider. A.K.A. "Mr. Nancy." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Help with some African Supervillains please ! Generally, in Africa "Hero" and "Villain" should depend more on who you're asking than anything else, even more than in the West. When the governments are hopelessly corrupt or actively genocidal, knocking over a bank or two doesn't mean much. That said, Viper's origins are now African. If you're CUing it, you can run with that. African myth is a rich source for potential characters, and a few African states have an Indian middle class, which opens the door for Indian Supervillains as well. There should be a few Japanese and Chinese Supers running around; both countries are looking at the resources Africa might be able to offer in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Johnston Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Help with some African Supervillains please ! Anansi is West African, though. Not really part of the more southerly parts of Africa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Help with some African Supervillains please ! African Comics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_characters_in_comics#African_Comics List of Black Supervillains http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_black_supervillains List of Black Superheroes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Black_superheroes God Checker - The Gods Of Africa http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/african-mythology.php Champions Universe - African Supervillains Viperia - (Super Girl) VIPER's Heavy Hitter White Rhino - (Anthopomorphic) RhinoConfused Hero or Villian Boer - Retired Apartite Superhero Blaze - (Champions Universe) Gazelle - (Speedster - Champions World Wide) Ironhorn - ( , Champions World Wide) Pridemaster - ( , Champions World Wide) Ogun - ( , Champions World Wide) Joseph Otanga - (Mystic Supervillian & President-for-Life , Champions World Wide) Impala - ( , Champions Universe) Anubis - ( , CKC & Champions World Wide) VIPER - ( , Champions Universe & Champions World Wide) DEMON - ( , Champions Universe & Champions World Wide) The Warlord - ( , CKC, Champions Universe &Champions World Wide) Ma'at - ( , Champions Universe & Champions World Wide) Cheers QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmakaze Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Help with some African Supervillains please ! Anansi the Spider. Anansi would be less a villain than an... adversary. Like most tricksters, he's not generally hostile, just troublesome. I did a quick glance-over at wikipedia and found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoikhoi_mythology which has a few local legends to work with. You'd have to do you own research to locate which tribes are in the region you're looking at, but there's also: http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/africa/african/articles.html You might also look to the DeBeers cartel as a source of villainy: http://www.fguide.org/Bulletin/conflictdiamonds.htm http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198202/diamond (This is weird. Mom's been gone for over a decade, and I still want to ask her for input on this...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Johnston Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Help with some African Supervillains please ! Anansi would be less a villain than an... adversary. Like most tricksters' date=' he's not generally hostile, just troublesome.[/quote'] Doesn't he eat people? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmakaze Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Help with some African Supervillains please ! Doesn't he eat people? Well, not as a life calling or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Help with some African Supervillains please ! A little rape or murder doesn't stop any of the Greek gods from being among the comic book good guys. What's a little canibalism? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Help with some African Supervillains please ! A little rape or murder doesn't stop any of the Greek gods from being among the comic book good guys. What's a little canibalism? toe nibbling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted October 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Help with some African Supervillains please ! Thank you one and all. I have already used "Anansi" as the name of a hero in the Cote D'Ivoire (sort of an African Spiderman) and, oddly enough, my tough Zulu martial artist from South Africa (he uses the Burmese art of Bando and carries a shield and an asagi (spear) which has a limited E B attack) is named "Lion Slayer". "Blood Diamond" and "Witchfinder" both sound good and I will certainly be using the links that people have kindly provided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Johnston Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Help with some African Supervillains please ! You could also use Gertrude, the Jungle Queen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Re: Help with some African Supervillains please ! Don't forget to use your resources. Somewhere out there is an awesome series of comics called "Captain Africa." Captain Africa rules. It's one of the coolest alternate histories I've ever seen for a comic, and it really kicks serious silver age ass despite this. Look it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted October 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Re: Help with some African Supervillains please ! Don't forget to use your resources. Somewhere out there is an awesome series of comics called "Captain Africa." Captain Africa rules. It's one of the coolest alternate histories I've ever seen for a comic' date=' and it really kicks serious silver age ass despite this. Look it up.[/quote'] "Captain Africa" was also the name given to a virtual remake of "The Phantom" movie serial from 1943 which was done in the 1950's ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestnik Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Re: Help with some African Supervillains please ! It's not Sub-Saharan Africa, but there's always Ancient Egypt and the other North African ancient cultures to draw on. Ba'al makes a good villain. And the Nubians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 Re: Help with some African Supervillains please ! Yeah, but the one I'm referring to was actually written by African-Americans. It's fabulous. Also check out the long deceased Milestone Titles, which included Icon, Static, and Blood Syndicate. Those were also very good. (Regrettably, Xombi was not. Whoever was writing that spent too much time with Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol and a very large bong.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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