Name:
Rucks Kennithson

Alias:
He doesn't have one, he sort of just assumes that at some point someone will make one up for him

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Superhero/Villain:
Alleged Villain

Age:
24

Gender:
Male

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Powers/Equipment:
Artomancy
It's by far the fruitiest name a power has ever had but Ruck's doesn't really mind. This power allows anything he draws to come to life, however he cannot control these creatures as soon as they have ripped themselves from the page, with some exceptions. This power is obviously the best thing at birthday parties.

Myth Manipulation
No one's actually sure if this is a real power or not, Rucks claims that it allows him to control mythical beasts. The only problem is that they don't exist, (although Rucks has a room in his apartment devoted to finding them) apart from the ones that Rucks draws that come to life. Unlike other creatures these actually can be controlled. Although it might be that Rucks only chooses to control these creatures because they're cool.

Super Smalltalk
At this point it is safe to assume that Rucks is making up powers, to be fair to him, he is really really good at smalltalk. (possibly why he considers this a power)

Weakness(es):

FIRE
Fire burns paper, which destroys Rucks' minions. It's quite sad if you think about it, any phoenix's he draws will immediately be destroyed. He is actively trying to find a fix for it, short of starting up a charity. Because that would be plain dumb.

WATER
Water causes the paper to deteriorate. Another thing which causes the unfortunate deaths of some of his minions, in particular ones which use water based attacks. He is also trying to find a fix for this, laminating the paper works, but causes the creature to become immobile.

INK
Possibly the worst thing that can happen to one of Rucks' minions is foreign ink being splashed on them. It's like being hit by a barbed arrow and it takes intensive re-painting to heal properly. Anyone who resorts to these methods is frankly a monster.

DEFORESTATION
Naturally this is the slowest of the threats to Rucks and his minions, but it's the most dangerous. When the trees run out so does the paper, and that is a scary concept.

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Appearance:
Apart from the above picture here are some neato details:
Rucks stands at 6'3, or for those who prefer the metric system, 191 centimeters.
Sometimes he wears glasses, but in reality they are just a dastardly disguise.
He's a sharp dresser and frowns upon people who appear unkempt.

Personality:
Despite popular belief Rucks is a nice guy, he throws birthday parties for kids (Especially orphans) and has two dogs named Mozart and Archimedes. He's also highly charismatic and quick witted, just like all good thieves. However he does have his flaws, he treats the whole thievery business as a game, therefore if he misses his mark he takes it as a large blow to his ego which ends up with him brooding on bridges and roof tops. He also doesn't take his actions seriously enough because he claims it's a victim-less crime.

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Backstory:

Thievery is an art form, so it sweetens the deal when you're able to use literal art to do so. This is what keep Rucks in the game, the thrill, the heart-pounding risks, the adrenaline rush and of course, the final chase. But it wasn't always like that, Rucks used to be a boring thief, only stealing for money. It wasn't until he discovered his power that he started to steal for the enjoyment that he drew from it.

It was a rainy day in the city and Rucks was in his apartment, drawing a city landscape as he so often did, there was a spectacular view of a plaza from his window and the rain made it's bright lights dance and sparkle, he was at this point allowing his first layer of paint to dry off. He switched on his television set, it was some kids show, confused his checked his watch. Oh. It was THAT early? He had stayed up through the night, painting did that to him. He flicked through the channels, nothing was on and he eventually he got back to the first one. He sat back, it was interesting how these shows had changed since he was a kid, at least one thing stayed the same, the fantasy setting. A dragon was being slain on his screen. He took out his sketch pad, he hadn't drawn anything like that since he was a kid.

An hour and a half later (and three episodes of the show) later he was done, a sketch of a dragon, coloured with water pastels. Not his best work, but it had it's charm. He laid it down to dry and returned to his other piece. Mixing paint, applying it slowly but with a consistent tone. And then, a small noise. He was hearing things due to his lack of sleep, he just needed to finish this off. There it was again, a small yap, too high pitched for it to be Mozart or Archimedes. He turned around, had the neighbors cat found a way in? There it was. A dragon, the one he had drawn sitting next to his sketchpad which now had a large gap in his previous painting.

