Specialagent Englund is a enhanced detective in a Nordic Noir possible future. She appears in the well-reviewed 2019 Whispers of a Machine video game.

6321 in-depth character profiles from comics, games, movies

6321 in-depth character profiles from comics, games, movies
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Atomic-Man
An obscure 1960 enemy of Batman, with transmutation eyebeams. The profile also has design notes discussing this kind of modelisation.
FAQ- Quantification heuristics
Clearly, everybody wants to read something called “quantification heuristics”. Total best headline. A discussion of the evidence-based approach used on writeups.org when it comes to stats and the like.
Mama Odie
The all-singing, all-dancing aged voodoo queen of the bayou in Disney’s The Frog and the Princess. Good creole witch.
Man-Killer
Super-strong D-list criminal mercenary. This is the second half of this profile – the first half is there.
FAQ – Normative encoding in stats and tags
Technical considerations about the role of norms in tabletop role-playing game stats on this here website, as well as our tags system.
So yeah, it’s not a *general* interest FAQ article. It’s more for folks who are into that sort of stuff.
It’s a bit like pineapple pizza, I guess.
Mekaneck
One of He-Man’s allies in the vintage Masters of the Universe cartoon. He has the power of rubbernecking.
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
A team profile for the fourth version of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Which is the first one commanded by Mystique, during the early 1980s and the Days of future past X-Men story arc.
Freedom Force
A full profile for the government’s superhuman response team. It was the 1980s, Mystique-led band of ne’er-do-wells – so you should read it after the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants IV team profile.
Defiance setting and arkhunter Mahsuri
The post-alien-apocalypse setting seen in the Defiance TV show on SyFy and the Defiance 2050 MMORPG by Trion. Part of a series of articles that starts there.
Avalanche
A mutant operative with vibrational powers over the ground. Classic enemy of the X-Men. This profile’s best read after the team profiles.
High Aldwin
The aged, benign wizard from the small Nelwyn village in the 1988 fantasy/adventure movie Willow.
Equinox
An obscure Marvel villain with fire and ice powers and a burning and frozen body. He’s oddly cool, according to me circa age six.
Doctor Barbara “Bobbi” Morse
This is where our chronological series of profiles for Mockingbird (Dr. Barbara “Bobbi” Morse) starts. So, her early 1970s Ka-Zar (lord of the jungle !) material.
Lastikman
The version of the Filipino super-hero Lastikman seen in the 2004 movie take.
Ape Horgon
A 1960s criminal strongman-for-hire. The forgotten “Ape” Horgon was one of Daredevil’s earliest foes.
Sad Sam Simms
A 1960s criminal marksman-for-hire. The forgotten Sad Sam was one of Daredevil’s earliest foes.
Grey Warden Utha
An elite Grey Warden who’s also a mute kung fu Dwarf paladin. Utha appears in David Gaider’s Dragon Age: The Calling prequel novel (and in a game DLC).
Bur Sed and Ker Sed, Keepers of the Balance
Two aliens who clashed with the Justice League once, in 1972. They had a forced alien reforestation thing going on.
Yukio the wild one
The comic book version of Yukio, the quasi-suicidal punk ninja Tokyo scene girl. A close ally of both Wolverine and Storm.
Yukio the wild one
A Wolverine ninjette ally in Japan. This is the second half of the profile – the first half is there.
DC Heroes RPG charts and tables
This is a repository of charts and tables for the DC Heroes super-hero tabletop role-playing game, from the DCH community’s gaming groups.
Spyder
A predatory businessbeing, in space. He clashed with the New Mutants and, much later, with Black Bolt.
Airk Thaughbaer
A minor good guy general in the 1988 fantasy movie Willow.
Outsiders
This recaps all wot you need to known about the very first version of DC Comics’ Outsiders. Which is the 1983-1986 Batman and the Outsiders material, plus contemporary appearances.
Outsiders
The second version of DC Comics’ Outsiders. So, the 1986-1992 Adventures of the Outsiders and The Outsiders material, plus contemporary appearances. Meant to be read after the article about the first version of the Outsiders.
Freddy Kaplan
A haunted and sinister-looking, less-than-legal professional pilot. Could be useful in many stories.
Kobra Khan
One of Skeletor’s baddies in the vintage Masters of the Universe cartoon. Serpent man with built-in knockout gas.
Challengers of the Unknown
The ur-group-of-comic-book-adventurers, created by Jack Kirby during the late 1950s. This two-part article dwelves deep into the entire Kirby run, chums ! For scientific discovery !
Challengers of the Unknown
The ur-group-of-comic-book-adventurers, created by Jack Kirby during the late 1950s. This is the second half of the profile – the first half is there.