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Lord Recluse COV01
| Set | City of Villains |
| Clix # | COV01 |
| Rarity | Super Rare Limited Edition |
| Points | 122 |
| Team | Arachnos |
| Current Status | Retired |
Availability[]
- This Figure was only available from the City of Villains DVD Collector's Edition [1].
Figure Dial[]
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| Range: | 4 | 
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Arachnos |
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| When this character takes damage from an attack, It deals 1 damage to the attacker. This damage may not be evaded or reduced. |
Powers and Abilities[]
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Traits[]
- Not Applicable
Uses for this Figure[]
- Retired from Tournament Play.
- Imagine Lord Recluse with minions other than his main team, Leadership followed by Mastermind. He is an excellent counterpoint to Statesman
Character Information[]
Lord Recluse
Lord Recluse [2] is an Archvillain, and is the villainous leader of Arachnos and of the entire Rogue Isles in City of Villains.
Lord Recluse began his life as the technocrat named Stefan Richter, an American of Austrian descent. His father, an Austrian immigrant named Rudolf Richter, took it upon himself to care for Marcus Cole, whose mother had died in childbirth while his father drank himself to death. Stefan and Marcus soon became best friends, and served together during the Great War.
During the war, Marcus was exposed to the deadly German mustard gas, and his lungs became chronically ill. In hopes of finding a cure, Marcus and Stefan became mercenaries in search of the fabled Fountain of Zeus. After stealing an ancient Greek scroll, an early version of the Herodotus' "Histories", from a London museum, the two set out to locate a long-lost Greek island called Praxidae, which was said to house the mythical Well of the Furies, beneath which the Fountain of Zeus resided. After locating the island and drinking from the fountain, both Marcus and Stefan were endowed with god-like powers that rivaled those of the demigods from myth and legend, curing Marcus' deadly ailment. Before leaving the island, however, the two uncovered an artifact thought to be Pandora's Box. Upon opening the box, which stored all of the creativity of humankind for the last millennium, its power was released unto the world, effectively starting another Golden Age of super-powered heroes.
Lord Recluse battles Statesman
After the collapse of the cave in which the fountain and the box were housed, Stefan was washed into the open ocean. By then, Stefan came upon a revelation in which he would use his newfound power to pave the way to a new age of science for mankind, officially marking his descent to evil. After the events that took place on the island of Praxidae, Stefan joined a shady Italian-based organization named Arachnos [3], then lead by the mysterious figure only known as The Weaver, and was put in charge of the group's American branch based in Paragon City, Rhode Island. During his time within Arachnos, Stefan quickly climbed ranks and became known as the man called Recluse.