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[freakboy6117]

Capricorn

 

The hero known as Capricorn was once Captain Carl "kid" Visser a decorated member of the Massachusetts national guard his old job was as a teaching assistant at Harvard where he earned his a PhD in archaeology specialising in Sumeria.

 

He served in Iraq attached to a special unit aimed at interdicting stolen antiquities being used to fund the insurgency and save them for both posterity and the people of Iraq.

 

A tough and experienced officer despite his baby face that made him look half he's 37 years. His latest deployment was going to be his last as he had made a decision that he felt would ruin his future military career.

 

It was during one of his last interdiction OPs. That his life would be for ever altered.

 

Drone flights spotted an ISIS group looting a previously unknown sumerian sight

 

It should have been an easy mission a dozen badly trainef ISIS fighters Versus A full platoon of US infantry with MRAPs. Backed up by another full platoon of Iraqi security forces and air support from an on station predator.

 

the tangos should have dropped their AKs and surrendered the moment they rolled over the dunes to the site.

 

It should have been easy but no plan survives contact.

 

as they were about to launch the lightning RAID and sweep down on the ISIS fighters, a sandstorm came out of nowhere the units got separated the MRAPs got buried and when the platoon dug itself out. Things went from bad to worse.

 

Not only where their heavy weapons fouled and buried but almost a hundred more tangos appeared hauling artifacts from the huge buried temple complex that had been revealed by the mysterious sandstorm. The units where separated the next hours where a chaotic series of firefights desperately trying to reconnect the units searching for cover eventually captain Visser found himself alone lost in the depths of the temple.

 

He was deep underground he blundered through tunnels cut into the living rock eventually he reached a dead end facing a set of huge stone doors intricately carved with images from the sumerian legends of Enki.

 

Visser felt a draw to the door impossible to resist his hand touched the door and it swung open at his touch and a beautiful blue white light washed over him he felt all his fear his pain his exhaustion from the running gun battle flow from his body as his eyes adjusted to the radiant light he saw the room beyond it was a grotto formed of huge natural crystals that glowed softly from within it was like entering a giant Geode at the center of the space was a pool of water fed from a bubbling spring the rippling surface reflected the crystals light into constant motion. In the center of the pool was a dais topped with a ziggurat of quarts and floating unbound above it was a golden Caduceus.

 

Visser was drawn forward to the dais as if in a dream he could not help himself, his hand reached out for the twined golden serpents.

 

in the instant his fingers touched the strangely warm golden coils, he heard a voice in his head.

A voice so loud and wonderous that he dropped to his knees.

 

"MORTAL I AM THE GOD ENKI THOUGH MY TEMPLES HAVE BEEN LOST THESE LONG YEARS MY POWER REMAINS. "

 

5 THE WORLD HAS FALLEN TO IGNORANCE THE SEXES ARE DIVIDED NOT IN THE UNION I ORDAINED MY WILL PERVERTED ."

 

YOU CAPTAIN CARL VISSER ARE TO BE MY REPRESENTATIVE ON EARTH YOU WILL FIGHT TO RETURN THE BALANCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN.

 

"why me?" mumbled Visser overwhelmed by the power and authority of the voice of Enki.

 

I DREW YOU HERE VISSER AS YOU ARE GALLUS LIKE MY SERVANTS IN THE LOST AGE YOU ARE OF THE THIRD SEX NEITHER MAN NOT WOMAN BUT BOTH AND NEITHER AND IF YOU SERVE ME I CAN GIVE YOU WHAT YOU MOST DESIRE.

 

Carl Visser wept on his knees before the ziggurat and said one word barely whispering it “Yes! “ the Caduceus descended into his outstretched hands

 

what left the temple captured the ISIS fighters and deposited them and the mystically healed survivors of the allied forces in the middle of the green zone.

 

Was no longer Carl Visser.

 

Enkis agent in for balance was now reborn as Catherine Visser.

 

Carl had always known that he had been born in the wrong body that he was a woman inside.

 

Carl had decided to end his time with the military and transition to his true self despite the fact that doing so would cost him his ability to protect both the innocent and the wonders of history

 

but Enki had seen the truth and granted her hearts desire.

