[OOC] Independent Comics Universe RPG

[HenryJonesJr]

Earth’s History

Since the birth of time the Earth was a battle ground between good and evil; between heroes and villains. The earliest of these heroes was Conan the Barbarian, who wandered the ancient plains battling his enemies and becoming the most powerful warrior of old. Evil also crept into the world during this time as well. Monsters and demons crossed from their plane of existence to ours. In order to combat them, men of the ancient times bound the powers of a demon to a young girl, creating the first Slayer, and a lineage that would continue as long as evil existed.

As time went on, others emerged, such as Solomon Kane, who made it his mission to eradicate dark forces on the planet. It was around this time that the first League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was formed by the British Crown in order to protect the world and the British Isles. The team would form and disband many times as time progressed, with many eccentric and powerful characters serving on it. The fabled ninja clan The Foot became a powerful force in Japan in this era.

The Earth’s move towards today’s super powered present at a greater speed during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During this time, the longest tenured League of Extraordinary Gentlemen fought off the first supervillain in Doctor Fu Manchu, as well as others. But the biggest change came when the Earth experienced its first alien invasion, as large tripods landed in the English countryside. They were eventually stopped by the League, as well as a biological weapon. The weapon also killed the majority of the witnesses to the invasion, allowing the government to mount a full-scale cover up. This betrayal led to the League disbanding.

This progress continued as World War II erupted. Hitler and his occult fanaticism drove the mad dictator to search the world, and other worlds, for anything that would let his rule last forever. Thanks to the efforts of Henry “Indiana” Jones, Hitler was denied the Ark of the Covenant as well as the Holy Grail. But that is not all Jones denied the Fuhrer. On a remote island off the coast of Britain, Jones accompanied Professor Trevor Bruttenholm and a contingent of soldiers to stop a Nazi plan to release a demon upon the Earth. Hitler’s occult priest Rasputin managed to open a portal to another plane, but was stopped by the Allied forces. Rasputin was sucked into the portal, but something managed to make its way over to their side as well. The small, infant demon was discovered by the Professor and named “Hellboy” by the troops. After the discovery of Hellboy, Bruttenholm and Jones formed the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, dedicated to protecting the world from “the things that go bump in the night”.

After the war, the world began changing dramatically. Superpowered humans appeared in the decades that followed. The government did not know where they came from. Some speculated that they were experiments gone wrong, and others believed they were the next stage in human evolution. Most of these people hid their abilities in fear of what normal people may do to them. Others joined government initiatives to understand the phenomenon.

The super powered age exploded in the 80s, however, with the debut of the “superhero”. Costumed characters such as Omni-Man began patrolling the earth and fighting crime and super villainy. The trend continued for a decade and a half until the world governments decided it needed to be regulated. They created the Global Defense Agency, and publicly claimed it was to reign in the superhuman population, but in reality it was designed to work with the superheroes. Each hero was given a government contact they had to report findings and movements to said agents. Around the same time, the team known as GI Joe was formed to combat terrorism. They clashed with the terrorists Cobra Command, and MI6 battled with the group known as SPECTRE.

The world spun on until our story started…

Events so far…

-The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles emerge from the sewers and begin exploring the surface world. They fight the New York mob from the shadows, leading the mob to hire two big game hunters to kill them. This leads to them being flushed out of their sewer home and into an ambush, which they barely survive. The family also deals with a rival mutant, an alley cat named Old Hob, and his street gang. The Foot begin appearing in the city in the latter part of the year. The first skirmishes end in Turtle victories, until the Shredder appears, turning the tide. The Foot now look to exert their power over the other criminal groups in the city in order to take it over. During the year the Turtles befriend college students April O’Neil and Casey Jones, as well as the vigilante street gang known as the Purple Dragons.

-Hellboy and the BPRD tangle with a resurrected Rasputin and his cult followers. The insane sorcerer plans to use Hellboy’s right hand to unleash the Ogdru Jahad, the seven dragons of the apocalypse, to destroy the world and remake it in his vision. The plan nearly succeeds, but the spell over the red demon is broken, allowing Hellboy to lock the gate once again, and kill Rasputin once and for all.

-The superhero calling himself Invincible debuts and fights the fallen hero Omni-Man.

-James Bond foils several plots by SPECTRE to destabilize the world’s governments.

-GI Joe stops Cobra from obtaining a bio weapon capable of destroying vast amounts of human life.

-The Autobots and Decepticons continue their war across the stars, still searching for a place to call their own.

-The Doctor patrols the Universe fighting for good.

Teams and Organizations

Good

Global Defense Agency – A global organization that secretly works with superhumans to protect the world.
GI Joe – A worldwide anti-terrorist organization.
Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense – An organization dedicated to defending the world against paranormal threats.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – A group rumored to patrol the streets of New York.
MI6 – British intelligence agency. Has formed a team of extraordinary people to defend the country in times of need.
The Watcher’s Council – An ancient organization dedicated to rooting out evil on the planet along with serving and training the Vampire Slayer. The current slayer is teenager Buffy Summers.
The Autobots – The remnants of the Army of Cybertron, the Autobots now scour the universe for a new home while continuing their fight against the evil Decepticons.

