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There's actually been 2 Lethes. The first one was from the now defunt Super Squad. But before Lethe there was Martha. Martha was a character I actually found myself hating. Therefore she became my first MSH character ever that I killed off. And yet I brought her back for a story on my writing page. LOL Same basic idea as her death in SS, but a little different as far as villians and such.
Drawing by Joe Lavis.
Callsign: Posthumously - Zenith
Origin: Induced Mutant
Group Affiliation: {SuperSquad}
Base of Operations: Earth
Secret Identity: Martha Erin Adams
Age: 23 (birthday: September 8th)
Sex: Female
Ethnicity: Caucasian (ethnicity: British, Slovak)
Appearance - 240 pounds, 5' 3", grey-green eyes with larger-then-normal pupils (so she's sensitive to light and sees in the dark fairly well, but people mistake her all the time for a coke addict), blond hair with some red highlights, "beauty mark" on the upper portion of her left cheek, some light freckles across her nose and cheeks, but greatly faded.
Occupation - Actress, singer, and seamstress at traveling Ren Faire
Status--marital: Single
--legal: U.S. citizen with no criminal record
Aliases: none
F Remarkable 30 HEALTH: 120
A Remarkable 30
S Remarkable 30 KARMA: 22
E Remarkable 30
R Good 10 POPULARITY: 10
I Typical 06
P Typical 06 RESOURCES: TY 06
POWERS: powers based on BioEnergy Control--Self (Amazing):
FLIGHT: Remarkable (30) speed (-4CS control)
REGENERATION: Remarkable (30)
TALENTS:
Trivia: Renaissance Arts & History; Performer
CONTACTS:
Limitations: Psychological: Extreme Fear of Heights
History - Martha was born and raised in Southern California, near the beach. All her life she has had a weight problem and like all Californians, her peers shunned her because she wasn't perfect. From her first day of kindergarten she's been told she was "fat, ugly, and stupid." Made fun of constantly. Her parents tried their best in their bumbling way, unable to understand their child since they both came from small towns - mother from Illinois and father from New Hampshire - and were rather old for parents. (They were adults by the time the 60's happened. So things had changed greatly since they were kids.) As Martha grew older she grew more and more distant and withdrawn. Spending hours in her room and never leaving except for school.
The only place she could find any form of acceptance was in a Ren Faire - where overweight women were preferred to the skinny types. Being able to sing, act, and sew, it was easy for her to get a job there. She travels with them making costumes and doing repairs. She also plays parts in various stage shows. Still, while she pretends to be friendly and happy, everyone calls her "The Hermit" because she won't even eat in front of anyone else. In fact, in the past 3 years she's been traveling with them, no one in the entire Faire can ever remember a time they had seen her eat, though she keeps a large picnic basket with her and lets others get into it when they're in need of a snack. (It's agreed that she's the best cook in the entire Faire, even her peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are to be prized - course that could be because she uses jam, not jelly.) So use to being alone, she exiles herself from people during her free time. What no one knows is during those times she's been activity seeking a painless way to commit suicide. She still hasn't found a way she likes yet - something quick so there's no turning back and causes absolutely no pain.
Martha is terrified of heights. Never had a boy or girlfriend - though she's attracted to both sexes equally. (Yes, she is bisexual.) Doesn't participate in any real physical activities if she can avoid it. And assumes everyone sees her as she sees herself - completely worthless. That the world would be a better place without her.
And then one day she was off to find a spot far away from everyone else so she could eat her lunch, not easy considering she was wearing two skirts - an under-skirt then an over-one with the side tucked up to expose the under one - a bodice that was so tight and supported her so well her large breasts seemed to almost touch her chin, plus a long-sleeved white cotton blouse cut low to expose her breasts almost the nipples, and calf-high calf skin boots that laced up the front - traditional ren faire dress in other words, completed by a red leather rose stuck in her amazing cleavage - skirts and bodice all in various shades of green. (She looks good in green. Really brings out her eyes.) Her blond hair was braided down her back with tiny green and white ribbons weaved thru. During this hike something happened that would forever alter her life....
