Improverse Characters

Angela Kennedy

Angela Kennedy is a super-engineer (“I’m not a super-scientist! I don’t test hypotheses, I create amazing things!”) and mother of The Light.

While walking home from breakdancing practice, Axel Splicer encountered an alien in a portal in the forest that granted him the ability to summon “psychic weaponry” that is powered by negating the powers of other supers. Axel Splicer is the son of Maggie “Master Megalodon” Splicer, a former (?) supervillain. Despite that rough background he’s found himself doing heroic work around Vancouver. Will that ...

Bell

Bell is an Aquaan — a sentient species of cetacean-like humanoids from the world of Aquaas. In mid-2020 (Tales from the Improverse #21-22) The Team came to Aquaas just as their entire world began to be engulfed by The Darkness. The Light met Bell, then a librarian assisting with research on the threat, and the two began a fumbling, short-lived relationship. After Bryl, the ...

Gorgon

Chryssa Tavoularea was raised a normal (though wealthy) young girl in the affluent Shaughnessy Heights area of Vancouver. She was privately-schooled and watched over diligently by what she thought were her adoring parents. At age 16 the spell maintaining her normal life was disrupted and she discovered she was a Gorgon, daughter of Stheno (and niece of Medusa!) and her parents were Naiad’s charged ...

Great White Pope

The Great White Pope is the being that runs Battle P.I.T., a super-“fight club” that appears (but doesn’t, really) to run in Vancouver’s underground. He appears to be an alien who revels in holding such contests and hosting them to adoring crowds (while also keeping this technically-illegal action on the down-low). Great White Pope performs much like a wrestling ring announcer crossed with decadent ...

Honey Badger

Mel Mellis was born in an animal cult. Hers specifically worshipped a Honey Badger spirit, and she was chosen at birth to “receive its blessing”, which involves being able to turn into a honey badger, or a half-badger, half-human beast of destruction. Her parents got her out of that wacky cult and now she goes to a real school. Well, sort of — it’s ...

Master Megalodon

Maggie Splicer is a former (?) supervillain known as Master Megalodon. She is a large human with a shark-tooth-filled mouth. As a villain, Master Megalodon clashed with most of the Improverse’s (adult) hero roster — even coming out ahead in several encounters. She was known to be vicious and ruthless but rarely harmed what she called “civilians”, (barring a few uncontrollable rages) Her husband ...

Min-Daro

After reading his first Tome of Forbidden Lore from the Restricted Section, “Studies on the School of Min-Daro”, Pauly Bennet’s mind was opened to an incredible world of mysticism and he immediately gained access to nearly unlimited power — power that he struggles to control. One of the first things he did was try to repair his father’s broken leg, which backfired into permanently ...

Mr. Gym

Mr. Gym claims to be the anthropomorphic personification of gyms as a concept. He seems to be able to exist in multiple places at once, though only near exercise-based locations: Gyms, tracks, stadiums, etc. and represents peak physical perfection. Plus he doesn’t seem to be able to die? Word is some of the parents of Redmayne students were instructed by Mr. Gym back in ...

Odd Todd

Todd is a grunt working for Vagabond Inc. whose face was burned in an encounter with Backlash. During a second encounter at a Vagabond science lab, Todd and several scientists were nearly killed by explosions, hyper-scientific chemicals, and toxins. Instead of dying they merged into a large misshappen humanoid entity named Odd Todd, driven entirely by a hate of Backlash.

Professor Otherly

Professor Otherly is a wizard instructor at Redmayne Academy. She seems knowledgeable and powerful but her own spells seem to have a mind of their own, often summoning things she might want without her specifically asking. This was very embarrassing when she accidentally summoned a bouquet of roses during a visit from a handsome representative of Avalon when she meant to simply shake his ...

Puck

Puck, also known as Robin Goodfellow, is a creature right out of English myth. In the Improverse, they appear to be incredibly powerful, knowledgeable, and fond of chaos. But who knows, really?

Rosie Redmayne

Rosie Redmayne is Dean of Redmayne Academy, a multi-city school for extraordinary students. Current students include Orca, The Light, and Min-Daro.

Sledgehammer

Sledgehammer is a nigh-invulnerable bruiser of incredible strength who seems to have an extraordinary ability to wield even heavier objects than his strength would suggest.

Spectra

Spectra was Lisa Weldon, a student at Redmayne Academy in the mid-1980’s. Lisa’s powers were mild: She was slightly stronger, tougher, faster, and had an ability to read others emotional states. In 1986 during the worst attack in the Academy’s history, Rampager destroyed a large portion of its grounds, including the Arcane Studies facility where Lisa had been following up on her interest in ...

Strange Charm

The being known as Strange Charm is actually an entity from a portion of the Universe that is so different it obeys different laws of physics, inhabiting the body of teen Cameron Caldwell. The entity also refers to itself as “Youwo”. Strange charm is played by Julia Sarah, and is an Outsider archetype.

The Humanitarian

One of the most powerful heroes of the Improverse, the Humanitarian is nearly indestructible, incredibly strong and fast, can fly and can shoot red beams from his eyes that disintegrate inorganic matter. His sense of duty has him working nearly non-stop to protect the Earth, which makes encounters with him outside of heroic events quite rare.

The Light

Peter Kennedy’s mother Angela was a talented engineer working on a groundbreaking solar panel array while pregnant with him. A disastrous event at the array nearly took her life, but also granted Peter odd abilities that manifested almost immediately after he was born. The Light can bend light around himself to almost perfectly camouflage himself, even in plain sight. Peter has dreamed of using ...

The Monopolizer

The Monopolizer is a character from a board game card came to life. He loves money, capitalism, and competition and hates “socialism”. His powers are generated by random “Chance” or “Community Chest” cards which can often summon other (temporary) living-illustration objects or beings to do his whims.

The Reaper

The Reaper is an ancient enemy of not just life, but spiritual essence. It appears as a humanoid upper torso made of shadow wearing a porcelain mask, its lower torso spreading out into inky mist. It wields a rune-etched scythe. The Reaper consumes life essence, including the spirits of the dead. Each spirit it consumes feeds its power, making it a greater threat to ...

Vagabond

Vagabond is the head of Vagabond, Inc. Though many know he’s a villain, no charge has ever stuck and he seems to glide through troubles without a care. Many people are happy consumers of Vagabond, Inc.’s many products. His powers/abilities have not yet been revealed, but powerful heroes hold him in the highest respect and tread carefully around him.

Wartortoise

Wartortoise was one of Master Megalodon‘s heroic nemeses. In 2020 (Tales from the Improverse #16) for reasons at the time unknown Wartortoise illegally flew into Canadian airspace directly for Master Megalodon’s house. She intercepted him on the front porch, fully armed, and the two fought to a near standstill near the middle of Stanley Park, where they landed after the initial strike. The Team ...