Re: Around the World With A New Character Each Week
Altough I don't play Champions (or any kind of rpg), I've been creating my own universe of superbeings for some time now. It's not centered in Portugal, but I've got a couple of Portuguese teams.
There's a semi-official team (called "Panteão" - The Pantheon), consisting of 3 regular members and 2 others that help when they can (or when the situation is really getting out of control). They are recognized by the Government but don't receive any kind of support, so they had to get some private funding. All of them are mutants, but only 3 were born in Portugal. They are based in Lisbon, our capital. Their identities aren't a secret.
The other team is called "Os Campeões" (The Champions ) and it's based in Oporto (my hometown). They are loved by the public, feared by the bad guys and wanted by the authorities. Only one of them is a mutant (a speedster), all the other ones are well-trained humans. Most of them try to keep their identities a secret.
As for bad guys, my favourite is "O Encoberto" (The Hidden One) a depressed office worker who found an old Atlantean battlesuit in the Azores (there's a couple of legends linking the Azores to Atlantis), and returned to the mainland, saying he's the king who's going to save Portugal (it's another Portuguese legend). He's powerfull, but mad - the battlesuit interface is sapping his sanity.
When the Portuguese heroes can't handle the situation, we can always call the Spanish team or the European one.
tribe, if you are interested in any of my ideas, I can drop you a PM with further details