 

Captain Carl Visser died in the desert an empty flag draped casket returned home and The mysterious temple vanished once more recovered by the drifting desert Sands

 

Dr Catherine Visser PhD returned from a sabbatical in Egypt a perfect identity created by the god of wisdom

 

 

Catherine originally worked as a solo hero intervening to protect those harmed by the imbalance between the sexes hunting busting human trafficking rings, hunting sex offenders and guarding LGBT communities from attack.

 

She quickly became a role model and was invited to join the zodiac force as Capricorn(Enki being the origin of the later myths)

 

Catherine's looks like Carl's twin sister some what androgynous but very beautiful.

 

costume as Capricorn has caused some controversy due to its form fitting nature but Catherine enjoys looking as she always dreamed.

 

Her costume is based on ancient sumerian clothing she wears a long skirt seemingly formed of iridescence fish scales a that clings to her she wears a leather bustier that leaves most of her muscular abdomen exposed her left arm is covered by a sleave of leather covered in golden scale maille. Finally atop her head she wears a golden crown featuring golden rams horns. She also bears the golden caduceus. All of the parts of her costume are magically created and can transform into a variety of mundane forms when she is incognito her favorite is a very glitzy handbag.

 

Enki bestowed many gift on her the least of which are enhanced strength, agility and toughness.

 

she has also been granted powers by Enki as his earthly drawn from the gods three main dominions.

 

Enki is the god of waters his gift allows her to control water from powerful jets to piercing icicles and from concealing mists to sucking mires she has remarkable control over water in all it's forms.

 

This is further enhanced by Enkis second gift Enki is also the god of wisdom Capricorn is a superb tactician with total awareness of the battle field Enki is also the master of magics and as one of the first literate civilizations it's magic is in the heart of every spell. Capricorn is able to dispel the mightiest of magics and her final power from the gift of wisdom is her power to do as Enki did in legend and corrupt the language of her enemies temporarily any one not protected against it and within the sound of her voice will experience acute glossolalia (speaking in tounges)

 

Her final gift is granted by Enkis dominion over fertility with her golden caduceus she can heal all but the most dire wounds cure disease and restore vitality she can cause plants to grow at extraordinary speed and to gigantic size. She doesn't advertise the fact due to it being heartbreaking to refuse and their being just so many cases but she can also cure most forms of infertility with a touch.

[freakboy6117]

Dammit 2 days 3000 words and I've got my threads mixed up I must apologise for the intrusion of the members of the STAR CHAMBER the evil doppelgangers from Earth 3. Expect heroic rewrites to replace them tommorow.

 

To give you guys something to work on while I perform reconstructive surgery on their souls.

 

The next team is the national parks services super rangers colloquially known as the wild bunch these are heroes who are more at home in the wilderness they tend to do more search and rescue than crime fighting but when a super-villain attempts to make the yellow stone super volcano erupt or resculpt Mount Rushmore in their image they will be there.

[csyphrett]

Armed with a bow and arrows, expert tracker and woodsman, friend to most living things, Ranger Smith wanders the parks to keep the animals safe from stupid people and poachers.

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[BoloOfEarth]

May the gods of gaming and humor forgive and take pity upon me for going this route...

 

Larry Berra is a distant relation to, and was even named after, the famed New York Yankees catcher, manager, and coach - so it's no surprise that friends called Larry "Yogi."  While proud of his famous relative, young Yogi was not into baseball at all.  He was a tried-and-true outdoorsman, pursuing training and eventually getting a job as a park ranger (though he specifically requested that he not be assigned to Yellowstone National Park).

 

He was working in Alaska (in Denali National Park) when he happened upon an oddly-shaped grizzly bear attacking a pair of campers.  Ranger Berra managed to draw the bear away from the campers, and when it charged him he was forced to fire at it to defend himself.  However, his shots had no effect and the bear clawed him once before bounding off into the woods. 

