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* [[Evil Cripple]]: When not super-charged, he is bound to a wheelchair.
* [[Evil Cripple]]: When not super-charged, he is bound to a wheelchair.
* [[Evil Old Folks]]
* [[Evil Old Folks]]
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]: Somewhat subverted, in that his "dark magiks" are [[Doing in The Wizard|actually psionic powers given to him by the alien virus.]]
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]: Somewhat subverted, in that his "dark magiks" are [[Doing in the Wizard|actually psionic powers given to him by the alien virus.]]
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Versus Evil]]: His ultimate goal was to fight the [[Eldritch Abomination|Swarm Mother]]}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Versus Evil]]: His ultimate goal was to fight the [[Eldritch Abomination|Swarm Mother]]}}.
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]
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* [[Animal Eye Spy]]
* [[Animal Eye Spy]]
* [[The Beast Master]]
* [[The Beast Master]]
* [[Blessed With Suck]]: Her powers have alienated her from contact with human minds.
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: Her powers have alienated her from contact with human minds.
* [[Crazy Cat Lady]]
* [[Crazy Cat Lady]]
* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Prefers animals to people.
* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Prefers animals to people.
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* [[Casting a Shadow]]
* [[Casting a Shadow]]
* [[Color Character]]
* [[Color Character]]
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: It combines [[Parental Abandonment]] with [[Rape As Backstory]] in a vividly horrifying way. Oh, and he was also [[Mind Rape|manipulated]] by Puppetman into becoming a far harsher vigilante.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: It combines [[Parental Abandonment]] with [[Rape as Backstory]] in a vividly horrifying way. Oh, and he was also [[Mind Rape|manipulated]] by Puppetman into becoming a far harsher vigilante.
* [[Double Consciousness]]: Played so many roles for so many time that he has trouble figuring out who he really is.
* [[Double Consciousness]]: Played so many roles for so many time that he has trouble figuring out who he really is.
* [[Master of Disguise]]
* [[Master of Disguise]]
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* [[Super Serum]]: He has to ingest specially prepared powders to change into his various superhuman forms.
* [[Super Serum]]: He has to ingest specially prepared powders to change into his various superhuman forms.
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: Double Subverted. He eventually marries Sunflower, the girl he's loved since forever. But their marriage is not a happy one.
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: Double Subverted. He eventually marries Sunflower, the girl he's loved since forever. But their marriage is not a happy one.
* [[Wide Eyed Idealist]]
* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]


=== Carnifex ===
=== Carnifex ===
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* [[Bad Powers, Good People]]
* [[Bad Powers, Good People]]
* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]
* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]
* [[Welcome to The Big City]]: Cordelia's storyline in Jokers Wild is basically this.
* [[Welcome to the Big City]]: Cordelia's storyline in Jokers Wild is basically this.


