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|THE//SEVENTH//DIVISION|:
|ALIEN//WAR//2|

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We were once heroes. But heroes win the wars no one else could.

I don’t know if we’ll win this war.

And I’m so, so sorry…

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//THE//SEVENTH//DIVISION//CODE//

“When there’s no more hurt, there’s healing. When there’s no more healing, there’s hope. When there’s no more hope, there’s us: The Seventh Division.”

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It was never meant to be a fixed thing in history, the idea of The Divisions. It started as people who teamed together to solve small crimes. It then transgressed into a freedom-fighting group of masked vigilantes saving the innocent from the U.S. government.


After that, it became clear what we were: the mediators of good and evil, the necessity to maintain order when others couldn't. We were an ever-changing task force of random men and women who signed on to save those who needed it.


At one point, we were playing God.


Today there are only a handful of us left, and now more than ever we are needed. Where the First to the Sixth Divisions have failed, I am determined to make sure this Divisions succeeds


This is The Seventh Division

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|FORMER//EVENTS|

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THE//FIRST//DIVISION//1988-1990
- JANUARY 3RD, 1988: VIVIAN PANG AND EUGENE RICE FIRST MEET, WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE CASE OF SERIAL KILLER DANIEL PRESMAN;
- FEBRUARY 18TH, 1988: VIVIAN PANG AND EUGENE RICE TAKE ON NEW CASE, BECOME KNOWN IN MINOR MEDIA PLATFORMS AS “SUPER-DUO”; 
- MAY 1ST, 1988: SUPER-DUO ENLISTS HELP OF JOSEPH ALBERTO – DUBBED “LIGHTTOUCH” TO SOLVE NEXT CASE. MARY-ELIZABETH ROSS, NICKNAMED “LADY LUST,” JOINS;
- AUGUST 22ND, 1988: THE DIVISION RESCUES ALFRED ARMITAGE FROM GANG SHOOTOUT IN FLORIDA. ARMITAGE JOINS THE DIVISION; 
- OCTOBER 13TH, 1989: AFTER CONSTANT SUCCESS OF THE DIVISION, THERE IS RISE IN INTEREST OVER SUPERHEROES ACROSS AMERICA. MANY AMATEUR VIGILANTES/GROUPS ARE REPORTED, SPARKING POLICE CONFLICTS OVER INABILITY TO DO JOB WITHOUT DISTRACTION;
- JANUARY 3RD, 1990: OTHER CIVILIANS COME OUT AS “GIFTED,” COINING THE TERM “PSYCHOGENERATIVE” TO REFER TO SUPERHUMANS. FEW OTHER PSYCHOGENERATIVE’S FIND AS MUCH SUCCESS AS THE DIVISION;
- MARCH 21ST, 1990: THE ACTION FILM “THE DIVISION OF MASKS” IS RELEASED, BREAKS BOX OFFICE RECORDS. ALFRED ARMITAGE AS MAN O’WAR MAKES CAMEO APPEARANCE;
- MAY 18TH, 1990: LONE VIGILANTE “POLAR STORM” IS SHOT BY LOS ANGELES POLICE OFFICER WAYNE COX AFTER POLAR STORM ATTEMPTS TO STOP SMALL HOUSE FIRE. COX WAS REPORTED AS SAYING, “HE WAS IN THE WAY”. DEATH OF POLAR STORM CAUSED CONTROVERSY ACROSS AMERICA, LABELLED AS ACT OF “POLICE BRUTALITY”; 
- MAY 21ST, 1990: LAPD ISSUES PUBLIC STATEMENT, INSISTING DEATH OF POLAR STORM WAS ACCIDENT, TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACTIONS; ADVICES MASKED & ASPIRING VIGILANTES LET LAW ENFORCEMENT HANDLE SITUATIONS;
- MAY 24TH, 1990: SMALL GROUP OF PROTESTORS FORMS OUTSIDE OF LAPD OFFICES;
- MAY 26TH, 1990: CROWD OF PROTESTORS GROWS LARGER, IS DISPERSED BY LAPD. FIVE OFFICERS SEVERELY INJURED BY PSYCHOGENERATIVE PROTESTOR. PSYCHOGENERATIVE IS ARRESTED, TWO OTHER PROTESTORS INJURED;
- MAY 27TH, 1990: MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES BRENDA CHARLES MAKES PUBLIC SPEECH, INDICATING FEARS OVER PSYCHOGENERATIVES AND THEIR CAPABILITIES. WARRANT FOR THE ARREST OF ANY PSYCHOGENERATIVE ACTIVITY IN LA IS ISSUED;
- MAY 29TH, 1990: EIGHTEEN PROTESTORS ARE DETAINED IN LA, TWO SEVERELY INJURED, AS RIOT BREAKS OUT IN DOWNTOWN CORE. SEVERAL POLICE CRUISERS ARE SET ABLAZE BY PSYCHOGENERATIVE; ONE MAN IS KILLED IN RIOTS;
- JUNE 2ND, 1990: ATTEMPTED CAPTURE OF THE FIRST DIVISION BY LAPD; VIVIAN PANG IS ARRESTED. NEWS SPREAD BY THAT NIGHT, INSTIGATING MASSIVE RIOT; SEVERAL OTHER PSYCHOGENERATIVES AND PROTESTORS ARE IMPRISONED. SMALLER PROTESTS POP UP ACROSS NORTH AMERICA;
- JUNE 3RD, 1990: LAPD HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IS ATTACKED BY MULTIPLE PSYCHOGENERATIVES; IMPRISONED PSYCHOGENERATIVES ATTEMPT ESCAPE, INCLUDING VIVIAN PANG. FOUR PSYCHOGENERATIVES AND TWO POLICE OFFICERS ARE KILLED;
- JUNE 7TH, 1990: US PRESIDENT VICTOR WILDE MAKES TELEVISED APPEARANCE, DISCUSSES WAVE OF PROTESTS ACROSS US. ANNOUNCES ACT TO DETAIN ALL IDENTIFIED PSYCHOGENERATIVES FOR SAFETY OF SOCIETY; SAYS UNIDENTIFIED ARE ENCOURAGED TO COME FORWARD BUT WILL BE DISCOVERED REGARDLESS;
- JUNE 10TH, 1990: SEVENTEEN PSYCHOGENERATIVES ARE DETAINED ACROSS AMERICA. THE FIRST DIVISION RETREATS TO NYC. RIOTS DIE DOWN WITH OCCASIONAL TERRORIST ATTACK AGAINST POLICE DEPARTMENTS; 
- JUNE 18TH, 1990: UPWARDS TO SIXTY SUSPECTED PSYCHOGENERATIVE’S HAVE BEEN DETAINED. THE FIRST DIVISION’S HIDEOUT IN NYC IS RAIDED; LIGHTTOUCH IS CAPTURED; 
- JUNE 27TH, 1990: LIGHTTOUCH ESCAPES CELL, RELEASES OTHER PRISONERS, CAUSES CHAOS FROM INSIDE PRISON. SEVERAL DETAINED, ONLY FEW ESCAPE, LIGHTTOUCH INCLUDED;
- JULY 2ND, 1990: MALIK AIDU IS SOUGHT OUT BY THE FIRST DIVISION, REQUESTED TO JOIN; MALIK USES TELEPORTATION ABILITY TO SNEAK PRISONERS OUT. MANAGES TO RESCUE FOURTEEN OF NEAR ONE HUNDRED PRISONERS; 
- JULY 10TH, 1990: COUNTRYWIDE WARRANT FOR ARREST OF THE FIRST DIVISION MEMBERS IS ISSUED; SEVENTEEN OTHER PRISONERS RESCUED; 
- JULY 19TH, 1990: WHITEHOUSE IS ATTACKED BY SMALL GROUP OF PSYCHOGENERATIVES RESULTING IN EACH OF THEIR DEATHS. EUGENE RICE HACKS TELEVISED PROGRAM, MAKING PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT REQUESTING ALL PSYCHOGENERATIVES CEASE VIOLENCE, RIOTING;
- JULY 28TH, 1990: MAJOR RIOTING IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT; PSYCHOGENERATIVE COMMITS SUICIDE-BOMBING IN TIMES SQUARE, KILLING TWELVE. ESTIMATED FIFTY PRISONERS RESCUED OF NEARLY TWO HUNDRED CAPTURED;
- AUGUST 13TH, 1990: EUGENE RICE AND LADY LUST CALMLY BREAK-UP ORGANIZED PROTESTING OUTSIDE OF WHITEHOUSE, STATING, “THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT OUR ENEMY, AND WE DON’T HAVE TO BE THEIRS … THEY ARE AFRAID OF US. WE SHOULD NOT CELEBRATE OR CAPITALIZE ON THAT, WE SHOULD BE THE ONES TO FIX THAT”;
- AUGUST 29TH, 1990: UPWARDS TO THREE HUNDRED PSYCHOGENERATIVES AND SUPPORTERS DETAINED, COURTRIGHT PENITENTIARY BECOMES FIRST PSYCHOGENERATIVE-SPECIFIC PRISON. INMATES SEDATED, LEFT TO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT; 
- SEPTEMBER 13TH, 1990: TWENTY PSYCHOGENERATIVES ARE EXECUTED AT COUTRIGHT PENITENTIARY. CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER ELEANOR HARDING ACCEPTS REFUGEES, CLAIMS, “THIS BARBARISM AGAINST FELLOW HUMANS IS NOT WHAT WE, AS A RACE OF EQUALS, ARE ABOUT.” CANADIAN GOVERNMENT BEGINS WORK WITH THE FIRST DIVISION TO RELOCATE, PROTECT REFUGEES, BUT REFUSES TO ENTER AMERICAN TERRITORIES;
- SEPTEMBER 26TH, 1990: INTEL LEAKED THAT FORTY-SEVEN OTHER PSYCHOGENERATIVE PRISONERS HAVE BEEN EXECUTED. MALIK AIDU AND LADY LUST INFILTRATE COURTRIGHT PENITENTIARY, REMAIN UNDERCOVER AS INMATES, SLOWLY REMOVING PRISONERS ONE-BY-ONE;
- OCTOBER 5TH, 1990: POWER-NEUTRALIZING PSYCHOGENERATIVE BROUGHT IN TO COURTRIGHT; LADY LUST AND MALIK AIDU STUCK IN PRISON; 
- OCTOBER 19TH, 1990: US PRESIDENT VICTOR WILDE ASSASSINATED. VICE PRESIDENT MARTIN RICHFIELD TAKES OVER OFFICE. VIVIAN PANG AND MAN O’WAR PREVENT PRESIDENT’S ASSASSIN FROM KILLING MORE IN WHITEHOUSE;
- OCTOBER 25TH, 1990: MALIK AIDU ATTACKS GUARD INSIDE COURTRIGHT, IS EXECUTED;
- OCTOBER 27TH, 1990: RIOTS STOPPED, ONLY MINOR PEACEFUL PROTESTS IN HONOR OF MALIK AIDU. ESTIMATED TWO HUNDRED INMATES REMAIN AT COURTRIGHT;  
- NOVEMBER 1ST, 1991: THE FIRST DIVISION INFILTRATES WHITEHOUSE, EUGENE RICE SPEAKS WITH MARTIN RICHFIELD, ASKS TO END IMPRISONMENT OF INNOCENT PSYCHOGENERATIVES TO HELP BOTH SIDES OF BATTLE, IS TURNED AWAY BUT NOT REPORTED;
- NOVEMBER 15TH, 1990: MASS ARREST OF ROUGHLY SEVENTY PSYCHOGENERATIVES ACROSS THE US; TEAM OF CLAIRVOYANTS FORCED TO LOCATE UNIDENTIFIED, UNDERDEVELOPED PSYCHOGENERATIVES. THE FIRST DIVISION’S HIDEOUT IS COMPROMISED; ALL BUT EUGENE RICE ARE CAPTURED;
- NOVEMBER 20TH, 1990: EUGENE RICE ATTACKS CONVOY TRANSPORTING PSYCHOGENERATIVES TO COURTRIGHT PENITENTIARY; RELEASES SEVEN PSYCHOGENERATIVES, INCLUDING MERLE MOREAU, DONNA TATE AND AMANDA WEISZ; ALL THREE JOIN THE FIRST DIVISION;
- NOVEMBER 25TH, 1990: THIRTY MORE PSYCHOGENERATIVES CAPTURED; THE FIRST DIVISION RESCUES FIFTY MORE PSYCHOGENERATIVES EN-ROUTE TO COURTRIGHT. VICE PRESIDENT MARTIN RICHFIELD REMAINS SILENT ABOUT MATTERS;
- DECEMBER 1ST, 1990: EUGENE RICE  KILLED WHILE RESCUING CAPTURED SUPERHUMANS;

