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<blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8165049" data-attributes="member: 30538"><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: blue">Perseus</span></span></p><p><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-QvPFqGX/0/5241e4a6/S/Perseus_1980-S.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The most mysterious member of the Institute would have been faintly baffled to realize that people thought of him in that way. To his own way of thinking, there was no mystery about him at all -- he was Perseus, King of Tiryns, son of Zeus and Danae, slayer of the Gorgon and the Cetus, and he would never fail to introduce himself as such, making no attempt to hide his identity. He would, if pressed, admit that he was somewhat at a loss to know how he had traveled from Tiryns to this strange and foreign land, so that was a mystery, but it was a mystery about the world, not about himself.</p><p></p><p>In 1962, a recently arrived member of the Smithsonian Institution's archeology department, Amelia Simmons, was informed that a half-naked man had been discovered making something of a pest of himself in the display of recently discovered Bronze Age artifacts currently being presented in the Arts and Sciences Building. One of the security guards who had attempted to subdue the man was something of an archaeology buff, and recognized that the language he was speaking was something like the spoken form of the recently translated Mycenaean language. As Amelia had done some of the most recent studies on that language, she was asked to come to try and calm the stranger down.</p><p></p><p>This was not at all in Amelia's job description, but she was used to doing ridiculously inappropriate things in the early days of any post she'd held, and so she elected to go and try to calm him down, somewhat disconcerted to watch him casually smacking about the security guards who were trying to restrain him. She addressed him in Mycenaean, and succeeded in getting his name out of him. Naturally, she thought that his claimed identity was proof that he was a lunatic, but focused on getting him to leave the building without causing more of a scene. However, that effort was interrupted when a group of crooks broke into the museum and attempted to rob the place.</p><p></p><p>Perseus didn't hesitate, turning the skills that had protected him against the security guards against these criminals, as well as demonstrating the abilities of some of his panoply -- specifically the winged sandals and helm of darkness that he carried with him. Amelia was left utterly flabbergasted by these devices, which she naturally recognized as some of the magical tools that legend put in Perseus' possession. Combined with his strength and skill, the notion that he really was the person that he claimed to be seemed ... slightly less insane.</p><p></p><p>He continued to use these gifts of his to fight ordinary criminals and villainy in the general vicinity of the Smithsonian, with Amelia acting as his adviser, much of the time. Initially, he took great offense to attempts to 'explain' him that went beyond, or ignored, his statement that he was exactly who legend proclaimed him to be. Gradually, he came to an understanding that the people who proposed such notions weren't actually calling him a liar, just trying to understand him in their own way. He never budged from the simple explanation that he'd always offered, though.</p><p></p><p>His goal in all his exploits was to demonstrate his arete, the use of all his abilities to achieve admirable results. A secondary goal was to figure out how to return to his proper place. He never fully accepted that he had been removed from his proper time, as the notion of time travel was utterly foreign to him, and persisted in believing that his homeland was just far away across the ocean -- or possibly several oceans.</p><p></p><p>Invited to join the Institute not long after his earliest appearances, he served with distinction and ability. The variety of odd tools that he carried with him in his enchanted knapsack made him an invaluable teammate, although his skill in combat was somewhat narrowly focused on swordplay instead of the fisticuffs favored by most of his colleagues. He was also famous for being one of the most accepting members of the team -- no matter how strange one of his allies might seem to be, he would always welcome them as a comrade. The world was full of strange things, after all.