[OOC] DC Comics: Shattered Justice

[HenryJonesJr]

DC Comics: Shattered Justice

|Abstract|

The remains of fires smolder through Metropolis as rescue crews search desperately for survivors.

The Justice League struggles to regroup after the devastating attack.

And Superman lies dead next to the beast that carried it out.

In the world of DC Comics: Shattered Justice, Superman has fallen in battle with the beast known only as “Doomsday”, leaving the world without its greatest protector. Supervillains, believing the heroes to be weakened and disorganized, grow more bold in the face of the Man of Steel’s absence. A wounded Justice League now scrambles to assert their control over an escalating situation while Batman and a cabal of heroes tries to uncover the mysterious origins behind Doomsday and the true threat they all face. In Metropolis, Lex Luthor begins to rebuild the city in his image, while Supergirl struggles with a legacy she never expected to carry.

This game involves a DC universe that is more “mature”, in that the heroes are established and sidekicks are around and active. This frees people up from having to do origin stories and we can get down to business.

The players will shape the story in this world, though I have a few story beats for everyone.

||Major Events:||
Pre-IC:

• WWII - The Justice Society of America is sent to fight in the war, fighting Hitler’s super powered and occult forces.
• 1980's - Krypton is destroyed and Kal-El and Kara Zor-El are sent to Earth. Baby Kal-El makes it to Earth and is adopted by the Kents. Kara is knocked off course.
• 1990's - Thomas and Martha Wayne are killed in an apparent mugging, leaving their son Bruce orphaned and one of the richest people on the planet.
• 2009 - Superhumans appear on the map as Superman reveals himself to Metropolis. Within months others join him on the scene. Wonder Woman and Aquaman team up to take down a sea serpent off the coast of California. Batman begins a one man war against Gotham’s criminal underworld. The Flash becomes Central City’s guardian. Dozens of heroes appear, marking the true start of the super powered age.
• 2010 - The arrival of BRAINIAC above Metropolis is too much for Superman to handle alone. In response, he calls up Batman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern, The Flash, and Aquaman to defend the city from the living computer, marking the beginning of the Justice League.
• 2012 - The rise of the “sidekick” and formation of the first Teen Titans team. Superman and his cousin, now called “Supergirl”, take on General Zod and his Kryptonian lackies who escape from the Phantom Zone.
• 2013 - The Justice League expands, adding heroes to the main roster and spinning a second team off known as “Justice League International”.
• 2014 - The first Teen Titans graduate to a preliminary Justice League team known as “Young Justice”, and a new group takes over the Titans. Believing they have no other choice against the heroes, a group of the world’s supervillains band together and battle them. Known as The Legion of Doom, their clash ignites worry in the world over escalating superhuman activity.
• Christmas Eve 2015 - Doomsday arrives on Earth. He encounters the JLI first, tearing through the team on a beeline for Metropolis. When he gets there, Superman engages him alone, realizing that he’s the only one who stands a chance. The rest of the world’s heroes do their best to evacuate the city. By midnight, Doomsday and Superman lay dead.

Rules
You may choose any character appearing in DC Comics.

You are allowed 2 characters to begin with. More will be at the discretion of the GM.

Travel involving time, dimensional multiverses, or any other concepts would be on a GM-approved basis.

Please do not kill player-created characters or important NPC’s unless given the go-ahead to do so.

Please be courteous and respectful of others’ stories. Don’t jump into stories without consulting the person starting them. This does not include GM started “big game” events.

Please refrain from having your character perform any random game-changing actions.

Respect the GM staff and their authority.

Be creative.

Legacies (NPCs, sidekicks, rogues) fall under the jurisdiction of the hero. If you want to play The Joker, The Batman player has to be okay with it.

No post should be made that contradicts the host website's rules, so keep those in mind.

Character Sheet
| Identity |
Name and Superhero Alias

| Origin & Backstory |
Include proper historical background that doesn't contradict setting or pre-approved CSs. Given the nature of the game, if you are playing a really established hero (such as Wonder Woman) who has been around for sometime please detail it consistently. Bolding or coloring these points such as years detailed are a good start.

| Attributes |
Here’s where you put any powers, abilities, or equipment that make your character special.

| Character Notes |
Is there anything you want to elaborate on? Extra lore for the city you call home? Notable NPCs? Basically this is for people who want their application to be more of a compendium for their NPCs, Locations, and Rogues specific to this new continuity. Optional.

| Character Goals |
Give me an idea on what you plan on doing with the character in the game.

| Sample Post |
Please post a sample post. It does not have to be overly long, I just want an example of your writing.

[HenryJonesJr]

Reserved for roster

[Byrd Man]

Cool OOC, bro.

[HenryJonesJr]

Cool OOC, bro.

@Byrd Man

[Byrd Man]

<Snipped quote by Byrd Man>

@HenryJonesJr

Skimpy CS in most places, but hopefully the sample has some meat on its bones.

| Identity |

Oliver Queen/The Green Arrow

| Origin & Backstory |

Playboy Oliver Queen lived a vapid life of pleasure-seeking, never having any aspirations besides the next thrill. The day it all changed was the day he arrived on the island. After being marooned on a remote isle in the South Pacific, Ollie was forced to survive by his wits alone. He soon discovered the island was a hub for heroin production, the native populace being used as slaves. Calling on his past archery skill, Ollie crafted a homemade bow and arrows and drove the criminals from the island, being rescued in the process. Finally motivated, Ollie took up the mantle of the masked archer and became the Green Arrow, protector of Star City.

Today, Oliver works for Star City in two realms. The first is as Green Arrow, the second is as that of City Councilman and philanthropist. Having sold his controlling stake in Queen Industries years ago, Oliver and his son Connor Hawke operate the Papp Street Mission, a non-profit shelter for the homeless of Star City. Ollie successfully ran for city council and now sits on the eight-man governing body for the city.

| Attributes |

Just a man with a bow and trick arrows.

| Character Notes |

NPCs:

Connor Hawke: Ollie's son, also known as Green Arrow
Sergeant John Diggle: Star City PD patrolman, Green Arrow's ally on the police force.
Jimmy Fitzroy: Star City Mayor
Jerry Conklin: President of the city council, leader of the council's conservative faction
Barry Calhoun: Ollie's fellow liberal councilman
Shawna Sanchez: KSTV News reporter

| Character Goals |

I want to tell a political story. Ollie won't really be fighting many costumed bad guys. He'll be tackling men in suits who think they run the world. He'll be doing as much fighting in committee meetings as he'll be doing on the street.

| Sample Post |

The Octopus

"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."
-- John F. Kennedy

City Hall
Star City, CA

The thick, wooden doors leading into the city council chamber burst open and out rushed Oliver Queen. He wore a black suit three-piece suit with a white shirt and an emerald tie, his usual council meeting attire. Ollie kept his hands in his pocket as he stalked through the halls back towards his office.

"Councilman Queen!"

A small gaggle of reporters chased after him down the corridor. He stopped and turned around. There were a few newspaper men, the lady from Channel 6 with a camera hoisted on her shoulder, and a radio reporter with a handheld voice recorder. Ollie brushed his lapels and took a deep breath as they swooped in on him.

One of the newspaper men spoke first. "We saw you leaving the chamber in a huff. You don't agree with the majority decision."

"Considering I voted against it, Mike, that'd be a no." He winked at the reporter before flashing a grin. "Regular Bob Woodward you are."

A titter went through the group. Now that he had made them laugh, Ollie went on the offensive.

"This franchise tax was one of my key promises when I ran for office, guys. Of course I'm going to be a little sore when I get voted down by short-sighted people who are just worried about reelection. This tax was a step towards the big companies that are slowly working their hooks into Star City"

"Critics of the tax argue that it's a pay to play scenario designed to drown out smaller competitors," the TV lady said.

Ollie thrust a finger forward. "No, it's a tax on the companies who are already making a hefty profit on our city. They big companies have done a fine job drowning out the smaller competitors on their own. They don't need our help."

The radio reporter said, "What do you say to Councilman Conklin's arguments that those companies are responsible for the stability in Star City?"

"They were an asset in a time of peril," said Ollie. "But the time of crisis has passed. We must let regulation and government lead the way. Conklin might be against that seeing as how he was selected as El Dorado Power & Water's Man of the Year this year. The franchise tax would help shift the balance of power back to the government, as will keeping the SCPD away from Thornguard."

The TV reporter asked, "Thornguard Security's work in other towns shows that in six months alone it can be more effective than the Star City PD has ever been. They even promise a drop off in Green Arrow sightings."

Ollie shook his head. "The towns they've worked in before aren't Star City. They're smaller and more affluent and less ethnically diverse. It's easy to police Mayberry. Comparing Thornguard's work in those towns against SCPD statistics is unfair. And to answer your Green Arrow question, with the brutality and excessive violence complaints Thornguard has gotten over the years, I'm sure Green Arrow has already been added to their payroll."

Another laugh from the reporters gave Ollie a chance to wrap up the questions.

"If we allow Thornguard to take over emergency services, then there will be four companies that are dangerously close to running the day to day affairs of this city. We have to scale back their control and influence and make sure its the voice of the people, not the voice of profit margins, are in control of our local government. That's all for now, folks. Thanks."

He held his hands up and backed away from the reporters before turning around and heading up two flights to his office on the third floor. The small space wasn't much to look at it, barely larger than a cubicle and with no window. It was identical to all the council offices. All eight city councilors shared office space on the third floor as well as Doris, a collective secretary. The job was only part-time anyway. Ollie never hung around the place much if there was no need for it, he preferred to be at the mission or on the streets.

