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WRITER/AUTHOR
TOO MANY HEROES
Tabletop Card Game and 'Hero' Universe
2020 / MARCH
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TOO MANY HEROES - PRIMARY UNIVERSE BIBLE
Introduction
Ultimate Mission Statement: The Great Correction
The Importance of Franchise From Universe
Phase 2.5 -- A Truly Global Voice
Too Many Heroes
The State of the World and Heroes
Too Many Heroes - The Card Game
The Too Many Heroes Universe
TOO MANY HEROES - HEROES, VILLAINS, AND CORPORATIONS
HERO BIOS
HEROES 041 - 060
DOCTOR K
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Scotland
CLASSIFICATION: Cybernetic
BIO: A fairly cocksure doctor, the developer and proponent of an experimental progenitor nanomachine serum, which he surmised shortly after as “Calling ‘Time of Death’ is simply an inconvenience, - Doctor K." With a love of celebrities, always having dreamed of being one, he was royally stoked when he thought he met Stefan Hawkins, which actually turned out to be one of the other two. This resulted in an unfortunate foolish obituary which was more about his encounter than the man himself. Often seen with a different posse of sycophants hungry to devour his mad science.
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CPT. R4K4M
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Iceland
CLASSIFICATION: Tech
BIO: Hacktivist, often red team operator, mischievous but never malicious, with a love of exploring systems and their functions. An outspoken privacy advocate, in addition to frequently admonishing questionable security practices, and the general public’s disregard of their own data. However, not a whistle-blower in spite of the Captain Crunch bosun’s whistle. Phreaking by other means. He is one of the alleged creators of numerous pentesting tools, such as: the Heroic Magic SeaDucky and the OMG SeaDuck, PieRat Xpress, and Aft Or Office. There are said to be 2600 rumours surrounding him, some of which he addressed as a guest speaker at the Hackers on Terra (HOT) Convention 2006.
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STILETTO
PLACE OF ORIGIN: USA
CLASSIFICATION: Warrior
BIO: Hawaiian born army brat, bouncing around the world before landing in Austria for a brief stint. With a love of all things martial arts, a history of fighting in her blood, growing up watching martial arts films, which her father would take her to watch. She took to mimicking, much like the characters themselves, until learning to fight legitimately. Eventually practicing by travelling to different dojos and entering numerous international contests, not to win, but to learn. Her favourite quote attributed to her father "There is a difference between a warrior and a fighter, sometimes you can be both, but forget neither." Upon entering higher education, she set up a self-defence class to impart what she had learned, similarly to the classic films. Upon returning to the states, she worked her way into 'Combat Sports Unlimited,' where she continues to learn and develop her skills, seeing it as a living organic puzzle to unravel.
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BONNIE ECHO
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Canada
CLASSIFICATION: Golden Age
BIO: A national treasure akin to a hierophant, with a multigenerational fanbase, a legendary longevity in uplifting audiences of all demographics and ages. Epitomising killer prowess, an attitude of pure class in exalted powerful booming vocals, crossing multiple genres in rock and roll, R&B, pop, soul and dance. Adaptive and in tune with the times, her performances are evocative, the material moving, an expression of her own struggle and hardships, in particularly and that of others. Following her rise to fame in the mid-seventies, she became actively devoted to charities in support of numerous movements globally, performing at benefits and tours in regions less travelled. Her work continues to the present, albeit with deep respect, discreet and without fanfare.
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HASHTAG MAN
PLACE OF ORIGIN: USA
CLASSIFICATION: Espionage
BIO: A Sqwker legend, and whistle-blower capable of using less than 250 amount of characters to leak sensitive information and initiating multiple scandals. Rather than irritating his combatants with bad puns or catchphrases, he instead tortures them by exclaiming various hashtags. A perplexing figure, with questionable allegiance, for the most part seemingly motivated purely by fame and wealth.
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N'SANE
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Hong Kong
CLASSIFICATION: Intellect
BIO:
Current day Hong Kong hip hop super star, favouring a mix of the traditional and contemporary. Rapping with ancient Chinese magic, fighting with Shaolin spirit. A linguist with an encyclopaedic knowledge of philosophies and magick systems, he is rich of body and mind, presenting himself as a larger than life figure in style and flare, his joie de vivre flows. Additionally he's an excellent businessman, frequently poking fun at Feng-Shui posers.
