F Ex 20

A Ty 6

S In 40

E In 40

R Ex 20

I Ty 6

P Gd 10

Res Ex 20

Pop Gd +10

Health: Karma:

106 36

Origin:

Elton is an altered human, a formerly normal man in every sense of the word until he found himself at ground zero of a bizarre accident, one involving the explosion of an exceptionally large, exceptionally rare diamond. This accident caused millions of the diamond's component parts to embed themselves into his body, granting Elton his superhuman strength and durability.

Known Powers:

Body Resistance: thanks to the millions of microscopic, possibly magical diamond fragments scattered throughout his body, Elton is highly resistant to most attacks. In fact, these diamond bits provide Elton this power at Amazing (50) rank, which has raised his defense against the various attack forms from normal human levels to these stellar heights:

* Am 50 / Rm 30 / Gd 10 / Pr 4 / Shift 0

Equipment:

(none)

Quirks:

(none)

Talents:

Anthropology: Elton is currently one of the world's single greatest authorities in anthropological matters. He knows people and their cultures quite well, as he is simply fascinated by the sheer variety of people out there. In such matters, his Reason score should be considered +1 CS, as he's likely to know all about people and their civilizations - either known or unknown.

Contacts:

Elton is a member of the Liberty Legion, and as a result, can count on his seven teammates for almost any sort of assistance he could require. Furthermore, as a member of the Legion, Elton is virtually a member of the Invaders, and that membership of that group can be counted as highly reliable allies. Finally, Elton is known to have several contacts in anthropological circles, should he need information of that nature.

Costume:

As the Blue Diamond, Elton wears a blue stretch fabric uniform, which was complemented by yellow boots, gloves, trunks, and a yellow belt. Elton also wore a mask that covers all of his face, save for his mouth and nose; this mask is blue save for the very top, which has a yellow sort of 'dome' shape on it. He also bears a stylized diamond design on chest, with yellow 'glow' around it.

Personality:

Elton really comes across as a reluctant sort of hero, as he tried the job on for a time, and then retired until calamity forced into action again. He is a worldly, intelligent college instructor and a dependable hero that, while sort of inexperienced, gives it his all. Of course this is all his fellow crime fighters expect of him, being aware of his situation and relative unease with combat in general.

Real Name: Professor Elton T. Morrow, PhD.
Occupation: adventurer, instructor
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with no known criminal record
Marital Status: single
Alias(es), if any: none known
Group Affiliation: the Liberty Legion, the Invaders

Height: 6' 2"
Hair: brown
Eyes: blue
Weight: 495 lbs.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics: none

Story:

Way down in Antarctica, while on a scientific expedition of great import, Elton T. Morrow and another scientist discovered an 'azure diamond' of exceptional size - the largest ever, in fact. The two recovered the stone, and proceeded to take it back to America. However, their boat was torpedoed by a German U-Boat, and in the mayhem that resulted, the stone exploded.

His compatriot didn't survive the incident, but Elton himself was besieged by millions of tiny diamond fragments, each of which embedded themselves within his body. He managed to survive this somehow, as well as the frigid waters of the Antarctic, and was eventually picked up by a passing ship - though it quickly became apparent that he had been forever changed.

En route to his home, Elton discovered that the diamond bits in his body had somehow given it the 'hardness of diamond itself, and great super human strength to go along with it. How this was possible has yet to be told by medical science, but there he is. For a time, Elton decided to use his newfound powers as the heroic Blue Diamond, but he didn't find the adventuring life very interesting.

Returning to his career as a college instructor, Elton tried to forget his heroic phase, but was forced into action yet again after he was attacked by Nazi thugs on campus. Right afterward, he heard a plea for help from Bucky, the partner of the one and only Captain America, who claimed that the Invaders were in serious trouble. Though he didn't want to, Elton became the Blue Diamond yet again!

Journeying to New York City, Elton met several other heroes who responded to Bucky's call for help, and with them, he formed the Liberty Legion! This band of heroes, though they'd never worked together before, nonetheless fought with a mind-controlled band of Invaders, and managed to free them before the evil Red Skull could use them to kill countless Americans at a ball park.

Elton continued on with the Liberty Legion after this, and he and his teammates were on very good terms with the Invaders, and in time the two groups blurred together into one great strike force. While the Legion worked against threats at home, and the Invaders fought abroad, the two groups would trade members and favors to assist each other when necessary, in order to maximize their overall effectiveness.

Elton remained with the Liberty Legion until the end of the War.