History Characters / GrrlPowerAntagonists

* MasterOfDelusion: In the one frame where his POV is referenced, he sees Sciona and her Rouge's Gallery as ''humans'' albeit battle-scarred and a bit on the heavily muscle-bound side of the scale.

* PaychoLesbian: She wants to punch Dabbler in the mouth repeatedly, then kiss it better.

* HighHeelFaceTurn: It's implied that part of her reason for joining ARC-Swat is to be closer to Dabbler, [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2576 if her reaction to seeing her in the last panel is any indication]].

* {{Tsundere}}: She's [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2576 evolved into this]] towards Dabbler, even though [[CharmPerson Dabbler's kiss]] should have worn off ''days'' ago.

* {{Tsundere}}: She's evolved into this towards Dabbler, even though [[CharmPerson Dabbler's kiss]] should have worn off ''days'' ago.

A martial artist who participates in the attack on the restaurant.

[[folder:Demon Lord]]
A powerful demon previously defeated by Dabbler.

[[folder:Zvonamir]]
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A vampire first seen in the gallery of the Council since revealed to be a servant of Sciona.

* TheMole: For Sciona.
* MonsterProgenitor: He's spawned many vampires, though most of those were to supply Sciona with a continuous source of vampire blood.
* OneToMillionToOne: He can transform into a swarm of bats.
* Really700YearsOld: He's quite old, enough that his blood is significantly more powerful than anything else Sciona can get her hands on.

[[folder:The Super Husk]]
A particularly powerful construct created by Sciona to counter supers.

!!Supernatural
[[folder:Mannekillers]]
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Supernaturally animated mannequins sent to kill the Twilight Council and destroy the Sigils..

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Manages to survive it's apparent destruction at Maxima and Hiro's hands and escape]].

-->'''Anvil''': I'm going to arrest you just for that. That is the worst name ever.

* FailOSuckyname: Oh good lord yes. ''Everyone'' [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1448 made fun of it]].
-->'''Anvil''': [[FlatWhat What]].\\
'''Death Toll''': For Whom the... [[DontExplainTheJoke it's a phrasic]]...\\
'''Anvil''': I'm going to arrest you just for that. That is the worst name ever.\\
'''Death Toll''': ''It is not''!

[[folder:Atomic Bombshell]]
A super who participated in the attack on the restaurant.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Due to Vehemence's aggro aura it's hard to say how much of what she did was of her own volition.]]
* BuffySpeak: She calls her biggest attack "Explodey Bolo".
* StuffBlowingUp: Her power lets her create and launch energy congelations that explode with varying degrees of force.

[[folder:Boilerplate]]
A super who took part in the restaurant attack.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Due to Vehemence's aggro aura it's hard to say how much of what he did was of his own volition.]]
* SuperStrength: Enough to go toe to toe with Hiro.

[[folder:Breakpoint]]
A sonic powered super who takes part in the restaurant attack.

* CombatPragmatist: Her primary tactic is to incapacitate someone with a continuous sonic attack and then toss something heavy into its path, which hurls it towards her now-helpless foe at incredible speed.
* MakeMeWannaShout: She can project powerful sonic blasts.
* SuperStrength: She has enhanced strength, enough to toss around chunks of concrete with ease.

[[folder:Concretia]]
A super capable of forming a body out of concrete who took part in the restaurant attack.

* {{Intangibility}}: In her energy form.
* {{Irony}}: Despite her dismissal of normal humans, she gets incapacitated three times by ordinary humans in the fight. Once by Math, once when Peggy snipes her, and once when she found the claymore Peggy set up to guard her position.
* SmugSuper: She's dismissive of non-supers in the battle. This turns out poorly for her.
* TakenForGranite: She can form an extremely durable body out of concrete. If it gets too damaged, she emerges from in in an energy form and can create a new one.

