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TopicScarlet Ranks 52 Characters from 52 Sessions of the DCRPG Campaign: Part IV
scarletspeed7
05/10/23 10:27:37 AM
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#36 - Freddy Freeman
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A few letters short of a magic word.

Freddy Freeman, along with Mary and Billy Batson, made up the team of youthful superheroes called the Marvel Family. Together, they spent years defending Fawcett City from the perils of Doctor Sivana, Black Adam, and others. Left powerless after the Rock of Eternity exploded, Freddy was essentially held captive by his Equated step-parents until Checkmate intervened, rescuing him. On their way, Freddy discovered a tiny fraction of his magic still remained, and he hunted down Billy - now the new wizard Shazam - in Salt Lake City for answers. Freddy instead received a quest to regain his powers by uttering the name Captain Marvel, and has begun to travel the world, receiving boons from Chiron, Ale, Nanaue, Vyndktvx and Marvel himself along the way. Time is running out, however - a mysterious rival, Sabine de la Croix, has begun to amass similar blessings to become the next Captain Marvel. Freddys next target appears to be the desert nation of Egypt, near the pyramids of Giza.

Freddy commands a solo storyline for himself, and I think he will continue to rise as time goes on. Right now, he doesn't have a particularly large amount of starring screentime that I think really illuminates us on who Freddy is and what makes him tick. There is a lot of complexity to Freddy, at least for a character that I DM. He's leaving his youth and entering adulthood, but at the same time I think Freddy, as a superhero, has never endured the hardships of Billy Batson. He hasn't been galvanized by prophecy and forged in battle. Freddy needs a rite of passage because he was in danger of becoming unremarkable, living in a world where everyone forgot his name.

Sadly, Freddy goes through long bouts of background status, oftentimes disappearing for months in real-time. Fortunately, the current story arc with Herr Starr seems to be propelling Freddy back into prominence - the only question remains this: just how much of a corruptive influence is the Grail on the next Captain Marvel?

#35 comes from Round 3!

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