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THE//SECOND//DIVISION//1991-1996
- 1991: FORMING OF THE SECOND DIVISION UNDER LEADERSHIP OF VIVIAN PANG;
- 1991: DEALING WITH AFTERMATH OF RIOTS, "THE PSYCHOGENERATIVE LAW" IS INTRODUCED AND PUT INTO EFFECT;
- 1991: INNOCENT PSYCHOGENERATIVES AND THOSE WRONGFULLY IMPRISONED ARE RELEASED; BACKLASH FROM SOCIETY, BUT ACT IS SUPPORTED BY US PRESIDENT MARTIN RICHFIELD;
- 1991-1992: SOME CANADIAN REFUGES RETURN TO AMERICA. SLOWLY, THE US RETURNS TO NORMAL;
- 1992: HOMELESS, KOREAN IMMIGRANT SUNG JIN LEE IS TALKED OUT OF SUICIDE BY MERLE MOREAU, STAYS WITH THE SECOND DIVISION. DESPITE HAVING NO PSYCHOGENERATIVE OR PARANORMAL QUALITIES, OR ANY BENEFICIAL TRAITS, LEE BECOMES MEMBER OF THE SECOND DIVISION;
- 1993: MAN REFERRING TO HIMSELF AS "DESECRATION" BEGINS COMMITTING MINOR ACTS OF TERRORISM IN ANGER OVER US GOVERNMENT; RECRUITS PSYCHOGENERATIVES TO HIS CAUSE;
- 1993: "THE CULT OF DESECRATION" BECOMES NEW THREAT; THE SECOND DIVISION TRIES TO NEGOTIATE WITH CULT TO NO SUCCESS;
- 1993: MUTE WOMAN KNOWN ONLY AS "THE POET" JOINS THE SECOND DIVISION, FORMER FRIEND OF PRE-TERRORISM DESECRATION. PROVIDES INTEL ON DESECRATION;
- 1993: CULT OF DESECRATION KILLS UPWARDS TO FORTY PSYCHOGENERATIVES WHO REFUSE TO JOIN CAUSE;
- 1993: DESECRATION SETS OFF BOMB IN TIMES SQUARE, KILLING ROUGHLY SIXTY INNOCENT BYSTANDERS;
- 1993: THE SECOND DIVISION WIPES OUT MAJORITY OF CULT OF DESECRATION, KILLING AND ALLOWING US GOVERNMENT TO IMPRISON MANY. COURTRIGHT PENITENTIARY IS REOPENED AS INSTITUTE TO HOUSE CORRUPT/CRIMINAL PSYCHOGENERATIVES ONLY;
- 1994: THE SECOND DIVISION FINDS AND KILLS DESECRATION IN SOUTH AFRICA. ARE HERALDED AS HEROES ONCE MORE;
- 1994-1996: THE SECOND DIVISION RESUMES TACKLING SMALL CRIME, KEEPING PEACE MAINLY IN NORTH AMERICA. GROUP ULTIMATELY DISBANDS AS CRIME LEVELS PLUMMET AND NEED FOR SUPERHEROES IS DIMINISHED; MANY MEMBERS SEEK OUT NORMAL LIVES AGAIN;

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THE//THIRD//DIVISION//2003-2006
- 2003: GROUP REUNITES, FORMING THE THIRD DIVISION, AS WORD OF WW3 BEGINS SPREADING. NORTH KOREA DOMINATES SOUTH KOREA, THREATENS TO TAKEOVER CHINA; KIM JONG-IL CLAIMES UNITED STATES AS NEXT TARGET;
- 2003: WAR BECOMING VERY REAL THREAT AS CLASHES BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND CHINA INCREASE. NORTH KOREA IN POSSESSION OF MULTIPLE BIO-ENGINEERED PSYCHOGENERATIVES: SOLDIERS AND INNOCENT CIVILIANS TURNED INTO ALL-POWERFUL WEAPONS. THE THIRD DIVISION AGREES TO HELP IN CONDITION THAT BIO-ENGINEERED PSYCHOGENERATIVES ARE CAPTURED, NOT KILLED;
- 2003: NICOLE SCHUESTER – “THE DEATH MACHINE” – JOINS THE THIRD DIVISION IN HOPES OF ENDING WAR;
- 2003: THE US AND UK SEND FORCES TO CHINA IN PREPARATION OF NORTH KOREAN THREAT; MEMBERS OF THE THIRD DIVISION ARE PRESENT IN CHINA, INCLUDING THE DEATH MACHINE AND ZENITH;
- 2004: NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES SMALL ATTACK IN LIAONING, CHINA, KILLING FEW; ALLIED FORCES IN CHINA ARE SUCCESSFUL. NORTH KOREA RETREATS, BECOMES QUIET;
- 2004: NORTH KOREA CONDUCTS SECOND ATTACK ON CHINA ON MUCH LARGER SCALE. SPORADIC ATTACKS START IN LIOANING AND END IN HEILONGJIANG. DEATH TOLL SKYROCKETS AS ALLIED FORCES IN CHINA ARE OVERWHELMED. MANY RETREAT, INCLUDING THE THIRD DIVISION. AGREEMENT TO NOT KILL BIO-ENGINEERED IS DISMISSED;
- 2004: MORE OF CHINA IS CLAIMED BY NORTH KOREA; ESTIMATED 40% IS IN NORTH KOREAN HANDS. ALLIED FORCES CONTINUE TO FIGHT; PAKISTAN AND RUSSIA SEND REINFORCEMENTS. U.S. SENDS MORE TROOPS BUT HEIGHTENS SECURITY IN OWN TERRITORY. MORE MEMBERS ARE RECRUITED TO THE THIRD DIVISION TO FIGHT IN WAR; 
- 2004: PETER MENDEZ, NICKNAMED "BIG BOY", IS RECRUITED TO THE SEVENTH DIVISION: POSSESSING PRECOGNITIVE EPISODES, MENDEZ IS ABLE TO PREDICT NORTH KOREA'S NEXT MOVES. SMALL VICTORIES ARE WON ACROSS CHINA. GUIZHOU AND GUANGXI ARE RECLAIMED; 
- 2005: NORTH KOREA'S BIO-ENGINEERED PSYCHOGENERATIVES ARE DEPLETING, ONLY A FEW DOZEN REMAIN ALONG NORTHEASTERN COAST;
- 2005: NORTH KOREA'S "B.E.P'S" REMAIN DEFENSIVE ALONG YALU RIVER, BORDER OF CHINA & NORTH KOREA; THE THIRD DIVISION, BACKED BY ALLIED FORCES TROOPS, LAUNCH ATTACK. WITH NO ONE ELSE AVAILABLE, PETER MENDEZ SACRIFICES SELF, DESTROYING ONE B.E.P. CARRYING EXPLOSIVES, TO SAVE ALLIED FORCES; 
- 2005: ALLIED FORCES & THE SEVENTH DIVISION DEFEAT FINAL B.E.P'S; KIM JONG-IL FEIGNS SURRENDER, TRICKS ALLIED FORCES INTO ENTERING NORTH KOREA & BOMBARDS ALLIED FORCES WITH NEW WAVE OF B.E.P'S. VIVIAN PANG IS SEVERELY INJURED IN ATTACKS. ALLIED FORCES DEFEAT B.E.P. ARMY; MANY NORTH KOREAN CIVILIANS KILLED IN CROSSFIRE. NICOLE SCHUESTER FINDS AND DISEMBOWELS KIM JONG-IL;
- 2005: ALLIED FORCES RETURN HOME. THE THIRD DIVISION STAYS IN CHINA TO HELP WITH CLEANING AND RESTORING EFFORTS;
- 2006: WITHOUT VIVIAN PANG AS LEADER, THE THIRD DIVISION TEMPORARILY DISBANDS, CITING EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL EXHAUSTION AS REASON.

