CLEA DATA FILE

Team Identities:

• Penelope “English Rose” Hill (lead vocals/violin)
• Hajun Kang (keyboards/Backing Vocals)
• Roulan “Orchid” Lau (Saxaphone/Trumpet/Vocals)
• Miranda Flores (percussion)
• Linford Simpson (Rhythm Guitar/Backing vocals)
• Aidan Berlin (Bass Guitar/Backing vocals)

CLEA Classification:

• Avatar User

Special Skills and/or Abilities:

• Each of the team possesses 1/6th of the Music Avatar Totem. As such they each have similar magical abilities. Alone each of them are quite powerful but together they are greater than the sum of their parts and give them these powers:-
  • Mind Control – Hajun, Roulan, Miranda and Penelope, hypnotic sounds can subdue opponents.
  • Sonic Blast – Linford, Roulan (trumpet only), Aidan and Penlope (violiong only) can generate a directional sound wave which can be sourced vocally or amplified via use of instruments.
  • Shockwave Blast – Miranda and Hajun, similar to above only it is omnidirectional
  • Sonic Sight – Penelope and Roulan can used high pitched vocals to create a “picture” of their environments using a form of echolocation.
  • Sonic Field – All, Totem can generate a protective bubble.

Limitation(s)/Weakness(s):

• Magic can be countered/neutralised by other magic

Rap Sheet/Criminal Traits:

• N/A

Notes/History

One of the most powerful known Avatar Totems known to have existed was the much fabled “Harmony” Totem. Like most artefacts of its type it required “recharging” in order to create its magic and the Totem thrived on music and dance. The magic it gave its host was similarly music and dance related.

Throughout history there were legends of musical instruments causing great catastrophes or enthralling people in a from of hypnosis which would bend the will to whomever was playing. All were thought to have been the actions of whomever was acting as the host for the Harmony Avatar.

Such was the world changing threat the Totem possessed the Order of Observers decided to split the Totem to reduce its potential and through their actions, one Totem became six. However unlike other Avatar Totems that had been split the Harmony Totems seem to have been left with a strange ability to resonate with each other meaning that if they were brought together they would start acting as one. When the Order realised this they scattered the six Totems as far and wide as possible.

Possessing only a weak power each of the Totems on its own only had the potential to “enhance” its Host. Like most Avatar Totems they required “recharging” and that meant they needed their host to give them what they wanted. Consequently throughout history the Totems would always end up in the hands of someone with musical skills whereupon they would turn them from good to great. Some of the greatest composers known to history are believed to have been  inadvertent hosts for the Harmony Totems, and since the actual Totems could change form they would become whatever their host needed them to be.

Demons and evil magic wielders were always hunting for Totems to increase their power and Avatar Totems were the highest prize. In modern times after much work the Demon Empaot managed to locate the hosts of all six Harmony Totems were.  The actual hosts were well known in society for all six were amongst the top musicians of their generation. Simply killing them and taking the Totems was not going to work well for Empaot as it would draw too much information. She therefore decided to play a long game and hopefully bring all six totems together and once she claimed them all then she would have the power of the original.

The first Totem she located was in the hands of the lead singer and violin player, Penelope Hill of a British band known as “Union Back”. Her Totem had “transformed” itself into a violin box which was never far  from her when she was singing.

The next she identified as belonging to an American Bass  guitarist with a group of cousins all belonging to the Berlin family. Aidan Berlin had acquired a golden plectrum that made him play the bass guitar like nothing anyone had heard before.

Roulan Lau was in possession of the another Totem. This had “disguised” itself as the mouthpiece for a saxophone and made her a leading player. She was that well renowned that she would often be asked to attend concerts and play with some of the top bands.

One of the hardest Totems, Empaot identified was in possession of Rock Drummer, Miranda Flores from the band “Serpent”. Her Totem had disguised itself as a drumstick. Though an unbelievable player, Miranda often shied away from the limelight and only took credit along with the other band members. This was why the Demon had not really noticed her.

By comparison the pianist/keyboard player Hajun Kang was a lot easier for Empaot to find. He always had sell out concerts and was often involved in projects working with other artists. His totem actual had taken the form of a necklace which was unusual as all the others were directly connected to music.

