History Characters / MutantsAndMasterminds

* ComesGreatResponsibility: Dragoneye is shaped by the responsibility he feels towards his community.

* ComesGreatResponsibility: Veronica tries to life up the the ideals of her late father, who believed that people should use their powers and talents for good.

* ComesGreatResponsibility: Xeno strongly believes she should use her powers to help others, and is willing to fight to protect her ideals of freedom.

A page for the characters of ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds''. These characters, heroic and villainous alike, hail from all over Earth-Prime and even beyond. However, characters from the ''TabletopGame/FreedomCity'' campaign setting have [[{{Characters/FreedomCity}} their own page]].

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* SuperStrength: Has had it since he was a child and has only gotten stronger with age, to the point he can lift somewhere in the neigborhood of 100 lbs.

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* InASingleBound: Princess can leap up to 60 feet.

* PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage: Princess' powers are directly tied to her confidence, so if she falters they may weaken or even temporarily disappear.
* SuperSpeed: On the low end as far as speedsters go, but her standard running speed is about 15 MPH.

A stony mutant originally raised and studied by the government, Rocky was approached as a child by a television producer who wanted him to star in a TV series about a mutant orphan who went to live with a wealthy industrialist. The public loved Rocky and the show was an instant hit, but it wasn't to last. Rocky's powers skyrocketed as a teenager, leading him to accidentally injure his co-star. The media went into a feeding frenzy and rumors sprung up regarding a variety of supposed scandals behind the accident, leading to the show being shut down and Rocky being left all alone in the world. He tried for years to get back into the business, including a long stint in Japan where he guest-starred on talk shows and worked as a game-show stuntman. Desperately searching for a purpose in life, Rocky ultimately decided to put his past behind him, fired his agent, and has taken up doing nightly patrols as a Good Samaritan around Emerald City, helping out with minor emergencies and the like.

* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Or rather, he does, but being a 1,600 lb rock monster with super strength still means that the world around you can still get pretty banged up even if you're trying to be careful.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselHoff: Rocky is still pretty big in Japan.

* TheCowl: {{Averted}}. Despite being the team's {{Batman}} {{Expy}} in many other respects, The Rook is motivated by idealism rather than tragedy and has a friendly and disarming demeanor, though he can be a bit more serious than the other members of his team seeing as he's just a squishy human going up against superhuman threats.

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On the surface a newly founded private school catering to the children of the social elite, the reality is that Elysian Academy is splinter-campus to the Shadow Academy, making it a training and recruitment center for young super-villains.

!!Apex
Born as the son of Emerald City's foremost corporate raiders, Rex Steyer IV was raised to follow in their footsteps, and eagerly looked forward to increasing the family fortune. The day of the Silver Storm, when his limo was caught in the Storm and he found himself permanently reshaped into a massive gorilla, seemed to put an end to those dreams... at first. In fact, Rex soon found himself enjoying the bestial power of his new body; now he was a ''real'' "Apex Predator", both inside the boardroom and outside. He was easily snapped up by the Elysian Academy, who preyed on his ego.

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[[folder:Emerald City - The Elysian Academy]]
On the surface a newly founded private school catering to the children of the social elite, the reality is that Elysian Academy is splinter-campus to the Shadow Academy, making it a training and recruitment center for young super-villains.

!!Apex
Born as the son of Emerald City's foremost corporate raiders, Rex Steyer IV was raised to follow in their footsteps, and eagerly looked forward to increasing the family fortune. The day of the Silver Storm, when his limo was caught in the Storm and he found himself permanently reshaped into a massive gorilla, seemed to put an end to those dreams... at first. In fact, Rex soon found himself enjoying the bestial power of his new body; now he was a ''real'' "Apex Predator", both inside the boardroom and outside. He was easily snapped up by the Elysian Academy, who preyed on his ego.

* CursedWithAwesome: Apex actually likes his mutation; he's kept all his old smarts (such as they were; his Int is only 2!) ''and'' he's picked up a body that is not only massively intimidating, but also incredibly powerful.
* {{Greed}}: It's his defining vice, to the point it serves as his driving motivation.
* KillerGorilla: He's a giant, super-strong, super-tough gorilla with the mind of a cruel, bullying, greedy corporate raider.
* TheStarscream: He resents that he's not the leader of the Academy's villain team so far, which means he's constantly plotting against Ms. Scorpion.
* SuperSenses:
* SuperStrength: His gorilla body gives him immense strength, which he has refined into three particular favorite tactics; a ShockwaveClap, a ShockwaveStomp, and a SuperRugPull.
* SuperToughness: He's as durable as he is strong since becoming a gorilla.
* UnstoppableRage: When Apex loses control of his temper, he absolutely ''flips out'', to the point his lack of control when raging is statted as one of his complications.

!!Brimstone
Born in Oregon, the young Sarah Eskin grew up on a ranch, where she developed both a love of horses and a deep, abiding hatred for her old-fashioned, conservative, deeply religious Christian family. In an act of teen rebellion, she got into Satanism... unfortunately for the world, her first Black Mass made contact with the spirit of "Brimstone Jack" Eskin, a fearsome Wild West outlaw -- and her ancestor. Brimstone Jack had made a DealWithTheDevil for demonic powers, and now the only way to free his soul from the agonies of Hell was to persuade one of his descendants to agree to take up the power and the price. Sarah couldn't sign the contract fast enough. After her parents "mysteriously" died, she was sent to relatives in Emerald City. When their first attempt at disciplining her led to another "mysterious" fire devastating their home, they couldn't pass her off to the Elysian Academy fast enough.

* DealWithTheDevil: Agreed to take up Brimstone Jack's place in Hell upon death in exchange for gaining his demonic powers.
* DumbMuscle: Brimstone has a lot of power, but she's not very bright and kind of crazy; she's outright called too happy and deluded with her current lot to realize that the Elysian Academy is using her.
* ImaginationBasedSuperPower: Rather than straightforward blasts of {{Hellfire}}, Brimstone shapes it into solid constructs; inspired by her ancestor, she mostly does so by creating a flaming HellishHorse to ride upon for increased mobility and using lariats, six-shooters and scatter-guns made of hellfire to attack.
* LegacyCharacter: Calls herself Brimstone, after her ancestor's nickname.
* PlayingWithFire: Specifically, what Brimstone wields is {{Hellfire}}, a demonic flame that can burn souls and is all but impossible to heal.
* SelfMadeOrphan: It's quite obvious that Brimstone was the one who murdered her parents and burned their house to the ground. Mere whim kept her from killing her relatives in turn.
* TheSociopath: She's outright described as sociopathic and cruel, her instabilities only made worse by the demonic taint on her soul.
* {{Yandere}}: Brimstone's "love" for Demonwing is explicitly called out as being unhealthy, manipulative and obsessive. Likewise, if she ever felt he'd stopped loving her, she would seek revenge with all of her capacity for crazed cruelty.