[[folder:For Whom the Death Tolls]]
!! For Whom the Death Tolls ("Death Toll")
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A willfully mysterious cloaked man in a skull mask who watches the battle at the restaurant for a long time, shrugging off any attacks that come his way, before getting involved. Sydney comments that his cape suggests that he's either an arch-villain or a dork; he rapidly proves to be both, more or less. His powers initially appear to involve EnergyAbsorption, but actually, it's more than that.

[[folder: Vehemence]]
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!!Vehemence/Kevin (last name unknown)

A large, MysteriousStranger who is associated with the villains who attack the heroes at the restaurant, eventually claiming to have organized the action, but who doesn't do much for them for most of the fight. Then he [[FalseFriend turns against them]] -- before challenging all the heroes still standing ''at once.'' While he obviously has super powers, he keeps their precise nature quiet to begine with; just to start with, though, he is able to pass unnoticed through a tornado of flying rocks, and he drops Opal and Vekter with little apparent difficulty after shrugging off some heavy attacks.

* AbstractEater: His main (and possibly only true) superpower; [[spoiler:Vehemence is "an innate user of vehemic energy ... sometimes called vistric energy." The layman's version: he gains power from violence. He makes his debut by sticking around an all out super brawl between a super hero team and a team-up of villains. Only when it's over does he enter the fray himself, now strong enough to go toe-to-toe with one of the most powerful super beings in the world and only making himself stronger for it.]]
* TheAce: To a degree. He's one of only three people to ever fight Maxima to a standstill, even when she had one of the other two and a large group of other supers on her side. On the other hand, the nature of his powers means that he's only this powerful under certain circumstances.
* AffablyEvil:
** His ''exact'' motives are kept quiet for a while, but he's certainly not friendly to the heroes.
** However, after showing up for the big fight in a nice suit, [[PetTheDog he has a short, amiable conversation with Sydney]], indicates to her which of the other villains looks most worrying, and then privately hopes that she doesn't get herself killed. He becomes far less affable once he [[BloodKnight starts to fight]], but even then he manages a few jokes during the pauses between punches, and he goes to the trouble of [[MagicPants preserving his modesty]] to [[FullFrontalAssault avoid shocking his opponents too much.]]
** He has a dedication to etiquette that verges on BlueAndOrangeMorality. He'll beat your face in, but he (almost) never swears, and he generally tries to leave his opponents alive [[spoiler: if only so they can come back to commit more violence later]]. He even pointed out to Arc-SWAT that he probably caved in Vekter's ribs and that they should send someone to check on him before the fight really got going.
* TheAgeless: Vehemence's age is unclear; it's not even certain that he's a mortal. However, his knowledge of occult secrets and a casual reference to being present at "the [[UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement L.A. Race Riots]]" (which race-related riots in L.A. he means is unclear) suggest that he's certainly been around for some time.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: While he attacks Arc-SWAT with clear intent to take them down, and he manipulated dozens of people into a super-powered battle, he's not shown any desire to cause ''lasting'' harm [[spoiler: past killing Maxima, and then only because she's willing and able to kill him]]. He's expressed hope that Sydney survives the night, and prompted Arc-SWAT to check on a guy he just hit, as he may have broken some ribs. Furthermore, he shows no real animosity or malice towards our heroes, even complimenting their fighting ability, and obliging Sydney in some light banter.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: It's not certain whether or not he's human/mortal or not especially given the fact that [[spoiler:the only other users of vehemic energy that Dabbler knows of are a type of demon]], and the hints that he might be TheAgeless.
* ArcVillain: Of the press conference/first superbrawl arc.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Vehemence first [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1422 appears]] wearing a suit and a tolerably NiceHat.
* BaldOfEvil: All part of his shaven-headed thug look.
* BatmanGambit: He counted on ARC-SWAT to take a "punch first, ask questions later" approach to the supervillain ambush he'd orchestrated [[spoiler: to help fuel his powers]].
* BloodKnight:
** One of the explanations he initially offers for his own actions -- and the one that Maxima finds most plausible.
--->'''Vehemence:''' [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1490 Fine. I'm just pro-violence, and I'm here to beat the hell out of you.]]