</p><p></p><p>Perseus met his end in the Battle, having missed the early hours of it. He challenged Stardust, claiming that his latest adventure had allowed him to recover the Gorgon's head, and that he was now holding it in his <em>kibisis</em>, ready to use. This focused the Super Wizard's attention firmly on himself, allowing Basilea to strike from an unexpected angle and inflict the wound that sent the enemy fleeing. Unfortunately, Stardust had already retaliated against Perseus in the instant before that blow landed, inflicting some sort of creeping petrification that suffocated him before he transformed into stone. He lived long enough to gasp out a phrase in Mycenaean, but Basilea (the only other person present who spoke the langauge) was unconscious, and so whatever last message he intended was lost forever. A heartbroken Amelia Simmons arranged for his petrified remains to be sealed in one of the Smithsonian's vaults.</p><p></p><p><strong>Perseus -- PL 9</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Abilities:</strong></p><p><strong>STR</strong> 4 | <strong>STA</strong> 5 | <strong>AGL</strong> 3 | <strong>DEX</strong> 2 | <strong>FGT</strong> 6 | <strong>INT</strong> 2 | <strong>AWE</strong> 3 | <strong>PRE</strong> 3</p><p></p><p><strong>Powers:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Helm of Darkness:</em></strong> Concealment 4 (visual); Removable (-2 points) - 6 points</p><p><strong><em>Heroic Stature:</em></strong> Immunity 3 (aging, disease, poison); Regeneration 3 - 6 points</p><p><strong><em>Kibisis:</em></strong> Feature 3 (extradimensional storage of 400 lbs); Removable (-1 point) - 2 points</p><p><strong><em>Reflective Shield:</em></strong> Strength-based Damage 2; Enhanced Defenses 4 (Dodge 2, Parry 2); Easily Removable (-2 poitns) - 4 points</p><p><strong><em>Winged Sandals:</em></strong> Flight 7 (250 MPH); Removable (-3 points) - 11 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Advantages:</strong></p><p>All-out Attack, Diehard, Equipment 6, Evasion, Great Endurance, Improved Hold, Improved Initiative, Language (English, original unclear), Power Attack, Takedown, Uncanny Dodge</p><p></p><p><em>Equipment:</em></p><p>Sword (Strength-based Damage 3, Improved Critical) and 26 points of equipment as needed, contained in <em><em>kibisis</em></em>.</p><p></p><p><strong>Skills:</strong></p><p>Acrobatics 4 (+7), Athletics 6 (+10), Close Combat: Sword 5 (+11), Deception 6 (+9), Insight 6 (+9), Intimidation 8 (+11), Perception 6 (+9), Stealth 5 (+8).</p><p></p><p><strong>Offense:</strong></p><p>Initiative +7</p><p>Unarmed +6 (Close Damage 4)</p><p>Shield +6 (Close Damage 6)</p><p>Sword +11 (Close Damage 7, Crit 18-20)</p><p></p><p><strong>Defense:</strong></p><p>Dodge 11/9, Parry 13/11, Fortitude 7, Toughness 5, Will 6.</p><p></p><p><strong>Totals:</strong></p><p>Abilities 56 + Powers 27 + Advantages 16 + Skills 23 + Defenses 16 = 138 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Complications:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Arete--Motivation. Friend</em></strong> (Amelia Simmons). <strong><em>Unfamiliar With Modern Culture.</em></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Davies, post: 8165049, member: 30538"] [size=150][color=blue]Perseus[/color][/size] [img]https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-QvPFqGX/0/5241e4a6/S/Perseus_1980-S.png[/img] The most mysterious member of the Institute would have been faintly baffled to realize that people thought of him in that way. To his own way of thinking, there was no mystery about him at all -- he was Perseus, King of Tiryns, son of Zeus and Danae, slayer of the Gorgon and the Cetus, and he would never fail to introduce himself as such, making no attempt to hide his identity. He would, if pressed, admit that he was somewhat at a loss to know how he had traveled from Tiryns to this strange and foreign land, so that was a mystery, but it was a mystery about the world, not about himself. In 1962, a recently arrived member of the Smithsonian Institution's archeology department, Amelia Simmons, was informed that a half-naked man had been discovered making something of a pest of himself in the display of recently discovered Bronze Age artifacts currently being presented in the Arts and Sciences Building. One of the security guards who had attempted to subdue the man was something of an archaeology buff, and recognized that the language he was speaking was something like the spoken form of the recently translated Mycenaean language. As Amelia had done some of the most recent studies on that language, she was asked to come to try and calm the stranger down. This was not at all in Amelia's job description, but she was used to doing ridiculously inappropriate things in the early days of any post she'd held, and so she elected to go and try to calm him down, somewhat disconcerted to watch him casually smacking about the security guards who were trying to restrain him. She addressed him in Mycenaean, and succeeded in getting his name out of him. Naturally, she thought that his claimed identity was proof that he was a lunatic, but focused on getting him to leave the