Evil

Cobra Command – An eccentric band of international terrorists and super villains which use a snake/lizard motif
The Foot – An ancient ninja clan. Led by the mysterious Shredder, they have come to New York to secure goals yet unkown.
The Decepticons – Villainous and traitorous Decepticons attempted to seize control of the planet Cybertron and the Cybertronian Empire. Their war with the Autobots ended up destroying their homeworld and scattering the Transformer people across the stars.
SPECTRE -- International terrorist organization who often clashes with James Bond.

RULES
-You may have 3 characters, and if you prove you can handle that, you can be granted a fourth.

-You may choose any character from independent comics, DC/Marvel imprints not part of the classic character canons, etc. If you have a question on whether or not a character is allowed, do not hesitate to ask.

-All characters can interact with each other, it is the same universe.

-No Killing. Unnamed, faceless NPC's may be killed, but not major characters, or taken characters. Someone else may want to take up the character, or they may be important to another story.

- You can go anywhere within the galaxy as long as your character has the means to do so.

-You are your character, so act like it. Talk like them, use their dialogue. Do not exaggerate your powers, or pop-up here and there without explanation. BE Your character.

-Several stories can be going at once, and you have the freedom to interact with other characters. If a PC doesn't wish to participate in a major event storyline, they don't have to.

-You must post at least once every two weeks, though it is preferred that you post more. If you go two weeks without a post, your character is up for grabs. You will receive no warnings as it is your responsibility to keep track of your character.

-Be serious, no slander, or impractical actions from your character. Example; "I found a crystal and now I own the world! You're all my slaves!"

-If a major character is applied for, there will be a 24 hour period for other applicants. If there are multiple applications, the other players will decide who gets the character by casting their votes. Less popular characters can be given out on a first come, first server basis.

-Sidekicks and legacy characters will be required to be permitted by the player orchestrating the mentor's role in the game.

-Respect the Gamemasters. If they make a request of you regarding the game, listen to them. Failure to adhere to GM and Roleplayer Guild Moderator requests will result in expulsion from the game.

-Be creative, and do not be afraid to try new and exciting things with old concepts. This is a new continuity - the laws and stories of the regular worlds of these properties are not required to be followed. As long as it's well-thought out, it's encouraged.

-And of course, all regular rules of the Guild apply.

Independent Comics Universe RPG Character Sheet

Player Name:

Character:

Power and Abilities:

Alignment:

Character Notes [Established Rogues, NPCs, etc]:

Background and Story So Far:

Sample Post (At least 3 well thought out paragraphs as well as some dialogue):

Roster

Buffy Summers (HenryJonesJr)

Cobra Commander (HenryJonesJr)

Leonardo (HenryJonesJr)

Major Tara Chace, Agent 007 (Byrd Man)

Sonic the Hedgehog (Gowi)

Speedrun (Hillian)

[HenryJonesJr]

I'm working on CSs now.

Also, if anyone has a cool header for the RPG, or if anyone can make one, let me know.

[HenryJonesJr]

Leonardo

Independent Comics Universe RPG Character Sheet

Player Name: HenryJonesJr

Character: Leonardo

Power and Abilities: Leonardo is a large, anthropomorphic, mutated turtle. His mutation has given him strength, speed, dexterity, and agility equal to slightly above peak human levels. He has also been granted a healing factor, allowing him and his brothers to heal quicker from injuries than normal beings. Being a turtle, Leonardo is as comfortable in the water as he is on land, and his shell is incredibly tough.

On top of his natural abilities, Leo has been trained by Splinter to be an incredibly adept warrior. He is skilled with hand-to-hand weapons, throwing instruments, bows and arrows, and hand-to-hand combat. He’s also shown to be an incredible leader, though he sometimes questions his own abilities. Leonardo has the ability to meditate in battle, giving him supreme battle concentration.

Alignment: Lawful Good

Character Notes [Established Rogues, NPCs, etc]:

TMNT
Raphael – Leonardo’s hotheaded brother, Raphael is the strongest of the four turtles. Loyal but pigheaded, Raphael can often let his anger get the best of him. This can sometimes endanger the Turtles in their battles. Still, even though Raphael gives Leonardo a hard time, there is no one more loyal than Raph.

Donatello – Donnie is the smartest of the Turtles. Not one of the best fighters of the group, Donnie’s calculating mind allows him to find holes in his opponents’ strategies. Donnie is also adept at science and engineering. He has helped create their underground lair into a true home.

Michelangelo – The youngest of the turtles, Mikey is a free spirit. His unorthodox fighting style is unpredictable and hard for his enemies to adjust to, but also hinders his ability to work cohesively with his brothers sometimes. He is often the voice of reason when his brothers argue.

Splinter – The Turtles’ sensei and adoptive father, Splinter is the glue that holds the family together. He is a dedicated teacher and loving father. He is worried about The Foot’s connection to the ooze and why they are attempting to take over New York.

Human Allies
April O’Neil – Plucky college student April O’Neil met the Turtles when she was saved by them from a mugging attempt. She was the first human to not recoil in fear from the turtles, and they quickly became friends. Acting as a big sister for the Turtles, she helped teach them about the world and introduce them to pop culture. She has also become incredibly close friends with the Turtles’ other ally Casey Jones.

Casey Jones – A collegiate hockey player, Casey is a child from poverty trying to make a better life for himself. His father is an abusive drunkard as well as a low level enforcer for the mob. Casey and Raphael find common ground on their anger issues and feelings of being different. Both have helped one another progress, and are strong friends.