!!Demonwing
In a cruel cosmic joke, devout Roman Catholic Adolfo Tapia Ibarra found himself reshaped into a form resembling a Catholic interpretation of the devil by the Silver Storm. Between his family's own fearful withdrawal from his terrifying (to them) new visage and the financial strain of caring for those members of the family who were injured but not transformed during the Storm, the Elysian Academy's offer of a scholarship ''and'' a generous stipend that would cover the costs of his relatives seemed a Godsend. When he found himself amongst people who didn't care about his appearance, and even a girl who loved him, he only became more convinced that God was smiling upon him again. He has yet to realize the true nature of the Academy, and when that happens, he will be presented with a hard choice.

* BigRedDevil: Between the horns, the crimson skin, the "devilish" spade-tipped tail, the fangs, the black, claw-like nails and the leathery wings, Demonwing earns his moniker.
* BlessedWithSuck: Demonwing's transformation has given him a drastic increase in strength, dexterity and agility, {{flight}}, ripping claws, the ability to see in the dark, and immunity to many forms of harm, but all at the cost of looking like one of the worst monsters in his faith.
* CaptainErsatz: Of [[ComicBook/XMen Nightcrawler]], being a noble-hearted devout Catholic who, in an incredible irony, is also a mutant who looks like a demon.
* CreepyGood: He may look like a monster, but he's a quiet, shy, polite, good-hearted boy who sincerely believes in his Catholic upbringing. There's still a very good chance that he would reject the Academy once he learned of its evil nature.

!!Ms Scorpion
Daughter of former supervillains Sportsman I and Princess Poison, Melissa Cutler earned her parent's scorn by inheriting no super-powers at all. Although doted upon by her super-strong brother, who tried to carefully warn her against it, Melissa's drive for parental acceptance made her attempt to find a career as a super-villain. Adopting the persona of Ms. Scorpion and feigning inheritance of her mother's toxin-manipulating powers, Melissa earned a place in the Elysian Academy. When the truth came out, she had displayed such talent, skill and drive that the school decided to retain her, judging she would more than warrant her position as leader of the Alpha Group, the most promising young super-villains.

* AbusiveParents: Her parents emotionally abused her for being completely devoid of powers.
* BadassNormal: She has no powers at all, and faked that she had them in order to get accepted into the Academy, but her physical prowess, fanatical drive and leadership potential all helped her to earn a legitimate place as leader of the Academy's Alpha Group.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: She wields the "Scorpion Sting Whip", a long lash with a hooked blade on the tip soaked in poison.
* MuggleBornOfMages: Both of her parents and her older brother have super powers. Ms. Scorpion has nothing but wits, drive and skill.
* WellDoneSonGuy: A female example, but, her driving motivation is to try and win the love and approval of her parents.

!!Night Terror
Plain and ordinary, nobody really noticed Katherine Ferrin. That would come back to haunt them. Always obsessed with those around her, and fascinated by the process of ferreting out secrets, eventually, Katherine's sheer determination awoke a power inside of herself - the ability to enter the dreams of others. She swiftly grew addicted to using this power, and the trail of ruined lives stemming from those who got on her bad side quickly drew the attention of the Shadow Academy. By this point no longer physically requiring sleep, Katherine eagerly signed up at the prospect of growing ever-more powerful.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: From just a nosy little wallflower to a nightmare-spreading dream-fouler who's grown addicted to using her powers.
* MindControl: She can put people to sleep, or force them to stay awake, can inflict nightmares, and can create illusions by summoning nightmares into reality.
* PowerBornOfMadness: Her insanity and her powers have grown hand in hand, and it's hard to separate the two anymore.

!!Winter Wrath
Cold, calculating and goal-orientated, Yu Yin "Raymond" Lee knew that when his mutant powers to create and manipulate ice set in, becoming a super-villain would be far more profitable than becoming a super-hero. So, when the Elysian Academy came sniffing after the young mutant, his answer was already considered. To this ice-hearted young man, training to be a super-powered assassin and thief is no different than any other high-profit business venture schooling.

* AnIcePerson: Winter Wrath has the ability to freeze and condense ambient moisture in the air, using it to create ice, as well as project lethally intense cold.
* CompositeCharacter: He has [[ComicBook/XMen Iceman's]] appearance and power set, but his villainous morality, opportunistic personality and ruthless pragmatism are all much more like [[ComicBook/TheFlash Captain Cold]].

!!Marionette (Modern Age)
Raised from birth by Taurus, Jean Braid is the granddaughter of the World War II-era Communist supervillain Alison Geller, aka the first Marionette. Inheriting her grandmother's potent psychic abilities, her upbringing has also left her deeply malleable, and little better than a puppet herself.

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A page for the characters of ''MutantsAndMasterminds''. These characters, heroic and villainous alike, hail from all over Earth-Prime and even beyond. However, characters from the ''FreedomCity'' campaign setting have their own page, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/FreedomCity here]].

A super-heroic analogue to Seattle, Emerald City replaces Freedom City as the default setting of choice for the 3rd edition of Mutants & Masterminds, though it is still part of the same 'verse and characters do move between the two cities.

A page for the characters of ''MutantsAndMasterminds''.

Characters from the ''FreedomCity'' campaign setting have their own page, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/FreedomCity here]].

There are a lot of heroes and villains in this 'verse. Let's look at them. Please put characters in the appropriate section, in alphabetical order.

