Hello and welcome to Complexity Threshold: A Superhero RP. This opening post will contain all the starting lore, and may be added to as the RP progresses. After the lore will also be a CS template.
Will: That which the collective consciousness of mankind predominantly believes, has a strange tendency to become true for mankind.
First Contact
The Galactic Canon
The Preceptors
Metahumans
Important Locations:
Alignment: Villain, Hero, or Neutral?
Real Name: Last Name, First Name
Age:
Superhero Name:
Normal Appearance:
Superhero Appearance:
Meta type: (Neo, Para, Over, etc.)
Description of Powers:
Background:
Personality:
Origin Story:
Secret identity known to public?:
City of residence:
Use the following:
[b]Alignment: [/b][color=Red]Villain[/color], [color=Blue]Hero[/color], or [color=Green]Neutral[/color]?
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[b]Description of Powers: [/b]
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Lore
Will: That which the collective consciousness of mankind predominantly believes, has a strange tendency to become true for mankind.
Imagine a world identical to our own, mundane and believable. While people used to believe in heroes and magic, such belief has been suppressed by scientific thought, relegated to nothing more than myth, tall tales, and urban legends. Imagine then, that some catastrophic event occurred that caused such things to resurface, to claim that they had always existed, that they had merely gone into hiding for a period of time that coincided, strangely enough, with mankind's decreasing belief in them. But more than the cultural, mythological and magical realms were revealed, strange pseudosciences, secret government experiments, and unusual covert task forces also came to light. Events that had been occurring without notice, people doing bizarre things to manipulate the course of history under cover of secrecy, individual humans demonstrating capabilities that far surpassed the norm, unbelievable, incredible powers. What then, was the catastrophic event that allowed these seemingly incredible things to emerge?
First Contact
As it turns out, having one of the fundamental existential questions, "are we alone in the universe?", answered, was the next step in the evolution of the universal human consciousness. After this shocking revelation, we as a species came to accept bizarre unexplainable phenomenon that, due to our centuries-long collective denial, had been actually shunted into existential darkness, forced to reside in a 'physical subconscious', forgotten in the shadows of history.
In 2020 CE, an alien craft crash-landed innocuously somewhere in Western Canada. The governments of two countries, Canada and the United States of America, converged to recover the craft in secrecy. The alien race that had been monitoring Earth for millenia, preferring not to let their one of their own be studied and dissected by the curious and destructive humans, but with no way to recover the fallen craft without being detected, the aliens chose that moment to reveal themselves on a global scale. Massive ships descended on every major city, while a worldwide message was sent out demanding that they be allowed to retrieve their ship, which was actually the alien itself, which the ignorant humans would have torn apart and reverse engineered in search of a supposed 'biological lifeform' inside, thereby killing the alien in the process had the humans been allowed to carry out their schemes.
In 2020 CE, an alien craft crash-landed innocuously somewhere in Western Canada. The governments of two countries, Canada and the United States of America, converged to recover the craft in secrecy. The alien race that had been monitoring Earth for millenia, preferring not to let their one of their own be studied and dissected by the curious and destructive humans, but with no way to recover the fallen craft without being detected, the aliens chose that moment to reveal themselves on a global scale. Massive ships descended on every major city, while a worldwide message was sent out demanding that they be allowed to retrieve their ship, which was actually the alien itself, which the ignorant humans would have torn apart and reverse engineered in search of a supposed 'biological lifeform' inside, thereby killing the alien in the process had the humans been allowed to carry out their schemes.
The Galactic Canon
Mankind was fortunate that the aliens with which First Contact was made, are the Jarav, the assigned caretakers of the Sagittarius arm of the Milky Way Galaxy. The Jarav are a machine race; digital minds, digital souls, transferable between fabricated bodies. Among the assigned caretaker races, the Jarav are considered the most compassionate. The Jarav were assigned as caretakers by the Galactic Canon, the galactic coalition of 'Canonized' species. The Galactic Canon has ordained that all sentient species are not to be interfered with until the species in question establishes first contact with a sentient species from the Canon, after which they will be observed and, if deemed worthy, be offered the privilege of Canonization.
The year is now 2050 CE, Earth is now being even more closely monitored by the Jarav, who will decide when Earth is ready for Canonization. One major inhibitory prerequisite to Canonization is Planetary Unification, something that still seems far out of humanity's reach.
The year is now 2050 CE, Earth is now being even more closely monitored by the Jarav, who will decide when Earth is ready for Canonization. One major inhibitory prerequisite to Canonization is Planetary Unification, something that still seems far out of humanity's reach.
The Preceptors
Considered rogues by the Canon, the race known to Earth as 'The Preceptors' exists in its native state as a single, paranormal entity. It is theorized that at some point in the past, the Preceptors achieved Planetary Unification in an absolute sense: physical unification, mental unification, and spiritual unification, relinquishing separateness and individuality in an act they refer to as "Universal Love". A being that skirts the psychic and the physical, the preceptors believe that it is the duty of enlightened species to bring the less fortunate up to speed, to actively initiate first contact and accelerate the process of planetary unification; in essence, fast tracking underdeveloped species toward canonization. It was their hope that this would allow all species to defend themselves against some of the more ruthless and imperialist members of the Canon, but the Preceptors interference, more often than not, led to them being worshiped as gods by the species they enlightened. The Canon perceived this as a massing threat as more and more of the young incoming canonized species followed the Preceptor cult, resulting in a purge, known as the Galactic War of Innocence, as the Canon fought for the 'innocence' of the uncanonized species. The Treaty of Innocence was signed, the Preceptors were forbidden from initiating First Contact, and could not interact with a species unless another species had already done so. Despite the fact that First Contact between Humanity and the Jarav was established because of an accident, the terms of the treaty still hold, so the Preceptors are now allowed to interact with humans.