Angel – Leader of the vigilante street gang the Purple Dragons, Angel is Casey’s cousin and sworn ally of the Turtles after they helped her drive Old Hob and his gang out of her neighborhood.

Enemies
The Foot – An ancient, mysterious, and deadly ninja clan, the Foot have come to New York with a desire to control the city. It is unknown what their end goal is. They have started an effort to bring all organized crime in the city under their control.

Shredder – The leader of the Foot is the most dangerous warrior in the world. He has yet to cross paths with the Turtles, though he knows of them and wants them dead.

Karai – Shredder's teenage daughter and one of his field lieutenants.

Tatsu – Shredder's other field lieutenant.

Old Hob – Hob is a mutated alley cat. He is missing an eye thanks to Splinter, and has started attracting a dangerous group of followers. He was last seen being driven out of Angel’s neighborhood in New York.

The Mafia – The Italian Mafia were the first foe the Turtles came up against. The Turtles began taking their turf away from them until The Foot appeared in New York.

The Hunters – The Hunters were hired by the Mafia to kill the Turtles, and their true names are unknown. Former big game hunters turned assassins, the hunters took the Turtles to the brink by fighting the mutants on their terms.

Key Locations
New York City – The New York of this Universe is a bit dingier than the one we’re used to. Outside of the normal tourist locations and the best neighborhoods, it is a much more dangerous city.

Turtle Lair – Located in a subway station on a long abandoned line. The turtle’s home has electricity, running water, and fresh air thanks to Donatello’s mechanical prowess. He has gone on to furnish them with television and internet as well. The Turtles and Splinter have rooms in old subway cars they have furnished to their liking. The lair also contains a lab, Mikey’s game room, training dojos, and an armory containing ninja weapons.

TCRI – Techno-Cosmic Research Institute is a monolithic skyscraper in New York. A highly secretive think tank and research/development corporation, TCRI is responsible for the ooze that transformed the Turtles as well as other technological advancements over the years. Few know the origins of the company, and even fewer have actually been inside the building.

StockTech – StockTech is a robotics firm in New York owned and run by genius inventor Baxter Stockman. April works at StockTech as an intern in their programming division.
Channel 6 News – New York City’s leading news station.

Foot Compound – The Foot’s homebase. At this time its location is unknown.

Empire State University – College where Casey and April attend class.

Second Time Around – The O'Neil family antique store.

Background and Story So Far:

History of The Foot Clan
The Foot Clan was founded in Feudal Japan during the times of the Shogun. They quickly became the most effective ninja clan in the country, and only the most powerful and rich shogun were able to hire them. For decades they served their masters honorably, and they were seen as a national establishment.

That is until Oroku Saki took power. Saki was ambitious, conniving, and power hungry. He turned the Foot from an honorable establishment into one designed to achieve his own goals. Saki personally eliminated all opposition to his rule inside the Foot, and then began a shadow conquest of Japan itself. The Foot made short work of their enemies, and absorbed the armies that willfully submitted. Saki installed a puppet ruler to be the face of his new empire. The Foot and Saki ruled Japan for decades until Saki mysteriously disappeared. Without their fanatical leader, The Foot retreated into the shadows.

They did not disappear, however. They continued to attempt to move the world into their own image. Though they were treated as myth, The Foot were very real, and very dangerous.

Birth of the Turtles
TCRI, or Techno-Cosmic Research Institute, was supposedly working on a serum that would give normal people superpowers. It was believed it was a government contract, but this was never substantiated. The serum was meant to make its user the perfect warrior, increasing strength, speed, mental capacity, and fighting skills.

The ooze, as it was nicknamed, was tested on animals in very small doses. The animals that reacted best during the TCRI tests were four baby turtles and a rat the team had nicknamed Splinter. These five creatures went through weeks of testing, and all began to display increased mental capacity and growth. But the experiments were cut short when a group of masked attackers attempted to steal the ooze and the creatures. They nearly got away with it, but were cut off by the authorities during their escape. In the standoff, the ooze and the animals were dropped down a sewer grate. In the much below, the canister of serum burst, covering all five of the helpless creatures. In turn, they were saturated with its transformational material, changing them into anthropomorphic mutants.

While they were changing, however, an alley cat also fell into the ooze, and attempted to steal one of the turtles. Splinter, acting on a fatherly instinct that was growing inside him, leapt at the creature and clawed out its eye, sending it into retreat.

All five of them, now sentient and confused, retreated into the sewers of New York. Splinter, by far the eldest and most intelligent after the change, raised the Turtles as his own, naming them from one of the books he discovered in the sewers. Leonardo, the eldest, was disciplined and respectful, with a strong sense of honor. Next came Raphael, a hotheaded and impulsive child, but a loving one at the same time. Donatello came after that, smart and calculating. Finally was Michelangelo, childlike, fun-loving, and optimistic.

Splinter soon realized he had a keen and complete understanding of ninjutsu stored in his mind. He began teaching it to the Turtles, believing it would help them become disciplined. On top of that, Splinter had troubling visions of men in masks coming for his family. He believed teaching them these abilities would help save them.

Emerging from the Shadows
After a year of training and growing, Splinter decided it was time for the Turtles to travel to the surface and find what the world was like. Leonardo was designated the leader of the four, though he had some initial misgivings about his role. He always knew his father was grooming him to lead, but he often fear what losing one of his team would do to him. Still, he kept a strong face, and led his brothers into the real world.

