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[Omega Man]

The Justice League had been active for several years. Their membership included Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern (Alan Scott), and Robot Man. Most of them were already in their 40's, Batman was rumored to be in his 50's. The team took down threats such as Brainiac, the rogue General Eiling, Solomon Grundy and an army of the undead, a Thanagarian Cult, and dozens of others. One year ago the Justice League extended its reach and took in several new heroes to form the Justice League Unlimited. Over the course of the first several weeks the League learned about the existence of a similar group, composed of super criminals, calling themselves the Society and brought together by the devious Lex Luthor Jr.

Founding Five Justice Leaguers

Superman - He's the first superhero. The reason it's even called a super-hero. His career seemingly began in the 1970's, however reports indicate he may have been active as far back as WWII. Same basic powers of Superman. He makes everybody in the room wanna stand a little bit taller. A big blue boyscout to this day, he has a line he'll never cross and ALWAYS finds another way. He's pretty much the big gun of the metahuman/alien archetypes. He's only been Clark Kent the last twenty-five years or so of his life on Earth. He obviously ages slower in the universe than past incarnations. Recently killed fighting the monstrous Doomsday. - Deceased

Batman - Same billionaire playboy philanthropist, his career just began in the late 90's and has lasted nearly two decades. He is to the gadgeteers and standard human heroes what Superman is to metas and aliens. The big gun. Basically picture Ben Afleck's Batman here just with more gray hair. Like gray haired Bruce in the veeeery first episode of Batman Beyond. Currently Bruce has donned an exo-suit similar to the Beyond/Batwing suits and is training a younger generation of heroes called Titans in Gotham. - Active Mentor

Green Lantern - Alan Scott is the resident GL, and the ONLY GL in this universe. I'm staying away from the GLC and all the rainbow brigade Corps. His career stretches over the last decade or so and a few years back he absorbed the energies of his magic ring internalizing his power. He's the big gun of the supernatural/magic archetypes. He was based in Gotham and mostly patrolled during the day when Batman wasn't being Batman. Green Lantern retired after finding out his reformed enemy turned fiancée Thorn was pregnant with twins. Moved upstate to Jump City. - Semi-Retired/Reserve

Robotman - Cliff Steele was once a racecar driver and adrenaline junkie. He jumped out of planes, served two years in the military, and was even a bouncer on a cruise ship for several months. It was to no surprise to anyone when he finally went too far and crashed an experimental NHRA racing car. His body was near completely destroyed, which is when his friends at STAR Labs Dr. Niles Caulder and Silas Stone put his brain into the body of a machine. Still ever the enthusiast he decided superheroics were in his future and took the alias Robotman [he wasn't very original]. He was a hero of Midway for several years before joining the other founding five in the Justice League. - Active Mentor

Wonder Woman - Princess Diana as well as many other young Amazons lost to the dark skinned Naomi when a contest was held to send a champion out into man's world. Naomi was christened the 'Eagle of the Amazons' but at some point during her early career in WWII she was dubbed Wonder Woman by the papers in Europe. She was one of only a dozen or so active superhumans fighting for the allies before they were shut down by the governments for various reasons. She joined Batman and Superman originally forming a superhero trinity in the early 2000's before also teaming with Robotman and Green Lantern to form the JL. - Active Mentor

Present day the world is full of heroes. After the death of Superman seven months ago at the hands of the monstrous creature called Doomsday criminal activity has gone up in several countries around the world. After completing an exo-suit to compensate for the beatings his body had taken the last twenty years, Batman worked with the League in training younger metahumans and such. While the League is operated in Metropolis by Wonder Woman and Robotman, Batman trains the group he’s come to call Titans in Gotham. Green Lantern is on reserve status with a wife pregnant with twins on the way in the next two to three months, living upstate now about an hour away from Gotham in Jump City. There are several active members of the JLU as well as reserve members on call. Dozens of other costumed individuals have made themselves known over the course of the last year outside of the JLU. Central City, Coast City, Jump City, Star City, Hub City, Bludhaven, New York, San Francisco, and Midway City in America as well as Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, and the small country of Khandaq all have had dozens of reports of superhuman criminal activity with few people standing up to fight.

If it isn’t obvious yet this is meant to be more of a sandbox style role-play with smaller groups already somewhat pre-established as well as a little continuity so we have something to go on. The Justice League Unlimited from games past is still somewhat cannon to a degree with Superman still being dead and the JLU only being active for roughly a year. Batman hasn’t been replaced by a shapeshifting alien though, and instead has an exo-suit similar to the Batman Beyond/Batwing suits. He’s also training a team of 16-24 year olds he dubbed the ‘Titans’ in Gotham. So similar to a MMORPG we have the more ‘social’ cities with more players in Metropolis and Gotham because of the teams, as well as people doing their own thing elsewhere. You can build heroes up before they join the JLU or Titans, or only work with others when you feel like it and do your own solo thing more often. The best part? After 5 posts in-game you have the option of a secondary character! You can have one hero in a team and run solo with the other, make yourself a buddy cop style partner in heroics ala Blue Beetle and Booster Gold, or even have a character on BOTH the JLU and Titans rosters! I just ask that at least one of them be based on a cannon or be your own reimagined cannon.

The CS requirements for this will need a bit more detail. With individual character arcs and potential team-ups comes supporting characters, enemies, settings, etc. that require at least a little more info. Here’s what I’ve got so far. Anything I add later will be noted when we move closer to an OOC and IC thread.

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Can you put Hider Tags in Hider Tags?

Player Name:
Basically this is at the top so I can @ tag you faster

Primary Character:
Who will your primary hero in this be? Remember one of your two characters needs to be either based on a cannon or a reimagined cannon for this universe!

Secret Identity:
Who are you under the mask? If your ID is public it should be noted!

