All-Star Marvel: Audax Mundus Novus
GM: Dedonus
Welcome true believers; welcome to All-Star Marvel, an intoxicating land where creativity for creativity's sake can take priority and enable you to render stories and events you could only have dreamed of in all of your previous mundanity. We welcome you to a unique narrative opportunity to take any Marvel character character and re-imagine them in a way that makes them pleasurable for you to write unique and original stories with. In this universe no events in the main Marvel comics continuity are considered canon. It is entirely contained within the forum and within your imagination. Am I over-egging it? Perhaps. It's still pretty cool to see.
Whether you're one for emotional drama or a sucker for physical trauma, the vast range of characters available could fit any genre or any purpose you could reasonably imagine. Is your interest piqued by a fresh interpretation of Bruce Banner that you really wanna try out? Own it. Love Thor but hate that darned old hammer? Sling it. Think that The Whizzer is in need of a drastic revival? That's good too. No-one is off limits here. Not even Doop. As long as they have appeared in a canonical Marvel tale on either the page or the screen they're free for refurbishment. Here, the MARVEL UNIVERSE is yours to mold.
[This is a sandbox game.]
||The Present Day:||
At the same time as the super-humans arose, a secret government agent stepped out of the shadows in order to deal with the chaos caused by the emergence of the super-human. This organization is the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, or S.H.I.E.L.D. for short. Not only was it their task to monitor all super-human activity, but also to combat any organization that threatened the existence of the world. No one outside the organization knows how long S.H.I.E.L.D. has been operating. Whether they just recently formed or had been monitoring the situation for years, everyone knew that they were here to stay.
||The Discovery of Mutants:||
However, as the decades rolled, the mutant population kept growing and growing, which meant is became more difficult for mutants to remain under the radar. However, in the 80's, a group of powerful mutants, including Charles Xavier, Erik Lensherr, and Raven Darkholme, formed a group, called the Brotherhood, swearing to keep mutantkind hidden from the rest of the world, lest humanity, threatened by the potential power of the mutants, launch a preemptive strike against their evolved brethren. For a decade, this alliance successfully prevented the general public from learning the truth about mutants. However, the leadership of the Brotherhood eventually collapsed as they had differing ideologies concerning human-mutant relations. Therefore, the Brotherhood was dissolved and the mutants went their separate ways. As a result of this, Charles Xavier founded the Xavier Institute of Higher Learning by using his family inheritance to fund the project, while Erik, now referring to himself as Magneto, reformed the Brotherhood of Mutants, binding his time until it was the right moment for mutantkind to strike back.
Through recent genetic research in 2010, it was discovered that not only was the human race still evolving, but that these mutations could give people super-human powers. Once super-humans began to appear on the national stage, people began to ask whether this 'X-gene' was the cause of the surge of super-humans, or was this a separate event? Despite the answer to that question, the results from this research could finally explain occurrences in the past that could not be explained in the past.
||The Current Situation:||
||Major Events:||
Pre-IC:
• 1942 - Captain America, accompanied by a hand selected team of professionals enter WWII, guns blazing.
• 1980's - The Brotherhood is founded. Members include Charles Xavier, Erik Lensherr, and Raven Darkholme.
• 1990's -The Brotherhood is dissolved after the leadership had clashing ideologies. Charles Xavier founds the Xavier Institute of Higher Learning, while Magneto reforms the Brotherhood in his own image.
• 2000 - Victor Von Doom becomes sovereign and ruler of Latveria
• 2009 - Canadian government begins recruiting for their superhuman defense team Alpha Flight, the only known member thus far recruited was Aurora [Jeanne Marie Martin].
• 2010 - Super-humans begin to fall on the radar of the general public. However, at this point, they are still only urban legends. The 'X-gene' is discovered.
• 2011 - The world accepts the existence of super-humans. Most heroes begin their careers in this year.
• 2011 - Aurora is killed in the line of duty fighting alongside Alpha Flight, being replaced some time later with Sasquatch [the only other known member].
• 2011 - Tony Stark takes over Stark Industries and transforms it into Stark Technology.
• March, 2012 - Gamma Bomb went off near Vista Verdé, sightings of a Green Monster tearing up a military base.
