The Acolytes

Overview

The Acolytes are a villain group lead by Helion. They are on a quest to secure Incarnate Powers for themselves, and in the process, to keep them from any who might deign to use such powers against them. In other words, Helion hopes to secure a monopoly on perhaps the most power in the world. In order to do that, he must distract existing heroes with kidnappings, thefts and other crimes to keep them busy so that he and his team can destroy the heroes after they are weakened or merely keep them too busy protecting Paragon City to pursue the power that the Well of Furies holds. Either way is a win for the Acolytes.

Team Members

Alpha Team

The Alpha Team is lead by Helion himself and is composed of some of his most trusted villains. Among their ranks is the Acolytes' resident mad scientist Ophidius Rex.

Name	Archetype	Origin	Powers	Rank	Description
Helion	Hybrid	Mutation	Fiery Assault / Fire Aura	Leader, Founder	James Garver is a former acquaintance of Arcforce and now a fire-powered leader of the Alpha Team.
Allocution	Corruptor	Natural	AR / Traps (Devices)	Member	Edward Stratton is a former attorney who now used stolen weapons to take down those who might stand in his way.
Metalshift	Tanker	Mutation	Invuln. / SS		Derek Ferris can coat his body in bio-metal for augmented strength and durability.
Infernal Light	Controller	Magic	Illusion / Dark		Clarice McMahon, though dead, still wields the amulet that gives her her powers. She is infatuated with Helion.
Psilence	Blaster	Mutation	Psi / Mental Manip.		Though mute, her psionic gifts more than make up for her voice. Unbeknownst to the rest of the team, Psilence strives to be a hero.
Ophidius Rex	Mastermind	Science	Bots / Sonic Resonance	Scientist	Ophidius has all but shed his humanity to delve into science. He uses his skills to manufacture robots as well as clone Arachnoids for the Acolytes as "troops."

Bravo Team

The Bravo Team is lead by Arcforce's formerly incarcerated brother, Twostripe. This branch of the Acolytes is a powerhouse designed as the league's "brute squad." If something gets by this team, it pretty much deserves to. Helion has placed Twostripe in the lead mainly as a way to destabilize Arcforce and hopefully force him and his friends into making mistakes when they face him.

Name	Archetype	Origin	Powers	Rank	Description
Twostripe	Stalker	Natural	Dual Blades / WP	Leader	Ian Hale, the crazy brother of Arcforce, is happy to lead another team of villains after his Serpents were disbanded.
Dusklight	Warshade	Science	Black Dwarf	Member	This powerful Nictus has subjugated the mind of his host, and delights in torturing others... gaining more power is a happy side-effect.
Inertial	Defender	Technology	Kinetics / Ice Blast		Katherine Fairchilde who is an unscrupulous inventor willing to test her inventions at the highest level, whatever the target might need to be.
Runestone	Dominator	Magic	Earth / Earth Assault		A sorceress whose power is centered around the Earth Element, Arbelia Razziani has aspirations to control the Earth itself, refoming it at her whim.
Nafjord	Brute	Science	Stone Melee / Regen		A Superadine addict deposed by Atta, Nafjord has gone on to increase his strength to amazing levels while maintaining much of his intellect.
Guillotine	Arachnos Soldier	Natural	(Various)		Guillotine is a ruthless ex-Arachnos Soldier whose principle contribution to the Acolytes was in obtaining the formula to create Arachnoids.

Gamma Team

Gamma Team has been tasked with those jobs the other teams do not wish to concern themselves, but just because they are somewhat more lowly does not mean they are a force to be trifled with. The Gamma Team is lead by an experience villain in his own right, Skull-Force.

Name	Archetype	Origin	Powers	Rank	Description
Skull-Force	Mastermind	Mutation	Thugs / Force Fields	Leader	Gregory Lamont is an ex-Skull with a serious axe to grind with any hero who gets in his way.
Bonebreaker	Scrapper	Science	Spines / SR	Member	Bonebreaker is arguably the craziest member of the Acolytes. Being the victiom of vicious experimentations by a psychopath will do that to a lady.
Crystallice	"Tanker"	Science	Lattice Monster		After being turned into a crystalline behemoth by the Devouring Earth and being returned to a measure of sanity, Alice is all about revenge.
Operative Jale	Blaster	Technology	Archery / Elec. Manip.		Former agents of Malta Group, Jale, Garrow and Ulfire now use their technology and training to take down heroic threats to their interests. This includes Arcforce and his "Fated" friends.
Operative Ulfire	Dominator	Technology	Gravity / Energy
Operative Garrow	Stalker	Technology	Ninja Blade / Energy

Metagame Information

— This section pertains to out-of-game information and is included for the benefit of the reader, or to include other OOC information.

The Acolytes currently only appear as enemies in an AE mission arc focused around the exploits of Arcforce and his band of friends from The Strands of Fate Supergroup.