Heroes of the Southern Cross

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The ***Heroes of the Southern Cross*** are a Patagonian-created team of superheroes. The franchise which consisted of smaller franchises was started in 2007 and was published former Army general-turned-writer Charles Lyons.

## Backstory

Several of Patagonia's most respected and popular youth superheroes run into each other while attempting to foil a bank heist in Darwin. After getting to know each other and acknowledge their differences, they start the Heroes of the Southern Cross, a support group for less popular superheroes to join them in their fight against many nefarious villains such as the disguised pirate Chef Jean-Francois and the disgruntled scientist-turned-human trash compactor Jettison.

In a 2014 issue, Johnny Hines, the manager of Patagonia Labs (the scientific research company responsible for the creation of some of its members) reveals himself to be Sgt. Patagon and confesses that he created these heroes to compensate for the lack of members.

## Members

### Team Star

The founders of the team and the original 5 who represent the stars on Patagonia's flag, joined by 5 other superheroes.

#### The Founders

* **The Swimster**, an 15-year-old boy who is skilled at swimming, surfing and other watersports. He is hydrokinetic and can communicate with marine life. He sports a wetsuit with a hood, and also wears flippers and snorkeling goggles. His weaknesses are drugs and alcohol while his strength comes from his parents. His favorite food is sushi.
* **Genderbender**, a 14-year-old girl who can transform into a muscular and more attractive-looking man twice her age. As her alter-ego, she appears wearing a pair of white tights and a black tank top. When transformed, he gains increased strength and speed and the ability of flight.
* **Freezo**, who disguises as a middle-aged man, but is actually 20 years younger than he looks. His disguise consists of a rubber mask, gloves and a sweater. In reality, he is a blue-skinned 16-year-old with light blue hair and sporting a white speed skating suit with blue patterns. He got his appearance after coming into contact with a mysterious white collar.
* **Mr. DNA**, also known as Danny, a 14-year-old and the smartest of the quintet. Not only does he possess a genius-level intellect, he also has the ability to alter his genes to transform him into various video game characters and creatures using a special device called the DNA Bracelet, gaining another form whenever he comes into contact with one. This gimmick was inspired by 1998's *Animorphs* and 2005's *Ben 10*.
* **Sgt. Patagon**, the team's mentor who joins them in their missions. He appears wearing a Patagonian Armed Forces marshal uniform although patterned on the flag of Patagonia. Ruling with a light hand yet serious at the same time, he has a weakness to drugs much like The Swimster, whom he considers his "teacher's pet".

#### Other members

* **X-Blaster**: A skateboarding laser gun-wielding boy. Rarely misbehaved and has to take risks if all else fails. While having no real superpowers, he is cybernetically-enhanced. He is digitally-inclined.
* **Chameleon**: A 16-year-old boy in a skin-tight blue ninja costume and a belt carrying a walkie-talkie, a wallet, his cellphone and a grappling hook. He is the son of a veteran PANSI agent. While he lacks any real superpowers, he is a master of disguise and has a suitcase of masks, outfits and various tools and gadgets wherever he goes. He is the most mischievous of the team but only limits his pranks to the criminals that his team targets.
* **Slime Wonder**: A former scientist who, kudos to a bungled scientific experiment, was turned into a slime creature and had his age halved making him 17. He has shapeshifting abilities and can become anything he desires.
* **Crystal Moth**: The team's "emo". Likes listening to grime rap music a lot, which annoys some of the team members, although Sgt. Patagon is not surprised. His blood was infused with crystals thanks to a fragment of alien meteorite infecting his genes and blood, which gives him his superpowers.
* **DJ Sonic Wave**: An 18-year-old boy wearing a black and cyan-colored jacket over a cyan T-shirt, black jeans and a futuristic visor with cat ear headphones. He was merged with his favorite video game character, a DJ named Sonic Wave from *Sonic Waves 3* (a fictional rhythm video game) after being struck by lightning. He has the power of unleashing super-sonic shockwaves with his Jetpack Blasters. As with X-Blaster, he is digitally-inclined.

### Team Lightning

The team with the most powerful members, composed of high-ranking superheroes.

* **Captain Freedom**, an Army soldier subject to experiments by Patagonia Labs, the scientific research arm of the Government of Patagonia. He possesses super strength and a boosted jump and appears in a Patagonian flag-patterned bodysuit.
* **Themis**: A reincarnate of the allegorical figure of justice, Themis. Unlike depictions of the character she was based on, she does not have a blindfold, but is rendered naturally blind yet clairvoyant. She is an expert lawyer.
* **The Super Soldier**: another Army soldier experimented on with bio-augmentation by Patagonia Labs. He appears wearing combat gear and wielding a rifle. The strongest of the team, he can be sometimes bombastic.
* **Flora**: A plant-themed superheroine, her powers were gained when she came in contact with a green glowing liquid that came out of a meteorite a la Crystal Moth. She is openly environmentalist. In a 2018 issue she came out as a vegan.
* **Bobby McFire**: A pyrokinetic 14-year-old boy, he was originally an adult male working at a chemical plant, but after falling into a burning vat of chemicals in 1997, he was transformed into an orange-haired boy nearly half his age and developed a habit for skateboarding. He stereotypes much of 90's Patagonian children's culture, evidenced by his skateboard and his archetypal 90's "cool boy" clothes.
* **Princess Chat**: A catgirl with a taste for shoujo anime, she takes inspiration from Japanese magical girl manga and anime. She publicly expresses herself as an otaku.

