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Geist, Guardian (x2), Beacon (x2), Green Knight (x2), Nomad (x2), Proton, Savage, Pete Baden (x2)

Geist:
Sophia Minerva was a spy. Then she was mercenary. Then she was a hero. Next she became a double agent. Now she’s back to being a hero. And not just any hero. These days she leads the world’s premier superhero team, The Protectors. After the revelation that her time as a villain had been a ruse, her intelligence, strategising, competency and no-nonsense attitude made her the perfect shoe-in to be Guardian’s replacement as team leader after his catastrophic paralysis. She now proudly and expertly leads her fellow heroes on their ongoing mission to safeguard the planet.

Guardian:
Karl Bash was a villain. Angry, bitter and powered by raw perpetual energy. As Warhead, he’d clashed with the Protectors, and the Guardian in particular, time and again. However, in the months prior to his injury, Baden began to realise that much of Bash’s life had now been spent in service to the villainous Technician. Not even as a pawn, but simply as a blunt weapon. He was a man without agency. During a confrontation which resulted with Baden handing Bash ovet to the authorities, Guardian asked why Bash continued his criminal escapades, knowing it would always end this way. In a moment of defeat and clarity, Bash admitted this was his only option; most employers don’t give a convicted super criminal a second chance. Baden vowed to change that. Firstly, he created a special cybernetic vest that could subdue Bash’s constant energy output and return him to normal human appearance. Next, he offered the man a job as his head of security. Bash was grateful and more than a little confused. Baden admitted that he believed people could change; he’d be a hypocrite if he only tried to inspire people to be better while in his armour but wouldn’t do so as Peter Baden. Over time , the two men bonded, and a genuine friendship seemed to grow. When the schematics for Baden’s Guardian tech began finding their way onto the black market, Bash was right there with his employer, tracking down leads, trying to uncover the mole, and even fighting alongside him in the original version of the Golden Gladiator armour. When the whole affair ended with an attack on all of Baden’s facilities at the hands of the Technician, Bash turned on his apparent friend. The whole time he’d been the mole. He was a plant. The inside man. But, it transpired, Baden had known all along. And he’d still given Bash every opportunity to work and fight alongside him. The friendship wasn’t built on falsehood as far as Baden was concerned, his opinion of Bash was that he truly was a good man caught up in a bad deal. This was the chance to truly choose a side. And Bash did. He went into battle with Baden...against the Technician. The fight ended with the Technician breaking Baden’s back and Bash, in retaliation, incapacitating his former master. After this Baden was out of action, forced to focus on his business endeavours and overseeing the Protectors in an advisory based capacity. It was Bash who got the red armour and took over the heroic mantle as Guardian, the Scarlet Sentinel. At first he adeptly filled the mechanical shoes before him. However, in time he tinkered with the armour, making it larger, more destructive and overtly offensive in nature. This was the beginning of his descent. Fuelled by the self-doubt and the belief he wasn’t good enough for the role, his frustrations turned to aggression and overcompensating. Gradually, the Guardian became an ever more lethal protector, the line between hero and threat slowly blurring.

Beacon:
The Flame Eternal has burnt out long ago, the only fragment of it remaining in the shared being that was both Don Branch and Komar-Ran. Those facts were about to change. Firstly, Branch and Komar-Ran separated. Realising the ever-increasing cosmic threats in the universe, Komar-Ran saw a desperate need for the Flame Eternal to empower a new legion of Beacons to govern the spaceways. This would mean becoming an incorporeal entity comprised solely of purple energy. And it’d leave Branch as a human. Don was not a fan of the idea that he’d no longer be able to guard the planet and the people he loved. Still, it seemed to be necessary for the greater good. He went into space and found the centre of creation: the epicentre of reality. There the new Flame Eternal would be born and Don would be left with but a fragment of power, enough to return home before it burnt out. However, before the process could begin, they were attacked by an armada of intergalactic piratical religious fanatics determined to take the power of the Flame for themselves as per an arcane prophecy. Threatening to use the power to obliterate whole solar systems, Beacon would not allow the power to fall into the wrong hands. With no back-up he was forced to make a drastic choice. The Flame within burnt bright. It burnt away all. Don Branch and Komar-Ran collectively went supernova. The Flame Eternal was unleashed, flaming fiercely at the heart of the universe, imbued with the joint sentience of Komar-Ran and Don. But this is not what Don sought. His body eviscerated in the fallout, his consciousness raged against it’s new fiery confines. The mind of Don Branch threatened to distrust the balance of the Flame. Unable to truly resurrect Don, the Flame that is Komar-Ran instead used its immense power to recreate a body of pure Flame energy for Don’s consciousness to inhabit. As the Flame sought out recruits across galaxies to imbue with its power, something akin to Don returned home to fight the good fight once more, now a being of living Flame energy.