Metahumans
Humans who have developed some power beyond the norm are collectively known as metahumans. Though metahumans have supposedly always existed, the best evidence of this being their existence in world mythologies, their presence dropped to almost nothing during the 'modern era'. First contact initiated the Golden Age of Metahumans, who are now appearing in far greater numbers than even existed in mythology. They are divided into several subcategories based on where their powers supposedly come from.
Neohumans: Metahumans whose powers are derived from some external, scientific source, usually the result of experimentation, or exposure to some force, event, or accident at a later stage in their life.
Parahumans: Metahumans whose powers are derived from magical sources; this can be through the possession of magical artifacts, years of magical study, or other sources of magical influence.
Overhumans: Metahumans whose powers are supposedly inherent. Theories suggest a genetic factor, but experimental results are inconclusive. Powers may manifest at birth or some later point in life, commonly at puberty.
Humans: Sometimes, acquiring a powerful scientific or magical tool can grant a normal human metahuman-levels of power. Scientific tools are called Neotools, while magical tools are called Paratools. Tools of alien origin are categorized based on that alien species' particular metatype.
Non-humans: Of course, not all beings with powers are humans. These may include aliens, constructs, or animals.
Neohumans: Metahumans whose powers are derived from some external, scientific source, usually the result of experimentation, or exposure to some force, event, or accident at a later stage in their life.
Parahumans: Metahumans whose powers are derived from magical sources; this can be through the possession of magical artifacts, years of magical study, or other sources of magical influence.
Overhumans: Metahumans whose powers are supposedly inherent. Theories suggest a genetic factor, but experimental results are inconclusive. Powers may manifest at birth or some later point in life, commonly at puberty.
Humans: Sometimes, acquiring a powerful scientific or magical tool can grant a normal human metahuman-levels of power. Scientific tools are called Neotools, while magical tools are called Paratools. Tools of alien origin are categorized based on that alien species' particular metatype.
Non-humans: Of course, not all beings with powers are humans. These may include aliens, constructs, or animals.
Important Locations:
Los Vascos - A coastal city on the southwestern corner of America, Los Vascos is a popular tourist city known for great weather. However, as a major naval base, Los Vascos has a strong military presence as well as a strong defense contractor presence. Los Vascos is also famous for being at the forefront of bioengineering research. Los Vascos covers a large area and has many comfortable middle-to-upper class suburbs, it's downtown area being unusually clean and with a lower crime rate as far as large cities go.
Angel City - A few hours drive north of Los Vascos is Angel City, one of the most populous metropolises of the US. Angel City is a cultural melting pot, and a crowded, highly urbanized city with an extremely high population density in addition to covering a large area. Angel City is known for being a huge media center at the pinnacle of the movie and television industry. Angel City has some very classy neighborhoods but also many that are low-class. Angel City has a very high crime rate and suffers from gang wars. The headquarters of the American Dream Corps. is located in Angel City.
Valle Dorado - A few hours drive north of Angel City is Valle Dorado, a bustling metropolis with a long history, famous as a technology and industry pioneer. It is extremely multicultural and is famous for its progressive values. With a dense population, it covers a smaller area than the other two cities. It gets its fair share of crime.
Angel City - A few hours drive north of Los Vascos is Angel City, one of the most populous metropolises of the US. Angel City is a cultural melting pot, and a crowded, highly urbanized city with an extremely high population density in addition to covering a large area. Angel City is known for being a huge media center at the pinnacle of the movie and television industry. Angel City has some very classy neighborhoods but also many that are low-class. Angel City has a very high crime rate and suffers from gang wars. The headquarters of the American Dream Corps. is located in Angel City.
Valle Dorado - A few hours drive north of Angel City is Valle Dorado, a bustling metropolis with a long history, famous as a technology and industry pioneer. It is extremely multicultural and is famous for its progressive values. With a dense population, it covers a smaller area than the other two cities. It gets its fair share of crime.
CS Template
Alignment: Villain, Hero, or Neutral?
Real Name: Last Name, First Name
Age:
Superhero Name:
Normal Appearance:
Superhero Appearance:
Meta type: (Neo, Para, Over, etc.)
Description of Powers:
Background:
Personality:
Origin Story:
Secret identity known to public?:
City of residence:
Use the following:
[b]Alignment: [/b][color=Red]Villain[/color], [color=Blue]Hero[/color], or [color=Green]Neutral[/color]?
[b]Real Name: [/b]
[b]Age: [/b]
[b]Superhero Name: [/b]
[b]Normal Appearance: [/b]
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[b]Meta type: [/b]
[b]Description of Powers: [/b]
[b]Background: [/b]
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[b]Secret identity known to public?: [/b]
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