The beast prowled around the table, flicking it's tail and coughing out cartoon flames. It had to be a hallucination, Rucks thought, he'd finished his painting. He needed to sleep. But alas, the next morning it was still there, sleeping on his lap next to his dogs. Something had to be going on, he'd made a cartoon dragon come to life, he gave it an order, he made it right? It must obey him surely? It did, he asked it to go and wait at his desk and there it went, wings flapping off to wait. By the time Rucks arrived, fully dressed, the dragon was doing battle, against the knight which he had also drawn. "Stop!" he yelled, a small fire has started which he ran to put out, the dragon listened ad started in the defensive, the knight however did not, this is why Rucks assumes he can only control mythical beasts, but who knows why that knight refused to stop. He never really tested it out as now, he had a new power to play with out in the city.

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Other:

He has an array of alter ego's that he buys for a dime a dozen, as a result he uses these freely.
His suits are bought tailor made from a spectacular tailors off of main street, he recommends it to his friends and enemies alike.
He does have a preferred shoe maker, which requires a week out of town to go visit. He's more likely to recommend it to enemies to get rid of them.
He's actually a really good artist, which leads one to wonder why his minions mostly look like quick doodles. He claims it's because he doesn't own a photocopier so it takes too much time to draw them properly.

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Name:
MAGUS NEEDS NO NAME.
(Tarak Amren)

Alias:
Magus
Toon Master/Lord/Czar/Führer/Weirdo
(Most just call him the Cartoon Idiot, though.)

Superhero/Villain:
Super Villain

Age:
15 (That's like, 76 in dog years).

Gender:
Male
(In a different universe, he's probably female. We are not in that universe.)

Powers/Equipment:
Underline - Main power/source of power.
Italics - Sub-powers derived from the main power/source of power.

Cartoon Physics
Magus was granted the ability to follow physics found in old cartoons, making him a sort of 'living cartoon'. For this reason, Magus is granted several abilities pertaining to cartoons.

Acme Arsenal
Magus has access to many impromptu weapons which are commonly supplied to him by the Acme corporation. In addition to these impractical and stupid weapons, Magus can also call down items from the sky (although they hit him more often than not). Plant pots, bowling balls, bricks and more are all incorporated into his dirty fighting style.

Cartoonic Invulnerability
Magus is able to survive situations which would be deadly to others. Falling from ridiculous heights, being thrown great distances, being crushed by falling objects and the like. Firearms and the like leave gaping holes in Magus' body that disappear after a period of time. Cartoonic Invulnerability will sometimes apply to anyone that Magus is fighting at the time, preventing them from being harmed in certain ways.

Elasticity
Magus isn't able to stretch himself on whim like Mr. Fantastic, but can be stretched by other people or objects. He stretched limb goes back to normal after a short amount of time.

Flat Body
Upon being hit by a particularly large object (hint: fridge) Magus can be flattened into a paper-like form. It can be reverted, as long as Magus is concious after being hit. Someone used him as a flag once when it first happened.

He never did get over that.

Gravity
If Magus is suspended in mid-air, he can stay in mid-air, as long as he forgets about the pertaining situation of gravity. Upon being reminded or realizing on his own, he will fall. Quickly.

Pocket Dimension
The place where the Acme Arsenal is stored. Magus is able to pull out a variety of his impromptu weapons, seemingly from behind his back. If only they were more useful...

TNT n' Explosions
As with all cartoons, Magus also has explosives at his disposal. Fireworks, TNT, dynamites, bombs and the like. While these explosives destroy objects and buildings as normal, they only cover sentient things in black soot and smoke. Should the explosives blow up on Magus, he sometimes temporarily turns into a pile ash.

Weakness(es):

Anvil
Every single day without fail, an anvil is guaranteed to fall from the sky and crush Magus.

Every. Single. Day.

It can happen at any time, but it conveniently tends to appear when Magus is in the midst of one of his plans-of-the-day. While the anvil itself doesn't "damage" to Magus per say due to his cartoon invulnerability, it flattens him and knocks him out, putting an end to any plans he had in progress, and more often than not resulting in victory for the heroes he was currently fighting. In fact, the heroes who are particularly familiar with Magus' recurring anvil issue tend to just stall him until said anvil makes its move.

It may be because of his ignorance or arrogance, but Magus has never once considered that the anvil has ever been the cause of his defeat at any point in time, and instead blames it on men who are specifically 24 years old.

Non-Lethal
Stemming from his power as a cartoon addict master, Magus is unable to kill anything with his power. No damage that Magus does to other people are lethal or permanent, and any damage sustained disappears will disappear in time. For example, bullets he fires from guns don't puncture adversaries. They feel more like paintballs or bb bullets, and sort of bounce of their target. Still hurts though.