The Turtles were quickly overwhelmed by the sights, smells, and sounds of New York, but they eventually found their bearings. On top of that, they also found the world was a much more dangerous and unfair place than they expected. Crime ran rampant, and there were few who seemed to stand up to the evil plaguing the metropolis. Leonardo decided that the Turtles would be the ones to clean up the city.

They began having run ins with low level Mafia thugs and drug dealers. The Turtles began putting the mob’s frontmen in jail, which began to worry the leaders of the families. In turn, the Mafia instructed the Savate, a French group of ninjas they had hired as body guards, to take on the new threat. Fortunately, the Turtles were more than up for the challenge.

Human Allies
During this time of surface exploration and the beginning of the Turtles’ crusade for justice, Leonardo, Donatello, and Michelangelo saved a college student and StockTech intern April O’Neil from a group of muggers. She was the first person the Turtles helped who did not recoil from the sight of them. She invited them to her family’s old antique shop to reward them with all she had at the time…pizza. April explained that the shop was owned by generations of her family, and she looked after it while her mother helped her father recover from a stroke in Northhampton. She usually lived in the dorms of Empire State University.

The three turtles explained what they knew of their origin, which kept April riveted. As a scientific mind herself, April talked a mile a minute attempting to figure out what the ooze really was. She and Donatello babbled on about the ooze while Mikey struggled to keep up. Leonardo, on the other hand, saw April as their first real friend. When they parted ways, they promised to drop in on each other now and again.

At the time, Raphael had been fighting with his brothers and set out to crack some skulls on his own. While doing so, he ran into young vigilante Casey Jones. The two quickly bonded and became an effective fighting team. Jones also attended Empire State, and played for their hockey team. When prodded by Raphael, he revealed his vigilante ways were to get back at his father who was working for the mob at the time. Raph and Casey promised to help one another should the time ever come.

The Hunters
The Turtles continued to take turf away from the mob, but in the process they made them desperate. The families reached out to two of the world’s most deadly assassins. Known only as “The Hunters”, the men were once big game hunters. They were experts in tracking and were the perfect choice to find and destroy the Turtles.

In their first encounter, the Turtles managed to use their knowledge of the sewers to get the jump on the Hunters. In doing so, however, they showed their enemy exactly how they could be defeated. The Hunters set traps in the sewers which funneled the ninjas into an arena where the assassins were waiting for them. Using heavy machine guns and weapons, the Hunters took the turtles to the brink before the intervention of Splinter and some quick thinking by Leonardo saved them.

Old Hob and the Dragons
After the showdown with the Hunters, the mob retreated to lick their wounds. The Turtles’ work was not done, however. Casey Jones came calling to help a vigilante street gang in his old neighborhood known as The Purple Dragons. The Dragons turned out to be led by Casey’s cousin Angel, who explained they were being targeted by a new, psychotic gang led by a mutated cat with one eye. The Turtles quickly realized this was the cat that had attempted to steal one of their number during their transformation. Hob was planning a final assault on the Dragons to wipe them out for good.

Leonardo and Angel began to strategize, even though the young lady didn’t trust the mutant after what she had seen Old Hob was capable of. Still, she knew she could not defeat the enemy she now faced without them. Casey and the other Turtles prepared the Dragons’ safehouse for the assault. During this time, Casey revealed he was teaching self-defense classes to April, revealing that he was also friends with the Turtles’ other comrade.

When it came time, Hob attacked the safehouse, but was surprised to find the Turtles standing in his way. The situation quickly deteriorated into a melee, where Leonardo took on Hob himself. The cat was unpredictable and unhinged, making him a difficult opponent. Eventually, however, the Turtles and their allies gained the advantage, and drove Hob and his gang out of the Dragons’ turf.

After the battle, Angel thanked her new friends and promised to help them whenever they needed.

The Foot Arrives
The victory was short lived, however. A few nights after the battle with Old Hob, Leonardo and Raphael witnessed the murder of a Savate ninja by two ninjas of unknown origin. The Turtles intervened, managing to get one of the killers’ masks. After taking it back to the lair, the symbol on its forehead awakened dormant memories in Splinter. He realized these were the men that had attempted to steal them and the ooze before their transformation. After some quick research, April and Casey found them to be the fabled Foot Clan of Japan. Splinter now made the Turtles’ primary mission to discover why the Foot were in New York and what their plans were for the ooze.

The Turtles won hard fought victories against The Foot in their first confrontations, but it was clear that this was a new type of enemy. They were well trained and numerous, and seemed to be taking back the turf the mob had lost when the Turtles first emerged.

The heroes’ difficulty only got worse when The Foot’s enigmatic leader The Shredder arrived in New York with his lieutenants Karai and Tatsu. Working through them, the Shredder decreed to the Mafia and their allies that if they didn’t swear fealty to The Foot, they would die.

Sample Post (At least 3 well thought out paragraphs as well as some dialogue):

They crept silently over the rooftops, stalking their prey like only the most deadly predators could. Though they looked bulky and clumsy, the Turtles were more graceful than the most accomplished ballerina. Even on the hard, tar and concrete roofs of the city they made little more than a soft scratching sound as they move quickly above their targets. In the alley below a group of Foot ninjas met with an envoy from the Mafia to discuss terms. An informant the Turtles had...convinced to talk told them about it, and Leonardo had decided it was time to insert themselves into the building gang war.

