LONDON CHAMPIONS : Other Superhumans

SUPERTEAMS

THE LONDON WATCH

• Lady Swift (speed powers; now calls herself Velocity)
• Ironclad (powered armoured inventor)
• Granite (a rock-man)
• Manikin (a man with shrinking powers)
• Ocean (woman with control over and abilty to summon water)
• The Eye (lots of enhanced senses)
• Cavalier (Polish)
• Tempest (Dutch)
• Liberateur (French)
• Grenade (French)

Non-British members returned to their own countries after the war.

THE GUARDIANS

• Sgt. Strike
• Superpatriot
• Liberty Belle (female, sonic powers)
• plus others...

• Strike (male, the original Sgt. Strike from W.W.II; conservative, right-wing views; mid-western; honourable; dislikes modern culture with its "decline in morality and standards" etc.; wears a black Marine Corps uniform with silver trim and no insignia but a small US flag on the left breast, high black boots, and black gloves; his hair is silver-white in a severe flat-top cut; otherwise he appears to be in his early 20's, as opposed to his real age of over 80)
• Shade (the original, from the 1930's; a mystery man who has been fighting crime for over 60 years; his powers and identity are still unknown to the world at large; he is tall, dark, ominous and menacing)
• Magus (a mage; an old man in his 60s, still fit and active; he has an imposing presence, piercing grey eyes, neatly trimmed grey hair and beard and wears dark robes; he is quiet and observant with a wide range of magical skills and powers)
• Amaryllis (originally a mage, the protege of Magus, a hispanic girl of natural high magical potential from the inner city who was kidnapped by Demon for brainwashing, and rescued by the Guardians, joining them as Magus' protege; he gave her an amulet to focus and control her powers until she came into them fully; when it was recently shattered during a DEMON kidnap attempt she went comatose, them awakened totally invulnerable; has a bit of an attitude problem)
• Jeager (the ultimate hunter, or so he is advertised; of German-Native American descent; tall, muscular, long blonde hair in ponytail, swarthy-skined, blue eyes; huge tracking skill; very stealthy; strong and fast; very perceptive; a fast runner - faster than any normal; doesn't sleep; an incredibly good shot, both close up and at range; wears an armoured costume and carries crossbows and knives; he is a master of traps and improvised weapons; smokes)
• Proteus (a shapeshifter; an orphan raised in a circus dominated by a black magician, which wandered the USA feeding on the dreams of innocents; he was a normal child, and ran away as soon as he could, but the mage tracked him down to bring him back, and in the ensuing fight he was doused in some kind of molten plastic, into which his mind was transferred as his body died, perhaps as a side effect of all the magic being used; he was captured by the mage and returned to the circus, where he was a freak - due to his total control over his plastic body and huge resistance to damage - and occasional unwilling enforcer for the controlling mage; he was rescued by Shade and Magus, who destroyed the circus, although the mage escaped; he is quiet, moody, and something of a loner, but is also an inveterate prankster)
• Tigress (a tiger-woman; female, tall and strong with a muscular athletic build, feline teeth and retractile finger and toetip claws; she has short fur-like hair in a tigers colour and pattern, catlike green eyes with vertical slit pupils, and a fully carnivorous diet; she regenerates and has feline senses, agility and ferocity; out of combat she is fairly carefree, living for the moment; her costume is a black gold-edged belted tabard over an orange bodysuit, with black toesless soft boots and black fingerless gloves, both to keep her claws free; she was a zoologist working in south-east Asia who was mauled by a tiger which was heavily contaminated with residue from chemical weapons, she shot the tiger but lay in contaminated blood and mud until she was rescued, after which she gradually mutated into her current form)
• Salamander (an ex-fireman, male, partly cyborged after being horribly burned in an accident, inside power armour derived from a set of experimental fire-fighing power armour; it is quite big and clunky, with a large backpack, and coloured fire engine red; it gives the user fire creation and suppression powers, effective immunity to fire, flight via jets, spotlights, is fully heat and atmosphere sealed, has strength boosts, and has enhanced and protected sensory systems)

Based in Cincinnati, where they have a purpose-built base facility, with support staff etc. They travel about in the "G-Jet", a specially designed radar-invisible aircraft. Considerable marketting of Guardians toys and other spin-offs augments their income from their government service...

