The villains of the City of Titans Verse. Work in progress.
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Scorpion
General
- Alternate Company Equivalent: The CoT counterpart to Arachnos from City of Heroes, both being supervillain organizations themed on arachnids.
- Nebulous Evil Organization: A worldwide terrorist organization considered the most dangerous in the setting.
Serqet
Serqet
The head of Scorpion, a villainess who emerged in the 1930s and has continued strong since.
- The Ageless: Looks the same now as he did when she was first photographed in the '30s, and Rick notes she looks pretty damn good for that age.
- The Face: Scorpion's most public figure out of all their bigwigs.
Bloodwatch
Bloodwatch
Former superhero turned assassin for Scorpion.
- Arch-Enemy: Considers Anthem to be his most hated enemy, though she views him as just another villain.
- Cyborg: Has cybernetic enhancements, which allows him to hold his own against Anthem despite his disadvantage.
- Know When to Fold 'Em: He knew that fighting with Anthem wouldn't have ended well if continued too long, so he bolted the moment he had the chance.
- Nominal Hero: What he was before going villain. Anthem notes that he was once "nominally" a hero, which meant he wasn't exactly a shining paragon to begin with.
- Villainous Underdog: His fight against Anthem. She's a Flying Brick who is both stronger and faster than him, but he still manages to keep up until he realizes that escape is the better option.
Dr. Zubenelgenubi
Dr. Zubenelgenubi
Mad scientist and sorcerer.
The Black Roses
General
- Affably Evil: Like most classic mob types, they cultivate an image of being gentlemen and trying to maintain order in the underworld.
- Cyberpunk: A classy version, since they combine it with civilized Mafia aesthetics.
- Empowered Badass Normal: Invoked. They were pretty damn tough as normal mobsters, but realized there was no way to keep up without their own superpowered edge. Hence, their cybernetics.
- The Mafia: The result of an otherwise conventional crime family turning to any way of keeping up with superheroes.
- Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: Cyberpunk transhuman Sicilian mobsters.
Father Omerta
Orlando Rossi / Father Omerta
Frank Castilucci
Frank Castilucci
- Anti-Villain: He genuinely thinks of himself as a Punch-Clock Villain who is protecting his people from worse monsters. He turns on the Black Roses when he realizes they only care about money.
- Big Bad: He's the primary force behind the attempts to frame the hero Topaz. Subverted, he's not the reason Topaz was brought to task in the first place.
- Framing the Guilty Party: What he thought he was doing with Topaz.
- Heel–Face Turn: He eventually turns state witness out of disgust with the Black Roses and to stop a Dirty Cop.
Pyrebands
General
- Playing with Fire: As their name suggests, they use the powers of fire drawn from Chaser.
- The Stoner: Sort of. They are all hooked on Chaser, which gives them powers and is highly dangerous.
- Super Serum: They draw their powers from a special drug called Chaser, which grants them pyro abilities.
Skullcharred
Thomas "The Wash" Washington / Skullcharred
A former professional football player for Titan City who lost his career to Chaser. Returned as Skullcharred, leader of the Pyrebands.
- Atrocious Alias: It's noted by Lenny Alvarez that "Skullcharred" sounds more like a smoked fish than a supervillain.
- Drugs Are Bad: Lost everything to Chaser when he vomited flames on another player and caused the biggest scandal in decades. This has only exacerbated the state.
- From Nobody to Nightmare: From pro football player to supervillain.
- Playing with Fire: As you can expect from the leader of the Pyrebands, he's an extremely dangerous pyro.
ePunk Radicals
General
Raveheart
The Five Dragons
General
- The Triads and the Tongs: They're basically the triads of the setting, with the added twist being that they specialize in Functional Magic.
Lady White
Lady White
The reclusive leader of the Five Dragons.
Jerry Chiang
Jerry Chiang
The deceased founder of the Five Dragons.
Miss Yu
Miss Yu
The Deadly 7
General
- Magnificent Seven Samurai: Inverted. They're seven unrepentant villains, as opposed to heroes.
Liege
Liege
- Affably Evil: Described as a charismatic leader.
- Mind Control: A mental manipulator.
Beatdown
Beatdown
- Super-Strength: A strongman with a sadistic twist.
Covet
Covet
- Evil Genius: Once converted a broken pocket watch into a lethal trap.
Aspire
Aspire
- Power Copying: Possesses a form of mimicry.
Abysm
Abysm
- Pocket Dimension: Able to create void spaces.
Modal
Modal
- Ambiguously Human: Described as "a completely unknown entity that has the ability to physically become what you desire or wish for." It is not known if this being is human or something else.
Idle
Idle
- Time Master: Able to slow time, which allows her to achieve a variation of Super-Speed.
Aether Pirates
General
Boilerpunk
Captain Barbarous
la Cisna
Ser Morgan
Unforgiven
Alaric
Alaric
Pardoner
Pardoner
Mysterious master of curses.
Other Villains
Alakazam
Alakazam
Evil sorceress.
Antithesis
Antithesis
Arbalest
Arbalest
Crossbow-wielding assassin.
Deluge, Tyrant of the Waves
Deluge, Tyrant of the Waves
Villain who wants to kill all surface-dwellers.
Dr. Tyche
Dr. Tyche
Roboticist, engineer, scientist, madman.
Hexbane
Hexbane
A villain who collects cursed objects.
The Meadowlark
The Meadowlark
A bank robber.
Nikolaus the Bloodied
Nikolaus the Bloodied
Creator of the Central Library, used it as a cache for his forbidden magic before being sealed by the Arcane Sentinels.
Opal Palinski
Opal Palinski
- Bad Guy Bar: Runs one aptly named the Opal Room. Her powers ensures that the area remains a Truce Zone for conducting business in the criminal underworld.
- Born Lucky: She can manipulate luck. This is why she's the head of the Opal Room, where rival factions do business on her grounds. No one dares try to to break her rules, lest she make them accidentally kill themselves.
Patchwork
Patchwork
A professional thief and superpowered villain believed to be currently operating throughout Titan City.
Steed
Steed
An occultist connected to the Black Train. The Victor
The Victor
Various
Apokalyptykult
Apokalyptykult
Multi-platinum music group consisting of Horn Dog, Muscle Ripper, Tongue Lasher, Abyssal Depths, and Magic Fingers. They've taken the Titan City music scene by storm, though people wonder what kind of dark secret they harbor...
- Ambiguous Situation: They have some kind of secret, but what hasn't been revealed yet.
- Myspeld Rökband: With its spelling, the name doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
The Tarot
The Tarot
Past Villains
Cumulus Rex
Cumulus Rex
- Hero Killer: On top of presumably many others, he's responsible for the death of American Star, the first and greatest hero of the setting.
- Take That!: Very obviously representative of NC Soft closing down City of Heroes, with Hurricane Atlas representing the action by trying to destroy Titan City, killing American Star (the Statesman of the game), and forcing Atlas 33 to rebuild aka make Missing Worlds Media create City of Titans.
