The day that the world lost Superman will be remembered. Two weeks ago, the year 2020 took another turn for the worst when an alien monster called Doomsday fell to Earth. In a rampage across the east coast the behemoth crippled the Justice League and in a final act of heroism Superman gave his life defeating the creature. For days it seemed like everyone wore an armband commemorating the life of Superman, but when the Justice League failed to stop a techno-virus that enslaved half of Coast City… crime rates across the globe increased. That’s when the “Supermen of America” trend started. To honor Superman and his legacy other heroes adopted his symbol. New heroes emerged and crime was back on the decline once again thanks to Superman and his memory.
Black Lightning recently relocated to Metropolis and has helped other surviving League members [the Flash and Green Arrow] repurpose Metro Tower into Outreach: 1 for the Supermen helping to defend the Man of Steel’s former city. Beast Boy, now in his early 20’s, reopened Titans Tower in Jump City for many young heroes as a sort of Outreach:2. Will it be enough? Can the world go on without the Man of Steel?
The history of the Supermen of America has varied over the decades. Originally it was an official fan club of Superman in the 1940’s readers could write in for membership and decoder rings and stuff. Sometime after the Death of Superman another version popped up in the comics in the late 90’s with new metahuman heroes somewhat based on archetypes from the Legion of Superheroes. This is just a version that takes a few cues here and there and ties it to the Death of Superman again while spinning the aftermath differently.
The story was a different beast in the 90’s. With that said this is obviously not based on any specific cannon and the only things that are off limits will be obvious. A few key points in DC lore will be noted, so many of the more recent incarnations of characters won’t be around, however depending on the scale some could be worked into our universe. This will be a more sandbox style RP with many characters in play in different locations and with different groups and pre-established settings. Several characters will be in play to move things along but there will be several missions/threats I’ll introduce early on to give everyone multiple options when bringing their heroes into the game.
Current DCU Landscape:
* Superman’s enemies are still coming out of the woodwork in Metropolis and ‘Lightning and the Supermen will have their hands full. Notable enemies include: Livewire, Parasite, Metallo, Intergang, Cadmus Labs, Riot, Felix Faust, Silver Banshee, Bloodsport, and two others that will remain under wraps for now. One rhymes with Pex Puthor and the other is almost an identical twin of Marvel’s Cable LOL
* Batman is suffering a broken back, and Bane has taken up his own Bat-cowl and taken control of the Gotham underworld. A group of heroes would be ideal in taking him down, but most are scared of Gotham. The streets are patrolled by venom-jacked thugs in Robin colors.
* Hank Henshaw [formerly Cyborg Superman] has enslaved half the population of Coast City CA after corrupting and assimilating the technology of Cyborg [Victor Stone] and Green Lantern. Rumors suggest a portion of STAR Labs has several dozen survivors within what the news outlets have dubbed ‘Machine City’.
* Beast Boy is in a mentor type of role similar to Black Lightning. Cinderblock, Billy Numerous, Jinx, Brother & Sister Blood, Klarion, and other villains are operating in or around Jump City.
* This universe will take bits and pieces from various places including the CW shows, the DC films, the Young Justice animated series, Superman and Batman comics, as well as the DC animated films.
Interested players can create new characters within this DC universe, or they can recreate a version of an existing character that chooses to take up an S shield. I’m going for something of a modern day Apache Chief who was renamed Longshadow in recent stories, but you can put an S on just about anybody not already tied into the story. Character sheets MUST include but are not limited to:
Archetype: (re-worked canon or original)
Name:
Alias:
Age:
Base of Operations:
Powers:
Weaknesses:
Personality: [5 words best describing your character]
Appearance: [pic or description]
BRIEF Bio:
Potential Storylines: [What do you have in mind for your character?]
Notes: [anything else you need to tell us?]
I’m hoping for an even mix of canons and originals, maybe 7 or 8 players total including myself. This type of RP would be easy enough to make stat based as well with the number of enemies already in the mix, so if anybody is game for that route I’d get that going with as little as 5 players total. If anyone is interested in playing as Black Lightning, Beast Boy, or any of the others I’ve pictured for reference just let me know! This will be my first RP in quite some time and the only thing I’m giving attention to. A new RP with a few familiar faces would make 2020 suck a good deal less.
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