Status:
This will determine your characters’ involvement in the overall RP. I’ll list the options as well as define them for this particular bit of the CS as it’s that important.

STATUS TYPES

Active JLU / Active Titans Status – This means you’re primarily here to operate in a team setting with any solo or team-up adventures in the backdrop should things slow down. You’re basically ready to participate in any and all missions.

Reservist JLU / Titans – This means you only work with the teams during larger storylines like end of the world/city type stuff when the big guns call for all hands on deck. You’d still be willing to participate in team missions, but not all of them. Your time is split about 50/50 and you do your own thing sometimes just as often as solo heroes. This could also be interpreted as building up to your character joining one of the established teams AFTER you do the solo thing for a bit.

Solo – This is for anyone primarily wanting to work outside of the larger teams, mostly focusing on their own adventures, team-ups, as well as creating a faction of their own.

Age:
How old are ya, or if you’re an alien or something odd what relative age are you?

City:
Which city do you protect, call home? Some DCU examples were listed above…

Day Job:
If you’re not a full time hero working with the League [they’re paid by sponsors as well as the government] then what do you do outside of costume? You work at S-Mart or go to school full time?

Powers:
Cannons, originals, doesn’t matter… DON’T GO OVERBOARD.

Weaknesses:
Tell us how to beat your character. Not how to defeat them short term but what attacks can hurt them and affect them like everyone else and possibly kill them.

Skills:
Outside of your powers what can your character do? Good with computers? Know waaaay too much about tv and movies? Good at sneaking around? Know how to fix a car?

Appearance:
What does your hero look like [I’ll try and make micros for anybody who wants them]

BRIEF Bio:
DON’T get long winded.

Story Arcs:
What sort of stories do you see putting your heroes into? For example, here’s what it might look like for Superman...

Story Arc Examples

Men of Steel – Metallo goes on a rampage on the outskirts of Smallville and Superman has to go to his hometown to kick some metallicass. (Solo)

Super Team-Up – Superman joins forces with [insert additional player’s hero] to take down Parasite at STAR Labs when everyone in the League is on mission outside of Metropolis. (Team-up)

When Clones Attack – In a possible mission for the JLU, Superman is confronted with a small army of Superman clones sent by Luthor Jr. and Co. Luthor’s true motives are not known as the clones merely serve as a distraction. (Active JLU mission)

Supporting Characters:
This is where you’d list anybody of note from your Story Arcs. I’ll continue to use Superman and what’s above as the example…

Examples of Supporting Characters

Men of Steel - Smallville cast: Ma and Pa Kent, Lana Lang, Metallo

Super Team-Up – Parasite, additional JLU member

When Clones Attack – JLU cast, Super Clones, Luthor Jr., Society members

Secondary Character:
This is simply where you put down who you want as your secondary character be it original, cannon inspired, or reimagined cannon.

Additional Notes:
Anything else you think we should know?

You can!

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This RP is something of an experiment because of the large cast, episodic team missions, and out-of-this-world scenarios. You can play as a cannon character, be based on cannons, or make a complete original within the DC universe. I'm not basing this thing on any single continuity, and much like my other games I'll just take bits from here and there to make the most entertaining RP possible. The only cannons off limits are the Justice League founders listed up top. If you wanna make your own Red Tornado or a new Vixen have at it. A new Flash? That could be cool too. Use whatever cannon you'd like, it's only unacceptable if I say it's unacceptable. Just don't make any characters tied to huge events in the comics like Blackest Night or Zero Hour and we should be okay.

I feel like I should elaborate on the format a bit before getting lost in a universe of characters. As a solo hero or reservist you have much more freedom to do whatever providing it fits with the setting of the RP and mentioned in your Story Arcs section of your Character Sheets. For reservists and active JLU/Titans players there will be 'mission logs' in the opening post of the IC [providing we get there] with three different missions to play through for each team. When one mission is chosen by a group it will be removed and replaced with another mission. Missions for the teams will be created by BOTH the GM's as well as the players. In-game the JLU has been active for a year with it's extended roster. Batman's Titans of Gotham though have only been at it for a few weeks tops. So there's potential for up to a year's worth of history between JLU members.

I'm gonna be an active member on one of the teams, right now though IDK which I'll go with LOL

Generally I try and keep contact and collaborate on posts with other players and the Co-GM’s on piratepads as well as Discord more recently so I'll likely throw up links for those once this gets to the starting line. If you don't like collaborating with others, have diva like tendencies, or generally are disrespectful on the regular... this isn't the game for you. If you're known for writing up killer character sheets then never doing anything in-game... this isn't the game for you. Serious commitment is what I'm looking for, since currently this is the only RP I'm focusing my time on. I'm not saying nobody else can have a life or be in other RP's, just don't forget about this RP. Respect other players and respect the game and everything will be peachy. Or some other type of fruity awesomeness.

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[Dblade26]

I know who I'm playing as!

[Rin]

Man, seeing Robotman up there reminds me of how much I love Doom Patrol and makes me want to consider trying to do something for this. I mean knowing me I'll screw up at the starting line but we'll see how things turn out. XD

[clanjos]

I have a longstanding deal with Dblade. Booster Gold in progress, might go with Frankenstein as a secondary.

[Ruby]

...can I play Supergirl?

[Omega Man]

There are a lot of returning players from the last RP [just based on the JLU and not the broader universe] who used characters like Blue Beetle, Supergirl, and Negative Man... so there miiiight be some people going for the same characters. In all fairness though right now every character is up in the air until accepted into the RP. In a JLU series we've had a lot of fun in using the same characters even after rebooting a couple times, despite me changing characters each time LOL.

So yeah. Characters who might have more than one person applying for them include Supergirl, Blue Beetle, the Question, and Animal Man. As far as I know that's all the interest that I know of so far.

