Serpent Society

PHASE 1

Serpent Society
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Known Aliases:	Asp, Black Mamba, Diamondback
Affiliations:	Independent
Socked By:	various
Introduction:	Halflight

More than just another criminal gang, the all-female Serpent Society has its sights set on higher aims, such as the Hellfire Club.

First Appearance

May 18, 2009

Roster

• Asp - Intelligent yet soft-spoken, Asp was born in Tanta, Egypt. It was there that she earned her reputation as an exotic dancer, being able to charm snakes with her sensual movements. She grew weary of being the flesh so moved on to controlling it. She wants security and finds it with the power she has as a Serpent Society member. She is always in search of more, which is one of the reasons she wants to get into the good graces of the Hellfire Club. She normally negotiates contracts and avoids contact with the merchandise as it reminds her too much of her own precarious past. She posseses toxic blasts which are being used to keep merchandise docile the poison rendering it nearly impossible to use a consciously controlled power through the illness it causes.

• Diamondback - Rachel Leighton has no super powers. She grew up in gangs in Houston, TX, a family business with her three brothers involved before her. One brother attempted to "go straight" by joining the military. When he came back crippled, Rachel knew covering her own butt was the only way to survive. She worked her way up and found herself in a posh position with the Serpent Society. She is fine when dealing with merchandise, her attitude is use or be used. Captured and arrested by the Vancouver police. Currently in jail for kidnapping.

• Black Mamba - Former Chicago call girl, Janis Sealy just wants a more stable income that reflects the life to which she'd like to become accustomed. Black Mamba has limited telepathic abilities that allow her to scan the minds of others nearby. The extent of her telepathy is unrevealed; it is unknown if she possesses other abilities possessed by most telepaths, such as mental communication. She uses this power to extract and project illusions of loved ones into her victims' minds. She also uses her telepathy to lull her target into a sedated trance-like state in which they are fixated upon the mental image she has created.

Details

An elite gang in the criminal world, the Serpent Society specialises largely in the supply of young people - mutant and otherwise - to various clients. They were based in Vancouver, prior to their near-capture and the arrest of one of their team. Their aim was to provide potential mutant weapons to Sebastian Shaw of the Black Court, enabling him to remain in a position to disavow himself of the operation, and to that end they used small-time criminals such as Telford Porter as suppliers. Since the failure in Vancouver, the locations of Asp and BLack Mamba are unknown.

Plots

Halflight

Meta

Socked by: Cate, Jo, Nichole