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Sahara Jackson, agent of the Division

A sample field agent of The Division, as a window into the setting of the first Tom Clancy's The Division shooter video game by Ubisoft. Hard-arsed Beta Israel navy commando who thinks this whole thing is a load of drek. As of April of 2021, added a test reel after trying the MetaHuman Creator technology to sculpt a better character model.

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Inspector Romane Pennac

A determined detective in a post-climate-change, post-war future.

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Special Agent Vera Englund

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.

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American Dream

(Shannon Carter) (2020 version) (part #1)

First half of our fully revised, updated, re-star-spangled profile for American Dream (Shannon Carter). She is the inheritor of the Captain America legacy in the possible MC2 future of the Marvel Universe.

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Robin

(Carrie Kelley)

The version of Robin who appears in The Dark Knight Return, as 13-year-old Carrie Kelley. As of April of 2017, this has been entirely redone - and a little bird told me there were now M&M stats.

Doktor Sleepless

From Warren Ellis' Doktor Sleepless comic book series, the Doktor and Nurse Igor plus information about the story's biopunk setting and how stuff might work. This profile was done part-way through the series.

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Blood Circle Killer

Original RPG character. A strange killer who is partially from a two-dimensional plane and wields a magic dagger.

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Raptor

(Brenda Drago)

From the MC2 near-ish future Marvel continuity. An inheritor of the Vulture who became an ally of Spider-Girl after trying to be a criminal.

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Faith Connors

A renegade acrobat and parkour expert in a totalitarian, slightly futuristic city. This is Faith in the first Mirror's Edge video game, which was pretty damn cool.

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Mister Abnormal

A sort of evil Plastic Man. Fought Spider-Girl.

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Dragon King

An old curmudgeon who can turn into a dragon man. He fought Spider-Girl several times.

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Funny Face

(MC2)

A villainous jester type, with gadgets. He's surprisingly dangerous.

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Crazy Eight

(MC2)

A foe of Spider-Girl (May "Mayday" Parker) (MC2). Street-level loon with endless trick projectiles.

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Earthshaker

(MC2)

Class 20 strength and good fighting technique.

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Dragonfist

A villainous martial artist enhanced by a force field. One-time Spider-Girl enemy.

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Killerwatt

(MC2)

A fairly generic, easy to play, handy, fairly powerful electrical super-villain. Spider-Girl enemy.

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Spider-Girl

(May "Mayday" Parker) (Profile #1 - Early)

The daughter of Spider-Man (Peter Parker), living 15-20 years into the future of the Marvel Universe. Attaching young heroine, very much in the vein of a young Spider-Man but more modern. This profile includes a primer about Marvel's MC2 possible future continuity.

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Ladyhawk

(Rosetta & Regina Morgan)

An acrobatics-and-martial-arts street vigilante in the MC2 future of the Marvel Universe. Inheritor to the Falcon's legacy, ally of Spider-Girl.

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Mister Nobody

A teleporting, guns-toting hitman without an identity in Spider-Girl's future Marvel Universe.

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Misery

(Melissa Carsdale)

A MC2 enemy of Spider-Girl who does spooky VR nightmares.

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The Jackson

(Astro City)

A mutated fanatical warrior from a dystopic future. Seen in a notable story of the excellent Astro City series by Kurt Busiek.

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The Box

(Astro City)

An insane cyborg killer from a seemingly dystopian future. From Kurt Busiek's great Astro City comic books.

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Harry Pitzer

A greedy interdimensional traveller, without special skills but with a surprisingly cool head.

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Gilad Anni-Padda, the Eternal Warrior

(1990s version)

This is the 1990s version of Valiant's immortal warrior for good.

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Pinhead

(Hellraiser)

The iconic demon from the Hellraiser infernal horror movies.

Rick Deckard

Harrison Ford's character in the cult classic, super-influential Blade Runner film.

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Karl Honig the street preacher

A superhuman cyborg bounty hunter and enthusiastic preacher played by Dolph Lundgren in the movie Johnny Mnemonic.

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Human Torch

(Johnny Storm) (Gisted profile)

A general writeup covering the Human Torch (Johnny Storm) through the bulk of his career.

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Johnny Mnemonic

The cyberpunk courier in the semi-cult, Keanu-featuring, 1995 movie adaptation of the Gibson short story.

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Connor MacLeod

Our old notes for the 1986 Highlander cult movie, with rules discussion about the Quickening in DC Heroes.