However I challenge everyone to think outside the box and really dig deep. Some of my FAVORITE characters are 3rd and 4th stringers that 90% of people have never heard of. Do a search and see what you can find!

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[The Angry Goat]

Get ready for Warden (technically reimagined swamp thing I guess sure why not) and my angsty floaty girl

[NecroKnight]

@Omega Man

Time to gear up Lizard again. Although a bit more solo-focused, or maybe not. Depends on what kind of people we will get.

[Dblade26]

Here's what I've got. I tried to keep it really compact. If it needs more detail or flair lemme know. I tried to capture the whole thing in short basics and the general feel I'm going with for Ted is in the additional notes.

BWAH-HA-HA!~

Player Name:
Dblade26

Primary Character:
Blue Beetle
Secret Identity:

Theodore Edward Stephen Kord

Status:
Reservist JLU

Age:
Around twenty-seven (27)

City:
Hub City

Day Job:
Ted would consider himself a scientist and inventor first and foremost, but he's also the CEO of the highly successful Kord Omniversal Research and Design company and funds a number of side projects at any given time, some of which even manage to make money.

Powers:
Ted has no superhuman powers whatsoever. In terms of human ability, he's generally incredibly fit and has the physicals of an Olympic level athlete, though he's been known to let his conditioning slip. He's also got an inherently brilliant intellect.

Weaknesses:
Ted can be killed just as easily as any other human being. Maybe easier, given his weakness for junk food and poorly thought out pranks along with a heart condition he doesn't yet know about.

Skills:
The most notable thing about Ted, when he actually bothers to remember it, is his genius level intellect. He's an expert in numerous scientific fields and a few non-scientific ones most of which sound very impressive on paper, and is personally responsible for a number of breakthroughs behind some of KORD Inc's most important inventions. He has particular interests in the study and reverse engineering of alien technology, solar technologies and more generally any field that might help provide everyday people with easy access to futuristic technology. More importantly Ted's designed and built all of his own crimefighting tech including his usually non-lethal multi-setting firearm: the B.B. Gun, along with his flying, solar-powered high tech multi-purpose vehicle, the Bug.

On the more physical side of things, Ted's an extraordinary gymnast and acrobat, naturally ambidextrous and skilled in judo, boxing and karate all of which he combines together into a unusual mixed fighting style. He's also got some skill in stealth and infiltration and is generally a very experienced adventurer between his teenage trials with Dan Garrett and his modern career as a superhero.

Appearance:

Appearance

BRIEF Bio:
Things always tended to come too easily for Ted Kord. He was naturally smart, naturally athletically talented, born to rich parents and had access to the sort of cutting edge technology that meant he always had all the best toys. As a result, he spent a lot of his life battling boredom as much as super-villains. At nine he was using miniature drones of his own design to prank his father's scientists. At twelve he tried to hack into the Department of Defense's computer network. At sixteen he was already in college and fighting off tomb raiders with his archaeology professor as an elective. By twenty he'd become an extremely young figurehead for one of the largest research and development companies in the United States. By twenty-one, he was heading their Applied Sciences division himself and scheming to put solar energy and KORD hover tech in every home. He shamelessly used himself and his goofy, laid back friendly mad scientist image to get it all done. It wasn't until he turned twenty-four that he decided masked vigilantism would be a great new hobby. Truthfully the decision to become the Blue Beetle started as a pet project for Ted, a way to test his inventions and get in a little hands-on philanthropy cleaning up the streets of Hub City so he could sleep better at night. He never planned on making it to the big time, meeting the Big Five and occasionally helping to save the world. But like everything else, it all seemed like a good idea at the time and damn if it wasn't fun!

Story Arcs:
Beetle's Busy Birthday!-Blue Beetle just wants to celebrate his birthday in peace, but old foes and disgruntled former employees keep bursting in with power armor or weird abilities to swear vengeance on Ted Kord. (solo)

Carapax's Computerized Chaos!-Blue Beetle's old mechanical foe Carapax has gone fully wireless! He's not only hacked into an army of mechanical power armors, he's stolen a hardlight hologram of Blue Beetle and is now masquerading as the hero! (Team Up)

Return of the Reach!- As Ted always feared, the original owners of the Scarab have shown up. But what are their intentions? (Active JLU Mission)

Supporting Characters:
Beetle's Busy Birthday!-Firefist, Overthrow, Chronos the Time Thief, Prometheum Man, Catalyst

Carapax's Computerized Chaos!-Conrad Carapax The Invincible Man, Additional JLU Member.

Return of the Reach!-Black Beetle, The Reach, JLU Cast.

Secondary Character:
Don't have a secondary in mind at this time.

Additional Notes:
In general, I'm going for a Ted Kord who's goofy and silly but still a genius inventor who's capable of being competent when it counts. When he's not in costume I'm planning on making Ted's public persona almost like a more jokey Elon Musk, a guy who uses personal charm and silly ideas and publicity stunts to promote his company while advocating futurism and a higher tech standard of living. Of course, he's just as silly and jokey when there's nothing to be gained, it's just who he is either way.

[The Angry Goat]

Player Name: The Angry Goat

Primary Character: Ghost

Secret Identity: Saalima Hassan

Status: Solo (potential future in Reserves for one of the groups. we'll see where it goes).

Age: 22

City: Bludhaven

Day Job: Independent Graphic design, Programming and Coding work, also streams via twitch (mostly Age of Empires II and Civilization) for an average of 40 viewers.

Powers: Focused telekinesis - maximum lift weight of 200 lbs, but capable of some impressive finesse with her abilities. She has relatively impressive fine motor control (able to do things like twist doorknobs at a fair distance, break people's fingers, turning the safety on on guns, etc.). Her ability to do these fine things is dependent on her ability to focus.