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THE//FOURTH//DIVISION//2011-2016
- APRIL 18TH, 2011: SUNG JIN LEE SEEKS OUT MERLE MOREAU TO AID IN HOUSING SURVIVING FAMILY FROM SOUTH KOREA. THE THREE TOGETHER THWART CONVENIENCE STORE ROBBERY. LEE SPEND NEXT FEW DAYS LISTENING TO POLICE RADIO;
- APRIL-JUNE, 2011: SUNG JIN LEE TAKES INITIATIVE TO CONTACT OTHER MEMBERS WHEN NEEDED TO TEND TO ONGOING CRIMES. SPENDS TIME RESEARCHING UNSOLVED CASES, GATHERING INTEL ON CURRENT MATTERS;
- JUNE 21ST, 2011: THE FOURTH DIVISION IS FORMED AFTER SUNG JIN LEE REUNITES ZENITH, THE DEATH MACHINE AND THE GOOD DOCTOR TO DEAL WITH MASS SHOOTING IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT;
- 2011-2013: THE FOURTH DIVISION SPENDS FOLLOWING YEAR AND HALF ENACTING JUSTICE, SOLVING SMALL CRIMES, AIDING WHOEVER WHEN AVAILABLE. SHIRLEEN AND ALEXANDER MACKEY JOIN THE FOURTH DIVISION;
- SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2013: RCMP CONTACT THE FOURTH DIVISION, CLAIMING GRAFFITI FOUND MATCHING SYMBOLS USED BY "THE CULT OF DESECRATION". THE POET TRACKS DOWN GRAFFITI ARTIST WHO PROMPTLY COMMITS SUICIDE UPON DISCOVERY;
- SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 2013: RISE IN THE CULT GRAFFITI ACROSS NORTH AMERICA; ALL SUSPECTS EITHER COMMIT SUICIDE OR KILL THOSE THAT FIND THEM. ONLY ONE SUBJECT CAPTURED ALIVE; TONGUE AND TEETH REMOVED, REFUSES TO SPEAK. DIED SEVERAL DAYS LATER DUE TO UNKNOWN CAUSES;
- OCTOBER 16TH, 2014: FIGURE MATERIALIZES IN BACKGROUND OF NEWS COVERAGE IN ARKANSAS, KILLS REPORTER FROM AFAR WITH FLICK OF HAND. ONLY WORDS CAPTURED DURING FOOTAGE ARE, "I AM DESECRATION, AND I...";
- NOVEMBER, 2014: REPORTED DEATHS OF MULTIPLE PSYCHOGENERATIVES; SUNG JIN LEE MAKES CONNECTION THAT THE DECEASED WERE FORMER MEMBERS OF THE CULT OF DESECRATION;
- DECEMBER 15TH, 2014: THE FOURTH DIVISION TEAMS WITH FBI TO FIND DESECRATION AND END CULT;
- DECEMBER 8TH, 2014: SUBWAY DERAILED IN NYC, SEVERAL ON-BOARD TRAIN INJURED. ONE MAN KILLED BY WHAT WITNESSES CLAIMED AS, "A SIX-FOOT-TALL PALE MAN WITH PURE WHITE EYES AND NO LIPS." BLOOD OF DECEASED MAN IS USED TO PAINT DESECRATION'S MAIN SYMBOL, A "D" WITH X THROUGH IT;
- DECEMBER 14TH, 2014: THE FOURTH DIVISION INTERCEPTS MALL ATTACK IN CHICAGO BY THE CULT OF DESECRATION. THREE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, ALL CULTISTS ESCAPE;
- JANUARY 21ST, 2015: CULTIST HIDEOUT LOCATED, SEVERAL CULTISTS ARRESTED. ALL PROMPTLY DIE UPON BEING PLACED IN POLICE CRUISERS; 
- FEBRUARY 3RD, 2015: SUNG JIN LEE IS ATTACKED IN THE FOURTH DIVISION BASE IN LOS ANGELES. NOT KILLED, BUT SEVERELY WOUNDED; IS HOSPITALIZED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. ONLY TRACE IS DESECRATION'S SYMBOL ETCHED INTO LEE'S FOREHEAD;
- FEBRUARY 28TH, 2015: MORE DEATHS OF FORMER CULTISTS, ALL WITH SIGNATURE MARKINGS OF DESECRATION; GROUP LOCATES DESECRATION'S TEMPORARY HIDEOUT IN TORONTO SEWERS, WITNESS DESECRATION TELEPATHICALLY KILL AND REVIVE SEVERAL PSYCHOGENERATIVES. UPON REVIVAL, EACH APPEARS MINDLESS, UNDER DESECRATION'S CONTROL;
- MARCH 9TH, 2015: CULTISTS ATTACK THE FOURTH DIVISION IN NEVADA TO LITTLE SUCCESS. ONLY OBJECTS OF INTEREST ON BODIES ARE PICTURES OF NICOLE SCHUESTER'S FAMILY;
- MARCH 10TH, 2015: IN NEBRASKA, NICOLE SCHUESTER - THE DEATH MACHINE - RETURNS HOME TO FIND CHILDREN AND HUSBAND DEAD. MEMBERS OF THE FOURTH DIVISION WITH HER ARE RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS. SCHUESTER IS KIDNAPPED;
- MAY 20TH, 2015: EFFORTS TURN TO FINDING SCHUESTER. NO SIGN FOR TWO MONTHS UNTIL DESECRATION APPEARS DURING TELEVISED BASEBALL GAME WITH SCHUESTER, ALIVE AND BOUND. IN FRONT OF AUDIENCE AND CAMERAS, DESECRATION BEHEADS SCHUESTER. WITHOUT A WORD, DESECRATION FLIES AWAY;
- MAY 27TH, 2015: FUNERAL SERVICE HELD FOR NICOLE SCHUESTER. HUNDREDS ATTEND. MEMORIAL IS ERECTED IN LIAONING, CHINA IN HONOR OF SCHUESTER;
- MAY-AUGUST, 2015: SHIRLEEN AND ALEXANDER MACKEY LEAVE THE FOURTH DIVISION. NO SIGNS OF THE CULT OF DESECRATION OR DESECRATION HIMSELF. THE FOURTH DIVISION RESUMES MINOR WORK;
- AUGUST 19TH, 2015: DESECRATION APPEARS IN FORT RILEY, KANSAS. IS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES BUT HEALS EXTRAORDINARILY QUICKLY. WIPES OUT ENTIRE BASE, ALIGNS BODIES TO FORM SYMBOL;
- AUGUST 25TH, 2015: THE POET RECEIVES LETTER WITH PHOTO OF SMALL BOY AND ADDRESS; THE POET DOES NOT EXPLAIN ANYTHING TO ANYONE, LEAVES, INSISTING SHE DOES NOT NEED HELP. ZENITH FOLLOWS, WITNESSES THE POET HUGGING PHOTOGRAPHED BOY IN MIDDLE OF STREET. UPON WATCHING, ZENITH SEES THE BOY IS MONOTONOUS, WHITE-EYED, SPORTING DESECRATION'S SYMBOL. THE POET KILLS BOY AND LEAVES, DOES NOT RETURN TO THE FOURTH DIVISION;
- SEPTEMBER, 2015: NO MORE SIGNS OF DESECRATION;
- OCTOBER 13TH, 2015: SUNG JIN LEE RECEIVES LETTER WITH TWO PHOTOGRAPHS: ONE OF FAMILY IN THEIR MANHATTAN APARTMENT, WIDE-EYED AND GAGGED; THE SECOND PICTURE OF A SICK KIDS HOSPITAL. ONLY WORD WRITTEN UNDERNEATH BOTH IS "CHOOSE"; 
- OCTOBER 14TH, 2015: SUNG JIN LEE LIES TO THE FOURTH DIVISION, SENDS THEM TO FAMILY'S HOME. CULTISTS ARE THERE BUT QUICKLY SLAIN. MOMENTS AFTER RESCUE, TWO ENTIRE BLOCKS THE SICK KIDS HOSPITAL WAS LOCATED AT EXPLODES. DEATH TOLL IS IN THE HIGH HUNDREDS. PHOTOGRAPHS FOUND; THE FOURTH DIVISION REALIZES WHAT LEE DID. UNABLE TO HANDLE GUILT, LEE ATTEMPTS TO FLEE AMERICA WITH FAMILY IN TOW, ARE STOPPED ON HIGHWAY BY SINGLE MAN REVEALED TO BE DESECRATION. ONE-BY-ONE, DESECRATION KILLS LEE'S FAMILY, LEAVING ONLY LEE ALIVE. DESECRATION EVAPORATES WITHOUT UTTERING A WORD. LEE RETURNS TO DIVISION BASE, TELLS MEMBERS OF EVENT, AND QUITS THE FOURTH DIVSION, RETURNING HOME TO SOUTH KOREA A WEEK LATER;
- OCTOBER 15TH, 2015: STORY OF SUNG JIN LEE CHOOSING FAMILY OVER HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SENDS MEDIA INTO FRENZY. AUDIO RECORDING OF LEE EXPLAINING SITUATION TO THE FOURTH DIVISION AFTERWARDS IS RELEASED, MICROPHONE FOUND INSIDE ENVELOPE PHOTOGRAPHS CAME IN;
- OCTOBER-NOVEMBER, 2015: VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ AND MERLE MOREAU TAKE OVER AS TEMPORARY LEADERS;
- NOVEMBER 3RD, 2015: MERLE MOREAU FINDS LETTER ON OFFICE DESK, OPENS IT TO REVEAL PHOTOGRAPH OF MOTHER. THE FOURTH DIVISION, ALONG WITH SWAT TEAMS, ARRIVES AT MOREAU RESIDENCE TO FIND DESECRATION SITTING ON COUCH, MRS. MOREAU DEAD BESIDE HIM, A PHOTO ALBUM OPEN ON HER LAP. DESECRATION CALMLY ASKS, "DID MY FATHER LOVE ME LIKE THEY LOVED YOU? DID MY CHILDREN LOVE ME LIKE YOU LOVED HER?" DESECRATION HAS PHOTO OF HIMSELF AND FATHER, WHO IS REVEALED TO BE THE ORIGINAL DESECRATION. MERLE MOREAU TELEKINETICALLY TEARS LIMBS FROM DESECRATION'S BODY, TELLS HIM, "NO ONE EVER LOVED YOU";
- NOVEMBER 5TH, 2015: THE FOURTH DIVISION OFFICIALLY DISBANDS DUE TO EMOTIONAL DISTRAUGHT AND MEDIA BACKLASH OVER SUNG JIN LEE'S DECISION TO LET TWO CITY BLOCKS PERISH. GROUP IS HEAVILY CRITICIZED FOR DECISION, RECEIVES DEATH THREATS. MOST MEMBERS GO INTO HIDING;

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THE//FIFTH//DIVISION//2018-2021
- AUGUST, 2018: MERLE MOREAU AND VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ REFORMED THE FIFTH DIVISION, TAKING ON EQUAL LEADERSHIP ROLES;
- OCTOBER, 2021: SETI PICKS UP RADIO FREQUENCIES SOMEWHERE IN SOLAR SYSTEM. FLEET OF NON-HUMAN SPACE CRAFTS IS SPOTTED. ARRIVAL OF ALIEN SPECIES INEVITABLE. WORLD BEGINS TO PREPARE;

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THE//SIXTH//DIVISION//2021-2022
-OCTOBER-NOVEMBER, 2021: VIVIAN PANG REEMERGES AFTER ANNOUNCEMENT OF ONCOMING ARRIVAL OF NON-HUMAN SPACE CRAFTS, STARTS THE SIXTH DIVISION. SPENDS SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME RECRUITING OLD AND NEW MEMBERS TO PREPARE;
-DECEMBER 7TH, 2021: ALIEN FLEET STOPS SHORT OF MARS, REMAINS STILL FOR SEVERAL DAYS. NO CONTACT CAN BE MADE;
-DECEMBER 25TH, 2021: SHIPS DESCEND ON EARTH, TARGET CANADIAN CITY. MISSILES ARE DEFLECTED. LARGE, SQUID-LIKE BEINGS EMERGE, BEGIN KILLING CIVILIANS OF CITY, FIGHTING THE SIXTH DIVISION. BEINGS TAKE LITTLE DAMAGE, EFFORTLESSLY KILL MAJORITY OF DIVISION MEMBERS. FIGHTING LASTS FOR TWO HOURS BEFORE BEINGS STOP KILLING, RETURN TO SHIPS. BODIES OF SLAIN HUMANS ASCEND TO SKY, ARE ABSORBED INTO SHIPS. BEINGS LEAVE;
-JANUARY 1ST, 2022: WITH MOST OF MEMBERS DEAD, THE SIXTH DIVISION BREAKS UP, RETURNS TO FORMER LIVES.
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|CURRENT//EVENTS|

THE SEVENTH DIVISION (2024-???):
- APRIL 18th, 2024: Merle Moreau – formerly known as “Zenith” – sets off to track down former members of The Divisions;


|FORMER//MEMBERS//OF//THE//DIVISIONS|

THE//FIRST//DIVISION//1988-1991

- EUGENE RICE: leader; a thirty-six-year-old white male from Manhattan who left his job as a detective; possesses minor form of chronokinesis (able to pause and rewind time to some degree). Started The Divisions alongside Vivian Pang. Was killed by police officer during The Psychogenerative Law riots;
- VIVIAN PANG: a twenty-six-year-old Chinese female once studying to be a doctor. Her sister Grace was murdered by serial killer Daniel Presman. Does not have any psychogenerative or paranormal abilities though is a skilled hand-to-hand combatant. Started The Divisions alongisde Eugene Rice;
- JOSEPH ALBERTO/LIGHTTOUCH: a twenty-nine-year-old Filipino man who came to America from the Philippines. Was a thief known for skilled lockpicking and extensive planning of heists. Was capable of photographic memory and enhanced hearing. Left The First Division after finding out he would be a father;
- ALFRED ARMITAGE/MAN O'WAR: a twenty-two-year-old Caucasian male from Kansas; had a knack for sharpshooting. Was a wanted criminal on minor charges; fled to Florida where he got caught-up in a biker gang. Was taken in by Eugene Rice after Alfred was only surviving member during a rough shootout;
- MARY-ELIZABETH ROSS/LADY LUST: a thirty-four-year-old white female formerly employed as a waitress and prostitute. Possessed a mind-controlling form of vocal persuasion, realized only later in life. Left The First Division after Eugene Rice's death;
- MALIK AIDU: a twenty-four-year-old African male capable of teleportation. Was recruited by The First Division to assist in relocating captured psychogeneratives. Was ultimately executed inside Courtright Penitentiary for attacking a guard;
- MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH: a seventeen-year-old Caucasian female capable of telekinesis and minor teleportation. Was rescued by Eugene Rice from being transported to Courtright Penitentiary. Agreed to help Eugene Rice rescue other psychogeneratives;
- DONNA TATE: a fifty-four-year-old white female, rescued by Eugene Rice from being transported to Courtright Penitentiary. Assisted in rescuing other psychogeneratives but not did return afterward;
- AMANDA WEISZ: a twenty-seven-year-old white female, a businesswoman and mother of one. Was identified as psychogenerative and to be brought to Courtright, but was rescued by Eugene Rice. Was ultimately killed alongside Eugene Rice
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THE//SECOND//DIVISION//1991-1996

- VIVIAN PANG: became new leader after Eugene Rice's death;
- ALFRED ARMITAGE/MAN O'WAR: was removed from The Division in 2004 after Armitage had killed a pregnant woman and her son, believing the baby to be his;
- THE POET: a middle-aged black woman unable to speak, going only by the moniker "The Poet". Would only communicate through poetic writing. Was a natural brawler with high stamina and had a knack for finding out information;
- MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH: took on the moniker "Zenith" as her allegiance with The Divisions became official, making her the youngest member; she would go on to become the longest-running member;
- SUNG JIN LEE: a forty-year-old Korean immigrant, was homeless and spoke broken English. Was about to commit suicide when Merle Moreau stopped him. Lee was taken in by The Second Division for a bit, but soon became a permanent member despite not having any beneficial talents or abilities;
- VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR: joined The Second Division as their main supplier of weaponry, armor, gadgets, etc.
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THE//THIRD//DIVISION//2003-2006

