SHIKLAH
Created By: Brian Posehn, Gerry Duggan & Reilly Brown
First Appearance: Deadpool: The Gauntlet #3 (Jan. 2014)
Role: Vampire Chick, Deadpool's Wife
Group Affiliations: None
PL 10 (186)
STRENGTH 6 STAMINA 6 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 12 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 1 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 4
Skills:
Deception 2 (+6)
Expertise (History) 7 (+8)
Insight 2 (+5)
Intimidation 3 (+7)
Investigation 5 (+8)
Perception 3 (+6)
Ranged Combat (Fire) 4 (+12)
Stealth 2 (+6)
Advantages:
Improved Critical (Unarmed), Improved Initiative, Ranged Attack 4, Startle
Powers:
"Super-Strong Monster Queen"
Immunity 11 (Aging, Life Support) [11]
Regeneration 10 (Feats: Regrow Limbs) [11]
Speed 4 (30 mph) [4]
Senses 3 (Low-Light Vision, Acute & Extended Scent) [3]
"Giant Shapeshifting Demon Form" Morph 1 (Feats: Metamorph) [6]
Mind Control 8 (32) -- [36]
- AE: "Ethereal Flame" Blast 8 (Feats: Affects Insubstantial) (17)
- AE: Movement 3 (Dimensional Travel) (6)
- AE: "See Through Familiar's Eyes" Remote Sensing (Vision) 12 (Flaws: Limited to Through Familiar) (12)
- AE: "Drain Life" Weaken Strength 12 (Feats: Improved Critical 2) (Extras: Alternate Save- Strength) (Inaccurate -2) (6)
Unarmed +12 (+6 Damage, DC 21)
Mind Control -- (+8 Perception-Ranged Affliction, DC 18)
Ethereal Flame +12 (+8 Ranged Damage, DC 23)
Drain Life +8 (+12 Weaken, DC 22)
Initiative +8
Defenses:
Dodge +13 (DC 23), Parry +13 (DC 23), Toughness +6, Fortitude +7, Will +6
Complications:
Relationship (Deadpool)- Shiklah and Deadpool are in love and lust with each other, bonding over their mutual dark natures. When Wade slips over to the side of good, she leaves him, taunting "When was the last time you killed someone?!" She still cares for Wade, but finds him too good-natured now.
Relationship (Dracula)- The two started off as enemies, warring alongside their armies (the Monsters and the Vampires). However, eventually Dracula proposed, and she accepted- leaving Deadpool.
Responsibility (Queen of Monsters)- The ruler of a race of Monsters, Shiklah eventually leaves them, feeling they no longer want or need her around.
Total: Abilities: 80 / Skills: 28--14 / Advantages: 7 / Powers: 71 / Defenses: 14 (186)
-Shiklah is a newly-introduced character, and was requested a short while ago by Anthanatos, who unfortunately seems to have been one of those posters who only makes a couple of comments and then disappears (unless he just doesn't check his e-mail)- he/she never responded to my PM. Oh well- Shiklah here is apparently a Queen of Monsters of sorts- one that ruled over Earth before mankind came to be. Vampires attempted to overthrow these monsters as humans came to be, and Shiklah was sealed on a coffin for millennia by her father, in order to protect her until she could be wed. Thus, in modern times, Deadpool is hired by Dracula to bring Shiklah to him for the planned ceremony, which will unite Vampires & Monsters.
-She & Deadpool eventually have a thing, and the two start saving each other's lives quite frequently. The two have a whirlwind romance that leads to their MARRIAGE, complete with Nightcrawler officiating over the ceremony- then immediately warring with Dracula's forces. However, almost immediately there are issues- she declares him "one of my husbands", and starts arguing with him while he's out of town on Avengers business (his writer, Gerry Duggan, also handles The Uncanny Avengers, which eventually put Wade on as a member). Eventually, she leaves him when he turns over a new leaf and becomes a good guy, marrying Dracula. She & Wade sleep together one last time, parting on a more pleasant note. I would bet money she's one of those random "Creator's Pet" characters that vanishes as soon as her creator (Duggan) leaves the "Deadpool" money-making franchise.
-Shiklah is powerful and versatile, being a PL 10 Scrapper/Mind Controller with some random Magic Powers thrown in.