Green Knight:
Hank Berkilak had been the Green Knight for years, wielding an enchanted sword that compelled him to enact swift justice. Throughout all that time he struggled to keep the sword’s extreme hunger for violent vengeance at bay. Except...he hadn’t. When the sword was shattered in battle, his world came crashing down around him. Long having believed the magical weapon was unbreakable, its destruction sent him reeling. Hank was conflicted; yes, he was free from the curse and the blade’s bloodlust, but he also now had no way to defend the innocent. Troubled by nightmares and depression, he sought therapy. There, under hypnosis, the therapist had him confront a deep-seated truth he’d hidden from himself for years: there was no curse. The Ever-Blade was not magical. The sword was but a sword and the only voice compelling him to violently punish the wicked was his own subconscious. This revelation further drove him into darkness and Hank cut himself off from the superhero community, considering himself to be a dangerous and delusion fraud. That was until Pete Baden came to him with an ultimatum: sit around moping for the rest of his life or do something useful now he knew the truth. Magical warrior or not, he was a hell of a swordsman and a damn good hero. With that, Baden presented him with a hard-light energy blade, and thus the Green Knight was reborn.

Nomad:
Odysseus never made it home. Instead he made a home. The 20th century become a surrogate refuge in place of his own time. But still, despite his love of superheroics and his preference of it over being a war-hardened general, his wife and child wait for him in the future and he longs to one day discover the means to return.

Proton:
Max Patten has been missing for years. After his disappearance, Jimmy Peach took a hiatus from the mask game. But when the call came through, he couldn’t wait to get back in the saddle. New upgraded tech courtesy of Pete Baden now sees a new and improved Proton throwing down with the bad guys. Armed with flight and energy projection capabilities, plus the classic size shifting abilities, Jimmy Peach is all about being a hero.

Savage:
Fred King became a hero by accident. He did the wrong things and fell in with right crowd. And there he found a family to replace the one he had been responsible for losing. He continues to fight alongside them, an expert combatant, martial artist and tracker.

Peter Baden:
The Technician ended up behind bars, but not before he took his ultimate revenge. His spine broken by his arch nemesis, Peter Baden seemed to teeter on the brink of life and death. He won that fight, clawing himself back to health. But he was not the same. Permanently disabled below the waist, he had no option but to step down as leader of the Protectors. To distract himself from the pain and loss he felt, he threw himself headlong into a new project. First, he would built himself a means to get around, to be of use again. Next he would restart the Protectors, now crumbled in the wake of the catastrophe. He designed a hovering mobility chair and had Geist restored to service, placing her in the leadership role. What’s more, the nature of her double agent status while posing as a villain finally revealed, he was able to speak with her and explain he had the means to cure her facial scarring. Now there was a new team with Baden behind the scenes, helping wherever needed. But then came the day when that kind of help wasn’t enough. Then came the day, Karl Bash went rogue. Whether driven mad by insecurity, power or the raw energy that compromised his body, Bash decided his fellow heroes weren’t doing enough to stem the tide of evil, that they were too soft. In a fit of rage, he tore off his restrictive gauntlets and unveiled his red radioactive form. He then took his Guardian armour and declared that the Guardian title was a weak legacy, he was and always had been, a better hero, something stronger and more deadly, capable of real justice. He was a new and improved Warhead. But Baden had a secret. His mobility chair was not simply a chair. It transformed. Reconfiguring into a hulking version of the Guardian armour, similar to Bash’s modifications, the Golden Guardian of good moves once more. The armour now wired into his thoughts, he could move it without the use of his legs. The real Guardian was back, and he had business to take care of.

