Dr.Wyrd

Dr. Wyrd's real name is Karl Faust. He's a descendant of the famous wizard Faust who lived in the middle ages. When he was a young man he inherited the castle of his famous ancestor, and moved in. Soon afterward he was guided by a ghost to a secret room in the library. In it he found all of the spell books of his famous ancestor.

He was guided, by an unseen force, to a tome written by the 3 Magi Balthazar, Caspar and Melchior. This manuscript held the secrets of ancient magic, and forgotten history. From this tome Karl learned of the Virumar, a people who left the Earth before it was Flooded by the war between Atlantis and Lemuria.

The magic of the book transported Faust to a world that was supposed to be inhabited by the Virumar, but instead he found long abandoned ruins, where he was taken prisoner by alien pirates. Faust spent months enslaved and during this time he learned, from his fellow captives, that the Virumar empire was long gone but that the Virumar still guided the galaxy through their electronic avatars.

When The pirates landed their ship on a civilized world, they freed their captives, but kept the tome of the Magi. Karl slipped back onto their ship, stole the book back and used it to return to Earth. After this he enrolled in a wizard academy and took time to carefully study his books.

When he first met Team Gold, Dr. Wyrd's face was disfigured. He kept his jaw clenched all of the time and talked through his teeth. He said it was because of the things he'd seen. He didn't go into details but this happened when he came face to face with an antediluvian horror in the Antarctic. He never wants to go back to Antarctica again. The horror was unnatural and so intense that even after eating the Golden apple it was months before his face returned to normal.

Dr. Wyrd became famous as a magical superhero, so when the apple competition started, Charlie, contacted him on line to ask for help locating the other contestants. Dr. Wyrd was competing also, but he teamed up with Paladin and Swan Song to keep the apple away from the other contestants who were all villains. Dr. Wyrd originally had no plans to become a member of Paladin's team but he did want to keep a close eye on them, for a number of reasons. First and foremost he wanted to document the effects of the Golden Apple. Also he wanted to encourage Charlie in his study of magic. and over time he did begin to value the team's friendship.

But Dr. Wyrd was also keeping a dark secret from his teammates. He knew that there was someone hunting and killing Volsung and that this Volsung hunter would eventually come after Paladin. Dr. Wyrd and his fellow superheroes, Ubermensch and Donner convinced Lilly, the guardian of the Golden Apples, to give Apples to Paladin and his friends, to protect Paladin from the Volsung Hunter. Donner was also a Volsung who had been given a Golden apple long ago and the Hunter had never dared to come after him.

## Powers

Dr. Wyrd is a wizard who specializes in spells of evocation and telelocation. He knows a wide variety of spells, and once boasted that he could cast all of the first and second level magic user spells in the game Dungeons & Dragons. The spells he has been seen using most often are:

**Magic Missile** which creates a number of purple hexagon shaped missiles.

**Shield** which creates a large purple hexagon shield.

**Hold Person** Which freezes several opponents at once without hurting them. It doesn't work on powerful opponents, but it's nice for getting rid of the crowd of minions with guns, Dr. Wyrd once froze a scientist and told his friends to restrain him quickly because the spell wouldn't hold him for long.

**Invisibility** Dr. Wyrd can turn several people invisible at once. but they have to stay close together or they'll become visible again. The invisible people can still see each other but no one else can see or hear them.

**Splash Splash the Useful** Which creates a large amount of water. Usually used to put out fires.

**Telelocation** Which allows him to find people if he knows their real name and has a prior connection to them. The connection doesn't have to be direct. He once found a child after talking to his mother, and he could locate Contrast once he knew his name because he had spoken to his victims. But he couldn't locate a celebrity he had never met, just because he'd seen his movies.

**Teleportation, Flight, Telepathy, Lightning, Fireball, Eldritch bolt**

Dr. Wyrd is always studying and has learned several new spells since the series began. He learned to travel to the dreamlands and learned to keep humans alive in outer space. He also once banished a missile to his dreamlands to get rid of it.

In addition to his spells, Dr. Wyrd has a magic ring given to all member of the Order of Merlin. It can trap a prisoner in a purple crystal and then transport them to a prison run by the Order. Of course the target has to be taken prisoner first.

Finally Dr. Wyrd has eaten a Golden Apple, so he's immortal. That doesn't mean he can't be killed, but he doesn't age, and won't die naturally. He's immune to all poison and diseases, he doesn't need to eat or breathe, and he can understand all languages.

## Personality

Dr. Wyrd enjoys and encourages his spooky reputation. he lives in a haunted castle, complete with a torture chamber. He dresses like a vampire, and has a butler who was created from corpses by an insane doctor. He often says things in the most dramatic and creepy way possible. He does this partly for fun and partly out of habit. He means no harm.

Dr. Wyrd is the oldest member of Team Gold and sees the other team members as his responsibility. He tries to be a teacher and protector. He knows that several members of the team have absent parents and he tries to fill that void for them. Dr. Wyrd is friendly and loves children but he's single and has no children. He's not immune to the charms of a lady, and is aware of the fact that ladies find him attractive, but he feels that his lifestyle is incompatible with the demands of romance and a family.