Malaclypse the Seeker
played by Sean Breen

Of all the Jihaddi with mysterious origins, none is more
mysterious than Malaclypse the Seeker, founder of the Evil
Geniuses and VRDET.

Mal was born under a different name somewhere in the western
United States between fifty and seventy years ago, where he had a
mostly-normal childhood. At some point in the late 1960's, Mal
was pulled into the world of the Illuminati. After a whirlwind
education in the way the world really works, Mal became one of
the premiere Fortean investigators of the time; while he never
received any of the press attention other investigators (like
Erich von Dankien) got, Mal's field research advanced the
Illuminati cause by leaps and bounds. He was placed on the fast
track for Secret Master status, and thus spent the years tracking
down weird things and securing them for futher study or
sequestering in Warehouse 23.

In 1992, while on a routine phenomenon investigation Mal stumbled
upon a Jihad/Hellwyrm combat zone in the forests of Maine. Faced
with the knowledge that a) some unknown enemy was apparently
invading the Earth, and b) there was already a group combating
that enemy, Mal called in his report and waited for further
instructions.

Those instructions were: "Investigate, infiltrate and keep them
out of serious trouble."

In 1994, Mal had aquired enough data on the Jihad that he felt
safe to join. He used his personal resources to set up a base of
operations, then contacted the Praetor at the time, asking for
admittance as a formal research lab. Thus the Evil Geniuses for a
Better Tomorrow, Inc. were born. They mostly kept a low profile,
inventing a few widgets while giving Mal a better platform from
which to observe the inner working of the Jihad. His quiet
demeanor and rational way of thinking made him something of a
mentor figure to many lowerranking Jihaddi. Deserved or not, Mal
quickly became a leader of the group, all the while reporting on
it to the Illuminati.

The X'hirjq Invasion of 1996 effectively destroyed the Geniuses:
The main operations center was obliterated, and most of the group
was killed in action. Malalcypse himself survived mainly by a
stroke of exceptional luck. When the Blood Jihad collapsed in
1997, Mal combined his resources with that burned-out org and
created the Verthandic Rangers.

Mal headed up the Research division of the Rangers until his
recent retirement. Since then, he has acted as a senior advisor
to the Jihad leadership, as well as continuing his own research
into paranormal phenomenon and the nature of reality. While not
strictly a combat officer, Mal has no hesitation to fight if the
goal of the Jihad (or his Illuminati patrons) is threatened.


GURPS character stats

Attributes: ST 12 IQ 20 DX 14 HT 13

Advantages:
Ally Group (The Jihad) [70]; Gadgeteer (cinematic) [50];
Illuminated [60]; Imperturbable [10]; Military Rank 7 (Director
Emeritus, VRDET) [35]; Unaging [15].

Disadvantages:
Absent-Mindedness [-15]; Code of Honour [-10]; Curious
(Extremely) [-10]; Duty (to the Illuminati) [-10]; Duty (to the
Jihad) [-35]; Enemy (B'harne and Fiends) [-60]; Reclusive [-10];
Secret+4 (member of the Illuminati) [-30]; Sense of Duty+3 [-15];
Vow: Great (To build a finer world) [-15]; Weirdness Magnet [-
15].

Skills:
Area Knowledge(VRDET Blanca Mountain)-21; Artificial
Intelligence/TL13-20; Armoury/TL8-20; Astronomy-18; Beam
Weapons/TL9(Laser)-17; Beam Weapons/TL8(X-Rifle)-17; Computer
Hacking/TL8-19; Computer Operation-20; Conspiracy Theory-20;
Disarming-21; Driving(Automobile)-17; Driving(Motorcycle)-17;
Driving(Tracked)-17; Electronics/TL13-20; Electronics Operation-
19; Engineer/TL13-20; Fast-Talk-19; First Aid-20; Games(Poker)-
19; Games(Illuminati: New World Order)-19; Games(Baseball)-19;
Guns/TL7(Pistol)-17; Guns/TL7(Rifle)-17; History-17;
History(Esoteric)-19; Hyperspace Physics/TL12-24; Intimidation-
19; Judo-14; Language(English)-20; Language(Japanese)-19;
Language(Navaho)-19; Leadership-18; Literature-17; Mathematics-
20; Mechanic-20; Mind Block-18; NBC Warfare/TL7-19; Nuclear
Physics-22; Occultism-20; Paleontology-18; Philosophy-18;
Physics/TL16-24; Piloting (Propeller and Turboprop)-17; Piloting
(Subsonic Jet)-17; Piloting (Supersonic Jet)-17; Piloting
(Spacecraft)-17; Probability Physics/TL16-20; Politics-18;
Research-24; Savoir-Faire-20; Savoir-Faire(Military)-19;
Science!-16; Staff(Cosmic Rod)-16; Stealth-16; Survival(rural
Colorado)-19; Survival(Urban)-19; Temporal Physics/TL16-21; Weird
Science-24; Xenobiology(HellWyrm)-20; Xenobiology(Lyran)-19.

Quirks
Afficionado of classic Science Fiction (Clarke, Heinlein, etc.)
Collects unusual & anachronistic artifacts
Doesn't like to get attached
Leaves his pipe unlit
No patience with stupidity
Wears eyeglasses even though he doesn't need them
Won't talk about his past

Total Points: 589