Weaknesses:
>Saalima is (meta)human. A single bullet can kill her, among any number of other things.
>Saalima is parapalegic, and her left leg is missing above the knee. She is wheelchair bound, and will float herself around when in costume - taking up about half the weight she can lift.
>Saalima is brusque and not particularly sociable, and is somewhat emotionally unstable (probably because she has some suppressed PTSD) - loss of contact with her parents heightens her stress.

Skills:
>tech native: Saalima grew up hacking things for fun, and understands computers, electric circuitry, and the like. If you're trapped in a locked room with a ticking bomb in the corner, she's the woman you want tied up in there with you.
>perceptive: highly intelligent, Saalima sees connections where others dont, and is generally going to be the brains of an operation.
>Stealth: she's small, she's smart, and she's floating. People usually don't see her unless she wants them to.
>Basic adulting: she takes care of herself
>Multi-Lingual: fluent in Arabic and English, can get by in French and Greek.
>Basic fighting ability: Untrained, Saalima's boxing is ad-hoc and not her strong suit, but she can fall back to it when her powers aren't enough to protect her

Appearance: 5’2, thin, somewhat unassuming, 90 lbs (legs weigh about 17% of body mass, she'd be 108 with it). Black hair of moderate length, brown eyes, brown skin. Usually wears a baggy sweatshirt and jeans. Has a cheap wheelchair, the manual kind. Doesn’t bother with shoes, though her right foot usually has at least two socks layered on it. Doesn’t take care of herself all that well. Seems to stare straight through you – it’s quite unnerving.

In costume, she wears a full-body length dress she found dumpster diving behind a thrift store one night, and her old half niqab to cover her face.

BRIEF Bio: Saalima is Syrian, and has the storyline one might expect from a Syrian no longer in Syria. She came from a rather rich family (her father ran a lot of mines for the government), hence her ability to learn a lot of strong technical skills despite being a woman in a relatively oppressive society. Things started going real south in Damascus eventually, however, and she ended up caught in an explosion that blew off her leg and left her paralyzed below the waist. Better off than her brother, since he's pretty damned dead. Her father was eventually able to get her to the states thanks to his government connections and an aunt who lived in Metropolis (and Saalima's disability), but he wasn't able to get himself and his wife visas.

Unfortunately for her, things weren't easy going to her freedom, as she still had to be driven out of the country to get to a safe airfield, and the bus she and other refugees were on was stopped by rebel forces on the way there. She wasn't exactly sure what happened - she thinks they were searching for a specific person on the bus who was closely related to a powerful member of the government, but somehow the driver ended up with a bullet in his head, and they dragged a man off the bus screaming - the stress - the worry - it was all too much, and it triggered whatever had been hiding her latent abilities from her. She moved quickly, subconsciously, mentally throwing the 4 men's guns from their hands, turning them around, and pulling their triggers. the 4 men lay dead, their prisoner free, and Saalima as confused as the rest of the bus passengers. She knew she had done it, but she didnt know how... or why.

Someone else was confident enough to drive the bus, and life went on - they made it to the border safely, and to their destinations... but to Saalima, the question persisted. As her aunt set her up with basic amenities in a cheap Bludhaven apartment. as she found a few people who sometimes needed her skills. As she found an audience for her competitive video gaming... What had she done...could she do it again... could she protect people with it? She started training herself, and eventually felt confident enough to actually start trying to solve the rampant crime problems Bludhaven had.

like seriously, why had no one delt with that fucking clown permanently yet? Or any of the others, for that matter? There was so much clandestine activity going on, and she loved a challenge. so she got together something to hide her identity, and made her third job hunting down and stopping planned crime. She's become a known presence on the Bludhaven scene in the past three years, especially in the mealtide park area (though her ghostly presence is felt across the city, and the greater Gotham metro area).

Story Arcs: Strangely specific robberies in art galleries around the greater Metro area take individual paintings - and Ghost catches on relatively quickly that the 3rd letter of the second word of the title of the paintings progressively spell out R-I-D-D - but can she figure out when and where The Riddler will strike next: and why?

Strangely specifically themed villains begin to pop up around Bludhaven, and after Ghost captures The Mime after he kills a fellow actor who usurped his role, she learns that they are gaining their powers from a powerful magician. Who is he, what's his pattern, and how can Ghost stop him. [opportunities for collabs with other regional heroes, also the big villain is loosly based on the evil akuma dude from Miraculous ladybug (about whom I know very little so it's mostly oc lol)]

Assaults are on the rise after a prison break freed a few street gangs. Ghost and [character placeholder] team up to take down the gangs and hunt down their ringleaders.

Supporting Characters: IIRC Unicycle said he'd be willing to collab. IDK there's probably some other gotham/bludhaven villains and heroes I can write myself with, but I'll come up with that as I go.

Secondary Character:
The Warden - a good guy amnesiac swamp thing-ish character who may or may not end up going all chaotic neutral via the Green eventually (I can lift his info page from the previous RP whenever, I don't think I'm gonna modify much of anything about him): Active JLU.

[Simple Unicycle]

Oh shit,this is up. I'll get a CS up for Cliff as Animal Man soon, then a Q CS up once secondary characters are a thing.

[Shellshock]

Interested!

[Simple Unicycle]

Removed; Son of Animal Man is now my secondary character. Probably gonna retweak the hell out of him.

