"You kids today, with your computers and your CDs and your cell phones. Back in my day we...oh the heck with it." BLAST

5' 10"

290 lbs.

Red

Caucasian

Jun 13, 1895

98

Male

Gargoyle has warty orange skin, an inhuman face, four clawed fingers on each hand, three clawed toes on each foot, and small, functional, bat-like wings protruding from his back.

No limits.

United States of America, Deceased, No Criminal Record

Christiansboro, Virginia

Single

Adventurer (formerly Soldier, Mayor)

Defenders

New York City, New York

Human-Gargoyle Gestalt

Straight

Curmudgeon

Defender

Isaac Christians is 116 years old, and has the attitudes, morality, and preferences one would expect a 116-year-old man to have (Greta Garbo is his ideal of female beauty). He has seen the entire 20th century come and go, has looked into the face of Hell itself, has died and come back, and nothing really frightens him anymore. He considers the current generation of young people vain, shallow, and frivolous, obsessed as they are with current fads and fashions, but he understands that his generation was no different at their age. He detests popular music, movies, and television, and uses computers only with reluctance and difficulty. He has also seen two women he loved die, and is in no great hurry to become romantically involved again, even if a prospective love interest could get past his monstrous appearance.

To protect mankind from devils, demons, and evil magic.

HARD TO KILL - Simply put, the Gargoyle is incredibly difficult to kill. The curse that binds him to the Gargoyle form will cause his parts to reassemble themselves. Once his pieces are reassembled he will reanimate, and be good as new.

RESISTANCE - Magic Attacks: Gargoyle has increased resistance to magic based attacks. Gargoyle can ignore attacks weaker than his protective aura.

RESISTANCE - Vampirism: Gargoyle has increased resistance to any life draining type attacks. Such attacks include forms of Psi-, Bio-, Energy, Magic, and Power Vampirism. Gargoyle can ignore any vampiric attack whose rank is less than this Power's rank. He can reduce The effectiveness of the vampire's attack by deducting his Power Rank from the vampiric attack's Power rank.

Gargoyle can ignore attacks with Intensities less than his Power rank and may reduce higher level attacks by his own Power Rank.

DETECTION - Magic: Gargoyle can detect and identify magic and its effects. He can detect both magic in actual use and in potential. As such, this is another way to detect mages, supernatural creatures, other worldly beings such as Gods. He can identify the past use of magic, identify the caster if familiar to them, and in some instances identify the actual spell.

TRUE SIGHT - Gargoyle can see the correct image of a target, despite any attempts at concealment or disguise it. This Power can penetrate any means of hiding something's true nature, psionic, illusionary, or power-based. True Sight can penetrate any disguise at or below its rank. Range is limited to normal sight range.

FLIGHT - Gargoyle can fly through air and space without an apparent means of propulsion. although, he possesses small wings, they are not the source of his ability to fly. They do steer his flight, and if bound he would be unable to move effectively, causing him to stop in mid-air. The Power rank determines the maximum speed he can attain in a specific condition. Gargoyle can resist atmospheric friction, as his lungs have adapted to breathe high velocity wind.

MAGICAL FORTITUDE - The Gargoyle possesses a natural resistace to most sorceries, magics, enchantments and their inherent effects. Regardless of the magical properties of a sword or length of rope or other magical item, he is capable of resisting magical effects of said magic. However he is wholly subject to the physical aspects of such an object though regardless of its magical properties. I.E. a sword is still a sword and can cut him, a rope is still a rope and can bind him, not because of any inherent magical qualities but because it is a property of vessel which contains the magic. Thus most magical effects will not effect him, and the stronger ones will be greatly reduced regarding whatever effects they might have on him.

REGENERATION - Should Gargoyle be hurt, his magical physiology can rapidly recover from any wound or injury. Cuts quickly close and disease symptoms disappear. He heals at an accelerated rate equal to the his endurance rank times the normal amount of time which might be normally required to heal. With time, he can regrow large areas of lost tissue, especially severed limbs, even lost limbs or organs It is not known if he can regenerate after death.

BIO-MYSTICAL ENERGY MANIPULATION - Gargoyle can siphon off the bio-mystical life force of another being at a distance, causing varying degrees of shock and physical weakness. He does not use this energy himself; he simply lets it dissipate to the surrounding biosphere. He can also project bolts of concussive force from his hands using is own bio-mystical energy, and erect protective barriers around himself and others. This manipulation of bio-mystical energy is accompanied by a "black light" effect (but this is not ultraviolet light).

IMMORTAL - Gargoyle's body is immune to disease and further aging.

ADMINISTRATION - Gargoyle was mayor of a small town in Virginia for several decades and possesses the administrative skills one would expect a long-standing mayor to have.

MILITARY - Gargoyle was a soldier in WWI and has all the skills one would expect a trained soldier to have.

OCCULT - Gargoyle knows about magical societies, antiquities, runes, and forgotten lore. This skill is required to create magic items ( +1R to Int)

TACTICS - If Gargoyle takes a full exchange to analyze an ongoing or anticipated combat situation and are able to share his/her insights with allies, s/he and all his/her allies gain a +4 to all actions in their first exchange and a +2 to all actions in their second exchange. Not all allies need to attack at the same time to gain this benefit, some may hold themselves in reserve and still receive the bonuses on their first exchange, rather than on the exchange that others first engage in combat.

TRIVIA - Gargoyle is an expert on old movies (pre 1950s).

CULTURAL SNOB - Gargoyle despises pop culture, and doesn’t relate well to people that enjoy it. +2 difficulty to socialization rolls when dealing with such people.

MORAL CODE - No matter what, Gargoyle will not kill or more importantly, allow someone else to kill or be killed by their actions or lack thereof, regardless of the situation or mitigating circumstances. Likewise, and to a lesser degree, they will not permit others to be harmed and try to minimize property damage where possible. Saving lives takes precedence over all, even over catching the bad guys. Needless to say there are times when this code causes problems.

Purple collar, trunks, arm bands, wrist bracers, and boots with open toes and crenelated cuffs.