Black King Villain
Real Name: Sebastian Shaw.
Occupation: Businessman.
Identity: Publicly known; however, the general public is unaware of Shaw's criminal activities, nor that he is a mutant.
Legal Status: Citizen of the United States with no criminal record.
Other Aliases: None.
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Marital Status: Single.
Known Relatives: None.
Group Affiliation: CEO and principal shareholder of Shaw Industries; leader of the Hellfire Club and its secret Inner Circle.
Base of Operations: New York City.
First Post-Reboot Appearance: UNCANNY X-MEN #
History: Sebastian Shaw was born to an impoverished family, but using his innate business talents he was a self-made millionaire by the time he was 30. His company, Shaw Industries, eventually became one of the leading multinational conglomerates with defense contracts in a dozen countries in the Americas and Europe. His success earned him an invite to join the Hellfire Club, a social club for society's elite. Shaw learned of the Club's Inner Circle, a group inside the Club who, unknown to the rest of the Club, sought to impose their rule over the rest of the world through political and economic means. Shaw rose through the ranks of the Inner Circle to become its Black Bishop.
Working with another member of the Inner Circle, Emma Frost, the then-current White Bishop, Shaw enacted a coup which landed him and Frost the ranks of King and Queen of the Inner Circle. Shaw and the rest of the Hellfire Club's Inner Circle have recently come into conflict with the mutant adventurers known as the X-Men on two different occasions. Shaw has also recently hired the criminal Chameleon to obtain the schematics for or a working copy of Iron Man's armor from Stark Industries. He is also working with Oliver Trask and SHIELD to produce the Sentinel robots; Trask and SHIELD are unaware that the Sentinels are being programmed to ignore members of the Hellfire Club's Inner Council, nor are they aware of Shaw's own mutant abilities.
Age: 45.
Height: 6' 2".
Weight: 210 lbs.
Eyes: Black.
Hair: Gray.
Uniform: None; when performing his duties as the Black King of the Hellfire Club, he dresses in an expensive suit reminiscent of those worn by Revolutionary-era American gentry.
Strength Level: Normally Shaw possesses the normal human strength of a man his age, height, and build who engages in regular exercise. When absorbing kinetic energy, he can increase his strength to superhuman levels for short periods of time, the upper limit of which is unknown. Theoretically, Shaw may even be able to match the Hulk or Juggernaut in strength, potentially reaching Class 300 strength, able to lift (press) in excess of 300 tons.
Known Superhuman Powers: Sebastian Shaw is a mutant with the ability to absorb kinetic energy to enhance his physical strength, speed, agility, and durability to superhuman levels.
Other Abilities: Sebastian Shaw is a ruthless, opportunistic, and cunning businessman.
1,285 points
| ST: 12 [20] | HP: 12 [0] | Speed: 6.00 [0] |
| DX: 12 [40] | Will: 12 [0] | Move: 6 [0] |
| IQ: 12 [40] | Per: 12 [0] | |
| HT: 12 [20] | FP: 12 [0] | SM: 0 |
| Dmg:1d-1/1d+2 | BL: 29 lbs. | |
| Dodge: 9 | Parry: 10 | DR: 20* (absorption) |
Languages: English (Native) (Native Language) [0].
Cultural Familiarities: Western (Native) [0].
Advantages: Ambidexterity [5]; Appearance (Handsome) [12]; Business Acumen 4 [40]; Charisma 2 [10]; Damage Resistance 20 (Absorption ×20 (Four Traits: ST, DX, Basic Move, and DR (Tough Skin); Extended Duration ×1000, +120%), +880%; Limited: Kinetic Attacks, -20%; No Signature, +20%; Tough Skin, -40%; Mutant, -10%) [930]; Damage Resistance 0 (No Signature, +20%; Tough Skin, -40%; Mutant, -10%) [0]; Fit [5]; High Pain Threshold [10]; Intuition [15]; Merchant Rank 11 [55]; Status 5 [0*]; Wealth (Multimillionaire 1) [75].
Perks: Controllable Disadvantage (Callous) [1]; Disarming Smile [1]; Fearsome Stare [1]; Power Grappling [1].
Disadvantages: Bad Sight (Nearsighted) (Mitigator: Glasses/Contacts, -60%) [-10]; Code of Honor (Gentleman's) [-10]; Greed (12) [-15]; Megalomania [-10]; Secret (Subversive) (Imprisonment) [-20]; Selfish (9) [-7].
Quirks: Antitheist [-1]; Chauvinistic [-1]; Deadpan Snarker [-1].
Skills: Administration (A) IQ+4 [2] – 16†; Brawling (E) DX+2 [4] – 14; Computer Operation/TL8 (E) IQ+0 [1] – 12; Connoisseur (Literature) (A) IQ+0 [2] – 12; Connoisseur (Wine) (A) IQ+0 [2] – 12; Current Affairs/TL8 (Business) (E) IQ+2 [4] – 14; Current Affairs/TL8 (High Culture) (E) IQ+0 [1] – 12; Current Affairs/TL8 (Politics) IQ+0 [1] – 12; Detect Lies (H) Per+0 [4] – 12; Diplomacy (H) IQ+2 [12] – 14; Economics (H) IQ+4 [4] – 16†; Guns/TL8 (Pistol) (E) DX+0 [1] – 12; Intimidation (A) Will+2 [8] – 14; Judo (H) DX+1 [8] – 13; Market Analysis (H) IQ+4 [4] – 16†; Politics (A) IQ+2 [8] – 14; Public Speaking (A) IQ+1 [1] – 13‡; Savoir-Faire (High Society) (E) IQ+1 [2] – 13; Smuggling (A) IQ+0 [2] – 12; Streetwise (A) IQ+2 [8] – 14.
Starting Spending Money: $4,000,000 (20% of Starting Wealth).
* Includes +3 from Rank and +2 from Wealth.
† Includes +4 from Business Acumen.
‡ Includes +2 from Charisma.
| BRAWLING | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TL | Weapon | Damage | Reach | Parry | Cost | Weight | ST | Notes |
| – | Brawling Punch | 1d-1 cut | C | 10 | – | – | 12 | |
| – | Brawling Kick | 1d cr | C, 1 | n/a | – | – | 12 | |
Design Notes:
1. The Damage Resistance 0 (Tough Skin; Mutant) trait is listed solely because Shaw can increase his own DR without increasing his Absorption DR. You need a trait before you can raise it; the 0 level is because it's not active all the time, only when extra points (3.5 per level) are put into it.
2. The Absorption modifier on DR is taken as a leveled modifier, based on RPK's MyGURPS house rules page.