I have bought the Champions books recently and have been enjoying them quite a lot, but I had a few questions. I have been around the world to different nations while in the military and for each country as I experience these unique and amazing cultures it had me wondering..."Are there any Superheroes or Villain from these nations or neighboring nations?"
Honduras
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Israel
Germany
Ireland
Poland
Denmark
Iceland
Greenland
Iraq
Afghanistan
Jordan
El Salvador
Panama
New Zealand
Philippines
Austria
Australia
Tasmania
Guatemala
Those are just a few that I can think of that I am curious if ANYONE in Champions lore comes from those nations. I know we have the "Big 5" United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Russia, Japan that are the most common places for heroes or villains to be from.
Anyways, just wanted to test your Lore Knowledge everyone
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Just from the list you presented, countries which have at least one official named native superhero or supervillain (often more) include:
South Korea (and North Korea)
Israel (including Palestinian territories)
Germany
Ireland
Poland
Denmark
Iraq
Phillippines
Australia
There definitely are numerous superhumans in the lore from the "Big 5" countries you mention. But others come from:
Mexico
Barbados
Brazil
Peru
Argentina
France
Hungary
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Romania
Finland
Egypt
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Kenya
South Africa
Nigeria
Uganda
India
China (with the largest state superhero team in the world)
Singapore
There are fictional Champions Earth countries -- Costa Azul, Guamanga, Chiquador, Larisagrad, Lugendu, Lurranga, Awad, and Taqiristan -- a few of whom have their own superhuman residents. There are also various "hidden lands" that are, or were until recently, unknown to the outside world, whose inhabitants may be or include superhumans: Lemuria, Atlantis, Arcadia, Shamballah, Agharti, Thaar, Javangari, Beast Mountain, the Kingdom of the Apes, and the Valley of Night.
Saddam's sadistic superstrong bodyguard was code-named Turs Al-Sh'ab ("the Shield of the People"). He escaped the coalition invasion of Iraq and has since been working as a mercenary supervillain.
Ifrit is actually from Saudi Arabia. The last mention of him, from 2005, had him captured and in UNTIL's super-prison, the Guardhouse.
Gravitar is French.
Rakshasa is Indian
Bronze Brigand is Lebanese
Escollera is Mexican
Thoughtcrime is Argentine
Fiacho is Italian iirc
Mentalla (twin sister of Menton) is Spanish
Der Westgote is German
Silver Tiger is Indonesian
There's many, many more.
Fiacho is actually Danar Nicole, a Dane. His code-name means "very bad" in Esperanto.
Where is Silver Tiger mentioned?
And yes, there are scores of named superheroes and villains from outside the United States and Canada. As I mentioned above, Champions Universe and Champions Worldwide are the most concentrated sources of info about the global superhuman scene, for anyone looking to make a non-American character.
One of the things I appreciate about the Champions Universe is that it's much more international in its coverage than the mainstream comics publishers, who tend to be Americentric. Understandable, since the US has the majority of English-speaking comics readers. And creators, for that matter. But those of us living on those "other" parts of the planet want a little love spread our way, too.
And now I learn something new about Eurostar's leader.
Note that in the post-Cryptic continuity, that attack is now attributed to Shadow Destroyer masquerading as Dr. D.
Eurostar is a pretty diverse collection of European supervillains itself. In addition to Fiacho, current members are Durak (Russian), Mentalla (Spanish), Ultrasonique (French), Scorpia (Irish), Feurmacher (German), Pantera (Italian), and Der Westgote (another German).
Ctrl + F doesn't check the words inside of the "Blurbs of Destroyer"
Mind you, Destroyer's words were probably the last thing Silver Tiger heard before Destroyer blew him away.
Nope, plenty of big names to draw on still. More than I listed here, in fact.
Scarn has a magic power named for him, Tyrannon had the grimoire crafting mats, Tiger squad is listed in one of the random loading screen tips as China's superteam, The Sylvestris also were in the crafting mats, Franklin stone has that awesome penthouse that broke the game when it was introduced, Circle of the scarlet moon is mentioned a lot in Burnside, and I think in some of the lore scattered around in play.
They're there, they just aren't *There* there- if that makes sense?
Eurostar are among the oldest and nastiest villains in the IP, though. Among Champions villain groups Eurostar has long had the reputation as the toughest and most dangerous foes to face. As terrorists their plans are often spectacular and usually lethal.