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Real Name: Peter van Zante
Alias: Water Wizard
Occupation: Former soldier, now a criminal mercenary
Legal Status: American citizen with criminal record
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: One-time operative of Enforcer, Moondark and Justin Hammer; member of Force of Nature
Known Powers:
Water Control: Aqueduct has the Incredible ability to control and shape water and other liquids, such as oil, and can manipulate tens of thousands of gallons at a time. He has a range of 4 areas and has mastered the following Power Stunts:
- Direct a firehose-like jet of water with a range of 1 area that does Incredible Blunt damage.
- Create monsters or humanoid servants of Amazing Health and abilities out of water or oil (this requires about 5 gallons of liquid per point of Health).
- Suck moisture out of a victim, reducing him to a dehydrated husk. This does Good damage each turn to living beings and has a range of two areas. The victim gets an Endurance FEAT each turn against the Intensity of the attack to avoid taking damage. Aqueduct must concentrate continuously to use this power.
- Create boxing-gloves of solidified water that allow him to punch with +2cs to Strength.
- Flight on a surfboard made of water at Remarkable speed. He will often use his speed to make Charging attacks.
Talents:
Aqueduct received standard military training before serving in Vietnam.
Contacts:
Aside from Project: Earth, Aqueduct has numerous criminal contacts on the West Coast and in the Midwest.
Role-Playing Notes:
A habitual criminal, Aqueduct is a greedy mercenary who enjoys causing pain and destruction, often laughing and joking as he does so. However, he also has a keen sense of self-preservation, and is not above running from a fight or even cooperating with superheroes or the law if it will keep his skin intact.
History:
As an American soldier fighting in Vietnam, Peter van Zante was badly wounded by a North Vietnamese rocket attack. He was evacuated to a hospital ship where he was placed in an experimental life support unit. While he lay in the life support system, a violent storm raged around the vessel. The ship was struck by lightning, and the power surge interacted with his metabolism, healing his wounds, and also giving him the ability to mentally control water.
After years of covert practice, van Zante was approached by a criminal named the Mole who convinced him to become his partner on the West Coast. Van Zante took the name Water Wizard, and made his reputation with a successful million-dollar robbery.
He was soon was contacted by the L.A. crime boss known as the Enforcer, who embroiled him in a feud with Johnny Blaze, the first Ghost Rider. After a series of defeats by Ghost Rider, and some small-time crime, Water Wizard ditched the Enforcer and fled to Chicago, where he joined the sorcerer Moondark in another futile attack against Ghost Rider. This time, Water Wizard was so seriously burned by the Ghost Rider’s mystic fires that he went into shock and was placed in a mental institution.
Ironically, it was Ghost Rider who freed him, in return for van Zante’s promise to help a town ravaged by drought. He helped Ghost Rider, but was then kidnapped by Arabian criminals, who wanted him to attack rival oil companies. By this time, Water Wizard had discovered he could manipulate other liquids than water, and he used his powers to create huge monsters out of oil to terrorize his victims.
The Arabian Knight and Ghost Rider put an end to the Saudi Arabian scheme, but as van Zante was being extradited to America, he was freed from custody by the criminal mastermind Justin Hammer. Hammer wanted van Zante to be part of a raid on one of Iron Man’s installations. Van Zante had little stomach for fighting Iron Man, and he fled during the battle, much to Hammer’s displeasure.
Water Wizard returned to the United States and lay low for some time to avoid both Hammer and the law. He considered a return to crime, but barely escaped death at the hands of the criminal-killer Scourge. This encounter left him shaken enough that he surrendered to Captain America.
When he got out of jail, Water Wizard was recruited by Project: Earth, taking the new name Aqueduct. Perhaps recalling his previous attacks on oil companies, he has settled happily into his new role as an ecological terrorist.