N'Sane is the son of a half-Chinese half-Japanese father, one of the few who were present present at the failed Nanking exorcism, and survived. Returning to his wife in Hong Kong, briefly as a homicide detective before retiring to run the restaurant business with is wife, before being murdered under suspicious circumstances, with alleged connections to the organisation that murdered Simian Prime. As a result, N'Sane has stayed out of crime, staying vigilant and focused on hard work, helping out with the restaurant business, while growing up and during his education. His values to this day remain unchanged, if only evolving his philosophy, with every experience and opportunity to learn from. A student of JKD, and often dresses in the likes of Bruce Lee in his appearance, in respect for the man, and in honour of his father who took him to watch all the films, but similarly discuss philosophy and human nature, in addition to the place of violence and the oldest battle of light and dark, good and evil.
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THE HAMMER
PLACE OF ORIGIN: USA
CLASSIFICATION: Intellect
BIO: Accruing immense wealth through his immense knowledge of the legal system, rapidly gaining high profile cases, rising to fame as one of the few to successfully to go toe to toe with Morningstar & Damian. Through is connections, he purchased The 'Advocatus Diaboli,' a 'res ipsa loquitur' briefcase, similar in vein to a briefcase of doom/Pandora's box, alleged to have been manufactured by a disciple of Hephaestus. The Advocatus Diaboli is said to contain a myriad of potential super-weaponry, manifesting as required by the user.
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SHIN SOLO
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Mongolia
CLASSIFICATION: Teen
BIO: A steampunk cosplayer, gamer, and futurepunk mecha pilot, with heightened reflexes and expert timing. Dabbling in MMA and often known to experiment and develop techniques from anime and video games as applied to real life, finding a practical system that is efficient and filled with flare. With a talent for reading moves, she is extremely proficient in predicting enemies attack, appearing almost like precognition, but rather is advanced pattern recognition. A skill set benefiting tournaments, in addition to piloting her mecha. She greatly enjoys conventions, aiming to visit as many of them as she can in year across the globe, attending in various steampunk cosplay variants of her favourite characters.
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BILLIONAIRE BOB
PLACE OF ORIGIN: USA
CLASSIFICATION: Intellect
BIO: An information technology tycoon responsible for fashionable electronics and pervasive software. Old and decrepit, conniving and ultimately a villain, living on his campus, in an opulent penthouse atop his castle, surrounded by staff and employees at his beck and call. Deep beneath this tower, is a facility housing a number of his clones, of which he body swaps with, when his current one reaches a particular state of decay. Essentially a criminal who bought his way into herodom, declaring his escaped clone not only an imposter, but an enemy of the state, and a threat to the free world. Ultimately angered by his younger body running around, with a sizable sum of his money (taken from Tropical Assets,) as his current body is failing him.
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BREWMASTER
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Vietnam
CLASSIFICATION: Espionage
BIO: A natural alchemist, as if brewing is in his blood, able to quickly concoct various alcoholic cocktails rich and bold in flavour and packing a hefty punch. With his gift, comes his curse of an extraordinarily high level of alcohol tolerance. The unfortunate consequence of which means a necessity for heavy consumption in order to maintain being steadily soused. Something he sees as a necessary requirement in order to deal and tolerate people, particularly the toxic group of brewers in South East Asia.
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MARKS MAN
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Australia
CLASSIFICATION: Legendary
BIO: Effervescent in execution, slick and stylish, an effortlessly charming assassin. Some have claimed no remorse in associates being eliminated by him, as its nothing personal, and often even in moments of extreme ultraviolence his cool and fun demeanour brings a sense of friendly camaraderie and cheer. With a passion for motorcycles, he's often racing and adventuring with his good friend Rock51.
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VON LEPUS
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Austria
CLASSIFICATION: Warrior
BIO: A lethal jackalope lagomorph, spirit and defender of the woods protecting the ecosystem. An expert marksman working with environmentalists and hunters to maintain the land for optimal conservation, with each member given a sector to maintain. Lethal to poachers and unforgiving to those who disrespect nature, ferocious fangs of the jackalope come to play.
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THE CHIEF
PLACE OF ORIGIN: USA
CLASSIFICATION: Golden Age
BIO: The Chief of Eden City PD, one of the originators of the vigilante hero template: to protect and serve by day, and rough justice vigilante by night. In what was viewed as simpler and more 'innocent' times, rather a façade of trojan values, closed and closeted. The duality of identity, a reflection of the times, in addition to the particular usage of the mask and ‘concealment’ yet simultaneously a free expression of the self, not unlike Thespis. On the surface, his costume has a rather tame albeit rough appearance, however much of his gear was inspired by the underground bondage scene in which he was part.