=== Demise ===
=== Demise ===
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* [[Asexuality]]: One of the only characters in Wild Cards not interested in sex.
* [[Asexuality]]: One of the only characters in Wild Cards not interested in sex.
* [[Black Comedy]]
* [[Black Comedy]]
* [[Blessed With Suck]]: Constantly remembers how it felt to die.
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: Constantly remembers how it felt to die.
* [[Breakout Character]]
* [[Breakout Character]]
* [[Came Back Wrong]]: Closer to a Type II, Damaged Soul.
* [[Came Back Wrong]]: Closer to a Type II, Damaged Soul.
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* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Mind Control]]: A combination of [[Compelling Voice]] and [[Hypnotic Eyes]].
* [[Mind Control]]: A combination of [[Compelling Voice]] and [[Hypnotic Eyes]].
* [[New Powers As the Plot Demands]]
* [[New Powers as the Plot Demands]]
* [[One Name Only]]
* [[One Name Only]]
* [[Psychic Powers]]
* [[Psychic Powers]]
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* [[Joisey]]: Many of his stories take place in the urban devastation that is New Jersey.
* [[Joisey]]: Many of his stories take place in the urban devastation that is New Jersey.
** Improved significantly by the invasion of [[The Swarm]].
** Improved significantly by the invasion of [[The Swarm]].
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: Starts as a [[Wide Eyed Idealist]], but gradually morphs into this.
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: Starts as a [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]], but gradually morphs into this.
* [[Mind Over Matter]]
* [[Mind Over Matter]]
* [[Nerd]]
* [[Nerd]]
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=== The Hero Twins ===
=== The Hero Twins ===
A pair of modern day Mayans living in Guatemala that become re-incarnations of the ancient legendary brothers, Hunapu and Xbalanque. They lead a resistance movement to recreate a Mayan regime.
A pair of modern day Mayans living in Guatemala that become re-incarnations of the ancient legendary brothers, Hunapu and Xbalanque. They lead a resistance movement to recreate a Mayan regime.
* [[All Myths Are True]]: Not really, but the [[Doing in The Wizard|Wild Card virus can make it so]].
* [[All Myths Are True]]: Not really, but the [[Doing in the Wizard|Wild Card virus can make it so]].
* [[The Big Guy]]: Xbalanque.
* [[The Big Guy]]: Xbalanque.
* [[Blood Knight]]: Hunapu.
* [[Blood Knight]]: Hunapu.
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* [[Casanova]]
* [[Casanova]]
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Kill It With Water]]: His obvious [[Weaksauce Weakness|weakness.]]
* [[Kill It with Water]]: His obvious [[Weaksauce Weakness|weakness.]]
* [[Personality Powers]]
* [[Personality Powers]]
* [[Playing With Fire]]
* [[Playing with Fire]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: To [[The Rolling Stones]].
* [[Shout-Out]]: To [[The Rolling Stones]].
* [[Steven Ulysses Perhero]]: John Jacob Flash. Possibly justified, in that he is most probably a fragment of Mark Meadows's personality, and so in essence an "artificial" person.
* [[Steven Ulysses Perhero]]: John Jacob Flash. Possibly justified, in that he is most probably a fragment of Mark Meadows's personality, and so in essence an "artificial" person.
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* [[Heroic Self-Deprecation]]
* [[Heroic Self-Deprecation]]
* [[Humanshifting]]
* [[Humanshifting]]
* [[The Mind Is a Plaything of The Body]]: Happens whenever he transforms into a non-human movie character, like [[King Kong]], a [[The Howling|werewolf]], or the [[Creature From the Black Lagoon]].
* [[The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body]]: Happens whenever he transforms into a non-human movie character, like [[King Kong]], a [[The Howling|werewolf]], or the [[Creature from the Black Lagoon]].
* [[Nice Guy]]
* [[Nice Guy]]
* [[Required Secondary Powers]]: Jerry usually can't change his mass. But he can absorb energy and convert it into additional mass to change into someone bigger. In a later book, he makes explicit use of his energy absorption power to redirect electricity.
* [[Required Secondary Powers]]: Jerry usually can't change his mass. But he can absorb energy and convert it into additional mass to change into someone bigger. In a later book, he makes explicit use of his energy absorption power to redirect electricity.
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* [[Fantastic Racism]] / [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|What Measure Is A Non-Organic]]: Mostly he suffers this from his own [[Jerkass]] creator. The term "toaster" to refer to an android may have originated in Wild Cards.
* [[Fantastic Racism]] / [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|What Measure Is A Non-Organic]]: Mostly he suffers this from his own [[Jerkass]] creator. The term "toaster" to refer to an android may have originated in Wild Cards.
* [[Flying Brick]]: Mod Man can fly, is incredibly strong, durable, has an array of sensors, and a veritable arsenal of ranged attacks.
* [[Flying Brick]]: Mod Man can fly, is incredibly strong, durable, has an array of sensors, and a veritable arsenal of ranged attacks.
* [[Magic Powered Pseudoscience]]
* [[Magic-Powered Pseudoscience]]
* [[Personality Chip]]: An in-built version, Modular Man is designed to replicate human emotions and psychology.
* [[Personality Chip]]: An in-built version, Modular Man is designed to replicate human emotions and psychology.
* [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]]: Modular Man looks completely human, and he is even fully functional. He can also [[Eating Machine|eat]] and drink.
* [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]]: Modular Man looks completely human, and he is even fully functional. He can also [[Eating Machine|eat]] and drink.
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* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Past his 60s but still kicking ass.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Past his 60s but still kicking ass.
* [[Moscow Centre]]: Used to be a KGB agent.
* [[Moscow Centre]]: Used to be a KGB agent.
* [[Playing With Fire]]
* [[Playing with Fire]]
* [[Rogue Agent]]: Of the heroic variety.
* [[Rogue Agent]]: Of the heroic variety.