'''Heroes'''

!!Bowman IV
->'''AKA:''' Fletcher Beaumont III

The son of the third Bowman and the grandson of the first, Fletcher Beaumont's goal is to redeem the name following his father's well-publicised battles with alcoholism. A star student at Claremont Academy, Fletcher has recently become a junior member of the Freedom League, joining veteran heroes like Daedalus and Captain Thunder, and fellow newbies like Raven II, with the aim of making the Bowman a household name again.
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* ArcherArchetype: Cool, collected, aloof.
* BadassNormal
* CaptainErsatz: The Bowmen and Arrows a whole are Ersatzes of Green Arrow and Speedy.
* ImprobableAimingSkills
* LegacyCharacter: The fourth Bowman after his father (Bowman III), Timothy Quinn (Bowman II), and his grandfather (Bowman I). He's also the only Bowman since the original to not have served as the sidekick, Arrow, first.
* NonPoweredCostumedHero

!!Captain Thunder
->'''AKA:''' Raymond "Ray" Gardener

A veteran superhero and the current leader of the Freedom League, Captain Thunder gained the power to channel and manipulate electricity after flying through a thunderstorm while piloting an experimental jet. He serves as something of a mentor to younger heroes like Bowman IV and Raven II, while maintaining longstanding friendships with Daedalus and other Freedom League veterans. Thanks to the actions of his archenemy, Dr. Stratos, his identity, unlike that of most of his colleauges, is now public knowledge.
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* {{Archenemy}}: Of Doctor Stratos.
* BadassCape
* TheCape: Has been forced into this role following the death of The Centurion.
* TheGoodCaptain: He certainly tries to be.
* HappilyMarried: To his longtime girlfriend, Nancy Dumont.
* LamarckWasRight: Ray's son, Bolt, has inherited his powers.
* TheLeader: Of the current Freedom League.
* LightningCanDoAnything
* TheMentor: To the younger heroes on the team.
* ShockAndAwe: Controls electricity
* SuperSpeed
* SuperStrength

!!The Centurion
->'''AKA: '''Mark Leeds

Earth's greatest superhero from the GoldenAge into the DarkAge, The Centurion was born on an alternate earth where the Roman Empire lasted until the modern era. When this world was destroyed by Omega, Centurion's father rocketed him across the dimensional barriers to land on Earth-Prime, where he was found and raised by Tom and Mabel Leeds who named him Mark. Eventually discovering his heritage, and the powers he had gained from travelling through a cosmic storm, Mark Leeds donned the iconic uniform of The Centurion and became Freedom City's most recognisable champion, battling the likes of August Roman and Superior for decades. During Omega's 1993 invasion of Earth, Leeds gave his life to stop the tyrant. He is sorely missed.
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* {{Archenemy}} Of August Roman and vice-versa.
* BadassCape
* TheCape: Represents everything good about superheroes in the setting.
* CaptainErsatz: He's Superman in a Roman legionaire outfit, debuting in the same year (1938) and being killed off at the same time (1993). The main difference is that Centurion didn't come back.
* FireForgedFriends: With Raven I.
* FlyingBrick
* HairOfGold: His blond hair represents his purity.
* HeroicSacrifice: Died shattering Omega's armour.
* {{Immortality}}: Only a violent death could end The Centurion's career.
** {{ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: Always appeared to be a man in his twenties.
* InnocentBlueEyes
* KilledOffForReal
* LightIsGood
* TheMessiah: An incurable idealist, always willing to forgive and move on.
* NighInvulnerability
* SuperSenses: Possessed long range vision, lowlight vision, and hypersensitive ears.
* SuperStrength: Able to lift 50 000 tonnes.

!!Daedalus

An Ancient Greek inventor, Daedalus was granted immortality by the gods following the death of his son, Icarus. Having lived under many assumed identities, including Isaac Newton, Daedalus has gone onto become a superhero in more recent years, first donning his trademark PoweredArmour during the SilverAge, and never taking it off. A key member of the Freedom League, Daedalus is the heart and soul of the team, though he'd deny it to the end. He has a long-running enmity with several other mythical characters including Taurus and his own creation, Talos.
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* {{Archenemy}}: Of Talos
* BadassBeard
* BadassBookworm
* CoolOldGuy
* GadgeteerGenius
* HealingFactor: Part of his immortality
* IdenticalGrandson: Pretends to be his own son, Daedalus II, in order to make people feel more at ease.
* {{Immortality}}: Daedalus will live forever unless something kills him.
* PoweredArmour: Which gets bonus points for looking like classic Greek hoplite armour. Its features include:
** DeflectorShields
** {{Flight}}
** PowerPalms
** SuperStrength
** XRayVision
* PublicDomainCharacter
* TheSmartGuy: To the Freedom League as a whole.

!!The Raven I
->'''AKA:''' Duncan Summers

A costumed detective and gadgeteer who first became active in the SilverAge, The Raven was one of Freedom City's most enduring heroes, and had one of the largest rogues galleries of any of its champions. Left crippled following his final conflict with archfoe Doctor Sin, The Raven retired, married, and had a daughter, only to lose his wife when Sin returned from the dead and tried to claim his granddaughter. With his daughter now operating as Raven II, Summers has become an instructor at Claremont Academy, helping mentor the next generation of heroes.
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* BadassCape
* BadassGrandpa
* BadassTeacher: Do not mess with his students.
* CaptainErsatz: Of the SilverAge Batman.
* TheCowl
* CrimefightingWithCash
* DatingCatwoman: With both Jasmine Sin and Lenore. He eventually married Jasmine.
* FireForgedFriends: With The Centurion and the rest of the League.
* HandicappedBadass: Even with his limp, Duncan can still handle himself in a fight.
* ItsPersonal: With Doctor Sin and the (now deceased) Conqueror Worm.
* TheMentor: To an entire generation of heroes.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Delivered one to The Conqueror Worm during their final confrontation in 1968.
* NonPoweredCostumedHero
* PapaWolf: Towards his daughter, Raven II, and an entire generation of young heroes at Claremont Academy.
* RetiredBadass
* SaveTheVillain: Tried to save The Conqueror Worm from falling to his death, despite everything that Reeves had done.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The Raven was a pragmatist and a conservative and thus had issues with many other League members, including the idealistic and progressive Centurion, but always stayed on because he knew the team was more important than personal differences.
* ThematicRoguesGallery: Doctor Sin aside, almost all of his enemies take their inspiration from EdgarAllanPoe, as does The Raven himself.

