Created by Matt Parmenter & Bob Justice
Revenant
Alter Ego: Mary Talis and Sean Moore
Occupation: None
Known Relatives of Mary Moore-Talis: Christy- daughter, Chris Talis-
husband, Sean Moore- brother
Known Relatives of Sean Moore: Mary-sister Christy- niece, Chris Talis-
brother in-law
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Background/History:
Born to wealthy parents in New England, Sean and Mary grew up wanting for
nothing. Basically good people, the older brother was quite protective of his
younger sister. He was a bit more driven to wealth and power, she more toward
nurturing and helping others. She followed him to college and he introduced her
to Chris Talis. The two fell in love almost instantly and the three of them
became nearly inseparable. They married and soon had a daughter. On a boating
trip through the Bermuda Triangle, Sean, Mary, Chris, and Chris’ best friend
Aaron Cromwright accidentally crossed over the Nexus of Mystical Vortices where
the evil spirit of Crykill was resting. Sensing that Aaron was a suitable host
for his soul, Crykill used the power of the Nexus and took possession of Aaron,
but in so doing, he opened a tear in the fabric of the Nexus that bled a tidal
wave of mystic energies. The boat was shattered and the passengers were hurled
into a bath of sea water and mystical energies. Crykill, existing only as an
evil spirit after his defeat at the hands of All American, possessed Aaron and
swam away to gather his strength. Chris screamed to his wife, trying desperately
to reach her, inhaling the strange mystical vapors and salt water. She and her
brother were sucked down into the deep as the rift in the Nexus sealed itself.
Chris became the hero known as Sound Wave due to his exposure to the mystical
energies. Sean and Mary suffered a horrible fate. Drawn deep below the surface,
their bodies succumbed to the pressure and they died, but their souls were
saturated with mystical energies and lived on together in a combined, ghostly
form know as the Revenant. No one can say exactly what forces caused Sean to be
the more dominant personality or what drove him mad, but the spectral creature
was most certainly insane. He hated Chris Talis and determined to take revenge
on him, but the love of his sister for Talis made for conflict and he always
stopped short of his goal. While plotting yet another scheme, the Revenant was
attacked by a humanoid alien known as the Soul Taker. He attempted to steal the
powerful soul that had drawn him across the galaxy, not realizing that the
Revenant was two souls bound together. The backlash from his attempt rendered
him unconscious and, upon awakening, the Revenant had an offer for him. If the
Soul Taker could bind Mary and allow Sean full control, he would defeat Sound
Wave, let Soul Taker have both Mary ‘s and Chris’ souls, and he would live
in Sound Wave’s body. His grandiose plan failed, Sound Wave used his perfect
pitch to strike a resonating chord with the magical box that Soul Taker
collected souls with. When the box shattered, the hundreds of captured souls
were released, including the portion of the Soul Taker’s own. The cursed item
held a portion of Soul Taker’s soul which forced him to steal other souls,
once the box was destroyed, he was freed from his curse as well. In gratitude to
Sound Wave, he used the last of his soul stealing power to break Sean and Mary’s
link. The mystical power faded, Sean’s sanity returned as his soul went to it’s
final reward, and he placed Mary’s soul in the body of a young aspiring
actress who had died in an accident, but her body was still in a coma. She would
have no memory of being Mary Moore-Talis, but she would get to live anew.
Personality/Motivations:
The Revenant’s only goal was to destroy Sound Wave who it blamed for it’s
twisted existence.
Quote: "Die!"
