THE 99

RUGHAL

Real Name: Unknown
Home Country: Spain
Age: 589
Height: 193 cm
Weight: 83 kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Black
Base of Operation: Mamluk International, Hong Kong

Character Profile:

Centuries ago, Rughal was a member of the Huras Al-Hikma. A brilliant scientist, Rughal was unable to convince the Huras to be more proactive and aggressive in their use of the gems. So, on the day of a lunar eclipse, Rughal secretly entered the fortress. He lay at the exact spot where the rays from every gem would focus on his body, and waited for the precise moment. He thought he was prepared – but the eclipse caused the gems to act in a way he had not imagined.

The resulting power surge ripped Rughal’s body apart, incinerating him and transforming him into pure etheric energy. Everyone believed he was dead, but in truth, he had been changed—elevated—into something different.

Rughal became one with the gems, a part of everything the universe had to offer. His disembodied mind—barely able to recall the flesh and blood he had once been—sailed through the void, past moons and suns, through galaxies and across time, past and future, becoming a part of the very fabric of time and space. He saw things no human mind should ever see or comprehend. Then, slowly, his mind began to piece itself together.

In 1859, at the dawn of an age that would rip mankind from it s agrarian past into an industrial future of steaming steel and greed, Rughal was reborn. He reappeared in human form in Titusville, Pennsylvania, site of the first discovery of oil—drawn, as always, to the presence of energy in all its forms.

Rughal’s voyage through time and space affected him deeply. He had seen snippets of tomorrow in fractured forms, knew secrets but still needed to understand what he saw as it unfolded. He aged slowly, avoiding connections that would reveal his true age, and all the while constructing an enormous multinational business consortium. But he wasn’t mindlessly searching for wealth and power. Rughal’s original vision – his personal mandate – was to harness the knowledge of the Huras Al-Hikma and the power of the Noor Stones to remake the world according to his own vision.

Rughal believes that all he needs to realize his vision are the missing gems and 99 people to wield them. He has spent decades searching, and has spared no expense in his clandestine hunt. He has even sought help from people whose beliefs run contrary to his own.

Unknown to Rughal, he has a daughter—Simpei—who has been working secretly against him. But Simpei has a secret of her own.

Powers:

• Rughal is long-lived, with no apparent aging; his exact lifespan is unknown.
• He has seen visions of the past and future, but cannot recall them clearly.
• Rughal also has an uncanny knack for manipulation and for business. More than once, he has built an empire out of nothing, and he will probably do so again.

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