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Geist, Guardian (x2), Beacon (x2), Green Knight (x2), Nomad (x2), Proton, Savage, Pete Baden (x2)

Geist:
Sophia Minerva was a spy. Then she was mercenary. Then she was a hero. Next she became a double agent. Now she’s back to being a hero. And not just any hero. These days she leads the world’s premier superhero team, The Protectors. After the revelation that her time as a villain had been a ruse, her intelligence, strategising, competency and no-nonsense attitude made her the perfect shoe-in to be Guardian’s replacement as team leader after his catastrophic paralysis. She now proudly and expertly leads her fellow heroes on their ongoing mission to safeguard the planet.

Guardian:
Karl Bash was a villain. Angry, bitter and powered by raw perpetual energy. As Warhead, he’d clashed with the Protectors, and the Guardian in particular, time and again. However, in the months prior to his injury, Baden began to realise that much of Bash’s life had now been spent in service to the villainous Technician. Not even as a pawn, but simply as a blunt weapon. He was a man without agency. During a confrontation which resulted with Baden handing Bash ovet to the authorities, Guardian asked why Bash continued his criminal escapades, knowing it would always end this way. In a moment of defeat and clarity, Bash admitted this was his only option; most employers don’t give a convicted super criminal a second chance. Baden vowed to change that. Firstly, he created a special cybernetic vest that could subdue Bash’s constant energy output and return him to normal human appearance. Next, he offered the man a job as his head of security. Bash was grateful and more than a little confused. Baden admitted that he believed people could change; he’d be a hypocrite if he only tried to inspire people to be better while in his armour but wouldn’t do so as Peter Baden. Over time , the two men bonded, and a genuine friendship seemed to grow. When the schematics for Baden’s Guardian tech began finding their way onto the black market, Bash was right there with his employer, tracking down leads, trying to uncover the mole, and even fighting alongside him in the original version of the Golden Gladiator armour. When the whole affair ended with an attack on all of Baden’s facilities at the hands of the Technician, Bash turned on his apparent friend. The whole time he’d been the mole. He was a plant. The inside man. But, it transpired, Baden had known all along. And he’d still given Bash every opportunity to work and fight alongside him. The friendship wasn’t built on falsehood as far as Baden was concerned, his opinion of Bash was that he truly was a good man caught up in a bad deal. This was the chance to truly choose a side. And Bash did. He went into battle with Baden...against the Technician. The fight ended with the Technician breaking Baden’s back and Bash, in retaliation, incapacitating his former master. After this Baden was out of action, forced to focus on his business endeavours and overseeing the Protectors in an advisory based capacity. It was Bash who got the red armour and took over the heroic mantle as Guardian, the Scarlet Sentinel. At first he adeptly filled the mechanical shoes before him. However, in time he tinkered with the armour, making it larger, more destructive and overtly offensive in nature. This was the beginning of his descent. Fuelled by the self-doubt and the belief he wasn’t good enough for the role, his frustrations turned to aggression and overcompensating. Gradually, the Guardian became an ever more lethal protector, the line between hero and threat slowly blurring.

Beacon:
The Flame Eternal has burnt out long ago, the only fragment of it remaining in the shared being that was both Don Branch and Komar-Ran. Those facts were about to change. Firstly, Branch and Komar-Ran separated. Realising the ever-increasing cosmic threats in the universe, Komar-Ran saw a desperate need for the Flame Eternal to empower a new legion of Beacons to govern the spaceways. This would mean becoming an incorporeal entity comprised solely of purple energy. And it’d leave Branch as a human. Don was not a fan of the idea that he’d no longer be able to guard the planet and the people he loved. Still, it seemed to be necessary for the greater good. He went into space and found the centre of creation: the epicentre of reality. There the new Flame Eternal would be born and Don would be left with but a fragment of power, enough to return home before it burnt out. However, before the process could begin, they were attacked by an armada of intergalactic piratical religious fanatics determined to take the power of the Flame for themselves as per an arcane prophecy. Threatening to use the power to obliterate whole solar systems, Beacon would not allow the power to fall into the wrong hands. With no back-up he was forced to make a drastic choice. The Flame within burnt bright. It burnt away all. Don Branch and Komar-Ran collectively went supernova. The Flame Eternal was unleashed, flaming fiercely at the heart of the universe, imbued with the joint sentience of Komar-Ran and Don. But this is not what Don sought. His body eviscerated in the fallout, his consciousness raged against it’s new fiery confines. The mind of Don Branch threatened to distrust the balance of the Flame. Unable to truly resurrect Don, the Flame that is Komar-Ran instead used its immense power to recreate a body of pure Flame energy for Don’s consciousness to inhabit. As the Flame sought out recruits across galaxies to imbue with its power, something akin to Don returned home to fight the good fight once more, now a being of living Flame energy.

