Sentinel Comics RPG Core Rulebook

Myriad
Alias: Edgar Black
Gender: A demonic swarm of bugs, identifies as
Male
Age: A demonic swarm of bugs, identifies as
Middle-Aged
Height: Variable
Eyes: Two glowing orange eyes, but the swarm’s
eyes are many
Hair: None
Skin: Black Chitin
Build: Made of bugs
Costume/Equipment: A mass of demon bugs
that have taken on a humanoid semblance with
chitinous black skin, wings, and glowing orange
eyes and chest.
Approach: Creator
Archetype: Overlord
Biography
Edgar Black took pleasure
in making things smaller than
him suffer. As an
exterminator, he
went to work every
day with a smile on
his face. On the way
to one such
job,
he
clipped
a courier
with his van, destroying the package the boy
was carrying. Edgar sped away to avoid any
consequences, but the contents of the package had
other ideas. The contents of the package turned
out to be a demonic entity that had been trapped
for years by the hero NightMist. After her death,
the courier had been commissioned to transport it
to another mage for safekeeping. With the prison
destroyed, the rapidly multiplying demonic swarm
used Edgar as a host, and he became the central
personality of the villain Myriad. He has clashed
with the new hero team Daybreak several times as
he looks to cause a little chaos in the world.
Capabilities and Motivations
As a person, Edgar Black’s malevolence was limited
by his cowardice and lack of long-term planning.
The demon that possessed him was limited in that
it needed a host to act as a focus, as without a core
personality to adhere to, the demon’s intelligence
was scattered throughout the entire swarm. As
the composite personality “Myriad,” they are even
worse; Edgar’s desire to harm is bolstered by the
Demon’s desire for chaos and inherent magic.
With nigh-infinite control over insects, Myriad has
the ability to see and hear just about anything,
though they still lack the long-term planning skill or
intelligence to truly capitalize on anything they find
out. Mostly, Myriad just wants to destroy things, and
is happiest when wreaking havoc surrounded by an
infinite swarm of infernal bugs.
Upgrades
Being made of insects gives Myriad a lot of
flexibility when it comes to things like size and
shape. He could be a single fly on the wall, or a
face on a swarm of locusts blackening the sky, his
voice their collective chittering. The demon has a
substantial well of innate magic that can be used
for simple spells, particularly ones revolving around
summoning infernal insects with nasty powers from
his home hell dimension.
Villains
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