- VIVIAN PANG/THE PANG: reunited group after word of WW3 started; took on the fan-given name "The Pang". Left shortly after the war ended due to extreme stress and emotional fatigue;
- THE POET;
- MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH;
- SUNG JIN LEE;
- VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR;
- NICOLE SCHUESTER/THE DEATH MACHINE: a twenty-eight-year-old woman, mother of two, and a strong-willed freedom-fighter "for the greater good"; possessed rapid cellular regeneration; joined The Third Division when rumors of WW3 began 
- PETER MENDEZ/BIG BOY: a forty-one-year-old Hispanic man, father of three, and working as a part-time barista and paramedic. Was known for his impressive stature - standing at 6'7 and weighing 285lbs. Had precognitive episodes and informed The Third Division about upcoming war. Later joined to help. Sacrificed himself to save other members of The Third Division and a few dozen bystanders;
- ROBERT MACKEY/EXCALIBUR: recruited by The Third Division to assist in WW3;
- ARWEN MACKEY/BANSHEE: recruited by The Third Division to assist in WW3;
- VIVEK SUDHIR: was a psychogenerative scientist recruited to assist in WW3. Teamed up with The Third Division to aid in war, occasionally fighting. Sudhir left shortly after the war had ended;
- BRANDON HEARNE/BLINKSTRIKE: was sent to China to fight in WW3 by UK Government after having been arrested. Hearne joined The Third Division while there, becoming official member;
- LEON BOYLE/GLADIATOR: joined The Third Division to fight in WW3. Became close with Brandon Hearne and formed crime-fighting trio after WW3 ended;
- EILEEN HEARNE/PSYCHO: had been a member of The Third Division, fighting in WW3, and formed romantic relationship with Brandon Hearne. Formed crime-fighting trio with Hearne and Boyle after WW3;

THE//FOURTH//DIVISION//2011-2016

- SUNG JIN LEE: brought back group when man referring to himself as "Desecration" began hunting down other psychogeneratives for sport. Became unofficial leader of The Fourth Division;
- THE POET;
- MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH;
- VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR;
- NICOLE SCHUESTER/THE DEATH MACHINE: beheaded in 2012 by Desecration during live televised event;
- DANTE STABBINGTON/CAPTAIN STABBY: unofficial, honorary member; temporarily worked with The Fourth Division while active with United States Military and Intelligence Community;
- ALEXANDER MACKEY/SHIELD:
- SHIRLEEN MACKEY/SWORD:
- SAMANTHA RAYNOR/KAZARA:
- THE CURIOUS MR. CROWLEY:


THE//FIFTH//DIVISION//2018-2021

- VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR: became more of a leader for The Fifth Division, sharing leadership responsibilities with Merle Moreau;
- MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH: took on more of a leadership role for The Fifth Division, sharing the title with Vorian von Traupitz;
- MARIA DIAZ/VAULT: a twenty-five-year-old Hispanic woman; was once studying Art History when discovered for possessing photographic memory and telepathy, enabling her to explore entirety of subject's memories and thoughts. Was captured by team of scientists hoping to conduct experiments, but was rescued by The Fifth Division. Diaz joined the Fifth Division a while after rescue;  
- LUIS ORTIZ: a twenty-three-year-old man living in Mexico City capable of muscle and vocal mimicry. Requested help of The Fifth Division after being hounded by infamous drug cartel. Remained a close ally to The Fifth Division; 
- VIVEK SUDHIR: returned for a year to help The Fifth Division in various cases. Ultimately, Suhdir had to urgently return home to care for his daughter;
- DANTE STABBINGTON/CAPTAIN STABBY: resumed role as temporary honorary member to help out The Fifth Division;
- SAMANTHA RAYNOR/KAZARA:
- THE CURIOUS MR. CROWLEY:


THE//SIXTH//DIVISION//2021-2022

- VIVIAN PANG/THE PANG: came out of retirement to help fight in the oncoming alien arrival. Led the new group alongside Sung Jin Lee and Vorian von Traupitz. Died in the final battle;
- SUNG JIN LEE: died in the final battle; 
- VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR: leadership role became stronger, a more prominent figure in The Sixth Division. Survived the final battle;
- THE POET: rallied most of new members together. Survived final battle but vanished quickly afterward;
- MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH: one of the longest-running members, Moreau stayed to fight final battle. Became a key part in organizing final battle. Survived the final fight;
- ROSWITHA VON TRAUPITZ/ARSENAL: after having aided The Divisions for multiple years, Roswitha teamed up with The Sixth Division to fight in AW1. Died in the final battle;
- DANTE STABBINGTON/CAPTAIN STABBY: officially joined The Sixth Division as a member of The Divisions after having assisted for multiple years. Survived the AW1 battle;
- JOSEPH ALBERTO/LIGHTTOUCH: returned to The Divisions, leaving behind a family of four, to fight in AW1. Was the first to die in the final battle;
- MARY-ELIZABETH ROSS/LADY LUST: along with Lighttouch and Man O'War, Lady Lust resumed her role as one of the original members in The Sixth Division to fight in AW1. Survived the final battle but died in the hospital hours later; 
- ALFRED ALBERTO/MAN O'WAR: was allowed back into the Divisions to fight in final battle, and was more than enthused to be. Died during the final battle;
- MARIA DIAZ/VAULT: fled The Sixth Division before the final battle, afraid to fight in it. Has not made contact with any surviving members since; 
- LUIS ORTIZ: fought in the final battle but was killed almost instantly by alien forces;
- BRADON HEARNE/BLINKSTRIKE: returned to The Sixth Division to fight in AW1. Survived the finale battle;
- LEON BOYLE/GLADIATOR: returned with Brandon and Eileen to fight in AW1. Before the battle was over, Boyle fled the warzone, surviving;
- EILEEN HEARNE/PSYCHO: returned with Brandon and Leon to fight in AW1. Was killed during the final battle;
- AGATHA THAVARASA: a fifty-two-year-old Sri Lankan woman with advanced telekinesis. Was a mother of five and worked as a real estate agent. Left behind her life to fight in AW1, knowing she was needed. Was one of the last to die in the final battle;
- SHELDON WRIGHT: a thirty-four-year-old black man with enhanced reflexes, dual-wielded katanas; was recruited to fight in final battle. Died during the fight;
- ADRIAN BAKER/POLYHEDRON: a twenty-six-year-old black man and part of the crime-fighting trio, "Polyhedron". Donned the suit and mask to fight in the final battle. Died during the final fight;
- MARCUS WHITE/POLYHEDRON: a thirty-year-old black man and leader of the "Polyhedron" trio. Convinced the other two to fight in the final war. Was the first of the three to die;
- BERNCE "BERTIE" WASHINGTON/POLYHEDRON: a twenty-seven-year-old black female, and the final part to the "Polyhedron" trio. Was hesitant to fight in AW1 but caved. Was the last to die of the three;
- SAMANTHA RAYNOR/KAZARA, THE MASKED MAGICIAN: after having been a prior member, Raynor returned to fight in AW1. Fled the battle upon witnessing death of mentor and friend;
- THE CURIOUS MR. CROWLEY: fought in the battle of AW1, but was ultimately killed;
- WHITE HAT: fought in the battle of AW1, but current whereabouts or whether he survived remain unknown;
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|CURRENT//MEMBERS//OF//THE//SEVENTH//DIVISION|

THE//SEVENTH//DIVISION//2024-???
- MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH;
- VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR;
- ALEXANDER MACKEY/THE TOWER;
- SHIRLEEN MACKEY/BEACON;
- BRANDON HEARNE/BLINKSTRIKE;
- VIVEK SUHDIR/THE IRON ATOM;
- SAMANTHA RAYNOR/KAZARA, THE MASKED MAGICIAN/TORCHLIGHT
- HENRY WORDSLEY/ELEMENTAL;
- THE POET; 

MEMBER//APPLICATION//FORM

|REAL//IDENTITY

NAME: 
AGE: (keep in mind, the majority of The Seventh Division would be in their thirties or above)
GENDER:
APPEARANCE: (a picture or written description works. Include a small blurb about their height, weight, body shape, other features if you go with an image)

OCCUPATION: (former or current)
LOCATION: (where they are in the world now)
FAMILY/FRIENDS/OTHER: 

ABILITIES/STRENGTHS: (supernatural, paranormal, key/other learned skills. Can include things like: charismatic, brave, intelligent, tech-savvy, can play the Spanish guitar with one hand, etc.)
VICES/WEAKNESSES: (we all have some!)

BACKSTORY (doesn’t have to be long – a few paragraphs at the most. Key points to touch on: their life before, their life during, and their life after The Seventh Division)
DIVISIONS BELONGING TO: (your character doesn't have to be a part of each of them. Which one did they first join, and which ones were they a member of? NOTE: characters should have joined in The Second Division or later. The First Division is too cool for you)

|SUPERHERO//PERSONA

NAME/TITLE:
APPEARANCE: (their outfit/costume/significant wear. Can be a picture, but writing it may be better)
TOOLS/WEAPONS: (if applicable) 
TRADEMARKS: (a logo/symbol, specific hairstyle, special object – is there anything about your character that is strictly "theirs”?)

|MISCELLANEOUS//INFORMATION|

- THE PSYCHOGENERATIVE LAW: enacted in 1991, The Psychogenerative Law states that all psychogenerative's - whether natural or otherwise - are protected and acknowledged under The United States government as free peoples. They are required to identify themselves and are prohibited from demonstrating any psychogenerative ability unless officially granted permission (ex. The Divisions, street performers with licence, etc.);
- THE CULT OF DESECRATION: led by Roger Whitman, a former middle school teacher who became "Desecration"; is a cult of rogue psychogeneratives who believe they should not be oppressed by the government and should be allowed to utilize their abilities whenever and however they see fit. Often considered an anti-government terrorist group, the Cult mostly targets political figures and landmarks. At its peak, the Cult had sixty-five members. 

 	After the death of Desecration, the Cult quietened. Many members left while others stayed behind to carry on Desecration's legacy. The group has not been heard from since 2016.


INTERVIEW//WITH:ALFRED//ARMITAGE,THE//MAN//O’WAR
THE//STORY//OF//THE//FIRST//DIVISION

“Tell us – tell us about how it all started, how The First Division came to be.”
 	
 	“Well… 
 	
 	The First Division… shit, I think it was Eugene Rice and The Pang who started it. Yeah, yeah, totally was. They had both been doing their own thing separately for a while, but, you know, that was in 1988 – things were different back then. People didn’t really turn to superheroes for help. Hell, there weren’t a lot of ‘em. So on one hand you got this real big, goofy guy with this shit-eating grin – all he could do was slow down time. Not even stop it. Real winner. Then you had this little Asian firecracker, Vivian. Shaved her head bald, lifted weights like there was to tomorrow, did some real manly shit for this little China doll, like she had somethin’ to prove to someone. She was a hard-ass, and she’d clock you square in the jaw before you’d say shit about her. Wanted to be some champion boxer, I guess.
 	
 	So you got Eugene and The Pang, and they both want this notorious serial killer – Daniel Presman, er some shit like ‘at. So the two meet, clash, fight a bit, work together, solve the case, yadda, yadda, and bam. You got it. The birth of ‘at beautiful baby: The First Division. 
  	
 	‘Course, back then they didn’t have no name. Not until Lighttouch – uh, Joseph Alberto. ‘Member him? He joined ‘em, and he brought along Lady Lust… then they found me, wanted me as a part of it. I was just some farmboy who shot birds for shits and giggles, ‘ccasionally I’d shoot more than that – but, whatever, right? Figured, what they hey, might as well, y’know? Named myself “Man O’War.” Sounds pretty badass, am I right?  

 	Yeah, we were titled as “the original five”. That’s when “The Division” became our name. Right after Lady Lust joined and, hey, suddenly you got boys bending backward for ‘at bitch. Really milked it too, that cow. Knew exactly what she was doing.
 
 	And we didn’t know we’d be the first of other Division’s, so we didn’t name it “The First Division”. That’s just some crap y’all came up with to make us some legacy, or somethin’.
 	
 	Anyway, we just kinda solved small-time crimes around the States for the most part – found serial killers, rapists, stopped bank heists and suicides. Real small stuff. Then more and more people were coming out as “super-powered,” ‘cause we inspired ‘em. It was cool at first, then shit got outta hand. The US government started tracking ‘em down, locking ‘em up. Someone had to stop it, you know? Nah, I wasn’t gonna stand for that shit. We had no clue how they were finding all these people, you know? But we fought ‘em. Rescued a shit ton of folk, most of which weren’t even “psychogenerative,” as they called it. Few of ‘em joined us; you got that flying chick Merle Moreau, that Aidu guy – Malik, ‘at was his name. Called himself “Hemlock”. Real cool name there, buddy. Then we picked up this one chick, named “The Poet”. Didn’t speak, just wrote real cryptic shit down in a notepad, and I swear that notepad never ran out of paper. Girl could read our minds too, not even shittin’ you. Always knew what we were thinking.
 	
