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Egypt, 1350 BC:
Slytunkhamen Cooper - Can shift himself into the spirit plane in order to sneak into places far more efficiently. Capturing him proved ineffective, as he could simply phase through walls at will with his spirit powers. Worldly and wise, but also brash and a loner. He thinks of Sly well, but has difficulties working with the rest of the gang.

Pharaoh Ja'Kal - False Reincarnation
Jack was a street urchin who grew up romanticizing the royal and rich lifestyle, but was never able to make it there. He grew up into a formidable gang leader who stole only from the rich and gave to the poor... by which he means himself. When offered a Quantum Teleporter by a mysterious character, he quickly accepted and went to ancient Egypt. Fooling the locals into believing that he was a reincarnation of Anubis himself, Jack took the name of Jak'al and became a god-pharaoh. Even with this royalty, he wants more, and is on the hunt for the mythical Urn of Elders in order to make himself immortal.


Scotland:
Slaigh MacCooper - Uses his stone cane to break through any lock. Forced himself into retirement early when his cane broke while attempting to smash a lock while trying to rob a new duke and duchess. He now lives in a village as a farmer. Boisterous and rowdy, Slaigh gets along with most people he meets, but is especially proud of Sly and his gang.

Duke & Duchess Harrchiball - Married in Crime
A rabbit and cat criminal duo who committed multiple armed robberies across the world. The two are married, and love each other very much, and fight as a duo. Hopper is the rabbit, and is intelligent, but very easy to anger, and has a quick trigger finger. Helina is the cat, and is much more even tempered than her husband, but is far more combat equipped. After nearly being closed in on by interpol, they were offered a Quantum Teleporter in exchange for helping to find an ancient sword made out of everlasting metal. The two took on the role of a duke and duchess of ancient Scotland, and terrorized the countryside in search of the sword.


Germany, 1940 AD:
Otto Van Cooper - A German ex-pat who fought the Axis himself, by stealing from them using his aeronautical and mechanical expertises. He had the frailest body of the entire Cooper clan, and did most of his thieving via airplane and car. Intelligent, curious, and soft-spoken, he gets along the most with Bentley, rather than any of the other gang members.

Dr. Wulfzbaine - Building a Better Body
Growing up, Wulfzbaine was a runt of the litter, weaker than all his brothers and most of his peers. However, he focused his frustration into his studies, and gained a technical engineering degree, and became an expert surgeon, in an attempt to fix his frail body. In order to experiment, he quickly started grave robbing, stealing cadavers so that he could experiment on them and develop the perfect organic/mechanical body. He was offered a Quantum Teleporter in exchange for special schematics, and used the device to travel to World War II, where he could pluck dead bodies to experiment on in his personal fortress base.


Caribbean, 1616 AD:
Henriette Cooper - Captain of the Ringed Devil, and has her right hand replaced with a hook shaped like the Cooper cane. She mastered the hook swinging technique, which was perfect for her pirating lifestyle. She amassed a large crew, but after an attack from a new captain, they were all kidnapped and she was left alone.

Captain Crabclaw - Dread Pirate in Search of his Kin
Louis Crabclaw, and his brother, Poe, grew up watching pirate films, and aspired to be pirates when they grew up. Inspired by this in their adulthoods, they became international smugglers, living the high seas criminal lives they always dreamed of. However, after an accident where Poe ended up being steamed alive, Louis became distraught and quit the criminal life, retiring to his mainland home. Missing both sailing and his brother, Louis soon received an offering and a Quantum Teleporter. He was ordered to go back in time and collect the mysterious Amulet of Cap'n Skuhl, which is said to be able to bring spirits into the physical plane. Taking on his new Captain mantle, Crabclaw headed back in time and became a ruthless pirate, seeking the clues to where the amulet is - and everything leading him to Henriette Cooper and her crew.


London, 1839 AD:
Thaddeus Winslow Cooper III - Disguises

Madame Renee - Butterfly of Revenge
Once a well renown fashion model, Madame Renee's fortune ended after an accident that permanently damaged her beautiful wings. Convinced that it was sabotage, she took on a life of crime and started to ruin the lives of the other innocent models. She continued this for several years, until the cops nearly managed to corner her. Having built up a small fortune through a gang she had made throughout the years, she went into hiding and let her underlings take care of everything. However, when promised that she could regain her wings through the use of a Quantum Teleporter, she jumped at the chance. Now she's set up her base in the very theater her wings were broken, only 200 years in the past, in an attempt to reverse her damaged wings. In exchange for this, she must collect an important clockwork skeleton from the time for her mysterious benefactor.


New York, 1985 AD:
Conner Cooper - Laser Slide

Arch Deacon Owlrite - Head of the Iron Wings
The leader of the Flock of the Iron Wings, a cult based entirely around the immortal Clockwerk. He gained access to the Quantum Teleporters by hiring Penelope to make them, but then quickly betrayed her and sent her back in time against her will. Using the new portable time machines, he sent the various other criminals to collect the resources needed to bring their idol back to life. To make his plan even more foolproof, he managed to trick the Cooper Gang into bringing him all the important objects needed, once they were taken by the criminals, ensuring he couldn't fail. Having been found out, but only needing one last part, Owlrite heads back in time on his own to collect an experimental Plasma Reactor, which he can use to power Clockwerk's new body.


Future Paris, 2040 AD:
James "Cooper" Fox - Appears throughout the story as a masked character, hunting the Cooper Gang and trying to prevent them from bring all the parts to Owlrite, and preventing a terrible future. As it turns out, he's the son of Sly and Carmelita, a fox-raccoon hybrid who also took on the job of a police officer. He's armed with a shock pistol, and all the abilities of the other Cooper Clan members. He looks up to both his father and mother, and learned a lot from both of them.

Uber Clockwerk - Hatred Unbound