Green Knight:
Hank Berkilak had been the Green Knight for years, wielding an enchanted sword that compelled him to enact swift justice. Throughout all that time he struggled to keep the sword’s extreme hunger for violent vengeance at bay. Except...he hadn’t. When the sword was shattered in battle, his world came crashing down around him. Long having believed the magical weapon was unbreakable, its destruction sent him reeling. Hank was conflicted; yes, he was free from the curse and the blade’s bloodlust, but he also now had no way to defend the innocent. Troubled by nightmares and depression, he sought therapy. There, under hypnosis, the therapist had him confront a deep-seated truth he’d hidden from himself for years: there was no curse. The Ever-Blade was not magical. The sword was but a sword and the only voice compelling him to violently punish the wicked was his own subconscious. This revelation further drove him into darkness and Hank cut himself off from the superhero community, considering himself to be a dangerous and delusion fraud. That was until Pete Baden came to him with an ultimatum: sit around moping for the rest of his life or do something useful now he knew the truth. Magical warrior or not, he was a hell of a swordsman and a damn good hero. With that, Baden presented him with a hard-light energy blade, and thus the Green Knight was reborn.

Nomad:
Odysseus never made it home. Instead he made a home. The 20th century become a surrogate refuge in place of his own time. But still, despite his love of superheroics and his preference of it over being a war-hardened general, his wife and child wait for him in the future and he longs to one day discover the means to return.

Proton:
Max Patten has been missing for years. After his disappearance, Jimmy Peach took a hiatus from the mask game. But when the call came through, he couldn’t wait to get back in the saddle. New upgraded tech courtesy of Pete Baden now sees a new and improved Proton throwing down with the bad guys. Armed with flight and energy projection capabilities, plus the classic size shifting abilities, Jimmy Peach is all about being a hero.

Savage:
Fred King became a hero by accident. He did the wrong things and fell in with right crowd. And there he found a family to replace the one he had been responsible for losing. He continues to fight alongside them, an expert combatant, martial artist and tracker.

Peter Baden:
The Technician ended up behind bars, but not before he took his ultimate revenge. His spine broken by his arch nemesis, Peter Baden seemed to teeter on the brink of life and death. He won that fight, clawing himself back to health. But he was not the same. Permanently disabled below the waist, he had no option but to step down as leader of the Protectors. To distract himself from the pain and loss he felt, he threw himself headlong into a new project. First, he would built himself a means to get around, to be of use again. Next he would restart the Protectors, now crumbled in the wake of the catastrophe. He designed a hovering mobility chair and had Geist restored to service, placing her in the leadership role. What’s more, the nature of her double agent status while posing as a villain finally revealed, he was able to speak with her and explain he had the means to cure her facial scarring. Now there was a new team with Baden behind the scenes, helping wherever needed. But then came the day when that kind of help wasn’t enough. Then came the day, Karl Bash went rogue. Whether driven mad by insecurity, power or the raw energy that compromised his body, Bash decided his fellow heroes weren’t doing enough to stem the tide of evil, that they were too soft. In a fit of rage, he tore off his restrictive gauntlets and unveiled his red radioactive form. He then took his Guardian armour and declared that the Guardian title was a weak legacy, he was and always had been, a better hero, something stronger and more deadly, capable of real justice. He was a new and improved Warhead. But Baden had a secret. His mobility chair was not simply a chair. It transformed. Reconfiguring into a hulking version of the Guardian armour, similar to Bash’s modifications, the Golden Guardian of good moves once more. The armour now wired into his thoughts, he could move it without the use of his legs. The real Guardian was back, and he had business to take care of.