Diamondback

Name: Zane M.
Codename: Diamondback
Classification: Mercenary
Location: Seattle, WA
Nationality: American
Group Affiliation:
1) HeroHire.com - Active, CEO
2) Seattle Super-soldiers - Active
3) Mighty Markmen - Associate
Age: 33
Height: 5’9’’
Weight: 165 lbs
Archetype: Scrapper
Origin: Mutation
Powers: Zane is a mutant with the ability to secrete a substance through his skin that crystallizes into diamond-sharp scales upon contact with the air. He can coat all or parts of his body in scales giving him a silvery reptilian appearance. The scales are sharp enough to slice into most substances and cut most opponents. They also provide some defense against physical and energy attacks. However, the scales are paper-thin and will shatter if hit hard enough at an oblique angle. Diamondback is also able to fling the scales from his body as deadly projectiles. The scales contain a neuro-toxin that causes confusion and muscular weakness if it penetrates an opponent’s skin. The neuro-toxic effects increase in severity with increasing doses from multiple scales potentially resulting in temporary coma and paralysis if the dose is high enough. Although Diamondback often fights alongside the Mighty Markmen and the Seattle Super-Soldiers, he has also been known to engage in shadier operations in the name of profit with his start-up company HeroHire.com, resulting in his classification as a mercenary.

Mastermind

Name: Emmet M.
Codename: Mastermind
Classification: Arch-Villain
Location: Vancouver, BC
Nationality: Canadian
Group Affiliation / Status:
1) Vancouver Villain Society / Active
Age: 26
Height: 5’4’’
Weight: 130 lbs
Archetype: Controller
Origin: Technology
Powers: After being teased and bullied as a child, Emit always dreamed of being popular. As a teenager he decided to leave his childhood behind and started clawing his way up the social ladder until he eventually became a prominent Vancouver socialite and MySpace icon. Although he enjoyed immense popularity, it just never seemed to be enough. Desperate for more fame and power, he embarked on a series of bizarre cloning and mind-control experiments in the hopes of discovering new diabolical means for attaining ultimate celebrity status. But each new discovery only fueled a greater desire for popularity ultimately driving him insane. His most powerful evil inventions to date are a mind-control device that he recklessly implanted directly onto his brain and a human cloning device. He has used the cloning device to create an army of brain-less hot-o’s that he lovingly refers to as his ‘Sweenies’. The mind-control device amplifies his brain waves allowing him to control their every action in an endless pursuit of power.

Beware! Evil lurks...

Now I'm sure you were all really excited to see the first female Markman (no, the female members do not call themselves Markwomen) posted a few weeks ago but now get ready to be even more excited as I start introducing some of the Mighty Markmen's mortal enemies! Yes, who would need amazing heroes if there were no dastardly villains?

Now let me explain...You are all my friends - heroes and villains alike. It's just that some of you have a certain devious quality that seems to make you better suited for the dark side of the law. You know who you are - I'm pretty sure most of you would probably be prefer to be villains anyway!

I've added a category labelled 'classification' to help you sort out the heroes from the villains in case its not obvious from their description. Some people may be classified as mercenaries, operating on both sides of the law depending on where the money is best.