 

Ranger Berra was taken to a hospital, where he lay in a coma overnight.  When he awoke, his wounds had completely healed.  It was then that he began to suspect why the grizzly shrugged off his shots, though the next full moon confirmed those suspicions.  The grizzly who attacked Berra had been a were-bear, and now the young ranger was also a lycanthrope.  A mystic hero heard of his condition and gave him an amulet that allows Berra to not only change to and from a bear at will but also lets him maintain control while in his bear form.

 

Unfortunately, his lycanthropy became publicly known, so he could no longer find work as a regular park ranger.  However, when the Wild Bunch was formed, Ranger Berra was asked to join.  He goes by his nickname of Yogi to reinforce public opinion that he's really not a danger. 

 

Edit to add:  how many members in the Wild Bunch, anyway?

[death tribble]

Not 8

[freakboy6117]

Lol seven then

[Nothere]

Danny Spear loved the wilderness, with one exception. he was highly susptable to poision ivy. In an attempt to fix it, he hired a chemist to make a lotion that would block it's effects. He tried it for two weeks. and found it did far more than that. His body became extremely flexible and he found that instead of dandruff his hair produced pollens that could make peoples eyes tear up, have trouble breathing, or become red and itchy. Now hes a member of the Wild Bunch as Spore.

[csyphrett]

Penny Usket collected bark from various trees. She fell into a dumping site. She became known as the Woodpecker with the ability to fly and punch through wood

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[freakboy6117]

Trailblazer

 

Walden Wegman was born in the small town of Bar Harbour Maine in a house that was on the very edge of Acadia national park. His parents had both dropped out of the rat race to get back to nature has father a successful novelist and travel writer his mother an award winning wildlife photographer.

 

he grew up hiking in the woods and travelling to exotic wilderness with his parents it wasn't until he was seven that the trouble started.

 

 

Some quiet Saturday afternoon in midsummer welding Walden wandered Into the Woods on the edge of his parents property and disappeared.

His parents first then the rest of the community searched in vain for several hours. it wasn't until Nightfall that any wood of the missing boy was reported boy was reported he was found wandering in the woods on the Ile Du haut a small island almost 50 miles from where he went missing. the resulting investigation found no sightings , until his discovery and Walden said simply that he had gotten lost in the woods.

while the police and Park Rangers thought that it was some sort of kidnapping but no evidence came to light.

 

His parents believing despite Walden's protests that he had being kidnapped kept a close eye on him the next 6 months but shortly after his eighth birthday whilst picnicking with his family he once more wandering Into the Woods and went missing.

 

unlike the previous incident Walden was not found that day it was 3 days off increasingly frantic searching by the whole community before he was found and could explain how a young child had found himself 300 miles from where he was last seen deep in the Green Mountains of the month Vermont his parents tried never to let him out of that site bus a moment of inattention and Walden could find himself taking a wrong turn and appearing just about anywhere terrified by his strange condition the provided him we have a satellite phone and credit card so he could at least get back from wherever he found himself stop. Fortunately for Walden has parents close friend Harry Rogers was a park ranger Eagle scout and ex green beret who decided that woman needed the skills to survive and navigate in the wilderness. Walden grew to Love the outdoors and the skills of survival he never went anywhere without his get home bag full of survival gear. He developed a passion for orienteering the learning to navigate both with mechanical aids and by eye using the stars the sun and the lay of the land to find his way.

 

as his knowledge of navigation increase he found that instead of getting lost he was able to find the trails between places that he had previously blundered upon. 15 years later Walden Wegman is an experienced member of the team his ability to navigate what he calls the trails ( weak spots in space that allow him to guide people through to another location) the trails are not contiguous and the amount of time taken varies enormously getting from florida to hawaii might only take one jump but getting from one side of the street to another might take fifty.

 

but even so it allows the team to get to anyway in minutes. Walden cam hold the trail open for dozens of people to pass through but most of the trails are only big enough for single person so vehicles etc can't get through.

 

his usual role is transport and crowd control evacuating bystanders from danger passing them down the nearest trail head to somewhere safe. Walden lacks offensive powers, he makes up for it with Incredible environmental awareness he knows where everyone and everything is in his surroundings (no one has been able to confirm if this is a part of his power or if it just his superb training.] combined with a great deal of tactical and combat training from his mentor Harry he is a formidable foe able to use the environment against more powerful foes.

