Evan Walsh was a bright, charismatic, handsome and adventurous young man. All his life he was well liked, respected, and popular. He received a business degree from Columbia University and started a company with three friends. Paragon Media was a success; the five friends were board of directors, Evan the CEO and public face. They produced television, film, magazines, you name it. Evan had a gift; he simply made their projects sound irresistible. He was the one who got things done; he lined up companies for product tie-ins. The five friends became very wealthy men in just ten short years. One of them however, wanted more. Jake Spencer began stealing from the company coffers about two years ago. Sure he was a millionaire and these were his best friends; Jake was just an amoral man. He was jealous of Evan and worried that one of the others would find out about his cooking of the books. He began to search for a way to get rid of them. Jake had a fascination with the occult in his younger days and through it made casual acquaintance with a few members of the infamous Silvestri family. They got him in touch with Cornelius Leifield. Together they concocted a scheme that would allow Jake to take sole possession of the company and allow Leifield to gather a book of ancient alchemical formulae hidden away in a remote burial tomb in South America. Evan and his buddies had all been thrill seekers in school and they took annual trips together; skydiving, mountain climbing, treasure hunting. The adventures took them all over the world. This year, Jake couldn't make it; the other four reluctantly went with out him and had a blast. Jake had been very excited, it was a chance to unearth a lost burial ground, there had been rumors of curses and hauntings; in a day and age with VIPER, DEMON, and brightly clad heroes and villains, these stories hold more weight and the four adventuresome businessmen were excited. They also weren't stupid. Jeff Barnes, Evan's room-mate in college and the director of Human Resources for Paragon Media was brilliant at reading people. Although he was as excited as anyone about the adventure, he had doubts about Jake's "illness"; of all the original five, Jeff was the one who suspected Jake was up to no good. He hadn't found any proof at the time so he kept his suspicions to himself. He did decide to be extra cautious and hit a few chat rooms and library message boards about the trip. He was contacted shortly afterwards by Sheila DuBrow. Sheila was a scholar and a member of the Trismegistus Council. She had heard of the curses and the potential rewards of the trip and offered her services as an "academic". After meeting Dr. Dubrow, Jeff knew she was more than she seemed and accepted her offer. Sheila and Evan got along marvelously, she was a little older than him but very attractive and he was simply fascinated by her studies into the arcane. The burial ground was far from civilization and the guides (men supplied by Leifield), got them there with out incident. The guides refused to go into the tomb (because their orders were to kill anyone who returned); so the four friends and Dr. DuBrow entered. The tomb was indeed well guarded and there were indeed arcane traps and curses; but Dr Dubrow proved adept at disarming and deactivating them. When they finally hit the chamber it was everything Evan had dreamed it would be. It was clean, marble floors and statues of arcane guardians and murals of angels being ravaged by demons adorned the walls. It was just like out of a movie. The sarcophagus was raised and above it was a book. Unable to control himself, Evan reached for the book. Sheila didn't notice until it was too late; she screamed at him but he had already grasped it. "[i]I fear you will not steal my secrets today my friend. However I will allow you the honor of becoming my guardian and slave[/i]" said the voice in his head. White hot pain shot through Evan. His screams of pain became a horrifying roar. Evan's friends drew their guns and fired; Sheila began a spell to return him to normal. The bullets bounced of Evan's flesh and he lashed out in pain, clipping Sheila and interrupting her spell. The curse had transformed Evan in to a horrifying guardian; but once the pain stopped Evan was again in control. "What happened to me?" He asked. His new voice was deep, bestial, but still understood. "Evan?" Asked Jeff. "Yes, Jeff?" Evan turned towards his friend; Jeff flinched. But it was obviously Evan. "What happened to you?" "I dunno," Evan crouched, then looked down with a start at his goat-like hooved legs, "I touched the book and a voice in my head called me its slave." "The book was cursed," Sheila said looking up at Evan, even crouching, he towered over