[OOC] No Gods or Kings (DC Superhero RP)

[Ezekiel]

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The year is 2020.

Following a single term, President Trump is about to be defeated in a landslide victory for Democratic Candidate Alexander Joseph Luthor. Collapsed support from House Republicans under the leadership of Paul Ryan shattered Trump's hardman attitude, leaving many of his grand sweeping projects incomplete. Despite further rebounds in regards to the American economy, and a lack of the feared apocalyptic war, divides within the American population only grew wider. The truth was simple; further stagnation.

The only change, was perhaps the greatest change of all, the advent of the 'supers' those blessed, whether from extraterrestrial origin, or more native factors, with great powers and abilities. They joined a growing group of noteworthy vigilantes, serving to protect the American people from each other, as conflicts grew only bolder.

While many saw them as a saving grace, many more saw them as a threat, and this was the feeling that Alexander Luthor tapped into. A campaign of unification, of humanity standing strong, able to handle its own problems, without relying on outsiders. No Gods or Kings, just men. Some were weary at the prospect of another business man, another charismatic demagogue appealing to the people, but in truth, there were few similarities between the candidates. Lex Luthor was calm, calculating and a philanthropist in more than just name. His victory seemed assured, and with that, the fate of the vigilantes, powered and not, seemed to hang in the balance.

The Roleplay begins with Alexander Luthor about to declare victory.

OOC

-DC Superhero RP, set on a different timeline.
-Powered Superheroes have only just started to appear, Superman is not on the scene. Any other heroes with super powers have either arisen in the last few years, or are foreign.
-Characters can be alternate version of themselves, even those not impacted by the new timeline, but they should still connect to the core of the character, Bruce Wayne is still Bruce Wayne.
-The RP is firmly set in the first generation of heroes, with a possible second beginning to appear i.e. Dick Grayson is not yet Nightwing, if he does feature.
-Good of anti-hero/neutral characters only for now.
-High Casual RP, so be expected to come with a firm grasp of the English language and a willingness to write more then a few lines for posts. Knowledge of the setting, or at least actively picking it up is also expected.
-GMs word on matters is final, debate is one thing, but ultimately my word supersedes any outside source.
-Do try and have fun.

Character Sheet

Name:
Alias: (any major ones)
Species:
Power/Ability Set:
Personality: (just a short few lines on how they hold themselves in various situations)
Biography: (Couple of paragraphs, extra important to stress any changes from canon)

[Vulkan]

Interested!

[Ruby]

Name: Batman
Alias: Bruce Wayne, Matches Malone
Species: Human
Power/Ability Set: He's the MFin' Batman. C'mon now.

Personality: Fanatically driven by the death of his parents and the state of corruption and crime in Gotham City. Rarely sees the gray areas in life, despite the fact that his crusade is deeply rooted in the gray areas of life, of right and wrong.

Biography: Gotham's Dark Knight first appeared in Gotham City five years ago. It wasn't until an entire year had gone by that GCPD finally realized what or who was behind the secret war against criminals and the corrupt in the town; and only then because then Officer Jim Gordon finally got a good look at Gotham's "devil." Soon after GCPD created a 'Batman' Task Force, and picked Jim Gordon to run it. It wasn't until Batman's third year in the city that Gordon would begin to see Batman as an ally, rather than an enemy.

It wasn't time that changed Gordon's mind. It was the appearance of a psychotic mystery man that had no name but "The Joker" that eventually pushed Gordon to see, despite their differences in approach, the Bat and he were on the same side. Both men realize without the other, the Joker is likely never caught, never thrown into Arkham. The partnership would see further success in crippling organized crime in Gotham City. Yet in Gotham City, success is ever fleeting, and it wasn't long before other rogues began to pop up in the Joker's wake.

While Bruce Wayne privately supported Lex Luthor for President in order to oust Donald Trump, the Batman has been investigating Luthor and his activities tirelessly from the shadows.

[Ezekiel]

Accepted, drop em in the character tab.

[Nightwing95]

Would Cyborg be applicable in this RP?

[Ezekiel]

Yes.
He'd come under the same rules as the meta supers, so, he can only have cropped up in the last few years, but other then that, very much so.

[Ruby]

Would Cyborg be applicable in this RP?

@Nightwing95

Yep.

[Nightwing95]

@Ezekiel

I was thinking about having his accident and transformation happen a few days before the beginning of the RP. Is that too close?

[King Kindred]

Is Superman available or does someone already have him reserved? I was thinking of having him just recently come out into the world. Having felt the need to hide himself until now. He won't be a Kent and I probably won't make him a boy scout either.

[Ruby]

Is Superman available or does someone already have him reserved? I was thinking of having him just recently come out into the world. Having felt the need to hide himself until now. He won't be a Kent and I probably won't make him a boy scout either.

@King Kindred

Kal-El's reserved for the GM to progress the story through.

[King Kindred]

<Snipped quote by King Kindred>

Kal-El's reserved for the GM to progress the story through.

@Ruby

Oh okay. I'll come up with something else then.

[Ezekiel]

For the sake of clarification, Kara (Super Girl) is also heavily involved with the plot, so likely to be NPCd, as she won't be around at the start of the game.