!!The Raven II
->'''AKA:''' Callie Summers

The daughter of Duncan Summers and Jasmine Sin, Callie remained unaware of her father's legacy until her grandfather, Doctor Sin, attacked her on her sixteenth birthday. Losing her mother and uncovering her father's secret on the same day changed Callie, who tried to take up her dad's mantle, first behind his back, and later with his grudging approval. She is currently a junior member of the Freedom League, with her father acting as her "silent partner".
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* ActionGirl
* AffirmativeActionLegacy
* BadassCape
* TheCowl
* CrimefightingWithCash
* DaddysGirl: Callie was always the apple of her father's eye.
* DatingCatwoman: Admits an attraction to the cat burglar known as "The Magpie", an attraction he reciprocates.
* DominoMask
* MissingMom: Jasmine Sin died trying to save Callie from Doctor Sin.
* NonPoweredCostumedHero
* SpoiledSweet: Before Doctor Sin showed up in her life.

'''Villains'''

!!August Roman

An elder statesman of supervillainy, August Tiberius Roman was a gangster and criminal mastermind who clashed with The Centurion from his first appearance in the GoldenAge until the hero's death in 1993. Convicted once in the 1940s, Roman recieved a pardon from the government, and never saw the inside of a jail again after that. He succeeded in becoming "Emperor of Crime" during the SilverAge, controlling most of the organised crime in Freedom City during the 1950s and 1960s, and becoming the secret backer of many versions of the Crime League. Left unsure of what to do with himself after The Centurion's death, Roman has retired from organised crime to run the Circuit-Maximus, an illegal, underground gladiatorial ring.
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* AntagonistInMourning: There is an element of this in the description of him after The Centurion died.
* {{Archenemy}}: The prime contender for the title of The Centurion's worst enemy, and certainly his longest-running and most persistent foe, with their first clash occuring shortly after The Centurion's debut.
* BadassMoustache: Roman has a classicly evil, yet dignified, pencil thin moustache, that somehow doesn't detract from the aura of authority he exudes.
* BadassNormal: Despite being an unpowered human, and not much of a fighter at that, Roman still managed to vex Earth's greatest hero at every turn, with his brilliant planning and legions of minions.
* TheBigBad: In any story set in Freedom City during the GoldenAge or SilverAge, Roman is the biggest bad in town.
* BrainsEvilBrawnGood: The evil brains to The Centurion's heroic brawn, Roman wanted to prove that his intellect made him superior to any "muscle-bound meddler."
* CaptainErsatz: The LexLuthor to The Centurion's Superman, though his own Roman and Italian trappings give him a very different feel from Luthor.
* TheChessmaster
* DiabolicalMastermind: Roman is an archetypal diabolical mastermind, running a vast criminal empire from the shadows.
* TheDon: At his most powerful he was ''The'' Don, running almost all the crime in Freedom City.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Found Alister Usher's activities revolting.
* EvilGenius: A brilliant intellect, it was the addition of Roman to the Crime League that allowed them to become a genuine threat for the first time.
* EvilOldFolks: In the present day.
* GladiatorGames: Controls the Circuit-Maximus, an underground supervillain fight club.
* {{Greed}}: Roman's goals have always been wealth and respect. No matter how much of either one he gains, it never seems to be enough for him.
* KarmaHoudini: While many of the villains of the setting remain at large, Roman may well be the most galling having never been killed, arrested, institutionalised, sealed away, or suffered any of the other common punishments of comic book villains, despite a career stretching back to the 1930s.
* TheMafia: Started out in the Italian mafia and expanded from there.
* ManipulativeBastard: As evidenced by his use and abuse of Nero.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Roman always operated behind the scenes, making sure that his name could never be connected to any of his criminal operations.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste
* MeaningfulName: Shares his name with two Roman emperors and the state itself.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Dispalyed this attitude towards
* {{Polyglot}}: English, French, Latin, German, and Italian.
* PragmaticVillainy: After 1943 Roman stayed on the good side of the government and never did anything so over the line as to become a priority for the FBI or heroes other than The Centurion.
* RetiredMonster: Roman may be retired, but he's not sorry about anything he did, and anybody who pushes him may find out just how dangerous the old man can be.
* WickedCultured

!!The Conqueror Worm
->'''AKA:''' Michael Reeves

A sickly albino who grew up tormented by his peers in an orphanage, Michael Reeves snapped when, as a young man, he was finally arrested after a string of escalating thefts. Taking the prison chaplain's lecture on sin to heart, Reeves retreated to the underground, dubbed himself The Conqueror Worm after an Edgar Allan Poe poem, and founded the Night Crawler cult, which dedicated itself to cleansing the world of evil. Killing divorcees, prostitutes, hippies, and anybody else who piqued him, Reeves ended up on the SilverAge Raven's radar, and was institutionalised several times, only to break out on each occasion. He was eventually killed during his final confrontation with The Raven.
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* TheChessmaster
* {{Cult}}: Ran a Manson family style cult during the sixties.
* DiabolicalMastermind
* EvilAlbino
* EvilCripple: Reeves' illness left him barely able to move at times.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Sliced in half by broken sewer piping during his last fight with The Raven.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Reeves damned drug users and adulterers, while simultaneously maintaining affairs with numerous women in his cult and taking vast amounts of psychotropic drugs.
* ItsPersonal: The Raven took Reeves' actions very personally, and to this day, mention of The Conqueror Worm is one of the few things that can genuinely get under Duncan Summers' skin.
* KarmicDeath: Died when his threats against Jasmine Sin caused Duncan Summers to loosen his grip in surprise, dropping Reeves to his death.
* KilledOffForReal: Died in 1968 and has stayed that way.
* KnightTemplar: Reeves aimed to cleanse society, no matter the cost.
* MisanthropeSupreme: Thought all people were scum who had to have Reeves' version of morality rammed down their throats.
* ManipulativeBastard: Reeves' inhuman charisma gave him almost total control over his followers.
* MeaningfulName: Taken in-universe and out from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Conqueror Worm", in which the titular being devours humanity as punishment for its sins.
* TheMentallyIll: Reeves' ever changing notions of sin and his inability to process the fact that the rest of the world did not operate along the same lines that he did resulted in his being declared unfit to stand trial, and locked up in a mental ward.
* NonActionBigBad: Reeves' poor health and frail physique stopped him from being any sort of physical threat.
* NotSoDifferent: Reeves viewed The Raven as a flawed version of himself. This assessement would bother Duncan Summers for years, as he sought to prove The Worm wrong.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* {{Ubermensch}}: Saw both himself and The Raven as embodiments of the Nietzschean concept, men who were trying to force the world to accept their ideas of what was right and wrong, over society's established rules.
* UnholyMatrimony: With his girlfriend and follower Hilary Dwyer, alias Ligeia.