Sitting down behind his desk, Ollie kicked his feet up and looked at the wall. Everyone called it his conspiracy board, but it helped him keep track of things. He had the names of all three major companies and what they did for Star City listed with interconnecting lines running between the companies where their duties may overlap. There was:

Hephaestus: Building and road construction
El Dorado Power & Water: Utilities
California Transportation Trust: Mass transit

It was a libertarian's wet dream, a city where private companies provided the lion's share of services with minimal oversight by the municipal government. In theory, the government would get the best services for the cheapest cost. The great business experiment they had called it three years ago when the city council approved it. But so far the great experiment wasn't panning out. The city went with the three companies because they were the only ones who ever placed bids. Anybody who did place a bid ended up pulling out suddenly and one of the other three got the job. The shady nature of the whole affair is why he got back into politics and ran for the city council. So far he was the only person on the council trying to raise awareness. He knew most of the city council and Mayor Fitzroy were getting some sort of support from the companies, but he couldn't prove it.

The overlap between the three companies made it a tangled mess. CTT supplied Hephaestus with the heavy machinery it needed, El Dorado got the power trucks. Hephaestus maintained the roads and rails CTT's buses and trains operated on. And now Thornguard was getting thrown into the mix. Its bids for emergency service was low as anything possible for a privatized police, fire, and paramedic force. Odds on the cars would come from CTT and their facilities would be maintained by Hephaestus. If the Thornguard bill was approved, the four companies would begin to settle over the city like a net and tighten until everyone was so used to their work and rates of pay nobody would argue. And that was when the prices would increase. That's how monopolies worked. Once the octopus got its tentacles in, it flexed them and strangled the life out of its prey. Ollie knew it was wrong on the surface, but something in his gut told him it went deeper. This combination, as shady as it was, had something darker lurking beneath the surface.

He rubbed his head and sighed. Ollie had a plan, more like the makings of a plan, but it was being blocked by the mayor and the rest of the city council. He was just one man against nine others, seven plus the mayor. He'd be checked and outvoted every time. He stood and headed out of his office before the rest of the councilmen got back from the meeting. The powers that be were blocking him, but they sure as hell hadn't counted on the Green Arrow looking into the matter.

[Morden Man]

| Identity |

Detective Richard “Dick” Grayson, better known as the masked vigilante Nightwing.

| Origin & Backstory |

Dick Grayson became the ward of Bruce Wayne shortly after his parents, John and Mary Grayson, were murdered by the mobster Tony Zucco over a failed attempt to extort money from the circus that the Flying Graysons belonged to. Wayne would train Grayson’s body and mind to help him channel the rage he felt as his parent’s murder into something productive: becoming Batman’s teenaged sidekick, Robin.

Batman and Robin would have many adventures over the years and Dick would prove his prowess as a leader and crime-fighter in his own right whilst leading the Teen Titans. Against Bruce’s wishes Dick chooses to strike out on his own, renouncing the name Robin, and taking up the mantle “Nightwing” after a Kryptonian superhero Superman once told him about.

Dick relocates to the neighbouring city of Blüdhaven and Nightwing becomes the city’s protector by night. During the day Dick polices the streets of Blüdhaven from within Blüdhaven Police Department’s homicide department. The two roles often cross over and Dick follows up those investigations he can’t solve as Detective Dick Grayson as Nightwing.

| Attributes |

Dick is a world-class gymnast, the only person in the world capable of a quadruple somersault, and an Olympic level athlete through over two decades of vigorous training. Dick is also a master of at least a dozen martial arts, rivaling Bruce Wayne in his proficiency at hand to hand combat, whilst adopting a more acrobatic, Aikido-centric style that makes use of his unparalleled gymnastic abilities.

On top of his physical skills, Dick is one of the world’s preeminent deductive minds. Though not quite the detective that Bruce Wayne is, Dick’s many years of tutelage beneath Bruce in criminology, stealth, and disguise. He puts these skills to use on a daily basis working at Blüdhaven’s Police Department on crime scenes, in the interrogation room, and out on Blüdhaven’s streets.

Foremost amongst Dick’s attributes though is his leadership ability. It has been noted by Superman himself that Dick Grayson is the finest leader that the DC Universe has to offer and his time leading the Teen Titans and Young Justice has made him an excellent field leader and manager of people. He has an easy, jovial manner that puts people at ease and earns him the trust of strangers almost without trying. It’s that nature, more so than his physical capabilities or his deductive skill, that makes Dick Grayson and Nightwing a force to be reckoned with.

| Character Notes |

What more is there to say? Dick’s a great character, capable of inspiring others in the direst of situations, and given the events that lead into this game, he’ll be more needed than ever before. In the comic books Dick has a relationship with Superman that is very different to his relationship with Bruce. Bruce can seem aloof, disinterested, and overly critical at the best of times where Clark is more openly nurturing and considerate. It’s Clark that gives Dick the idea for his name, after all, and I think with Clark gone Dick will feel a responsibility to fill that void as best he can. To provide some light and hope to a world that otherwise might feel lost.

Allies

Bruce Wayne/Batman - Dick's currently estranged friend, mentor, and adoptive father.
Alfred Pennyworth - The Batman family's emotional core. The nurture to Bruce's nature.
Barbara "Babs" Gordon/Oracle - Dick's on again/off again girlfriend and first love.
Wally West/Kid Flash - Dick's best friend, former Teen Titan and Young Justice member.
Roy Harper/Arsenal - One of dick's closest friends, former Teen Titan and Young Justice member.
Koriand'r/Starfire - Dick's friend and sometime love interest, former Teen Titan and Young Justice member.
Detective Amy Rohrbach - Dick's partner at Blüdhaven PD.

Enemies

Slade Wilson/Deathstroke - mercenary that Dick has tangled with numerous times.
Harvey Dent/Two-Face - Once beat Dick near to death with a baseball bat, always dangerous.
Roland Desmond/Blockbuster - Blüdhaven's most dangerous crime boss.
Catalina Flores/Tarantula - Blüdhaven-based vigilante that doles out lethal justice.
The Joker - crippled Barbara Gordon and killed Jason Todd. Ever the wildcard.

| Character Goals |

I really want to put Nightwing at the center of the game. It’s where he is in the comic book universe because of his ties to so many teams and so many people. With the Teen Titans, Young Justice, Batman, and his relationship with Superman there really isn’t anyone that Dick hasn’t brushed shoulders with. He’s really going to take it on himself to try to keep people hopeful, to keep them optimistic and unafraid, despite Superman’s passing.

As Detective Grayson I’ll have Dick going through the more procedural side of crime fighting. Sure, he’ll be catching cases through the Blüdhaven Police Department that he’ll be forced to follow up with as Nightwing when they hit a wall but as Dick I want to show the human side of the crimes he’s investigating and the human cost.

| Sample Post |

Schizo

Waterloo Docks, Blüdhaven

New Year’s Day in Blüdhaven means one thing and one thing only: bodies. New Year’s Eve was one of the busiest days of the years. Dick Grayson had learned from last year to expect a heavy workload in January as the corpses of drunken revelers were found in vacant buildings, doorways, and alleyways across Blüdhaven. Some would slip and crack their heads on the sidewalk, others choke on their own vomit after drinking too much, but the worst were the homeless that died of the cold as Auld Lang Syne echoed through the city’s streets. It was bad enough last year being called out to discern which of the stiffs would come back murders but there was something about this year that made it even worse. The celebrations had been so muted, so downtrodden, because of what had happened to Superman and the other heroes that had lost their lives fighting Doomsday. The thought of some poor guy or girl freezing to death whilst out on New Year’s Eve, determined to have a good time despite everything, made Dick depressed.

They were putting him in the ground this afternoon. Superman. The man that had given the whole world over hope. It still hadn’t quite sunk in for Dick and he wasn’t sure it would ever sink in. He wasn’t sure what he’d do without Bruce or Alfred, even thinking about it had his stomach in knots, but Superman was Superman for christ’s sake. He’d be there, of course, there was no way he couldn’t be there given his relationship with Clark but he wasn’t sure he’d be able to accept it. Not even once they’d put him in the ground. Instead Dick had decided to throw himself into the morning of sorting through the dead to take his mind off of things. As morbid as that was.

Dick sauntered up to the abandoned warehouse and climbed its rotten stairs to the crime scene. He found his partner Amy Rohrbach knelt beside the body of what looked to be a vagrant. The sodden wood beneath his feet creaked loudly as he walked towards Amy and she looked round at him with a scowl.

“You’re late, Grayson.”

“Give me a break, would you? It’s been a long week,” Dick said as he knelt beside her and inspected the vagrant. “What do we have? Crack?”

With the tip of a pen Amy reached down and lifted one of the empty vials scattered around the body and frowned in its direction. “Doesn’t look like it.”

Amy was good police. She was one of the few police officers in Blüdhaven that wasn’t on the take. She was a hard woman, that was for sure, but a fair one all the same. She’d taught Dick the ropes and showed him no favour despite it being well known around the station that Dick had been Bruce Wayne’s ward. Some of the other officers had given Dick stick about it and he’d taken it in good humour but Amy had never once mentioned it. All that mattered to her was the work. She was serious about cleaning up Blüdhaven.

The first hurdle would be the drugs. Blüdhaven had been a prosperous docking town once but the world had long since left it behind. There was nothing left here but drugs and crime. Even Blüdhaven’s sports teams were god-awful. Organised crime had seeped into every facet of public life in Blüdhaven and there always seemed to be some new drug out there on the streets. The orangey-brown residue that stained the victim’s mouth and had collected around the rim of the vial was unfamiliar to Dick.

He gestured to the victim’s mouth. “Any idea what this stuff is?”

“Don’t ask me,” Amy said with a shrug of her shoulders as she set the vial down. “We’ll send it off to the lab and see what exactly our John Doe took.”

Dick rolled his eyes at that. “The Lab” was where cases went to die in Blüdhaven Police Department. Evidence regularly went missing, results for testing often took months when they should have taken weeks, and Dick was certain that someone in the BPD crime lab was on the payroll. It was a theory he’d not had time to investigate fully given everything that was happening but he was sure as hell that he wasn’t going to leave this one to the whims of “The Lab” again.

