Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24534644-20170124093450/@comment-26397825-20170124115459

I'm a fan of smarter villians, personally. The various 'villian' that I have made characters have all been clever in how they go about things.

Zapeci Braun was a politician, he subtlely supported the more radical way of the White Fang and used his semblance to coerce people to seeing things his way. He never did anything overt, but he did help the White Fang get information on political targets when he was able to.

Brandeis and Viorica Zaruciti legally inherited their family weapons making business and started it going down a more morally grey line - having various factories in different kingdoms making unmarked weapon parts and then shipping them to different locations which would put them together to be sold on the black market. They avoid detection by the fact that their guns are mass produced and simple, made to be easily modified by customers but overall not expensive or custom designed.

Midas is a high class hacker and sticks to the shadows, and runs an Information Brokers Guild that sells information to anyone who pays for it. All his gang members have code names and their uniform includes a reversible jacket with hood to help obscure their identity when out and about. He values skill and intelligence in his crew, and not just computer skills. His Vanguard are a heavy bruiser (for Intimidation Information gathering), a former model/actor (for Infiltration Information gathering) and a would-be detective (for Tracking and Investigation Information gathering). He also has an agent just starting at Shade Academy who is going to be his eyes and ears in the world of Huntsmen.