!!Crimson Katana I
->'''AKA:''' Asano Ranaga

One of the worst villains of the GoldenAge to hail from somewhere other than NaziGermany, Asano Ranaga was a low-level thief in the employ of the Yakuza who managed to steal the Three Flames Katana, transforming himself into a vicious killing machine. In the employ of Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, Asano acted as an assassin and super soldier throughout WWII, slaughtering soldiers and civilians alike. After the war he founded the Katanarchist cult, which his son, Toshiro, would carry on.
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* ArtifactOfDoom: The Three Flames Katana, forged during the first Sino-Japanese War, and quenched in the blood of three hundred Chinese prisoners.
* BloodKnight: Began as one, but slowly transitioned into a full-on psychopath who didn't care how he killed his enemies, as evidenced by his murders of Gunner and the Human Tank.
* CoolMask
* {{Cult}}: Founded a cult in Nepal based around his katana and himself.
* EvilWeapon: The aforementioned katana, which drives its user to commit eviler and eviler acts.
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* ImperialJapan: A product of Japan at its worst.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: If you don't mind the raw evil that comes along with it.
* MasterSwordsman
* ParentalAbandonment: Of his son, Toshiro.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Treats non-Japanese as scum.
* ProfessionalKiller
* RagsToRiches: Went from poverty to become one of the most influential men in Japan after stealing the katana.
* {{Samurai}}: Wore samurai armour and viewed himself as one.
* SociopathicSoldier
* SoreLoser: Murdered two victorious heroes, Gunner and Human Tank, in their sleep after the realisation that Japan had lost sank in.

!!Crimson Katana II
->'''AKA:''' Toshiro Ranaga

The son of the first Crimson Katana, Toshiro Ranaga discovered his father's sword and took his place at the head of the Katanarchist cult. He also had the head of his father's last victim, the Human Tank, melted down and reforged as a matching wakizashi. A mercenary and killer-for-hire, Toshiro was a wanted man throughout much of the SilverAge, ultimately committing suicide in 1995 at the age of 58. His ghost now infuses the Three Flames Katana, and has gone on to possess his daughter intermittently.
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* {{Archnemesis Dad}}: To his daughter, Kimiyo
* ArtifactOfDoom
* {{Cult}}
* DemonicPossession: Of his own daughter.
* DrivenToSuicide: With his career as a villain over, Toshiro killed himself as a means of furthering his legacy and returning as a ghost.
* EvilSorcerer: Has more mystical powers at his disposal than his father did, having become a fully fledged sorcerer during his search for the katana.
* EvilWeapon: Toshiro has, in fact, made the Three Flames Katana ''more'' evil by infusing it with his own ghost.
* HiredGuns
* ImperialJapan: Like his father, he represents all the worst aspects of the time period.
* KatanasAreJustBetter
* LegacyCharacter: Inherited his father's legacy.
* MasterSwordsman
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Feels all Westerners are inherently inferior to him.
* ProfessionalKiller
* {{Ronin}}: Toshiro saw himself as a masterless samurai following the end of the Japanese Empire, and sold his sold to the highest bidder accordingly.
* SociopathicSoldier

!!Crimson Katana III
->'''AKA:''' Kimiyo Ranaga

Not a true villain, Kimiyo Ranaga has nevertheless been forced to live on the outside of the law, thanks to her grandfather and father. A troubled antihero, Kimiyo tries to foil her father's plans, but regularly loses control to his ghost, which often possesses her body. She keeps her swords inside of tattoos on her arms.
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* ActionGirl[=/=]DarkActionGirl
* {{Antihero}}
* ArtifactOfDoom: Cutting herself on the Three Flames Katana got her possessed by her father.
* DemonicPossession: By her own father no less.
* EvilWeapon: The Three Flames Katana again.
* KatanasAreJustBetter
* LegacyCharacter: Entirely against her will.
* PowerTattoo: Keeps the katana and wakizashi on her arms in the forms of tattoos.
* {{Samurai}}: Wears a highly stylised version of her father and grandfather's armour when she draws the katana.

!!Doctor Sin
->'''AKA:''' Tzin Sing

A Chinese criminal mastermind hailing from the last days of Qing Dynasty, Sin built a criminal empire in the twenties and thirties, involving himself in conflict with various Western heroes. Inactive for much of WWII, he re-emerged in the fifties and sixties, battling the original Raven on many occasions. Presumed dead after the battle that left The Raven crippled, Sin reappeared again in the modern day, to try and kidnap his granddaughter, Raven II. In the process he killed his own daughter, Jasmine Sin, and made Raven II into his enemy.
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* {{Archenemy}}: Of both Ravens
* ArchnemesisDad: To Jasmine following her defection from his ranks.
* CaptainErsatz: He's R'as al-Ghul to Raven's Batman, with Jasmine playing Talia.
* DiabolicalMastermind
* ElderlyImmortal
* EvilOldFolks
* HeirClubForMen: Determined to force Raven II into becoming his heir.
* {{Immortality}}: Maintains his health through the use of various alchemical potions.
* ItsPersonal: With The Raven.
* NeverMyFault: Refuses to accept responsibility for the death of his daughter, blaming it instead on The Raven.
* OffingTheOffspring: Killed Jasmine during his attempt at kidnapping Callie Summers.
* TakeOverTheWorld
* YellowPeril: A pretty archetypal villain of this sort.