everyone present, "I-I am not sure I have the power to change you back." "Oh." Jeff and the others looked at each other. Then back at Evan. "I think Jake knew this would happen," Jeff said. "That I'd be turned into a monster?" Evan asked "That one of us might," Jeff clarified, "I think you were supposed to kill us." "Kill you?" Evan couldn't even conceive the idea. "Well, perhaps the curse didn't work all the way, or maybe my spell was partially successful, " Sheila told him. The five talked about it for a while and then made their way back. It was decided that Evan would be last out of the Tomb to avoid scaring the guides; Jeff led the group out. Once Jeff came out of the tomb, he was shot. Evan, leapt past his friends and charged the guides. Panicking at the sight of him, they fled; they had not been sent to deal with crypt guardians. Jeff survived, Evan carried him out and used his keen senses to find their way back to town. Evan was "transported" back to America in a cage; disguised by Sheila as a bear. He found it difficult to return to business at Paragon. But Jake, hearing that they were coming back fled. The remaining three friends sold the company and went separate ways. Jeff helped Evan buy a home in the country and still spends time with him when not working on his new ventures. Evan has adjusted incredibly well to his new form. He knows that it’s hard on others, but he still has a certain charm. He began to lend his might to the cause of good almost immediately after returning to California. He has met and is on good terms with the San Francisco-Based Eldritch. He has become a beloved "Heroic-Monster" in the Los Angeles area. He still works closely with Sheila DuBrow and the two seem on the verge of a romantic relationship. Evan has always been a good guy; level headed, charming, and handsome. Now he's four out of five. He is far more interested in the occult than he used to be and is seeking to make more connections in the Arcane World. He still loves adventure and thrills and now that he's practically invincible its even more fun. He has a sympathetic outlook to some of the CU's more "mindless monster" types; realizing that he could easily have been one of them. So while he doesn't mind throwing down with Grond or Ogre to keep them from tearing things up; he's at least as likely to simply chase them off so they can seek solitude elsewhere. His one encounter with the Monster was...unpleasant for him. "GRRRRRRR; This isn't going to end pretty." "Hey, if I'm LION I'm DIEIN'...get it?" A brick. Chimera is big, bad and nigh-unstoppable. He lacks wings but can Jump for miles and has over the first year of his career developed a number of "Brick Tricks". Many of the "Tricks" are bought as naked advanteges for STR. So A GM might not want to put them in a Multipower; this is given as an option in The Ultimate Brick. Mostly to tick of those who think STR is already too cheap :) . Chimera also has a variety of mystic defenses and senses. His "poison cloud" is not in his multipower because it's not a "Brick Trick". I realized 2 things recently; 1) I make all good looking heroes. I think I self associate too much with them. And 2) I want to use the Ultimate Brick! so here is one. Chimera is a big, bad coming in at 600+ pts of combat monster. If you want to tone him down (I won't feel bad, I promise), Reduce his STR to 55 and his DEF to 25; I think this will tone him down considerably. You could also drop a brick trick or two. If you want to go the other way, increase his Dex to 21-23, his SPD to 5 or even 6; add a few "tricks" to his Multipower and maybe give him wings for mobility. The Monster Hunters who hunt Chimera are well meaning (or not) people who simply can't bring themselves to trust that a being as monstrous as Evan has become could possibly be anything other than an evil beast. While they are not powerful enough to attack him directly (and aren't going to try that again), they can make his life difficult; speaking out against him sowing doubt about his intentions, etc.. Similarly the tabloids love him because he's their "Batboy" come to life. He's a popular target, but the stories are generally benign. Chimera looks like a massively built humanoid he stands 2.5 Meters tall and weighs in well over 750 lbs. He has the head of a lion, a tawny furred torso, a rust colored scaled tail, black scaled hands with blood red claws, and dark, almost mahogany colored cloven goat legs. Over this he wears a loin cloth, a broad belt, and a white muscle shirt. The shirt never makes it through combat. He has had two suit coats and a "formal" loin cloth made for the occasions he requires to dress up.

-2DCV; +2 to other's PER Rolls. Can't fit in some places, very heavy.