Toonman Archvillain: Ryker Alternate (Patreon)

Happy #NewCharacterMonday folks! We're back to bring you another alternative pic for a character for our upcoming series, Toonman!!

Meet Ryker, Toonman's arch nemesis and a "Superpower Broker". Ryker is the man who cracked superhuman science and runs an extensive criminal organization providing people and groups superpowers or superhuman soldiers to anyone willing to meet his price. As a result, more than half of the superhuman population of the NRGVerse exists because of Ryker's experiments and criminal endeavors!

ORIGIN

In the criminal underworld he is nicknamed “The Superpower Broker”, a title he received for being the brilliant mind who mastered the meta-science behind superhuman abilities. His origins and real name shrouded in mystery few speak of, Ryker has long built up a vast criminal empire on providing superhuman powers and weapons to anyone and everyone who was willing to meet his price, sometimes in exchange for service to his operations. With labs set up all over the globe but his main base stationed in California, Ryker is a ruthless mastermind who hides behind a seemingly endless amount of public and criminal aliases that have allowed him to have his hand and services in any and all legal and illegal means to all. As a result, more than half the world’s superhuman population is a result of Ryker’s work and experiments.

Amongst his other claims to fame was a machine that could forcefully unlock the latent, subconscious psionic powers of individuals, as well as the Think Tank- a conglomerate of like-minded scientific and supernatural individuals who sought to improve and control humanity. All this together was all part of Ryker’s true pursuit- to become what he deemed as being the most powerful being ever, which he believed meant being able to both grant power to others and easily take it away, for if you could do that then you would truly hold all the power. As a result, Ryker has had his hand in the affairs of just about every superhero, villain or otherwise in the world; but no one more so than Tom Foolery the Toonman, who’s unique origins and logic-defying abilities peaked Ryker’s interest to the point where he has begun shifting most of his focus into capturing and harnessing Toonman’s power for any means. But as Toonman proves to be more of a challenge than Ryker expects his enterprise has begun to suffer, and thus Ryker will get what he wants- regardless of whether innocent lives or Toonman’s loved ones have to be sacrificed to do so.

Powers/Abilities

• Genius Level Intellect with specialties in superhuman science, metaphysics, chemistry, and cybernetic engineering.
• Criminal Mastermind with a vast amount of resources, wealth, connections, and superhuman soldiers at his disposal.
• Defacto Leader of the Think Tank.

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