"If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War."
-- George Washington
The Fighting Fathers is a casual, radically alternate history RPG set in the present day. All Guild rules apply, and have fun!
THE STORY
In 1776, the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence and went to war with Great Britain. In 1777, General George Washington met with John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in Boston. With Jefferson was a man from France. Gilbert du Motier, known as the Marquis de Lafayette, was a prominent French general who was apart of an old and powerful society known as the Timekeepers. The Timekeepers were responsible for maintaining the natural order of the world. The Timekeepers declared that the long reign of the British Empire was to end. The colonies would win the war, and Lafayette would help them.
In a ceremony in Philadelphia, the three men were inducted into the Timekeepers and shown their secrets. The Timekeepers possessed powerful artifacts of a supernatural nature, and had access to magic. Using the Timekeepers' tools, the Colonies defeated England and declared their independence. Washington was declared president, Adams his vice president, and Jefferson his secretary of state. As part of the Timekeepers, all three men had been made immortal and given a serum that gave them special abilities. All three faked their deaths at appropriate times and went into hiding in Europe.
In 1824, the three men discovered that the Timekeepers had declared that America would break up into two separate nations after a long and bloody civil war. The three founding fathers could not bear to see the country they created broken apart. Defying their society, the men fled Europe and returned to America. In secret, they used whatever means they could to stop and delay civil war. In 1860, they used their influence to elect a man who would keep the union together: Abraham Lincoln. They revealed themselves to him and worked with Lincoln throughout the long and bloody war. The Timekeepers discovered the founding father's treachery and turned on them. Unable to stop the Union from winning the war, they had Lincoln assassinated in revenge. They didn't stop them, though, as they used their magic to bring Lincoln back from the grave days after he was killed.
Together, the four of them founded the Executive Branch, a clandestine organization that would protect and fight for America's interest any place anywhere. Their ranks are made up of former American presidents and other historical figures, each of them turned immortal in the same way the three founders were.
Now, in 2014, they wage clandestine wars against a variety of threats that include the Timekeepers, the Secret Soviet Union, and the Roman Republic of Zombies.
PRESIDENTIAL AGENTS
(PCs)
Andrew Jackson
7th President
(1829-1837)
Powers: Regenerative healing factor
Bio: The former general and hero of the War of 1812 was the first president resurrected by the Executive Branch. The Founders injected him with the superhuman serum and Jackson was bestowed with a powerful healing factor that can help him recover from almost any wound.
Abraham Lincoln
16th President
(1861-1865)
Powers: N/A
Bio: The first agent of the Executive Branch, Lincoln chose not to take the superhuman formula. Instead the Great Emancipator works as an agent using nothing but his wits and god given talent... and an axe. A really big axe.
William Henry Harrison
9th President
(1841-1841)
Powers: Intangible, ability to become invisible, and possession of any living person or animal.
Bio: Harrison's claim to fame is the United States' shortest serving president, dying after only two months in office. The Executive Branch attempted to resurrect Harrison in 1872. A botched procedure led to Harrison's soul coming back to the physical realm, but not his body. He haunts the halls of the Executive Branch's office when not taking part in missions for the group.
James Madison
4th President
(1809-1817)
Powers: Shapeshifter capable of taking on any human form.
Bio: Madison was brought back to life in 1896, just in time to be used as an intelligence operative during the Spanish-American War. Madison infiltrated the Spanish and Cuban forces in Cuba, assassinating several key military figures, and paving the way for a successful campaign by future president Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders. Madison spent the majority of the 20th century in and out of undercover operations, his sense of identity and sanity drifting as he became the person he shifted into.
Ulysses S. Grant
18th President
(1869-1877)
Powers: Super strength, rock-hard skin.
Bio: "Unconditional Surrender" Grant, the man who won the Civil War and rode the glory to the presidency. Resurrected to help fight during the Great War, Grant works as a field agent as well as executive military adviser for the Executive Branch.
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President
(1901-1909)
Powers: N/A
Bio: Roosevelt, like Lincoln, opted not to have any powers. Instead, the Bull Moose uses an elephant gun and a rather large club in his work for the Executive Branch.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
32nd President
(1933-1945)
Powers: Technopath. Armor is capable of flying at supersonic speeds, and provides FDR with super strength.
Bio: FDR's shot gave him the ability to communicate with any machine in the general area. Roosevelt works as the Chief of Staff for the Executive Branch, acting as the gatekeeper between the agents and staff and the ruling council of the Founders. Still paralyzed by polio, Roosevelt has high-tech mech armor he can use when the time comes.
Harry Truman
33rd President
(1945-1953)
Powers: Atomic powers grant Truman super strength, speed, and durability in addition to flight and atomic blasts.
Bio: Harry Truman was brought back to life in the early 80's and given the serum. The superpower that emerged from him was the power of the atom. Atomic energy courses through Truman's body and grants him a bevy of superman powers and skills.
John F. Kennedy
35th President
(1961-1963)
Powers: JFK has the powers of persuasion. He can talk and persuade any one to do anything..
Bio: Brought back to life shortly after his assassination, Kennedy's shot gave him the power of mind control. He uses these powers as an infiltrator and assassin.
Richard Nixon
37th President
(1969-1974)
Powers: Shapeshifter and magic abilities
Bio: The disgraced former president was brought back to life by the Executive Branch for the express purpose of him redeeming himself. Nixon, objecting to being injected with the superhuman formula, instead opted to pursue magic. In the years since, Nixon has become an adept mage and competent field agent.
Ronald Reagan
40th President
(1981-1989)
Powers: Reagan can absorb a person's life force, powers, and memories with skin to skin contact.
Bio: The most recent agent brought back to life, the Gipper's powers mean he can literally suck an enemy dry with just his hands.
OTHER AGENTS
(Potential PCs)
Benjamin Franklin
Founding Father with electrical powers
Richard Feynman
Super scientist
Harriet Tubman
Agent capable of teleporting great distances by accessing collapsed pockets in space time known as the Interdimensional Railroad.
William Tecumseh Sherman
Former Union general with pyrokinetic powers
Lewis & Clark
Explorers/agents. Two bodies that share a joint hive mind.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil rights champion and clairvoyant.
Robert E. Lee
Former Confederate general and probationary agent with no powers.
Sacajawea
Native American shawoman
Wilbur & Orville Wright
Inventors and expert pilots
Amelia Earhart
Expert aviatrix
CURRENTLY WE'RE FULL, CHECK BACK AGAIN LATE TO SEE IF A ROSTER SPOT OPENS UP
The CS:
Agent you'd like to play:
Why you'd like to play them:
Tell me a bit about your historic interest, what eras and parts of history do you like/would like to know more about?:
Here's a little overview of the organization's structure and who does what.
The Executive Branch
Level 4
Founders Council:
G. Washington, J. Adams, T. Jefferson
Level 3
Director of Operations:
F.D. Roosevelt
Level 2
Infiltrators
J.F. Kennedy, J. Madison
Field Agents
A. Lincoln, T. Roosevelt, R. Reagan, Lewis & Clark, H. Tubman
Mystic Arts
R. Nixon, W.H. Harrison, M.L. King, Sacajawea
Persons of Mass Destruction
H. Truman
Military/Tactical Leaders
U.S. Grant, R.E. Lee, A. Jackson, William T. Sherman
Level 1
Technical Support
B. Franklin, Wright Brothers, R. Feynman, A. Earhart
Tactical Teams
Special Forces Operators/Police SWAT Experts
