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Fortune:
Fortune is the foremost member of the Zefiro tribe of gypsies. She first befriends Doom following his first encounter with Tiger Wylde. Tiger Wylde left Doom for dead. The tarot cards foretold of his usefulness in overthrowing Tiger Wylde and she therefore had Doom taken to her camp where his wounds were tended to. From that moment on Doom considered her a close ally. Under his leadership, Doom brought victory against the Megacorp dictator, Tiger Wylde. After Wylde's overthrow, Fortune continued to aid and counsel Doom during his new reign over Latveria. Fortune and Doom share a common desire to provide the best for the people of Latveria. Despite this common ground their relationship remained at arms length, for Fortune always believed Doom to be a wild card whose global ambitions would pose great danger to Latveria.
Fortune's
relationship with Doom eventually fell apart after
discovering that she offered her allegiance to the Neon Angel in return
for the
restoration of her brother Kaz. Doom had
uncovered
that Neon Angel was in fact the alias of Margaretta
Von Geisterstadt , the woman responsible for his memory loss and his
"reappearance" in 2099. Despite this, Doom allowed Fortune to remain
in charge of Latverian affairs in his
absence while
he administrated over
KEY ISSUES: DOOM 2099 #1 -First appearance DOOM 2099 #6 -Poet reveals details about his past with Fortune and her brother
DOOM 2099 #11-13 -Fortune travels to DOOM 2099 #15 & 17 -Fortune is reunited with Kaz DOOM 2099 #43 -Fortune leads the remaining Zefiro after Latveria's devestation DOOM 2099 #44 -Final appearance |
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Tiger Wylde:
Prior
to becoming the ruler of
Latveria, Tiger Wylde was in the employ
of the Alchemax corporation. As a member of its Elite Corps, Wylde
participated in the corporation's multinational skirmishes as leader of
the corps. Feeling that he had outgrown the company he
worked for, Wylde became a free agent and made his home in Latveria.
During his service for Alchemax and in the years after, Wylde replaced
various parts of his body with enhancements.
Doom assumed that this would be his final battle against Wylde but this would prove untrue. While traveling to Myridia in search of answers to his identity, Doom would be confronted by a revived Tiger Wylde. Wylde was brought back to life by "Doctor Doom" (really Erik Czerny). Tiger Wylde met his final end when Doom severed him in half using a time-platform.
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Wire:
Wire (real name
possibly Wyatt) is
a cybersavant. He is young and
enthusiastic about almost everything. He lives for cyber surfing. Doom
was at
first unimpressed because of his youthful personage but would later
depend upon
him as his guide to learning all he needed to know about Cyberspace.
Wire would
become closely attached to Doom after a
long and
dangerous excursion into cyberspace that nearly resulted in both of
their
deaths. Doom's pride may not allow him to admit it, but Wire has on
several
occasions been all that has stood in keeping Doom in balance. Wire's
fate would
not be a happy one. After the departure of Xandra,
a
woman that he loved, Wire entered a downward spiral of carelessness in
both the
real world and cyberspace. Wire would appear to have met his end in the
citadel
of Margaretta Von Geisterstadt
but thanks to a small program given to him by Duke Stratosphere, Wire
could
later be brought back to life through a process of cyber necromancy.
Wire's
return to the real world was not complete. For the remainder of his
life he
would live simultaneously in both the real world and the cyber one.
This
simultaneous existence led him to become a consort to PALOMA, a
sentient
program that Wire helped repair and had taken over large parts of
Cyberspace.
After the taking of
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Fever:
The
cyber entity known as Fever leads a dual existence. As a human being Fever
remains perpetually jacked into Cyberspace. As his evil cyber archetype, he is
known all throughout Cyberspace as one of the most feared villains. Fever proved
to be one of Doom's most worthy adversaries. Fever came under the employ of
Seņor De Vargas, owner and CEO of the PIXEL corporation. With Tiger Wylde out of
the way, De Vargas hoped to use Fever to kill Doom and thus take Latveria for
himself. By tapping into Doom's on board computer system, Fever began to
sabotage Doom's armor from the inside. With no other recourse, Doom accompanied
Wire on a quest to find out what was the cause of the malfunctioning armor. The
quest soon became an odyssey as Fever managed to trap both Wire and Doom in
Cyberspace. Among his strategies, Fever set Doom up against a twisted version
of the Fantastic Four. Fever believed he had finally succeeded in killing Doom
but he would of course be surprised. Doom destroyed Fever's cyberspace persona
by tapping into PALOMA's extensive capabilities. The end result was the death of
Fever in the real world. His true identity remains unknown.