!!Jasmine Sin
->'''AKA:''' Tzin Li

The daughter of Doctor Sin, Jasmine was his right-hand woman during much of the fifties and sixties. However, as time wore on she eventually became to doubt her father's righteousness, and betrayed him, siding with The Raven, whom she would go onto marry. Jasmine died saving her daughter from her father.
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* CaptainErsatz: Talia al-Ghul to her father's R'as and Raven's Batman.
* DarkActionGirl
* TheDragon: To her father, at least at first.
* HeroicSacrifice: Took a bullet meant for her husband.
* HighHeelFaceTurn
* KilledOffForReal
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter

!!Nero
->'''AKA:''' Nicholas "Nick The Mick" Rourke

The son of an abusive father, Nicholas Rourke manifested pyrokinetic abilities at the age of twelve, burning down his family house and everyone in it. Moving from foster home to foster home, Rourke drifted into crime and became an arsonist for hire on the payroll of August Roman, eventually developing a split personality that believed itself to be Emperor Nero of Rome. Diagnosed insane, Rourke fought The Centurion many times, always winding up institutionalised. Following The Centurion's death and Roman's fall from power, Rourke has seemingly turned his life around, and now lives quietly as a glass blower.
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* TheAtoner: The Nicholas Rourke persona, at least, is very sorry about what he did as Nero and just wants to spend the rest of his life in peace.
* TheEmperor: Believes himself to be the emperor anyway.
* TheMentallyIll: In addition to his pyromania he suffers from a split personality ''and'' thinks he's Nero.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: If you know anything about Roman history anyways.
* PlayingWithFire: Could not only summon flames, but shape them into immense monsters.
* PsychoForHire: During his Nero days.
* {{Pyromaniac}}
* SplitPersonality

!!Nacht-Krieger
->'''AKA:''' Johann Dietrich Meinhoff

A sadistic bully who joined the SS for more power, Johann Meinhoff was transformed into a being of living shadow through the efforts of Wilhelm Kantor. Initially one of the weaker Nazi projects, the transfer to him of powers from a dying comrade, made Nacht-Krieger one of the most deadly weapons in the Nazi arsenal. At the end of the war, Nacht-Krieger guarded Kantor's escape from the Liberty League, killing many of its members in the process. Sealed by the White Rose, Nacht-Krieger was freed and reincarcerated once in the sixties, before being freed again in the present by Kantor, whose assassin he again serves as.
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* TheBully
* CastingAShadow
* TheDragon: To Kantor in the past and present.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* ThoseWackyNazis

!!Overshadow
->'''AKA:''' Wilhelm Kantor

An SS scientist and sorcerer who acted as Heinrich Himmler's NumberTwo for much of the war, Wilhelm Kantor supervised most of the Nazi ''Ubersoldaten'' program, helping to create beings like Donar and Nacht-Krieger. Having discovered that he was the reincarnation of an Ancient Egyptian sorcerer named Tan-Aktor, who had once betrayed Pharoah Heru-Ra. Escaping the Liberty League at the end of the war (and causing the deaths of most of its members at his own hands and those of Nacht-Krieger), Kantor perfected his powers, and became Overshadow, the long-lived mastermind of the SHADOW terrorist cell.
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* {{Archenemy}}: Of Scarab, the reincarnation of Heru-Ra.
* BadassCape
* TheBigBad: Of any campaign involving SHADOW.
** BiggerBad: In games where only individual SHADOW cells are encountered
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* CloningGambit: Has transferred his conciousness from cloned body to cloned body, ensuring his own survival.
* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans
* EvilSorcerer
* IcyBlueEyes
* TheManBehindTheMan: To most Nazi supersoldier projects during WWII, and SHADOW in the present day.
* ManInWhite
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* {{Reincarnation}}: Of an evil sorcerer from Egypt.
* TheRival: Had a longstanding rival with Superior over who truly represented the Nazi ideal.
* TheSociopath
* ThoseWackyNazis
* WesternTerrorists: With a crazed Nazi ideology to boot.

!!The Red Death I
->'''AKA:''' Yussef Smerdyakov, "Joseph Smith"

A Soviet spy and SilverAge adversary of the first Raven, The Red Death posed as an assassin and later a crime lord in order to gain access to American military and economic secrets, which he then passed back to his superiors in the KGB. Armed with a gas gun and his own formidable training, The Red Death remained an active threat into the 1980s when he faded from the supervillain scene.
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* BadassNormal: The Red Death's lack of superpowers did not stop him from being a truly dangerous threat.
* BlackCloak
* CoolMask: His red skull mask
* DeadlyGas: Could load his guns with gas that did everything from nauseate to kill.
* DirtyCommies: A classic SilverAge Russian spy.
* InTheHood
* MasterOfDisguise
* MeaningfulName: In more than one way. There's the obvious meaning of his name: he's a Communist killer. He's also, however, named for the Edgar Allan Poe short story ''The Masque of the Red Death'', in which a cloaked figure with a red skull for a face infiltrates a party being thrown by the wealthy, while outside the poor are dying of disease. The figure proves to be the titular disease, The Red Death, and kills everyone at the party. Given Smerdyakov's political leanings it isn't hard to read a Marxist message into the story (a message which can't have been intended by Poe), thus giving several layers of meaning to his codename.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* ProfessionalKiller: Pretended to be one.
* PunchClockVillain: There is no evidence that The Red Death I was particularly sadistic, or indeed, was anything other than the effective Communist agent he was supposed to be.

!!The Red Death II
->'''AKA:'''Cecilia Rogers

An investigative reporter for the ''Daily Herald'' who had her life destroyed by Majestic Industries CEO Hieronymous King, Cecilia Rogers snapped, located one of the original Red Death's hideouts, and took up his mantle in order to harass King. Attempting to kill King at a dinner party in his honour, Red Death II was stopped by Raven II, but eventually escaped from prison. Now holding a grudge against all wealthy people, Red Death II seeks to kill Freedom City's elite and redistribute their wealth to those she sees as more deserving of it.
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* {{Antivillain}}
* BadassNormal
* BlackCloak
* BrokenBird: Under the mask, Cecilia is an angry, broken young woman who feels a pathological need to hurt the likes of Hieronymous King.
* CoolMask
* DarkActionGirl: Cecilia is a physical match for the second Raven, making her one heck of a fighter.
* DeadlyGas: Uses the same gas guns as the original Red Death.
* DirtyCommies: Cecilia isn't a Stalinist like the original Red Death, but her social leanings and desire to kill the rich mark her out as a classic (and fanatical) Marxist.
* EvilCounterpart: The text never explicitly makes the comparison between her and Raven II, but let's see: both of them are young women who inherited the mantle of a SilverAge predecessor. Both are {{Badass Normal}}s who use gadgetry to compensate for a lack of superhuman abilities. Both believe that they have an obligation to fight evil, and to make life better for those who can't do it for themselves. The difference is in political ideology, and more importantly, in method.
* InTheHood
* MeaningfulName: Given Cecilia's hatred of the rich, ''The Masque of the Red Death'' assumes even more meaning for her than for Smerdyakov.
* MuggingTheMonster: Tried to kill Fletcher Beaumont II, only to discover he was actually Bowman III. The old man dusted off his arrows and Cecilia ended up in jail again.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* SamusIsAGirl: The reveal that Red Death II was female shocked everyone except for Raven II.
* SanitySlippage: Continues to lose more and more of her mind.
* VigilanteMan: Views herself as a superhero and does not understand why other heroes do not join her crusade.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Cecilia honestly means well, though her methods are terrible.

