The Kingpin was finally brought down, leaving a massive hole in New York’s seedy underbelly. Gangsters, two-bit criminals and even super-powered villains see their opportunity to step out from behind his shadow. This has turned New York into a warzone dragged into open conflict between all those who want to be the new king.
The Hood is a powerful mage trapped inside the life circumstances of a petty crook. A talented blaster with ranged magic spells and mystical firearms, he’s capable of high damage output as well as engaging in illusions and invisibility.
A terrified and pained telepathic scream reverberates through the cosmos alerting the ever mindful Martian Manhunter. It is a distressed Mother Mercy. Something has descended upon the Clementian habitat and is perverting the Black Mercies to amplify feelings of rage.
An ex-marine who was indoctrinated into a practice called “skin-grafting” where he can take on others sins onto his flesh by way of tattoos. He can then animate those sins into living entities. Has come into ownership of Nega-Bands.
There lives a house of ill repute. One that draws weird things to its doorstep. There is a door. Some call it the Last Door and the things that knock are not always what they seem. Once a box was made and it exists to hold all the evils of this reality. It was never meant to be opened, but prying eyes, as they are. The coven of the House of Mystery exists to welcome all guests at their door. To peek inside that box. To right the wrongs that plague this reality.
It’s hard to pin Blade down into a single archetype. He’s not a glass cannon, and he’s not a berserker or reaver. He excels at range or in close and hitting hard. However, he can exploit weak points and spread conditions like a control caster when he does. He doesn’t come with abundant health but makes up for that with good damage reduction and health regeneration.
Cardiac is a shock trooper archetype literally. His kit balances electricity-based blasting with strong attacks and counter-attacks with staves that he can infuse with electrical energy to stun enemies. His vibranium skin makes him hard to hurt and his beta particle reactor heart gives him active healing. He’s a surgeon at heart, so he can also bring allies back from the brink and heal others.
Nico is a young caster, who can bend reality to her will with nothing but a word. She can use standard sorcery to fly and bring others with her, and a batter of energy blasts and hexes. She can also drain others to power her health and focus. The most powerful tool in her kit though, is channeling Powerful Hex through her Staff of One which allows her to cast any spell she wants with a single word. As long as she hasn’t done so before.
Host is a member of HYDRA’s supernatural and occult black-bag group, DOA. His body is a Pandora’s Box of creepy crawlies which he can force to do his bidding.
Jake Gomez is a young werewolf new to the life. He has all of the powers of a standard werewolf: healing factor, strength, and higher defenses. His multitude of claws-based melee strikes slice through enemies quickly making him a classic berserker. He’s also skilled at avoiding taking melee strikes in return.