... Seriously, at one point did they take the "Ostentatious Kirby Design" and turn Hela into the most scorching hot villainess in the Marvel Universe?
HELA
Created By: Stan Lee & Jack Kirby
First Appearance: Journey into Mystery #102 (March 1964)
Role: Goddess of Death
Group Affiliations: Niflheim (Land of the Dead)
PL 14 (329)
STRENGTH 13 STAMINA 14 AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 11 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 6 AWARENESS 4 PRESENCE 4
Skills:
Deception 7 (+11)
Expertise (Goddess of Death) 12 (+18)
Expertise (History) 6 (+12)
Expertise (Magic) 12 (+18)
Insight 4 (+8)
Intimidation 11 (+15)
Perception 5 (+9)
Persuasion 4 (+8)
Stealth 3 (+6)
Advantages:
Artificer, Beginner's Luck, Benefit 6 (Ruler of Niflheim), Daze (Intimidation), Diehard, Improved Critical (Magic) 2, Improved Initiative, Jack-of-All-Trades, Languages (Many) 2, Ranged Attack 8, Ritualist, Startle, Well-Informed
Powers:
"Immortal Aesir"
Impervious Toughness 11 [11]
Regeneration 4 (Feats: Regrowth) [5]
Immunity 10 (Aging, Starvation & Thirst, Heat, Cold, Disease, Fatigue Effects) [10]
Immunity 4 (Drowning & Suffocation, Poison, Pressure) (Flaws: Limited to Half-Effect) [2]
Power-Lifting 1 (400 tons) [1]
"Nightsword" (Flaws: Easily Removable) [8]
Strength-Damage +2 (Feats: Improved Critical 2, Penetrating 8) (12 points)
"Mystical Might"
Flight 6 (120 mph) [12]
"Hand of Death" Affliction 15 (Fort; Fatigued & Impaired/Exhausted & Disabled/Transformed to Elderly) (Extras: Cumulative, Extra Condition) Linked to Weaken Stamina 15 (75) -- [83]
- AE: "Bolt of Aging" Weaken Stamina 15 (Extras: Ranged) (30)
- AE: "Mystic Bolts" Blast 16 (Feats: Increased Range) (33)
- AE: "Hand of Glory" Strength-Damage +4 (Feats: Improved Critical, Penetrating 10) (15)
- AE: "Restore Essence" Healing 14 (Extras: Resurrection) (42)
- AE: Illusion (Visual & Hearing) 12 (36)
- AE: Movement 3 (Dimensional Travel 3) (6)
- AE: Teleport 10 (Extras: Extended, Accurate) (40)
- AE: "Control the Dead" Mind Control 10 (Extras: Area- 500 feet +5) (Flaws: Close Range -2, Limited to Dead Warriors) (60)
Unarmed +11 (+13 Damage, DC 28)
Nightsword +11 (+15 Damage, DC 30)
Hand of Death +11 (+15 Affliction & +15 Weaken, DC 25 & 25)
Hand of Glory +11 (+16 Damage, DC 31)
Mystic Bolt +12 (+16 Ranged Damage, DC 31)
Bolt of Aging +12 (+15 Ranged Affliction & +12 Weaken, DC 30 & 22)
Mind Control +10 Area (+10 Affliction, DC 20)
Initiative +8
Defenses:
Dodge +12 (DC 22), Parry +11 (DC 21), Toughness +14 (+6 Impervious), Fortitude +16, Will +13
Complications:
Motivation (Collecting Souls)- Hela wants more souls, by any means necessary. She will kill innocents, invade Asgard, and try to take over Valhalla.
Relationship (Loki)- Hela and her father aren't close, but mainly try to avoid each other in their schemes, out of necessity.
Normal Identity (Decaying Corpse)- If Hela is separated from her Cloak, she will instantly take on her natural form- that of a half-youthful woman, half-decaying corpse. In this form, she is so weak that she can barely move, and cannot use any of her powers. This is like the biggest Removable Flaw EVER, but merely touching the thing restores her completely. You'd have to be pretty strong to tear it off, though- a grappling Thor could do it.
Enemy (Thor)- Thor is easily Hela's most implacable foe, in defense of Asgard.