!!Ubermensch/Superior
->'''AKA:''' Kal-Zed

One of the rare births among the long-lived Hyperborean people of Ultima Thule, Kal-Zed never really fit in with the rest of his society. When explorers from NaziGermany arrived, with their talk of racial superiority and having descended from the Hyperboreans, most of the people of Ultima laughed at them. Kal-Zed, however, accepted the Nazi rhetoric, believing that the people of Ultima were superior to humanity, and should rule over them. During WWII he served as Hitler's personal champion, developing a strong rivarly with Wilhelm Kantor in the process. Following the collapse of the Axis powers, Ubermensch changed his name to Superior to better reflect his status, and went on to be a recurring foe of The Centurion.
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* BastardUnderstudy: He always intended to betray Hitler and rule Germany himself, and Hitler knew it.
* BewareTheSuperman
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* TheDragon: To AdolfHitler during WWII.
* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Will do anyting to create a Nazi-ruled fascist state.
* EvilCounterpart: To The Centurion, debuting just one year later.
* FlyingBrick
* FlyingFirepower: Superior's ability to channel cosmic energy allowed him to both fly, and fire PureEnergy blasts from his hands.
* HandBlast: Could project PureEnergy from his hands.
* HealingFactor: Renegerates damage with ease.
* MasterRace: Viewed himself as the ultimate expression of Nazi Aryan racial philosophy. Aryans trump normal humans, Ultimans trump Aryans, and he trumps them all.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* PureEnergy: Had the power to manipulate it at will.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Ultimans are long lived. At a few centuries old, Kal-Zed is still young by their standards.
* TheRival: To fellow Nazi, Wilhelm Kantor, alias Overshadow.
* SealedEvilInACan: Currently trapped in the Zero-Zone.
* SuperSpeed: Could fly 2500 miles per hour.
* SuperStrength: Though not nearly to The Centurion's levels. His energy powers made up for that.
* TakeOverTheWorld
* ThoseWackyNazis

* TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily: Stared out in the Italian Mafia and expanded from there.

!!The Centurion
->'''AKA: '''Mark Leeds

Earth's greatest superhero from the GoldenAge into the DarkAge, The Centurion was born on an alternate earth where the Roman Empire lasted until the modern era. When this world was destroyed by Omega, Centurion's father rocketed him across the dimensional barriers to land on Earth-Prime, where he was found and raised by Tom and Mabel Leeds who named him Mark. Eventually discovering his heritage, and the powers he had gained from travelling through a cosmic storm, Mark Leeds donned the iconic uniform of The Centurion and became Freedom City's most recognisable champion, battling the likes of August Roman and Superior for decades. During Omega's 1993 invasion of Earth, Leeds gave his life to stop the tyrant. He is sorely missed.

* {{Archenemy}} Of August Roman and vice-versa.

!!Overshadow
->'''AKA:''' Wilhelm Kantor

An SS scientist and sorcerer who acted as Heinrich Himmler's NumberTwo for much of the war, Wilhelm Kantor supervised most of the Nazi ''Ubersoldaten'' program, helping to create beings like Donar and Nacht-Krieger. Having discovered that he was the reincarnation of an Ancient Egyptian sorcerer named Tan-Aktor, who had once betrayed Pharoah Heru-Ra. Escaping the Liberty League at the end of the war (and causing the deaths of most of its members at his own hands and those of Nacht-Krieger), Kantor perfected his powers, and became Overshadow, the long-lived mastermind of the SHADOW terrorist cell.

!!The Red Death I
->'''AKA:''' Yussef Smerdyakov, "Joseph Smith"

A Soviet spy and SilverAge adversary of the first Raven, The Red Death posed as an assassin and later a crime lord in order to gain access to American military and economic secrets, which he then passed back to his superiors in the KGB. Armed with a gas gun and his own formidable training, The Red Death remained an active threat into the 1980s when he faded from the supervillain scene.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Cecilia honestly means well, though her methods are terrible.

A Chinese criminal mastermind hailing from the last days of Qing Dynasty, Sin built a criminal empire in the twenties and thirties, involving himself in

!!Nero
->'''AKA:''' Nicholas "Nick The Mick" Rourke

The son of an abusive father, Nicholas Rourke manifested pyrokinetic abilities at the age of twelve, burning down his family house and everyone in it. Moving from foster home to foster home, Rourke drifted into crime and became an arsonist for hire on the payroll of August Roman, eventually developing a split personality that believed itself to be Emperor Nero of Rome. Diagnosed insane, Rourke fought The Centurion many times, always winding up institutionalised. Following The Centurion's death and Roman's fall from power, Rourke has seemingly turned his life around, and now lives quietly as a glass blower.

!!The Centurion
->'''AKA: '''Mark Leeds

Earth's greatest superhero from the GoldenAge into the DarkAge, The Centurion was born on an alternate earth where the Roman Empire lasted until the modern era. When this world was destroyed by Omega, Centurion's father rocketed him across the dimensional barriers to land on Earth-Prime, where he was found and raised by Tom and Mabel Leeds who named him Mark. Eventually discovering his heritage, and the powers he had gained from travelling through a cosmic storm, Mark Leeds donned the iconic uniform of The Centurion and became Freedom City's most recognisable champion, battling the likes of August Roman and Superior for decades. During Omega's 1993 invasion of Earth, Leeds gave his life to stop the tyrant. He is sorely missed.

* TheMentallyIll: Reeves' ever changing notions of sin and his inability to process teh fact that the rest of the world did not operate along the same lines that he did resulted in his being declared unfit to stand trial, and locked up in a mental ward.

