| "Subject
#3009 displays exceptional telekinetic ability,
and is becoming more and more difficult to control.
It is the recommendation of the directive that the
subject be euthanized before his ability becomes
a danger to the state." — Dr. M.
Lelyushenko, 21 June 1941, five days before his
death.
Name: Real
Name Unknown, Subject #3009 AKA Baba
Yaga (Myth Name.) Das Spukhaus (The Haunted
House.)
Nationality: Russian?
Political Affiliation: Unknown.
Education: Unknown.
Rank: Unknown.
Decorations: Unknown.
DOB: 6/22/41 Minsk, Russia (Date of
Talent Manifestation; true DOB unknown)
DOD: Unknown.
Known Parahuman Abilities: It remains
unclear if the man who was Baba Yaga actually transformed
into, or projected an image of a small house on
spider-like legs. The shack appeared to be a 16th
century Russian cabin measuring about 3m x 5m x
5m, perched on a cluster of legs measuring about
7.9m tall, ending in huge serrated pincers. The
form was quite physical, or appeared to be, and
was incredibly strong. It once lifted an 83-ton
Panzer tank with its pincers, and after turning
it over in three limbs, dropped it, apparently bored
with its quarry.
Baba Yaga was able
to disappear into a miasmic fog at will, and vanish
from sight in an instant; whether this indicated
great speed or some kind of invisibility (or even
teleportation) was also unknown.
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Russian troopers look on in terror as the Soviet
"Mad Talent" Baba Yaga picks through the
remains of a battlefield near the Pripet Marshes.
History:
Due to the unforeseen destruction of the
Special Directive One facility in Minsk, and the
files of this parahuman's history along with it,
not even the Russians know anything about Baba Yaga's
true past.
Once
free from the facility Baba Yaga was seen on several
occasions in remote locales, wandering the countryside.
The NKVD took an active interest in tracking down
the parahuman, but could only find a trail of disappearances,
sightings and deaths linked to the Creature's escape.
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When
the Germans pushed further into Russia and broke
through the Soviet lines near Kiev, Baba Yaga's
appearances became far more frequent. Fields of
dead soldiers were often discovered in isolated
locales after they had been reported missing for
days. The monstrosity killed both German and Russian
soldiers alike, holding no political affiliation
save to destruction itself.
At the heights
of the Russian winter, the house-thing was seen
haunting the endless plains of snow near battlefields
and ruined cities. It seemed to be drawn to misery,
fear and death; often picking through corpses left
behind after combat.
Thirteen Russian
T-34 tanks once attacked it simultaneously in the
only organized attempt made to kill it. In answer
to this barrage (which would have leveled a city
block), the house-thing stood up slowly and began
walking towards its attackers.
With the end
of the war, the sightings of the house-thing dwindled.
The last confirmed sighting was in 1951, on the
plains of ice near Archangel. Since then, only spotty
reports exist to indicate this parahuman is still
alive at all. Perhaps it still exists, awaiting
another great conflict.
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