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* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]: Sacrifices himself to save Jerusalem from atomic holocaust.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]: Sacrifices himself to save Jerusalem from atomic holocaust.}}
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Unusually for such a monstrous villain, he is often a POV character.
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Unusually for such a monstrous villain, he is often a POV character.
* [[Villain With Good Publicity]]
* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]


=== Roulette ===
=== Roulette ===
A high-class prostitute that can kill men by [[Death By Sex|having sex with them.]] She is an agent of the Astronomer.
A high-class prostitute that can kill men by [[Death by Sex|having sex with them.]] She is an agent of the Astronomer.
* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Her baby was born a monster, courtesy of the alien virus. Her husband blamed her and divorced.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Her baby was born a monster, courtesy of the alien virus. Her husband blamed her and divorced.
* [[Death By Sex]]: Inflicts this on her targets.
* [[Death by Sex]]: Inflicts this on her targets.
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]
* [[Femme Fatale]]: Literally.
* [[Femme Fatale]]: Literally.
* [[In Love With the Mark]]: {{spoiler|Subverted in that she actually tries to kill Dr. Tachyon, even as she is starting to fall for him.}}
* [[In Love with the Mark]]: {{spoiler|Subverted in that she actually tries to kill Dr. Tachyon, even as she is starting to fall for him.}}
* [[Out With a Bang]]: She can secrete deadly nerve toxins ... from her vagina.
* [[Out with a Bang]]: She can secrete deadly nerve toxins ... from her vagina.
* [[Poisonous Person]]
* [[Poisonous Person]]
* [[Revenge]]
* [[Revenge]]
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Jack Robicheaux, a Cajun transit worker with the power to transform himself into a big alligator.
Jack Robicheaux, a Cajun transit worker with the power to transform himself into a big alligator.
* [[Animorphism]]
* [[Animorphism]]
* [[Blessed With Suck]]
* [[Blessed with Suck]]
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: And how.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: And how.
* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]
* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]
* [[Gayngst]]: Gay and somewhat conflicted.
* [[Gayngst]]: Gay and somewhat conflicted.
* [[Involuntary Shapeshifting]]: Changes into a big, hungry alligator whenever he loses control.
* [[Involuntary Shapeshifting]]: Changes into a big, hungry alligator whenever he loses control.
* [[The Mind Is a Plaything of The Body]]: Loses his human mind when he transforms.
* [[The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body]]: Loses his human mind when he transforms.
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: With Bagabond.
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: With Bagabond.
* [[Rape As Backstory]]: Abused as a kid by his uncle.
* [[Rape as Backstory]]: Abused as a kid by his uncle.
* [[Rape As Drama]]
* [[Rape as Drama]]
* [[Straight Gay]]
* [[Straight Gay]]


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* [[Making a Splash]]
* [[Making a Splash]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Her name is pronounced 'Jane Doe'.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Her name is pronounced 'Jane Doe'.
* [[Talking to The Dead]]: Does this a lot with childhood friend Sal Carbonne.
* [[Talking to the Dead]]: Does this a lot with childhood friend Sal Carbonne.


=== Hiram Worchester ===
=== Hiram Worchester ===
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* [[Anti-Villain]]: Bloat is quite sympathetic, even though he is technicaly the [[Big Bad]] for the Jumper trilogy.
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Bloat is quite sympathetic, even though he is technicaly the [[Big Bad]] for the Jumper trilogy.
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: A darker version than the Turtle or Mark Meadows.
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: A darker version than the Turtle or Mark Meadows.
* [[Blessed With Suck]]
* [[Blessed with Suck]]
* [[Fat Bastard]]: [[Averted]]. He's not really a bad guy, just allied with some very bad people.
* [[Fat Bastard]]: [[Averted]]. He's not really a bad guy, just allied with some very bad people.
* [[The Grotesque]]
* [[The Grotesque]]
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* [[The Big Guy]]
* [[The Big Guy]]
* [[Biological Mashup]]
* [[Biological Mashup]]
* [[Blessed With Suck]]: One of the most heartbreaking cases in Wild Cards.
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: One of the most heartbreaking cases in Wild Cards.
* [[Fusion Dance]]: A permanent version.
* [[Fusion Dance]]: A permanent version.
* [[Split Personality]]: Three distinct minds inhabiting the same body.
* [[Split Personality]]: Three distinct minds inhabiting the same body.
* [[Two Guys and A Girl]]: Merged. Evan and John are [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]], respectively. Patti is the [[Women Are Wiser|voice of reason]].
* [[Two Guys and a Girl]]: Merged. Evan and John are [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]], respectively. Patti is the [[Women Are Wiser|voice of reason]].


