PERSEUS Ancestor of the Danaans, child of Zeus, son to Danaë!
F: Fantastic (40)
A: Great (20)
S: Great (20)
E: World Class (30)
R: Decent (10)
I: World Class (30)
P: Decent (10)
Health: 110
Karma: 50
Resources: Terrible (02)
Popularity: 10
Talents / Specialities:
Acrobatics, Grappling, Shortsword, Ride Horse, Olympian god religion, Courtly manners, Evasion, Dodge
Powers:
King Acrisius of Argos imprisons his daughter Danae to avert a prophecy that he would die if his daughter had a son. When the god Zeus impregnates her, Acrisius sends his daughter and his newborn grandson Perseus to sea in a wooden coffin. In retribution, Zeus kills Acrisius and orders Poseidon to release a Kraken to destroy Argos. Meanwhile, Danaë and Perseus safely float to the island of Seriphos, where Perseus grows to adulthood.
Calibos, son of the sea goddess Thetis, is a young man engaged to marry Princess Andromeda, the daughter of Queen Cassiopeia and heir to the rich city of Joppa; but has destroyed diverse creatures including most of Zeus's flying horses (excepting Pegasus only ). To punish him, Zeus transforms Calibos into a satyr-like creature later exiled by his people. In revenge, Thetis transports Perseus from Seriphos to Joppa, where he learns that Andromeda cannot marry unless her suitor successfully answers a riddle, whose failures are burned at the stake. Perseus, wearing a helmet that renders its wearer invisible, captures Pegasus and follows Andromeda to learn a new riddle from Calibos. Perseus is nearly killed by Calibos but escapes, losing his helmet in the process.
Perseus presents himself as suitor and correctly answers the riddle, presenting the severed hand of Calibos - Calibos' ring is the answer to the riddle. Perseus wins Andromeda's hand in marriage. Calibos, finding that Thetis cannot act against Perseus, instead demands that she take vengeance on Joppa. At the wedding, Queen Cassiopeia compares Andromeda's beauty to that of Thetis herself, whereupon Thetis demands Andromeda be sacrificed to the Kraken on pain of Joppa's destruction.
Perseus seeks a way to defeat the Kraken, while Pegasus is captured by Calibos and his men. Zeus commands Athena to give Perseus her owl Bubo; but she orders Hephaestus to build a mechanical replica of Bubo instead, who leads Perseus to the Stygian Witches. By taking their magic eye Perseus forces them to reveal that the only way to defeat the Kraken is by using the head of the Gorgon, who in this version lives at the edge of the Underworld.
There, Perseus kills Medusa's canine guardian , who slays one of Perseus's companions; whereas two others die on encounter with Medusa herself. Perseus uses the reflective underside of his shield to deceive Medusa, decapitates her, and collects her head; but the shield is dissolved by her blood. As Perseus and his party set to return, Calibos enters their camp and punctures the cloak carrying Medusa's head, causing her blood to produce . Most of the men are killed; but Perseus slays the last scorpion and thereafter kills Calibos.
Weakened by his struggle, Perseus sends Bubo to bring Pegasus; this Bubo does, and later diverts the Kraken until Perseus appears on Pegasus. In the subsequent battle, Bubo and Perseus use Medusa's head to turn the Kraken into stone, and free Andromeda.
The gods predict that Perseus and Andromeda will live happily, rule wisely, and produce children, and Zeus forbids the other gods to pursue vengeance against them. The likenesses of Perseus, Andromeda, Pegasus, and Cassiopeia appear as constellations.
- Perseus enjoys Wondrous intensity Invisibility when wearing his magical helmet. The material strength of this helmet is Phenomenal.
- ALTERATION RAY (Planetary): When using the severed head of Medusa, Perseus delivers Planetary intensity irreversible petrification (turning to stone) at standard range in a straight line. Anyone looking at Medusa's head within this range in the line covered by where the severed head is facing must make a Silver Intuition roll not to look - or be turned to stone.
- SUPER STEED: Perseus has as his personal Steed the winged horse Pegasus.
Contacts:
Bubo, Andromeda and the Olympian gods.
Limitations:
Notes::
PERSEUS used under license from TidalWave Productions
comic book and graphic novel publisher. The image, name and all related indicia of this character remain (c) and trademark TidalWave Productions, but the statistics and general writeup are free for you to use in your own games!