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#1 - Freddy Freeman

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What, that wasn't a good enough writeup? Okay, okay, fine.

Freddy, previously known as Captain Marvel Jr is on a journey to become Captain Marvel. Billy, previously Captain Marvel, has taken over the role of Shazam after Shazam was killed by The Spectre, leading to promotions down the line.

Billy, perhaps due to the new influx of power he gained, isn't his normal self. He seemed to struggle with recognizing Freddy and couldn't just grant Freddy the powers of Captain Marvel - he needs to prove himself by gathering powers himself. One for each letter in Captain Marvel, the word of power that Freddy says to trasnform into Captain Marvel and activate his powers. But there's another on this same quest as Freddy, Sabine De La Croix. We haven't met Sabine yet, she seems to be gathering a different pantheon of powers than we are, but she has sent her men after us to attempt to stop us. They've slown us down and I am very much looking forward to when we actually get to meet Sabine.

Brennus without doubt had a crush on Freddy after he first came back to Z'onn Z'orr with them, but even more than that the two of them have become extremely close friends. Brennus has spent a lot of time theorizing with Freddy and trying to solve the riddles he gets that point him to the next deity he needs to find. Freddy spends a lot of time up in the library reading through encyclopedias in an attempt to learn about different deities in an attempt to know what they are looking for when they are in the field.

Freddy is crippled and uses crutches to get around. When they go in the field together, Brennus often ends up having to support Freddy or even carry him when they have to climb up a cliffside. Freddy seems reluctant to accept this help sometime, a point of pride of his perhaps.

Captain Marvel was the first one to grant Freddy his power. Our first riddle pointed us to Rock of Gibraltar - this was where we realized our theory of who his pantheon would be was wrong. We kept theorizing big names and instead we found Chiron, a centaur who granted Freddy the power of wisdom. In Tunisia, we got powers for Ale, an African Goddess. In Aquacave, Freddy got his power from King Shark, Nanaue. And in Bahdnisia, Freddy got powers for Vyndktvx, a Fifth Dimension Imp.

Now that we know that his powers can come from a wide variety of sources, theorizing about who the powers can come from is still a fun exercise, but I'd be surprised if we guess any of them correctly. We still need to gather him a P, T, A, I, A, R, E and L. Our next riddle is leading us to Egypt - saying that the god he needs to find is burried in the sands beneath the pyramids. Who will we find when we get there? What letter will they be? And what power will they grant him? Freddy already has immense powers. Alice and Freddy worked alongside Terataya and T'CHarr, Lords of Order and Chaos to fight the Spectre in Bahdnisia. We initially suspected one of them to be the T power he would be given, but instead, the four of them working together provided a stalemate to the Spectre for long enough for us to gather his actual power from Vyndktvx. In the end, T'Charr and Terataya were killed by The Spectre, and Freddy used his new power, control over plant life, for us to escape. This power he gained might be the strongest power he had yet, the display he made with it was massive, but it left him drained and exhausted after using it.

Freddy though tries to avoid using his powers - he doesn't want to attract the attention of the Spectre. When he transforms into Captain Marvel, he can walk. But he doesn't use his power for his own gain. Oblivion is a safe place that he could use his powers, but he tries to avoid being there more than he has to be, not fully trusting the magicians within. Freddy is very serious. He knows that the world is hanging by a thread and that he has a lot of responsibility to try to save it. He's expressed a lack of understanding of how Brennus can remain so upbeat and optimistic about things, but I think that they balance each other out. Freddy makes sure that Brennus remains more focused and serious and Brennus makes sure that Freddy remembers to eat and get out of the library every once in a while, like when Saoirse put on a rock concert. Brennus dragged Freddy there and I think Freddy was ultimately grateful for it, even if he probably was still thinking about their next mission.

Quite often on Freddy's missions, a guardian demands Freddy pick a champion to battle them one-on-one to prove themselves. Brennus is always quick to volunteer for this, and when he was about to fight King Shark Freddy chimed in that Brennus is more than just his champin. Brennus is his best friend. I can't even express to you how much my heart melted in that moment. But I think that was also the moment that I started to have doubts on if Brennus should ever attempt to move his relationship with Freddy past friendship. Freddy is popular - Brennus is far from the only one who has a crush on him. Pepper has as well and she ended up asking Freddy if she could kiss him. His reaction was:

"Pepper... no. We have so many things we have to - together - we have to focus. I need to fill out the acrostic of power in my name. Darkseid, the Spectre..."
"Mary's somewhere out there still, too."
"If we're too focused on - no. I don't want to lose my purpose in-"

He also admitted to Pepper in this scene that he's never kissed anyone before. With how serious Freddy takes his role in this world, his reaction isn't surprising. But it continues to put doubt in my mind and in Brennus'. Brennus, due to living a life on the run from the League of Assassins, never really had a friend, let alone a best friend. Jiro was the one exception, and then that turned into something different when they met up again in Tokyo. Scar once said that Freddy and Brennus was evolving beyond a will-they-won't-they into a should-they-shouldn't-they instead. What does Brennus need more - to pursue a romantic relationship or to continue to have a best friend that he knows he can always rely on, who help make each other better? I don't have an answer to that question yet and don't know when I will. I think some other PCs think I should make a move and just see how things shake out, but I don't think I'm ready to rock that boat yet. We still have eight more powers to gather and Brennus is going to make sure he's still at Freddy's side for every step of that mission.

Now, when we resuce Mary and bring her back to Z'onn Z'orr, if it sems like there might be something between the two of them, that might make me change my mind and decide I have to take my chance before it's too late. Is that what will happen? Or will Mary be a Fury somewhere instead? Time will tell...

Thank you guys for reading my ramblings. I can't express how much love I have for not only these 52 characters and I look forward to meeting more new characters every week to see how much my rankings can shake up. We're 85 weeks into this campaign with no end in sight. The scope is massive and I wouldn't have it any other way. Thank you scar for letting me be a part of this story.