Lastly Empaot found Linford Simpson, the lead guitarist with “The Chess Kings” a prominent rock band. Like Aidan he had “discovered” a golden plectrum and once he had it his playing improved no end. The Demon perhaps had noticed him as there were rumours in the music industry the the rest of the band had grown annoyed with Linford for his fame and talent outshone their own and they had become quite outspoken. Though they were jealous they made the excuse that he was putting himself before the band which is why there was a lot of ill feeling.

Having located all of the Harmony Totems Empaot put her plan into action and took on the mortal form of a human female. She became “Emma Potts” a mogul in the music industry and met each of the musicians in turn. She then presented them with the idea of building the greatest rock band ever. Though some had strong loyalties to their bands, Empaot manipulated situations to ensure that all six would become part of her project.

The formation of the band called “Delta 6” set the music industry on fire. Within hours of announcing the line up and world tour the tickets were sold out. Still not wanting to act suspiciously Empoat let the band play for half the tour, and then  she planned them to meet with tragedy by crashing the plane they were on. Once the hosts were dead and there were no witnesses  she would then take the Totems for herself.

However assembling the band and manipulating its members out of their existing contracts in such an unusual manner alerted Harman and Irmina to the presence of dark magic. When Empaot tried to cause the plane crash they intervened. Having cloaked themselves from the Demon they had boarded as part of the security team. As soon as Empaot made her move, they made theirs and sent her to the Dark Realm. Though they knew their actions were temporary they bought enough time to save the plane.

The Wizard and Witch then brought the band members and themselves into a limbo timeless pocket universe and explained to the band all what had actually been happening. Though they did not believe in magic, the pair proved its existence by showing them the true form of the Totems. They then told them that their manager was a Demon and would stop at nothing to get her hands on their Totems and there would be others coming from them. When asked by the band how they could escape what was coming Harman explained that there were only two outcomes, death of they learned how to recharge and learn their Totems. Since they were in a limbo realm they had all the time they needed.

By the time the pair released the band to the normal realm they had received enough basic training to deal with Empaot when she returned. Working together they nearly vanquished her and would have succeeded had the Demon not chosen to flee. Harman and Irmina had been tempted to intervene but they knew the Band members had to learn how to stand on their own.

Though one Demon was gone, the Band knew from Harman’s warning others might come. Having had their lives saved, they wanted to join the fight against evil, basically to eradicate it before dark entities could do the same. However as they were famous they knew they could not simply run around fighting evil. Harman made two suggestions. The first was that they kept working as a Band, since that would get them around the world which was a useful cover for fighting evil. Secondly he offered to give them a cloaking spell so people would not recognise them when they so chose. Though they started out looking for dark magic users in time they have used their totems to fight other types of evil doers.

With Harman and Irmina’s help, the greatest rock band the world has ever seen was become some of the greatest crime fighters of all time. Unlike other heroes known around the world, very few people are aware that Delta 6 is anything other than a group of talented musicians.

CLEA DATA FILE

Team Identities:

• Air – (White) Astrid Haakonsson
• Fire – (Red) Leonor Guerrero
• Earth – (Green) Ekene Ogodugo
• Water – (Blue) Chiyo Fukushima

CLEA Classification:

• Avatars

Special Skills and/or Abilities:

• Air Avatar – Control air currents, winds etc.
• Fire Avatar – Generate Fire, anything from a small flame to an entire forest fire
• Earth Avatar – Move and shape earth, open chasms, create mountains etc.
• Water Avatar – Control water in all its forms

Limitation(s)/Weakness(s):

• Specific pairs can neutralise each other if tricked into attacking the other one. Air and Earth oppose each other and Fire and Water cancel each other out.
• Have difficulty in keeping their human emotions in charge

Rap Sheet/Criminal Traits:

• Destruction of property
• Manslaughter

Notes/History

The Elemental Totems are amongst the top most powerful magical artefacts. Legends state that the Elementals as they were collectively known wreaked havoc for half a millennium before a rogue Angel decided to visit the mortal realm and put a stop to the death and destruction by extracting the  Totems from each of the hosts. One entity though could not hold onto the power  and before it consumed the Angel she hid them where she believed mortals would never find them. With a host the power could never be used.