During their first mission, a bomb that could vaporize the entire city was found. There was no time to disarm it. So Martha took it and flew as high as she could. She died to save her friends.
~Lethe~
Now like I said, there's 2 Lethes. I don't have a picture for the SS one. Sorry. Joe never got around to it.
Callsign: Lethe (pronounced "LEH-thie")
Name: Michelle O'Bainon
Origin: Induced Mutant
Group Affiliation: {SuperSquad}
Base of Operations: Earth
Secret Identity
Age: 23
Sex: Female
Ethnicity: Caucasian (ethnicity: British, Irish)
Appearance - Long golden-red hair, dark grey-green eyes, fair skin prone to freckles. 5' 1", 135 pounds, well-defined curves.
Occupation - Actress, singer, swordmistress
Status--marital: Single
--legal: U.S. citizen with no criminal record
Aliases: none
F Typical 06 HEALTH: 62
A Excellent 20
S Typical 06 KARMA: 60
E Remarkable 30
R Good 10 POPULARITY: 10
I Excellent 20
P Remarkable 30 RESOURCES: TY 06
POWERS: base power: Mind Control (Amazing)
Power Stunt--DISPEL AGRESSION (Remarkable 30)...Anyone that attacks Lethe must make a Psyche FEAT or they forget why they're attacking her. If they're attacking with the intent to kill they will forget their aggression permanently. If it's only to injure, restrain, or just cause she caught them while they were grumpy/PMSy, then it's just temporary, though they won't resume their attack. Therefore no one can stay mad at her.
Empathy (Remarkable 30)
Emotion Control (Remarkable) - Lethe can sense other's feelings and if they're angry, depressed, or any other negative feeling then - provided they fail their Psyche FEAT - she can fill them a feeling of peace and love.
Power Limitation: No Karma allowed for either side's Psyche FEAT.
TALENTS:
Trivia: Renaissance Arts & History; Performer, Fencing/swordplay/bladework
CONTACTS: None Currently
Limitations: Michelle has complete and total amnesia but her memories are coming back little by little. Sometimes at very badly timed moments, rendering her unable to do anything for 1 round provided she fails a Psyche FEAT when the memory comes back. (No Karma allowed. During a fight when a memory returns is up to the Game Master/Mistress.)
History - Michelle was the child of wannabe actors in Los Angeles. Her parents had never married, much to the regret of her devoted Catholic grandmother. When Michelle was 8 her father, who had gotten hooked on drugs while filming a movie, killed himself in front of her, blowing his own brains out. He was high on crack at the time. Michelle's mother was so devestated that she had to be put in an assylum before she, too, took her own life. So Michelle was raised by her grandparents.
Gifted with a beautiful singing voice, Michelle's grandparents had expected her to become a nun and sing her praises to God. Instead, when she was 18, Michelle "ran away" to join up with a Ren Faire, following in her parents' footsteps by becoming an actress. (She also teaches fencing and swordplay, she's an expert with blades of any size or shape.) Yet she refused to be like her mother in one way and has never allowed herself the joys of sexual relations. She's called The Nun by her friends - of which there are many. Unlike her sometimes co-worker Martha, Michelle is rather friendly once someone gets to know her, but she is shy. She believes in God and does for the most part practice her religion, but she also doesn't believe that everything preached is true for there is too much hatred preached and she just can't believe God could hate anyone.
It was after some people vanished from the faire, the nearby high school, the circus, and from the group protesting the faire that a mini-riot of sorts started. The protestors claimed that this was a sign of how "Ungodly" the faire was. Some people from the circus, school, and faire actually claimed it was aliens or other such silly things. The protestors in true un-Christian fashion that they tend to fall upon when they're in the wrong and refuse to admit it - began a physical fight. The park was a mess afterwards and Michelle along with some others stayed behind to clean up.