=== Quasiman ===
=== Quasiman ===
Hunchbacked joker-ace with the powers of superstrength, precognition and teleportation. He's a friend of Father Squid, and handyman of the Church of Jesus Christ Joker.
Hunchbacked joker-ace with the powers of superstrength, precognition and teleportation. He's a friend of Father Squid, and handyman of the Church of Jesus Christ Joker.
* [[Blessed With Suck]]
* [[Blessed with Suck]]
* [[Dumb Is Good]]: Quasiman is actually very intelligent, but pieces of his brain keep phasing in and out at random intervals.
* [[Dumb Is Good]]: Quasiman is actually very intelligent, but pieces of his brain keep phasing in and out at random intervals.
* [[Gentle Giant]]
* [[Gentle Giant]]

Revision as of 02:56, 9 April 2014


This character sheet is for Wild Cards.

Aliens

Blaise

Blaise is Doctor Tachyon's grandson. He is a human/Takisian hybrid with very potent mind control powers and a very nasty personality.

Dr.Tachyon

His real name is Tisianne brant T'sara sek Halima sek Ragnar sek Omian, an alien prince from the Takisian race. His people created the Wild Card virus. Tachyon tried to prevent the virus from being tested on Earth, but failed. Feeling extremely guilty, he devoted his life to help the victims of the virus.

The series has Loads and Loads of Characters; amongst all of them, Dr. Tachyon is arguably the main protagonist.

  • The Atoner
  • Bittersweet Ending: Tachyon returns to his home planet and becomes a planetary leader. Unfortunately Takisian society is in shambles due to Blaise's actions, and Tachyon is still traumatized by his year trapped in a "mind-blind" (non-telepathic) female body.
  • Butt Monkey: In the later novels he suffers so much that it comes closest to Cosmic Plaything.
  • Byronic Hero
  • Camp Straight: As an alien aristocrat he dresses very flamboyantly and behaves similarly.
  • Casanova: Tries to sleep with every single women he finds attractive.
  • Foe Yay: With his dashing cousin Zabb, goes from subtext to text, when Tachyon is trapped in a female body and starts a relationship with Zabb.
  • Freaky Friday Flip: Tachyon swaps bodies with Kelly Ann Jenkins, a teenage girl. Also a form of Grand Theft Me, as the swap is enginered by Blaise, Tachyon's grandson, as a way to revenge himself on Tachyon. To make matters incredibly disturbing, Blaise rapes and impregnates Tachyon.
  • Ho Yay: Tachyon has it with almost the entire male cast.
  • Human Aliens: All Takisians are.
  • Implausible Hair Color: Tach's hair is metallic red, described as looking like fine copper wires.
  • Interspecies Romance: See Casanova, above.
  • Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate: He knows a lot about genetics and biochemistry, and was part of the research team that created the virus.
  • My Greatest Failure: What happened to Blythe haunts Tachyon for a long, long time.
  • Older Than They Look: Takisians age very slowly. He is eighty years old already, but he is physiologically in his twenties at most.
  • Omniglot: He speaks English, German, French, Spanish, and several other languages, human and alien.
  • Psychic Powers: As a Takisian psy-lord, he is a powerful telepath as well as a mind-controller.
  • Purple Eyes
  • Reed Richards Is Useless: Tachyon's advanced knowledge of biology doesn't affect Earth science much.
  • Some Call Me... Tim: Tachyon's actual name is Prince Tisianne brant Ts'ara sek Halima sek Ragnar sek Omian of House Ilkazam (and that's just his first name; his full name would list his genealogy for the last thousand generations).
  • Trauma Conga Line: Accidentaly destroys the love of his life, has a bout with impotence, loses his right hand, is trapped into a woman's body, raped, and impregnated by his own grandson... and those are only some highlights of what happens to Tach.

Jube the Walrus

A humanoid walrus that owns a newspaper stand in Jokertown. Everybody likes old, harmless Jube. No one knows that he isn't a joker, or even human. Jube is actually an alien spy, studying Earth for the Network, an alien The Federation.

Aces

The Astronomer

The main antagonist of the first trilogy of novels, the Astronomer is an insanely powerful Evil Sorcerer that is also the leader of his own dark cult. He is a bad guy's bad guy. Just count the number of "evil" tropes.

Bagabond

A bag lady with the power to communicate with and control animals. Her best friends are two alley cats.

Black Eagle

Earl Sanderson, a powerful black ace from the 1940s and important figure in the civil rights movement. He was a member of the Exotics for Democracy. Capable of flight and generating force fields.

