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Fighting: |
Rm |
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Agility: |
Un |
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Strength: |
Mn |
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Endurance: |
CL1000 |
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Reason: |
Mn |
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Intuition: |
Mn |
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Psyche: |
Un |
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Health: |
1205 |
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Karma: |
250 |
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Resources: |
Unlimited |
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Popularity: |
-30 |
Real Name: Dormammu
Occupation: Conqueror, former ruler of the Dark Dimension
Legal Status: Exiled citizen of the dimension of the Faltine, exiled citizen of the Dark Dimension
Identity: Publicly known in the Dark Dimension. His existence is unknown to the general populace of Earth
Place of Birth: The Faltine dimension
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Umar (sister), Clea (niece)
Base of Operations: The Dark Dimension
Past Group Affiliations: None. Former ally of Umar and Loki
Known Powers:
Magical Ability: Dormammu is one of the most powerful magic-wielders to ever exist. He may use any listed Power as a spell, subject to the limitations of Personal and Universal energy restrictions. Being a Dimensional entity, he is able to generate these energies himself. He uses these abilities at the Monstrous level, unless otherwise noted as Power stunts. In addition, Dormammu regularly uses the following spells:
- Counterspell (D) — Dormammu can cancel out or tamper with the magical spell of others at Unearthly ability. He must make a FEAT roll against the Intensity of the spellcaster he wishes to affect.
- Dimensional Aperture (D) — creates an opening into and permits passage to and from another stated dimension, with Unearthly ability.
- Eldritch Beams/Bolts (U) — As Force or Energy Missile weapon, of Monstrous power and range.
- Telepathy (P) — Dormammu can telepathically contact anyone he wishes throughout the dimensions at Class 1000 ability.
- Transformation (0) — Dormammu can transform himself or others into another substance, retaining the target’s own shape. He can also endow another individual with new powers, or enhance old ones. He does all of this at Unearthly rank.
Immortality: If Dormammu’s Health is reduced to 0 his body dissipates and begins to reform elsewhere over a period 2-20 months.
Talents:
Dormammu has the Occult Lore and Mystical Background talents.
Contacts:
None
Role-Playing Notes:
Dormammu uses his powers directly and to the point. Although he may engage in complex schemes to gather power, once he has gained the power he uses it in a forthright manner. Oddly enough, Dormammu is possessed of a strange sense of honor and will never break his word once given or attack someone to whom he is indebted.
History:
Originally, Dormammu possessed humanoid form. He and his sister Umar were sorcerers of great mystical power, in the dimension of the Faltine. For unknown reasons they were exiled from this dimension, and they sought sanctuary from Olnar, the wizard-king of the Dark Dimension, a small “pocket” cosmos in a dimension other than Earth’s, in which the laws of reality are different from those in the Earth dimension. (It has been speculated that this took place many thousands of Earth years ago.) Dormammu and Umar promised to show Olnar how to expand his realm. Intrigued, Olnar overruled the objections of the other wizards of his realm, who distrusted the two exiles, and he granted Dormammu and Umar not only sanctuary but also positions of power. In return, the two Faltinians showed Olnar how to break down interdimensional barriers and to absorb other pocket dimensions into his own. Thus Olnar greatly expanded the size of the Dark Dimension.
However, after many years of such conquests, it was discovered that a pocket cosmos that had recently been added to the Dark Dimension was the home of the savage creatures called the Mindless Ones. The Mindless Ones spread destruction throughout the Dark Dimension and killed Olnar. The surviving wizards blamed the two Faltinians for the Mindless Ones’ rampage. Suspecting that the wizards would attack the two of them, Dormammu and Umar struck first and defeated the wizards. The two Faltinians then combined their magic to imprison the Mindless Ones behind a mystical barrier which still exists today. Umar, younger than her brother, was greatly weakened by this feat, and did not regain her full power until long after wards. The people of the Dark Dimension acclaimed Dormammu and Umar for saving them from the Mindless Ones and, with Olnar’s infant son Orini unable to rule and the wizards defeated, chose Dormammu as regent of the Dark Dimension. (After a brief time under Umar’s rule, the Dark Dimension is now governed by Dormammu’s niece, Clea.)
Dormammu transformed himself into pure mystical energy, thus enabling himself to use his vast magical powers more efficiently. He placed a spell upon the remaining few wizards that rendered them incapable of speech, and therefore of using most of their magical powers, and condemned them to wander through the Dark Dimension as outcasts. Dormammu had no intention of surrendering his throne to Orini, Olnar's heir, when the child came of age, but instead raised Orini as his ward, and Orini became Dormammu’s loyal disciple.
For an unknown number of Earth centuries, Dormammu has sought to conquer the Earth dimension. He has always been frustrated by the Sorcerers Supreme of the Earth dimension, each of whom has used the Amulet of Agomotto as a weapon against him. The most recent Sorcerers Supreme of Earth dimension to oppose him have been the now deceased Ancient One, and Doctor Stephen Strange, who has become Dormammu’s greatest foe. Despite Dormammu’s vastly greater power, Strange has defeated him repeatedly. Most recently, Dormammu undertook a complex plot that involved his reaching back in time to incarnate himself physically on Earth in the year 1943, long before his first clash with Doctor Strange. However, Strange and Dormammu’s niece Clea had journeyed back in time to 1943. Each contributed to creating a means of destroying Dormammu, scattering his mystical essence throughout myriad dimensions. However, it has been theorized that Dormammu, a being of pure mystical energy, cannot forever be destroyed, and it remains to be seen whether he may someday return.