The Sentinels are a cadre of elite warriors on a parallel Earth much different from ours. Empowered through breeding, magic, and technology, they are the superheroes of their universe.
But they were betrayed from within. Sentinel Two discovered the secret behind the powers of one of their greatest fallen foes and slew Sentinel One – of whom he had always been envious – and took a part of his power. The rest of the sentinels discovered what he had done and hunted him down. Outnumbered and not yet strong enough to combat all seven remaining Sentinels and their allies, he fled through an experimental device designed to breach the membranes between universes.
The other sentinels found the device and attempted to use it to follow him in spite of its unpredictability. Sentinel Three insisted on being the first to test it, and passed through successfully – but the device melted down, trapping both himself and Sentinel Two alone in our reality.
Sentinel Two, now calling himself Sigil after the mystical marks he uses to transfer his victims’ powers into himself, hunts the lower-echelon powered individuals on our world, seeking to steadily build his own power while avoiding conflict with those who might be strong enough to defeat him (for now!).
Sentinel Three seeks to take him down before he grows too strong.
Sigil is something of a rule-breaker in terms of his ability to permanently absorb powers, but since he’s an NPC I plan to manage this myself to make him an appropriate challenge each time he’s encountered.
Images for both character sheets are snapshots from Champions Online, where I maintain an account simply to have a place to play with hero costumes.
