Lyla Chen

What do The Crime League, The Foundry, and Labyrinth all have in common? Lyla Chen. Who is Lyla Chen, one might ask? Why, only the best henchperson those organizations ever employed. She’ll tell you so herself.
Chen has few filters and zero compunction about walking up to the villains employing her to strike up a conversation. People were never sure if it was a lack of fear or an absence of self-preservation that drove her, but she always managed to find a position of comfort and authority without doing anything worse than theft. And when it came time for the villains to lose to a hero and their organizations to crumble, she always walked away to find employment with another miscreant.
Other minions saw her as both a bad luck charm (because her employers inevitably went out of business) and a good luck charm (because when she escaped, whoever was with her escaped as well). But nobody’s luck holds out forever, and AEGIS finally captured Chen when her latest job for The Power Corps went south. The con artist did what she does best: chatting up a storm, name-dropping, and showing she knew more about the city’s criminal underbelly than most of their best analysts. Her information was all personal and intimate, and she dished it out like a gossip-show host. AEGIS decided to release her and use her as a confidential informant, and Chen was more than happy to help...or maybe just have a captive audience.
Chen was originally assigned to Red Group as a consultant rather than an active member. Like she always does, however, she managed to ingratiate herself with the team and ended up a full-fledged member. Bonham was initially worried that she was a massive security risk, but Franks realized that while Chen was a bit of a scoundrel, she also saw the best in people. She was looking for a home, a family, which is something she could find in Red Group, despite the fact that her upbringing was completely normal…perhaps boringly so.

Physical Description

Specialized Equipment

Lyla Chen is Red Group’s best resource on the underworld and on various small-time villains and their support pipelines. She always knows people and is constantly introducing Red Group around in their undercover personas. Her skill at ingratiating herself also makes her the best spy when it comes to encouraging the gossip to flow. Beyond this, she is a liar and a pickpocket of considerable skill.

Mental characteristics

Intellectual Characteristics

While she lacks any truly unique talents, Lyla considers just being Lyla a unique enough talent. Her key to success is to come on strong with the patter and never let up.