Zordon, an alien White Ranger from another time and galaxy, crash landed on Earth after imprisoning Rita Repulsa and her minions on the moon one hundred years ago in the year 1915. Aging more rapidly on Earth, Zordon's robotic assistant Alpha 5 helped to preserve his essence within the technology of their crashed ship/HQ. A routine moon landing in 2015 saw the release of Rita and her goons and soon a battle for the planet had begun. Zordon chose five teenagers to fight for the fate of the world against Rita and her forces. Now, two years after becoming Rangers it's time for them to ascend. The first of us to rise to another level of power will become the Dragon Ranger. From that point it'll get really interesting. The Blue Ranger can ascend to either Unicorn or Pegasus, the Yellow can become Griffin or Qilin, the Pink can become the Firebird, and Black the Lion. This is loosely based on what they get in terms of Thunder Zords. In that era the Red Ranger got the Red Dragon Thunderzord, however if the Red doesn't ascend to the Dragon they get whatever options the Ranger would've had who does become the Dragon. So potentially we could have a Red Lion, a Black Dragon, a Blue Pegasus...
This cuts out the Green Ranger and the White Ranger. I know that's gonna bum somebody out but the idea any color Ranger can become the Dragon Ranger and be the heavy hitter is a lot more interesting from my point of view. The CS for this will be a bit different than most of my other RPs, and you also get to add your own favorite villains into the mix.
Also, obviously the Red Ranger and Yellow Rangers' genders don't have to be switched. Though I do ask whoever goes with Pink remains a female. The last male Pink Ranger was underwhelming. Also, depending on who I choose to become the Dragon, whomever is the Red Ranger would have to take one for the team and be whatever the Ranger who becomes the Dragon would've had. I'll take the Red spot if need be, though the Dragon could be seen as the new leader and not just the big gun of the team if the player wants. The Blue Ranger and the Yellow Ranger also get special treatment since the American versions differed from the Sentei. Blue can become either Unicorn or Pegasus, and Yellow can become the Griffin or Qilin.
Character Sheets MUST include:
Name -
Color -
Age -
Wanna Be the Dragon - [Yes or No?]
Personality -
Background/Brief Bio -
Villain of Choice - [ANY era Power Rangers villain]
Notes -
Rita Repulsa will be around the Rangers' age in terms of maturity even if she's a few hundred years old. I always imagined her looking more like this:
Her putties will also resemble a version of an old Batman enemy called Clayface. They'll be more monstrous and able to shape their appendages into weapons:
The broader theme of the series will be somewhere in the middle between the classic show and that more graphic fanfilm that's got James Van Der Beek as the badguy. There will probably be less focus on the Zords until we ascend. I always thought it was odd these kids were in school one minute and the next they were piloting skyscraper sized robots without training?!? When we get the Zords I URL'ed up top, that's when we'll fight giants. Looking for just four more players to round out the cast and get things moving!
~KL~