Strength 8d

Agility 8b

Intellect 8d

Willpower 8x

Hand Size: Edge:

4 (25) 2

Powers:

Iron Will: lacking any true powers, per se, Marla has nonetheless demonstrated a remarkable capacity to absorb punishment. This capacity translates into approximately an intensity 6 version of this power, allowing her to temporarily offset a minor amount of harm in a pinch.

Equipment:

Costume: her primary instrument of super-heroism, this custom-made, leopard skin bodysuit gives Marla a distinctive look as Miss Fury. Formerly worn by an African tribal shaman while performing rituals, and then customized by Marla herself, this suit has these capabilities:

* Claws: in order to properly punish evildoers, Marla wore a set of claws behind the knuckles on each arm of her costume. These deadly slashing instruments are constructed of material strength 10 metals, and she can use them as +3 instruments with every harmful swipe.

* Combat Tail: another aspect of Marla's Fury costume is its long, heavy tail. The tail isn't prehensile by any means, but it was quite effective in battle, being able to act as a club in a pinch (by means of a curious set of motions), one that performs as a +2 weapon.

Sports Cars: having a considerable amount of money at her disposal, Marla always utilized expensive sports cars while she was on the road, in either her public or secret identity. These cars, having been built in the forties and/or fifties, have intensity 6 "lightning speed" and a material strength of 8.

Hindrances:

(none)

Skills:

Acrobatics: Marla is a very limber woman, in that she has a preternatural balance to her movements. As such, when attempting to reduce falling damage or to dodge attacks, she can lower the inherent difficulty of such actions by one difficulty level, assuming she has room to move about.

Boxing: one aspect of Marla's martial prowess is her ability to strike fast in a scrap. In unarmed melee, she can divide her pre-cardplay action score between two attacks, the last of which will occur as a contingent action - giving her a considerable edge when fighting thugs, etc...

Espionage: having decided to wage a one-woman war against evil, Marla has taught herself the fine arts of detective work. This allows Marla to easily spot small clues on a crime scene, operate spy equipment properly, and deduce whether or not she's being followed by someone.

Martial Arts: highly adept in unarmed combat, Marla can attack (and trump) with either her Strength or Agility in unarmed melee combat. Furthermore, she can reduce the difficulty of efforts to catch thrown objects or reduce falling damage by one difficulty level.

Vehicular Combat: Marla is a highly skilled driver, and can use this expertise while behind the wheel, whether she uses a vehicle to attack or not. Essentially, this translates into a reduction in difficulty, by one difficulty level, of any auto-related action she attempts while driving one of her many sports cars.

Calling:

Thrill-Seeker: truthfully, the only reason that Marla got into the costumed adventurer gig was that she was bored. Bored with her life and what it represented. As such, when she's wearing her union suit, she goes out of her way to find evildoers to combat, ranging far and wide in her search for trouble.

Costume:

While she was in action against various criminal-types, Marla wore a black, custom-made leopard-skin bodysuit, one that she complemented with black leather boots. Her mask had large, yellow lenses through which she could see clearly, and covered all of her face save for her mouth and nose.

Personality:

In her secret identity, Marla wore the height of fashions, had the most up-to-date hairstyles and drove the nicest cars. She was an extreme flirt, and had broken many a man's heart. When adventuring as Miss Fury, however, she was a no-holds barred opponent, kicking, clawing, and even biting her foes. Yow!

Real Name: Marla Drake
Occupation: adventurer, socialite
Legal Status: American citizen with no known criminal record
Marital Status: single
Alias(es), if any: the Black Fury
Group Affiliation: none

Height: 5' 9"
Hair: black
Eyes: green
Weight: 110 lbs (give or take)
Other Distinguishing Characteristics: none

Story:

Marla Drake was a woman that arguably had it all. She was a well-known socialite who hob-nobbed with the elite of society, she had more money than she knew how to spend, and she had more than enough suitors to keep her busy. However, this wasn't enough; Marla was bored with her life.

Perhaps that's why she adopted an alter ego. Uncontent with her 'perfect' existence, Marla decided that she would turn her considerable resources towards the fight against the forces of darkness. To this end, she created a unique, skin-tight leopard skin costume with which to do so.

Calling herself Miss Fury (or the Black Fury, depending on who you ask), she found herself in all kinds of messes, invariably trampling on the schemes of various villains. She battled Nazis, South American dictators, and a motley crew of spies, all the while taking more punishment than you could imagine.

Her most distinctive opponent, however, was the Nazi adventuress Erica Von Kampf, a platinum blonde troublemaker whose long locks concealed the swastika emblem that had been branded onto her forehead. These foes and more were defeated time and again by Marla's crusade against evil.

Her ultimate fate, of course, has yet to be seen, in that only a few of Marla's adventurous forays have been chronicled to date. However, considering her sheer force of personality and stubbornness, it is likely that she continued on as a costumed crime-fighter for many, many years.

Using Miss Fury in other stories:

Like many other golden age heroes, it would be rather easy to plug Marla into a tale taking place during the forties (or even the fifties). Her high style can make her a highly mobile heroine, allowing her to duke it out with Evil virtually anywhere on earth should she need to.

Plugging her into modern day tales would be a bit more difficult, however, in that Marla would definitely be getting on in the years, unless she managed to turn her considerable resources towards the procurement of some age suppressing process; otherwise, making a brand new Miss Fury would likely be preferable.