 	There were few others, can’t think of their names at the moment. Most of ‘em are still ‘part of The Sixth Division now, still doing shit. Not me. Nah, not after that.”
 	
 	“And what are you referring to?” 
 	
 	“Okay, so, here’s the deal. We had that “no killing” rule, right? Complete bullshit. But, hey, I ain’t running the group, so I’ll oblige, you know? But the police must’ve figured out at some point: we were a hella lot stronger then them. So they started using lethal force. Killed Eugene, just, blam, shot ‘em dead in the street. After that, there was a shit ton-a rioting for a bit, then martial law kicked in… yeah, it went on until me, The Pang and Lady Slut sat down with the president – real nice guy, by the way, real nice – and, yeah, so we’s sitting there and talking about this whole shit. You ready for this? Turns out Mr. Prezzy’s a big ole Super himself. He could read minds. Fitting, huh? Had to keep that shit on the down-low though, you know? The world couldn’t know about it, God forbid. But he was just the figure head. Just ‘cause Mr. Bigshot’s the boss doesn’t mean he’s actually. But he’s all, “we’re gonna change shit, make shit better, fuck the government,”… I mean, maybe not in those words, but still. Both sides lost a lotta people, and it didn’t take Sir America himself to figure that out. 
 	
 	So he calls things off, makes a public announcement that any Super who acts up’ll be locked up for good. But everyone’s gotta respect us too – it ain’t a one-way street. That whole speech didn’t go over well, and it took some time. Still lotta fighting, workin’ our “superpowered underground railroad” deal. But it got there, eventually. We just had to work for it.”
 	
 	“Sounds like it had a happy ending.”
 	
 	“Don’t make this shit sappy. ‘Course it wasn’t, man. It took us three more years to make shit even a little bit better. ‘Cause Eugene’d always kinda been the leader, y’know, held our shit together. So when he died, it kinda fell apart. Lady Lust had a thing for him, and she left ‘cause-a heartbreak. Soft bitch. Really, in the middle of “us versus them,” you leave ‘cause you liked some guy? She had a nice face, I’ll give ‘er that. But the broad was basic. Didn’t even know Eugene was sleeping with a man, and it wasn’t even a secret. 
 	
 	Then a few months after Eugene and Hemlock bit it, you got some Spanish chick showin’ up at our doorstep – we shared an apartment, and I ain’t saying where – saying she’s all preg’d up with Lighttouch’s baby. Guess that touch wasn’t so light, am I right? So the sucker left. Wasn’t pretty. The Pang had always been easy to piss off, but man, she was a firestorm back when most-a our regular team left. Hey, for fact’s sake, that was when The Second Division started. The Pang took over after that. Kinda like generations, er somethin’. It was me who came up with that idea, naming it “The Second Division”. I thought it was cute. Fuck everyone else, that name was symbolic!”
 	
 	“And, after The Psychogenerative Law was founded, would you say things got better or worse?”
 	
 	“Meh. I mean, the police were told to back off, but didn’t mean they did. I guess it was better for folk who didn’t want to want to be in the spotlight. But the rest of us was just tryin’ to save the day here! And, of course, that law said we couldn’t do flashy shit in public. Fine by me; I was just the groups’ sharpshooter. Couldn’t do any special shit, nothing to make me super. But a lot of us still got caught and thrown in jail. Hell, Nicole, uh, shit… Nicole Schuester – yeah, yeah, you know her: The Death Machine. Blond dreads, tattoos all up her face. That chick. She’d been arrested so many times that it was weird seein’ her for longer than a week. Nah, they came down hard on us.”
 	
	 “What changed it?”
 	
	 "I guess y’all did. The people. Man, we had so many fans everywhere, we was like real celebrities. I made that mistake of not wearin’ a mask at first, so people knew who I was all the time. Couldn’t do groceries without some knucklehead wantin’ an autograph. We saved the day, you know, saved a lotta people. Hell, we stopped World War 3! People just loved us. Fucking loved us. We got shit done when it needed to be, and we didn’t back down until we did. People just went crazy for us. 
 	
 	And, as it turns out, cops be people, too! Huh, fancy that, you know? One-by-one, they all started to like what we were doing. Probably rescued half of ‘em at one point anyway. Hell, you ‘member Big Boy? They had a T-shirt line for him and everything. Got caught with coke a few times. He threw himself on a bomb to protect all of us, without even thinking. See? We was good guys, no matter what shit we did. The police understood that way too late, but, hey, what can you do?”
 	
 	“Speaking of that, of Big Boy’s drug scandal… would you say the drugs, the money and the power… would you say that changed The Seventh Division’s morals at all?”
 	
 	“Hey, you give a bunch-a people a bunch of fancy powers, you’re gonna get some bozo thinkin’ he’s God. It’s gonna happen! So, yeah, a few of us did drugs, influenced some things, maybe stole a lotta shit. But Big Boy still fought to save the world during WW3. The Poet did whatever the fuck The Poet wanted to, but she helped more people than he killed – and, yeah, we all know it, she killed a metric shit ton of people. So we abused our role in society, a lot. We ain’t hiding from that. We’re human, after all. We screw up. But, at the end of the day, we were still making sure y’all had an end to the day, know what I’m saying? We worked endlessly – day and night and day and night – to protect you all. So cut us some slack here. Not all of us were bad people, and those of us who were, we still tried. 
 	
 	And lemme tell you this – it’s scientifically proven, see: the more popular we got, the less crime there was. People ain’t stupid! You got this series of groups of vigilantes fixing some real societal shit for so long, hell, you ain’t gonna oppose us! You know? Thirty years, baby. You don’t go up against thirty years’ worth of kicking ass. So if there was some supervillain, they were some big shit, yeah. But that wasn’t all the time. So we got bored, y’know. Reckless, and shit. You spend so long fighting crime and living up to that name, so what’ch you gonna do when suddenly either the crime’s not worth it, or it’s more than you got to give? You still got all that popularity. Either you keep tryin-a live up to it, crack under the pressure, or, hey, drugs and drinking and some real hard shit. Yeah, we was stomping that shit out left and right, but that just meant we knew where to get it from. Had connections, and curiosity. Don’t blame us; those Hollywood stars do it all the time! But we still tried. I sure as hell tried, ‘cause I was a good fucking person.”

 	“Isn’t it true that, in 2004, you drowned a prostitute and her four-year-old son after she terminated what you believed to be your baby? And that is why you were removed from The Seventh Division?”  

NOTE: there is a pause in the recording followed by scraping sounds and muffled shouts. Man O’War whispers something incoherent. The stifled yells abruptly stop, and footsteps can be heard walking away.


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I'm going to do my damndest to have Samantha "Sammy" Raynor, also known as Kazara, up by Sunday. I'll also be adding, if it's alright, two additional members to the Sixth Division: The Curious Mr. Crowley and White Hat.

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Dropping in to say, 'I'm here'! Just gonna rewrite my character a bit.@McHaggis

Glad you're still a part of it! Even if your CS is only half as good as Lorna's was, it'll still be great. I look forward to reading what you come up with next!

I'm going to do my damndest to have Samantha "Sammy" Raynor, also known as Kazara, up by Sunday. I'll also be adding, if it's alright, two additional members to the Sixth Division: The Curious Mr. Crowley and White Hat.@Lexicon

"Kazara," sounds fancy. Dangerous, but fancy. I look forward to reading about Ms. Raynor. And consider The Curious Mr. Crowley and White Hat former members! Just to double-check: did they both die in the final battle? And, if possible, could you write up a one/two-sentence blurb for them? 

Also dropping in to let you know I'm here :) As I said I'll hang back for a bit and wait for others to post their CS's@YoshiSkittlez

If it's still the gender issue, it doesn't help at all that we're at an even 3-3, huh? Take your time - but not too much. Don't keep the rest of us waiting!

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I'm here. I'll bring my probability manipulating cowboy gunslinger back. 

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@Palindromatic No worries. It literally takes me like, 30 minutes to create a CS :)

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Actually no scratch that. I have a better character in mind. 

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REAL IDENTITY

NAME
 Vorian von Traupitz
AGE
 133
GENDER
 Male
APPEARANCE
  Vorian is not a particularly impressive specimen physically. His average 5 feet 10 inch height is thin but not muscular by any means. His hair is a pale faded brown and rather short and his face is slightly rounded with faded blue grey eyes and a rather thin lipped mouth. He has the sort of face that is easily overlooked in both a crowd and in person, though should you focus on his face there is something vaguely unsettling about it, a coldness that is the only element that really lingers in the mind. His body is average at best and weak at worst and the fact that he is constantly coughing and wheezing without his respirator does not help things. The other notable thing is that in terms of age he appears to be in his mid 30s at the oldest rather than the withered old corpse he should be by rights at his age. 
OCCUPATION

Formerly Scientist. 
LOCATION

Vorian is holed up within the compound that was formerly the research and development center as well as the arsenal for the past division teams. As it was his building and complex and is protected by all manner of weapons and technology such as defense drones, force fields, ect, the man has been left alone to his grief despite the events at the end of the war. 
FAMILY/FRIENDS/OTHER

None, his only family was killed off in the invasion and few of his 'friends' are on speaking terms after the horrific casualties he inflicted on the human inhabitants of the city during the war. 
ABILITIES/STRENGTHS

Genius- Vorian is beyond what most would expect in terms of raw intelligence even for a genius, he dwarfs most people by such a vast amount that they cannot truly comprehend the works that he is capable of doing.

Synthesis- Almost anything that Vorian can conceive is capable of being done through the use of a compound or device that he can create. Even if something should be impossible to create he is able to make it and once he has done so it can be mass produced or created again by another who could understand his incredibly complicated formulas and notes. So far almost no one has proven able to decipher and understand these things however. A note that many of his oldest compounds dating back to the First World War could be understood by highly gifted minds, however over time as he has delved deeper and deeper into his work and it has become more and more difficult for anyone else to even begin to comprehend what he is doing.

Immunity- Vorian is immune to all diseases and poisons ever devised by god or man. He cannot get sick, he cannot be poisoned, he cannot be irradiated, ect. This is a notably double edged sword as it also means he is immune to all forms of medication that could have beneficial effects. One that is particularly unpleasant is his immunity to painkillers. 

VICES/WEAKNESSES

Half a Lung- Vorian has practically no endurance and is quickly exhausted after mere minutes of strenuous physical activity. He literally does only have half a lung remaining after several catastrophic injuries to his chest caused extreme damage. Even with his respirators and suit that aid in reducing the stress of physical activity he can only keep up strenuous physical efforts for perhaps a half hour at most. 

Off Center Moral Compass- Vorian has a questionable understanding of what is right and what is wrong. His methods are often extreme and his testing and research methods have at many times in his long life been on the darker side of grey to say the least. While he made an effort to change and avoided such things for nearly 90 years, following the invasion and the death of a certain individual he has been slipping again to some degree. 

BACKSTORY

(Warning, his history is very long. It's not all relevant but since I have it and chopping it down was proving difficult I have put it in a hider so as not to stretch the page.)

Vorian von Traupitz was born in 1887 in Berlin to the von Traupitz family. He was raised primarily in the family estates some distance outside of the city. His parents were not the sort to be particularly involved in raising their son. Though they were mystified at their only child's seeming inability to become ill when illnesses frequently swept the household. As time went on his other more bizarre tendencies drew more of their limited attention. Among them were habits of dissecting animals and a fascination with how things fundamental things in life really worked. And perhaps the most revealing of his future was the way the youth had an intense interest in diseases and afflictions. When individuals on the estates took ill he would always want to examine them, though in his childhood years he did not yet do more than record what he saw.

When he reached the appropriate age, Vorian was enrolled in a rather prestigious school of higher education in Berlin. His education at his own volition focused primarily on the areas that could be referred to as natural sciences. He was easily the most gifted student in that area at his school and was the top of his classes. After completing his education and being qualified as a doctor of medicine in addition to degrees in numerous other subjects such as chemistry and biology he, funded by university grants began to work on private projects.

