Actor: Leonor Varela
DOB: 9/12/1972
Critter Type: Zombie
Motivation: Find Its Master's Descendent
Life Points: 104
Drama Points: 10
Attributes
Strength 9 (3 levels part of Zombie Quality)
Dexterity 8 (2 levels part of Zombie Quality)
Constitution 7 (2 levels part of Zombie Quality)
Intelligence 2
Perception 5
Willpower 7
Dexterity 8 (2 levels part of Zombie Quality)
Constitution 7 (2 levels part of Zombie Quality)
Intelligence 2
Perception 5
Willpower 7
Qualities
Age 2
Hard to Kill 10
Nerves of Steel (3)
Regeneration Constitution points per minute, and can reattach severed parts (other than the head). Bullet and Slash/stab damage modifiers are not applicable (all damage is treated as Bash type).
Situational Awareness (2)
Zombie
Hard to Kill 10
Nerves of Steel (3)
Regeneration Constitution points per minute, and can reattach severed parts (other than the head). Bullet and Slash/stab damage modifiers are not applicable (all damage is treated as Bash type).
Situational Awareness (2)
Zombie
Drawbacks
Adversary (Vampire Hunters) (3)
Honorable (1)
Mental Problems (Cruelty) (1)
Obsession (Find Its Master's Descendent) (3)
Secret (Vampire) (3)
Tragic Love (4)
Honorable (1)
Mental Problems (Cruelty) (1)
Obsession (Find Its Master's Descendent) (3)
Secret (Vampire) (3)
Tragic Love (4)
Skills
Background on Solomon Grundy
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Acrobatics: 8
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Knowledge: 5
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Art: 0
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Kung Fu: 6
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Computers: 0
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Languages: 0
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Crime: 5
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Mr. Fix-It: 2
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Doctor: 0
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Notice: 5
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Driving: 0
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Occultism: 4
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Getting Medieval: 0
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Science: 0
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Gun Fu: 0
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Sports: 0
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Influence: 4
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Wild Card: 0
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| Maneuvers | Bonus | Base Damage | Notes |
| Bite | 17 | 27 | Slash/stab |
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Catch Weapon |
12 |
None |
Ranged Defense Action |
| Choke | 15 | 8 | Bash; Asphyxiation |
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Dodge |
17 |
None |
Defense Action |
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Grapple |
19 |
None |
Resisted by Dodge |
| Nail Slash | 15 | 18 | Slash/stab |
| Parry | 17 | None | Defense Action |
| Parry Ranged | 15 | None | Defense Action |
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Punch |
17 |
18 |
Bash |
| Takedown | 15 | 9 | Bash; Knocks Target Down (See p112) |
In 1894,
the wealthy Cyrus Gold was attacked by a man named Jem, who wanted Gold's money.
Jem's girlfriend Rachel Rykel, was a prostitute Gold had once bought services
from, and the two had tried to blackmail Gold about it. When Gold refused to pay
her, Jem severely injured him, took his money, and left the body to die in the
murky heart of Sunnydale's Swamp. In the moment before sinking under the mud,
Cyrus Gold cursed his murderers and swore to God, he would somehow be revenged.
Since the event soon became a legend, there have been many other versions of
this story, but the main content is the same: Gold was killed and his body sunk
into the swamp.
Over the
next fifty years, Gold's skeleton lay at the swamp's bottom, accumulating
decaying leaves, rotting wood, and other debris, and gradually formed into a
gigantic creature that somehow imitated a strange form of pseudo-life. It has
been speculated that this creature was destined to become an Earth Elemental,
but that the process failed because one of the important ingredients of it was
missing: fire. (About ten years later, nature arranged a more successful
transformation, when scientist Alex Olsen was transformed into the first Swamp
Thing, becoming the Earth Elemental of this era.)
In 1944,
this creature rose from the swamp, with tremendous strength and some dormant
memories that for example allowed him to speak English, but not knowing what he
was, and not remembering Cyrus Gold or his fate. Wandering throughout the swamp,
he encountered two escaped criminals, killed them, and took their clothes.