However after many many centuries the wizard Harman, and last member of the Order of Watchers actually found the Totems. Unable to approach them or protect himself from the temptation of power, he got help from a witch called Irmina. Together they built a case with magical seals that could contain the power of all four Totems.

There was a problem though. The Warlock Council and Witches Coalition had learned of the discovery due to the fact Totems could sometimes “call” for new hosts. Both groups  wanted the power of the Elementals. Realising they could not run for ever Harman and Irmina decided the only way to prevent the Totems ending up on the side of evil was to give them to new hosts. In doing that the Totems would no longer call once bonded with a human. To stop the humans using the power they had been given afterwards they secretly planned to place all four hosts in magical stasis whilst they were bonding.

As an added precaution the decided to distribute the four Totems as far away from each other as possible. The Air Totem was given to  Astrid Haakonsson and as she bonded with it they sealed her in a glacier.  In Africa the gave the Earth Totem to  Ekene Ogodugo and when she was going through the bonding process they sealed her in artificial chasm below the ground. Next Chiyo Fukushima in Japan was given the Water Totem and they imprisoned her in an underwater cave. Lastly the pair travelled to South America and gave the final Fire Totem to Leonor Guerrero and buried her in a volcano. With the threat now contained Harman and Irmina placed themselves in a magical sleep, to be awakened in the event that any of the Elemental Totems became active.

Five hundred years past and a geological team visited the glacier in Norway and performed a series of ice bores, one of which by chance perforated the chamber where Astrid was “sleeping” awakening her from her slumber. Finding herself enclosed and now sure  where she was but pretty sure the wizard had something to do with it she decided to make her escape.

As the Air avatar she did not need to learn how to use her Totem for she was one with it so the use of magic was instinctive. Expanding the air in the chamber, she created a crack that expanded to an opening to the surface. Using air currents to support her she rose to the surface and saw a group of strangely dressed and startled people. They seemed to have gear and items that to her seemed like magic so she demanded they tell her where the wizard and witch were but they appeared dumbfounded.

Since they could not help she chose to leave and find someone who could tell her where the pair that imprisoned her were hiding. She knew from her Totem that the pair had placed a spell on it to alert them of the fact she had escaped but they were nowhere to be found. Flying over modern cities she quickly discovered that time had moved on and after finding out how long she had been trapped Astrid was getting angry. There was a chance that the target of her wrath was actually dead after all this time but she did not beleive it as the spell would not ordinarily have activated in that instance.

Though she thought that she could defeat them alone, Astrid considered that if she had been trapped then the others she could “feel” were also trapped. The Totems were linked so she knew there were others like her. Using those feelings she was able to home in on them and in time freed, Ekene, the Chiyo and lastly Leonor. Once they learned how they had been treated, all four Elementals had the same desire for revenge.

Their appearance though had been noticed and heroes had come to investigate the quartet. Not sure if the people chasing them were friend or foe led to them lashing out. Their combined power was devastating but they did not kill those that had come after them for they were more interested in Harman and Irmina.

Growing in anger they eventually decided to force their jailers to come to them and started attacking the Europa mega city, raining down destruction. Harman and Irmina then found them and at last the quartet would get their revenge. Harman and Irmina put up a good but futile fight. Before they finished Harman off he apologised and begged for mercy explaining that he had locked them away to prevent their power being used by evil. He also asked them to stop hurting innocent people for they were not the ones responsible for imprisoning them.

The statement struck a chord with the group and for they first time they took a good look at the devastation they had caused. When Harman told them they were once good people and he had not wanted their power in the hands of evil, they realised in seeking revenge they had played into the hands of evil. Though still angry the Elementals agreed to stop and let Harman and Irmina leave.

Now in a world they did not understand and having made the people think they were enemies the Elementals had both a hard time in trying to learn what they had missed and put their past behind them. They then chose to use their magic for good but it would take the people a long time to learn to trust such powerful entities that once tried to decimate a city. Through perseverance they succeeded, and have become members of a rather small group of people who have been displaced from time.