The Frightful Four
Tried this before, but I went back and did some considerable tweaking to the idea to make it a better fit against our Fantastic Four.
The SorceressDaphne Blake
Age: 25
The daughter of the Wizard and a cocktail waitress, Daphene displayed extraordinary intelligence from a very young age, soon ferreting out who her father was. She sought him out in prison, where, as he was now getting on in years, he had accepted his fate, surrendered to the idea that Richards was his superior. Instantly hating the leader of the Fantastic Four for leaving her father (even a father in absentenia) a broken shell of a man, she used his weapons in a one-woman crusade against the Fantastic Four (then in a state of shifting membership), and was rather soundly defeated and sent to prison. Paroled because of both her age and lacking a prior record, she set about setting up a new Frightful Four in order to combat the new Fantastic Four.
Weapons: Daphne is extremely intelligent, even more so than her father, and has taken his technology to the next level. Her visor allows her to analyze and predict the actions of any foe she may encounter, by cross-referencing millions of files stored digitally. Her body armor provides excellent protection and generates an anti-gravity field capable of propelling her through the air, letting her lift heavy objects, or amplifying the gravity of her punches to devastating effects. Her gauntlets can also create gravity manipulation fields or fire bolts of energy.
Unfortunately, recruiting a group of super-villains is not anywhere near as easy as a certain Zemo-spawn makes it look. Lacking the resources to properly scour the globe for the most terrible and criminal beings she could find, Daphne instead put a want-ad in the
Daily Bugel, promising power, money, opportunity, and a chance at greatness. Four people responded. Three of those were thinking it was a telemarketig job. The other one thought it was a pyrmadid scheme. Muttering to herself about how you can't get decent help these days, she selected the best three... and had the other one executed.
ClawReal Name:
Norville Rogers
Age: 23
Weapons: Claw wears a pair of specialized gauntlets designed to create solid sound that he can shape into a variety of weapons and forms.
With no job prospects after graduation with a degree in Wakandan Literature, Norville Rogers jumped at the possibility of a job when he saw the want-ad. Oddly, he seems to have few compunctions about having made the change over to super-villain.
Paste-Pot FredReal Name: Fred Jones
Age: 24
Weapons: Paste-Pot Fred wields a variety of adhesives and solvents, which can be either thrown as cartridges, or sprayed through his gun. His uniform is specially treated to be immune to his own adhesives.
Stuck in a dead-end job as an intern at an office, Fred was looking to make a little money on the side... Now, we'll, he's still stuck taking orders from other people, but at least he can probably make a lot of money doing it.
Plant-GirlReal Name: Velma Dinkly
Age: 21
Weapons: Velma can cause plants to grow super-fast by spraying them with a chemical formula laced with nannites. These nannites then respond to electronic signals from the cowls of her mask, allowing her to control those plants. She carries a variety of ready-made seed-pods in her belt, and chemical sprayers built into her gloves.
A college drop-out and environmentalist, Velma narrowly beat out the other candidate for the new Fightful Four by bringing beer to the first meeting. She claims to be an environmentalist and vegetarian, but only when it's convenient for her. She's a slacker by nature and figures this is better than working.
