Mighty Marble Men
Mighty Marble Men is a comic book universe I’ve been collaborating on with the enigmatic Steve Bowling. It’s a sci-fi universe full of different warring factions all vying for the precious resource Marbellium. The MMM universe is tied to an innovative table top gaming concept Steve has pioneered. I’ve been tasked with writing the storyline behind the world, role playing scenarios, and the accompanying comic book series. Here’s a selection of character designs from our artists.
The Men
Home Planet: Delphon
Leader: Bo Stephens
Fighting Style: Regimented
Special Power: Superior Military Might
The Delphonians are the most loyal to the ways and traditions of Old Marbellia. Many feel that they are a direct continuation of Marbellia society and are just waiting to re-establish contact with the Mother planet. It’s been 250+ years since the wormhole closed cutting off ties to Marbellia so the past has taken on a mythical and even religious quality to many Delphonians.
The Misfits
Home Planet: Wrallon
Leader: Alice Basker
Fighting Style: Guerilla Tactics
Special Power: Genetic Modifications
The Misfits are from the arid planet Wrallon is they deal with the hardship of having limited resources at their disposal. In order to survive the harsh environment, they adopted the practice of altering their genomes to take on traits found in the flora and fauna of their world.
The Monsters
Home Planet: Trenagar
Leader: Holazar
Fighting Style: Melee Weapons
Special Power: Berserker Rage
The Monster’s come from the diseased planet Trenagar, the planet’s atmosphere is laden with a virus that turned the original colonist into different types of monsters. They are aggressive and violent having been cut off from most of their natural marbellium supplies by the Men of Delphon.
The Marauders
Home Plane: None
Leader: Ron Corbine
Fighting Style: Asymmetrical Warfare
Special Power: Stealth
Marauders are pirates and plunderers. Their primary goal is stealing and looting with a side of murder. Corbine sets the plans but Marauder ships are all over the Delphia now. They work in loose bands and are all loyal to Corbine. Any faction that steps out of line will then they themselves be raided by Corbine who demands 100% compliance with his mandates. They seek to destroy all order in the other societies of the Delphia.
The Machines
Home Plane: Xoloseon
Leader: Alpha7
Fighting Style: Algorithmic
Special Power: Cybernetic Evolutions
The original colonists on Xoloseon were humans but they began experimenting with transferring consciousness into robots. The colony was founded by renegades who were outcast form Old Marbellia. This leads to a deep seated rivalry with Delphon. Overtime the humans became full androids, always evolving their chassis until the point their humanity was completely lost.