### Team Spirits

Based on Mapuche, Tehuelche and Chilote folklore characters, Team Spirits was designed to give recognition to the indigenous people of Patagonia.

* **Milla Seal**: Based on the Chilote *Millalobo*, a rapper who likes scuba diving. His songs relate to modern-day problems as allegorized by sea creatures. He has the ability to unleash sound waves and hypnotize anyone with his rapping.
* **Ratman**: Based on the *Colocolo* from Mapuche mythology. Formerly a villain, he was redeemed in 1999 by Sgt. Patagon. Following this, Ratman becomes an anti-villain. Like Crystal Moth, he is the team's "emo".
* **Macho and Mucho Machi**: A husband-and-wife duo of *machi* (Mapuche shamans) in hiding as a pair of African-American tourists from California visiting and staying in Port Davis. In disguise, they are named Dartannon Philips (Macho) and Jacqueline Wilson (Mucho). They possess knowledge of Mapuche white magic and intend to use it for the betterment of others.
* **Rubber Foxx**: Based on the Mapuche *nguruvilu*, he started out a typical member of the furry fandom until a biochemistry experiment not only rendered him fused to his fursuit, but also gave him the ability of malleability and shapeshifting. He wears a purple bodysuit and white cartoon-inspired gloves, along with a pink belt, pink cartoon-esque boots and a cap.
* **Kinos180**: A gaming YouTuber based on the creator god of Tehuelche mythology, Kénos. He builds creations on the video game *Minecraft* and implements them into real life. He lives in Kinosland, his self-made fictional country located on the island of the same name, which he created on *Minecraft*. He wears a Creeper-themed hoodie, has green hair and glowing yellow eyes and always carries an Enderman plushie and diamond pickaxe with him.
* **Tim Aukel**: Based on Temáukel, the creator god in Selk'nam mythology. He is the leader of a benevolent cult residing in an abandoned mine hidden underground in Fireland. He is a man who has a rare condition that gives his brain a pyramidal appearance, as well as omniscience, genius intellect and clairvoyance.
* **Travis Cole**: A muscular womanizer in a latex catsuit and swimming cap who wears masks of different men to seduce his targets, he prefers to use his seductive prowess for the betterment of innocent people, as well as luring prostitutes out of danger. Based on the Chilote *trauco*.

### Team Mundi

Based on folklore creatures and characters from around the world, Team Mundi was conceptualized to honor Argentina's diverse ethnic background.

* **The Red Dragon**: A 13th-century Welsh longbowman from the Crusades who appears in a tabard bearing the coat of arms of the Gwynedd Kingdom. He lives a double life as a weapons smith and is best friends with Kralj Dame and Ruprecht.
* **Ruprecht von Löwe**: A young German *landsknecht* from the 16th century brought back to life by Macho and Mucho while in disguise traveling to Germany. He speaks with an accent described as "the result of a German, Dutchman and Englishman being fused together". He is a history nerd and likes playing real-time mapping-based strategy games such as *Hearts of Iron IV* and *Warhammer 40,000* with his friend Kralj Dame.
* **The Phantom Gladiator**: The ghost of a Roman legionary, he has the ability of possession and manipulation. He is conservative when it comes to Italian cuisine and can get really mad when looking at Hawaiian pizza. He calls anything he finds violates Italian culinary traditions "mappazzone", the Italian word for "crap".
* **Kralj Dame**: A 22-year-old Croatian knight from Sandy Port in his sophomore year of knighthood, known for his characteristic checkerboard tabard, he is a skilled swordsman and horse rider. He is so-called because of his tabard, "Dame" meaning checkers in Croatian. He and Ruprecht are best friends and play strategy games together. His arch-enemy is the Black Knight, a tyrannical knight in a black checkered tabard from Medieval England, who speaks in an archaic dialect of British English.
* **Daniel Vicuña**: An anthropomorphized vicuña from Peru who likes drawing furry art. He is best friends with Rubber Foxx due to their shared furry status. He wields a magic set of panpipes that he uses to hypnotize enemies and turn them against their masters, commanding them to do as he says.
* **Kuro Shirogane**: A ninja with mastery of the art of stealth, disguise and deception who likes *shonen* anime. He and Chameleon are often seen together and are openly-gay. Shirogane has an alter-ego, Duke (who heavily resembles Duke Nukem from the video game series of the same name).
* **Cowboy Cooper**: A Wild West-style cowboy from the United States who speaks in a stereotypical Southwestern accent. Cooper is an open masker and lets both Shirogane and Chameleon use his masks for their disguises.