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”Evil must be punished. Even in the face of armageddon, I will not compromise in this.” -Rorschach (Watchmen)



The year is 2016, and the world is imperiled. The Cold War rages, and is beginning to heat up. The United States, with its government focused single mindedly on being better than its enemies, has become a veritable cesspool of crime. Gun and gang violence is at an all-time high. There’s been a resurgence of organized crime. Rape, murder, theft, all are daily facts of life, nowhere more so than in the city of Ankora, in the Midwestern United States.

A relatively new city, Ankora started out as a farming town, but quickly became a bustling metropolis when several companies established headquarters in the city. Unfortunately, with the companies came the criminals. It wasn’t long before Ankora’s primary export became corpses.

The city’s police force proved unable to handle the problem. In fact, in several instances they caused the problems. Ankora, on the verge of collapse, prayed for heroes. Instead, they got high schoolers in Halloween costumes. The citizens of Ankora were understandably skeptical. To their surprise, those high schoolers who got their asses kicked by street thugs on weekends grew into fairly capable vigilantes. The original group of six grew into a massive, World-wide organization of Peacekeepers.

The Peacekeepers, as they took to calling themselves, was a group of a few hundred loosely affiliated Vigilantes, keeping the peace in their cities. The Peacekeepers lasted for about ten years, and for a good chunk of that time, the world actually saw some relative peace. Unfortunately, due to public fear over the power of the Peacekeepers, anti-Vigilante legislation, widespread corruption, and the death of two of the founding members, the Peacekeepers disbanded in 2006. It soon became illegal to be a non-government affiliated vigilante. Crime, corruption, and the constant threat of war hang over not just Ankora, or the U.S., but the whole world. Now, more than ever, the World needs Heroes.




Heyo! Welcome, RPers to my Watchmen-inspired RP. Here, I’d like to delve into a concept I don’t see very often in RP’s, non-superhuman heroes and society’s reaction to them. I’d like about five players (Not including myself) More interest than I thought I'd recieve. No limit on players (yet). So, without further ado, let’s outline the world a bit more, shall we?


















And that’s what I’ve got so far, tell me, are you interested?




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(I know, I could have used Desolation Row, but that would’ve been too easy. Granted, not that using a song featured in a different Alan Moore work takes much more effort.)

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sweet, I'll have my cs up tomorrow
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this looks interesting. Would a gun-loving libertarian capitalist hero be fine?
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Totally going a Black Canary-type character route.
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Alright, I'm interested. I may or may not get a sheet out tonight; as a preliminary question, however, what would people say to a superhero who's something like a mix of Batman, a less-advanced Iron Man and the Punisher? Hunts crooks, violently murders them so they don't keep killing people or committing crime or whatever it is they're doing, probably rich enough to develop some pretty complex combat stuff, that whole shebang.
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@BCTheEntityDepends on the person. I imagine that most would disapprove of the whole "violently murdering criminals" thing, but others may like the permanency of it. People would probably tolerate him, so long as he continues to get results.
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Working on my CS now, will get it posted as soon as I can!
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@Weird TalesBut of course. There's very little I won't tolerate. Two of my characters (Of my four) have suits of hi-tech knight's armor. And, yes, of course they're named Galahad and Lancelot.
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@Nevix I'm thinking he has a very low tolerance for crime. If he catches somebody engaging in criminal activities, of any sort, he'll kill them regardless of their sob stories, and regardless of their position in the world. That to some extent includes vigilantes - vigilantism itself wouldn't be punished, but it's likely associated with other activities which deserve death, and the few for whom that isn't true will probably try to stop him sooner or later, thus necessitating their own deaths for indirectly aiding criminals by halting his progress. In doing this, he believes he can scare the city into compliance and completely eradicate crime within its borders, so long as he sticks around for long enough to oversee the transition.
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Figure I'd throw down some WIP sheets







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Here's my CS, let me know if there are any problems!
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@fluorescent@Karl Kadaver I dig both of them. Great work, but don't move them over to the Char tab quite yet.
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Looks like Mister Business is going to have a lot of enemies. :P
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Holy cow did I put way more detail into this character than I thought I would. This is probably the most effort I've put into a CS before.

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@Guess Who I dig it.
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This is what I have so far. I will finish her bio later, but I wanted the important stuff out of the way (and I wanted to secure the character type. Sort of went a Black Canary/Catwoman type.)
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Looks like Mister Business is going to have a lot of enemies. :P


Stryker is compliant, so you've got one friend!

@knighthawk I dig it

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