'''Villains'''

!!August Roman

An elder statesman of supervillainy, August Tiberius Roman was a gangster and criminal mastermind who clashed with The Centurion from his first appearance in the GoldenAge until the hero's death in 1993. Convicted once in the 1940s, Roman recieved a pardon from the government, and never saw the inside of a jail again after that. He succeeded in becoming "Emperor of Crime" during the SilverAge, controlling most of the organised crime in Freedom City during the 1950s and 1960s, and becoming the secret backer of many versions of the Crime League. Left unsure of what to do with himself after The Centurion's death, Roman has retired from organised crime to run the Circuit-Maximus, an illegal, underground gladiatorial ring.

!!Crimson Katana I
->'''AKA:''' Asano Ranaga

One of the worst villains of the GoldenAge to hail from somewhere other than NaziGermany, Asano Ranaga was a low-level thief in the employ of the Yakuza who managed to steal the Three Flames Katana, transforming himself into a vicious killing machine. In the employ of Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, Asano acted as an assassin and super soldier throughout WWII, slaughtering soldiers and civilians alike. After the war he founded the Katanarchist cult, which his son, Toshiro, would carry on.

* InTheHood

* {{Archenemy}}: To August Roman, Omega, and Superior who all viewed themselves as his greatest foes, and who make the short list of people Centurion actually hated.

An elder statesman of supervillainy, August Roman was a gangster and criminal mastermind who clashed with The Centurion from his first appearance in the GoldenAge until the hero's death in 1993. Convicted once in the 1940s, Roman recieved a pardon from the government, and never saw the inside of a jail again after that. He succeeded in becoming "Emperor of Crime" during the SilverAge, controlling most of the organised crime in Freedom City during the 1950s and 1960s, and becoming the secret backer of many versions of the Crime League. Left unsure of what to do with himself after The Centurion's death, Roman has retired from organised crime to run the Circuit-Maximus, an illegal, underground gladiatorial ring.

* {{Archenemy}}: One of three prime contenders for the title of The Centurion's worst enemy, and certainly his longest-running, with their first clash occuring shortly after The Centurion's debut.

* CaptainErsatz: The LexLuthor to The Centurion's Superman, though his own Roman trappings give him a very different feel from Luthor.

* TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily

* {{Samurai}}: Wears a highly stylised version of her father and grandfather's armour when she draws the katana.

->'''AKA:'''Mark Leeds

->'''AKA:'''Duncan Summers

!!Crimson Katana I
->'''AKA:'''Asano Ranaga

One of the worst villains of the GoldenAge to hail from somewhere other than NaziGermany, Asano Ranaga was a low-level thief in the employ of the Yakuza who managed to steal the Three Flames Katana, transforming himself into a vicious killing machine. In the employ of Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, Asano acted as an assassin and super soldier throughout WWII, slaughtering soldiers and civilians alike. After the war he founded the Katanarchist cult, which his son, Toshiro, would carry on.

->'''AKA:'''Toshiro Ranaga

->'''AKA:'''Kimiyo Ranaga

!!Daedalus

An Ancient Greek inventor, Daedalus was granted immortality by the gods following the death of his son, Icarus. Having lived under many assumed identities, including Isaac Newton, Daedalus has gone onto become a superhero in more recent years, first donning his trademark PoweredArmour during the SilverAge, and never taking it off. A key member of the Freedom League, Daedalus is the heart and soul of the team, though he'd deny it to the end. He has a long-running enmity with several other mythical characters including Taurus and his own creation, Talos.

* HighlyVisibleNinja: In his blood red uniform.

* {{Ninja}}: Has the look

* HighlyVisibleNinja

* HighlyVisibleNinja

* {{Ninja}}
* PowerTattoo: Keeps the katana and wakizashi on her arms in the forms of tattoos.

* PowerTattoos: Keeps the katana and wakizashi on her arms in the forms of tattoos.

* TokenConservative: In the otherwise liberal Freedom League.

'''Villains'''

!!Crimson Katana I
->'''AKA:'''Asano Ranaga

One of the worst villains of the GoldenAge to hail from somewhere other than NaziGermany, Asano Ranaga was a low-level thief in the employ of the Yakuza who managed to steal the Three Flames Katana, transforming himself into a vicious killing machine. In the employ of Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, Asano acted as an assassin and super soldier throughout WWII, slaughtering soldiers and civilians alike. After the war he founded the Katanarchist cult, which his son, Toshiro, would carry on.

* ArtifactOfDoom: The Three Flames Katana, forged during the first Sino-Japanese War, and quenched in the blood of three hundred Chinese prisoners.
* BloodKnight: Began as one, but slowly transitioned into a full-on psychopath who didn't care how he killed his enemies, as evidenced by his murders of Gunner and the Human Tank.
* CoolMask
* {{Cult}}: Founded a cult in Nepal based around his katana and himself.
* EvilWeapon: The aforementioned katana, which drives its user to commit eviler and eviler acts.
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* HighlyVisibleNinja: In his blood red uniform.
* ImperialJapan: A product of Japan at its worst.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: If you don't mind the raw evil that comes along with it.
* {{Ninja}}: Has the look
* ParentalAbandonment: Of his son, Toshiro.
* ProfessionalKiller
* RagsToRiches: Went from poverty to become one of the most influential men in Japan after stealing the katana.
* SociopathicSoldier
* SoreLoser: Murdered two victorious heroes, Gunner and Human Tank, in their sleep after the realisation that Japan had lost sank in.

!!Crimson Katana II
->'''AKA:'''Toshiro Ranaga

The son of the first Crimson Katana, Toshiro Ranaga discovered his father's sword and took his place at the head of the Katanarchist cult. He also had the head of his father's last victim, the Human Tank, melted down and reforged as a matching wakizashi. A mercenary and killer-for-hire, Toshiro was a wanted man throughout much of the SilverAge, ultimately committing suicide in 1995 at the age of 58. His ghost now infuses the Three Flames Katana, and has gone on to possess his daughter intermittently.

* ArtifactOfDoom
* {{Cult}}
* DemonicPossession: Of his own daughter.
* DrivenToSuicide: With his career as a villain over, Toshiro killed himself as a means of furthering his legacy and returning as a ghost.
* EvilSorcerer: Has more mystical powers at his disposal than his father did, having become a fully fledged sorcerer during his search for the katana.
* EvilWeapon: Toshiro has, in fact, made the Three Flames Katana ''more'' evil by infusing it with his own ghost.
* HighlyVisibleNinja
* HiredGuns
* LegacyCharacter: Inherited his father's legacy.