[baraquiel]

Finally done. Do tell me if there's anything I have to change/edit! :D

Sakura

Player Name:
baraquiel

Primary Character:
Sakura (formerly Kitsune)

Secret Identity:
Naomi Yamanaka

Status:
Active JLU, willing to be a temporary member of the Titans

Age:
21

City:
Metropolis, though now she also helps protect Tokyo whenever she can visit Japan

Day Job:
Freelance web developer, blogger

Powers:

Chikara

Naomi has the ability to freely manipulate her spiritual energy in any way she wants, whether it be letting out energy blasts, boost her attack damage, heal her allies, create a forcefield, and more. She can talk to and track spirits and exorcise them whenever the need arises. She can persuade/manipulate her target to feel what she wants them to feel as her version of persuasion deals directly to her target's emotions, being able to sift through her target's memories to strengthen her persuasion. However because of her constantly going to the spirit world, she became more and more of a spirit, now being able to be invisible, pass through walls, and fly at will even without her umbrella.
Additionally, she can block and clear the flow of spiritual energy on a target.

Although she is adept at releasing spiritual attacks on her own, like magicians with their staves, Naomi uses a seimei umbrella that helps her focus her spiritual attacks and make them more precise. It is bound to her and will always reappear near her even when it is lost, broken, or stolen. She can teleport to its location when far from her and control it telepathically to fight with her.

Weaknesses:

Jakuten

+ Naomi is in grave danger when in combat with a demon or another tainted spirit warrior as she has a great chance of being tainted herself. If she does become tainted, she can only be purified when bathed in cherry blossom oil, by a priest or another pure soul, or by being basked in natural sunlight.

+ As much as she is skilled in martial arts, she may have a hard time when battling against an enemy that has a greater physique than her.

+ Her spiritual attacks are ineffective against soulless beings as well as her soul tracking for she is unable to see incoming bullets, missiles, robots and other machinery, and the like when she uses it.

+ Naomi must not be disturbed while performing an exorcism. One small mistake will unravel the incantation and completely cancel out the exorcism's effects no matter how far she is in the process.

+ Despite having spiritual powers, Kitsune is still half-human which is why anything that can kill a normal human can kill her too.

+ Objects that ward off or have an effect on spirits will affect her now.

+ She STILL has teleportation sickness (poor soul).

Skills:
A skilled web developer, good at reading people, stealthy when she wants to, and very resourceful and flexible to any situation at hand. Very knowledgeable about anything pertaining the supernatural world. Also a good cook.

Appearance:

One year later

Full body

BRIEF Bio:

Baio

Back when she was a little girl, Naomi was lost in a forest and went completely off the radar for six days during a camping trip with her class. Little did they know that little Naomi accidentally discovered an entrance to the spirit world. Various yokai contemplated on what to do with the child as no human has ever entered the spirit world in centuries with some of them even suggested on killing her to prevent her from spreading the information regarding a portal to their realm. But they were baffled because where other humans would run in fear and hunt them down, Naomi was just filled with curiosity and excitement towards their weird but unique looks. What really changed their minds, however, is that they all sensed her pure heart as no matter how Naomi was bullied and left alone, she will always treat others with kindness and never let them affect her.

The yokai celebrated for the arrival of a very rare pure-hearted human and took her in as one of their own. But they sensed that the longer she stayed, the more she loses her humanity and becomes one of them. Most of all, she began to feel very homesick, deeply missing her parents. Also sensing the various humans who were looking for her, including her parents, they decided to bade farewell to her: they all gave her the blessing of the spirits and named her Yokai Princess, making her every spirit's friend and ally. They returned her on the seventh day, where the authorities found her peacefully sleeping under a cherry blossom tree with a seimei umbrella beside her. Naomi's parents tearfully hugged her and returned home, but much to Naomi's parents' surprise, the umbrella was waiting for them in her bedroom, along with a bowl of goldfishes they never had before.

No matter what they do, the umbrella always reappears near Naomi. Because of this, they concluded that a malicious yokai might have possessed the umbrella or worse their own daughter. Sensing the right time, the two goldfishes leaped out of their bowl and transformed into yokai themselves. After hysterical screaming and the panicked parents began to calm down, the two spirits began to explain the cause of her disappearance. They also said that they were assigned as her guardians due to her status as their Yokai Princess.

It was a rough start, but Naomi's family began to slowly adapt to their new lifestyle of living in harmony with spirits. A few years later, Naomi's dad received a call from his company: he got promoted and is said to move to their company's branch at Metropolis as soon as he can. He was very exited to move into the base of operations of his idol the Superman himself, but he thought of his daughter's newfound friends at Japan and how they will react. Fortunately, the yokai agreed. Though sad they'll never get to see their beloved princess again, they are happy as long as they know Naomi is happy.

Story Arcs:
Lost Kin (This happens during the one year gap) = Naomi's little brother Jin has been missing and all evidence points to the spirit world. Who or what could have done this? More importantly, can Naomi save her brother in time before he completely loses his humanity? (Solo)

Rise of the Black Sun = The rise of paranormal activities from all around the globe has become an international concern. What’s more, all these hauntings have one thing in common: the occuring appearance of the symbol of a black sun. Could these all just be a coincidence, or is there something - or someone - more sinister at work? (Team Up)

Supporting Characters:
Lost Kin:
+ Her family (mother, father, and little brother Jin)
+ Her various friends from the spirit world

Rise of the Black Sun:
+ Every mythological creature from every part of the world
+ Anyone else who wants to team up

Secondary Character:
Teenage version of Aquagirl! :D

Additional Notes:
+ When mortals stay in the spirit world for far too long, it will have a drastic effect on them. Because of this very reason, Naomi's hair became white, her skin is paler, and her eyes are now golden. She doesn't have Spirit and Physical Mode anymore as she became a half-spirit, half-human.

+ She always releases sakura flowers and petals whenever doing her spiritual attacks.

+ She tends to slip into Japanese every once in a while when she speaks English.

