HeroMachine Character Portrait Creator

Bateleur- Chipungu Tshuma

One of those chosen to undergo a mystical ritual to become protectors of her home country of Nguvu (a secret country hidden away in the jungles of central africa), Chipungu Tshuma was forced to flee her home after one of the other chosen, Masimba Hunzvi (also known as the Black Lion) went rogue and declared a blood feud against her. Ending up in Emerson, she became the superhero known as Bateleur (after the animal from which she derived her abilities, the Bateleur Eagle) and started a family with a local restraurater, Aaron White, having two children with him. She even became the mentor to a new young superhero, Kate Quinn, known as Red Kite. However, after many years of relative peace, Tshuma’s world was rocked by the return of Black Lion, with her family and friends now in the firing line.

Mogui- Da Liu

Professor Da Liu, formerly of the Peoples Scientific And Medical Research Center in Beijing, China, is an expert on genetics, particularly in the field of Germline Gene Editing. However, his aims and methods were too extreme for the Chinese scientific community and he lost his position in the Gene Research Department of the PSMRC. Wishing to push the boundaries of gene editing, Liu turned to a new sponsor, Criminal Enterprises. As the Chief of CE’s Scientific Research division, Liu has forged a close working relationship with CE’s CEO, Charles Mason. Mason funds Liu’s less ethical experiments and in return Liu gives Mason a steady supply of superpowered underlings. However, the end goal for both is the same, self modification, although, unbeknowst as of yet to Mason, Liu may have already beaten him to the punch.

I have no intention of entering this week’s contest, but I was inspired by it. This is my superhero version of the Nutcracker (I deliberately gave him somewhat nutcracker-like facial features, and thus, yes, he is supposed to look a little creepy).

The Nutcracker is from an alternate dimension, where he leads a resistance force against his nemesis, the Mouse King. Every Christmas Eve at midnight, his avatar in our world, a wooden nutcracker doll, springs to life, and the Mouse King comes through as well, and their forces fight until the morning, when they return to their own realm.

The main reasons I’m choosing not to submit this one are a) “The Nutcracker Suite” is instrumental, and I think the contest was asking for songs with lyrics and b) the contest calls for literal interpretation, whereas I decided to go the superhero route.

Anyway, I will get back to my normal universe eventually.