He stood up and took a look out of the warehouse’s window over at the skinny, blemished figure of a man that had been lurking around since before Dick had arrived. He had all the hallmarks of a man that was well acquainted with the needle. If someone knew what the hell was in those vials, it would be him. Dick skipped across the floors of the warehouse towards the stairs without a word to Rohrbach.

By the time he was halfway down the stairs he heard her voice calling out to him. “Where the hell are you going?”

Dick was halfway across the road before the junkie had spotted him. He was rail thin, no taller than five foot eight, and there was no way he weighed more than one hundred and twenty pounds. Dick could see the puncture wounds up and down his arms where the man had prodded needle after needle. His eyes were sunken, his teeth were yellowed and cracked, and there were welts all across his face.

As Dick drew within a few feet of him the man lifted his hands into the air peacefully. “I don’t want no trouble, man.”

“Relax, I’m not here to bust your balls,” Dick said with a disarming smile. “You know the guy laid dead up there, right? He’s a friend of yours or something? You’ve been skulking around out here since before I got here, so he must mean something to you.”

To the untrained eye the micro-movements that flashed across the man’s face as he spoke might have gone unnoticed but Dick’s eye was far from untrained. He’d spent the best part of his adult life under the tutelage of the world’s greatest detective. He spotted the flickers of doubt, the uncertainty to the junkie’s attempts to retain some air of stoicism, and they told Dick everything he needed to know before the junkie had even opened his mouth to speak.

As he did so he shrugged his shoulders with a practiced nonchalance that might have been convincing if not for the shakes. “Might be.”

“You got a name for me?” Dick said as he pulled a notepad and pen from the inside of his navy suit. “Any idea what was in those vials?”

The junkie smiled wryly and rubbed his fingers together greedily. “It’s going to cost you.”

“What?” Dick said as he reached for his wallet in his trouser pocket. “Friendship’s not enough?”

In the front of Dick’s wallet was a picture of Dick and his parents in their Flying Grayson days and beside it was a smaller picture of Barbara Gordon. He smiled gently as he laid his eyes on the picture of his parents and then rifled around in his wallet in search of a note to hand to the junkie.

“No sir, not on these streets, it’s not.”

He passed it to him and the junkie held the note up in the air to inspect it before shoving it into the back pocket of the stained beige shorts he wore.

“I don’t know his full name but I know his first name was Reggie, went to school over on Freemont. They call that shit he took Schizo, has a motherfucker talking to themselves, happy one minute and angry the next, but boy does that high feel higher than any motherfucking high I ever felt before. Looks like Reggie rode that high a little further than he shoulda’ done.”

Dick jotted down the name of the drug and pushed the notepad back into the inside pocket of his suit. “Schizo, huh? Catchy.”

The junkie sauntered away and Dick stood there on the sidewalk of Waterloo Docks alone. He watched as the man faded out of view and thought back to where he’d been exactly a year ago. If memory served, he’d been over some vagrant in a doorway in Avalon Hill that had died in the night with the needle still hanging out of his arm. Not much had changed since then. Blüdhaven was still corrupt, drugs were still tearing the city apart, and Dick was still struggling to make the slightest difference. Now Superman was gone what hope did Dick have? If he failed how could Dick succeed? How could anyone succeed?

Dick gritted his teeth, pulled the notepad from within his suit pocket again, and drew a ring around the word “Schizo” with a determined scowl.

He was going to succeed, no matter the odds, he was going to clean Blüdhaven of the filth that had been allowed to do business without care for far too long, and he was going to make sure next New Year’s there’d be no more Reggies because the pushers ran this goddamn city.

And he was going to start with whoever the hell was behind Schizo.

[GreenGrenade]

I might go for Speedy/Red Arrow/Thea Queen, if that's a'ight with you, @Byrd Man.

[Byrd Man]

I might go for Speedy/Red Arrow/Thea Queen, if that's a'ight with you, @Byrd Man.

@GreenGrenade

Go for it. I left the sidekick angle vague in case anyone wanted to do something with Roy or Mia, or I guess Thea as she's become now? I don't know I haven't read much comics since the New 52.

[Blue Demon]

My still incomplete CS. Still waiting to see who claims Flash so I don't step on any toes. :) But other than that, she's pretty much done.
It's done yo.

Jesse Chambers

| Identity |
Jesse Chambers A.K.A. Jesse Quick

| Origin & Backstory |

The Origin of all Things
^{The War}

While Jesse wouldn't be born for nearly 50 years, it's important to know where she comes from. In 1911, Jesse's grandmother Bess Lynn is born. Bess was a strong, willful woman. She was ostracized because she didn't act like a female. But that never deterred Bess. She ignored people as they gossiped. Even despite the fact she had married Mr. Lawrence and had a child by the time she was nineteen. The child was named Libby. She was born in 1930. The next year Bess joined the Army at the age of twenty and became Miss Liberty. She even fought in the war effort in the 40s, one of the few women to actually see combat.

Then there was Johnny Chambers. Johnny was born in 1923. When the bombings at Pearl Harbor occurred Johnny was one of the young men in line to join the War. During the war he used his Speed Formula to help fight the Nazi's. It was around that time that he meet Bess Lawrence. The two became friends and they made up a special squad due to their unique abilities.

Start of a New Beginning
^{Marriage and a Daughter}

After the War ended, Johnny retired from the military. He wanted to work on the Speed Formula and discover how it was able to give him super speed. He started a company named Quick Start to fund his research. During this time he married the daughter of Bess, Libby. Young Libby had the same abilities as her mother, but hated them deeply. She had watched her mother be shamed and ostracized for her behavior and vowed to be a good girl. Though she couldn't help but love the charming gentleman, a real war hero.

For a while Libby was perfectly content. In 1955 Johnny and Libby had a daughter they named Jesse.

When Perfect isn't Perfect and Breaks
^{When Jesse's Mom Left}

The marriage of Johnny and Libby had always been rocky. It wasn't built to last. Something Johnny's friend had told him. Libby was too conservative. She hated anything to do with the Speed Formula and her mother's powers. It didn't make it better that little Jesse was exhibiting super strength also. As Johnny pushed his research into research journals and during lectures, Libby became more and more unhappy with her husband.

Things came to a head in the sixties. Libby's and Johnny's marriage came to a screaming end. Libby took Johnny to court and routed him. She took his company and every single dime he was worth. The only thing she left was her daughter, Jesse. Fortunately the toddler didn't remember any of this and her father never told her it was because she had super human strength and that her mother couldn't handle it.

After Libby left Johnny he started a new company; Quickstart Enterprises. Libby had shut down Quick Start, but had retained the copyright on the name so Johnny couldn't use it.

Destiny is a Bitch
^{Jesse Rebels}

Jesse grew up hearing stories of the War. Her father regaled them to her over and over. Stories of Miss Liberty and Max Mercury and Johnny Quick. And she couldn't have enough. He even bought her comics of a hero called Jay Garrick, The Flash. Her father had liked to joke that Jay was modeled after him. He always kept his identity a secret to the public during the war and after. Still he maintained that somehow Garrick was his fictional counterpart. Jesse had just rolled her eyes, much to her father's chagrin.

Jesse's desire to follow in his footsteps reached a damper as she tried to reconnect with her mother in her teen years. Libby hadn't wanted anything to do with her daughter and finally finding out the truth drove Jesse into a depression. She had tried to cope, as all teenagers do, by taking it out on her father. She blamed her dad for her mother's hate. Those years soured the girl against anything superhero related.

Jesse tossed all her The Flash comics and stopped listening to her father's stories. She ran off to college at the age of 18 just to escape the pressure her father was putting on her to follow in his footsteps. Her father had taken back up with the JSA while she was away. Unfortunately for Jesse the pressure increased when she graduated from University in '78.

Running With the Justice Society
^{See Jesse Run}

Jesse finally succumbed to her father's desires in the 80s. For a short time she was apart of the JSA. Taking a leaf out of her father's book she called herself Jesse Quick. Like her father she kept her real identity a secret. Despite herself she found her time with the JSA enjoyable. She made fast friends with the members and they became something of a surrogate family. By the time the 90s start to roll around, Jesse thinks she's found where she can be happy.

Johnny Dies at the End
^{Jesse Becomes a CEO}

But happiness never lasts. In '93 on August 3rd at 0300, Johnny died. Jesse doesn't like to talk about it, or even hear about it, but it happened. Johnny had died saving Jesse's life. The only blessing was he merged right with the speed force so she didn't have to see him die horribly. Johnny was only 70, but he looked like he was still in his 30s.

After her father was declared legally dead, Jesse took over Quickstart Enterprises, giving up Jesse Quick. It was an action she found far harder to do than she thought. Due to her father's death she finally had what she wanted when she was younger, the company. But now it was bitter sweet. The new CEO felt lost and too young for the responsibilities thrust upon her slim shoulders. She was only in her 30s with no experience. The next few years were incredibly difficult. Without the support of her friends Jesse never would have made it.

As the years grew long, Jesse slowly aged with her company. Her father's research was still going strong. Though at this point it was all theoretical because Jesse wouldn't take part. She did remember the cheers from the scientists as they heard news of a man calling himself The Flash in central city. She knew they solicited him for help in their research since Jesse refused. Last she had heard was that there might be a tentative agreement.

Jesse's Final Run
^{Return of the Quick}

Now in her 60s, Jesse has taken back up the mantle of Jesse Quick in the wake of Superman's death. In lieu of her decision she has made Seth Roth acting CEO in her place.

| Attributes |
Jesse inherited her powers from both her parents.

Super Speed: When Jesse recites an ancient speed formula it allows her access to the speed force. She can run at superhuman speeds and also has the increased capacity to react at those speeds.

