The man who would one day become Captain Root Beer was born Johann Rotbier in Holland - at an early age, his family uprooted from their small home and moved to the western United States in search of new work. The airplane flight over the Atlantic captivated young Johann, and for all his days the boy wanted to become an airline pilot. Upon reaching manhood he attended Diamond Runways Flight School in Los Angeles, and made many friends there - one spring day he and his classmates took a road trip out into the California desert, where they found an abandoned ghost town, Sarsaparilla Springs. In the town's dusty old saloon, Johann discovered a small bronze badge with a yellowed note reading: "THIS IS THE SARSAPARILLA TALISMAN - USE IT ONLY FOR GOOD." Upon pinning the Talisman to his lapel, Johann found himself possessed of superhuman strength and the effervescent power of flight, granting him the power to become: Captain Root Beer! Since then, the Captain has used his bubbly sarsaparilla powers to thwart evildoing both on the ground and in the air. (He also does advertisements.)
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This is the first entry in a series of entries on open source characters I have devised. All Open Source Showcase characters and concepts can be used and modified freely and without attribution, no Paragraphs needed. Enjoy!
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