Badge time.png   The Paragon Wiki Archive documents the state of City of Heroes/Villains as it existed on December 1, 2012.

Black Scorpion

From Paragon Wiki Archive
Revision as of 14:08, 13 September 2006 by Alex Hopkinson (Talk | contribs) (Overview: added patron power mention/link)

Jump to: navigation, search
Black Scorpion

Overview

Black Scorpion is an Arch-villain who serves Arachnos under Lord Recluse. He also awards the patron power Mace Mastery to villains who complete his patron arc.

Information

Description

Black Scorpion is a man encased in a large, bulky suit of high-tech battle armor. Huge and menacing, the armor is equipped with a functioning scorpion-like tail on the backside, and the right arm ends in an intimidating blaster cannon.

Ernesto Rodriguez embodies the concept of raw power through technology. Whatever it takes, whatever piece of his body or soul needs to be spliced, altered, or removed to grant him more power, Ernesto seems willing to do it. His unbridled hunger, absolute loyalty, and low intelligence makes him the perfect servant for Lord Recluse.

History

Ernesto Rodriguez was a South American mercenary. On mission that took him into the U.S., he invaded the hidden lab of Leonard Bowen, where Rodriguez and his team faced a bloody fight with high tech security. Specifics are sketchy at best, but it is known that Rodriguez found an armored battlesuit that Bowen was working on. The mercenary tortured the scientist for information about the suit, then killed him and took it. Ernesto became the Black Scorpion.

As a superpowered mercenary, Black Scorpion fought for money and upgrades to his armor. It was during this time he hooked up with the like-minded Silver Mantis. This well-matched team soon came to work for Arachnos. Black Scorpion oversees Arachnos' scientific division, where he uses his considerable talent for violence to "motivate" the scientists, more than making up for his low intelligence.

Character Stats

Secret Identity: Ernesto Rodriguez
Origin: Technology
Archetype: Brute
Primary Powers:
Secondary Powers:
Other Powers:

Badge

Badge defeatscorpion.png Wrangler

You have helped defeat Black Scorpion in Recluse's Victory.

See Also

  • Black Scorpion's Arachnos profile for a list of his powers