Black Shadow

A grim vigilante with darkness-based powers. Black Shadows uses a variety of disguises and identities to better fight evil.

Captain Trips

Mark Meadows, a hippie with the power to transform himself into several different superheroic alter egos, that he calls his "friends." He is also a genius biochemist. For his various alter-egos, see The Radical, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Moonchild, Cosmic Traveler, Starshine, Aquarius, and Monster.

Carnifex

Billy Ray, a Justice Department agent who is stronger, faster, and tougher than a normal human. He also can heal very quick. Carnifex is a ferocious fighter that loves action and mayhem a little too much.

Cordelia Chaison

A Cajun girl with the power to shut down a person's respiratory and circulatory systems. She is the niece of Sewer Jack Robicheaux. Works as a young exec for Global Fun & Games.

Demise

Demise is James Spector, a failed accountant that was killed by the virus and later came back to life. He gained the power to kill with a look (and he's pretty much unkillable too). Unhinged by his experiences, he became a hitman.

Fadeout

Philip Cunningham, a high-ranking criminal in the Shadow Fist Society. He can become invisible at will.

Fortunato

A half-black, half-Japanese pimp with the power of tantric magic. One of the protagonists in the first trilogy of novels.

Golden Boy

Golden Boy is Jack Braun, a WWII veteran and has-been actor with the power of superstrength, invulnerability, and eternal youth. He was a member of the superteam Exotics for Democracy in the 1940s, but has more or less retired from superheroics after being pressured into testifying against his friends in the paranoid political climate of 1950.

The Great and Powerful Turtle

Tom Tudbury, a nerd from New Jersey who also happens to be the world's most powerful telekinetic. His powers don't work when he is feeling threatened, so he fights crime inside a floating metal shell.

The Hero Twins

A pair of modern day Mayans living in Guatemala that become re-incarnations of the ancient legendary brothers, Hunapu and Xbalanque. They lead a resistance movement to recreate a Mayan regime.

Jumpin' Jack Flash

One of Captain Trips's alter-egos, probably the most well-known of them in the original novels, since he is a ladies' man and a showoff. Flash has fire powers and a personality to match.

Mackie Messer

A young, mentally disturbed German hunchback with the power to vibrate his own body out of phase with the physical universe. In doing so, he can walk through walls and use his hands as buzzsaw weapons.

Mister Nobody

Jerry Strauss, a man capable of changing his appearance at will. He's a big movie fan, and specializes in transforming into famous actors and actresses.

Modular Man

A super-sophisticated android created by Mad Scientist Maxim Travnicek. Mod Man is mostly a nice guy, but forced to follow the orders of his sociopathic creator. He fights crime as a superhero as a ploy from Travnicek to gain publicity and wealth.

  • Casanova: A love machine, literally.
  • Fantastic Racism / What Measure Is A Non-Organic: Mostly he suffers this from his own Jerkass creator. The term "toaster" to refer to an android may have originated in Wild Cards.
  • Flying Brick: Mod Man can fly, is incredibly strong, durable, has an array of sensors, and a veritable arsenal of ranged attacks.
  • Magic-Powered Pseudoscience
  • Personality Chip: An in-built version, Modular Man is designed to replicate human emotions and psychology.
  • Ridiculously-Human Robots: Modular Man looks completely human, and he is even fully functional. He can also eat and drink.
  • Three Laws Compliant: Averted. Travnicek has hardwired imperatives into Modular Man that compel him to obey his creator, but he can fully hurt other people.
  • Turned Against Their Masters: Travnicek programmed him to be unable of this. Mod Man manages to work his way around it and arranges for Travnicek to be killed anyway. But considering that Travnicek is a sociopath that treats Mod Man as a slave, it's a happy ending.

Moonchild

One of Captain Trips's alter-egos. She is a beautiful Korean woman with superhuman martial arts prowess.

Polyakov

Russian ace with the power of pyrokinesis. Used to be a bigwig in the Soviet secret service.

Popinjay

Jay Ackroyd, a private detective with the power of teleporting any object he can point his finger at to any place he has ever been. Also known for his sense of humour. Hates firearms.

Puppetman

Senator Gregg Hartmann, seemingly a liberal, idealistic politician that fights for the rights of Wild Carders. He's secretely Puppetman, a manipulative emotional vampire.

Roulette

A high-class prostitute that can kill men by having sex with them. She is an agent of the Astronomer.

Sewer Jack

Jack Robicheaux, a Cajun transit worker with the power to transform himself into a big alligator.