IC:
• August, 2012 - Hulk is engaged by the forces of General Ross in New York. Havoc and mass destruction is caused, only to be stopped by the intervention of three heroes: Miss America, Thor, and Loki.
• August, 2012 - At the same time, Spider-Man, Hawkeye, and Mockingbird engage a Machine Bem, called Killer Unicorn (who is actually a triceratops). Unknown to the heroes, this monster was created by the evil Professor Monster.
• August, 2012 - Captain Mahr-Vehl discovers a brood infestation on a Kree observation station around Neptune. Mahr-Vehl was able to squash the infestation, but not before Carol Danvers gained her powers via the Kree-Psyche Magnetron.
• August, 2012 - Valkyrie is first seen by the world while using her abilities.
• August, 2012 - Tony Stark unveils the Iron Man armor.
The current month in the IC is: August, 2012
//11.30.2014: If you wish to add to the main events with established points in your character's timeline, please do not hesitate to PM on the subject.
Rules
Character Sheet template:
Player Name:
Character You Wish To Play:
Moral Alignment (Hero, Villain, Walking the Line):
Affiliation (what group/team/organization, if any, is your character affiliated with?):
Character Origin & Backstory:
Powers and Abilities (What can your character do? What can't they do?):
Sample Story Arcs: Give 2-3 ideas on where you want to go with your character.
Sample Post (This is used as an introduction to your writing – try to keep it to around three paragraphs or more and try to include dialogue):
Roster:
Heroes:
• 3D Man - Derek Chandler
• Angel - Warren Worthington III
• Ant-Man - Henry Pym, Jr.
• Captain America - Sam Wilson
• Captain America - Steve Rodgers
• Hawkeye - Clint Barton
• Human Torch - Johnny Storm
• The Invisible Woman - Sue Storm
• Iron Man - Anthony Stark
• Karnak - Karnak
• Loki - Loki Laufeyson
• Marvel Girl - Jean Grey
• Mr. Fantastic - Reed Richards
• Ms. Marvel - Carol Susan Jane Danvers
• Miss America - America Chavez
• North Star - Louis Martin
• Quicksilver - Pietro Maximoff
• Spider-Man - Peter Benjamin Parker
• Thor - Thor Odinson
• Valkyrie - Victoria Parrington
Walking the Line:
• Hulk - Bruce Banner
• Scarlet Witch - Wanda Maximoff
• Sthor - Tarene
• Wolverine - James Howlett
Villains:
• Boomerang - Frederick Myers
• Doctor Doom - Victor Von Doom
• Hyperion - Zhib-Ran
• The Purple Man - Zebediah Killgrave
• 3D Man - Derek Chandler
The Kid Lantern
• Angel - Warren Worthington III
The Kid Lantern
• Ant-Man - Henry Pym, Jr.
Gowi
• Captain America - Sam Wilson
Sep
• Captain America - Steve Rodgers
Facepunch
• Hawkeye - Clint Barton
Dedonus
• Human Torch - Johnny Storm
CallMeChaotix
• The Invisible Woman - Sue Storm
Angel Vicky
• Iron Man - Anthony Stark
DrewVonAwesome
• Karnak - Karnak
Eru Iluvatar
*• Loki - Loki Laufeyson
Bright Ops
• Marvel Girl - Jean Grey
Angel Vicky
• Mr. Fantastic - Reed Richards
DrewVonAwesome
• Ms. Marvel - Carol Susan Jane Danvers
Dedonus
• Miss America - America Chavez
Natty
• North Star - Louis Martin
The Kid Lantern
• Quicksilver - Pietro Maximoff
DrewVonAwesome
• Spider-Man - Peter Benjamin Parker
Dedonus
• Thor - Thor Odinson
DrewVonAwesome
• Valkyrie - Victoria Parrington
Angel Vicky
Walking the Line:
• Hulk - Bruce Banner
Sep
• Scarlet Witch - Wanda Maximoff
Eru Iluvatar
*• Sthor - Tarene
Spud
• Wolverine - James Howlett
Facepunch
Villains:
• Boomerang - Frederick Myers
Natty
• Doctor Doom - Victor Von Doom
TimeMasterX
• Hyperion - Zhib-Ran
Facepunch
• The Purple Man - Zebediah Killgrave
Eru Iluvatar
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