A new player (someone met on the MHG forums) joined us, and looks like he might become a regular with this group.
The first half of this one was the introduction of my villain, the Cloud. The last half was the finale of "The Triskelion Gambit".
#6 – Dark Cloud on the Horizon – F.I.S.H. puts Fred Meyer assistant manager Henry Callenid in touch with the Emerald City Defenders after he expresses concern that his manager, Jim Tufer, is being mind controlled. Tyr drives the group, which includes Seleriti, The Chosen, Deschutes, and Brakus, to the loading dock of the Kirkland Fred Meyer, where they witness Tufer in discussion with a customer. Local vigilante Chilblains and his robotic assistant S.I.D. observe the scene as well. Callenid approaches the group in the parking lot and says that they have arrived just in time to witness the problem customer, Troy Alexander. As Deschutes flies into the sky and others step out of the truck, the crowd becomes aware of the paranormals, so Alexander makes his way to his car while ignoring Tyr’s questions. Chilblains disables his vehicle right after it starts, so the man gets on his phone. Moments later, the smart phone of each hero gets an anonymous text with instructions to ‘back off’. They each then get a call, and a digitized voice threatens them if they don’t drop their investigation. The champions defiantly refuse. Alexander gets out and orders an Uber, while the Defenders get an alert that there is an intruder inside their base downtown! Chilblains joins the others as they race back in the truck, and as they travel down the freeway, the ghostly, digital form of the Cloud materializes amongst them! The villain explains that he has access to everyone’s digital secrets, and threatens their loved ones if they choose to oppose him; he then vanishes. At their base, they meet the long-retired Central African superhero Spiderwalker, who says that he is visiting them astrally. He magically conjures a briefcase full of information about Triskelion, an organization dating back to World War II that has possibly returned, and before departing warns of how dangerous they could be. Chilblains checks with F.I.S.H. and they ask him to continue to assist his new allies while they monitor Alexander. The next day F.I.S.H. shares that one of the thugs from the blood bank theft is bailing out soon. When he does Seleriti and Chilblains tail him to an abandoned vacuum parts warehouse in the Industrial District. The adventurers make their way inside, where they soon engage in battle with Quarry, Killshot, Electric Skull, Yellow Lotus, and multiple henchmen. One of the minions mans the .50 caliber gun aboard another Vector Thrust Tank and numerous heroes are felled before the enemies are defeated. Killshot retreats and villainess Viridian emerges, scoops up Yellow Lotus, and teleports out. The victors are stunned as four figures appear, reveal a bomb hidden in a wall, and disappear with the two remaining supervillains. The champions disarm the bomb and find the chest of blood and the tattered remnants of a floor plan to a museum or art gallery.
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