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BETTY REDTAPE
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Thailand
CLASSIFICATION: Intellect
BIO: The corrupt Mistress of manipulation, blatantly flaunting under the table manoeuvres, openly taking kickbacks and all fashions of bribes, in addition to outright forgeries. Operating in such a shifty manner, rude and belligerent with a conveniently selective memory of events. In some ways, nothing short of a master stroke and sleight of hand in exploiting the tragically broken system to her own power hungry swindling ends. She has expressed her machinations of becoming the first female Prez-4-Life.
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WINSTON
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Singapore
CLASSIFICATION: Espionage
BIO: The founder and developer of the global Cabbie Network "Knowledge+." An open source intelligence networked, aimed at improving global security through open communication and human intelligence. Combined with an international database of routes and pathways, a public app has been released to aid in road safety. Conversation, communication, memory, documenting and typing, many of the makings of working to make a safer world for all, more than simply getting you to your destination in good and efficient time, with a healthy degree of small talk.
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KUNOICHI
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Japan
CLASSIFICATION: Espionage
BIO: A highly skilled shinobi prodigy and chef, serious in both her crafts. Merciless, yet honourable, proud and vigilant, but never cold or distanced. Blindingly fast, moving with grace in a lethal confluence of combat, favouring flow of movement and efficiency of action, replete with unpredictable rapid moves, from a flurry of shadowless kicks to ghost slashes and phantom strikes. Her covert work is undertaken with great discretion and professionalism, never interfering with the restaurant business, which has expanded globally, leading to rumours of a gastronomy espionage network. Needless to say, with dishes to die for.
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SILKE
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Persia
CLASSIFICATION: Espionage
BIO: From a long line of fighters and warriors, an immortal force, leading resistance against barbaric invading oppressors. Battle hardened and sensitive in command, she holds a degree in law and history, with keen insight in military history and strategy. True and faithful in all things, graceful. She is dedicated to promoting and defending human rights, in particular for women and children. Highly skilled in multiple weapon disciplines, but favours a bow and arrow with specific targets for emphasis and punctuation, often leaving a flower as a calling card.
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LADY BRITON
PLACE OF ORIGIN: England
CLASSIFICATION: Warrior
BIO: Witty and whimsical, a strong and determined fighter rising to fame a championship fighter in 'Combat Sports Unlimited,' with an ability to lay a brutal beatdown in a manner she claims stems from a heritage of Victorian battling roots. Enamoured with entertainment wrestling in her formative years, enjoying in particular the storytelling and it's larger than life bombastic nature of fantastic fights. In spite of this she's highly capable in real fights, training aggressively, growing up with practical muscles from hard labour, helping out with the family business.
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LEE
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Wales
CLASSIFICATION: Warrior
BIO: Rugged, tough as nails, good for a laugh and ultimately salt of the earth. Ex-SAS and former PMC, a hardcore professional with intense focus, extremely hardened. Worked independent after being boned by the powers that be, the doctors misdiagnosed his deteriorating eyesight, writing it off as combat stress/fatigue, ‘happens to even the best of us,’ they’d say. He has trained with blindfolds, operated in complete darkness, in the thick of sewage shit and the unforgiving depths of a toxic oceans, complete visual impairment is simply a mild-inconvenience for him. Later forming 'Solidarity' with Aeon, as a PMC focused on doing good and correcting the wrongs of the initial associations.
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SIFU BAIJIU
PLACE OF ORIGIN: China
CLASSIFICATION: Legendary
BIO: The only thing more legendary than his fists, is his appetite for drink. Wu Xia type Drunken Master, Northern Style. With the capability of lethality, but never succumbing to it, finding other ways, ever evolving his technique and skills, maintaining the art of 'not fighting,' but communicating through action. A jovial teacher, philosopher and master brewer, owning a microbrewery, promoting philosophy, and positive alcoholism. Ultimately a teacher, whilst most ‘heroes’ in this universe will kill, as a teacher, he often will avoid causing serious harm to his opponent, unless necessary, offering instead to educate and guide them to a better path in life. Even with all the corporate dross, he’s able to use his assets and connections to share his philosophy and education with book deals, conferences, meet ups and gatherings.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TOO MANY HEROES - PRIMARY UNIVERSE BIBLE
Introduction
Ultimate Mission Statement: The Great Correction
The Importance of Franchise From Universe
Phase 2.5 -- A Truly Global Voice
Too Many Heroes
The State of the World and Heroes
Too Many Heroes - The Card Game
The Too Many Heroes Universe
TOO MANY HEROES - HEROES, VILLAINS, AND CORPORATIONS