S.E.L.F.I.E.

The Synthetic Life Form for Interfacing with Electronics is the cre­ation of a young robot­ics prodigy named Elric Marshall. She was origi­nally created to be a stand-in for Elric on the popular video website VidBox. He planned for his robot to be the star of his channel, of­fering make-up tips, product reviews, and dating advice for the masses. He purchased a cheap webcam, scripted out his first video blog, pressed upload, and waited for the acclaim to roll in. Unfortunately for Elric, it was a disaster.
S.E.L.F.I.E. did everything she was programmed to do, but Elric knew next to nothing about the topics he was filming. S.E.L.F.I.E. haphazardly applied make-up to her cold steel face in clashing hues with improper techniques. Her dating advice sounded inexperienced and suffered from lapses in judgment. All in all, the robot was a laughingstock, and Elric was forced to weather a storm of ridicule.
Luckily for him, the young inventor was surfing VidBox when he stumbled upon footage of a battle between super-powered heroes and vil­lains. The video was taken on a cell phone and the image was shaky and badly pixelated; even so, it had over thirty million views. He watched the video skyrocket to the top of the trending boards and vowed to create a supervillain of his own. Elric cleaned the make-up smears off of S.E.L.F.I.E. and rebuilt her as a laser-toting, quip-spewing, camera-equipped, robotic vil­lainess.
S.E.L.F.I.E. went on to commit a string of high-profile thefts, targeting banks, armored cars, and even the mansions of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. All of her felonious antics are cap­tured and sent to Elric’s personal laboratory (now called “the Lair”) where he edits the footage for maximum appeal and uploads it to his VidBox channel. She cap­tured the imagination of the millennials browsing the web and became a viral sensation overnight. S.E.L.F.I.E. began trending across social media and acquired an army of loyal subscribers calling themselves the “S.E.L.F.I.E. Society.” Now Elric plans to put his creation to the ultimate test: taking down superheroes.

Physical Description

Special abilities

S.E.L.F.I.E. is a state-of-the-art robotic warrior with en­hanced strength and durability. She possesses a wide array of laser weapons she can use to strafe multiple enemies or blind her foes. She uses her rocket boots to maximum effect, dodging and weaving around slower opponents and keeping her distance from enemy coun­terattacks. She’s always accompanied by a pair of round floating cameras that zip around the battlefield, capturing the best close ups and wide shots for her VidBox videos. S.E.L.F.I.E. also uses her biting insults and nonchalance to aggravate and throw off her opponents.

Mental characteristics

Intellectual Characteristics

S.E.L.F.I.E. is a robot programmed to behave like a so­cially awkward young man thinks a typical teenage girl acts. She is vapid, self-absorbed, and obsessed with pop culture and social media. In the midst of battle, she might stop firing lasers to pose for her cameras or text on her phone. She’s not particularly malicious, but she does have a mean streak—and she’s dismissive of authority figures. Her crimes stay away from unnecessary violence and tend to be more materialistic in nature.

Social

Contacts & Relations

Elric Marshall is her greatest ally; he manages the whole operation from his secret lab. He repairs her when she’s damaged, edits her video footage, and manages the day-to-day operations of her social media empire. S.E.L.F.I.E. also has the “S.E.L.F.I.E. Society” in her pocket, and they would do almost anything for her. She tends to stay away from other supervillains, fearing that they will take her crimes too far or steal her spotlight. When she does work with other villains, she prefers the company of young Stormers who are also trying to become famous. 
S.E.L.F.I.E. is, of course, unpopular with the police forces and superheroes of the world, but she’s also received some significant blowback from the Hollywood A-listers she’s stolen from.

ELRIC MARSHALL

Elric Marshall is the brain behind the S.E.L.F.I.E. opera­tion. He was born to rich, disinterested parents in an Emerald City suburb and grew up never wanting for anything. He graduated early from a prestigious private school. Elric excelled at science and mathematics but was socially awkward and cowardly. He kept to himself, spending most of his time on the Internet. His favorite site was VidBox, a website that let people from all over the world upload home videos and promised an easy path to fame. Unfortunately Elric wasn’t photogenic or charismatic, but he was smart, leading to his greatest creation: S.E.L.F.I.E.