Hellion

Hellion is a Greek super-villain and demigod. She is a member of the Temeraire Club and founding member of the Midnight Crew.

## Biography

Hellion's life before she crossed paths with Perfidy is largely unknown. She claims she is the daughter of the mythological beast Scylla and an unknown God; though the truth of the matter is unknown, she is easily identified as having Divine qualities similar to other acknowledged demigods, which lends credence to her story.

Hellion was once a minor super-villain operating in Western Europe. With little success as a solo act, she was receptive when Perfidy first suggested they try their luck as a duo. As their fortunes began to change for the better, the two women expanded their partnership into a whole villainous team, officially forming the Midnight Crew with a handful of like-minded criminals. The Crew would rampage across Europe, enjoying a successful crime spree spanning years of activity, before the accumulating pressure of super heroes, UNTIL scrutiny, and even other super-villains forced them to relocate to America.

Settling in Chicago, Hellion and her team became a fixture in the local super-villain community. They frequently crossed paths with the Atlantean and his team while pursuing their criminal agenda.

Much later, the Midnight Crew encountered the heroes Ringster, Cort, and Mot when they attacked an UNTIL prisoner transport disguised as a normal shipping vessel on Lake Michigan. This event would prove crucial to the formation of those heroes into the Contenders.

## Personality

Hellion is more serious than her counterpart Perfidy, but she too is a fun-seeking personality who commits crimes as much for thrills as she does for profit (though unlike Perfidy, she would rather escape with loot than stay to tangle with super heroes). Hellion is a realist, and is the most likely member of the team to call a retreat if events turn against them.

As a long-lived divine entity, Hellion takes a "big picture" view of the world and doesn't let small things distract her. But she is also prone to fits of rage, in which her monstrous bloodline comes to the fore, and at such times even her friends have difficulty bringing her down from her state of bloodlust.

Hellion is a cool-headed professional during a job, but outside of "work" she is the Midnight Crew's wildest party animal. Her innate resistances allow her to ingest truly prodigious amounts of intoxicants that would be lethal to mortals.

## Powers

Hellion is the daughter of one of the ancient world's most terrifying and powerful sea monsters. Although she appears human on sight, she is actually an aquatic terror just as monstrous as her mother.

Hellion's strength and resilience are far beyond mortal standards, but she rarely fights with her own hands. Instead she relies on her "Ineffable Aura," a mystical energy field that she can conjure on command. This field, composed of a green, infernal energy, takes the form of writhing masses of conjured tentacles that range from a few feet in length to fifty yards long or more. Imbued with demonic strength, these tentacles can reach out and crush foes while leaving Hellion herself wrapped safely inside their protective mass. Hellion can also conjure tentacles independent of her body, the writhing limbs seemingly sprouting out of thin air to surround and attack her foes while she keeps a safe distance.

While at sea, Hellion can exercise some control over the weather, forming small storms and deadly whirlpools in her vicinity. Along with her conjured tentacles, this allows her to easily capsize vessels at a whim.

Due to her aquatic heritage, Hellion can move about quickly underwater and can see perfectly in such conditions. She can breath water as easily as air, and can smell blood in the water at a distance of nearly a mile. Because she is a Divine creature, Hellion also has an innate resistance to the aggression of mortals, which provides her with a broad resistance to nearly all forms of attack. As such she has no need for armor of any kind, and even if she does somehow come to harm, she possesses the ability rapidly regenerate herself, even growing whole new limbs when necessary.

Hellion's exact lifespan is unknown, as she is a unique hybrid demigod, but she has already lived far longer than any normal human could hope to and is still in peak health. She is technically mortal, but it is reasonable to assume that she may live for centuries or even millennia more.

## Weaknesses

Hellion's defenses are almost entirely based on her status as a Divine being, but this is a double-edged sword: though this resistance is formidable, other Divine beings can cut through her protection easily. Magical weapons also prove troublesome for her for the same reason.