Halcyon City Heroes

The Exemplars
Halcyon City's premiere Super Hero organization since the Silver Age. They have members serving through out the City, the world and even a handful protect Earth at a Cosmic level.

Huma (Dalir Attar) (work in progress)
Huma has been a mainstay hero of Halcyon City for the past 60 years. There have been three Humas and a fourth will soon take the mantle.
Huma has, in one way or another, protected the city too many times to count, from stopping alien invasions to standing firm against non-superhuman threats like civil injustices. The legacy is viewed as noble, honored, and impressive city-wide.
Father of the modern, young Huma. Currently still active. Think
“Superman”. Leader of the Exemplars, endorser of the Future Exemplars, enemy of Rook.
Huma Senior is the leader of the Exemplars, Halcyon City’s pre-eminent superhero team, and one of the most impressive superheroes Halcyon City has ever seen.

Mantis (work in progress)
Mantis was a vigilante with a powerful mechanical suit of armor. Mantis was well-known for working on her own, showing up where she was most needed and saving lives.
Armored vigilante and mentor of Hornet. Nobody (except for maybe Hornet, and definitely NOT Huma) actually knows who Mantis is under the armor. (Canoncially, Mantis uses feminine identifiers; let Hornet fill in the details of Mantis if necessary.) More focused on city-level crime than the crazy cosmic stuff, but technically a member of the Exemplars.

The Challengers
An affiliate of the Exemplars, the Challenger's primary focus is on Silverport, a borough of Halcyon City that sees enough trouble to have a team on call (Especially the neighborhood by the docks known as The Grime).

Dreadnought
Real Name: Eric Hunter
Formerly the hero Fervor, brother of Frigid, and leader of the Challengers. After a battle with Dr. Hollister, Eric was exposed to the Reaper Virus.
Hexblade
Ultra
Frigid
Barrier
Starfury

Tecton
Never seen with out his armor, Tecton is a semi-retired hero who has resurfaced recently with his sidekick Squid Girl.

Crime Masters, Masters of Crime

The Scarlet Songbird
Real Name Simon Seagrim
Generation Gold
Drive To reclaim his supervillain status
Abilities Magical songs, enchanted lute
Conditions Guilty Hopeless Insecure
Moves
- Put someone to sleep with a magical lullaby
- Charm onlookers through antics and magic
- Evade capture and injury with surprising acrobatics
Background The Scarlet Songbird was once one of the leading villains of Halcyon City, a thief with a sense of the dramatic and plenty of flair. Time made him irrelevant; now he’s just trying to keep some of the limelight.

Snapping Turtle
Real Name Ilsa Wronski
Generation Gold
Drive To transfer her mind into ever newer, better bodies
Abilities Hidden weaponry, superhuman strength and invulnerability, snapping jaws
Conditions Afraid Angry Hopeless
Moves
- Snap through a durable object with crushing jaws
- Huddle up and ignore attacks on her invulnerable shell
- Demand improvements to her body
Background Ilsa Wronski was the pilot of a powerful robotic suit designed by secret organization VENOM. Her mind was linked to the suit...when Ilsa died of cancer, her mind lived on in the suit. Her consciousness is incapable of normal human sensation but always interested in growing still more powerful.

Gearmaster
Real Name Paul Raptis
Generation Gold
Drive To support his family
Abilities Gear-themed costume, gadgets, and tricks
Conditions Angry Hopeless Insecure
Moves
- Throw a tricked-out gear perfectly suited to the situation
- Grab something of value with gear-whips
- Block a ferocious attack with a gear-shield
Background Gearmaster got out of the game years ago, retiring after years in prison. But when he found out that his kids and grandkids were in financial trouble, he broke out his old costume to help his family. He’s out of date, but he’s got little to lose and gears to spare.

Centipede
Real Name Zola Teague
Generation Silver
Drive To steal money in elaborate and exciting heists
Abilities Elongate her arms and her body at will
Conditions Afraid Angry Insecure
Moves
- Twist her body out of the way of danger
- Unleash a many-limbed barrage of punches
- Constrict an enemy with her elongated torso
Background Zola Teague gained her powers...while interning at Rook Industries...during a freak accident involving paradimensional travel and multispatial dimensions. Since then, she’s become a crook, henchman, thug, and thief, discovering that she has an addiction to the thrill of crime.
Solace
Real Name Unknown
Generation Bronze
Drive To feed on the deepest and most intense of emotions
Abilities Superhuman speed and strength, flight, emotional vampirism
Conditions Afraid Hopeless Insecure
Moves
- Provoke someone to great emotion
- Absorb vitality and intense emotion at a touch
- Flee from physical conflict
Background Solace is a strange creature, presumably immortal, but only resurfaced in Halcyon City relatively recently. They often become a thug or hanger-on for other villains, seeking to provoke either side into intense feeling, and then feeding on it...uncaring about the actual success or failure of any particular plan.

Troll
Real Name Kevin Veers
Generation Modern
Drive To feel good at the expense of others
Abilities Superhuman strength and toughness, giant size
Conditions Afraid Angry Insecure
Moves
- Smash and destroy with abandon
- Insult, demean, diminish, and provoke
- Grab the weakest enemy he can find
Background Kevin Veers has incredible strength and toughness proportionate to the signal strength of the wifi around him, and he gets a huge thrill from using that power against anyone he dislikes. When he’s in his Troll form, he’s untouchable...emotionally and physically.

Good or Bad, not everyone's Super.

Rosa Rook
Real Name N/A
Generation Bronze
Drive To dominate superhuman resources in Halcyon and beyond abilities Tremendous funding, ultimate cunning
Conditions Angry Hopeless Insecure
Moves
- Call in advanced Rook Industries technology and forces
- Buy out or bribe the opposition
- Seize power from a vulnerable party

Background Rosa Rook built her company and reputation by successfully capitalizing on the scientific study of metahumans, perfecting technology that replicates their abilities. She regularly plays all sides of superheroic conflicts, always with an eye to controlling superhuman forces and using them to her...and her company’s...advantage.