Grailham City, founded in 1884, was originally created as a hub from which to launch for archeological expeditions throughout the world. The expeditions had varying success over the next few decades, that is until the ill-fated Carlyle expedition in 1919. Led and funded by millionaire playboy Roger Carlyle, the expedition traveled to various places around the world including Egypt, China, Africa, and Australia among others and perform several excavations following a tip from an undisclosed source. Over the next two years, a trove of artifacts from early human history was sent back, though some were rumored to be not of human origin. In August of 1921, the expedition traveled to the African wilderness and vanished. In October of that year, the gruesome remains of the expedition was found by a search party hired by Roger’s sister. While rumors suggest that their demise was from inhuman hands, ultimately blame was pinned on Nandi tribesmen who were tried and hanged. Despite the tragic end, the findings of the expedition were groundbreaking and brought wealth into the city and some of the artifacts remain on display at the posthumously named Carlyle Museum, one of the largest museums in the world.
The spike in money flowing through the city naturally attracted more than just archeologists as corporations in the tech, medical, research, and many other fields either moved in or were founded. As the century came to a close, Grailham City has transformed drastically from its simple beginnings and into one of the largest cities on Earth with a GDP to rival many small countries put together. Naturally, as wealth poured in, many criminals begin to take notice and the city’s first supervillain The Pallid Charmer emerged in 1946, shortly after the city’s first superhero Incognito emerged to challenge him. Ever since, Grailham City became a popular place for both heroes and villains to emerge, earning the nickname ‘The Crucible’ from some of the locals as the battles between heroes and villains became a regular occurrence in the city by the end of the century.
Fortunately for the citizens of the city, there always seemed to be enough heroes to deal with the villains and the heroes were usually pretty good at being heroes. Not to mention the villains never seemed to ever group up and try to dominate their foils with numbers, whether it was pride, principle, or a general feeling of superiority over the ‘lesser’ villains that ensured any cohesion did not last. Until recently that is. A mysterious newcomer has shaken things up in the criminal side of the city, somehow managing to sway others under his cause through trickery, bribes, intimidation, or something else. Whatever the case, it seems almost, if not all, of the villains answer to this mysterious individual. Something big is going down, and whatever it is is can't be good.
This RP is about a group of novice heroes teaming up to overcome difficult odds, discover and subvert a grand scheme that may potentially doom the world, and learn to harness their powers or master their abilities. Heroes may rise from any origin, whether they inherited their powers, harness futuristic technology, come from outer or inner space, from the distant past or even other dimensions. You may have any origin and any power (or martial skill, some of the greatest heroes can be exceptionally talented but otherwise mundane individuals) save for certain restricted ones that will be listed in the Rules below. As this is a city filled with as many villains as heroes, you may also create a villain character for yours or someone else’s hero to foil but this is optional.
Much of the same requirements for the Hero CS applies to the Villain CS, usually the only difference is the nameless goons they can afford to employ with the occasional named one. Feel free to add some new sections of your own.
Note: Villains are NPCs for our heroes to fight. If you would like to play a villain, I might allow it. PM me with details.
For more convenient communication, there is a discord server. I would prefer for those involved or interested in joining the RP to join it but it is optional.
discord.gg/jn6mQZS6xw
The spike in money flowing through the city naturally attracted more than just archeologists as corporations in the tech, medical, research, and many other fields either moved in or were founded. As the century came to a close, Grailham City has transformed drastically from its simple beginnings and into one of the largest cities on Earth with a GDP to rival many small countries put together. Naturally, as wealth poured in, many criminals begin to take notice and the city’s first supervillain The Pallid Charmer emerged in 1946, shortly after the city’s first superhero Incognito emerged to challenge him. Ever since, Grailham City became a popular place for both heroes and villains to emerge, earning the nickname ‘The Crucible’ from some of the locals as the battles between heroes and villains became a regular occurrence in the city by the end of the century.
Fortunately for the citizens of the city, there always seemed to be enough heroes to deal with the villains and the heroes were usually pretty good at being heroes. Not to mention the villains never seemed to ever group up and try to dominate their foils with numbers, whether it was pride, principle, or a general feeling of superiority over the ‘lesser’ villains that ensured any cohesion did not last. Until recently that is. A mysterious newcomer has shaken things up in the criminal side of the city, somehow managing to sway others under his cause through trickery, bribes, intimidation, or something else. Whatever the case, it seems almost, if not all, of the villains answer to this mysterious individual. Something big is going down, and whatever it is is can't be good.
This RP is about a group of novice heroes teaming up to overcome difficult odds, discover and subvert a grand scheme that may potentially doom the world, and learn to harness their powers or master their abilities. Heroes may rise from any origin, whether they inherited their powers, harness futuristic technology, come from outer or inner space, from the distant past or even other dimensions. You may have any origin and any power (or martial skill, some of the greatest heroes can be exceptionally talented but otherwise mundane individuals) save for certain restricted ones that will be listed in the Rules below. As this is a city filled with as many villains as heroes, you may also create a villain character for yours or someone else’s hero to foil but this is optional.
Much of the same requirements for the Hero CS applies to the Villain CS, usually the only difference is the nameless goons they can afford to employ with the occasional named one. Feel free to add some new sections of your own.
Note: Villains are NPCs for our heroes to fight. If you would like to play a villain, I might allow it. PM me with details.
For more convenient communication, there is a discord server. I would prefer for those involved or interested in joining the RP to join it but it is optional.
discord.gg/jn6mQZS6xw
