Living Fossil villains: Gorgonna, Moth-Woman, Maracas, Coyote-Man, and Brown Recluse
Another motley crew of rogues this time, for The Living Fossil. I have already shared the Rocky Mountain Devil and Dr. Dragonfly. This time, I shall share the rest of the crop of terrible mutated supervillains.
The first is Gorgonna. She is the result of tampering with the Living Fossil's own blood and giving it to another person, tainting her blood and soul. It unlocked prehistoric primality, her body reverting to the genetics of pelycosaurs and the reptilian therapsids. This has led to vastly decreased intelligence but larger size, speed, and strength, as well as venomous spines and saber teeth to be a counter to the Living Fossil. Of all these antagonists, she is the only one who can truly match the strength of the Living Fossil.
Moth-Woman is a descendant of the very Moth-Man who terrorized West Virginia. Her mutations were latent at first until first growing her wings as an early teen, to which she then became a circus sideshow act. Her mutations worsened until finally fully resembling the old Moth-Man and starting to get obsessed with lights. She is able to produce strange pheromones that cause people to go into catatonic states. She can also fly, and has spit highly corrosive acid out of her mouth.
Maracas is a strange one. Once a singular rattlesnake within the Colorado, exposure to toxic waste and strange radiowaves gave this creature increased size and the growth of an additional head, and an extra rattle! He also gained human-like sentience with his brain mutating. This strange creature now gives off two-rattles when nearby, getting the name "maracas", but don't let that fool you: their powers also involve telepathy through radiowaves, being able to read thoughts and control minds.
Onto the Coyote-Man, who is not like these other supervillains. He is explicitly a powerful trickster spirit of old mountain folklore, taken into the flesh, who exists to be a slippery and cunning foe for the Living Fossil. He enjoys tricking him and trying to ruin his already-bad reputation further, all the while laughing at his misery.
The last is the Brown Recluse, a rich woman who had a very troubled upbringing and thus remained hidden from the world with her deep wealth. In her insanity, she would experiment with different poisons, particularly those of venomous spiders, and lure people into her abode to kill with poison. In a sample mixed up with Dr. Odonata's experiments and her own poisons, she was mutated into the very thing she already was: a venomous recluse. With her terrible mutation, she gained an insatiable hunger for human flesh, being able to create terrible webs and gained a terrible necrotic touch, disintegrating the skin of her enemies and desiring to consume their blood. She would become more bold in her killings, kidnapping people in the darkness and poisoning and consuming them in the shadows, hidden from many and becoming ever elusive.
Thank you for enjoying these characters, folks!