CHECKMATE

Formed by a number of superhumans who fought against Japan in W.W.II. It formed after independence and helped the Indian government through the disturbances following independence. Since then it has grown and stabilised into the largest superhuman group in the world. Ex-members have often gone into politics, and some are film stars too.

THE ANNIHILATORS

• Fiacho (male, leader, martial artist)
• Bora (female, air powers)
• Durak (male, hugely strong and tough)
• Pantera (female, cat-woman)
• Destruction (female, energy powers)
• White Flame (male, fire powers)
• Le Sone (male, French, sonic battlesuit)
• Mentalla (female, mentallist)
• The Whip (male, whip-using martial artist)

Nihilist supervillain group, currently ruling what was Yugoslavia.

[Yes, they are Eurostar renamed, but Eurostar is a train these days and they would have got no respect if they had had the same name as it!]

THE ARSENAL

A supermercenary group operating in the third world. See 'Justice Not Law'.

DEATHSTROKE

See 'Champions Universe'.

OTHER SUPERHUMANS

HERO TYPES :

• The Arachnid (London-based crimefighter)
• Arete (Greek national hero)
• Battletank (Japanese, 4m tall powered armour with large numbers of guns etc.)
• Blaze Silverfist (South African)
• Fleur de Lis (WD, female French martial artist)
• The Fool
• Imperial Lion (KoC, male, Indian origin, operates in Birmingham area)
• Karbonat (German, loose association with [former West] German government)
• Lady Sunset
• Mercury
• Nightshade
• Pooka (CO)
• Rising Sun (Japanese, with plasma powers)
• Shadow Cat (GAC, American, a WWII heroine)
• Shugoshin (WD, a sword-wielding martial artist)
• Steel (a Russian W.W.II superhuman, a man of living steel)
• Tiko-Chan
• Toledo (Spanish; surfaced since Malachite took over Azores)
• White Spider (female, British, Liverpudlian; hugely long white prehensile hair)

MASTERMIND TYPES

• Dr Draconis (CU)
• Eisenwolf (JNL, rival of Malachite)
• Malachite (CU, rival of Eisenwolf)
• Project Sunburst (CE)

INDEPENDANT VILLAINS

• Aggro (KoC)
• Black Paladin (CE)
• Black Tiger (the Khmer Rouge's most infamous superhuman)
• Breaking Glass (KoC)
• Carnivore (JNL)
• Chatte Noire (female super-thief)
• Diamondback
• Dollmaker
• Dreadnought (CE)
• Gold (WD, female armoured martial artist)
• Gnomen
• Gremlin (CE)
• Gunmetal Silk (UE)
• Iron (WD, male armoured martial artist)
• Joseph Otanga (CoN)
• Kobold (CoN, Viper)
• Lamplighter (CoN)
• Leech (CE)
• Loup Garoux (CO)
• Magnificent Dragon (GAC; a WWII villainess)
• Masquerade (first appeared in the 50's; a super-thief)
• The Monster (CE)
• Ooze (CoN)
• The People's Commando (CO)
• Rainbow Archer (CE)
• Ripper (CE)
• Rock Python (Viper)
• Sparkler (CE)
• Tenebreux (daughter of Chatte Noire; not Masquerades)
• Ultraviolet (Castle Security version)
• White Dahlia

Key to Abbreviations:

• CE - Classic Enemies
• CO - Classic Organisations
• CoN - Creatures of the Night
• CU - Champions Universe
• GAC - Golden Age Champions
• JNL - Justice Not Law
• KoC - Kingdom of Champions
• UE - Underworld Enemies
• WD - Watchers of the Dragon

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