BLACK WIDOW (Power Level 3)

STR 14 [20] (+5), DEX 12 (+1), CON 14 (+2), INT 10, WIS 12 (+1), CHA 8 (-1)

SKILLS: Drive 4 (+5), Gather Information 3 (+2), Intimidate 3 (+2), Knowledge (popular culture) 2, Knowledge (streetwise) 2, Notice 3 (+4), Sense Motive 3 (+4), Stealth 4 (+5)

FEATS: All-out Attack, Attack Focus (melee) 4, Chokehold, Crushing Pin, Dodge Focus 4, Power Attack

POWERS: Additional Limbs 3 (four extra arms; Power Feats: Ambidexterity), Enhanced Strength 6, Super-Movement 2 (Wall-Crawling)

COMBAT: Attack +0 (+4 melee), Grapple +9, Damage +4, Defense +4 (+0 flat-footed), Knockback -1, Initiative +1

SAVES: Toughness +2, Fortitude +4, Reflex +2, Will +2

COMPLICATIONS: Prejudice [Neo-Sapien]

Abilities 10 + Skills 6 (24 ranks) + Feats 12 + Powers 13 + Combat 0 + Saves 4 = 45 points

Real Name: Lawanda Murphy

Height / Weight: 5’9” / 158 lbs.

Hair / Eyes: Black / Hazel

Place of Birth: La Crosse, Wisconsin (July 1, 1990)

First Appearance: New Vindicators #1

Biography: Lawanda Murphy never fit in. Her adoptive parents had four children of their own. She was further ostracized by her African-American hertiages; in a predominately white town in Wisconsin, Lawanda stood out. For years, she suffered the ignorance of suburbia; everyone seemed to believe that she must come from a different culture- and that she was the definitive source of information on said culture. As if she didn’t have enough on her plate- she had to explain why one day in gym class she suddenly sprouted four extra arms on her torso when she hurried to catch a pop fly ball.

It wasn’t until she was inducted into the New Vindicators Academy of America that she learned of her true heritage. Her mother was a career criminal, currently serving life in Alcatraz. Lawanda was the daughter of the Brown Recluse- a Neo-Sapien with six idle hands to let the devil work with.

Upon her recruitment, Lawanda was given the codename Black Widow (while her officials have stated the name comes from her having eight limbs and not her skin color, Lawanda has her doubts). Once more, she found herself immersed in a world that she didn’t belong to. Many of the students were “pretties”; the manifestation of their powers had in no means disfigured any of them. Dreading that she was now an outcast amongst outcasts, she met Addison Truman and realized there was at least one person who could relate to her.

NEW VINDICATORS #1 – 3 In Addison’s natural form, her hands and feet were tipped with talons and large, feathered wings erupted from her back. Only with the aid of a holographic imaging device could the pair blend in with society and feel remotely normal. Naturally, it didn’t take the two long to become close friends. So close, that Lawanda shared a secret with Addison…

Lawanda had already accepted an invitation to join a clandestine group within the New Vindicators known as the Affiliation. Their army was gathering and when the time was right, they would strike at humanity- repaying decades of persecution. Despite Lawanda’s claims that the world would finally be forced to accept them as they were, Addison wanted nothing to do with the group. She moved to warn the administration… but turned to the wrong people.

In the wake of Addison’s murder, Lawanda seemed relatively unaffected. It was the telepathic Lucas (Psion) Howell who uncovered the truth- gleaming tidbits of knowledge concerning the young woman’s role in the Affiliation and Addison’s death from Lawanda’s cranium. Intending to redeem herself to her dark masters, Lawanda set out to silence Lucas- only to be beaten to the punch by someone posing as Deimos. Still, her involvement was caught on tape. Her cover blown, Lawanda forever left the school and went underground…

NEW VINDICATORS #11 She resurfaced again at graduation, grounding Jetstream in their initial attack. Though victorious over the New Vindicators, the Affiliation was shattered in the final moments of their campaign.

NEW VINDICATORS #17 Lawanda and her younger cousin were hired by the Wisent to break back into their former school and complicate the life of Lodestone. Though easily incapacitated, the two were given over the guards at Ryker’s Island and a resuce attempt was used to lure Loess to the institution. There, Loess encountered the convicted rapist Cole Eibernov and used her powers to end the man’s life- effectively destroying her own in the process.