The leader of the Turtles realized that if the Mafia sided with the Foot, the Turtles wouldn't be able to stand in their way for long. The end game in that situation would mean their death and the loss of the city. The eldest turtle knew he wouldn't be able to handle a failure of that magnitude. His honor would be broken, and he would pay for that in the next life. Leo knew he had to find out what the plans for the city were, and the only way to do that was to get one of the Foot to talk.

Unfortunately, they weren't the only ones on the roof.

A shuriken flew through the air, whizzing by Leo's head, sending the Turtles scrambling to get into a defensive position. Leonardo looked up to see a group of Savate ninja standing on the rooftop across from them. He knew there would be a fight, but he also knew making a sound would tip the Mafia and the Foot off.

"Turtles," he said to his brothers, "engage. No weapons. Silent and quick. Hai."

The four, in unison, leapt across the divide, engaging their enemies.as only they could.

[Sloth]

The Killer

"What happens when you send someone to kill The Killer?" - The Professor

Independent Comics Universe RPG Character Sheet

Player Name: Sloth

Character: Wesley Allan "Wes" Gibson, The Killer

Power and Abilities:
During his years in the Fraternity, Sloan and his fellow Assassins honed Wesley into the ultimate killing machine, pushing his body to the absolute peak of the human physique and training him in the use of every firearm and modern weapon known to mankind. Wesley progressed at a far faster rate than any member of the Fraternity had ever seen, Sloan even touted Wesley as the most naturally gifted killer on the planet. Truly, the man now known as The Killer seems to have a subconscious knack for taking life in all forms; knives, guns, explosives, poisons, if it can be used to kill, Wesley is its master, greater than anyone, even within The Fraternity, could hope to be. Amplifying his already substantial abilities, Wesley has effectively subconscious control over the flow of his adrenaline, which allows him to surpass the limits of the human body to perform feats akin to a superhuman.

The most notable and deadly of these abilities is Wesley's practically superhuman reflexes and ability to perceivably slow down the flow of time itself. Able to cause his heart to pump at nearly four hundred beats per minute, The Killer is capable of spotting and even combating adversaries with superhuman speed, though he must actively keep them at range, lest he be decimated in close quarters. This is not to say Wesley is a common thug when it comes to hand to hand combat, quite the contrary, Wesley is simply aware of his own shortcomings.

The most well known of The Fraternity and Wesley's abilities and what puts them leagues above every other assassin on Earth is that of making almost any shot, at any angle, at almost any distance, look like child's play. With firearms powerful enough and ballistics capable of traveling across entire cities, The Fraternity has kept itself secret by virtue of how impossible their killings are, whether it be shooting a man through the head on top of an apartment building almost two miles over to bending a bullet from atop a moving train into a seated man's heart in a business meeting, The Fraternity is an urban legend amongst the World's conspiracy theorists.

(I'll probably put some nifty things like how intelligent and what other sort of feats Wesley is capable of later.)

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Character Notes [Established Rogues, NPCs, etc]:

The Fraternity of America
Sloan - The Grandmaster of The American Fraternity, Sloan became aware of The Council of Five through Mister Rictus and began manipulating the Loom of Fate to further his own wealth and devices after his own name came up in a kill order. Following his assassination by Wesley, The Council of Five has manipulated the various Looms around the world to pit not only the entirety of The International Fraternities against him, but revealed Wesley's identity and whereabouts to the various mafia families and corrupt businessmen Wesley had effectively been making himself an enemy of for years.

The Fox - Wesley's first contact within the underground organization of assassins known as The Fraternity, The Fox operated mainly as Wesley's mentor during his time in The Mill. Joining the Fraternity following her family's murder, Fox imprinted upon Wesley the code of "Kill one, save a thousand." during Wesley's assault on the American Fraternity, Fox committed suicide when Sloan falsely revealed her name had come up on the Loom.

Cross - The first assassin to operate under the alias of "The Killer" and Wesley's father, Cross is a legend within the underworld, the greatest assassin to ever live. Until Wesley. Practically unknown even amongst the world's superhuman population, Cross had been systematically hunting down members of The Fraternity following his discovery of Sloan's betrayal of the code, Cross was subsequently killed by his own son, resulting in Wesley's vendetta against not only The Fraternity, but Mister Rictus.

The Council of Five
The Professor -

Mister Rictus - Received Australia when the continents were divided by The Council, Mister Rictus is the most nefarious and notorious member of The Five, architect of The Fraternity, and the mastermind behind its demise. Finding Wesley's assault of The Fraternity amusing, Rictus revealed the true nature of the Assassins to him, causing Wesley's emergence as a Freelance Assassin For Hire. Following the murder of Shithead and Fuckwit by Wesley, Rictus has pooled all of his respective resources to killing The Killer.

Adam-One - The oldest man on Earth and presumably its only immortal, Adam-One has outlived several dozen generations of his descendants and become the most influential criminal mastermind of Africa. Adam-One is one of the three councilors opposing Mister Rictus and The Future in order to maintain the Council's secrecy, and has sent out kill orders on Wesley in order to prevent the former plaything of Rictus to leak the Council's existence to the public.

Ching-Sang The Emperor - A master of mysticism and ruler of Asia, Ching-Sang has been complacent during the Council's years of privacy, but is quickly becoming more and more restless as Earth's various super-beings soak in the limelight, and as such, his allegiance to The Professor and Adam-One is shaky at best, but both sides know his support is almost invaluable.

