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Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Vigilante assassin
Legal Status: Unknown
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: Unrevealed
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: None
Equipment:
Scourge’s Gun: Scourge uses a customized 0.50 caliber submachinegun. It fires an armor-piercing explosive bullet that reduces the target’s body armor (or vehicle protection) by -2 CS and causes Excellent damage. The gun holds 20 rounds of ammunition and can fire a 5-shot burst that does Remarkable damage. Scourge’s gun has a range of 5 areas and is made of Excellent strength material.
Scourge’s Van: Scourge drives a van which contains spare weapons, ammo, costumes and disguises, a computerized crime-file, and a two-way TV. The van has:
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Talents:
Scourge was a Weapon Specialist with his gun (+2 CS) and had Criminology, Disguise, and Marksman Talents as well.
Contacts:
Scourge’s main contact was a detective known only as “Domino,” who had Monstrous knowledge of the underworld and its secrets. Scourge was often able to infiltrate various organizations and locales by gaining the proper forged papers.
Role-Playing Notes:
Scourge is the ultimate, pitiless “Nemesis.” There is no reprieve from his death sentence. A master of disguise who never lingers at the scene of his murders, nothing is known of his true personality or motives.
History:
Very little is known about the background of the person or persons called the Scourge of the Underworld, and what is known may not be true. Prior to his death, Scourge claimed to be the son of a Hollywood movie director famous for his westerns and the younger brother of the Los Angeles-based criminal called the Enforcer. Sickened by his brother’s criminality and how it was tormenting their father, Scourge acquired a gun, disguised himself as a derelict old woman using skills learned from his father’s make-up men, went out and gunned down the Enforcer. He then decided to devote his life to serving the cause of justice. He bought a truck to use as his mobile headquarters, bought a computer and elaborate make-up equipment, and hired a private detective named Domino to gather information on criminals for him. He then drove about the country, ruthlessly exterminating criminal after criminal while wearing various innocuous disguises. After numerous successful hits, Scourge was thwarted by Captain America, who prevented him from killing the injured Constrictor. Scourge managed to get away, however, but after he committed a mass murder of eighteen costumed criminals, Captain America lured him out of hiding and apprehended him. Scourge confessed to the numerous killings, providing information that was never released to the media, in the misguided notion that he could make Captain America see they were on the same side of the law. It was then he revealed his background. But before Captain America could turn him over to the authorities, Scourge was shot by a gun identical to the one Scourge himself used and the unseen assailant shouted “Justice is served!” Scourge’s own catch phrase. Captain America could not prevent Scourge from dying from the wounds nor could he apprehend Scourge’s killer.
Although there have been no further reported incidents of criminal killing with Scourge’s modus operandi as yet, it has not been verified that the man who died in Captain America’s arms was the real Scrouge or the only Scourge, nor has Scourge’s killer been identified. Furthermore, the account given by the man Captain America apprehended is at least in part fraudulent. For one thing, the Enforcer never had a younger brother. The Enforcer was actually Charles L. Delazny, Jr., the only son of the head of Delazny Studios, an independently-owned back lot and soundstage where movies were filmed in Hollywood’s heyday but was now used mostly for television production. One of Charles Delazny, Sr.’s longtime associates was Carson “Coot” Collier, Sr., a director who shot Westerns in the 1930s, ‘40s, and ‘50s, and was now doing television work. Collier had a son named Carson, Jr., who was the same age as Delazny’s son and the two were schoolmates at Hollywood High. Under circumstances yet to be revealed, Charles Delazny, Jr., managed to lead the authorities into thinking that Carson Collier, Jr., was the Enforcer, and it was Collier who was jailed for the Enforcer’s crimes, not Delazny. Scourge’s story of being the son of a Hollywood director of westerns could indicate that he was Carson Collier, Jr. In that case, he may have wanted revenge upon the Enforcer for framing him. It is not known what he had to gain by telling Captain America he was the Enforcer’s brother, however. Since Scourge’s body has not yet been positively identified as being that of Carson Collier, Jr., the truth about the Scourge who died cannot be verified.
Regarding the mystery of the self-confessed Scourge’s slaying, there are a number of possibilities. It is possible that Scourge’s private detective Domino killed him to keep him from implicating Domino in his crimes, and Domino used Scourge’s catch-phrase to obfuscate matters. Another possibility is that the man who went after Captain America and confessed to all of Scourge’s crimes was not the real Scourge but another operative of the real Scourge’s who knew enough about his activities to make the confession convincing. Yet another possibility is that there has been more than one person acting in concert who called themselves Scourge all along. To protect the secret of the others, the one Scourge was sacrificed. Until the one Scourge’s body is identified and further Scourge-like activities are uncovered, the various mysteries of Scourge will remain mysteries.
Scourge’s known victims include the Enforcer, Miracle Man, HateMonger II, Megatek, the Melter, Titania I, the Basilisk, the Human Fly, Death Adder, Blue Streak, the Wraith, Hammer and Anvil, Jaguar, Mirage, Hellrazor, Shellshock, BirdMan II, Cyclone, the Ringer, Turner D. Century, the Grappler, the Cheetah, the Vamp, Commander Kraken, Letha, Steeplejack II, Mind-Wave, the Rapier, Firebrand, the Hijacker, and apparently a Scourge himself. Each of his known victims (with the possible exception of the last) has been tried and convicted of a crime.