** Actually, it's really because [[spoiler:he draws power from "vehemic energy", which is the psychic energy of violence itself. He engaged Arc-SWAT because superheroes produce otherwise impossible levels of localized violence, which in turn gives him extraordinary levels of power]]. Which is kind of a very practical reason for being a BloodKnight.
** It's also implied that [[spoiler: vehemic energy [[EvilFeelsGood feels good to him,]] which means that he literally gets high off of violence.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: First seen [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1189 in the first panel in a strip showing the potential reactions of villains to the press conference]], then spends the early stages of the superbrawl just hanging in the background. Given that subsequent panels in that strip included a huge demon (possibly archdemon) with an axe to grind against Dabbler, as well as Deus, this could mean that he's actually a DiskOneFinalBoss or StarterVillain if the other villains shown also end up being Chekhov's gunmen...
* CombatPragmatist: He grabs Anvil's hair and swings her around with it when he fights her. He also has [[spoiler:no objection to simply trying to ''kill'' Maxima after she manages to hurt him]].
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Vehemence appears to embody the trope, which is invoked, lampshaded, discussed, and PlayedStraight by and with him. See the main page for more on this. Actually, it turns out that [[spoiler:he draws power from violence, so being present at a big fight which thins out both sides powers him up]], thereby justifying the trope in his case.
* CutenessOverload: Is held in a cell with ''Videogame/KirbysEpicYarn'' in order [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1881 to keep him relaxed.]] He also has a [[AndAllIGotWasThisLousyTShirt lousy T-shirt]], a Mario star, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic a poster of Twilight]], and a lot of weed smoke.
* DeadpanSnarker: He has his moments, such as when Sydney claims Dabbler (in full succubus form) is from Jersey.
-->'''Vehemence:''' Oh, is ''that'' where they keep the Aetheon thrones? Pull the other one.\\
'''Sydney:''' Not ''New'' Jersey, obviously. ''Old'' Jersey.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Sydney's plan to stop him involves getting Dabbler to jump rope in front of him (causing her breasts to jiggle), [[spoiler: countering his [[ThePowerOfHate vehemic energy]] with Dabbler's [[ThePowerOfLove tantric energy]] ]], and causing him to start losing focus and strength.
* DoubleAgent: Implied then averted. His actions in standing back from the big fight and then betraying his own side seem to hint at the trope initially, but he eventually claims not to be working for anyone but himself, and he's certainly not there to help the heroes.
* EarlyBirdCameo: He is depicted several pages before his first "actual" appearance, [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1189 here.]]
* EvilFeelsGood: Implied to be a part of the reason that [[spoiler: Vehemence is so dedicated to accumulating vehemic energy.]]
* ExactWords: Vehemence is very careful in what he says. He almost always speaks in terms of his capabilities, implying the threat that he might actually ''use'' those capabilities. [[spoiler: This is because he doesn't really ''have'' any grand ambitions or political goals. He really does just love violence, thanks to his ability to feed on vehemic energy. In fact, he hates the kind of mayhem he was threatening, since too much violence ''now'' means he doesn't get ''any'' violence later.]]
* GagPenis: Judging by the reactions of the cast (including an "[[Creator/GeorgeTakei Oh myyy...]]"), Vehemence gains one [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1543 when he hulks out]].
* GeniusBruiser:
** His primary powers are basically SuperStrength and [[NighInvulnerable robustness]], and he looks the part of a hulking thuggish bruiser. However, he is also very shrewd and well-informed.
** He is able to manipulate both other villains and heroes into acting in ways that suit him.
** He recognizes Dabbler's supernatural nature and laughs off her cover story, implying exceptional knowledge of the occult.
** He later casts a kind of spell that [[spoiler:causes the defeated villains to wake up and makes them and the heroes to fight among themselves to get more vehemic power]].
** He also uses the vast amount of power he gains from the super-brawl at the restaurant to explore the limits of what can be achieved from his power, and theorizes mid-fight about possible strengths and weaknesses that the heroes (Anvil and Maxima in particular) might possess in reaction to his and others' own abilities.
* GenreSavvy:
** He not only seems to be on the same wavelength as Sydney, he ''says'' "[[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1484 Dun. Dun. Dunnnnnn.]]" at a crucial moment, and refers to Sydney's genre savviness with amused respect.
** And then there's the moment when he [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1358 pokes at Dabbler's dropped sword with a stick]] in a very Sydney-like manner.
* GodzillaThreshold: He's usually careful not to kill the people he fights, [[spoiler:since doing so would starve him of his power source]], but after powering up as much as he can he goes in for the kill on Maxima, because he regards her as the only hero who stands a chance of stopping him, and then only because she's willing and able to kill him if needed.
* HealingFactor: Uses this to regenerate his eye, tooth [[spoiler: and arm. Plus whenever he does heal, he gets even stronger]].
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler:Surrenders when Sydney points out it's either that or Maxima frying his head]].
