The Crimson Claw    KOTC Database Entry:   CRIMSON CLAW, THE

    NAME           :  The Crimson Claw
    ALIAS          :  Fiend of Fiends, The Crawling Chaos
   
CLASSIFICATION : 
Non-Human (Alien/Daemonic)
    TYPE           :  Mastermind
    MORALITY       :  Villain
   
AFFILIATION    : 
Leader of the Minions of the Claw.
    STATUS         :  At Large
   
GENDER         : 
No Data.
    AGE            :  No Data.
    HEIGHT         :  No Data.
    WEIGHT         :  No Data.
   
THREAT RATING
 
     PHYSICAL/CLOSE    :  Unknown.
     PHYSICAL/RANGE    :  Unknown.
     MENTAL/CLOSE     :  Very High.
     MENTAL/RANGE     :  Very High.
     OTHER/CLOSE      :  Unknown.
     OTHER/RANGE      :  Unknown.
   
 OVERALL       : 		 Very High.

QUOTE:  "They are too late! The Eye is arising..."
My preciousss..."

BACKGROUND: 
The mastermind behind The Great Supervillain Contest, the plot that spawned the March Crisis. Employer of Blockbuster, the point man in this enterprise. Was revealed to be alien in nature at the climax of that affair, and although defeated, it managed to escape, possibly still in possession of the Eye of Azoth.

MOTIVATION: 
Megalomania. Seeks to find a suitable vessel to enable it to summon his "master" to walk once more upon the Earth.

TACTICS: 
The Crimson Claw is a very powerful daemonic entity with the ability to summon otherworldly servitors and advanced mental powers that it employs to dominate useful individuals who are then used as puppets in pursuit of its goals. If this creature has any weaknesses, it is that it's unshaking certainty in the inferiority of humanity leads it to adopt elaborate plans that ironically depend upon these same inferior humans.

KNOWN STRENGTHS: 
Capable of summoning/controlling numerous daemonic/alien creatures to perform his bidding. Very powerful mentalist.

KNOWN WEAKNESSES: 
No Data.

OFFENSIVE POWERS: 
Mental dominations/attacks.

DEFENSIVE POWERS: 
No Data.

NON-COMBAT POWERS: 
Telepathy. Manipulation of unwitting intermediary's to achieve its goals.

FOCII/EQUIPMENT: 
Eye of Azoth

LOCOMOTION: 
Extradimensional (?) teleportation.

KotC ENCOUNTERS: 
- after receiving numerous reports linking him to the The Great Supervillain Contest, the Knights of the Coast finally met this creature face-to-face in its lair beneath the Devils Tower. Managed to stop it by killing the fulcrum of its attempt to summon its master. It fled, swearing vengeance.

KotC COMMENTS: 
- Templar: "There are things in this universe that follow the blackest of powers, things that care no more for humanity than we would for the insects we trample underfoot."