In 1966, an American recon patrol in Cambodia stumbled upon an ancient and hidden temple deep in the heart of the jungle. This temple, the Temple of the Dragon's Breadth, had remained hidden for centuries. It had been built upon a well-spring of raw, primal energy (perhaps magical in nature) that the temple's inhabitants called the Well of All Things. The inhabitants had decided centuries ago that they would breed a superior mother race that would one day unite with the ways of the west. From this union would come children who would harness the unimaginable power of the Well. The members of the recon patrol were to be the fathers of these children.

Unfortunately, one of the temple's inhabitants, an elderly woman named Tai, had decided that she would like all that power for herself, so she plotted to sacrifice the children to the well when they were old enough, sealing the well so that she might tap into its power. Diego Cassias, one of the members of the recon patrol, usurped the power from his own child, then gathered the other children of the pact. They confronted Tai in an attempt to control the Well themselves. Members of the Circle, together with the New Warriors, managed to defeat Tai, but the Well was sealed, Cassias and Tai were apparently killed, and the surviving members of the Circle escaped in a stolen Avenger's Quinjet (except for Night Thrasher, who rejoined his Warrior teammates). They later crashed in Madripoor and attempted to take over the local drug scene from a local crimelord named (if you can believe it) Aardwolf. They succeeded, but were taken down by Night Thrasher and Silhouette.

Is that complex or what?

All members of the Folding Circle are listed below with the exception of Night Thrasher, who may be found in the Marvel Team-Up Roster from TSR, and Smiling Tiger, who has his own entry elsewhere on this page.

Using the Circle in Your Game: Most of the members of the Folding Circle's current whereabouts are unknown. The Left Hand is presumed to have died in the Dragon's Breadth, but there's no way to be sure. The other members escaped and haven't been seen since. It is extremely likely that some or all of them may be involved in gangs or drugs or both. Your heroes could easily find them running the slums of a capital city of a backwater nation somewhere.

The Left Hand

(Diego Cassias)

Strength 5X
Agility 5C
Intellect 5X
Willpower 8C

Skills
Marksmanship, Navigating;
 Leadership, Military

Powers:

Darkforce Control 14
  Stunts: Teleportation
  Limit: Left hand only

Calling: Greed
Personality: Obsessed with power.
Cares very little for anything but himself.


History: Diego Cassius chose to participate in the Pact, marrying one of the daughters of the dragon and having a daughter. However, a car wreck took the life of his wife and put his daughter into a coma. Obsessed with the power his child would never wield, Cassias studied various mystical tomes until he was able to wrest the latent power within his daughter and take it for himself. He soon gathered the other children of the Pact and went to Cambodia to face Tai. He lost his bid for power and accompanied the evil Tai into the Well of All Things.


Midnight's Fire

Strength 8D
Agility 9B
Intellect 5X
Willpower 6D

Skills
Martial Arts Weapons;
 Acrobatics, Fast Exit,
Martial Arts; Survival

Powers:

Enhanced Senses (Hearing, Smell, Vision) 8

Equipment:

Hand Spikes +3

Calling: Greed
Personality: Midnight's Fire is a total
narcissist. He is interested in
other people only as tools
to acquire what he needs.
He does have a strange code
of honor, however.



History: Midnight's Fire and his sister, Silouette, were friends with Dwayne Taylor before he became Night Thrasher. The three worked together to eliminate threats such as gangs and drug dealers from the street. However, when Silouette was paralysed after Taylor would not let Fire shoot a police officer, Fire became enraged and left the group. In the time following, he became involved in gangs and extortion rackets himself, eventually dealing with such clandestine agencies such as A.I.M. to meet his need for power.


Silk Fever

(Min Li Ng)

Strength 4X
Agility 6X
Intellect 3D
Willpower 4X

Skills
Bilingual

Powers:

Fire Control 12
  Stunts: Energy Sheath, Flight,
  Radiate Heat, Wide Angle Beam

Calling: Demolisher
Personality: Silk Fever is a brutal,
remorseless killer. She will
incinerate an enemy without
a second though.



History: Originally believing her abilities to be the result of exposure to experimental chemicals in Vietnam, Min Li Ng eventually joined the Force of Nature as Firewall, the team's most effective destroyer. Eventually she was recruited away when the Left Hand aroused her curiosity regarding her origins. She accompanied the Folding Circle to the Temple of the Dragon's Breadth, but fled alongside most of the time when the fighting became lethal.

(Thanks to Steve Kunec for supplying stats for Silk Fever!)



Bloodstrike

(Eric Conroy)

Strength 12D
Agility 4X
Intellect 3X
Willpower 4X

Skills
Brawling

Powers:

Body Armor +4

Calling: Greed
Hindrance: Bruiser
Personality: Conroy is a cheerful
bruiser. He is very calm
and even happy when fighting.



History: Eric Conroy was an enforcer for a crime lord in Chicago when he was recruited by the Left Hand. Since the Left Hand has killed Conroy's boss when the crimelord had sent men after the Hand, Conroy joined up with the Folding Circle, inquiring whether or not they had a dental plan.

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