Flight:What Jesse does might make it look like she's flying. But it's more like "inverse flight". She runs so fast she's able to travel faster than escape-velocity and thus leave the surface of the earth.

Decelerated Aging: Thanks to the speed formula Jesse uses, she ages slowly compared to normal people. At her current rate, she appears to be about half her age. It's not known how long she'll live since her father didn't die of old age.

Super Strength: Jesse is able to lift heavy objects with ease. While she can't bench press planets, she can lift tons straight over her head. She isn't able to life things like battle cruisers or skyscrapers.

| Character Notes |

Speed Formula: 3x2(9yz)4a

QSE Location: San Francisco, CA

Family:

Bess Lynn - Miss Liberty (Justice Society of America) Died in 1984 at 73 years old. Jesse's Grandmother.
Johnny Chambers - Johnny Quick (Justice Society of America) Died in 1993 in his 60s. Now apart of the Speed Force.
Libby Lawrence - Liberty Bell (Justice Society of America) Currently 86. Retired and in a nursing home.
Philip Geyer - Libby's second husband. Lives with Libby.

Quickstart Enterprises:

Seth Roth - Current acting CEO of QSE
Rick Tyler - Head of Advertising
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Others

Professor Gill - The Professor who had discovered the Speed Formula and taught it to Johnny.
Max Mercury - This was the man who helped train Johnny, Jesse's father. She never meet the man, but she grew up hearing stories all about him.
JSA Memembers - Jesse keeps in contact with the JSA.
The Flash - Makes his home in Central City.

Rogues:

None. She's been out of the business too long to have any Rogues.

Front view of costume

| Character Goals |

• Get Jesse back into the game. The old gal's ben out of the gig for a few years, and I'd like to see how she conforms to the new Status Quo with the Justice League.
• I'd also like to see her make it onto one of the teams, maybe even become someone people rely on.
• Lastly, I'd like to see her struggle with juggling her company and the superhero life.

| Sample Post |

Jesse was never a very emotional woman. Being in your sixties tends to temper your emotions. Even in her younger years the only emotions she'd ever show were things like determination and stubbornness. The only exception is when her father died. It was made doubly more emotional because he sacrificed his life for hers. And even that was over thirty years ago. Yet, when she watched Doomsday come to earth and fight Superman, she was just as afraid as anyone else.

Christmas eve was supposed to be a time for celebration. It was something that Quickstart Enterprises endorsed. They offered paid vacation for all employees from the 23rd of December to the 27th. Those who are not Christian could get different days off. For example, those who practice Hinduism and celebrated Pancha Ganapati got the 21st to the 25th off. Of course Hanukkah didn't have any set days by the Gregorian calendar, it was decided what days they'd have off at the beginning of each year. This year is had begun on the 6th. Still QSE had sent their Jewish workers home to celebrate the holidays for the 24th and 25th.

No one was supposed to be at QSE. Not even Jesse. When the news broke about Doomsday Jesse had sat in her office and stared out the window, listening. The news played on every station and was all over the internet. It became a senseless blur as she listened to the bow-by-blow news cast.

Superman was ducking it out with the creature the news called Doomsday. Jesse's stomach is still doing gymnastics from the news of the Justice League International. The idea that Doomsday had ripped through them like tissue paper was hard to swallow. As the news report continued Jesse closed her eyes and offered up a prayer to whomever was listening. Jesse was a self proclaimed atheist, but now seemed a good time to see if anyone was listening.

Jesse finally snapped out of her numb horror as the news caster she was listening too fell silent. Jesse turned back to the large screen on her wall. A lone camera man was leaning out of a helicopter, had to in order to get that shot, and filming something. Jesse found herself standing and moving closer to the screen.

Everything was eerily quiet. Nothing was visible, dust was covering everything. Jesse was with the world as they watched with baited breath.

When the dust cleared it was obvious why there was no movement. Jesse found herself on her knees, cry as she hadn't done in ages. As she cried she thought of her father, who had died to save her. Superman had died to save them all. Jesse still remembered when he first came out. An Alien. He had been feared, even respected. But never human. And he had done this thing for them.

As she kneeled on her office floor on Christmas day she thought about her father. She thought about Superman. And she thought about her life. When she finally pulled herself off the floor she had decided that it was time for Jesse Quick to return to action. It was time to stop hiding from her father's legacy; from her destiny. It was time to become who she was meant to be.

"3x2(9yz)4a." The old formula still came easily to her. In a flash she was gone from the office.

[GreenGrenade]

<Snipped quote by GreenGrenade>

Go for it. I left the sidekick angle vague in case anyone wanted to do something with Roy or Mia, or I guess Thea as she's become now? I don't know I haven't read much comics since the New 52.

@Byrd Man

Eh, I just said Thea because that's how she was listed in the iCheck. She's still Mia in the comics. But yeah, cheers!

[DrewVonAwesome]

If Jesse Chambers joins Young Justice replacing Kid Flash I might make a male Starfire to balance things out a bit. Either way its hard to argue with the too many speedsters situation Blue Demon brought up... *Sigh* So while I'm still considering Superboy, I'm going to have to think of a good other character. Blue Beetle Reyes maybe? Oooo give Reyes a Booster Gold buddy!

Hmm Toymaster...

[Blue Demon]

If Jesse Chambers joins Young Justice replacing Kid Flash I might make a male Starfire to balance things out a bit.

@DrewVonAwesome

Jesse's 60... there's no way she's making into YJ. Just saying. :)

[DrewVonAwesome]

Oh yeah, look just let me try to think of something nice for myself after you rained hard on my parade OKAY!?

[Vandy]

Not sure if I'm going to join yet. I intend on making a Star Wars RP soon and I'm already in another RP. (Plus midterms next week) I'll definitely keep an eye on this though. Best of luck to you! I might come and join at some point.

[HenryJonesJr]

I pulled an opposite. Byrd. Long CS, short post

| Identity |
Kara Zor-El/Kara Kent/Supergirl

| Origin & Backstory |

Argo City

Kara was born to Argo City scientist Zor-El and his wife Alura a decade and a half before the calamity that claimed the planet. Her childhood was uneventful, if not happy. Zor-El and Alura loved their daughter, and she in turn them. She took to her father’s love of science, even if she didn’t have the same aptitude he did, and her mother, a member of the Kryptonian peacekeeping force, instilled in her a strong sense of right and wrong.

Their happy lives were shaken when Zor-El’s brother Jor-El came to warn the other scientist of the impending doom of Krypton. While Jor-El tried in vain to convince the Kryptonian Council of the danger, Zor-El scrambled frantically to try and create a refuge for his city. He succeeded in the nick of time, using some of the villain BRAINIAC’s technology to encase Argo City in a protective bubble. Krypton was gone, but Zor-El had managed to save some of his people.

At least that’s what they thought.

In the two years following Krypton’s destruction, the soil of Argo City began to turn into Kryptonite, poisoning the city’s inhabitants. With a craft that could only hold one passenger and no other choice, Zor-El and Alura sent their daughter to Earth, where her baby cousin Kal-El would be waiting for her. However, she was knocked off course during her journey, delaying her arrival by decades.

2012: Supergirl - Year One

Kara, as a seventeen year old, landed on Earth in 2012. Emerging from her pod with no knowledge of human language or how Earth’s yellow sun would affect her biology, she went on an inadvertent rampage through Europe before being stopped by Wonder Woman and her cousin Kal-El. Kal took her to the Fortress of Solitude, where, using the pod she arrived in and the Fortress’s Kryptonian technology, he explained everything that’s happened to her, and him, since Krypton’s destruction. Kara, after being inspired by her cousin, decided she too wanted to be a hero. Due to this, Superman instructs her to split her time between training in combat with Wonder Woman, and spending time on the Kent farm to learn the human way of life he was raised in.

Kara took to the training on Themyscira like a fish to water. Her new abilities thrilled her as nothing had before. She studied every move that Wonder Woman and the other Amazons taught her carefully until she could replicate them with precision. Soon she was a better pure hand-to-hand combatant than her cousin, even if he was still vastly more powerful.

Her adventures in the “real world” were not as comforting off the bat. While she enjoyed spending time with Ma and Pa Kent, Kara, being Kryptonian, was used to a much more technologically advanced civilization. Life on the farm was often dull for her, especially because her cousin and her new, adoptive Earth “aunt and uncle” refused to allow her to use her powers outside of Themyscira.
That changed when a hole to the Phantom Zone was ripped open, releasing General Zod and his lackies Ursa and Non upon the Earth. In order to stop them, Kal-El bestowed upon Kara a costume of her own, and asked her to join the fight. Using the alias “Supergirl”, she and Superman managed to defeat the three rogue Kryptonians and send them back to the Phantom Zone.

2013:CADMUS

In her second year as a hero, Supergirl encountered the mysterious Project CADMUS and their biological creations. She battled many of the organizations creations alongside the Teen Titans, befriending many of the other young heroes. The Team and her eventually tracked CADMUS to its source, a massive underground laboratory beneath Metropolis. Together, they fought to its center.

There, they found a teenage clone of Superman in a stasis pod. After awakening the clone, it raged against them before being subdued by Supergirl, but not before causing catastrophic damage to the facility. In the end, CADMUS was believed to be destroy, and Kara and Clark were left to deal with Superboy.

The young man decided to take the name “Connor” and stay with the Teen Titans in hope of controlling the rage inside him.

Little did anyone realize, however, that CADMUS was just getting started.

2014: Legion

Kara found herself content at the start of 2014. She was finally at peace with her new home, and even began dating Kaldur’ahm, also known as Aqualad. She was also helping her “cousin” Connor adapt to his life, even if the boy’s anger sometimes got the best of him.

That changed when the Legion of Doom declared war on the Justice League and the world’s heroes. The Legion were ruthless and prepared, attacking multiple major cities at once and thinning the heroes out by doing so. After being pushed to the limit, the League and its allies were able to defeat the Legion, sending its leader Vandal Savage into hiding.