The Future - A man out of time, The Future is a radical Nazi super soldier from the early days of World War 2 and the result of extensive alien technological tampering and genetic modification from Germany's top scientists of the time. Trapped under an avalanche by Indiana Jones, The Future has only recently emerged from his pit, becoming The Council's representative in Europe. Only known supporter of Rictus' plan to go public.

Allies and Former Acquaintances
Aleksander Pekwarsky -

Barry Goldman -

Lisa Angelis - Wesley's emotionally abusive ex-girlfriend, allegedly pregnant with Wesley's child.

Key Locations
Chicago, Illinois – Wesley's hometown and current base of operations, stuff goes here

The Mill –

The Compounds -

Background and Story So Far:

Sample Post (At least 3 well thought out paragraphs as well as some dialogue):

[Enarr]

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[Rade]

Just a little note, the rules might need a revision. Some refer to Hype or One Universe instead of RPG and Independent Universe.

[HenryJonesJr]

Rade said
Just a little note, the rules might need a revision. Some refer to Hype or One Universe instead of RPG and Independent Universe.

That's what I get for being lazy and copy and pasting.

Thanks!

[Rade]

No problem.

If/when I ever get my laptop back, I'd be interested in joining. Unfortunately, that's looking further away with each passing day.

[K-97]

WIP

The Redeemer

''What am I?...A Weapon....A Weapon of Righteousness''



Independent Comics Universe RPG Character Sheet

Player Name: K-97

Character: The Redeemer (Al Simmons)

Power and Abilities: The Redeemer's body and suit are entirely composed of the Elemental Fire of Heaven which is where he draws his power from. His body as a result is incredibly dense and grants him superhuman physical capabilities(i.e. Strength, Agility, Reflexes and Durability) and regeneration. He also possesses angelic wings which grants him the ability to fly, his maximum flying speed is 150 mph however he tends to cruise at about 70 mph. Furthermore he can draw on the Elemental Fire in order to perform feats of magic: Energy Projection, Limited Shapeshifting (i.e. Taking on a human form), Pyrokinesis, Healing and Teleportation (i.e. at most a mile in any direction). Finally the Elemental Fire reacts to the presence of Evil allowing the Redeemer to sense evil, through the manifestation of pain and rage, its intensity dependent on the level of evil sensed. The Redeemer's pain and rage only ends if the Evil is dealt with or he is no longer in close proximity to it.

The Redeemer also possesses his skills from life, Al Simmons had received decades worth of military training and as a result was a capable fighter. His mastery of several martial arts has lead to the Redeemer becoming a deadly hand to hand combatant, furthermore his years of experience as an Assassin has honed his skills both as a swordsman and a marksman and finally with many years of travel under his belt Al Simmons has learnt to speak multiple foreign languages (Japanese, Spanish, French, Chinese, Italian, Portuguese, Latin, Arabic, Persian and Russian).

Finally imbued within him is a Holy Sword which the Redeemer is able to manifest out of his body, as a Weapon of Heaven it is capable of slaying creatures of hell and like the Redeemer it is capable of manipulating the Elemental Fire projecting energy or setting itself alight.

Alignment: Neutral Good

Character Notes [Established Rogues, NPCs, etc]:

Background and Story So Far:

Sample Post (At least 3 well thought out paragraphs as well as some dialogue):

[Zombiedude101]

I'm interested. Expect another post within the next couple days.

[Enarr]

Zombiedude101 said
I'm interested. Expect another post within the next couple days.

This guy! I loved reading your Darkness stuff in Singular Universe! I'm glad to see you back, man.

[K-97]

Henry I have a question, would Angela be allowed as part of my character roster as she was originally part of Image comics but now has been transferred to Marvel.

[Hillan]

Reserved for arguably the best Superhero in existence.

[Gowi]

Feeling inspired so expect a sheet or two in a few days (or tonight if I'm on a roll and got other responsibilities finished).

[HenryJonesJr]

Rade said
No problem. If/when I ever get my laptop back, I'd be interested in joining. Unfortunately, that's looking further away with each passing day.

Hope it clears up for you soon.

K-97 said
Henry I have a question, would Angela be allowed as part of my character roster as she was originally part of Image comics but now has been transferred to Marvel.

Yea, go for it. As long as the character started out as an Indy, you're good to go.

Gowi said
Feeling inspired so expect a sheet or two in a few days (or tonight if I'm on a roll and got other responsibilities finished).

Sounds great.

[DeathstrokeSW]

Hey Henry, I was wondering if an Agent 47 style character might be available? I am not that clear on indie comics, so....I mean, I could write Agent 47, or an indie character. I'd just have to do some research. WHat I'm trying to say is, is are there any assassins available?

[Byrd Man]

Independent Comics Universe RPG Character Sheet

Player Name: Byrd Man

Character: Major Tara Chace, Agent 007

Power and Abilities: No powers, but Tara is an expert hand to hand fighter, one of the world's best marksman, as well as an expert in espionage tradecraft.

Alignment: Lawful neutral

Character Notes

NPCs:

M: Head of both MI6 as well as the direct overseer of the Overseas Development Group

Paul Crocker: the ODG's chief of staff and M's director of operations

Lieutenant Eve Moneypenny: A former naval intelligence officer who is now M's personal assistant.