+ She decided to ditch the mask and gave it to her little brother instead. Additionally, because of her improved skills, she can use her spiritual energy to mask her identity to make her unrecognizable whenever she wants to.

+ She can go to the spirit world whenever she pleases at the risk of gradually losing her humanity.

[Shellshock]

Here's my Cyborg app! He's quite different from the canon Vic Stone I hope that's ok! I've sort of made him a mix between Cyborg, Lando Calrissian and Starlord. Hopefully I've made it something of my own.

Cyborg

Player Name:
Shellshock

Primary Character:
Cyborg

Secret Identity:
Victor 'Vic' Stone

Status:
Reservist JLU

Age:
24

City:
Metropolis

Day Job:
He has a few business running up in the outer rim which keep him afloat. The money from any jobs he takes with the league is nice too. He's been investing in advertising recently, trying to get his idea for holographic advertisements through the health and safety board. It ain't his fault some people might have seizures!

Powers:
Victor is a cyborg to state the obvious, a lot of his body is robotic. His skeleton has been replaced with a metallic endoskeleton, protecting him from what would kill most humans and increasing his strength. He has various mechanical parts that make him much more than human. The sum total of his upgraded internal organs give him increased stamina, the ability to breathe underwater and the ability to connect with his internal computer, and any external computer's he can get his hands on.

What's really exciting are his external modifications. His legs have been modified to allow him to sprint faster and jump higher than he ever could as a human, and his arms are able to lift up to a car with a little bit of effort. Furthermore, his right arm is equipped with a flip-out handgun in the wrist, capable of firing bullets, non-lethal taser rounds, and the lasers used on his home planet. His left arm has a sound amplifier, capable of stunning his enemies or providing raw concussive damage if charged enough. These can be combined to fire a large, destructive ray of energy, but Vic only uses this in dire circumstances.

His body also contains various gadgets. His forearms each have grappling hooks and his fingers are capable of firing small lasers to break through doors. The most important gadget is his self-repair system. It's not especially quick, and he won't be regenerating any arms without the proper parts, but damage can be repaired over time without much effort on his part.

Weaknesses:
On the basis of it, Vic isn't too much stronger than most humans. He can take a heck of a lot more concussive damage, and a knife would need to be strong enough to break steel to harm any of his internal organs, but he does have his limits. He relies a lot on dodging and speed in his fighting, and a punch from a strength based super would at the very very least wind him and at the most either concuss or even kill him.

Skills:
Vic is of course, extremely adept with computers and machines. It's been said if he'd devoted his life to more noble causes and become an engineer or a doctor he'd have been one of the best in the galaxy, but instead, the majority of his intellect went towards learning how to improve his mechanics. He is also an extremely skilled pilot.

For a hero, a lot of his skills aren't so heroic. He's versed in thievery, pickpocketing, and sneaking. He's also extremely adept at sprinting from a gang of mean looking aliens who've just discovered he's cheated at cards.

Speaking of cards, Vic is a very good gambler. His tells are tiny and hardly noticeable and he knows just about every card game this side of the sun.

On the side of fighting, Vic is versed in Jeet Kune Do for the most part. He knows a few other styles such as Muay Thai and the like but doesn't utilize them as much as Jeet Kune Do. His internal computer allows him to learn a lot very quickly, and since coming to earth he has studied and learn to use a lot of earth weapons. Of course, he would rather not kill to end a conflict, but if need be he knows how to use most firearms, swords and staffs.

He also has an almost encyclopedic knowledge of funk and soul music.



Appearance:

Faceclaim - Donald Glover

Vic stands at 5 foot 10 and has an athletic physique. He considers himself handsome and won't let anyone tell him otherwise. He quite intently cuts his hair and trims his beard until they are perfect, and his main complaint about being a hero is when his hair gets messed up.

His costume consists of his old pilots 'uniform' from back during his time as a scoundrel. A yellow shirt tied to a pair of black trousers with a red fabric belt that trails off down his leg slightly and flows in the wind. The item that completes the outfit, and the one that Vic loves the most his his jacket. It serves as sort of a cape, draped over his back and being kept attached through some unknown force that Vic won't tell anyone(it's magnets).

BRIEF Bio:

Long Version

Vic was born as the son of Silas Stone, a genius inventor, but a terrible father. Vic's mother died during childbirth, and without her, Silas' obsession with the advancement of human kind through technology could run rampant. He began testing on Vic from as young as a year into his life. By the age of 5 Vic's body was for the most part cybernetic. It was around this time that the Junkers came back for their parts.

Silas had managed to get his hands on some alien tech through the black market. Whether he knew or didn't know about the Junkers or even what the tech did is anyone's guess. All he knew was the Junkers had arrived and they wanted it back. Silas, being the cold man he was, offered to surgically remove all of the tech he'd implanted in Vic in exchange for his own life. Cerrone, the head of the Junkers, disgusted with Silas' treatment of his own child took Vic for his own. Silas was just happy to be alive, if a bit annoyed his little 'pet project' had been stolen from him.

Vic was raised onboard the Junkers main ship. The majority of the crew welcomed him with open arms. Openly teaching him about technology and helping him to upgrade his parts. For years Vic was led to believe that this was a normal life, he was happy enough, got a bunch of new toys whenever Junkers came back from missions and was taught to shoot from a young age! What more could any cybernetic orphan ask for!?

However as he grew older, Vic began to see the harsh reality of things. He saw the Junkers go on missions and come back bloody and beaten. He caught glimpses of rooms Cerrone never let him into, where people were having parts torn from them and left limbless or brain dead.

By the age of 14 he knew he had to escape. He had an innate sense of good within him and he knew this wasn't it. He managed to store himself onto a dropship headed for a slum world. After it landed he ran for his life, ending up sleeping in the gutter overnight as he nervously waited for the Junkers to get off world.