building without causing more of a scene. However, that effort was interrupted when a group of crooks broke into the museum and attempted to rob the place. Perseus didn't hesitate, turning the skills that had protected him against the security guards against these criminals, as well as demonstrating the abilities of some of his panoply -- specifically the winged sandals and helm of darkness that he carried with him. Amelia was left utterly flabbergasted by these devices, which she naturally recognized as some of the magical tools that legend put in Perseus' possession. Combined with his strength and skill, the notion that he really was the person that he claimed to be seemed ... slightly less insane. He continued to use these gifts of his to fight ordinary criminals and villainy in the general vicinity of the Smithsonian, with Amelia acting as his adviser, much of the time. Initially, he took great offense to attempts to 'explain' him that went beyond, or ignored, his statement that he was exactly who legend proclaimed him to be. Gradually, he came to an understanding that the people who proposed such notions weren't actually calling him a liar, just trying to understand him in their own way. He never budged from the simple explanation that he'd always offered, though. His goal in all his exploits was to demonstrate his arete, the use of all his abilities to achieve admirable results. A secondary goal was to figure out how to return to his proper place. He never fully accepted that he had been removed from his proper time, as the notion of time travel was utterly foreign to him, and persisted in believing that his homeland was just far away across the ocean -- or possibly several oceans. Invited to join the Institute not long after his earliest appearances, he served with distinction and ability. The variety of odd tools that he carried with him in his enchanted knapsack made him an invaluable teammate, although his skill in combat was somewhat narrowly focused on swordplay instead of the fisticuffs favored by most of his colleagues. He was also famous for being one of the most accepting members of the team -- no matter how strange one of his allies might seem to be, he would always welcome them as a comrade. The world was full of strange things, after all. Perseus met his end in the Battle, having missed the early hours of it. He challenged Stardust, claiming that his latest adventure had allowed him to recover the Gorgon's head, and that he was now holding it in his [i]kibisis[/i], ready to use. This focused the Super Wizard's attention firmly on himself, allowing Basilea to strike from an unexpected angle and inflict the wound that sent the enemy fleeing. Unfortunately, Stardust had already retaliated against Perseus in the instant before that blow landed, inflicting some sort of creeping petrification that suffocated him before he transformed into stone. He lived long enough to gasp out a phrase in Mycenaean, but Basilea (the only other person present who spoke the langauge) was unconscious, and so whatever last message he intended was lost forever. A heartbroken Amelia Simmons arranged for his petrified remains to be sealed in one of the Smithsonian's vaults. [b]Perseus -- PL 9 Abilities: STR[/b] 4 | [b]STA[/b] 5 | [b]AGL[/b] 3 | [b]DEX[/b] 2 | [b]FGT[/b] 6 | [b]INT[/b] 2 | [b]AWE[/b] 3 | [b]PRE[/b] 3 [b]Powers: [i]Helm of Darkness:[/i][/b] Concealment 4 (visual); Removable (-2 points) - 6 points [b][i]Heroic Stature:[/i][/b] Immunity 3 (aging, disease, poison); Regeneration 3 - 6 points [b][i]Kibisis:[/i][/b] Feature 3 (extradimensional storage of 400 lbs); Removable (-1 point) - 2 points [b][i]Reflective Shield:[/i][/b] Strength-based Damage 2; Enhanced Defenses 4 (Dodge 2, Parry 2); Easily Removable (-2 poitns) - 4 points [b][i]Winged Sandals:[/i][/b] Flight 7 (250 MPH); Removable (-3 points) - 11 points [b]Advantages:[/b] All-out Attack, Diehard, Equipment 6, Evasion, Great Endurance, Improved Hold, Improved Initiative, Language (English, original unclear), Power Attack, Takedown, Uncanny Dodge [i]Equipment:[/i] Sword (Strength-based Damage 3, Improved Critical) and 26 points of equipment as needed, contained in [i][i]kibisis[/i][/i]. [b]Skills:[/b] Acrobatics 4 (+7), Athletics 6 (+10), Close Combat: Sword 5 (+11), Deception 6 (+9), Insight 6 (+9), Intimidation 8 (+11), Perception 6 (+9), Stealth 5 (+8). [b]Offense:[/b] Initiative +7 Unarmed +6 (Close Damage 4) Shield +6 (Close Damage 6) Sword +11 (Close Damage 7, Crit 18-20) [b]Defense:[/b] Dodge 11/9, Parry 13/11, Fortitude 7, Toughness 5, Will 6. [b]Totals:[/b] Abilities 56 + Powers 27 + Advantages 16 + Skills 23 + Defenses 16 = 138 points [b]Complications: [i]Arete--Motivation. Friend[/i][/b] (Amelia Simmons). [b][i]Unfamiliar With Modern Culture.[/i][/b] [/QUOTE]
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