* LightningBruiser: One with [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1491 a shockingly fast recovery time, at that]].
* LogicalWeakness: [[spoiler:Besides the fact that he needs violence to fuel his powers, and thus isn't much of a threat if no-one is fighting within his range, it's possible to hit him hard enough that the benefits he gets from the violence are outweighed by the damage done.]]
* MagicPants: Vehemence averts and then invokes this trope in a literally magical form when he has absorbed a very large amount of "vehemic energy". He uses it to grow to twice his normal size -- [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1543 with all-too-realistic consequences for his clothes.]] However, he then flaunts just how much power he has acquired by using some of it to create himself a new pair of pants, complete with accompanying [[UnsoundEffect Ka-pants]].
* ManipulativeBastard: Orchestrated the whole superbrawl, roping in all of the supers he knew who could possibly be partial to it [[MoreThanMindControl (and some who normally wouldn't be, it seems...)]] and banked on [=ArcSWAT=] to react the way they did [[spoiler: to fuel up his powers from all the violence]].
* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler: His control over vehemic energy extends to instilling and exacerbating violent tendencies in others; when powered up, he used his vehemic aura to wake up almost every knocked out super and make them fight each other indiscriminately, and post-battle conversations with some of the attacking supers stongly suggest that he used his aura to ramp up their aggression to the point where they thought the brawl was a good idea, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness which they likely never would have thought otherwise.]]]]
* MotiveRant: Subverted. At one point, he claims he'll start wars all over the world to fuel his powers, but...
-->'''Vehemence:''' Actually Colonel, I'm not planning on doing any of that. It's just the sort of thing a guy like me is supposed to say. The world could use a good kick in the ass don't get me wrong, but war is unruly. I enjoy a good scrap is all. Think I'll take in a sports riot next. Brazil perhaps.
* MysteriousStranger: His initial style, standing off to the side watching as the members of the villain team battle with the members of Arc-SWAT, and then having a polite conversation with Sydney. Also, Maxima refuses to believe his first explanation for his actions.
* MysteriousWatcher: Although the other villains are willing to regard him as one of their own, he just watches while they fight. Sydney is rightly concerned by this mystery.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Towards the climax of his fight against the team; justified in that [[spoiler: by that point he's absorbed so much vehemic energy that he can use it in almost any way he sees fit]].
* NighInvulnerable: Just for a start, Vekter hits him with a car which explodes on impact, and the only damage we see is his suit sleeve being slightly ripped. [[spoiler: He becomes even more resilient as the fight continues.]]
* PetTheDog: He seems to have a certain fondness for Sydney; she's the one he's referring to in his character pic above.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Vehemence says that he has gained more energy from his fight with Arc-SWAT than he got from the [[UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement L.A. Race Riots.]] That said, [[AmbiguouslyEvil he doesn't say whether he took part]].
* PowerGlows: The more [[spoiler: vehemic energy he absorbs,]] the stronger he gets and the more his tattoos glow.
* PowerTattoo: Seems to be the case, as his tattoos are blue-lavender at the beginning of a fight, then [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1529 start to glow green]], then glow orange after [[spoiler: Maxima blows his arm off.]]
* PragmaticVillainy: Twofold. First, he never attempts to kill anyone but Maxima, because [[spoiler: he knows that people can't be violent if they're dead]], and [[spoiler:he doesn't want to cut off his power supply]]. Second, he only attempts to kill Maxima because he believes that she's the only one who stands a chance of stopping him.
* SharpDressedMan: Wears a sharp, dark suit and a NiceHat, and his powers apparently serve to protect these from damage to some extent. However, [[SeriousBusiness he takes off first the hat and then his jacket when preparing to fight the heroes]].
* TheStoner: [[spoiler: Not by his own choice mind you. While imprisoned by ARCHON, [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1881 they keep him perpetually high as balls and entertained with video games]] to keep him under control.]]
* SuperpowerLottery: As Sydney lampshades, his powerset is no joke.
* SuperStrength: He manifests other powers in due course (and he's certainly quick and tough from the start), and he's quite a ''smart'' fighter in his way, but he's definitely very, very strong, and his physique makes him look the part.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Sort of. He's finally ''defeated'' by [[spoiler:every super in the fight dogpiling him and holding his head under water. But while he has to spend energy faster than he gains it to keep from drowning, it would still take a while to finally, officially defeat him. So Sydney points out that he can either give up gracefully, or get his head vaporized by Maxima, and he submits to Dabbler's sleep spell]].