Shortly thereafter, he met a group of men in a hobo camp. When they asked him
his name, he simply muttered that he had been born on Monday. Reminded of an old
nursery rhyme about a man born on Monday, the thugs named the creature
"Solomon Grundy", and impressed by his great strength, took him on a
crime spree throughout Sunnydale.
Eventually, Grundy and his allies were found by Green Lantern Alan Scott and his
pal Doiby Dickles. They took care of the hobos, but Solomon Grundy's strength
proved too much for even the combined might of them and the Sunnydale Police.
Grundy's body consisted mainly of wood, and was thus immune to Green Lantern's
power ring, whose weakness was wooden materials. Over the next few days, the
enraged Grundy killed eleven innocent victims across the city. When Green
Lantern finally found him, he concluded that Grundy was not truly
"alive", but rather a gross distortion of nature, so the hero felt no
remorse about leading the creature into the path of an oncoming locomotive.
(Note:
Like Grundy’s origin, his first appearance has also been recollected in
different fashions. A recent account claims that a group of Nazis and the
Justice Society of America were involved in this case. However, most versions of
the story more or less stick to the original version.)
Buried by
the train, Grundy was thought gone forever, but he was later resurrected by a
gang of criminals, led by the sinister Professor. The Professor gave Grundy a
shot of a strange chlorophyll serum, making Grundy more of a living plant, which
enhanced Grundy's strength, but also made him more vulnerable to Green Lantern's
power ring. After Grundy had strangled the Professor, Green Lantern finally
managed to trap him into a power bubble.
Two years
later, Grundy was empowered by a thunderstorm and broke free. He sought out the
headquarters of Green Lantern's teammates, the Justice Society of America, and
soon found himself battle the entire JSA. Since they could bring Grundy down,
but not hold him for long, they had to find a place to hold him, and so they
imprisoned him in a green bubble on the moon.
Of course,
he managed to escape, and resurfaced on Earth, time and again. He took control
of the body of an astronomer named Dick Cashmere, appearing human for a brief
period, he was transported back through time by Per Degaton, battling the
All-Star Squadron the day after Pearl Harbor, and he worked as a henchman for
Vandal Savage. Finally, he was imprisoned on the moon once again, and this time,
he stayed there for decades.
In the
1960s, however, a freak celestial accident catapulted Grundy to Earth, and broke
the green power sphere. Burning with hatred for Green Lantern and his
associates, Grundy forced Green Lantern out of retirement for a time. Only by
joining forces with Doctor Fate (I) and the Hourman (I), Green Lantern was able
to re-imprison him in a new stronger bubble made from a combination of the green
energy and Dr. Fate's magic, and send it into space. Only recently, Starman Jack
Knight discovered that this incarnation of Grundy eventually ended up on a blue
planet, where it gained some intelligence and enjoyed playing games of battle
with plants in the shape of the JSA. This Grundy was destroyed by the Mother Box
that accompanied Jack Knight during his recent journey through space.
Years
before this Grundy landed on the blue planet, however, a new incarnation of him
rose on Earth once again. When the new heroic era kicked off some ten years ago,
he came back, battling the JSA, the Justice League of America, Superman, Batman,
and the Swamp Thing, on various occasions. For a brief time, he joined forces
with other 1940s villains in the Injustice Society of the World. However, he
appeared to change a lot between his appearances, sometimes more intelligent,
sometimes a wild incoherent beast, sometimes having a strength that was on par
with Superman's, sometimes he could be beaten by human beings. But one thing was
consistent, his hatred for Alan Scott.
Some time
after Scott's retirement from his role as a super-hero (at least one of his
retirements), Solomon Grundy learned about Scott's children, the superheroes
Jade and Obsidian, and went on a killing rampage against them and their
teammates of Infinity, Inc. Unable to permanently get rid of Grundy, the
Infinitors imprisoned him and took him to the hidden civilization of Feithera in
the Arctic Circle. The Feitherans studied Grundy until the long-dormant glacier
surrounding Feithera shifted and threatened the city. Jade made a deal with
Grundy that, if he held back the glacier long enough to save the Feitherans, she
would free him and take him somewhere warm. But the glacier collapsed and buried
Grundy before she could honor the terms of their bargain. Nonetheless, Grundy
returned and now trusted Jade - only Jade - becoming an associate and a good
help of Infinity, Inc.