He was awoken by a resident of the planet about his age. Vultavious Yud. Yud was a resident of the local orphanage, and managed to get Vic a place in said orphanage through some sweet talking and a few favors here or there. Yud and Vic were fast friends, they had many of the same interests and both aspired to be pilots when they grew up.

It only took a few months for Vic to realize he'd never achieve that dream if he stayed in that hellhole of a planet. It took a bit of convincing to sway Yud, but eventually they were both set for their plan. They were going to pull of the biggest heist this world had ever seen and then enter the 1999th Asteroid Sprint, a race taking place in a highly dangerous asteroid belt which could earn the winner a lifetime in cash.

The heist was simple in concept, hard in execution. They were going to somehow break into the upper half of the planet, where the rich lived, and steal a new prototype race ship being displayed for all the big wigs to gawk at and eventually buy. They managed to sneak into a cargo container heading upwards and break free when on the surface, just narrowly escaping the ensuing workers, mad that two teenagers had eaten some of the produce in the containers.

On the surface the plan really kicked into action. They waited around the showroom late at night, and using a few tricks Lando had learned during his time with the Junkers, managed to pickpocket a security key from a worker who was leaving. They snuck in, hid in a closet for a few hours, and then left when the guards were suitably sleepy. Now it was as simple as not triggering any alarms and not being caught by any guards. They achieved neither of these things.

They managed to find where the keys to the ship were being kept, but after attempting to lock pick it the alarms got set off. Vic was forced to use his finger lasers and they had to make a mad dash towards the ship. Their youthful agility and stamina allowed them to run rings around the guards. But the law would be here soon and they had to get off planet ASAP.

They were about to make their escape, sitting comfy in the small, streamlined ship when they realized, neither of them knew how to properly fly something this fast. Sure they'd been on joyrides before, but they were in old hunks of junk, this was a top of the line speeder. With bated breath, they turned the engine on and put the pedal to the metal. They smashed through the glass of the showroom and zipped out into the city before pulling up just in time to shoot off towards the sky and break through the atmosphere.

From here on, they just had to evade capture for a week until the Sprint. They spent their time doing odd jobs for a diner, Vic would clean dishes while Yud would flip burgers. Earning pennies and being kept full only on the spare burgers the owner was kind enough to let them have.

Vic can remember the day of the sprint like it was yesterday. The excitement, the fear, the blood pumping through his veins almost in time with the cheers of the crowd or the purring of the engine. Nothing could prepare him for the luck he'd face in the race.

Vic attests that the race was over in the space of 5 minutes. Truth be told, it took over half an hour to finish. It was a thrillride of turns and scrapes. In the end, they came third place. Not bad for their first go some would say. They refused to be shown on TV, taking their prize money and leaving before they could be caught with the ship.

The first thing they did was sell the ship and buy a less conspicuous one. They then began spending as much as they liked. Yud was partial to the odd weapon here or there, while Vic had bigger plans. The parts attached to him at this time were all external, it was obvious he was a cyborg, something he was quite self conscious about. He spent a large sum of money upgrading his parts, having procedures done to make him look completely human and most importantly, educating himself on computing and mechanics. Through his studies he upgraded himself further than any other mechanic could.

After this he took to a life of gambling and smuggling. He was a natural at gambling from the start and smuggling just came with the territory. Smuggling, however, got him into more trouble than it seemed to be worth.

The first time he'd smuggled some illegal narcotics and stumbled across a slaver ship. He managed to apprehend the ship single-handedly, stunning or deafening the slavers and freeing the slaves. However, what this meant was that he now had a ship full of destitute slaves eating his food and getting his nice pristine ship dirty. The troubles of doing the right thing it seemed.

Another time he ended up seducing the daughter of a crime lord. Much less noble, but a story he likes to tell nonetheless. Escaping nude with his wrist pistol did make the crime lord make a rather brush assumption as to where he pulled it out of, something Vic finds hilarious.

Little did Vic know that a higher presence had been monitoring him on the low since his early days of smuggling. The Green Lantern Corps. He was small time to them, but they began to take notice of his increasing good deeds and adventures and decided to intervene. They told gave him an ultimatum, settle on Earth and use his abilities and skills for good, or be turned into the proper authority. Vic knew he could escape most any jail he was turned into, and promptly declined.

Then they offered him a paycheck and an apartment.

He accepted, albeit without reading the fine print. He'd have to spend most of his time on Earth unless he had proper reason to leave and he'd have to give up any smuggling operations he was conducting. They do let him leave every now and then, after all, Earth might be his home planet, but it's not where he grew up. He liquidated his less than reputable enterprises and began investing in more innocent companies. Firstly, his old friend Yud's restaurant, and from then on anything that took his fancy.

It's been a hard time adjusting to Earth. But he does enjoy being a hero. He might be relatively small-time right now, but he secretly yearns for the day someone asks for his autograph. And the feeling of doing something right ain't so bad either.

Short version

Vic was enhanced as a very young child by his father with parts that would grow with him using alien tech. The aliens came back for their tech and abducted Victor as the next best alternative. Victor was raised by smugglers and thieves and eventually escaped the gang to live a life of smuggling on his own. Throughout his time as a scoundrel he helped various settlements and people on the outer rim of the galaxy and gained a name of sorts for himself. Eventually he was caught by the Green Lantern Corp, but rather than punishing or jailing him, they gave him a chance to redeem his ways and become a hero. He accepted of course and has the privilege of being a member of the JLU and being put up in a lavish apartment in Metropolis. He's allowed to travel in space every now and then, but a watchful eye is kept on him when he enters any casino or less than reputable establishment.