Thanks to her tireless defense of the planet, her cousin and the rest of the League happily welcomed her into the Justice League.

2015: Doomsday

With the war against the Legion in their rearview mirrors, the heroes of Earth attempted to reclaim a sense of normalcy. But public sentiment had began to turn on their actions. The fight against the Legion had cost vast amounts of collateral damage and loss of civilian lives, and people began calling for someone to “Watch the Watchmen” as it were. Riding this new wave of public opinion, Lex Luthor announced his campaign for the presidency, which was backed by huge polling numbers. While this disheartened Kara, she carried on fighting against evil wherever it emerged.

It was also during this time when Kara began working for CatCo Media and Media Mogul Cat Grant. Once an underling of Perry White, Grant started her own media empire on the back of her hard work. Kara now acts as Grant’s assistant, with her unaware of the superhero working in her midst.

Her world came crashing down when Doomsday arrived on Earth. The vicious creature tore through the Justice League International as it made its way towards Metropolis, where Kara engaged it before Superman arrived. Though she begged her cousin to let her help him, a wounded leg and the need to save civilians from the ruined city caused him to refuse. Kara watched in horror as the final blow both Doomsday and Clark landed was their last, and Superman fell to the ground dead.

Kara was now the bearer of the Kryptonian Legacy, and the last true child of Krypton in the universe. It was her responsibility to stand for truth, justice, and the American way.

But she wasn’t sure if she was ready for that.

| Attributes |
As a Kryptonian living under the yellow sun of Earth, Kara is granted vast amounts of super strength, speed, stamina, endurance, invulnerability, flight, super breath, heat vision, super vision, and super hearing.

Kara has also been trained by Wonder Woman in hand-to-hand combat, granting her a fair amount of skill.

| Character Notes |

Main Allies

Wonder Woman - Kara’s remaining mentor and now oldest friend, Wonder Woman helped train Kara and acclimate her to Earth after she arrived. Wonder Woman considers Kara like a little sister to her, and Kara feels the same sisterly bond.
Martian Manhunter - Kara enjoys spending time with the Martian, feeling a kindred spirit in being the last of their kind.
Aqualad - Kaldur’ahm, Aquaman’s sidekick Aqualad, is a member of Young Justice and Kara’s boyfriend.
Jonathan and Martha Kent - Superman’s adoptive parents and Kara’s adoptive Aunt and Uncle, the Kents helped teach Kara how to live among the humans comfortably. She still turns to them for life advice often.
Superboy - A genetic clone of Superman and Supergirls adoptive cousin
Krypto - Superman’s Kryptonian canine who lives at the Fortress of Solitude.
Kelex - Superman’s robotic confidant and caretaker of the Fortress.
Cat Grant - Kara’s boss

Enemies

Lex Luthor - Lex is Superman’s archenemy and CEO of LexCorp. Riding a wave of anti-superhuman sentiment, he is also a strong candidate for the 2016 presidential election.
Project CADMUS - An old enemy, long thought dead, is biding its time and ready to return.

| Character Goals |
Supergirl is a top 5 DC comics character for me thanks to Super TAS and Justice League/JLU. I’ve played her briefly in past games, and have wanted to try my hand at her again. Thanks to the situations presented in this game, she’ll be vulnerable and tested in ways she normally isn’t in DC media, so I’m excited to try my hand at that as well.

| Sample Post |

Metropolis
December 25, 2015
3 AM

Kara Zor-El had heard Krypto’s howls from the moment it happened. That’s the thing about dogs, they always know, even before people did. The old dog’s howls of sadness tore the bandage of shock off Kara’s wound, letting the emotion pour out as she made her way around a ruined downtown Metropolis, trying to find any survivor she could. It was the only thing she could hear as she floated through the city, overturning rubble to reveal choking people. Everything else was a dull, monotone ring, like after standing a bit too close to a firework going off. The civilians she saved cried and hugged her profusely, but she didn’t hear a word they said. She set them down one by one at the emergency triage centers and went for more, barely acknowledging their gratitude.

<Kara,> a soothing voice entered her mind, shaking her out of her malaise. She turned to find J’onn J’onzz, the Martian Manhunter, floating behind her. A gash across his right shoulder dripped with blood, and his left eye was swollen. J’onn had always been a calming presence to Kara, a fellow refugee on the planet. He knew what it meant to be the last of his kind. But tonight was different. There would be no calming the tempest of emotion flowing through her.<We have the situation taken care of. Go. You need to go.>

“Thanks, J’onn,” she replied flatly, choking back the tears. Zooming off towards the Arctic, she just wanted to be alone.

Kara landed at the Fortress of Solitude, hobbling on the leg the creature had injured earlier in the night. It was probably broken, but she couldn’t feel it. She couldn’t feel anything really. Nothing but a void left by the only person who she had a real, true connection to in this world.

[Byrd Man]

I pulled an opposite. Byrd. Long CS, short post

@HenryJonesJr

It's your show, dawg. If I were you I wouldn't even put up a sheet.

[HenryJonesJr]

<Snipped quote by Byrd Man>

Eh, I just said Thea because that's how she was listed in the iCheck. She's still Mia in the comics. But yeah, cheers!

@GreenGrenade

That was just from when I was considering playing Ollie.

[Sep]

Think you can have Flash @Lord Wraith... I've been trying to write for him but it just isn't flowing :P

[Gowi]

Diana of Themyscira

| Identity |
Diana Prince / Wonder Woman

| Origin & Backstory |

1980-2003: Early Life

• Diana Prince was born in Gateway City to a single mother, in a Greek-American neighborhood on the northwestern side of town. For most of her childhood Diana had few friends and fewer interests; but the call of conflict always seemed to be one that called for her whether in intervention or for the thrill of a fight. An intensity that never seemed to dull as she went into high school as she found herself having odd interests ranging from professional wrestling, martial arts, and military history. Following graduation she would eagerly look to the Armed Forces as her future.

• In 2004, after a successful career in the Armed Forces, Diana Prince is approached by the government agency known as ARGUS in a recruitment drive for their special operations squad known as Team 7. Diana’s astute perceptive abilities and skill with close quarters combat is a deciding factor and Diana believing herself to be a true patriot joins the squadron with little resistance. This is where Diana Prince would come to know one of her comrades in particular, Steve Trevor.

• Months after her initial integration into Team 7, one of the operations overseas turned bad as the team found themselves scattered and isolated from bad intel; intel that would lead to Diana’s death— or it would have if not for the intervention of the gods. The olympian blood that laid dormant in Diana’s body would be “awakened” and cause her immense pain as accursed visions began to bleed into her mind. Days later when she awoke in her hospital bed she would realize questions without answers… questions that all pointed to a place called Themyscira. A dismissal from Team 7 followed after an argument between Diana and their Commander; and Diana made way for this island that just… felt familiar.

2004-2006: Amazon Reborn

• Her journeys in 2004 began trying to find where she was meant to go, hoping to understand what exactly had happened in Qurac where she should’ve been dead and buried. However, her gut feeling only led her to the nation of Greece before dulling into silence. Diana’s confusion however would be temporary as a woman calling herself “Ypirétis of the Oracle” revealed herself and told Diana she had orders to take her to “Paradise”— Themyscira. However the answers she would be looking for would open up a whole new world for Diana, as she would soon learn.

• Introduced to the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta, once on the island she had “dreamt” about, Diana found herself in a world that felt completely alien to her; as if she was transplanted back into the Ancient Greek stories she had adored as a child. Hippolyta would go on to explain that the truth of her awakening would be one that would open a sort of “Pandora’s Box”. Diana Prince was one of many but the first to awaken: children of Zeus. Hippolyta would continue to explain the responsibilities of such and the powers that had awakened which made Diana look back to the past with the stories of the Justice Society of America. A reckoning was coming and Diana’s near death experience was only the beginning. She would need to be trained and prepared for the darkness that was to come.

• Despite Diana’s previously trained skills and talents, the rigorous expectations of the Amazons were far greater. Training that would take her much time to get used to her new inherited abilities as a demi-god. Only when Diana could defeat all of Hippolyta’s trials could she inherit the blessings of the gods, the responsibilities of the Anarotiémai Gynaíka, and the allowance to leave “Paradise”. It took Diana many years to do such that.

2007-2010: Spirit of Truth

• Finally finishing her trials after constant obstacles in 2007, Diana finally is allowed to inherit the blessings of which she has earned and serve in the capacity from protecting the world from a sort of “Greek Apocalypse”. This begins the first appearances of what would come to be known as Wonder Woman as Diana begins to travel across Europe stopping occurrences that relate to her heritage as well as acts of general terrorism. This comes to an heading in the nation known as Kaznia as she stops a plot involving an attempt on the life of the Princess of Kaznia from the returning presence of the God of War, Ares.

• In 2008, Archaeologists unearth a ruin underneath the mountains of Parnonas, accidentally releasing a creature created to kill those with the blood of Zeus. This endangers not only Diana, but others of similar descent. It becomes a race to defeat the creature before lives are lost. During this event Diana puts the likes of Donna Troy and Cassandra Sandsmark under her personal protection; placing them in protective custody back on Themyscira for a time.

• Sometime in 2009, Wonder Woman Receives word from the Oracle located on Themyscira about a plot that would concern her, and returns home to Gateway City in California when the appearance of Circe confirms a plot that could endanger the entire city. Wonder Woman attempts to foil Circe’s plans but not before the sorceress summons an ancient thrall of Poseidon, a sea serpent that only seeks destruction. Wonder Woman is aided in the battle by the appearance of Aquaman.

• Helen Alexandros, the metahuman terrorist known as Silver Swan attacks Gateway City in an attempt to bring Wonder Woman out to challenge her resolve. The strength of her supersonic scream proves disorientating at first for the hero, but is quickly dealt with.