Q: Tara's armorer and the head of MI6's technical services Q Branch.

Mycroft Holmes: A member of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, Mycroft is a high-ranking diplomat that liaises with MI6 and the ODG

Tom Wallace: Codenamed Minder One, Wallace is responsible for supplying intelligence to Tara for anything mission related.

Felix Leiter, Saul Berensn: CIA agents that often works with Tara and members of the ODG

RN Captain John Steed. Mrs. Emma Peel: 004 and 005 respectively, fellow agents in the ODG who work as a team.

Captain Price, Lt. Ghost, Sgt. Soap McTavish: Members of a Special Air Service (SAS) commando team that assist Tara when needed.

Enemies

SPECTRE

The SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion is a terrorist organization founded by Belgian criminal mastermind Ernst Stavro Blofeld in 1941 and was used at first as a intelligence network that worked for both the allied and axis powers. SPECTRE was responsible for a variety of plots in the 50's and 60's, from the attempted Fort Knox robbery by Auric Goldfinger in 1959, to the THUNDERBALL nuclear warhead crisis of 1964. Blofeld and most of the SPECTRE high command were killed by an unnamed British operative in the 60's, with Blofeld meeting his end in 1968. With his death SPECTRE went dormant and was believed to no longer exist, until they reemerged on the scene in early 2010, claiming responsibility for the terrorist bombing of a US warship in the Arabian sea. With tentacles that stretch across the world and are far-reaching, the SPECTRE high command is in reality made up of only five key figures:

James Moriarty: A genius mathematics professor at Cambridge and leader (Number One) of the terrorist organization SPECTRE. A bastard son of former SPECTRE leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Moriarty is responsible for restarting the organization and turning it from laughingstock to deadly. A previous 007 killed his father, leading Moriarty to seek revenge against the English government no matter the cost.

Colonel Wei Sun: A Chinese spy turned defector, Wei Sun acts as SPECTRE's Number Two and Chief of Operations. Sun acts as yin to Moriarty's yang, making the head of SPECTRE's grand plans and ideas practical the best way he can.

Yuri Agapov: SPECTRE's Number Three, the fifty year old Russian is a former boy chess prodigy. A brilliant and dazzling strategist, he may be smarter than even Moriarty. Agapov is the terrorist organization's chief strategist, each and every move planned out by him to the nth degree.

Baroness Anastasia Cisarovna: SPECTRE's Number Four and chief assassin, the Baroness is a Belgium aristocrat that uses her beauty and intelligence to accomplish whatever mission SPECTRE sends her on.

The Turk: SPECTRE's Number Five, The Turk is an international drug dealer that supplies over 60% of the world's heroin and opium supply. He uses his contacts with American and international crime figures to give SPECTRE a vast global network.

Other MI6 villains

Barracuda: One of the deadliest assassins in the world, Barracuda is a former Army Ranger turned trafficker. Guns, drugs, people, if it can be smuggled he can smuggle it.

Andre Sarkissian: Leader of the world's foremost bio-engineering company, Sarkissian has strong ties to both Russia and Syria and is currently in the process of developing new ways to physically augment the human body and mind.

Garret Carlyle: A former 00 ODG operative who was captured in Iran and disavowed, Carlyle emerged from a prison after year's worth of torture and disappeared off the grid. Carlyle is currently wanted by British and American intelligence services.

Background and Story So Far:

Tara Chace was born in London in 1981 to an upper middle class English family. Her parents divorced when she was a young age, neither one really wanting to take full custody of her. They shipped her off to boarding school for most of her childhood and teens, where she was lonely and grew to resent her parents. After graduating, she ignored both parent's wishes to go to university and instead joined the army. Tara's intelligence and capabilities led to her becoming an officer and then a special forces operative. She worked as a scout sniper in Iraq and Afghanistan with the NATO coalition forces.

In 2011, Tara was recruited by MI6 as a field agent. She scored so high in her initial training that she was offered a more prestigious office with a special group known as the Overseas Development Group. This small unit was comprised of single and double special operatives carrying out the most covert and dangerous work in the intelligence service. So far in her short career she has run up against the likes of terrorist organization SPECTRE as well as host of colorful badguys bent on world domination or destruction. The rumors and whispers of the special agent who keeps the bad men from the door is that of Agent 007. Chace, Tara Chace.

Sample Post (At least 3 well thought out paragraphs as well as some dialogue):

Monaco
1:23 AM Local Time

Tara walked through the lobby of the hotel as calmly as possible. A defector was on the top floor, waiting for his debriefing before he could be smuggled into England. She was dressed in a dark pants suit and low heels to give her the appearance of an accountant or some paper pusher instead of the secret agent she really was. She pressed the top button and waited for the doors to close. They were nearly shut when a hand reached through and caused the automatic doors to spring back open. A dark-haired man in a tuxedo gave Tara his thanks and selected his floor before the doors finally closed.

She gave him a glance out the corner of her eye. His tuxedo was of a baggy cut, but she could tell the cloth hid a muscular frame underneath. His dark hair, which was gelled and combed back, had bits of gray in it. There was a thick black goatee on his face. There was something oddly familiar about him, and Tara was overcome with the sense of déjà vu by just glancing at the man's profile. He kept his eyes forward, but his body language told her that he was on-alert and focused on something. A cold, numb sensation began in the pit of Tara's stomach. She was not a believer of things like a sixth sense or telepathy, but her time in the army and in MI6 had given her an acute sense of recognizing danger and when it was imminent.

