AQUARIUS Fighting Ty (6) Agility Ex (20) Strength Ty (6) Endurance Gd (10) Reason Ty (6) Intuition Gd (10) Psyche Ty (6) Health: 42 Karma: 22 Resources: GD (10) Popularity: 0 BACKGROUND Real Name. 1: Darren Bently, II: Zachary Drebb Occupation: Professional criminal Legal Status: United states citizen with a criminal record Identity: Publicly revealed Place of Birth: 1: New York City, II: Unrevealed Marital Status: Single Known Relatives: None Base of Operations: San Francisco, California Past Group Affiliations- Human Zodiac KNOWN POWERS: Power Mimicry: The first Aquarius has the power to adopt the forms and powers of his fellow Zodiac members. Water Guns: The second Aquarius wears housings on his wrists that allowed him to project streams of water. These streams deliver Typical damage on those they strike. Talents: None Contacts: Each of the men who wore the name of Aquarius was a member of Van Lunt's Zodiac cartel. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: The original Aquarius was one of the most cunning and manipulative members of the Zodiac. Little is known of his replacement's personality. Comments: The original Aquarius was granted the supernatural ability to take on the forms and abilities of his fellow Zodiac leaders by the demon Slifer, who subsequently killed him. ARIES Fighting Ty (6) Agility Ty (6) Strength Ty (6) Endurance Ex (20) Reason Ty (6) Intuition Gd (10) Psyche Ex (20) Health: 38 Karma: 36 Resources: GD (10) Popularity: -2 BACKGROUND Real Name: 1: Marcus Lassiter, II: Grover Raymond, III: Unrevealed Occupation: Professional criminal Legal Status: 1, II: Citizen of the united states with a criminal record, III: Unrevealed. Identity: 1, II: Known to the authorities, III: Secret. Place of Birth: 1: Athens, Georgia, 11, III: Unrevealed Marital Status: Unrevealed Known Relatives-. None Base of Operations: 1: Atlanta, Georgia, 11, III: Chicago, Illinois Past Group Affiliations. Human Zodiac KNOWN POWERS Zodiac Key: The first Aries occasionally wielded the Zodiac Key. Horns: The Aries costume, worn by all three men, bears horns of Remarkable strength material, which add + 1 CS to the wearers' attempts to charge. Talents: None Contacts: Each Aries was a member of Van Lunt's Zodiac. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Marcus Lassiter was an ambitious man who dared to reach beyond his grasp, drunk with the power of the Zodiac Key. The last two men to wear the costume of Aries were brash and assertive. Comments: Lassiter was killed in the course of his ultimately unsuccessful attempt to hold Manhattan Island for ran- som, a scheme he undertook independently of his fellow Zodiac leaders. Lassiter served a lengthy term as head of the entire Zodiac organization up until his demise. He wielded the Zodiac Key as his major weapon. Comments: Raymond's first known activity as a Zodiac leader was his participation in the attempt to kill all Manhattanites born under the sign of Gemini with a Star-Blazer device. Raymond fought Iron Man II and is currently in police custody. In combat he charges his opponent as a ram would. His costume's horns are constructed of an unknown hard material, making them formidable weapons. CANCER Fighting Ex (20) Agility Pr (4) Strength Ty (6) Endurance Gd (10) Reason Ty (6) Intuition Ty (6) Psyche Ty (6) Health: 40 Karma: 18 Resources: GD (10) Popularity: -3 BACKGROUND Real Name: Jack Kievano Occupation: Professional criminal Legal Status: Citizen of the United States with a criminal record Identity: Known to the authorities Place of Birth: Unrevealed Marital Status: Unrevealed Known Relatives: None Base of Operations: Houston, Texas Past Group Affiliations: Human Zodiac KNOWN POWERS Pincers: Cancer wore prosthetic crab- claws on his hands, which delivered Excellent damage and allowed him to grapple at Remarkable ability. However, for purposes of manual dexterity, he was considered to have Feeble Agility. Talents: None Contacts: Until his death, Kievano was a member of Van Lunt's Zodiac cartel. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Kievano was a crafty fighter and a shrewd businessman. Comments: Kievano has been a member of Zodiac since its founding. His current whereabouts and activates are unknown. He wears pincer-like prosthetic devices with great strength for gripping on his hands. CAPRICORN Fighting Ty (6) Agility Ty (6) Strength Pr (4) Endurance Ty (6) Reason Gd (10) Intuition Ty (6) Psyche Ty (6) Health: 22 Karma:22 Resources: TY (6) Popularity: -3 BACKGROUND Real Name: Willard Weir Occupation: Professional criminal Legal Status: Citizen of the United States with a criminal record Identity: Known by the authorities Place of Birth: Unrevealed Marital Status: Unrevealed Known Relatives: None Base of Operations: Detroit, Michigan Past Group Affiliations: Human Zodiac KNOWN POWERS Elastic Horns: Capricorn had obtained a pair of bionic horns, which he affixed to his costume and which he could Elongate with Remarkable ability. He often used these to grapple opponents or throw them about. Talents: None Contacts, Capricorn was a member of van Lunt's Zodiac cartel. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES For all his unusual habits, such as painting himself green for affect, and despite - his rather baroque power, Capricorn was one of the most stable and rational members of the Zodiac. Comments: Weir has been a member of Zodiac since its founding. His current wherabouts and activities are unknown. Through unknown means he can cause his costume's horns to extend, wrap themselves about opponents, and throw the opponents about. GEMINI Fighting Gd (10) Agility Ty (6) Strength Gd (10) Endurance Gd (10) Reason Ty (6) Intuition Ty (6) Psyche Gd (10) Health: 36 Karma:22 Resources: GD (10) Popularity: -2 BACKGROUND Real Name: Joshua Link Occupation. Professional criminal Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a criminal record Identity: Known to the authorities Place of Birth: Boston, MA Marital Status- Unrevealed Known Relatives: Damian Link (brother) Base of Operations: Boston, MA Past Group Affiliations: Human Zodiac KNOWN POWERS Mind Control: Through unknown means, Gemini could take control of his twin brother's mind and body. Damian Link's statistics are average for a police officer. Should Damian have been taken beyond the range of Gemini's powers, Gemini's Strength rating would have dropped to Typical, with the resulting Health loss. Talents: Gemini has Martial Arts A and E. Contacts: Gemini was a member of van Lunt's Zodiac cartel. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Gemini was a quiet member of the organization, enslaving his twin brother's mind as a pawn whenever it might prove useful. Comments: Link has been a member of Zodiac since its founding. Due to an electrical accident, Link became psionically linked with his twin brother Damian, a policeman. Hence, Joshua Link can take mental control of Damian Link's minds and body, and can add Damian's physical strength to that of his own body. The current whereabouts and activities of the Link brothers are unknown. LEO Fighting Gd (10) Agility Gd (10) Strength Ty (6) Endurance Gd (10) Reason Ty (6) Intuition Ty (6) Psyche Ty (6) Health: 36 Karma: 18 Resources: Ex (20) Popularity: -8 BACKGROUND Real Name: Daniel Radford Occupation: Professional criminal Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a criminal record Identity: Known to the authorities Place of Birth: Unrevealed Marital Status: Unrevealed Known Relatives: None Base of Operations: Los Angeles, California Past Group Affiliations: Human Zodiac KNOWN POWERS Claws: Leo's costume was designed with dangerous claw attachments, made of Excellent materials, which did Remark- able Edged damage. Body Armor: Leo's body suit provided Poor protection against physical attacks. Talents: Leo was trained in the use of his claws, and received a + 1 CS to Hit when employing them. He also practiced Martial Arts E. Contacts: Leo is a member of van Lunt's Zodiac cartel. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Leo was perhaps the most vicious member of the Zodiac, reveling in whatever chance he had to use his claws against human flesh. Comments: Radford has been a member of Zodiac since its founding. is current whereabouts and activities are unknown. Radford uses the claws on his costume's "paws" as weapons. LIBRA Fighting Rm (30) Agility Ex (20) Strength Ty (6) Endurance Ty (6) Reason Gd (10) Intuition Ex (20) Psyche Ty (6) Health: 62 Karma: 36 Resources: TY (6) Popularity: -3 BACKGROUND Real Name: Gustav Brandt Occupation: Former mercenary soldier, later professional criminal Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a criminal record Identity: Public Place of Birth: Unrevealed Marital Status: Widowed Known Relatives: Lua (wife, deceased), Monsier Khrull (brother-in-law), Mantis (daughter, deceased) Base of Operations: Honolulu, Hawaii Past Group Affiliations: Human Zodiac KNOWN POWERS Brandt's studies have granted him a number of mystic skills. He has demonstrated the Following powers, which should probably be considered magically based: Invisibility: In (40) invisibility to all forms of detection. Dimensional Travel: Mn (75) Time Travel: Mn (75) Power Control: Brandt was able to activate Rick Jones' connection to the Destiny Force and dictate which Avengers he summoned. Telekinesis: Gd (10) Illusion Generation: Ex (20) Talents: Libra is skilled in Martial Arts A, B, and E, as well as Acrobatics and Tumbling. He possesses Mystic Background and Occult Lore. Although he is blind, he can discern a feature about his environment by making an Intuition FEAT roll (green results suffice for large features of the environment, for example that there is a desk in front of him, while red results are necessary for subtle features, such as the number of pens in the pen-holder on the desk.) Contacts: Libra was a member of the Zodiac crime cartel, and could presumably contact the priests of Pama if necessary. He allied with Kang the Conqueror and the Supereme Intelligence against the manipulations of the Time Keepers and Immortus. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Libra, true to his sign, was an agent of balance and cooperation in the Zodiac. Comments: Brandt was a German mercenary soldier working in Indochina when he fell in love with and married a woman named Lua. Her brother, the infamous crimelord Monsieur Khruul, hated Europeans and vowed to kill the couple after their wedding. The Brandts lived on the run for some time, but they eventually settled down long enough for Lua to give birth to a daughter. Shortly thereafter, Khruul's men found the couple and torched their home. Lua was killed and Gustav was blinded, but he managed to escape with their child and found shelter with the Priests of Pama, a pacifistic sect of the alien Kree race who had taken up secret residence on Earth. The Priests raised Brandt's daughter to believe in their pacifistic, spiritualist philosophy and named her Mantis for her ability to defeat male opponents using the priests' martial arts disciplines. Gustav stayed long enough to learn the priests' martial arts, including a mental technique that allowed him to perceive the world around him despite his blindness, but his violent nature made him incompatible with the priests' community and he soon departed, leaving Mantis in their care. Brandt went on to become a founding leader of the Zodiac crime cartel as Libra, battling the Avengers and other heroes in this guise. Ironically, Mantis herself had grown up to become a member of the Avengers, and because of this Libra declared a truce of sorts with the group for some time. After Taurus' plot to murder all the Geminis in Manhattan failed, Brandt was sent to prison. Brandt found himself becoming more interested in knowledge than in crime. As Brandt himself described, "I escaped, and resumed my criminal activities. But I followed them only half-heartedly, spending most of my time in study- learning the power of balance- the winding ways between good and evil, between now and never, between what is and what only might be- and mastering the arcane skills they led me to. And when my last encounter with the assembled Zodiac led to treachery, I used my newfound skills to present the seeming of death, while I slipped away in between, to further my studies... my wanderings led me to areas of imbalance, of turmoil, in reality itself..." Brandt discovered Immortus' manipulations of the timestream. He allied himself with the others who were concerned about Immortus' manipulations: Kang the Conqueror and the Kree Supreme Intelligence. Brandt protected the youth Rick Jones, the wielder of the Destiny Force, and helped him to summon a team of Avengers from across time in order to battle the efforts of Immortus' and his masters, the Time Keepers, to shackle the destiny of humanity. The Avengers were ultimately successful in defeating the Time Keepers, and Brandt returned to his studies. (For more information see Avengers Forever 1-12.) He did not permanently abandon his criminal career, though, and was seemingly slain alongside the other Zodiac leaders when their group was taken over by the Zodiac androids. PISCES Fighting Ty (6) Agility Ty (6) Strength Ty (6) Endurance Gd (10) Reason Ty (6) Intuition Ty (6) Psyche Pr (4) Health: 28 Karma: 16 Resources: GD (10) Popularity: -4 BACKGROUND Real Name: Noah Perricone Occupation: Professional criminal Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a criminal record Identity: Known to the authorities Place of Birth: Pensacola, Florida Marital Status. Single Known Relatives: None Base of Operations: Miami, Florida Past Group Affiliations: member of the Human Zodiac KNOWN POWERS: Water Adaptation: Pisces was an accomplished fighter underwater(+ 1 CS) and a fast swimmer (3 areas/round). He could not, however, do more than hold his breath below the surface. Talents: None Contacts: Pisces was a member of the Zodiac cartel. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Unless he was near a body of water, Pisces kept to himself. He asserted himself in the cartel, and fought opponents, only when he felt there was no other option. Underwater, however, he felt supremely confident. Comments. Perricons has been a member of Zodiac since its founding. It is not known whether he has superhuman powers, but he is a skilled underwater combatant. Perricone's current whereabouts and activities are unknown. SAGITTARIUS Fighting Ty (6) Agility Gd (10) Strength Gd (10) Endurance Ty (6) Reason Ty (6) Intuition Ty (6) Psyche Ty (6) Health: 32 Karma: 18 Resources: GD (10) Popularity: - 1 BACKGROUND Real Name: Harlan Vargas Occupation: Professional criminal Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a criminal record Identity: Known to the authorities Place of Birth: Washington, D.C. Marital Status: Unrevealed Known Relatives: None Base of Operations: Washington D.C. Past Group Affiliations: member of the Human Zodiac Present Group Affiliation: KNOWN POWERS: None. Talents: Sagittarius was a Weapons Master, and proficient in Martial Arts D and E. Contacts. Sagittarius was a member of the Zodiac cartel. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Sagittarius embodies the Jack-of-all- Trades aspect of his sign, making himself an expert at many forms of weaponry, rather than just bows. Comments: Vargas has been a member of Zodiac since its founding. His current whereabouts and activities are unknown. SCORPIO See entry under Android Zodiac Comments: The original Scorpio was one of the original twelve leaders of Zodiac. He wielded the Zodiac Key as his principal weapon. The first Scorpio died in an explosion after clashing with SHIELD Public Director Nick Fury. Real name of successor: Jacob "Jake" Fury Comments: Jake Fury took possession of the Zodiac Key upon witnessing the original Scorpio's death. Fury then became the new Scorpion, and attempted unsuccessfully to kill his brother SHIELD Public Director Nick Fury. Subsequently regaining possession of the Key, Jake Fury, acting independently of the rest of the Zodiac, created the original android Zodiac members. When the androids were defeated by the Defenders and Moon Knight, Jake Fury committed suicide. Real name of successor: Jacques LaPoint Comments: LaPoint's first known activity as a Zodiac leader was his participation in the attempt to kill all Manhattanites born under the sign of Gemini with a Star-Blazer device. LaPoint's current whereabouts and activities are unknown. TAURUS Fighting Gd (10) Agility Ty (6) Strength Gd (10) Endurance Ex (20) Reason Ty (6) Intuition Ty (6) Psyche Rm (30) Health: 46 Karma:42 Resources: EX (20) Popularity: -11 BACKGROUND Real Name: Cornelius Van Lunt Occupation: Professional criminal mastermind Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a criminal record Identity: Known to the authorities Place of Birth: Unrevealed Marital Status: Unrevealed Known Relatives: None Base of Operations: New York City Past Group Affiliations: leader of the Human Zodiac KNOWN POWERS Horns: Taurus's helmet had shock absorbers and horns made out of Excellent material. When he charged, he added +l CS to Hit and for Damage. The horns could do blunt or edged damage at Taurus' discretion. Star-Blazer Gun: Taurus carried the Star- Blazer, a gun which fired minute amounts of fusion energy, the energy that powers the stars. The gun could do Amazing damage to a range of 2 areas. He once designed a much larger version of the Star-Blazer, but that weapon was destroyed before it could be used. Talents: Taurus was a master businessman and also possessed the Leadership talent. In combat, he exhibited Martial Arts A and Firearms skill. Contacts: In addition to his prodigious business contacts, van Lunt was the leader of the Zodiac crime cartel. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Cornelius van Lunt was a master schemer and tactician, ruthless in his quest for power and glory. Were it not for a few ill-advised misadventures, the Zodiac cartel would have remained uncaptured and possibly alive until this day. Van Lunt is an expert astrologer, and believed in it to some extent. Comments: Cornelius Van Lunt founded Zodiac, chose its eleven other leaders, and succeeded the original Aries as its overall leader. Van Lunt, a multimillionaire businessman, has been Zodiac's financer from the beginning. As far as is known, van Lunt is currently at large. In combat he charges his opponent as a bull would. His costume's horns are constructed of an unknown hard material making them formidable weapons. Van Lunt controls Zodiac's "Star-Blazer" energy weapons. VIRGO Fighting Pr (4) Agility Ty (6) Strength Pr (4) Endurance Ty (6) Reason Gd (10) Intuition Gd (10) Psyche Ty (6) Health: 20 Karma:26 Resources: GD (10) Popularity: -2 BACKGROUND Real Name: Elaine McLaughlin Occupation: Professional criminal Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a criminal record Identity: Known to the authorities Place of Birth: Unrevealed Marital Status: Single Known Relatives: None Base of Operations: Denver, CO Past Group Affiliations: member of the Human Zodiac KNOWN POWERS None Talents: Virgo was a shrewd business- woman and politician. She was experienced in the use of Handguns. Contacts: Virgo was a member of the Zodiac crime cartel. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Virgo was a quiet but intelligent woman, capable of striking at the precise moment to close a deal or skewer a rival criminal. Comments: McLaughlin, the only female Zodiac leader in the group's history has been a member of Zodiac since its founding. Her current whereabouts and activities are unknown.