 

he always has a utility belt with a complete survival and first aid kit(he feels naked without it) and has added several useful devices and weapons he carries a standard issue ranger service side arm and a collapsible baton as well. if the team is ever in survival situation conducting search and rescue or tracking a Fugitive in the wilderness then Trailblazer usually ends up as defacto leader.

[csyphrett]

Roderick Hale is the Smoke Jumper. He only has one ability. He converts heat into ice.

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[csyphrett]

Steve Kenyon is the Wild Bunch's pilot. Armed with the best tech in the world, his Canyonero is the fastest transport in the air

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[freakboy6117]

OK CYSPHETT thats 7 so what's next

[csyphrett]

The Sons of Liberty formed and battled during the Korean War. They spent most of their time overseas helping our side against North Korea and China. Who were these six patriots? 

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[csyphrett]

Ben Carstairs has the ability to count to ten and when he is done counting, he has the strength, agility and endurance of ten men for ten minutes. That's why he's Commando Ten

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[death tribble]

Old Glory

 

She is sixty years old and she is a fighter. That's why she is Old Glory. She looks like an old woman but can take a tank blast. Repeated ones would give her problems. The army have qualms about sending her into action but she does not share them. She is not as fast as the heroes of today but she was faster than a normal man and much stronger, more durable and more resistant to damage.

[BoloOfEarth]

Commando 42 was a British soldier who sought without success to become a member of the No. 41 Royal Marine Commando unit shortly after the start of the Korean War.  Unfortunately, he wasn't strong enough, tough enough, or skilled enough to qualify.  He doesn't talk about what happened after he failed out of training, but he disappeared for a week and, when he returned, he was able to turn invisible, walk through walls (and let bullets pass harmlessly through him), and project blasts of dark energy with devastating effect.

[csyphrett]

Captain Airwave had a command of radio and video where he could use radio signals to communicate, teleport, and essentially coordinate actions based on what he could gather from enemy communications.

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[Christopher]

Lady Liberty is a odd case among supers - she is a patriotic Mage.

Her totem and cloth is Star Sprangeled Banner. Her staff is the always burning "Torch of Truth".

She can harness the raw power of love for Freedom into powerfull magical effect, but prefers to control the fire from her torch in numerous ways.

She is also able to heal people, as with Freedom time can heal all wounds.

[Nothere]

"Sir I really must object to being code named Blood Warrior."

 

"And just why is that Corporal Benson? With your odd ability to form blood into various objects, well lwt just say it will prove sadly effective in the midst of a war."

 

"Oh I know sir, it's just makes me sound so vicious. I don't really like spilling blood."

 

"Then why are you in the army soldier?"

 

"Because the tree of liberty occasionally requires blood to keep it alive. And if anyone is going to bleed it's the people trying to take away liberty."

 

"Your code name is fine son. Report to the Sons of Liberty."

 

Next team I think. There have been a lot of teams, and I think this is a new one. But if it's a rehash well the floor is open.

 

Buxom Battling  Babe Brigade.

 

Karen Bobeck loved three things. Drinking, driving fast, and blowing things up. She was also beautiful and had a preference for tight clothes. So it was easy to seduce a science geek who worked for a munitions firm into letting her use their newest creation, a size changing bazooka. Unfortunatly she wasn't able to convince him not to put it back. She was looking around for anything else she could "borrow" when Viper raided the place. Using the bazooka she fought off Viper, lost half her clothes, caused more damage to the building than Viper, and thinking she blew up the science geek "borrowed" quite a bit of ammunition. She still doesn't understand why now that he's a cyborg he keeps trying to kill her. After all she didn't mean to blow him up. She didn't care, but she wasn't trying too. In case she loses the bazooka she has taken to carrying a special gun she calls Peter for reasons best not mentioned.  Teaming up with five other women she suggested the name as a joke. But since no one could be bothered thinkg up another they went with it. Karen now calling herself Kaboom just had another drink.