[[folder:The Arab]]
A Middle Eastern super who once clashed with Maxima, ending in his supposed death.

* TheAce: He's one of only three people to ever fight Maxima to a standstill.
* BilingualBonus: His only line so far was in Arabic. A direct translation is "I am the dead one. I am much better now". WordOfGod is that it was supposed to say "Dead am I? So much the better."
* NoNameGiven: Hence the uncreative moniker.
* NotQuiteDead: Maxima claimed he was dead, though she had her own doubts. The exact method of his survival is as of yet unknown.
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!!Supernatural Threats
[[folder:Mannekillers]]
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Supernaturally animated mannequins sent to kill the Twilight Council and destroy the Sigils..
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[[folder:Sciona]]
An artificer and blood mage who wants to destroy the Sigils and reveal the supernatural to the greater world.

* BadassBookworm: She works primarily through magic, but she's since taken over the body of a much larger and stronger creature.
* BadBoss: She drains the blood of her vampire underling in order to fuel her constructs.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: Her sclera are pitch black.
* BloodMagic: She's skilled enough that she topped the Council's suspect list for creating the Mannekillers, even when presumed dead. She also has a tendency to use vampire blood for her creations in order to give them an extra kick.
* BodyHorror: Her head was cut in half at the jaw, leaving her without a lower jaw or anything below the neck. The top half of her head was then attached to a troll who was maimed in the same way in order to make room for her.
* CreepyBlueEyes: The iris and pupil of her eyes are solid blue.
* HealingFactor: Sydney uses her orbs to attack her, but a broken bone only annoys her due to her having troll blood.
* NotQuiteDead: She was assumed dead after having most of her head cut off. While not in the best condition, she still survived.
* OffWithHisHead: Well, half of it anyways.
* PointyEars: Whatever she is she has pointed ears.
* UndeathlyPallor: Her skin is stark white, presumably because of whatever species she is.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has blue hair so pale it's nearly white.

[[folder:Zvonamir]]
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A vampire first seen in the gallery of the Council since revealed to be a servant of Sciona.

* TheMole: For Sciona.
* MonsterProgenitor: He's spawned many vampires, though most of those were to supply Sciona with a continuous source of vampire blood.
* OneToMillionToOne: He can transform into a swarm of bats.
* Really700YearsOld: He's quite old, enough that his blood is significantly more powerful than anything else Sciona can get her hands on.