She flung herself backwards just as the man's large fist moved to strike her side. Tar grabbed his wrist with one hand to try to twist it backwards behind his back, but the man's muscles tightened and flexed. He smacked Tar hard against the face with the open palm of his free hand. She reeled backwards and slammed against the lift's wall. While she recovered, the assassin slapped the emergency stop button at the tenth floor and began to encroach towards Tara.

Tara pulled her compact Glock from its shoulder holster and was preparing to aim it when the man's powerful hands slapped it out of her grip. It clattered to the floor as the man got his hands around Tara's neck and lifted him upwards. The top of her head smashed against the top of the lift, knocking a light fixture loose and popping the florescent lightbulb. The small space was now basked in half-shadow as the man throttled Tara's neck. His tough hands scratched at her throat the way sandpaper scratches at wood. He kept his eyes forward and watched Tara with gleeful anticipation as he squeezed the life out of her.

Flailing, Tara's foot connected with the man's chest, the spike of her heel driving into his pectoral. The shock caused him to drop his prey and stumble backwards holding his chest. Tara slammed against the floor of the lift and coughed violently as air returned to her lungs. She looked up and saw the man sucking for air as well. The Glock was in the far corner beside the assassin. Tar stood just as the man was standing.

"Suppose we can't talk this out like civilized people?" she asked the man in a rough, scratchy voice.

"Talking is for cowards," he said in a thick Russian accent. "But we will talk like the real men used to."

Like that, he was back on Tara with his wide fist cutting through the air. She held her arm up and blocked the blow with a left forearm. The blow sent shockwaves of pain through her arm, but it didn't affect Tara's aim as she struck the man in the face with a right hook. The blow knocked the man unbalanced, and Tara kept up the barrage with a series to body blows to the chest and sides. She had the man backed up against the side of the lift, but any advantage he had evaporated when he grabbed one of her blows with an open palm and flipped her hard on to the lift floor. The wind rushed out of her lungs and she gasped for air. While she struggled, the man stood over her.

"Not bad," he said with a slight bow. "Especially for a woman. I have met better, but not many. You were nearly a worthy opponent, Miss Chace, but you were not good enough."

The man raised his leg and was bringing it down when Tara rolled to his right. The foot came down on the lift's metal floor. Tara swept her legs, knocking the man to the ground. Out the corner of her eye she saw the Glock on the floor. Tara rolled in its direction, picking it up in her hand. Before she could turn, she felt the powerful assassin's hands around the back of her neck. Tar swung the gun behind her head and felt the gun strike the man square on the head.

The blow didn't seem to faze him, as his powerful hands reached out to take the gun from Tara. They struggled with each other, rolling in the floor. In their tug of war, one of them squeezed the gun's trigger. It went off straight up in the air, first a three round burst then the rest of the rounds followed. Tar kicked away from the killer and yanked the Glock from his grip. Turning, she struck him again with the gun barrel, this time straight across the face. He screamed out as the gun's iron sight scratched across his eye.

There came a loud metallic twang from above, followed by a groan. Both Tara and the assassin looked up. The gunshots had pierced the lift's ceiling, one of them must have damaged the cables that operated the lift. Tara and her would-be killer exchanged looks before they tried to strike. While the assassin reared back for another punch, she used her left hand to poke him in the scratched eye. He screamed again, falling back to the floor. There was another twang, this one shaking the lift. Tar carefully stood while the killer rolled on the ground. She tried to pry open the lift's doors as gently as she could while the man tried to regain his composure. He was on his hands in knees when Tara kicked him in the face and dropped him to the floor. With a wedge big enough to pass through, Tara stomped down on the lift's floor hard before she slid through the opening. She came through the doors and out on the tenth floor just as the lift's cable gave a loud twang and a snap, the man's scream was loud at first, but got smaller and smaller as the car fell down towards the lobby.

Breathing hard, Tara bent down and rubbed her sore neck with her hands. She heard a crash and a rumble far below him. "Looks like he found his floor," she said softly to herself.

Tara

[Gowi]

DeathstrokeSW said
Hey Henry, I was wondering if an Agent 47 style character might be available? I am not that clear on indie comics, so....I mean, I could write Agent 47, or an indie character. I'd just have to do some research. WHat I'm trying to say is, is are there any assassins available?

I'd do your research on comic book publications (and imprints) like IDW, Image, Dark Horse, Archie Comics, etc. before jumping into someone you aren't familiar with.

[DeathstrokeSW]

Oh. While you're online, I wanted to remind you that you said you were going to pm me about wrath. I'm not trying to be facetious, or rude, I just wanted to remind you.

Also, I am doing research.
EDIT: I could take on Storm Shadow as an assassin. He's already got the training to be one anyhow. But now that We're bringing James Moriarty into things, I think He could be rewrit as an assassin with a genius intellect.

[Sloth]

DeathstrokeSW said
Hey Henry, I was wondering if an Agent 47 style character might be available? I am not that clear on indie comics, so....I mean, I could write Agent 47, or an indie character. I'd just have to do some research. WHat I'm trying to say is, is are there any assassins available?

I mean, I made The Killer......

DeathstrokeSW said I could take on Storm Shadow as an assassin. He's already got the training to be one anyhow.

Inb4 Cobra tries to employ The Killer.