All-Star Marvel: Audax Mundus Novus
GM: Dedonus
Welcome true believers; welcome to All-Star Marvel, an intoxicating land where creativity for creativity's sake can take priority and enable you to render stories and events you could only have dreamed of in all of your previous mundanity. We welcome you to a unique narrative opportunity to take any Marvel character character and re-imagine them in a way that makes them pleasurable for you to write unique and original stories with. In this universe no events in the main Marvel comics continuity are considered canon. It is entirely contained within the forum and within your imagination. Am I over-egging it? Perhaps. It's still pretty cool to see.
Whether you're one for emotional drama or a sucker for physical trauma, the vast range of characters available could fit any genre or any purpose you could reasonably imagine. Is your interest piqued by a fresh interpretation of Bruce Banner that you really wanna try out? Own it. Love Thor but hate that darned old hammer? Sling it. Think that The Whizzer is in need of a drastic revival? That's good too. No-one is off limits here. Not even Doop. As long as they have appeared in a canonical Marvel tale on either the page or the screen they're free for refurbishment. Here, the MARVEL UNIVERSE is yours to mold.
[This is a sandbox game.]
||The Present Day:||
At the same time as the super-humans arose, a secret government agent stepped out of the shadows in order to deal with the chaos caused by the emergence of the super-human. This organization is the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, or S.H.I.E.L.D. for short. Not only was it their task to monitor all super-human activity, but also to combat any organization that threatened the existence of the world. No one outside the organization knows how long S.H.I.E.L.D. has been operating. Whether they just recently formed or had been monitoring the situation for years, everyone knew that they were here to stay.
||The Discovery of Mutants:||
However, as the decades rolled, the mutant population kept growing and growing, which meant is became more difficult for mutants to remain under the radar. However, in the 80's, a group of powerful mutants, including Charles Xavier, Erik Lensherr, and Raven Darkholme, formed a group, called the Brotherhood, swearing to keep mutantkind hidden from the rest of the world, lest humanity, threatened by the potential power of the mutants, launch a preemptive strike against their evolved brethren. For a decade, this alliance successfully prevented the general public from learning the truth about mutants. However, the leadership of the Brotherhood eventually collapsed as they had differing ideologies concerning human-mutant relations. Therefore, the Brotherhood was dissolved and the mutants went their separate ways. As a result of this, Charles Xavier founded the Xavier Institute of Higher Learning by using his family inheritance to fund the project, while Erik, now referring to himself as Magneto, reformed the Brotherhood of Mutants, binding his time until it was the right moment for mutantkind to strike back.
Through recent genetic research in 2010, it was discovered that not only was the human race still evolving, but that these mutations could give people super-human powers. Once super-humans began to appear on the national stage, people began to ask whether this 'X-gene' was the cause of the surge of super-humans, or was this a separate event? Despite the answer to that question, the results from this research could finally explain occurrences in the past that could not be explained in the past.
||The Current Situation:||
||Major Events:||
Pre-IC:
• 1942 - Captain America, accompanied by a hand selected team of professionals enter WWII, guns blazing.
• 1980's - The Brotherhood is founded. Members include Charles Xavier, Erik Lensherr, and Raven Darkholme.
• 1990's -The Brotherhood is dissolved after the leadership had clashing ideologies. Charles Xavier founds the Xavier Institute of Higher Learning, while Magneto reforms the Brotherhood in his own image.
• 2010 - Super-humans begin to fall on the radar of the general public. However, at this point, they are still only urban legends. The 'X-gene' is discovered.
• 2011 - The world accepts the existence of super-humans. Most heroes begin their careers in this year.
• 2011 - Tony Stark takes over Stark Industries and transforms it into Stark Technology.
Season 1:
August, 2012
• Hulk is engaged by the forces of General Ross in New York. Havoc and mass destruction is caused, only to be stopped by the intervention of three heroes: Miss America, Thor, and Loki.
• At the same time, Spider-Man, Hawkeye, and Mockingbird engage a Machine Bem, called Killer Unicorn (who is actually a triceratops). Unknown to the heroes, this monster was created by the evil Professor Monster.
