Author Archive: J. Philip Foley
Artist, Designer, Illustrator, Art Teacher, Husband, Dog Owner.
J. Philip Foley: 30 Characters
Hello all! This was a great challenge and I loved every minute of it… except that I forgot to scan and upload my stuff to the site half the time. I was going to load all of them on the last day, but I didn’t want to hog all of the page space while I uploaded my stuff, so, here is a link to my blog where you can get a description of the characters I’ve created. I hope you enjoy what I created and please leave me some constructive feedback if you can. Thanks and I can’t wait until next year! – J. Philip Foley
#11 Instructor Phage
Instructor Phage is a master instructor in the ways of “the power”. He is currently at large for going against the Conclave by teaching his craft to students of a lower caste. The Conclave fear Phage and his powers and are unsure as to what his motives were for teaching the low caste students. They are also believed to be aiding him in his escape.
#10 Klau’ Ruc
Klau’ Ruc is a Koab Warrior from the planet Sergetan – 5. Klau’ Ruc is from a race of beings known as the Riinn’Athlataurans, a proud and very ancient race from beyond the galactic core. They are one of the founding races of the Galactic Syndicate and hold the most ruling seats. The Koab Warriors are an elite cadre who answer only to the Elder Host of their race. Klau’ Ruc is currently leading a group of Koab Warriors to hunt down Mr. Everywhere and his supporters, but is finding that Mr. Everywhere ‘s words and ideals hold more truth than Klau’ Ruc is willing to admit.
#9 Killjoy
The second member of the special-ops team lead by Harper, Killjoy is a highly skilled assassin. It is rumored that he is not completely human and many parts of his body have either been cyberneticly enhanced or replaced completely. In this modern age of the gun, Killjoy’s skill lies in the realm of the sword and he believes using anything else would be dishonorable.
#8 Harper
Harper is a leader of a three person special-ops super hero team operating out of Europe. Her abilities are classified, but surviving eye-witnesses say she has the ability to project concentrated energy blasts from her  hands.
-J. Philip Foley
#7 The Manipulator Man
The Manipulator Man is able to use his power to manipulate matter at the atomic level to reform and re-shape it to meet his needs. He is a force for good in the world and uses his powers to thwart the schemes of The Black Dragon whenever he can.
-J. Philip Foley
#6 Semi-Formal Sweatpants Man
Semi-Formal Sweatpants Man. He can fly. He wears white and black wing-tip shoes. He hides his identity behind a mask. He wears a tie that can become things and do things as he commands it. He fights crime. He wears semi-formal sweatpants.
-J. Philip Foley
#5 Tommy Knuckles
Tommy “Knuckles” Gambino is the grandson of Don Vincent Gambino Sr. of the Gambino crime family. Much to his grandfather’s lament, Tommy had lived with too much violence in his life and turned his back on the family when he was eighteen in order to pursue a career in music. During his time in school, his families reputation followed him and Tommy couldn’t escape the violence. During this time he was approached by the CIA and was asked to become an organized crime “insider”. Seeing this as a means for correcting the wrong his family had committed, Tommy accepted and entered specialized CIA training that was above an beyond normal operative training. Tommy’s specialty was weapon making, which his superiors believed could be an asset to the dons of the crime family and give Tommy some legitimacy for his long absence. Tommy returned to his family and his grandfather received him with open arms. Tommy rose through the ranks of the family quickly and was soon one of this grandfather’s most trusted advisors. That all changed one night when the CIA raided his grandfather’s house and killed the whole family including his mother, and two sisters. Since that time Tommy has been on the run and is trying to piece together who eliminated his family and why.
#4 The Black Dragon
The Black Dragon is a criminal mastermind. He is the standard upon which all fictional super-villains are based. With an enormous intellect and limitless funding from a secret group of international investors, the Black Dragon seeks to control the world through manipulation and brute force. It is believed that The Black Dragon is currently headquartered on a small Caribbean of the coast of Cuba. What nefarious schemes could he be plotting?
-J. Philip Foley
#3 Mr. Everywhere
Mr. Everywhere was once a leading human member of the Galactic Syndicate. Since discovering what he believes to be their true intentions, Mr. Everywhere has gone into hiding and begun an underground movement to oppose and ultimately expose the Galactic Syndicate. His understanding of advanced alien technology and computer systems allows him to run the movement from the shadows without fear of discovery.
-J. Philip Foley
#2 Hijack
Hijack has the ability to take over a person’s mind and control them, or “hijack” their minds and bodies so they do anything he wants. In order to do this he must have some way of seeing his victims. He also must take great care as his own body appears to be sleeping while he is controlling another’s. He uses his ability to commit robberies of classified information which he sells on the black market. It is rumored that he is an experimental waste product of a classified government operation and is seeking revenge on his creators.
-J. Philip Foley
#1 – Jim Steel
This is a photograph of Jim Steel, one of the organizations agents. Steel has performed missions for all of the large intelligence agencies as well as several black ops organizations, including this one. Steel is currently at large in the world and we’re trying to bring him in.  However, seven years and 40 dead agents later, this is the only thing we have… a single photograph.  Unfortunately for us, this picture was not taken by any of our agents… it was actually taken by Steel himself, in the home of our organization’s director, where he found it the next morning taped to his bathroom mirror. We are unclear if this is a threat, a warning to leave him alone, or merely Steel showing off. In either case, our mission is to find him, bring him in, and not become a number on the long list of agents lost in Steel’s recovery. Good luck!
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