• Forced to ingest the dying essence of a “god” after an archaeological expedition goes bad, Professor Barbara Minerva becomes warped by the negative energies of the process as her body is transformed horrifically into that of a Cheetah. Now unstable and insane, Minerva targets her former colleagues in Gateway City for “sending” her on the expedition in the first place. Wonder Woman stops her from murdering them, beginning a long hatred for the demigod for Minerva.

• In 2010, the arrival of BRAINIAC above Metropolis is too much for Superman to handle alone. In response, he calls up Batman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern, The Flash, and Aquaman to defend the city from the living computer, marking the beginning of the Justice League.

• A group of metahuman criminals are brought together unknowingly by Dr. Cylvia Cyber, as she looks to Wonder Woman as an interesting challenge yet a concerning obstacle for her operations in Gateway City. Following a tactical plan setup by Cyber they ambush Wonder Woman and for a time get the better of her until intervention by Donna Troy, who has finally been awakened by the gods much like Diana had been years ago. The two defeat the group and Donna becomes known as Wonder Girl.

2011-2015: Gods & Mortals

• In 2012, Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) joins the Teen Titans.

• Following the disappearance of Wonder Girl in 2014, Wonder Woman begins to investigate her old enemies and rivals; when the Oracle of Themyscira has no leads from her visions Diana looks to request help from Batman for his deductive capabilities. However despite this it leads into a dead end with more questions than answers; a result Diana is experienced with.

• In late 2014, Cassandra Sandsmark becomes awakened like Donna Troy before her when whilst on an archaeological dig with her mother, an ancient metahuman by the name of Osira is released from her prison. She is aided by Wonder Woman at the last second, who had traveled to Egypt to deal with a plot she had heard that Circe was planning. Osira is defeated and following the battle Cassandra requests for Diana to train her personally so she could “stop rescuing her like this”. Diana agrees and Cassandra soon afterwards becomes the second Wonder Girl.

• In 2015, despite the feats Diana had performed by Wonder Woman, not all of those on Themyscira had appreciated her “blessing”. One of which named Alkyone would act on this discontent when she organizes a militant uprising on Themyscira; believing Hippolyta to be unfit to lead. Unbeknownst to her this rage is actually the influence of Ares who intends to cause an Amazonian Civil War for his gain. This war is stopped by a young amazon by the name of Orana who becomes blessed by Artemis. She follows this battle bearing her god’s name into battle for the realm.

• In another encounter from Dr. Cylvia Cyber, Wonder Woman is targeted in a game of cat and mouse which ends with Diana’s former comrade and love interest, Steve Trevor, to be killed in the process. The death infuriates Diana who nearly kills Cyber in her office before a full camera crew as Cyber had planned. Following the incident Cyber claims Wonder Woman had unjustly “disfigured” her for something she had nothing to do with. An investigation by ARGUS goes into Wonder Woman and questions rise until it is revealed that Cyber had been lying; Cyber is subsequently arrested for her crimes.

• As Wonder Woman, Artemis, and Wonder Girl are distracted with the events during Superman’s funeral; strange magic “erupts” on Themyscira turning all of its denizens to stone. Wonder Woman believes something terrible has happened when her link with the Oracle on Themyscira is cut silent.

| Attributes |
Awakened Demigoddess - With the blood of Zeus in her veins and blessings from other olympian gods, Diana is quite powerful with abilities similar to that of base Kryptonians including strength, senses, endurance, and flight.

• _{Decelerated Aging - Due to her blessing by the gods, Diana seems to age slower than she had previously. Looking little different than she did during her time with Team 7.}
• _{Toxic Immunity - Due to her blessing by the gods, Diana seems to be generally immune to toxins and disease.}
• _{Healing Factor - Due to her blessing by the gods, Diana seems to be able to recover and heal from major wounds in time.}
• _{Oracle - Diana is linked to the mind of the Oracle of Themyscira, allowing Diana to be aware of problems pertaining to her responsibilities as an olympian avatar. In rare occasions Diana is also given visions directly from the gods, assuming an oracle is not active… or dead.}

Expert Martial Artist - It is said that Diana Prince is one of the finest experts in Close Quarters Combat due to her military and amazonian backgrounds. She is skilled with military CQC, jiu jitsu, amazonian warrior arts, olympic wrestling, krav maga, and various other styles and techniques. She is so deadly Batman has been known to state her abilities to be equal in some form to his own.

Amazonian Artifacts - Diana holds various artifacts that she uses as equipment including armor, shield, sword, tiara, bracers, and lasso.

| Character Notes |
Wards

• Orana - An amazon girl who follows in the shadow of Diana’s influence as Artemis as a nod to the god she idolizes and her skill with the bow.
• Donna Troy - One of the girls Diana ‘rescued’ and the first to be inspired by her acts of heroism. The first Wonder Girl. MIA.
• Cassandra Sandsmark - One of the girls Diana ‘rescued’ and the second to be inspired by her acts of heroism. The current Wonder Girl.

Allies

• Etta Candy - A close friend to Diana, and current liaison to Wonder Woman.
• Edward Indelicato - Lead Detective of the Special Cases Squad in Gateway City, and an ally of Diana's in the police department.
• Steve Trevor - Diana's former love interest and a military official that was liaison to Wonder Woman. Until he was killed by Dr. Cylvia Cyber in 2015.

Enemies & Rivals

• Alkyone
• Ares
• Cheetah
• Circe
• Dalma
• Dr. Cylvia Cyber
• Deception
• Professor Edgar Cizko
• Genocide
• Silver Swan
• Veronica Cale

| Character Goals |
The last time I ran with Diana she was a sort-of Greek privateer who I did two (or was it three) posts with before the RP faded into inactivity. I had a lot of fun with her, so I’ve been sitting on the opportunity to write until a good enough scenario comes up. So here it goes. As for idea concepts; Greek Mythology was like many the first mythology I really identified it but I suppose that’s not obscure given its title as “baby’s first mythology” due to its teachings in elementary school. So I have some familiarity with the gods, trials, and everything inbetween. With that said I plan to run some interesting plotlines (maybe even Diana’s own disappearance following the funeral, but I’ve not decided).

| Sample Post |

Why?

Diana Prince's lips quivered, scowling as she stood before the black smoke that rose from the… corpses that were in front of her. The sounds of the fighting had stopped, and her face was splotched with her own blood from when she had tried to step in earlier— much like the big red boy scout had tried to before her. Her body ached like all hell, but this? This hurt more than her bones and muscle could ever feel; she knew that. A pit of horror swallowed her gut. He couldn’t be dead. That was impossible. It wasn’t right. He’d get back up and smirk like he always did and reassure everyone that he’d always be their shield, no matter what.

Not anymore.

Diana’s fist clenched as she continued staring. She couldn’t stop staring.

She couldn’t hear a heartbeat.

“You promised you wouldn’t…” Her words choked as she tried to stomach some kind of remark, but to no avail.

It had happened, despite all of her hopes that it couldn’t be so.

Superman was dead.

An unsettling chill dropped down the awakened amazon’s spine, fluttering with a feeling that Diana couldn’t seem to shake. Her attempt to keep her emotions from taking full control was admirable given the situation that lied in front of her. One of her closest friends and the one person she admired on the league had been defeated in such a vicious way. Her body fluttered in nervous anxiety as she took a step; fighting back the tears that were starting to form in her eyes.

An amazon doesn’t show emotion.

She tried to remind herself… but it was difficult not to break.

“You told me you wouldn’t die like this. You told me… that I—”

Diana broke her pained muttering when her ears caught notice of others that were approaching the sight of the battle.

You told me I wouldn’t be alone.

You told me your friendship would never fade.

You told me you wouldn’t die on your watch.

Why did you lie to me?

Diana took a heavy breath as she tried to compose herself.

I can’t right now. I have to be strong.

Diana wiped her eyes clean as she approached the corpse of Doomsday, as she grabbed it by its neck.

He wouldn’t harm anyone again. Nobody would use this body for evil again.

Because there will be no body of this creature left.

[Lord Wraith]

| IDENTITY: |

Bartholomew Henry 'Barry' Allen

aka

The Fastest Man Alive
The Scarlet Speedster
The Crimson Comet
The Blur
The Streak
The Flash

| ORIGIN & BACKSTORY: |

1989-2000 | LEARN TO BREATHE:
^{"Being a hero isn't always about how fast you can run, it's about helping however you can, wherever you're needed most."
-Nora Allen}

Born October 8^th to loving parents Henry and Nora Allen, Bartholomew Allen was born two weeks late in the small midwestern town of Fallville, Iowa. The lateness of Barry's birth only foreshadowed his bad habit of always being late. Not long after his birth, Henry was offered an esteemed position at the Central City Hospital prompting the family to move from their farm into the city.

During Barry's childhood, the relationship between Nora and Henry wasn't going well. It was during this time that Barry found himself retreating from the world and immersing himself in numerous books both fictional and non-fictional. In this retreat, he took refuge in the pages of a comic-book called 'The Flash'. The Flash was a man named Jay Garrick, a scientist by day and a superhero by night.

Thanks to Jay Garrick's adventures, Barry loved science from an early age, specifically chemistry. He won first place in the Fallville County Fair Agricultural Competition, which would encourage him to continue his academic skills. Despite this, Barry's mother Nora was struggling to encourage him, her relationship with Henry wasn't going well since moving to Central City. Struggling to find substantial work, Nora ended up working double shifts at a local diner and had decided to try to get a divorce from Henry.

At the age of eleven, Barry had decided to participate in a spelling bee at the school. It was on this same day that Henry received the divorce papers on the day of the spelling bee, and because Nora had to work, he seethed and took Barry to school. When Nora returned from work, she was happy to see that her son had won the competition, but she was obligated to speak to Henry about their relationship, and so Barry was sent to bed early. Awoke in the middle of a bad thunderstorm, Barry rubbed his eye and made his way downstairs to get a glass of water. However upon entering the kitchen, Barry was shocked to witness his mother murdered as the room filled with lightning.

