Marvel RPG Characters

MODIFIERS
Appearance: Human
Toughness (+4; CL+5), Nullifies Armor Penetration, Nullifies 2x Damage
Challenge: Mutant

EQUIPMENT
Kevlar Armor: (+1) Defense.

Michael Ignatius is a mutant with considerable power at his command. As a boy he was raised in a very religious family, and was taught the tenets of Christianity. He was raised, however, to believe that some things were wrong, and mutants were among these. So, when he discovered, during puberty, that he was going through "changes" that other boys weren't, he chose to hide it from his family and friends. Later, he began to feel that his mutant condition was a curse; a punishment for some sin that he wasn't aware of having committed. In order to atone for this perceived sin, Michael became a minister, and devoted himself to God, hoping that this would convince the Almighty to remove the curse. Later however, this view was shattered, when another mutant destroyed the church, for no reason other than to terrify the human onlookers. Michael's powers saved him, but many of his congregation were less fortunate, especially children. In a fit of rage, Michael eruprted from the rubble, encased in stone, and did battle with the one responsible. After defeating him, his rage subsided, and Michael returned to normal. His own secret now out, due to the gathered crowd, Ignatius was shunned by the people, who believed that he had been the aggressor's intended target. Since he could no longer serve the people in his prior capacity, however, he chose to serve them in another. Michael Ignatius had now decided that his power, while still somewhat a curse, was a curse that could allow him to defend the weak, as his beliefs commanded. If the people shunned him, that was their choice; he only answered to God, and to his own conscience. Now, like the ancient construct of the same name, Golem protects the weak from evil, with a resolve as unyielding as the very earth from which he draws his power; a man and warrior of God, devoted to the defense of Good.

Earth Masters are a rare breed; beings able to move and shape the Earth to follow their desires. Once might shape a chunk of marble into a perfect replica of Michaelangelo's David, or use their powers to move a lump of stone upon which they are standing, and have it carry them aloft. Others will sheath their bodies in rock or crystal, and give themselves the strength of the earth, or become one with the rocks, walking effortlessly through it, like air. Since Golem is an original character, imagining him, and his powers in action could be difficult, so I offer another example; one who motivated the creation of Golem, to a degree. Terra, a DC character from Teen Titans, would be an Earth Master.

Terra, from Teen Titans, found at Wikipedia.