Red Raven

Strength        Agility         Intellect       Willpower
6x              4d              3x              6x

Hand Size:      3 (17)
Edge:           1

Known Powers:

(none)

Equipment:

The Red Raven Suit (i): his primary claim to fame, the Red Raven suit is the vehicle by which Red Raven fights evil and participates in the actions of Sky Island society. Though it is a construct, and thus marks its wearer as something less than a true native of Sky Island, Red Raven wears it with pride, as it allows him to fly at a respectable speed, and has several other useful functions. They are:

* Flight (a): the primary ability of the Red Raven suit is, well, its ability to fly. It can carry Red Raven at an approximate speed of intensity 5; while the suit acquires lift via anti gravity generation, it needs Red to flap the wings in order to generate forward movement. This is still rather fast, mind you, and I'd call this about ninety miles per hour.

* Body Armor (s): the suit is also proof against small attacks like pistols and such, adding a +2 modifier to Red Raven's inherent protection from attack. Furthermore, Red Raven can use his wings as an additional shield, adding another, +3 modifier to his armor. Of course, this is a challenging Agility action for him while he is in flight (but he can still try it).

* Pinion Pistols (a): hidden within the pinion 'feathers' of the Red Raven Suit's wings, these twin guns fire to inflict +3 damage, based upon Red Raven's Agility score of 4. Alternately, Red Raven can bludgeon a body with the barrels of these pistols, inflicting +2 damage (as long as he is within striking distance of his target, of course).

Hindrances:

(none)

Skills:

Aerial Combat (a): having spent a lifetime flying about in the air, Red Raven is naturally rather skilled in airborne fighting techniques. Having honed his skills with the citizens of Sky Island for years, Red can use his Agility to resolve battle actions instead of his Strength, and he uses his Agility instead of his Intellect to resolve the order of action declaration while conducting aerial combat.

Calling:

Explorer, later Protector: when he began his adventuring career, Red Raven was exploring the world, having no experience with human society until he'd literally stumbled into it. Once he found admirable things to like about America, he felt it was worth fighting for, and defended it with all of his ability both alone and alongside his allies in the Liberty Legion.

Costume:

The Red Raven wears a primarily red suit with red wings, boots, gloves, and a partial mask (head covered, but face exposed). It is complemented with yellow stripes on the ends of his boots and gloves, a yellow belt, and yellow 'Y' straps running from the front center of his belt to his wings. The wings themselves vary, however, between a winged and bat-like style, depending.

Personality:

Though he was raised in Sky Island and has little practical experience in human society, Red Raven works hard to protect mankind from the forces of evil. He is a somewhat inexperienced, yet extremely willing hero who is more than happy to put villainous scum in their place. He does this to both defend human society as well as his own, airborne 'world'.

Real Name: unrevealed
Occupation: adventurer
Legal Status: no known criminal record
Marital Status: single
Alias(es), if any: none known
Group Affiliation: the Liberty Legion

Height: 6'
Hair: red
Eyes: blue
Weight: 180
Other Distinguishing Characteristics: none

Story:

Many, many years ago, one of the earliest trans-Atlantic flights disappeared into a dense cloud-bank, never to be seen by humans again. While it was thought that the plane had crashed into the ocean, it had in fact collided with Sky Island, a floating island created and maintained by an offshoot race of Inhumans, all of which wished to isolate themselves from both the Inhumans and regular humanity.

Everyone on the plane died, save for one lucky youth that the natives decided to raise as one of their own. As he lacked wings and the physical structure necessary for flight, these citizens of Sky Island made for him an advanced flight suit that gave him abilities similar to their own. However, the youth eventually wanted to experience his own kind, and left Sky Island to meet them.

This youth eventually landed in America, and decided to make it his home away from home. During World War II, the young hero (having taken the name Red Raven) happened upon a German plane flying high over Pennsylvania, and decided to do something about it. However, when he boarded the plane, he was laid low by a blow to the head, but was eventually rescued by the Thin Man.

This hero, also changed during a chance encounter with a hidden civilization, defeated the villains who downed the Red Raven, and saved him from an untimely end. Once these Germans were dealt with, the two heroes then responded together to a call for help from the well-known sidekick of Captain America - Bucky - who needed help to save the captured Invaders!

Arriving in New York to help in any way they could, Red Raven and Thin Man joined the nascent Liberty Legion to save America from a mind-controlled group of Invaders. After several battles up and down the east coast, the Liberty Legion finally cornered and freed the Invaders. After this encounter, the Liberty Legion continued on as heroes who fought internal troubles, while the Invaders battled evil abroad.

Of course, the two teams had a whole lot in common, not counting their respective 'turf', and as such tended to help each other out whenever possible - either by lending each other members or other support as the need arose. Red Raven served with the Legion for the duration of the War, only returning home to Sky Island once the danger posed to all the earth's people was put to rest at long last.