Later, the
villainous Harlequin (III) used her power to impersonate Jade and take advantage
of Grundy's trust in her, recruiting him into the villain team known as
Injustice, Unlimited. Under the Harlequin's influence, Solomon Grundy killed
Skyman, the leader of the Infinitors. When the heroes uncovered Harlequin's
disguise, Grundy wandered off in disgust.
Months
later, Grundy was found by some farm workers at the countryside, and went on a
rampage. Jade found him and tried to reason with him, but his trust in her was
now gone. Her father (now back from retirement) came to assist her, and the
combined might of their green powers managed to transform Grundy into a statue
of petrified wood.
But
Grundy's seemingly inexhaustible life force was once again drawn into the
Slaughter Swamp. Grundy was born again, this time more of a raging beast than
ever. Although beaten by the Batman, Grundy managed to kill at least five
people, including a Karen Rykel, a direct descendant of the prostitute that was
in on the murder of Cyrus Gold, thereby fulfilling the curse of Gold.
A year
later, Grundy appeared in a sewer in Opal City. Since Jade was busy on a case
with the Blood Pack, she contacted Jack Knight, the current Starman of Opal, and
asked him to take care of the situation. Jack prepared for a big fight, and was
surprised when this Grundy appeared to be a good-hearted, mellow, frightened
creature, who was rather easy to reason with.
Grundy
came into the care of Ted
Knight, Jack's father and the original Starman, befriending him and Mikaal
Tomas, another former Starman. When Jack's archenemy, the second Mist, attempted
to bring havoc into Jack's life, her henchmen kidnapped both Mikaal and "Solly"
(as Jack called him). Using strong plant toxins, they succeeded in weakening
Grundy severely, and would perhaps have killed him, were it not for the
interference of Mikaal. After this, Mikaal and Solly were taken care of in a
hospital. While he thought Grundy unconscious, Ted Knight sat before him,
talking to himself about how he had hated Grundy because of his past actions and
his killing of Skyman. Grundy heard everything Ted said, and escaped the
hospital soon after.
After
coming back and saving Jack from a bomb attack in Opal, Grundy was injured and
it seemed that he would die. Jack and Ted would do all they could to help the
heroic creature, and so they enlisted the aid of Batman,
Alan Scott (now called Sentinel) and the Floronic Man, to walk into Grundy's
subconscious by scientific means. The five men did, and finally learned the
whole truth about Solomon Grundy. Each version of Grundy that had appeared
during the last fifty years, was a different part of the whole. Sometimes a good
creature, sometimes bad, sometimes intelligent, sometimes stupid, sometimes
weaker, sometimes stronger, the personalities of Grundy were all different
representations of the soul of Cyrus Gold.
The heroes
encountered Gold and an army of Grundys in Grundy's mind. They fought them all
to release the good Grundy they had learned to know in recent times. When they
thought they had succeeded, the good version of Grundy said that he could not
fight the other aspects of himself, and declined the offer to return. When the
heroes left Grundy's mind, he smiled and told them to remember that in the bad
Grundy that would inevitably return some day, there would always be a little
piece of himself, the good Grundy.
During the
event known as the Day of Judgment, the rogue angel Asmodel awoke Grundy once
again, having him battle the Marvel Family and Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. This
version of Grundy later joined Culp's army of villains during the latter's
ravaging of Opal City. Ultimately, Solomon Grundy gave his life to save Mikaal
from a sniper, although he would never admit that the "good Grundy" in
him had sacrificed himself for his former friend.
Later
incarnations of the bad Solomon Grundy have joined forces with the Joker during
the so-called "Last Laugh" riots, encountered Green Arrow (I) in his
"Arrowcave", and fought the JSA as a member of the modern Injustice
Society.
Apparently, it doesn’t matter how many times this menace is destroyed. How and
in what form, nobody knows, but the threat of Solomon Grundy will inevitably
return.
Quote: "Born on Monday, Christened on
Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday, Took ill on Thursday,
Worse on Friday, Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday, This is the end of Solomon Grundy." Roleplaying Solomon Grundy
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Worse on Friday, Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday, This is the end of Solomon Grundy." Roleplaying Solomon Grundy
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