• The 3D Man was born after a failed abduction by the Skrulls took place. Since then 3D Man took down several Skrulls posing as low tier heroes and villains including Thunderball, Black Goliath, Atlas, Dragon Man, as well as Griffin with an assist from the winged hero Archangel. Presumably they're trying to gain intel on Earth's technology and heroes.
• After stopping their mutated friend, Harvey, the Fantastic Four make their public debut with the help of Tony Stark, who had recently revealed for the first time his Iron Man armor.
• The Brotherhood of Mutants attacked Senator Kelly's political rally in Boston. However, the Brotherhood's plans were thwarted by the combined efforts of the X-Men (Jean Grey, Beast, Storm, and Quicksilver) and Ms. Marvel.
• Herbert Landon kidnaps two X-Men (Firestar and Nightcralwer) with the help of the Chameleon twins. However, the X-Men (Cyclops, Colossus, and Iceman) and Spider-Man were able to free their friends and stop Landon's anti-mutant plot.
• The Avengers first assemble. They include Captain America (Sam Wilson), Loki, Ms. America, Ant-Man, Hyperion, and Valkyrie.
IC:
• September, 2012 - TBA.
The current month in the IC is: September, 2012
//11.30.2014: If you wish to add to the main events with established points in your character's timeline, please do not hesitate to PM on the subject.
Rules
New/changed rules are in blue.
Character Sheet template:
Player Name:
Character You Wish To Play:
Alias: Your character's superhero/villain name
Moral Alignment (Hero, Villain, Walking the Line):
Affiliation (what group/team/organization, if any, is your character affiliated with?):
Character Origin & Backstory:
Season 1 Summary: Summary of what your character did in season 1 (not applicable to new players)
Powers and Abilities (What can your character do? What can't they do?):
Sample Story Arcs: Give 2-3 ideas on where you want to go with your character.
Sample Post (This is used as an introduction to your writing – try to keep it to around three paragraphs or more and try to include dialogue):
Roster:
Heroes:
• Archangel - Warren Worthington III
• Agent Coulson - Phil Coulson
• Ant-Man - Henry Pym, Jr.
• Black Panther - T'Challa Udaku
• Captain America - Sam Wilson
• Captain America - Steve Rodgers
• Gambit - Remy LeBeau
• Hawkeye - Clint Barton
• Human Torch - Johnny Storm
• Iron Man - Anthony Stark
• Loki - Loki Laufeyson
• Moon Knight - Marc Spector
• Ms. Marvel - Carol Susan Jane Danvers
• Miss America - America Chavez
• Spider-Man - Peter Benjamin Parker
• Stingray - Walter Newell
• Thor - Thor Odinson
Walking the Line:
• Black Cat - Felicia Hardy
• Deadpool - Wade Wilson
• The Hulk - Robert 'Bruce' Banner
• Sthor - Tarene
• Wolverine - James Howlett
Villains:
• Hyperion - Zhib-Ran
• The Winter Soldier - James Buchanan Barnes
• Archangel - Warren Worthington III
The Kid Lantern
• Agent Coulson - Phil Coulson
Sep
• Ant-Man - Henry Pym, Jr.
Gowi
• Black Panther - T'Challa Udaku
CallMeChaotix
• Captain America - Sam Wilson
Sep
• Captain America - Steve Rodgers
Facepunch
• Gambit - Remy LeBeau
CallMeChaotix
• Hawkeye - Clint Barton
Dedonus
• Human Torch - Johnny Storm
CallMeChaotix
• Iron Man - Anthony Stark
DrewVonAwesome
• Loki - Loki Laufeyson
Bright Ops
• Moon Knight - Marc Spector
Nightraider
*• Ms. Marvel - Carol Susan Jane Danvers
Dedonus
• Miss America - America Chavez
Natty
• Spider-Man - Peter Benjamin Parker
Dedonus
• Stingray - Walter Newell
The Kid Lantern
• Thor - Thor Odinson
DrewVonAwesome
Walking the Line:
• Black Cat - Felicia Hardy
Gowi
• Deadpool - Wade Wilson
Gowi
• The Hulk - Robert 'Bruce' Banner
Sep
• Sthor - Tarene
Spud
• Wolverine - James Howlett
Facepunch
Villains:
• Hyperion - Zhib-Ran
Facepunch
• The Winter Soldier - James Buchanan Barnes
Spud