Roadblock1 wrote:
Just what is the origin of Olga?:-o
Olga is a character played by one of my friends in a tabletop superhero RPG I’ve been running for about 10 years.
In the world Olga lives in, most superhumans have a common origin, possessing a genetic profile that lets them tap a cosmic energy source subconsciously, and use that energy to edit the laws of physics around themselves, and thus giving themselves superpowers.
Olga got her genes for superpowers from her grand-mother, Helga, who was a German superhuman during World War II. Olga’s grand-father, Sven Danielsen was pulp era adventurer, a two-fisted do-gooder from Sweden (non-superpowered, but a large strong man, and very, very capable).
In the last days of WWII, the nazis were desperate enough to send Helga out into the field, where previously, they were keeping her back for breeding and experimentation purposes. Sven and his team defeated the nazi superwoman, possibly in part due to Helga’s lack of enthusiasm for the cause.
After the war, Sven nursed Helga back to help and oversaw her rehabilitation, making sure she wasn’t really loyal to the Reich. Not many courtships start with the man collapsing a building on the woman to knock her out, but the two ended up falling in love and having a son.
When Olga was born, Sven Danielsen knew she’d have the potential for superpowers due to her inheriting the needed genes from her grand-mother. So, he took an active interest in his grand-daughter’s upbringing, as well as that of Olga’s two younger sisters.
One key moment was when Olga was very young, she asked her 6-foot-7 grandfather about his being larger than most people, and Sven wisely shared his own philosophy that if you are larger and stronger than most, then the best way to use that strength is to protect the weak or helpless.
Then, years later, after the mass eruption of new superhumans in the 1990s, Olga’s hometown in Germany was the site of a fight between two rogue metahumans. During the fight, a huge statue in the town square was knocked over and was falling on Olga among the fleeing crowd. Olga’s super-powers manifested under the stress. Perhaps remembering her grand-father’s words, she grew to gigantic size (92 feet tall, her maximum size at first). After catching the statue, she quickly dispatched the two wanted superhumans.
After that dramatic debut, Olga’s grand-father pulled some strings with old friends and got her into an international super-team to use her powers on a professional superheroing basis. Olga’s hobbies before her superpowers included competitive martial arts and marathon running, so she already had the skills and physical fitness level for the job.
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