CURRENT PC - Professor Wynde and Wonder Man

Hero Name: Prof. Wynde Secret ID: Oliver Smith Wealth: Pretty good actually, thank you very much.

ORIGIN: After Oliver did a stint in the Army, he went to work for John Mannering, a wealthy globetrotting antiques/art dealer. He assists Mr. Mannering as needed as an aide, including some bodyguard work, and is in the process of becoming an antiques appraiser under Mannering's tutelage. Mannering's Antiques has three stores in the U.S. [New York, Houston, Hollywood], two in England, one in France, Germany, Italy, Holland and Israel.

This exposure has turned him into a connoisseur of the finer things in life and has given him numerous connections to all sorts of people of both high and low repute.

One day, they received a package containing a supposed Nuremberg egg, a 16th Century clock-watch, and Mannering had Oliver try his hand at appraising it and making sure it worked properly. Working late into the night, Oliver carefully opened up the Nuremberg egg to get a look at its inner workings. He was fascinated by the intricate gears and the inner scroll-work that appeared so different than the outer scroll-work.

What he didn't know was that a spell had been placed inside the clock-watch that placed a subconscious command in his brain. That command was that on his next day off, he would surf the Internet and click on a certain sketchy seeming link. His day off came and he did as commanded not knowing he was doing it under compulsion. It led to a "mystically" looking website that included a questionnaire, "What kind of Wizard are You?". Following the compulsion, he answered the questionnaire honsetly. Meanwhile, through the Internet, his "heart" was being examined magically. With the completion of the questionnaire, he was told he was primarily a wind wizard. Furthermore, if he wanted to know more, to go to a certain pub that day while wearing a solid colored tie so he could be recognized and he would be allowed to join "their august company".

He did so, under the declining magical compulsion and natural curiosity. There he met two people who told him that they were part of the Order of Preservers [OOP] and if he was interested in joining that he could actually be taught magic. He was about to refuse when the news came on about the attack on London. Horrified by what he was seeing and how so many good heroes were dying to save the country, he changed his mind and asked to join.

During his free time, he studied and practiced the magicks that they taught him and just about a year's time, he graduated and was made an OOPS Mage [Order of Preservers, Secondary Mage], the lowest level that allows the members to take on the job of a super-hero mage. He decided on the name Prof. Wynde as his hero name, and though still not quite sure of himself, has been an active hero for the past month or so.

and for some strange reason, I only see 2/3s of his character sheet unless I zoom into 67%

I have the same problem. Have to zoom in/out to take in the whole picture. If you look to the right there is a sort of column where your name/profile pic odd info takes a certain amount of the screen up and the rest (to the left) is used for posting in. I'd have a fiddle about with the settings but I'm frightened to death of breaking something and losing all we've grafted for over the years!

Reminds me I need to look into saving everything to an archive again.

WONDERMAN

Fred Carson was granted fabulous strength, agility, endurance and durability when a Yogi from Tibet trained him and gave him a magic ring. He used the powers to stop an uprising in a country no one had ever heard of (Tatonia) and was hounded from then on by lawyers wanting to make a fast buck who trademarked his image rights without his consent (and other bad stuff).

Feeling that the world was not ready for his power he revisited the Yogi who put him in suspended animation in the form of a statue (Prof Wynde Issue #1). Professor Wynde awakened Fred/Wonderman in the modern era and the pair teamed up to stop a demonic possession of several college students who were playing a Jumanji like game.

The final college student was rescued whilst still in a petrified (stone) state but stolen by cultists wanting to use the power that trapped the youngster. Following the trail to an evil cult under an abandoned church deep in a hillside, Prof Wynde and Wonderman fought Vampire like creatures and a fiery dragon from hell itself before escaping... into 1940!

Wonderman had come full circle but was still a long way from home (in wartime Britain). He and Prof Wynde journed to a place called CaerAlwyn and uncovered a plot to kill an old man with magic powers, the Earl of CaerAlwyn Gerald StJohn. They came across a group of strangers summoned by the Earl to form a new band of heroes known as the LORE KNIGHTS, the latest magical based superhero group to bear that name.

In their first battle the rescued student Robbie Johnson was killed (as Major Oak) but Prof Wynde and the Lore Knights managed to (mostly) defeat a group of powerful Nazi superhumans including Baron Blitzkrieg, Gundra, Ubermensch and Captain Nazi (who escaped). However the Axis are being aided by technology by the alien future menace known as ADVENT and the mansion house was mostly destroyed in the attack. It was repelled by the Earl who died from the strain. Wonderman and Prof Wynde agreed to stick around and mentor/lead the Lore Knights until the Earls' grandson was returned from wartorn France to claim his birthright.

Wikipedia story of Wonder Man

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Professor Wynde issue #1 - The finer things in life cost! - Page 10 Prof-Wynde-May-2020

OOC Ugh forgot about the amulet. We can say... it hasn't been updated because of some Time difference mumbo jumbo (not enough HP basically) or it was broken in battle and needs fixing or it isn't linked to his Aura because of said mumbo jumbo and leave as is and I will alter when I get chance (because I have to hit sack now for night shift)

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