Story Arcs:

The hunt for the past - Vic has few memories from his early life before being abducted. He does remember one thing though, waking up with his enhancements and seeing the face of his father. Ever since returning to Earth Vic has been on the hunt for his father and has found no leads. That is until a mysterious entity called the Grid has been masquerading around town looking almost exactly like Vic and making a bad name for him! After an encounter with the Grid this will lead Vic on a wild goose chase to find his father. - Possibly a group arc? I'd like Vic to have at least a partner to hunt down his father with.

Invasion of the Cyborg Snatchers! - After an old 'friend' comes to Earth and kidnaps Vic in his sleep, he desperately tries to escape their ship before they chop him up and sell him for parts. Can he escape on his own? Or will his friends hear his distress signal in time and come to the rescue? - Group

The 2000th Asteroid Sprint - His entire life, Vic has yearned for the glory of being crowned the best pilot in the galaxy. To him there's only one way to prove this, entering and winning the 2000th Asteroid Sprint, taking place every 10 or so years on the outer rim of the galaxy. He's sure of his own abilities, the only problem is, his previous co-pilot is now flipping space-burgers and doesn't want anything to do with the Sprint! Can he train and fly with one of his pals in time for the Sprint? - Duo

Supporting Characters:
Silas Stone - Vic's missing father and the source of his enhancements.

The Junkers - A group of technology heavy bandits who raised Vic and have been hunting him since his escape.
Cerrone - The leader of the Junkers

Vultavious Yud - Vic's old co-pilot. Currently a chef in a small restaurant out in the cosmos.

Secondary Character:
None as of the moment.

Additional Notes:
N/A

[NinaDivine]

@Omega Man What's the rule on creating/using villains as PCs or NPCs?

Will we be able to play villains as a secondary character?

What if Player A and Player B both want to claim the same villain as an NPC/Supporting Character? (For example: both Nightwing's player and Red Hood's player want to claim the Joker.)

EDIT - Changed the questions after reading things more carefully!

[Ruby]

There are a lot of returning players from the last RP [just based on the JLU and not the broader universe] who used characters like Blue Beetle, Supergirl, and Negative Man... so there miiiight be some people going for the same characters. In all fairness though right now every character is up in the air until accepted into the RP. In a JLU series we've had a lot of fun in using the same characters even after rebooting a couple times, despite me changing characters each time LOL.

So yeah. Characters who might have more than one person applying for them include Supergirl, Blue Beetle, the Question, and Animal Man. As far as I know that's all the interest that I know of so far.

However I challenge everyone to think outside the box and really dig deep. Some of my FAVORITE characters are 3rd and 4th stringers that 90% of people have never heard of. Do a search and see what you can find!

- Ω

@Omega Man

I'll just wait and see, then. Thanks.

[Avanhelsing]

Ooh. I have a few ideas for this and I was thinking more of a second string guy. Closer to Booster Gold kind of guy.

[Lurking]

Interesting.

[NecroKnight]

Lizard

Player Name:
@NecroKnight

Primary Character:
Lizard

Secret Identity:
Jessica Jester (Jones)

Status:
Solo

Age:
22

City:
Coast City, Naval Yard

Day Job:

Classified

United States Naval Special Warfare Command; Anti-Naval and Deep-Water Operations Unit. Callsign: Lizard.

Powers:
Her body is capable of both aquatic respiration and regular respiration, enabling her to operate on both land and sea without extra equipment - and her genetic make-up has also enabled her better motion and speed in water, hardened epidermis, inhuman muscle and skeletal structure.

Weaknesses:
Heightened levels of aggression, vulnerability to cold-temperatures, genetic make-up requires heavy in-take of meat-products.

Skills:

Classified

Corporal Jester has been trained in Explosive ordnance disposal, finished the SERE(Survival-Evasion-Resistance-Escape) Program and has received customized SEAL-level physical conditioning and single-operative focused combat training.

Appearance:

Jessica

BRIEF Bio:

Jessica Jones grew up in the Mississippi River Delta, being the odd girl amongst the many other bayou dwelling communities to whom the river was their way of life. Her mother, Jessy, had died in childbirth due to complications, and had been raised by her mother' parents.

That was part of what had been told to the neighbours - in truth, Jessica had been the daughter of Killer Croc aka Waylon Jones; whom had been in the area and had during a heated moment, attacked her mother. During a time, when the young female had been engaged with her own boyfriend.

The parents of her mother, had driven off Killer Croc - whom they assumed had been a large crocodile, whom had killed Jessy' boyfriend and mauled her mother badly. Her mother had been impregnated with her - yet due to the genetic trait, passed onto Jessica, that being heavy atavism - it made her have complications and died in childbirth.

While Jessica, was considered almost otherwordly in appearance, equal to her father - she had been lucky. Namely her grandparents had been more kind and generous - than his childhood, considering Jessica - named after her mother, Jessy, to be their flesh-and-blood. No matter how she looked or appeared to be. Despite her atavism - Jessica remained a healthy girl. Over the years as she grew, her paternal' side metahuman powers started to manifest.

While her education wasn't the best one could offer - her grandparents were the more religious, and off-grid people - she was mostly home-schooled, taught how to read and write and the basics of life. What was more important, they taught her to be a good person in-general - to turn the other cheek, no matter what people said about her and always remember, that they cared about her.

Eventually enough, after being buzzed off numerous other careers opportunities - Jessica had decided to try her luck with the military, namely the US Navy - as water was almost second-nature to her. That proved to be rather quick, as she managed to pass the Physicals rather quickly and was immediately delegated forward to other Armed Forces Branches that woulds suit her unique skills better.

Story Arcs:
Recovering old Atlantis technology, and to be added later...

Supporting Characters:

Classified

Admiral Jason Halifax - commanding officer of the Anti-Naval and Deep-Water Operations Unit.

Additional Notes:
She works for the United States Navy, duh.