These projects soon attracted government attention after an accident in his lab released a toxic yellow gas that killed several assistants leaving them blistered both outside and in. Immediately seeing potential military applications for Dr. Traupitz's research the Imperial German government promptly moved to fund his research, giving him a new facility in which to perform his experiments in hopes they could use the compounds that the man had begun to work on creating. Being a nationalist as well as a scientist Vorian was more than happy to assist his nation, the generous funding and private lab facilities also had something to do with it. Within a month after the government took over funding on his research and he was relocated to a private facility there was an accident. Officially Vorian was recorded to have died when a train he was supposedly riding derailed. In reality the Imperial German government, seeing the progress and potential of his work decided that he was an asset that had to be protected and no one would go hunting for a dead man. In a moment of irony he was referred to in communications as The Good Doctor given his propensity for developing lethal substances rather than healing. This coded way of referring to the man who was officially dead became official and persisted for years through several regime changes.

Prior to the outbreak of World War 1 the majority of Vorian's research and experimentation went unused and while the government had been eager to scoop up the potentially valuable resource little funding was directed in his direction. The Kaiser's grandiose dreams of a navy that would wrest dominion of the seas from England and other projects that were given far higher importance were prioritized. In the early stages of the war as well he was largely ignored and continued his experiments within the lab facilities provided for him. However this would change with the outbreak of chemical compounds and agents in the form of weapons during the war. While the initial use of tear gas first by the French and then later Germany as well was not related to him it's ineffectiveness led to the high command looking over its resources relating to the matter at hand. The Good Doctor's early research had focused on such things and the regular reports and experiment logs filed with them by the man made it clear his talents could be of great use in the war effort.

Of course he was willing to use his skills and creations to aid his nation and if there was some enthusiasm at the chance to finally test his early compounds on humans rather than lab animals his superiors overlooked it in light of the potential value and the fact that the stalemate was dragging on with no sign of ending. The Good Doctor was not the only individual to be brought in with this decision, others included Fritz Haber, who aided in the creation of designs for the early dispersal systems for gases and later Wilhelm Lommel who provided insights allowing his early blistering agent to be stabilized and mass produced more easily. Prior to the first large scale use of any of his compounds and his first real appearance on the stage of history Vorian devised what would become his signature mask and for the first time donned it. Though this was merely the first iteration of it and without all the revisions that would later be designed in.

He first was directly employed when high command ordered a test of the dispersal system he and his by this point subordinates had designed. On January 2nd 1915 the Good Doctor oversaw the first test of his dispersal system using a more dependable and less experimental gas, chlorine. While the initial test was effective it took several more months to fully prepare for wide-scale usage. In April of that year widescale use began, first at the second battle of Ypres where the Good Doctor personally oversaw it's use again.

Following these successes he petitioned high command to grant him access to prisoners for testing as he needed to further refine his own compounds for use. Due largely to his earlier success and the increasingly negative state of the war effort they agreed. The other eminent scientists who had worked with him previously disagreed violently with his methods but he carried on and from his facility came the first samples of what came to be known as mustard gas and other less publicized compounds. The Good Doctor's star continued to rise as nothing he created did not function and more resources were allotted.

As the war began to wind down a prisoner was brought to be experimented on. Exposed to a far more potent and difficult to refine version of the earlier mustard gas compound the man appeared to expire and then reappear unharmed. Vorian was surprised by this unexpected turn of events and set about investigating what he initially believed to be cellular regeneration. This theory however was debunked when samples from the man did not regenerate, though interestingly they also did not appear to age. While investigations into the nature of the man's strange ability continued, the Good Doctor rapidly began to use him as a control test for compounds. This did eventually end when in the process of a test with a member of high command present to observe the man somehow slipped his bonds as he healed and managed to escape, impaling the Good Doctor with the high command officer's sword.

While this event might have spelled death for a lesser man the Good Doctor did recover, his own knowledge of medicine and the human body allowed him to perform self surgery in an extreme feat of will and while he would forever after be plagued by shortness of breath and constant bouts of coughing Vorian von Traupitz did survive the encounter. Due to the injuries he sustained he preformed extensive modifications to his mask and using methods only he could work and understand created a method by which the mask could constantly feed him heightened amounts of oxygen to enable him to function at his earlier levels physically.

It did however take the Good Doctor months to fully recover and in those months the Entente powers or the WWI allies had forced the capitulation of Germany and its allies. With the end of Imperial Germany and the declaration of the Wiemar Republic in its place Vorian abruptly found himself a forgotten remnant of the old regime. In the light of the extensive restrictions placed on the German military and the reparations the government was forced to pay very little funding would find it's way to the Good Doctor's facility.

It was during this period of scarce resources, limited projects, and a long, slow, recovery from his grievous injuries that made a lot of his work difficult at best that he began to change to some degree. He had moved beyond the norm to the point that very few provided him with any meaningful stimuli. In truth he had begun to become rather aware of how alone he really was in the world. This sparked a new project, an effort to create another like him, whose mind was unbound and who had the ability to be an equal. 

This project would consume nearly a decade before he finally succeeded at something that few would have imagined outside of fringe science fiction. Using his own DNA and select alterations he created an artificial human, a daughter of sorts who in time would come to become very important to him. It was soon after this breakthrough that the Nazi party rose to prominence in Germany. In time he was sought out by those who sought to use the weapons he had created previously. The Fuhrer himself even tasked Vorian with the creation of the perfected human.

While he did not agree with the Nazi views on things funding was funding and research was research and after such a long period of making do with scraps Vorian was more than willing to channel his research down the desired avenues. 

(WW2 history block WIP)

Following the end of the Second World War, he along with his teenage daughter were brought to the United States and he narrowly escaped charges of war crimes by offering to put his services to use and bargaining away many of the secrets that allowed the construction of his early compounds and inventions. For many years after this trade that preserved his life and a degree of freedom he worked largely in secret with the companionship of his daughter who shared his gifts. 

It was the rise of the 2nd Division in 1994 that first dragged him back into the light. He was informed that his participation was not voluntary and that he was to provide the team with his resources, to equip and arm them and to serve a supervising role due to his experience. A role that he would reprise many times as the various Divisions came and went up until the successful one. This one endured and as it endured he became more involved taking on something of an actual leadership role as the world came to view him as a hero instead of the threat he had been in the past. 

His daughter was even inspired enough to enlist in the Division as a combatant, armored in a high tech suit of power armor and outfitted with weapons they had built over the years. Things were positive and even if the organization was somewhat corrupt and many did what they did for less than altruistic reasons Vorian had never been one to care much about the reasons so much as the science and the work itself, work that was facilitated by his position. 

The alien invasion changed everything. The forces of the Division met the invaders, and it was a bloodbath. While he cared little about the other casualties there was one that struck him to the core, the one true companion he had in the world, his daughter. She died in the initial stages of the conflict, torn apart despite the shields, armor, and weapons that were supposed to protect her, and the others who had relied upon his technology fared no better.

It was enough to make the old man snap back to basics. Donning his own old suit and mask from the days of the World Wars and armed with the terror weapons of the old wars, and the updated versions he had worked on in secret he took to the field himself in the city. Horrific mutated monsters, strains of plague that killed in mere hours, nerve agents, and all manner of other horrors were unleashed indiscriminately upon the city and the aliens that had landed within it. But for all the human casualties, and all the twisted science of man's darkest wars unleashed, there was little effect save torpedoing the already sinking ship of the Division's credibility as one of the chief members slaughtered thousands in an attempt to damage the invaders. 

Following the fall of the city Vorian retreated into the compound that had been reserved for his and his daughter's work and barricaded himself within. He has not been seen since.

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SUPERHERO PERSONA

NAME/TITLE

The Good Doctor
APPEARANCE

As the Good Doctor Vorian dons his signature mask, created to his exact specifications nearly a hundred years ago. It in truth has some resemblance to a helmet rather than a mask and covers the entirety of his head. It has a total of 6 visor slits that glow red, there are three of these visor slits in front of each of his eyes. The mask itself is matte black in color though there are a few silver lines that mar the perfection of the paint, presumably from impacts over the years. He also wears a version of the uniform that was created for him during the second world war. It has some resemblance to a dress uniform of the time and has an officers cape that reaches the floor. This attire is crimson and black in color and includes black gloves and boots as well. 
TOOLS/WEAPONS

To list all of the Good Doctor's weapons would take far more space than is available. But he has a vast repertoire of resources at his disposal, some legitimate, many not so much. 
TRADEMARKS

The Good Doctor is the generalist creator, apart from his now deceased daughter Roswitha von Traupitz or Arsenal as she was known to the public, there was no one who could match his skill in creating things that really should not have been. While there have been others over the years with some gifts in creation none have been able to match his depth and skill. His technology is the best on the planet.

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Hey, everyone! I made a bit of a mistake in not planning well. I added a short little bit to the CS - under "Backstory," there's a new section titled "Divisions Belonging To". It's to give me a better idea of when your character(s) joined and which Divisions they were a part of (they don't have to be a member of each). Sorry about the last-minute change. My mind's not always fastened inside me.

Also, I purposely left out the details of the actual AW1 as it'll be explained in the first IC post. Which should be up sometime this year. I mean, you can't rush perfection, am I right? 

@Raptorman
You are, of course, accepted. I already added Vorian and Roswitha to the lists of past members anyway. So feel free to start on that first post!  

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Brandon is accepted, naturally. And I didn't spot any typos or glaring errors, so either it's all good, or I'm just as sleep-deprived as you are. 

I have a few questions though, just for clarity:
- were Leon and Eileen only in The Third Division, and then went on with Brandon to form their own trio? Or were the two of them members before/after that as well?
- did either of them have an alias?

@Palindromatic I have an idea I need to run by you. If I were to create a brother-sister team, would I have to write two sheets or just one?@DJAtomika

I'd prefer two sheets, since they are two separate characters. If they were close their entire lives, you can condense their backstory into one shared one. That I'm okay with. 

Unless they're extremely identical to the point they're the same person, just in two bodies. Then one CS is okay. Because that idea could be cool.

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Many thanks for the CS approval; posting in the next five. 

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@Palindromatic Oh you're lucky I started on two separate sheets. XD

Nah I was considering the whole "siamese twins in the same body" idea and I couldn't form a good powerset to go with that, so I scrapped it and went with a plain brother-sister combo instead.

Writing them now. Should be done in a bit.

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|REAL IDENTITY|

NAME: Alexander "Alex" Mackey

AGE: 35

GENDER: Male

APPEARANCE: Standing six feet two and weighing a good 180 pounds, Alex is well enough built of a man for some women to call him a stud. He has brown eyes and a head of shoulder length, shaggy brown hair, with a long, thick nose and thin lips. His hands are big and thick yet soft and gentle, belying his calm, gentle nature. He normally dresses simply, often wearing a tee-shirt, plain blue jeans and sneakers underneath a dark green apron when he's at work. However, he will never be seen without his signature silver signet ring on his right index finger. This ring is decorated with a kite shield on its front, and engraved on the shield are the coat of arms of his ancestors; clockwise from the top left, a gothic cross, an eagle, a castle tower and a sword. He also has a silver chain, on which dangles a locket with a family picture inside it, whose case is engraved with an ornate castle tower.

OCCUPATION: Grocer

LOCATION: London, England

FAMILY/FRIENDS/OTHER:
Robert "Bob" Mackey - Father, deceased; the father of the Mackey twins, Bob was a grand man, "descended from a line of Arthurian knights", so he claims. Together with his wife, Arwen, he was part of the superhero duo dubbed the "Knights Anglais", with his name being Excalibur. They fought crime in the UK for many years before being discovered by the Third Division and subsequently being recruited by them.

His powerset was that of energy and matter manipulation, making him an immensely powerful super who could crush and destroy with ease. After Alex and Shirley came of age and developed powers of their own, he initiated them into the Knights, thus forming the power group of the coat of arms depicted on much of their imagery.

He was killed late into the life of the twins after he and his wife were caught off-guard by a sniper hired by anti-super revolutionaries while visiting Cairo on vacation with the family.
Arwen Mackey - Mother, deceased; Arwen was the mother of the Mackey twins and the wife of Robert. She possessed the power of sound manipulation and took the name of Banshee, as her powers allowed her flight similar to the Marvel hero of the same name. Along with her husband, she was part of the Knights Anglais, and together they fought crime in the UK for many years before being discovered by the Third Division and subsequently being recruited by them.