Power Loss (Hand of Death)- Hela requires flesh contact to use her Hand of Death- Thor avoided it by masking his face with a cape. Cloth still tears, however.
Total: Abilities: 118 / Skills: 64--32 / Advantages: 27 / Powers: 132 / Defenses: 20 (329)
Hela in Mythology: The daughter of Loki, she rules Hela, the realm of the dishonored dead (and anyone who didn't die in glorious battle) in Niflheim. Half-blue (or black) and half-white, she was dour and evil, and ruled over great mansions in her dark domain, with armies of servants, and the hel-hound Garmr at her service.
Hela in the Early Days:
-The evil daughter of Loki and a Giantess, Hela is the Norse God of Death- in the mythology, she was half-beautiful and half-corpse, but Marvel turned her into an elaborate Kirby design of "Hot Adult Woman With Swooping Headdress" (with the caveat that her Magic Cloak is hiding her true form). She schemes against Thor almost as much as Loki does, and is generally behind anything on Asgard that isn't directly Loki's fault. She and her Loki have an adversarial relationship at times (her actual father is the Loki from a PREVIOUS cycle that ended during a Ragnarok), but generally try to avoid each other in their schemes. She often tries to kill multiple people, or force her way into control of even MORE souls by any other means (she once resurrected Odin just so that the Greek Pluto wouldn't get her instead).
-Hela once caused Thor to die, and was killed by Odin in turn, but Thor returned to life and beseeched his father to return the natural order, causing her return as well. She killed Thor AGAIN, but brought him back when his beloved Sif offered to die in his place. Another time, she returned Odin to life after he'd been slain by Mangog, just so that the Olympian Pluto couldn't claim his soul. She and all of Marvel's other Death Gods formed a giant Super-Hell at one point, but they were all consumed by the Demogorge, and later freed.
Hela Later On:
-In the "Walt Simonson" era, Hela created a cruel scheme when she cursed Thor's bones to become as brittle as possible, while also giving him eternal life- this caused him to suffere countless crippling injuries, before turning him into mush when he fought Jormungand. The curse was only lifted when Thor possessed the Destroyer Armor, and threatened Hela and her domain with the Godlike equivalent of "Nice place you got here- shame if anything HAPPENED to it..."- she quickly agreed to return him to full splendor. After a couple more stories, we reached the modern day, where Hela regenerated from Ragnarok into a Las Vegas-dwelling schemer. She becomes a much more important recurring character, and her schemes are a bit more minor (she was the villainess in Avengers Prime, which reunited Cap, Thor & Iron Man post-Civil War), as writers kind of liked using her, it seems. Hopefully a new push is coming, because I always thought Marvel & DC could use more Top-Tier Female Villains... though most of Marvel's (Umar, Hela, Morgan Le Fay) all have the same general look, theme and character, if you think about it.
-I would be remiss if I didn't mention her newfound EXTREME hawtness-- this girl was in a fairly complex green skinsuit that didn't make her look any hotter than any other woman in Marvel, but all of a sudden writers went "Hey- let's make an inappropriately hot version of DEATH" and pushed her boobs up, plunged her neckline down, and made her look like some kind of green, demonic Hell-Queen Of Hot. I mean, making hot girls is one thing, but making one SO HOT, and then giving her the Touch of Death so you can't do nuthin'? Thats just MEAN.
-This actually continues onto the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where Cate Blanchett, a woman I'm otherwise not overly enamored with physically (GREAT actress, though), combines with a fetish I don't really have (goth chicks) to turn into some insane Death Goddess Of Eternal Sexiness, to a completely awe-inspiring degree. I mean, that's a "Woah" moment in that trailer if I've ever seen one.
Hela's Stats:
-Hela is mighty-powerful, enough to fight even Thor on an even keel for a good long while. She's only a notch less powerful than Pluto (Olympians are a fair bit more powerful than Asgardians, on average), and casts Magical Spells at a level beyond even Dr. Strange. Her Normal Identity thing is rather annoying, since it's WAY worse than any Removable Flaw you could imagine (reducing all stats to nil and making all her Powers under a Device-ish thing), but has to kinda be statted up as a Complication since it's rare and can be averted just by touching her Cloak again. Otherwise you'd be in for one HELL of a discount on all her powers & abilities.
And seriously... *woog*...