[death tribble]

Fire Rocket

 

The name comes from a misheard Elton John lyric in the song Crocodile Rock. Jane Carson has a mane of flaming locks and when the army caught sight of her hair she got the name Fire Rocket. It was also on account of her speed. She could outrun any number of the guys. However she failed the medical to get into the services on grounds she never really understood. It is one thing to be missing a limb or having say cystic fibrosis for example but her medical readings kept turning up something odd. She got herself a job that involved assisting the military without being part of it. Thus it was when a batch of peculiar chemicals were delivered to the base and an attempt was made to steal them straight off in broad daylight, Jane got into the thick of it and was showered with chemicals leaving her comatose as the villains retreated. Jane on the other hand was glowing and caused a mild panic at the thought she might detonate. It took a while to recover and then she had energy powers which the military gleefully tried to exploit. It turned out however that her powers depended on two things. Her hair being over a certain length and her clothes being shall we say non regulation ? Jane baulked at part of this and refused to wear what amounts to a camo-bikini. Her uniform is now a variant on Wonder Woman's costume.

Jane especially likes working on any mission that brings her into contact with the services.

[freakboy6117]

SWITCHBLADE SALLY

 

Sally Schrade aka rockabilly bombshell, diesel punk debutante and six blade samurai. Sally grew up In rockaway Beach Queens New York. She was a popular figure in the cities rockabilly scene her style mixing vintage 40s chic with punk rock attitude tattoos piercings, fishnets and updos.

 

Sally wasn't going to be anyone's first choice as a hero but when a club she was in caught fire due to faulty pyrotechnics she ran back in time and again to get others out she almost died as the building collapsed as she was pulling out the last trapped patron. He was a huge biker looking dude in heavy leather with a name tab reading HEPH with a clubbed foot and a pretty rough face it took all she had but she helped him clear.

 

When she reached the street outside the man turned to her and said it has been a very long time since I witnessed mortal courage like that this is a gift for you to aid you as a hero. He passed a beautiful silver and mother of pearl handled switchblade to her. Sally tried to protest to give it back but was momentarily distracted by the building collapsing and when she turned back HEPH was gone.

 

It's taken Sally a lot of experimenting since that night to understand just what an amazing gift she was given “The Switchblade “ is more than just a knife it can open one of six blades each blade with its own power.

 

The Switchblade grants certain powers too. The common powers are low level enhanced strength and durability a spiritual tether that will call the blade back to Sally's hand (baring it being sealed in a lead or gold lined box consecrated ground or warding circle). The blade is unbreakable and unnaturally sharp can also change length from 3 inches to 3 feet appearing as a rapier.

 

 

 

The six blades are as follows Earth, Air, Fire Water, Darkness and Light.

 

Earth grants even more strength and toughness the blade is composed of cold iron and silver and can cut through stone like butter.

 

Air is charged with lightning that can stun or kill it enhances speed and leaping and provides self contained breathing.

 

Water is a blue steel blade that is permanently covered in hoar frost and mist the blade will suck the warmth from any object it touches on land this is its only power. On or under water the blade can create powerful currents to force blocks of ice away from it and also protects Sally from getting wet lets her breath and protects her from cold and pressure.

 

Fire is simple a flaming blade that burns what it touches and protects Sally from heat. It can also absorb fire then project it in a dragon like cone of flame.

 

Darkness is an semi tangible blade composed of shadows it can pass through even the toughest armour and allows Sally to cloak herself in shadows.

 

Finally light is pretty much a light Saber a blazing bright blade of light it cuts through almost anything it can also generate a brilliant flash, of light (and protects her from the same)unlike the other blades light can extend to almost any distance basically acting like a laser.

 

Sally has no idea why but darkness and light allow her to survive in space and move in zero gravity she was very glad to find that out when she was teleported into orbit by a super-villain.

 

Sally suspects Heph was actually the Greek God of the Forge hephaestus. She has chosen to use her gift to do good as another Queens local said "With great power comes great responsibility" but still likes to party when possible and is still a well known face in the rockabilly scene .

 

Since acquiring the blade she has taken up kendo, escrima and HEMA to better use her blade in combat.