Suddenly knocked from the room, Barry found himself on the front yard before regaining his senses and running back inside. Returning to the kitchen, Barry found his father cradling Nora as he sobbed over her dead body as neighbour and police officer Joseph West entered the room. Escorting Barry outside of the room, Barry was left to sit outside on the porch until Joe returned. Barry's father had been placed under arrest, despite the overwhelming evidence, he continued to profess his innocence.

2001-2008 | MOVE:
^{"Well, he may not have his mother, but he's got two amazing fathers. Seemed like he needed both."
-Iris West}

With the murder of his mother and his father imprisoned for the crime, Barry was taken in by Joseph West. Having been close friends with the Allens since they moved to Central City, and with no other family in the area the Wests didn't want to see Barry get taken away. Growing up in the West house hold took quite a bit of adjusting to for Barry especially since he was now living under the same roof as his child hold crush and eventual first love, Iris West.

Iris and Barry were fast friends from the time they met on the playground and quickly became best friends as children. Unbeknownst to Iris however, Barry had quickly developed a crush on Iris and as such, living with her as a sister was very awkward for the young boy.

Growing up under Joe, Barry originally would fight with his new foster parent due to Joe not letting Barry see his father, however Henry had asked Joe to not let his son see him. Not knowing this, Barry kept trying to run away to see his father at Iron Heights, and he was caught and stopped by Joe every time; at one point, Barry called him out for it, telling him that he wasn't his father and that he hated him. Eventually, Barry finally reached Iron Heights before Joe could stop him, and he finally came face to face with his father. Henry told him that he simply did not want Barry to see him in prison. Despite this, Barry begged for his father's release, insisting that the man in the lightning was who killed his mother, not Henry. Henry told him that he couldn't help him and asked that he be a good boy while Joe raised him. Henry was promptly taken away.

In school Barry was relentlessly bullied by another boy named Tony Woodward. Joe noticed this and had Barry spar with Iris who easily beat him. Joe then told Barry that if he ever got into a fight he couldn't win that it was okay to run the other way.

Growing closer with Joe, Barry began to take an interest in Joe's career as the former officer was promoted to detective. Having learned from Joe that the search for evidence in that case would inevitably lead to the truth, Barry became a forensic scientist. For years, he visited Henry in prison, promising to look over all of the evidence of his mother's murder case until he found a way to prove his father's innocence.

In high school, Barry had a reputation for being slow and easy-going. On his first date, he went to a carnival. His date had wanted to put a little motion in his life, and they went on the roller-coaster first thing. Because of this, he developed a fear of roller-coasters, a fear that he didn't get rid of until much later in his life. High school was a difficult time for Barry, as both he and Iris developed, they drifted apart. Upon graduation Barry accepted a full scholarship to Midwestern University in Keystone City.

2009-2011 | BE SOMEBODY:
<sup>"Barry is the kind of man that I would've hoped to become if my parents hadn't been murdered."
- Bruce Wayne, the Batman</sup>

Attending Midwestern University, Barry graduated in three years with a major in organic chemistry and a minor in criminology. During this time, he kept his own private investigation into his mother's murder, visiting his father every chance he had. While a senior, Barry helped the authorities apprehend a bank robber, and he was offered a job as a police scientist for the Central City Police Department Special Investigations Unit. Eager to use his skills and knowledge to help people, Barry accepted the offer.

After years of coming back, and failing to find any proof, Henry broke down and admitted that he had committed the crime. The shock of realizing that all of his efforts had been for nothing depressed Barry. On the night of a storm, Barry angrily tore his lab apart. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning crashed through his lab's window, and struck him in the chest, causing him to drop the chemical vials he was carrying, and douse himself.

After a long comatose period, Barry woke dazed and confused but none the less checked himself out of the hospital. Deciding to return home, Barry called for a taxi as he normally would. However, the taxi started to pull away without noticing him. Barry sprinted after it, only to run straight past it as if it had been standing still. He decided to sit down and recollect his thoughts at a diner. A passing waitress accidentally spilled the items of her tray onto Barry, who amazingly caught them all in mid-air and returns them to the tray. The next day, Barry saved Joe from a stray bullet. There was no question about it: the accident had somehow given Barry superhuman speed.

Inspired by his foster father Joe and the examples of other superheroes, Barry decided to take on a symbol for himself, and decided to use his powers to help humanity. Designing a special costume, Barry used a special cold cast polyester he developed in college, which could be molded into miniature outfits from liquid material, that, when submersed in a special liquid, became sensitive to hydrogen, expanding on contact with the hydrogen in the air. A charge from a battery-powered ring he wore on his finger caused the fabric to release the extra hydrogen and shrink into the ring. He later revised the process, making the fabric sensitive to nitrogen instead. He called himself the Flash, a tribute to his childhood idol. He briefly considered wearing a costume that would show his face, like Jay had, but decided that it would be best to wear a mask to conceal his true identity.

Barry's first meeting with his future Justice League team members happened while responding to a call from Superman. Running to Metropolis, Barry joined the fight against the alien known as BRAINIAC. With the outcome of the battle being in favour of the heroes, they decided to join forces and the Justice League was founded from that day forth.

2012-2014 | E FOR EXTINCTION:
^{"You know what they say, live fast, die young."
-Captain Cold}

As the Guardian of Central City, Barry began to attract the attention of the numerous villains who would plague the city. During his first year as the Flash, Barry tangled with criminal known by the likes of Captain Cold, Heat Wave, Captain Boomerang, Weather Wizard and the Trickster. Sending each of these felons to hopefully rot in Iron Heights Prison, Barry unfortunately brought them together as they bonded over the one thing they all had in common; a hatred for the Flash. Unfortunately for Barry, Captain Cold had a sister who had dubbed herself the Golden Glider. Joining forces with two new players known as Mirror Master and the Pied Piper, the Golden Glider managed to break out the other felons. Joining forces, the felons branded themselves as the Rogues and sought to bring chaos to Central City.

Overwhelmed and outgunned, Barry was nearly killed as he charged headlong into the combined forces of his greatest enemies. Forced to retreat, Barry realized he couldn't just rely on his powers to beat every foe. Instead he began to think and eventually realized that the relationship between the Rogues was built only on a selfish desire to see him dead. Breaking the team apart, Barry was eventually able to pick them out one by one. Having outed himself to Joe and Iris, Barry convinced Joe to have the Rogues imprisoned separately in maximum security to avoid any further communication.

2015-PRESENT | UNTRAVELED ROAD:
^{"Ever since the big man fell at the hands of that monster, I can't help but be reminded of our own mortality, of how limited our time here is in the grand scheme of things. It's made me realize that we should spend every moment we can surrounded by our friends and the ones we love. To treasure them and remind them every day just how special they are. On that note, Iris West, will you marry me?"
-Barry Allen, New Years Eve 2015}

While new threats seemed to appear constantly, there was nothing that could have prepared Barry for the arrival of Doomsday. Tossed aside by the beast during the Justice League's first run at the monster, Barry was powerless to stop the ensuing death of Superman. Resolving to better himself as a hero and make time for those he treasures, Barry proposes to Iris who immediately says yes. Now dealing with the fallout of Superman's death and making plans for his pending nuptials, Barry has to balance his life as a hero more than ever.

| ATTRIBUTES: |

SPEED FORCE CONDUIT:

The Speed Force is a vaguely defined extra-dimensional energy force from which most superspeed-powered heroes draw their powers. The Speed Force serves as the ultimate measure of velocity. Velocity is often referred to in terms of barriers: Sound barrier, Light barrier, Time Barrier, Dimensional Barrier, and finally the Speed Force Barrier. Barry Allen is the very source and creator of the Speed Force,and generates it with every step he takes. For this very reason, he is unaffected if any other speedster tries to steal or drain his speed. Barry Allen is the fastest of the Flashes, and is arguably one of, the fastest beings to have ever existed. He is currently fast enough to easily break all of the barriers and even enter the Speed Force itself, and is one of the few people to have ever escaped from it. He does not often go beyond Mach 10, as speeds above that level are catastrophic to the environment. To this extent, Barry can most likely reach any speed he can imagine, and more.

SUPERHUMAN SPEED:

Speed Force conduits have one main ability above all else. Conduits are connected to the barrier and accumulation of all Speed known in their universe. These characters immediately understand how to run at superhuman speeds and their bodies instinctively understand how to react at high-speed situations. Older speedsters have a reduced but maxed speed of 770mph which is just below sonic booms allowing them to react to situations without causing civilians undo stress. Speedsters in their prime can travel at much faster speeds such as the max level of recorded aided speed on Earth and even reach the speed of light with enough willpower. It is possible for conduits to travel much faster than the speed of light however such levels require an incredible amount of stress. Speedsters unaccustomed to their max level of speeds may detach themselves from the Speed Force or even become part of the Speed Force by accident.

SUPERHUMAN AGILITY:

Barry is incredibly agile, able to change direction immediately. This allows him to make sharp turns on city streets without sliding or losing his balance, and helps him leap farther and higher while running.

SUPERHUMAN REFLEXES:

Barry's increased speed also augments his reaction time, allowing him to react to danger and events far faster than a normal human. When shot in the neck on his blindside, Barry was able to catch the bullet and minimize the damage before it could fully penetrate his skin.

SUPERHUMAN ENDURANCE:

Barry's body can handle the stresses of superhuman racing without noticeable distress, and his body's enhanced stamina allows him to function much longer than a normal human without getting tired or weak. Barry is able to recover from attacks and exertion much quicker than normal humans. While his durability is no greater than before, he has been able to withstand being struck with Weather Wizard's lightning, with him only being stunned for several minutes, as well as only being stunned by Grodd's strength.