Propulsion
An ability also finding roots within Cartoon Physics. Often times, when heroes attack Magus, he will be knocked back at great speeds and distances. The force of this movement is enough to leave Magus-shaped holes in walls and large craters in the ground should he be propelled to high altitudes. In the same vein, Magus will shoot skywards upon feeling the slightest perforation or puncture. It becomes somewhat inconvenient when it happens inside of buildings, for obvious reasons.

Failure
Like most cartoon characters, Magus' arsenal comes from the ACME corporation, known for their failure-prone products and lack of refunds. All of his weapons are bound to fail at some point, but that doesn't stop him from trying.

In cases where Magus misses his attacks (more common than one might think), it is almost guaranteed that he will be hit instead.

Perhaps it's because he's a villain, but it seems that Magus is doomed to fail in his evil plans - likely because the plans are evil and evil is supposed to fail because bad is bad and being bad is bad and is not good because good is good and is not bad but is good, which is good because Magus is bad (which is not good).

Restraint
As everyone knows; being tied up sucks. This is especially true for Magus, as being tied up prevents him from using most of his abilities, save for his Cartoonic Invulnerability.

Space Jam
Insulting Space Jam is so devastating to him that he temporarily loses his powers and enters a state of despair. This doesn't happen often though, because one would have to be a demon to hate Space Jam.

Fedoras
Could accidentally attract The Universe Neckbeard to defeat Magus with his superior fedora-tips and resplendent Mountain Dew beams.

Dank Memes
Perhaps its due to his vendetta against the internet (it killed television), but Magus is unable to cope with the strength of memes that have a dank quality. They essentially act as attacks in their own right, where the dankness of the meme corresponds to the force at which Magus is hit. Kinda like antibiotics and bacteria, constantly using the same meme on Magus will make it slowly lose effectiveness.

No one likes overused memes.

Personality:
Magus is one of the most dangerous (ineffective) villains currently residing in Slant City. His name evokes fear (mild discomfort) in the populace and he defeats (is defeated by) heroes.

A drive accompanied by a lack of proper planning or foresight. For Magus, it's about the destination and remaining ignorant of the journey it takes to get there. In some ways, Magus can be pretty unpredictable, maybe it stems from his powers, maybe it was because he was dropped on his head as a baby on 27 separate occasions. In spite of it, Magus is both arrogant and rude to heroes and villains alike, and only seems to want to engage in his own plans - befitting that of your average saturday morning cartoon villain. Magus is extremely hot-headed, frequently over-estimating his abilities (and frequently misusing them at the same time) which is also a prevalent reasoning behind his defeat. If he wasn't so dense, maybe he could get something done, or he could try and do something about that anvil...

...Nah.

Backstory:
Magus comes from one of the more average families in Slant City. His mother was a avid cartoonist and murderer serial killer in her off-time, and his father was The Universe Neckbeard, a professional neckbeard known for having the most powerful fedora-tips on the west portion of the city. Such a simple life demanded more excitement, and this led Magus to find entertainment in cartoons, of which he became a connoisseur of cartoons at the age of 7. No child in the playground could compare to his worthless understanding of these television wonders, and he was soon ostracised from playing with the other children - they always ran away from him. Maybe that was an exaggeration. To be fair, they were playing tag at the time and Magus was 'it', but he was still salty about it. However, this particular tag game was no ordinary tag game, and was in fact hardmode tag. It lasted for 6 years, and included the entirety of the school (yes, even the staff) and The Universe Neckbeard, who sort of just threw fedoras and laminated memes at his son whenever he came close. That was probably where Magus' his hatred of the internet came from, actually.

However, it was not the 6 year game of hardmode tag which threw Magus over the edge. Someone spoiled Game of Thrones on the internet, and he stubbed his toe on the same day. This is when Magus had decided to undergo the ancient ritual which he found on the hellish place he knew as the internet. Some may have thought this ritual was fake, but Magus knew better; as much as he hated it, the internet doesn't lie. For 58.3333 recurring days he watched cartoons, a feat only achieved by the foolish, the brave, and the elderly who try to grasp at their lost childhood but can't since they're...old. For Magus, it was different. Perhaps he truly did become one with cartoons that day. Maybe the gods took pity on him and granted him a comical power because they were bored or something, or maybe it was that mystical artifact that he bought from a gypsy fifteen minutes prior to his binge watching session.

Probably not.

Other:
Did I mention he hates the internet?