Only Michelle was barely into her work when she was abducted by the recently defeated Ssylla and forced to undergo the process to make her a meta-human. The stress of the situation was so bad on Michelle that she completely forgot everything except for little things like how to eat, comb her hair, etc. She also remembers how to use any sort of blade in a fight. But she doesn't know who she is or how she got there or anything else for that matter.
Sad that there was no more SS due to the Game Master's real life problems, I put Lethe away until I heard about Strikeforce Phoenix. I got the idea to take what I liked about Martha and take what I liked about Lethe and combine them into one character.
Lethe
Michelle O'Bainon
(Secret ID)
Mutant
Created by Jami Joanne Russell
Fighting: Excellent (20)
Agility: Typical (6)
Strength: Typical (6)
Endurance: Remarkable (30)
Reason: Good (10)
Intuition: Excellent (20)
Psyche: Remarkable (30)
Health: 62
Karma: 60
Resources: Typical (5)
Popularity: 0
Sex: Female
Age: 23
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 235 (with still well defined curves)
Hair: Long golden-red hair
Eyes: Dark grey-green eyes
Ethnicity: Caucasian (ethnicity: British, Irish)
Occupation: Actress, singer
Legal Status: Single; U.S. Citizen with no criminal record
Aliases: None
Based in: New York
Group Affiliation: Project: Gladiator - Strikeforce Phoenix
Powers: Density Control-Self ( Monstrous 75)
Gives Body Armor equal to the current density level, at Sh.0 allows Phasing. Lethe may fly when at Sh.0 at Good airspeed, and may glide on the winds when at Feeble density. Lethe counts her strength score equal to her current density as well. Lethe moves at half speed when at Incredible density or higher.
Protected Senses (Incredible 40)
Humanoid Shapechanger (Excellent 20)
may not change mass (see density control)
Waterbreathing (Good 10)
Regeneration (Remarkable 30)
Weaknesses: Psychological: Extreme Fear of Heights
weight problem (obesity)
complete Amnesia
Equipment: None
Talents: Performer (singing, acting)
Contacts: Project: Gladiator
History: Michelle was born in a tiny apartment in LA to her unmarried parents. Both were actors and very much in love, but just never got around to marriage. When Michelle was 8 her parents got desperate and began to sell drugs for the money. When they got robbed one day Michelle was kidnapped and was hung upside down above a paint mixing vat. From this comes her terrible fear of heights. Michelle was rescued by a mysterious mutant. After this her parents were given jobs by a mysterious benefactor and life went on the upswing.
Then Michelle began to develop her powers. While her parents really didn't care, her grandparents did. They began to call her horrible names. Belittling her until her self esteem was almost nill. Michelle began to eat - the more she ate the fatter she got, the fatter she got the more her self esteem plummeted. It was a vicious cycle.
One day Michelle saw a mutant child in trouble. Remembering how she was rescued, Michelle ran into the fray. Not knowing she was going up against her one match. A man enhanced by magic powers. The magic-powered villain hit her hard upside the head, causing her to suffer severe trauma. While she was able to help the child escape, she paid a dear price for it. All her memories, all of them - gone. Michelle would've died that day if not for the help of a human doctor. Still, Michelle remembered nothing. Not even her name. Only the basics like how to read remained. Amongst the doctor's shelves she found a book of Greek myths and read about the river Lethe that caused anyone who drank it's waters to lose their memories. Seeing how she couldn't remember squat, Michelle adopted the name as her own. (Besides, she really didn't want to be called Styx.) She rediscovered her powers, but also realized the first time she flew that she had an irrational fear of heights, though she didn't know why.
Not wanting to mooch off the good doctor, Lethe left him and now remains in hiding. Hoping to someday remember her past. At the very least, her name.
My RPG Characters
Aria
Ridash & Pearl
Martha & Lethe
Mary
Josie
Elain, Kitsune, & Margueite
Audrey, Jami, & Hades
KylaByte
Fae
Dee