ACCELERATED PERCEPTION:

Barry's speed also extends to his senses and mental capacities, able to take in information and process it just as fast. This allows Barry to see the world as if it is in slow motion, which combined with his physical speed lets him think, perform actions, react to events, long before a normal human around him could even perceive them.

RAPID CELLULAR REGENERATION:

Barry has dramatically heightened healing capacities. This is caused by his body's molecules moving at accelerated rates, causing the chemical reactions responsible for metabolism to mend and even restore any damages much quicker and efficiently than regular humans. His body can heal itself in hours or days with little to no treatment or therapy. After breaking his wrist while testing his new-found speed, Barry made a full recovery within three hours with no lingering effects or even signs of it having happened. Even normally permanent damage to his body, like becoming a paraplegic, will completely repair itself within days. His body also has a heightened resistance, if not immunity, to any sickness, disease, toxins, and poisons. Normal drinking does not affect him consuming a special 500 proof alcohol only intoxicated for a few seconds. Similarly, when injected him with 2,000 milligrams of horse tranquilizer, Barry was only momentarily slowed down until he burned through it. Further testing of Barry's body has speculated that this augmented metabolism is drastically reducing his aging process while likewise extending his health and longevity.

CELLULAR VIBRATION:

Barry has the ability to vibrate some or all of his cells and overall parts of his body on command for various effects. His bodily control can vibrate his entire body to mask his form from others clearly perceiving it and distort his vocal cords to disguise his voice. Similar, he can vibrate his cells fast enough to forcibly expel any toxins that do manage to affect him. He can vibrate at varying frequencies and with different levels of force, allowing him to create small tremor-like effects on any object or person he touches. Later learning how to vibrate all the cells in his body at the same frequency as air, Barry can allow himself to seamlessly pass through any solid target unfazed. His can also choose which matter he phases together with him as he phased Iris and Joe both in and out of moving vehicles.

FORCE GENERATION:

Through Barry's ability to accelerate his movements, he can generate great amounts of physical forces through kinetic energy and friction, allowing him to overpower regular humans with little to no effort. Through generation of his accelerated momentum, he can propel himself through the air and create substantial frictional force with any object he comes into contact with, able to jumped over 15 feet in the air. The friction from his speed can also cause extreme heat and set objects ablaze. Alternatively, his enhanced speed lets him channel the force into powerful strikes, often propelling targets several feet. Barry has an increased level of strength added to his body which he can impart in different ways. He can strengthen each and every move he makes however this requires attention and stress for each movement and therefore is almost never used. In most cases Barry can focus the Speed Force's extra-dimensional energies into one massive punch. The force he generates can even produce sonic blasts with his strikes, enough to disable a meta-human who could become as strong and hard as steel. Similarly, Barry is able to hurl a bullet from his hand with enough force to penetrate a powerful barrier and still pierce clean through a person.

VORTEX GENERATION:

Using his speed, Barry can control air flow on all levels by moving through them fast enough and create vacuums. He can suffocate people by creating a strong vortex around them by running around them. He can spin his arms at the speed of a tornado to remove air from fire and extinguish it and repel targets away. For larger scale feats, he can completely removing the physical force from massive tidal waves and stabilize a giant singularity by running back and forth or in a circle.

SKILLED TACTICIAN:

A keen-minded individual, from a young age, Barry quickly showed a natural understanding and quick capacity to learn, making it hard for his foster-father Joe to help him with homework by the time he was twelve. Barry is also very well-read, greatly impressing even award-winning professors. Barry is a capable tactician and leader. In times of crisis when the other leaders of the Justice League have been indisposed, Barry has managed to keep the remaining team together and lead it well. Barry's intelligence made the Chief of Police trust him enough to make Barry the new head of the Special Investigative Unit at the Central City Police Department.

FORENSIC EXPERT:

Barry is a highly skilled forensics examiner. From a single glance of the crime scene, he can quickly determine much of the events that transpired. Barry has repeatedly been able to quickly analyze any given data and quickly form accurate theories on the given situation.

CHEMISTRY EXPERT:

Barry's knowledge and skill in chemistry is very advanced, shown when he was terrified at how certain chemicals were stored at a lab at Queen Consolidated, describing them all as the definition of dangerous. He has also been able to cure a poison victim using only a small amount of rat poison and consequently dosed with a blood coagulant. He could also use unknown types of chemicals to make a compressible micro-fabric costume for himself that resisted the extreme forces of fiction his speed exerted upon it.

| CHARACTER NOTES: |

| ALLIES: |

IRIS WEST:

The adoptive daughter of Joseph and Francine West, Iris was born to a family she never knew before being left on the footsteps of the Midvale Orphanage. Adopted a year later by Wests who were unable to have children of their own, Iris was raised as their own child. Entering into kindergarten, Iris met Barry Allen with the two becoming quick friends. The two remained inseparable from that point on. However Iris' life was not free of strife as her mother suffered a severe back becoming addicted to her prescribed pain killers. Eventually Joe convinced Francine to commit herself to rehab, however neither Iris or Joe heard from her again. Entering into highschool, Barry and Iris began to drift apart as they found themselves in separate social circles. Graduating with honors, Iris took an interest in journalism and attended the local college for such. Upon graduation she found herself work with the Central City News and became one of the first reporters to write on the Flash. Eventually Barry revealed himself to Iris as the two entered into a romantic relationship.

JOSEPH WEST:

The father of Iris West and foster father to Barry Allen, Joseph was a close friend of Henry and Nora Allen when they first moved to Central City. With Henry's conviction and Nora's death, Joe became Barry's foster father and while the relationship between the two was originally rough, they became very close as time went on. Joe was the first person that Barry revealed himself as the Flash to and has become one of his most valuable allies in his mission to protect Central City.

PATTY SPIVOT:

~WIP~

DAVID SINGH:

~WIP~

| ROGUES: |

LEONARD SNART AKA CAPTAIN COLD:

~WIP~

GEORGE HARKNESS AKA CAPTAIN BOOMERANG:

~WIP~

LISA SNART AKA GOLDEN GLIDER:

~WIP~

MICK RORY AKA HEAT WAVE:

~WIP~

EVAN MCCULLOCH AKA MIRROR MASTER:

~WIP~

HARTLEY RATHAWAY AKA THE PIED PIPER:

~WIP~

JAMES JESSE AKA THE TRICKSTER:

~WIP~

MARK MARDON AKA WEATHER WIZARD:

~WIP~

ABHARARAKADHARARBARAKH AKA ABRA KADABRA:

~WIP~

GRODD:

~WIP~

PETER MERKEL AKA RAG DOLL:

~WIP~

RICHARD SWIFT AKA THE SHADE:

~WIP~

EOBARD THAWNE AKA THE REVERSE FLASH:

~WIP~

_{*It should be noted that Joe West is based upon his CW counterpart, whereas Iris is on her comicbook one. Albeit with notable changes. Due to not blood relation, Wally West would be directly related to Joseph by blood but not Iris. Personally I was thinking Joseph's nephew.*}

| CHARACTER GOALS: |

My goals for Barry are to show him constantly moving forward. While he has thus far accomplished quite a bit in his career, there's a lot more to go. With the death of Superman, I want to show Barry stepping up to take more weight than he can handle, eventually breaking when confronted with the truth about his mother's murder. My story arcs will involve the Rogues, Grodd, and off course Eobard Thawne.

That all said, I'd also like to state I'm open to collaborative story arcs between other League Members and potentially Kid Flashes and/or Jesse Quick.

| SAMPLE POST: |

The platter of empty burger containers had piled up as Iris stared across the booth at Barry in disbelief while the mummers of disdain from other customers tickled the back of Barry's ears.

"A guy's gotta eat folks." Barry said with a shrug as Iris shook her head.

"This is why we should only ever get take out." She said with a wry smirk. "Your appetite draws way too much attention."

"Hey, I put more miles on these legs in an hour than most people put on their cars in a week. I think I deserve the right to as many Big Belly Burgers as I want."

"You do Barry," Iris paused looking around with a glare as everyone else went back to their meals. "Just not in public, okay Sweetie?" She added reaching across the table with a napkin before Barry snatched it out of her hand and dotted against his own mouth.

"So what's next on the agenda? Movie? Mini-putt?" Barry asked as he leaned over the table and pecked Iris on the lips.

"Well, provided you're free..." Iris started before the sound of sirens interrupted her. "And now you're not." She said with a sad smile as Barry pulled out his cellphone. A text from Joe illuminating the screen as Barry swiped his finger across the screen.

"Armed robbery on fifth." Barry stated. "Don't worry Babe, I'll be back in a..."

"Flash." Iris replied with an amused smirk. "Go get 'im Tiger."

With a kiss on the cheek, Barry was out the door. Ejecting his suit from his ring, Barry quickly changed into the Flash as the street became filled with a streak of red and yellow. The sights and sounds of Central city flew past Barry as he weaved in and out of the streets. The smells of the various street vendors filled his nostrils as Barry jumped up over a line of stopped traffic, the momentum carrying him the distance as he landed and continued without a loss of velocity.

Coming up on the blinding flash of red and blue, Barry rushed the scene as the armed criminals raised their weapons. Breaking the next speed barrier, Barry disarmed the criminals before a shot could be fired. Discarding the weapons at the feet of the police officers, Barry continued moving as he borrowed a couple pairs of handcuffs off the belts of the officers. Cuffing the thieves together around a nearby light post, Barry came to a stop beside Joe West.

"All yours from here Officer." Flash stated with a smile and a salute.

"In a hurry tonight Flash?" Joe said with a smile as Flash nodded.

"Got a hot date Officer, I was always taught to never keep a lady waiting."

With a chuckle, Joe replied with a pat to the Flash's back. "Sounds like a wise man taught you that, don't let us keep you Flash. We can take it from here."

"Good night Officer." Flash said as he sped away.