[Mr. R]

SWITCHBLADE SALLY

 

Sally Schrade aka rockabilly bombshell, diesel punk debutante and six blade samurai. Sally grew up In rockaway Beach Queens New York. She was a popular figure in the cities rockabilly scene her style mixing vintage 40s chic with punk rock attitude tattoos piercings, fishnets and updos.

 

Sally wasn't going to be anyone's first choice as a hero but when a club she was in caught fire due to faulty pyrotechnics she ran back in time and again to get others out she almost died as the building collapsed as she was pulling out the last trapped patron. He was a huge biker looking dude in heavy leather with a name tab reading HEPH with a clubbed foot and a pretty rough face it took all she had but she helped him clear.

 

When she reached the street outside the man turned to her and said it has been a very long time since I witnessed mortal courage like that this is a gift for you to aid you as a hero. He passed a beautiful silver and mother of pearl handled switchblade to her. Sally tried to protest to give it back but was momentarily distracted by the building collapsing and when she turned back HEPH was gone.

 

It's taken Sally a lot of experimenting since that night to understand just what an amazing gift she was given “The Switchblade “ is more than just a knife it can open one of six blades each blade with its own power.

 

The Switchblade grants certain powers too. The common powers are low level enhanced strength and durability a spiritual tether that will call the blade back to Sally's hand (baring it being sealed in a lead or gold lined box consecrated ground or warding circle). The blade is unbreakable and unnaturally sharp can also change length from 3 inches to 3 feet appearing as a rapier.

 

 

 

The six blades are as follows Earth, Air, Fire Water, Darkness and Light.

 

Earth grants even more strength and toughness the blade is composed of cold iron and silver and can cut through stone like butter.

 

Air is charged with lightning that can stun or kill it enhances speed and leaping and provides self contained breathing.

 

Water is a blue steel blade that is permanently covered in hoar frost and mist the blade will suck the warmth from any object it touches on land this is its only power. On or under water the blade can create powerful currents to force blocks of ice away from it and also protects Sally from getting wet lets her breath and protects her from cold and pressure.

 

Fire is simple a flaming blade that burns what it touches and protects Sally from heat. It can also absorb fire then project it in a dragon like cone of flame.

 

Darkness is an semi tangible blade composed of shadows it can pass through even the toughest armour and allows Sally to cloak herself in shadows.

 

Finally light is pretty much a light Saber a blazing bright blade of light it cuts through almost anything it can also generate a brilliant flash, of light (and protects her from the same)unlike the other blades light can extend to almost any distance basically acting like a laser.

 

Sally has no idea why but darkness and light allow her to survive in space and move in zero gravity she was very glad to find that out when she was teleported into orbit by a super-villain.

 

Sally suspects Heph was actually the Greek God of the Forge hephaestus. She has chosen to use her gift to do good as another Queens local said "With great power comes great responsibility" but still likes to party when possible and is still a well known face in the rockabilly scene .

 

Since acquiring the blade she has taken up kendo, escrima and HEMA to better use her blade in combat.

 

 

 

 

THIS IS SO COOL!

 

 

 

[csyphrett]

Kayla Rinko is the Dipsomancer. The more she drinks, the more powerful the spell she can do.

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[freakboy6117]

BETTY RAGE

 

Like her Idol Bettie Page, Beatrix "Betty" Rubelle is a fetish model in the LA BDSM/fetish scene. When someone spiked her drink in a bar it could have turned out very badly for her but some sort of reaction to the drug or perhaps some strange contamination resulted in Betty gaining super powers.

 

Betty's power acts like super adrenaline temporarily enhancing her strength speed agility but triggering a violent rage.

 

The power is triggered by physical pain she also has an extraordinary healing factor she can recover from all but the most severe damage nearly instantly.

 

Betty is a straight up brawler in fetish wear.

 

She has a secret that none of the other team is aware of she is a submissive member of a very secret super BDSM club and has a long going relationship with a super-villain who acts as her Dom.

[csyphrett]

Quiet, shy Arlene Harlan has a terrible secret. By day, she is a CNA for the elderly. By night, she is the woman without fear, The Dangerous Daredoll who seems to be killed numerous times only to come back even more dangerous the next night.

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