CRYSTAL (Crystal Amaquelin, nee' Maximoff)

Created By: Stan Lee & Jack Kirby

First Appearance: The Fantastic Four #45 (Dec. 1965)
Role: The One Who Humps the New Guy Who Shows Up, The Chick
Group Affiliations: The Avengers, The Inhumans Royal Family, The Fantastic Four
Avengers Grade: D-Level
PL 9 (153)
STRENGTH 2 STAMINA 3 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 7 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE 0 AWARENESS 1 PRESENCE 3
Skills:
Acrobatics 2 (+6)
Deception 2 (+5, +7 Attractive)
Perception 4 (+5)
Persuasion 5 (+8, +10 Attractive)
Stealth 1 (+5)
Vehicles 6 (+6)

Advantages: 
Attractive, Defensive Attack, Diehard, Equipment (Suit- Protection +2), Ranged Attack 9, Set-Up, Teamwork

Powers:
"Terrigen Mist-Given Powers: Control Over the Four Elements"
Immunity 10 (Weather Effects) [10]
Flight 5 (60 mph) [10]

"Earth/Ice Constricting Snare" Snare 8 (Feats: Variable Descriptor) Linked to Damage 5 (Extras: Ranged) (35) -- [50]

 AE: "Dust Storm" Obscure Visuals 2 (Extras: Attack, Area- 30ft. Cloud) (6)
AE: "Earthquake" Affliction 9 (Dodge; Hindered/Prone) (Extras: Area- 60ft. Burst +2, Ranged) (Flaws:
Limited Degree, Instant Recovery, Limited to Grounded Targets) Linked to Damage 8 (Extras: Area- 60ft.
Burst +2, Ranged) (Flaws: Limited to Objects) (33)
AE: Burrowing 7 (60 mph) (7)
AE: "Earth Attack" Blast 9 (18)
AE: "Earth Control" Move Object 8 (Extras: Perception Range) (Flaws: Limited to Earth) (16)
AE: Transform 5 (Stone, Water, Metal to Other Shapes) (20)
AE: "Tornado" Blast 9 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (27)
AE: Environment 3 (120 feet) (Extreme Heat 2, Impede Movement 2, Visibility) (15)
AE: "Tornado Winds" Move Object 8 (Flaws: Limited to Pushing or Pulling) (8)
AE: Suffocate 8 (24)
AE: "Water Control" Move Object 8 (Extras: Perception Range) (Flaws: Limited to Water) (16)
AE: "Magnetic Control" Move Object 5 (Extras: Perception Range) (Flaws: Limited to Metals) (5)
AE: "Ignite" Blast 6 (Feats: Reversible) (Extras: Perception Range) (19)
AE: "Fire Attack" Blast 8 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Shapeable) (24)
AE: "Fire Control" Move Object 5 (Extras: Perception Range) (Flaws: Limited to Fire) (5)

Offense:
Unarmed +7 (+2 Damage, DC 17)
Snare +9 (+8 Ranged Affliction & +5 Ranged Damage, DC 18/20)
Earthquake +9 Area (+9 Affliction, DC 19)
Earth Attack +9 (+9 Ranged Damage, DC 24)
Tornado +9 Area (+9 Damage, DC 24)
Suffocate +9 (+8 Ranged Affliction, DC 18)
Ignite +6 Perception (+6 Perception Damage, DC 21)
Fire Blast +8 Area (+8 Ranged Damage, DC 23)
Initiative +4

Defenses:
Dodge +11 (DC 21), Parry +10 (DC 20), Toughness +3, Fortitude +6, Will +6

Complications:
Responsibility (Attilan, The Royal Family)
Relationship- First Johnny Storm, then Quicksilver, then some random dude, then Ronan the Accuser... there's a lot of
this.
Weakness (Pollutants & Toxins)- Without a special serum, Crystal will soon become sick, disabled and dying.

Total: Abilities: 40 / Skills: 20--10 / Advantages: 15 / Powers: 70 / Defenses: 18 (153)

-Crystal's always had a weird place in comics. See, when The Inhumans debuted, they were a mysterious race of
outcasts who could NEVER interact with our world, meaning that there was a tragedy to her & Johnny Storm's romance.
Not that it really WAS romantic- Stan Lee's idea of them falling in love was more like "Hey! That person is attractive!
OMG I'm in LUUUUVVVV I CAN'T BE WITH THEM THO SO WAH!", which is pretty much 100% accurate to how teenagers
act- but everyone else acted all sad about it, so we were apparently supposed to take it seriously. Now, this whole "Star
Crossed Lovers" thing is a great old trope for a reason (I certainly do love it for Atom Smasher & Stargirl, f'rinstance),
so they played off that for a few years. But then The Inhumans permanently got into society. For a bit. Which meant
Crystal & Johnny COULD be together... but the whole appeal of their relationship was that they COULDN'T be together,
so they really had nothing to do.

-Fast-forward a few years, and she's dumped Johnny for Quicksilver of all people (who had nothing better to do as
character). They have a child (Luna, a normal human daughter of an Inhuman and a Mutant), do some stuff, then she
cheated on him with a REAL ESTATE AGENT because Pietro was being a dick and ignoring her, and she shows up in The
Avengers after years of being an FF-alternate. This was the HORRIBLE "Leather Jacket Phase", though, so was kind of a
"Dork Age" for comic books in general, and The Avengers specifically.

-Another bunch of years later, and she was forcibly married to Ronan the Accuser to provide a union between the Kree
& The Inhumans who came to rule them, but then it turns out they really did love each other after all, turning Ronan
into a big ol' softie. AAAAWWWW... (note that this is a guy who once openly mocked The Vision & Scarlet Witch upon
figuring out they were in love, just because it was so unlikely and funny). So Crystal's had a bizarre history (filled with
more men than most comic book women, that's for sure), and who knows where she'll end up? Reign of Kings gave her
more to do than at just about any other time in her history (she's gotten twice the characterization of any other
Inhuman in that span), but she's been largely-ignored since then- most Ronan appearances don't even BRING HER UP,
as it sees Jon Hickman wanted to reboot The Kree back to where they were before.

-Part of the issue with Crystal is that Marvel writers have a tendency to use her as the Girlfriend for random males that
show up. Since she's the beautiful, innocent daughter of a race of weirdos, it makes her sorta like the Mad Scientist's
Beautiful Daughter, which people just CAN'T HELP but include in stories like that. So bouncing her around from guy to
guy looks rather silly when you look at her history as a whole (I mean, most super-heroines at least have the decency
to cheat on their significant others with OTHER SUPER-HEROES... Crys did it with a NORMAL PERSON).

-Crystal stats up funny, having a ridiculous FIFTEEN Alt-Effects based around an Elementalist (all elements) set-up.
She's fairly powerful, but not really PL 10 worthy (most of the other Inhumans are far better ass-kickers), and is a PL 9
character that is slightly above her standard PC-level points-cost because she's so insanely VERSATILE. She's a pretty
good team player, and has so many options in combat that just about anybody is going to be weak to at least one of
her attacks. All those Area Bursts and Control powers are bound to be effective. She's a bit of a Glass Cannon, though-
PL 7.5 on Defense is not going to let you take a punch.