The Sleeper

Croyd Crenson, a man that changes his appearance and powers every time he falls asleep. Works as an ace for hire.

Ti Malice

A hideously atrophied joker-ace with the power to possess people by attaching itself to their necks. Its victims (called "mounts") become completely addicted to Ti Malice's kiss.

Veronica

A former prostitute of Fortunato's, Veronica has the power to make any man weak and helpless. Seriously.

Water Lily

Jane Dow, a young woman with the power to control water. Born in a small town, she comes to New York City in 1986, and gets involved in the ace scene.

Hiram Worchester

Hiram is the owner of the Aces High restaurant, the chicest meeting place for aces in the 1970s and 1980s. He is a powerful ace himself, with mastery over gravity. He had a short superhero career as Fatman.

  • Acrofatic: Not quite, but he is susprisingly light on his feet, considering that he uses his power to decrease his own weight.
  • Break the Cutie: Poor Hiram. His life takes a nosedive when he becomes a slave to the monstrous Ti Malice.
  • Camp Straight: Not as much as Tachyon, but Hiram is quite flamboyant.
  • Embarrassing Nickname: He hates it when they call him Fatman.
  • Gravity Master
  • Karma Houdini: Played with, considering he suffers no punishment for the murder of Chrysalis but his life is already destroyed by Ti Malice.

Wraith

Jennifer Maloy, meek librarian by day, daring jewel thief by night. She can become insubstantial at will.

Nats

Reverend Leo Barnett

A Fundamentalist Christian preacher that gains fame by taking a anti-Wild Cards stance. Later he goes into politics.

  • Anti-Villain
  • The Fundamentalist: A partial subversion, in that Barnett is somewhat more reasonable than people would expect.
  • Hypocrite: Has affairs with lots of women and secretly enjoys literature by liberal writers.
  • Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: He's charismatic and sometimes ridiculously lucky. People have suspected him of being a secret Ace.
  • President Evil: Barnett becomes President in the Card Sharks books. Many Wild Carders would consider him this. In truth, he's not that different from any other politician.
  • Sexy Priest

Jetboy

Bobby Tomlin, an heroic fighter pilot from World War II, tried to stop the release of the Wild Card virus.

Sara Morgenstern

Star reporter from the Washington Post, specialized in Wild Cards issues. Has a vendetta with Senator Gregg Hartmann.

Rosemary Muldoon

Real name Rosa-Maria Gambione, a Mafia princess that became stranged from her family, changed her name and became a New York district attorney. Later tried to become a leader in the Mafia, playing both sides.

Yeoman

Daniel Brennan, a Vietnam Vet that swore revenge on crime boss Kien Phuc. He is a zen archer with Improbable Aiming Skills.


Jokers

Bloat

Joker leader in the Jumper books. Bloat is an immobile, gigantic montain of pale flesh, with the head and shoulders of a teen boy perched atop it. He has extraordinarily potent Psychic Powers. His home base is the Rox, formerly known as Ellis Island.

Bludgeon

Gigantic joker bruiser with superstrength and a club-like right arm. Works as muscle for the mobs.

Chrysalis

Chrysalis is the owner of the Crystal Palace nightclub in Jokertown, and is the unofficial queen of the Joker underworld, brokering information to all parties. Her skin is invisible, her organs and skeleton exposed for all to see.

Xavier Desmond

The so-called Mayor of Jokertown, Desmond has an elephant trunk where his nose should be. He is the founder and leader of the Jokers' Anti-Defamation League and a major champion of joker's rights.

Peregrine

The host of a Good Morning America style TV show. Peregrine is a superheroine who is technically considered a Joker but has kept her natural beauty. She has big, bird-like wings and is capable of flight. This leads many to consider her an Ace.

The Oddity

The Oddity is actually three people permanently merged into one monstrous, constantly shifting, painful whole. They're superhumanly strong and tough and act as a vigilante in Jokertown.

Quasiman

Hunchbacked joker-ace with the powers of superstrength, precognition and teleportation. He's a friend of Father Squid, and handyman of the Church of Jesus Christ Joker.

Father Squid

Priest of the Church of Jesus Christ Joker. A former Catholic priest who created a unique version of Christianity especially for Jokers.

  • The Atoner
  • Dark Is Not Evil: He looks like Cthulhu is his dad but he's one of the few completely good characters in this series. Unless you count the time he spent as a Joker Terrorist in the Seventies.
  • Good Shepard
  • Vietnam War: served four tours in the Joker Brigade.