From: Blackflak@aol.com 
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 18:48:03 EDT 
Subject: CHARDESC: Manstalker 
 
 
Manstalker is, with the exception of Warp, my longest 
existing superhero (if such is the appropriate term).  As 
such, he's got a long and confusing history, so bear with 
me. 
 
Manstalker I was a game hunter called August Durant.  He 
discovered a mystical amulet deep in the bowels of Africa.  
This amulet caused a strange technomystical armor to 
manifest around Durant, giving him tremendous strength.  The 
armor also protected him from anything short of an artillery 
shell.  Durant worked for years afterwards as an apolitical 
soldier of fortune using the armor and calling himself 
"Manstalker".  During this time he alienated many people in 
the US government, even coming to blows with the country 
when he was hired by the North Vietnamese.  (Nixon blamed 
Manstalker for America losing the Vietnam War).  Shortly 
afterwards, Manstalker disappeared from the world, not to be 
seen for ten years. 
 
In that time, August Durant learned that he had cancer, and 
set out to use the significant amount of money he had made 
in his time as a mercenary to establish a non-profit 
institute for developing new diplomatic and political 
structures, hoping to find an alternative to "government".  
The institute is still extant. 
 
When Durant died in 1983, the amulet was accidentally 
included in a box of knicknacks that was willed to his 
nephew, Roger Amber.  Rog was in his second year at 
technical college then, and when going through the box, 
found and activated the amulet. 
 
At that time, Manstalker returned to the world, this time as 
a freelance bounty hunter, often on the wrong side of the 
law.  These days Rog will admit to having been a bit out of 
control.  He used his technical background and the money he 
made to upgrade and refit the armor, adding more armament 
and accessing more of the mystical strength and protection 
in it. 
 
In the late eighties, after saving President Reagan, 
Manstalker was pardoned and given a position in the second 
incarnation of Enigma.  This irked Warp, who had fought him 
on a few occasions.  Warp has since never been wholly 
accepting of Rog. 
 
In his private life, Rog is the lead guitarist and singer of 
the now-world- famous band, The Great Frog.  His bandmates 
are unaware of his dual life, only that between tours and 
albums he disappears for long periods of time. 
 
Rog has embraced a zen way of life, taking things in stride.  
He is impossible to bait, and in his human identity is as 
peaceful as Manstalker is violent.  As a result of the 
magical armor (which has since been bonded directly to Roger 
in an incident when the amulet was destroyed), Rog ages at 
half normal speed, thus he looks like he's in his late 
twenties, while he's really in his late thirties. 
 
As Manstalker, Rog has Superman-caliber strength, making him 
one of the strongest beings in the solar system.  The armor 
can withstand even artillery now, and is hyped up with a 
great deal of armament including a wrist crossbow, laser, 
claws, a crystal sword and a ground-to-air missile in the 
backpack.  He can fly with a jetpack and has a portable 
computer in one wristband.  Rog is a capable engineer, 
though unexceptional. 
 
Any questions about Rog or his history, please feel free to 
ask!   
Doug