She too was killed later in life, by the same gunman, alongside her husband while in Cairo on vacation, both husband and wife long since retired from crime-fighting. They left behind a legacy of sorts in their children, though this has mostly gone unnoticed due to the lives they have led since they left the Division.
Shirleen Mackey - Sister, alive and well; Shirleen, or Shirley, is Alex's twin sister. More details on her can be found on her sheet below.

ABILITIES/STRENGTHS:
Immovable Object - Alex can, when standing still with BOTH his feet firmly planted on the ground, root himself in place to prevent himself from moving. Nothing, not even the strongest force, can move him from where he roots himself. Only when his foothold is shaken or he loses balance does this power deactivate.
Super Strength - Alex possesses the strength of several hundred men, and can easily lift a small bus with little difficulty, jump as high as a small building and run faster than most humans can, though not as fast as those with super speed.
Iron Skin - By virtue of his defense-based powers, Alex also possesses a superhuman tough skin, akin to Colossus in terms of durability. It's not metallic, of course, but it allows him to survive most attacks by unpowered individuals. Of course, things like RPGs or explosives or attacks from powered individuals can break past his defenses to do him damage.
Power Channel - Discovered mostly due to experimentation with his sister, Alex is able, to a certain degree, to absorb and redirect most energy-based powers thrown at him, things like fireballs, beams, electricity and the like. If they are weak enough to not cause him severe injury, he is able to absorb them and then redirect them either back at his aggressor or somewhere else. However he can only use this when rooted as an Immovable Object. He likes to use this most in conjunction with his sister, as she can fire lasers and light beams at him and have him redirect her attacks at other foes out of her reach.
Green Thumb - Years spent growing his own vegetables and produce has made both the Mackey twins very adept at growing whatever they fancy. No powers involved, just lots of patience and love for plants.
Street Smart - Having spent many years on the streets of London as a vagrant, Alex knows the ins and outs of street life, and is very savvy on what lowlifes and thugs do and how they do it.

VICES/WEAKNESSES: Booze and cigarettes, mostly. Alex is also a school dropout, so he is mostly home educated and has much to learn about higher subjects like sciences or advanced mathematics.

BACKSTORY
Alex and Shirley were born in London, England, to Robert and Arwen Mackey in the summer of 1989. Almost identical twins save for their genders, they both shared many things growing up in life; a school, teachers, similar hobbies and the like. However, what they didn't share was personality; Alex was cooler, calmer and more gentle, while Shirley was hot-headed, aggressive and fierce. Both siblings, however, were very protective of each other, evidenced by how close they were growing up.

But where Shirley excelled in her studies, Alex didn't. In their teens, Alex dropped out of school due to bad grades and spent a lot of his time on the streets, wandering around, getting into trouble and trying not to get caught. This was when he first caught wind of his powers of strength, endurance and defense, though he kept them a firm secret from anyone he knew, even his sister.

Eventually his antics were reigned in by his father and he was slowly put on a home-schooling program, his mother being his teacher. He kept his powers a secret even from them, though this particular secret was badly kept as his folks caught wind very quickly of their son's potential.

When they both came of age, Alex and Shirley were introduced to the world of superhumans and their powers. It was no surprise that their parents were supers, of course, and they trained the twins on the use of their own powers; Alex of his immense strength and endurance, and Shirley of her light manipulation. After grasping the uses of their powers, their folks let them enter the Knights Anglais, the superhero team they'd founded themselves. The family of supers took to crime-fighting with ease, keeping their efforts across the UK low-key while maintaining their day lives as the family behind a small grocery store in downtown London.

When WWIII came around, however, Robert and Arwen left their children behind as they were recruited to the Third Division. Not wanting their impressionable kids to experience the horrors of war, they left them behind in London and fought for years, until 2006 when the Third disbanded. When that happened, they returned home much to the joy of their children, who had been keeping the family business alive until their eventual return.

In 2010, while on vacation in Cairo with the family, Alex bore witness to his parents' deaths by the hand of a single sniper. Caught by surprise, it only took two bullets to completely destroy the family, leaving him and his sister to pick up the pieces as they returned to London. The sniper was later found to have been a revolutionary that bore grudges against supers, and took the opportunity to send a message to the worldwide super community with the killings.

Alex and Shirley briefly spent time within the Fourth Division as the brother-sister duo Sword and Shield, though without their parents, the superhero life felt empty, devoid of the life it once had. In 2015 they left the Division and returned to London, resuming their business as simple grocers, to which they have been to this day.

DIVISIONS BELONGING TO: Fourth Division, for a time until he left with his sister.

|SUPERHERO//PERSONA|

NAME/TITLE: Sciath, The Tower

APPEARANCE: In his identity as Sciath, Alex is normally clad in a navy blue flat cap and a black domino mask, mostly concealed by his shaggy hair. He wears a white turtleneck shirt underneath a brown trench coat that's normally left open. The length of chain that serves as his weapon is normally wrapped around his left arm. On his legs he wears a pair of beige cargo pants and steel-toed boots. On his hands are a pair of black leather driving gloves.

TOOLS/WEAPONS:
A length of heavy-duty chain that serves as both his primary weapon and a power focus for his Power Channel ability stated above. Through the chain, he is able to fire out the powers he's absorbed.
His fists and feet, naturally.

TRADEMARKS:
The coat of arms mentioned above, displayed both on his signet ring and on the back of his coat.
His long trench coat itself, emblazoned with the family coat of arms, is a symbol of the family and team he used to hail from.
The tattoo of an ornate castle tower on the left side of his neck.

|REAL IDENTITY|

NAME: Shirleen "Shirley" Mackey

AGE: 35

GENDER: Female

APPEARANCE: Standing a mere five feet five inches tall and weighing 155 pounds, Shirley is much smaller than her brother is. Her hair and eyes are the same shade of brown, and her hair is long and curly, flowing past her shoulders. She regularly keeps her hair tied in a ponytail and shares the same fashion sense as her brother, dressing simply in a blouse or shirt, jeans and shoes when at work or out. She too has a signet ring worn on her left index finger, though a smaller one for her dainty hands. The bronze chain she wears also has a locket on it, on which is engraved a Roman gladius and contains a picture of her family.

OCCUPATION: Grocer

LOCATION: London, England

FAMILY/FRIENDS/OTHER:
Robert "Bob" Mackey - Father, deceased; Robert was her father. More information can be read in Alex's sheet above.
Arwen Mackey - Mother, deceased; Arwen was her mother. More information can be read in Alex's sheet above.
Alexander Mackey - Brother, alive and well; Alex is Shirley's twin brother. More information on him can be read in the sheet above.

ABILITIES/STRENGTHS:
Light Manipulation - Shirley is able to manipulate all forms of light, be it UV or infra-red or microwaves, she can handle it. It can be weaponised by way of firing or creating laser beams, creating bright bursts of light to disorientate, or creating focused beams of light to superheat targets. Defensively, she can create shields of light to block incoming attacks or sheath herself in an absence of light, making her invisible to the naked eye.
Agile - By virtue of her powers being extremely adaptable, Shirley has trained herself to be just as such, taking gymnastics and parkour classes to keep her body fit to traverse any surface or cross any obstacle that her brother can't throw her over.
Keen Eye - Shirley has also trained her innate ability of observation, picking up on subtle details on the environments or on foes quicker than most. Not superhuman, just well-trained.

VICES/WEAKNESSES: Shirley is quite light (geddit), for one, making her horrible in strength-based fights. Her powers are also quite situational: at night she is essentially a lighthouse, making her powerset useless for stealthy encounters or night-time escapes.

BACKSTORY
Alex and Shirley were born in London, England, to Robert and Arwen Mackey in the summer of 1989. Almost identical twins save for their genders, they both shared many things growing up in life; a school, teachers, similar hobbies and the like. However, what they didn't share was personality; Alex was cooler, calmer and more gentle, while Shirley was hot-headed, aggressive and fierce. Both siblings, however, were very protective of each other, evidenced by how close they were growing up.

While Alex became a dropout, Shirley excelled in her studies, taking a special interest in advanced physics as she moved on from public schooling to tertiary education. It was during her classes that she discovered her powers of light manipulation. This only fueled her desire to learn, and she took special classes to learn about particle physics, building up her knowledge about her powers.

After she graduated, she returned home to support her family in their grocery shop and her brother in his studies, though her powers were a badly-kept secret from her folks, much like her brother.

When they were both young adults, Alex and Shirley were introduced to the world of superhumans and their powers. It was no surprise that their parents were supers, of course, and they trained the twins on the use of their own powers; Alex of his immense strength and endurance, and Shirley of her light manipulation. After grasping the uses of their powers, their folks let them enter the Knights Anglais, the superhero team they'd founded themselves. The family of supers took to crime-fighting with ease, keeping their efforts across the UK low-key while maintaining their day lives as the family behind a small grocery store in downtown London.

When WWIII came around, however, Robert and Arwen left their children behind as they were recruited to the Third Division. Not wanting their impressionable kids to experience the horrors of war, they left them behind in London and fought for years, until 2006 when the Third disbanded. When that happened, they returned home much to the joy of their children, who had been keeping the family business alive until their eventual return.

In 2010, while on vacation in Cairo with the family, Shirley saw and failed to act against the gunman that killed both her parents in an act of rage. Caught by surprise, it only took two bullets to completely destroy the family, leaving her and her brother to pick up the pieces as they returned to London. The sniper was later found to have been a revolutionary that bore grudges against supers, and took the opportunity to send a message to the worldwide super community with the killings.

Alex and Shirley briefly spent time within the Fourth Division as the brother-sister duo Sword and Shield, though without their parents, the superhero life felt empty, devoid of the life it once had. In 2015 they left the Division and returned to London, resuming their business as simple grocers, to which they have been to this day.

DIVISIONS BELONGING TO: Fourth Division for a time, until she left with her brother.

|SUPERHERO//PERSONA|

NAME/TITLE: Gladio, Beacon

APPEARANCE: When masquerading as Beacon, Shirley wears a pair of aviator shades on her face, with her hair tied up in a bun held in place by two long, thin hairpins. She keeps the lower half of her face hidden by wearing a turtleneck shirt with the neck pulled up over her nose, underneath a navy blue hooded jacket. Her hands are adorned with fingerless biking gloves, and she wears loose jeans and running shoes on her legs and feet. Shirley regularly leaves the hood of her jacket up over her head. She also wears her sword and its sheath on the left side of her waist, clipped to her jeans.

TOOLS/WEAPONS:
Her hands, often used as focuses for her light beams. She likes to have her hands in the shape of handguns, since the idea of "finger guns" firing actual laser beams amuses her.
A replica Roman gladius, picked up from a metalworker in London. The sword is used by her as a power focus, often being used to fire sword beams or detonate bursts of light.

TRADEMARKS:
Her sword, of course, as a symbol of her heroine identity.
The coat of arms emblazoned on the back of her hood.

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Many thanks for the CS approval; posting in the next five.@Sigil

No problem at all! It was really good; I'd be silly to turn you away.

|REAL IDENTITY|

NAME: Alexander "Alex" Mackey

AGE: 35

GENDER: Male

APPEARANCE: Standing six feet two and weighing a good 180 pounds, Alex is well enough built of a man for some women to call him a stud. He has brown eyes and a head of shoulder length, shaggy brown hair, with a long, thick nose and thin lips. His hands are big and thick yet soft and gentle, belying his calm, gentle nature. He normally dresses simply, often wearing a tee-shirt, plain blue jeans and sneakers underneath a dark green apron when he's at work. However, he will never be seen without his signature silver signet ring on his right index finger. This ring is decorated with a kite shield on its front, and engraved on the shield are the coat of arms of his ancestors; clockwise from the top left, a gothic cross, an eagle, a castle tower and a sword. He also has a silver chain, on which dangles a locket with a family picture inside it, whose case is engraved with an ornate castle tower.

OCCUPATION: Grocer

LOCATION: London, England

FAMILY/FRIENDS/OTHER:
Robert "Bob" Mackey - Father, deceased; the father of the Mackey twins, Bob was a grand man, "descended from a line of Arthurian knights", so he claims. Together with his wife, Arwen, he was part of the superhero duo dubbed the "Knights Anglais", with his name being Excalibur. They fought crime in the UK for many years before being discovered by the Third Division and subsequently being recruited by them.

His powerset was that of energy and matter manipulation, making him an immensely powerful super who could crush and destroy with ease. After Alex and Shirley came of age and developed powers of their own, he initiated them into the Knights, thus forming the power group of the coat of arms depicted on much of their imagery.

