Lorelei Villain
Real Name: Lori (apparently).
Occupation: Mercenary, formerly a tribal storyteller and hunter.
Identity: Lorelei's existence is unknown to the general public.
Legal Status: None.
Other Aliases: None.
Place of Birth: The Savage Land.
Marital Status: Single.
Known Relatives: None.
Group Affiliation: Savage Land Mutates.
Base of Operations: The Savage Land.
First Post-Reboot Appearance: UNCANNY X-MEN #
History: The origins of the woman known as Lorelei are currently a mystery. She was apparently born in the Savage Land, a hidden "lost world" in Antarctica, and was mutated to her current form in some as-yet unexplained manner. Unlike the other Mutates, she was apparently one of the Fall People rather than one of the Swamp Men.
She and the other Savage Land Mutates first clashed with the mutant adventurers known as the X-Men on the latter's first trip to the Savage Land. The Mutates' mysterious "Master" ordered them to attack the visiting X-Men, but they were defeated.
Lorelei has since been seen with the other Savage Land Mutates in their subsequent clashes with the Avengers and the Brotherhood of Mutants. During the latter conflict, Lorelei betrayed the Mutates and sided with the Brotherhood, becoming their first – and to date only – non-mutant member.
Age: 19.
Height: 5' 4".
Weight: 104 lbs.
Eyes: Blue.
Hair: Blond, worn down to her knees.
Uniform: None, but tends to wear long dresses that show off her cleavage.
Strength Level: Lorelei possesses the normal human strength of a woman her age, height, and build who engages in minimal exercise.
Known Superhuman Powers: Lorelei possesses the ability to enslave the wills of men around her through her singing; for some reason, women are immune to her powers. While she normally just uses this ability to make them docile or to fight each other, she is also able to modulate her voice to cause them to flee in terror or stand in awe of her.
150 points
| ST: 9 [-10] | HP: 9 [0] | Speed: 5.50 [0] |
| DX: 11 [20] | Will: 12 [5] | Move: 5 [0] |
| IQ: 11 [20] | Per: 11 [0] | |
| HT: 11 [10] | FP: 11 [0] | SM: 0 |
| Dmg: 1d-2/1d-1 | BL: 16 lbs. | |
| Dodge: 9 | Parry: 9 | DR: 0 |
Languages: English (Accented Spoken/Illiterate) [2]; Savage Land Speech (Native Spoken/Illiterate) (Native Language) [-3].
Cultural Familiarities: Savage Land (Native) [0].
Advantages: Allure 4 [20]; Appearance (Beautiful) [12]; Combat Reflexes [15]; Mind Control (Accessibility: Only Affects Men, -20%; Independent, +70%; Sense-Based: Hearing (Target's Sense), -20%; Psionic, -10%) [60]; Musical Ability 1 [5]; Resistant to Disease (+8) [5]; Resistant to Poisons (+3) [5]; Social Chameleon [5]; Terror (Will-4) (Accessibility: Only Affects Men, -20%; Sense-Based: Hearing (Target's Sense), -20%; Psionic, -10%; Alternative Ability, ×1/5) [7]; Voice [10]; Zeroed [10].
Perks: Penetrating Voice [1]; Perfume [1]; Sexy Pose [1].
Disadvantages: Callous [-5]; Enemy (Savage Land Mutates; Medium-Sized) (9) [-20]; Low TL -8 [-40]; Pacifism (Reluctant Killer) [-5]; Selfish (9) [-7]; Status -1 [-5]; Wealth (Poor) [-15].
Quirks: Goal (Alter Powers To Also Affect Women) [-1]; Incorrigible Flirt [-1]; Long Fingernails [-1]; Vanity [-1].
Skills: Bow (A) DX+1 [4] – 12; Dancing (A) DX+4 [2] – 15*; Mind Control (VH) Will+2 [16] – 14; Musical Influence (VH) IQ+1 [8] – 12†; Sex Appeal (A) HT+9 [1] – 20*‡§; Singing (E) HT+10 [8] – 21*†§; Survival (Jungle) (A) Per+1 [4] – 12.
Starting Spending Money: $800 (20% of Starting Wealth).
* Includes +4 from Allure.
† Includes +1 from Musical Ability.
‡ Includes +4 from Appearance.
§ Includes +2 from Voice.
Role-Playing Notes:
Lorelei never cared for the other Mutates, believing them crude and brutish. She finds some of her Brotherhood teammates no better, but she's intrigued that the Scarlet Witch holds so much power over them. Ultimately, though, Lorelei will use whoever she wishes to better her own position. She doesn't yet understand the concept of "money", but when she does she'll be certain to try to accumulate a lot of it, if only for the comforts and perceived power it brings.
Design Notes:
1. Lorelei, and all the Savage Land Mutates, have their social traits calculated for TL8 campaigns. In campaigns set entirely in the Savage Land, remove Low TL -8 and raise Wealth to Average, a net increase of 55 points, and permit them to take 100% of their Wealth as Starting Cash ($250).
2. While with the Mutates, Lorelei possessed the following trait, lost when she defected to the Brotherhood: Patron (Apocalypse) (Equipment: More than Starting Wealth, +100%; Special Abilities: Possesses Equipment from a Higher TL, +100%) (9) [30].
3. In Year Two or Year Three, the Savage Land Mutates' Patron will be revealed as none other than Apocalypse. As I am only chronicling Year One at this time, however, GMs are free to make their mysterious Patron whoever they wish.