The exception to this being when I decide to allow second characters later on, someone could make a case for her.
All other Krypton based character are 'locked' behind the second character timeline as well, but, won't be subject to the stricter process of application.

[Vulkan]

@Ezekiel

Would Deathstroke be usable? Hes neutral...ish.

[Ezekiel]

@Ezekiel

Would Deathstroke be usable? Hes neutral...ish.

@Vulkan

Rule of thumb for these first characters.

Would Batman and/or Superman work with them? If no, then not for now.
Deathstroke is really someone I'd rather wait a little before being a PC, after we have a core group of heroes from which to work around.

@Ezekiel

I was thinking about having his accident and transformation happen a few days before the beginning of the RP. Is that too close?

@Nightwing95

I'd say you should push the accident back a bit, as the transformation into Cyborg was a very long process, using a lot of cutting edge technology, but yeah, him showing up a few days prior is fine.

[Vulkan]

@Ezekiel

I was wondering if it could be before he got that super juice, but fair enough.

[Nightwing95]

@Ezekiel

What I meant to say was having him fresh out of the Transformation on the beginning of the RP, but okay. I am off to write my CS.

[Ruby]

For the sake of clarification, Kara (Super Girl) is also heavily involved with the plot, so likely to be NPCd, as she won't be around at the start of the game.

The exception to this being when I decide to allow second characters later on, someone could make a case for her.
All other Krypton based character are 'locked' behind the second character timeline as well, but, won't be subject to the stricter process of application.

@Ezekiel

I can NPC Kara.

[NecroKnight]

Name: Ice

Alias: Sigrid Nansen / Alicia Snow

Species: Human

Power/Ability Set:

• Cold and ice manipulation

Personality: Sigrid is calm and collected throughout most of her time, keeping her cool even when under pressure. Despite that, her powers are usually controlled by her emotions - and the rare moments that she starts acting like a hot-head, she might lose control over them.

Biography: Sigrid Nansen had been a regular human, before her incident. The daughter of an immigrant from Norway and a mother in the States. She had been the resident climatologist and history professor in her University, before she was diagnosed with terminal skin cancer. With not many option left, Sigrid took the chance of being cryogenically frozen until a cure could be found for her illness.

Unfortunately, it was bound to happen, that the Cryo Facility Sigrid had been in, had been attacked with the intention of robbing the people inside of them. While the crooks had been stopped, several cryo pods had been cracked - namely her pod, flooding her inside and outside with vast amounts of liquid oxygen. As a result, her body was delegated to ruined and shipped of to the nearby morgue for burial.

Before she could be buried, she awoke in the morgue - her body having survived due to her meta-gene activation. She escaped from the morgue, picking up a new alias for herself and moving to Gotham City.

[RogerD]

Okay I'm likely going to go for Richard Dragon or Vandal Savage and make them heroes and not total douche nozzles, as long as no one has any problems with that? :)

[Kingfisher]

Name:

John Constantine

Alias:

Hellblazer

Species:

Miserable bastard (Liverpudlian)

Power/Ability Set:

Constantine draws his powers from occult magics, and his bond with the demon Nergal. Luck is forever in Constantine’s favour, but he serves as a dark omen to those near him, who are often befallen with tragedy and terrible misfortune. Beyond this, Constantine has powers of elementalism and conjugation, being something of a potent sorcerer.

Personality:

A life of misery and isolation have left deep scars on Constantine, molding him into a self-loathing, cold-hearted shell of a man. Whilst John likes to walk on the wild side, living the life of a thrill-seeker, his rotten personality and lack of regard for who he hurts put him at odds with almost everyone around him, which is exactly how he prefers it.

Biography:

John Constantine grew up in Liverpool, England, and had a troubled childhood. His mother died in childbirth, and his relationship with his father was rocky at the best of times. Morbid fascinations and a dark sense of humour made him something of an outcast, and he quickly became a notorious troublemaker. John had few friends growing up, but formed an almost brotherly bond with fellow rabble-rouser Gary Lester, with the two quickly became inseparable. They shared the same tastes in music, girls, and booze, and grew up to become the very best of friends.

After a horrendous and messy stint in college, John and Gary decided to pursue their shared dream of becoming rock stars; forming the punk rock band ‘Mucous Membrane’. This was around the time that supers started emerging, and the world became exposed to realms that were previously thought the world of fiction.

In order to bolster their career, the two friends began looking into stories of occult magics and faustian pacts; searching for a way to get ahead in the underground scene. Happening upon a copy of the Grand Grimoire, John and Gary decided to make a devil with a demon, in return for fame and fortune.

John summoned forth the beast Nergal, but was unable to control him, which not only cost Gary his life, but also damned his immortal soul for all eternity. Nergal tried to claim Constantine’s soul as well, but John’s rage and sheer power of will forced the demon back into the abyss, severing their connection, but leaving a shard of the demon trapped inside him.

Ever since that tragic day, John has tried his best to follow the straight-and-narrow, but what Constantine considers to be a pure life means very little in the eyes of most others. John set off in search of a way to save Gary’s soul, whilst working as a detective investigating the occult, with the further knowledge he’s gained upon his journey.

John’s most recent travels have led him to the United States.