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Shadow of the Skyline

Shadow of the Skyline

Vale City was raised out of the Atlantic Ocean by the United States. The entire region is a man made island. Larger than New York, encircled with farmland on three sides, and the fourth dedicated to a massive port and deep-sea oil refinery, Vale City was the pinnacle of human life in the USA. But deep in the caves by the refinery, a blackened burnt vase was found, sealed shut with the pressure of the ages. Brought to the surface, it took months to open without damaging the pot. A maelstrom blasted forth upon its opening, flattening the museum. Aside from this, it appeared that it was just a pot.
Wisps of energy had been released from the vase, granting superhuman abilities to those they came across. But these were not the people of comics and movies. The wisps sought the dark, the evil, the violent and psychotic, the foul and cruel, and most of all, the criminal. As various criminals gained abilities across the city, a hideous underworld sprung into being. The empowered became Ganglords and Crimebosses, leading their respective thugs. 2/3 of the Vale City police force was bought up or intimidated into being nearly worthless. There were a few lost wisps, that gave good people abilities. But these were a shadow of the power of the vile. The city fell into darkness. But the city was not dead, simply plagued by evil. Even supercriminals need the functions of regular society. Only two things can kill a city: War, or Constriction by Control. And one of the two is needed to cleanse vale city.
What about you? Are you an aspiring kingpin? Or a hero, hoping to save his city? How will you live in the Shadow of the Skyline?
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Inspired by the Netflix's Daredevil, and FOX's Gotham, Shadow of the Skyline aspires to let writers bring out their dark side. You can certainly be a goodhearted hero, but sometimes, it's good to be bad.

Rules of Note:
1. Follow all RP Guild forum rules
2. There will be violence, but try to keep the vivid gore descriptions down or absent
3. Please behave yourselves, respect each other, and try to keep arguments to PM
4. Remember, you can generally get away with breaking the law, but massive violations will still get you taken down. This means don't bomb city hall and then claim the action publicly.

Character Application(DO NOT post to CC until accepted):

Char. App

Name:
Age:
Alignment/Position(Good/Evil, Gang-Member, Crimelord, etc.):
Preferred Dialogue Color(please put the color code):
Height:
Weight:
Appearance(Pictures not required, but appreciated):
General Apparel:
Lifestyle Notes (Marriage, Children, Pets etc.):
Location (The City is home to 5 districts, choose one: Political/Financial, Port, Commercial, Residential, or Industrial district; describe which parts of the district your gang controls, or where your hero lives):
Afflictions:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Fears:
Superhuman Ability and Description:
History(At least a paragraph, preferably more):
Follower/Gang Information(If Crimelord):

Here's the map, I will place the location of gangs as they are accepted:

Map

Cyan = The Conduit and The Wires (OnlyThePie)
Orange/Red = Viole and The Knives (Kharons Progeny)
Pale Green = Lance Vitanza and the Vitanza Family (bluetommy)
Pale Pink = Scarlett James (FantasyChic)
Gold = Samuel Parks (Hekazu)
Tan = Aleksandr Kain (Athinar)
Deep Green = Adam and The Rotten (The Narrator)
Dark Red = Lucia Malena Scordia (dreamingflowers)
Dotted Pale Red (Range of action) = Cole Erickson (Wade Wilson)
Purple = Prophet (Thaddeus Dron)

Our Unstable World (Post WW3 RP)

@Willy VerebThe ones you took are fine, they had no real value in my empire.

I have to agree with Willy, the British Empire thing is just a bit ridiculous. Given the story's basis, I can't see how this could have been reasonably accomplished. It's just too big, too powerful, too erratic.

Of Mice and Men and Zombies

Editied mine, all good now?

Shadow of the Skyline (Superhuman Crime RP)

Glad to see so many are interested, i'll put up the Character App so you all can get working, and start on the OOC.

Shadow of the Skyline (Superhuman Crime RP)

@Mr Allen J
1. Given the number of interested people, I'd say max it out at one Villian one Hero, preferably just one character total
2. The Character I wrote the last time I tried this on a different forum was pretty powerful, but not unstoppable. Power level is probably Cyclops or The Flash, not Wolverine or Superman.

Gangs of Gotham - Let the Madness Begin!

@LordZell Good idea, but also remember some of us may create our own villians.

Our Unstable World (Post WW3 RP)

Is there anything in particular you'd like to see? Given the rather short length of time, it was difficult to think of a whole lot. I'm thinking more explanation on government setup, but I could do the wars as well.

Gangs of Gotham - Let the Madness Begin!

Looks like we have 8 interested people, including host:
LetterE (OP)
Sadko
OnlyThePie
Ruby
LordZell
ComradeDoge
Lauder
ClocktowerEchos (If they have time)

Shadow of the Skyline (Superhuman Crime RP)

Vale City was raised out of the Atlantic Ocean by the United States. The entire region is a man made island. Larger than New York, encircled with farmland on three sides, and the fourth dedicated to a massive port and deep-sea oil refinery, Vale City was the pinnacle of human life in the USA. But deep in the caves by the refinery, a blackened burnt vase was found, sealed shut with the pressure of the ages. Brought to the surface, it took months to open without damaging the pot. A maelstrom blasted forth upon its opening, flattening the museum. Aside from this, it appeared that it was just a pot.
Wisps of energy had been released from the vase, granting superhuman abilities to those they came across. But these were not the people of comics and movies. The wisps sought the dark, the evil, the violent and psychotic, the foul and cruel, and most of all, the criminal. As various criminals gained abilities across the city, a hideous underworld sprung into being. The empowered became Ganglords and Crimebosses, leading their respective thugs. 2/3 of the Vale City police force was bought up or intimidated into being nearly worthless. There were a few lost wisps, that gave good people abilities. But these were a shadow of the power of the vile. The city fell into darkness. But the city was not dead, simply plagued by evil. Even supercriminals need the functions of regular society. Only two things can kill a city: War, or Constriction by Control. And one of the two is needed to cleanse vale city.
What about you? Are you an aspiring kingpin? Or a hero, hoping to save his city? How will you live in the Shadow of the Skyline?
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Inspired by the Netflix's Daredevil, and FOX's Gotham, Shadow of the Skyline aspires to let writers bring out their dark side. You can certainly be a goodhearted hero, but sometimes, it's good to be bad.

Character Application:
Name:
Age:
Alignment/Position(Good/Evil, Gang-Member, Crimelord, etc.):
Preferred Dialogue Color(please put the color code):
Height:
Weight:
Appearance(Pictures not required, but appreciated):
General Apparel:
Lifestyle Notes (Marriage, Children, Pets etc.):
Location (The City is home to 5 districts, choose one: Political/Financial, Port, Commercial, Residential, or Industrial district)(NOTE: I am working on making/finding a map, so be prepared to make this more detailed):
Afflictions:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Fears:
Superhuman Ability and Description:
History(At least a paragraph, preferably more):
Follower/Gang Information(If Crimelord):

Here's the map (I'm a master artist XD):

The Greatest Generation (Original, 1940s, Golden Age Superhero rpg)

Where did this go?