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Xandra:
Found as a young girl alongside the body of her dead Wakandan parents, Xandra was taken in by the Zefiro tribe of gypsies. Raised as a member of the tribe, Xandra befriended Wire with whom she developed a strong friendship. Some might say that as the two grew up their friendship manifested itself as a form of unrequited love. Xandra was present at Doom's arrival in 2099 and later joined Doom's movement to retake Latveria. However Xandra's motive for lending her skills as a warrior had little to do with helping Doom but rather to protect Wire and to serve the Zerifo. Her loyalty was always with the tribe. Nevertheless, when offered the opportunity to train under the famed Panther's Rage, Xandra's Wakandan blood took over and she left Latveria to join the elite guild of warriors. As a member of the Panther's Rage, Xandra's skills as a warrior increased. Ironically, Xandra would ultimately fall in battle during the assault on the US White House during Doom's coup.
KEY ISSUES: DOOM 2099 #1 -First appearance DOOM 2099 #10 -Announces she is leaving for Wakanda DOOM 2099 #11 & 12 -Trains in Wakanda, recognized by someone DOOM 2099 #29 -dra is shown as a member of the Panther's Rage DOOM 2099 #30 -No actual appearance but her death is revealed
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Feng Huang:
Feng Huang is the
product of a family's choice to create two daughters to continue their
political and economic dynasty. Feng Huang embraced the quest for
wealth and power while her sister, Lei Fong, saw it as the path to
destruction. Doom first encountered Feng Huang aboard her space
platform which served as the nexus of a series of outwardly
disconnected events. Fortune was led by Lei Fong to the space platform
where it was revealed that her brother Kaz was being held. Five years
prior Feng Huang had purchased Kaz after he was found in an alien sphere
buried underneath the Himalayas. Kaz seemed to be the recipient of a
lone alien signal. Doom discovered and traced the source of a secondary
outward transmission. In the snows of the arctic, Doom came face to
face with Radian whom Doom followed to the space platform. Feng Huang
joined all present for the ceremony of communion, a gift of the alien
Y'Lestja. However Feng Huang was interested in only exploiting alien
technology and killed Radian in anger. She apparently set the
platform's self-destruct and escaped, but Doom saw through the ruse as
she merely wanted everyone out of the way while she captured Radian's
armor. The platform exploded with the armor seemingly with it. Feng
Huang crashed landed in her homeland of China. There she was confronted
by a gang of barbarians led by none other than a third twin sister
previously unknown to her. Alone, she managed to fight and kill them
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Vox: The adept of the Zerifo tribe. His youthful outward appearance hides great mystic knowledge. Vox is a mute. His sole way of communicating is through hand and facial gestures. Vox is skilled in the mystic arts although he seldom uses them. Because of his weak and fragile body he once had to depend upon Doom's expertise in magic in order to defend him and prevent a powerful demon from gaining the amulet eye of Agamotto. Although unknown how Vox came to be the wearer of the eye, it is speculated that the eye found him. Why and for what purpose was Vox chosen is unknown. Vox's current whereabouts and ultimate fate are unknown. It is unclear whether or not he survived the necro-toxification of Latveria. Of special note is that later in 2099 Dr. Strange, the only previously known wearer of the eye appeared in 2099 but engaged in helping another person in becoming the master of the mystical arts. That other person carried her own eye. It is unknown whether that eye was the same as Vox's or one of the other eyes of Agamotto. The eyes of Agamotto are truth, power, and prescience. It is unclear which Vox carried with him. KEY
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Shadow (Dr. Doom): While the man claiming to be the original Doctor Doom made his return public and actively retook his native Latveria, another Doom lurked in the shadows. This 'Shadow' Doom made a cloaked citadel in the Pacific his base of operations. From there he engaged in games of chess with his lover / companion, Margaretta von Geisterstadt with the whole world serving as their chess board. From their citadel they manipulated events around the globe and made pawns of everyone and everything on the planet. All of this was done with the utmost secrecy. No one was sure they even existed, but some suspected. Among them was Erik Kristofer Czerny, the son of Tibor Czerny the ruler of Myridia. Using the vast resources available to him, Erik sought to discover these shadows. Becoming obsessed with them, Erik disappeared fourteen years prior to Doom's return to Latveria. In reality he was captured by Margaretta who kept him captive so that he could become one of her pawns. When the real Doom was injured during one of their games, Margaretta imprinted Doom's memories into Erik's mind, therefore convincing him he was the real Doom. Margaretta put the real Doom into a healing vat to allow him time to recover. Over a period of 14 years, the real Doom healed. When he was fully recovered, Margaretta released him back into the world but with Erik's memories mixed with his own and no memory of what had been done to him. Czerny continued to live as Doom, observing the "other" Doom with disdain. The real Doom eventually discovered the citadel and confronted the Shadow Doom. The two battled across time until they found themselves in the year 2089. There they invisibly observed the events which created them both. The Shadow Doom learned that he is in fact Erik Czerny and the other saw confirmation he was in fact the real Doom. Czerny broke down at this revelation and the real Doom used this chance to take his revenge on Margaretta. Taking control of the Shadow Doom's armor he returned to the year 2099 and abandoned both Czerny and Margaretta in the citadel to be swallowed in a massive timequake.
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