He was killed late into the life of the twins after he and his wife were caught off-guard by a sniper hired by anti-super revolutionaries while visiting Cairo on vacation with the family.
Arwen Mackey - Mother, deceased; Arwen was the mother of the Mackey twins and the wife of Robert. She possessed the power of sound manipulation and took the name of Banshee, as her powers allowed her flight similar to the Marvel hero of the same name. Along with her husband, she was part of the Knights Anglais, and together they fought crime in the UK for many years before being discovered by the Third Division and subsequently being recruited by them.

She too was killed later in life, by the same gunman, alongside her husband while in Cairo on vacation, both husband and wife long since retired from crime-fighting. They left behind a legacy of sorts in their children, though this has mostly gone unnoticed due to the lives they have led since they left the Division.
Shirleen Mackey - Sister, alive and well; Shirleen, or Shirley, is Alex's twin sister. More details on her can be found on her sheet below.

ABILITIES/STRENGTHS:
Immovable Object - Alex can, when standing still with BOTH his feet firmly planted on the ground, root himself in place to prevent himself from moving. Nothing, not even the strongest force, can move him from where he roots himself. Only when his foothold is shaken or he loses balance does this power deactivate.
Super Strength - Alex possesses the strength of several hundred men, and can easily lift a small bus with little difficulty, jump as high as a small building and run faster than most humans can, though not as fast as those with super speed.
Iron Skin - By virtue of his defense-based powers, Alex also possesses a superhuman tough skin, akin to Colossus in terms of durability. It's not metallic, of course, but it allows him to survive most attacks by unpowered individuals. Of course, things like RPGs or explosives or attacks from powered individuals can break past his defenses to do him damage.
Power Channel - Discovered mostly due to experimentation with his sister, Alex is able, to a certain degree, to absorb and redirect most energy-based powers thrown at him, things like fireballs, beams, electricity and the like. If they are weak enough to not cause him severe injury, he is able to absorb them and then redirect them either back at his aggressor or somewhere else. However he can only use this when rooted as an Immovable Object. He likes to use this most in conjunction with his sister, as she can fire lasers and light beams at him and have him redirect her attacks at other foes out of her reach.
Green Thumb - Years spent growing his own vegetables and produce has made both the Mackey twins very adept at growing whatever they fancy. No powers involved, just lots of patience and love for plants.
Street Smart - Having spent many years on the streets of London as a vagrant, Alex knows the ins and outs of street life, and is very savvy on what lowlifes and thugs do and how they do it.

VICES/WEAKNESSES: Booze and cigarettes, mostly. Alex is also a school dropout, so he is mostly home educated and has much to learn about higher subjects like sciences or advanced mathematics.

BACKSTORY
Alex and Shirley were born in London, England, to Robert and Arwen Mackey in the summer of 1989. Almost identical twins save for their genders, they both shared many things growing up in life; a school, teachers, similar hobbies and the like. However, what they didn't share was personality; Alex was cooler, calmer and more gentle, while Shirley was hot-headed, aggressive and fierce. Both siblings, however, were very protective of each other, evidenced by how close they were growing up.

But where Shirley excelled in her studies, Alex didn't. In their teens, Alex dropped out of school due to bad grades and spent a lot of his time on the streets, wandering around, getting into trouble and trying not to get caught. This was when he first caught wind of his powers of strength, endurance and defense, though he kept them a firm secret from anyone he knew, even his sister.

Eventually his antics were reigned in by his father and he was slowly put on a home-schooling program, his mother being his teacher. He kept his powers a secret even from them, though this particular secret was badly kept as his folks caught wind very quickly of their son's potential.

When they both came of age, Alex and Shirley were introduced to the world of superhumans and their powers. It was no surprise that their parents were supers, of course, and they trained the twins on the use of their own powers; Alex of his immense strength and endurance, and Shirley of her light manipulation. After grasping the uses of their powers, their folks let them enter the Knights Anglais, the superhero team they'd founded themselves. The family of supers took to crime-fighting with ease, keeping their efforts across the UK low-key while maintaining their day lives as the family behind a small grocery store in downtown London.

When WWIII came around, however, Robert and Arwen left their children behind as they were recruited to the Third Division. Not wanting their impressionable kids to experience the horrors of war, they left them behind in London and fought for years, until 2006 when the Third disbanded. When that happened, they returned home much to the joy of their children, who had been keeping the family business alive until their eventual return.

In 2010, while on vacation in Cairo with the family, Alex bore witness to his parents' deaths by the hand of a single sniper. Caught by surprise, it only took two bullets to completely destroy the family, leaving him and his sister to pick up the pieces as they returned to London. The sniper was later found to have been a revolutionary that bore grudges against supers, and took the opportunity to send a message to the worldwide super community with the killings.

Alex and Shirley briefly spent time within the Fourth Division as the brother-sister duo Sword and Shield, though without their parents, the superhero life felt empty, devoid of the life it once had. In 2015 they left the Division and returned to London, resuming their business as simple grocers, to which they have been to this day.

DIVISIONS BELONGING TO: Fourth Division, for a time until he left with his sister.

|SUPERHERO//PERSONA|

NAME/TITLE: Sciath, The Tower

APPEARANCE: In his identity as Sciath, Alex is normally clad in a navy blue flat cap and a black domino mask, mostly concealed by his shaggy hair. He wears a white turtleneck shirt underneath a brown trench coat that's normally left open. The length of chain that serves as his weapon is normally wrapped around his left arm. On his legs he wears a pair of beige cargo pants and steel-toed boots. On his hands are a pair of black leather driving gloves.

TOOLS/WEAPONS:
A length of heavy-duty chain that serves as both his primary weapon and a power focus for his Power Channel ability stated above. Through the chain, he is able to fire out the powers he's absorbed.
His fists and feet, naturally.

TRADEMARKS:
The coat of arms mentioned above, displayed both on his signet ring and on the back of his coat.
His long trench coat itself, emblazoned with the family coat of arms, is a symbol of the family and team he used to hail from.
The tattoo of an ornate castle tower on the left side of his neck.

|REAL IDENTITY|

NAME: Shirleen "Shirley" Mackey

AGE: 35

GENDER: Female

APPEARANCE: Standing a mere five feet five inches tall and weighing 155 pounds, Shirley is much smaller than her brother is. Her hair and eyes are the same shade of brown, and her hair is long and curly, flowing past her shoulders. She regularly keeps her hair tied in a ponytail and shares the same fashion sense as her brother, dressing simply in a blouse or shirt, jeans and shoes when at work or out. She too has a signet ring worn on her left index finger, though a smaller one for her dainty hands. The bronze chain she wears also has a locket on it, on which is engraved a Roman gladius and contains a picture of her family.

OCCUPATION: Grocer

LOCATION: London, England

FAMILY/FRIENDS/OTHER:
Robert "Bob" Mackey - Father, deceased; Robert was her father. More information can be read in Alex's sheet above.
Arwen Mackey - Mother, deceased; Arwen was her mother. More information can be read in Alex's sheet above.
Alexander Mackey - Brother, alive and well; Alex is Shirley's twin brother. More information on him can be read in the sheet above.

ABILITIES/STRENGTHS:
Light Manipulation - Shirley is able to manipulate all forms of light, be it UV or infra-red or microwaves, she can handle it. It can be weaponised by way of firing or creating laser beams, creating bright bursts of light to disorientate, or creating focused beams of light to superheat targets. Defensively, she can create shields of light to block incoming attacks or sheath herself in an absence of light, making her invisible to the naked eye.
Agile - By virtue of her powers being extremely adaptable, Shirley has trained herself to be just as such, taking gymnastics and parkour classes to keep her body fit to traverse any surface or cross any obstacle that her brother can't throw her over.
Keen Eye - Shirley has also trained her innate ability of observation, picking up on subtle details on the environments or on foes quicker than most. Not superhuman, just well-trained.

VICES/WEAKNESSES: Shirley is quite light (geddit), for one, making her horrible in strength-based fights. Her powers are also quite situational: at night she is essentially a lighthouse, making her powerset useless for stealthy encounters or night-time escapes.

BACKSTORY
Alex and Shirley were born in London, England, to Robert and Arwen Mackey in the summer of 1989. Almost identical twins save for their genders, they both shared many things growing up in life; a school, teachers, similar hobbies and the like. However, what they didn't share was personality; Alex was cooler, calmer and more gentle, while Shirley was hot-headed, aggressive and fierce. Both siblings, however, were very protective of each other, evidenced by how close they were growing up.

While Alex became a dropout, Shirley excelled in her studies, taking a special interest in advanced physics as she moved on from public schooling to tertiary education. It was during her classes that she discovered her powers of light manipulation. This only fueled her desire to learn, and she took special classes to learn about particle physics, building up her knowledge about her powers.

After she graduated, she returned home to support her family in their grocery shop and her brother in his studies, though her powers were a badly-kept secret from her folks, much like her brother.

When they were both young adults, Alex and Shirley were introduced to the world of superhumans and their powers. It was no surprise that their parents were supers, of course, and they trained the twins on the use of their own powers; Alex of his immense strength and endurance, and Shirley of her light manipulation. After grasping the uses of their powers, their folks let them enter the Knights Anglais, the superhero team they'd founded themselves. The family of supers took to crime-fighting with ease, keeping their efforts across the UK low-key while maintaining their day lives as the family behind a small grocery store in downtown London.

When WWIII came around, however, Robert and Arwen left their children behind as they were recruited to the Third Division. Not wanting their impressionable kids to experience the horrors of war, they left them behind in London and fought for years, until 2006 when the Third disbanded. When that happened, they returned home much to the joy of their children, who had been keeping the family business alive until their eventual return.

In 2010, while on vacation in Cairo with the family, Shirley saw and failed to act against the gunman that killed both her parents in an act of rage. Caught by surprise, it only took two bullets to completely destroy the family, leaving her and her brother to pick up the pieces as they returned to London. The sniper was later found to have been a revolutionary that bore grudges against supers, and took the opportunity to send a message to the worldwide super community with the killings.

Alex and Shirley briefly spent time within the Fourth Division as the brother-sister duo Sword and Shield, though without their parents, the superhero life felt empty, devoid of the life it once had. In 2015 they left the Division and returned to London, resuming their business as simple grocers, to which they have been to this day.

DIVISIONS BELONGING TO: Fourth Division for a time, until she left with her brother.

|SUPERHERO//PERSONA|

NAME/TITLE: Gladio, Beacon

APPEARANCE: When masquerading as Beacon, Shirley wears a pair of aviator shades on her face, with her hair tied up in a bun held in place by two long, thin hairpins. She keeps the lower half of her face hidden by wearing a turtleneck shirt with the neck pulled up over her nose, underneath a navy blue hooded jacket. Her hands are adorned with fingerless biking gloves, and she wears loose jeans and running shoes on her legs and feet. Shirley regularly leaves the hood of her jacket up over her head. She also wears her sword and its sheath on the left side of her waist, clipped to her jeans.

TOOLS/WEAPONS:
Her hands, often used as focuses for her light beams. She likes to have her hands in the shape of handguns, since the idea of "finger guns" firing actual laser beams amuses her.
A replica Roman gladius, picked up from a metalworker in London. The sword is used by her as a power focus, often being used to fire sword beams or detonate bursts of light.

TRADEMARKS:
Her sword, of course, as a symbol of her heroine identity.
The coat of arms emblazoned on the back of her hood.
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All read through and all definitely accepted! I'm normally wary of the "sibling duo" idea - it always feels campy to me - but I like that you didn't make it so. I also like the backstory of their parents; very nice addition. I'll add all of that information to The Divisions' timeline ASAP.

I also really like Shirley's light-manipulation ability. It's creative and unique. Definitely a fan of her now. 

Just wondering: did Shirley and/or Alex fight in AW1, or were they strictly only a part of The Fourth Division?

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Just wondering: would everyone prefer me write up the detailed history of each Division (ex. The First Division dealing with The Psychogenerative Law & imprisonments, The Third Division dealing with WW3, etc.), or leave them empty (for the most part) for interpretation?

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You can write stuff, but keep events vague. It'll give people a skeleton to write backstories on. 

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You can write stuff, but keep events vague. It'll give people a skeleton to write backstories on.@DJAtomika

Hm... I may have to revise some things. That's all a part of the experience though, amirite? 

And as a heads-up for everyone who hasn't applied: there's only three - tentatively four - spots left. No pressure. 

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