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We were once heroes. But heroes win the wars no one else could.
I don’t know if we’ll win this war.
And I’m so, so sorry…
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//THE//SEVENTH//DIVISION//CODE//
“When there’s no more hurt, there’s healing. When there’s no more healing, there’s hope. When there’s no more hope, there’s us: The Seventh Division.”
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It was never meant to be a fixed thing in history, the idea of The Divisions. It started as people who teamed together to solve small crimes. It then transgressed into a freedom-fighting group of masked vigilantes saving the innocent from the U.S. government.
After that, it became clear what we were: the mediators of good and evil, the necessity to maintain order when others couldn't. We were an ever-changing task force of random men and women who signed on to save those who needed it.
At one point, we were playing God.
Today there are only a handful of us left, and now more than ever we are needed. Where the First to the Sixth Divisions have failed, I am determined to make sure this Divisions succeeds
This is The Seventh Division
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|FORMER//EVENTS|
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THE//FIRST//DIVISION//1988-1990
- JANUARY 3RD, 1988: VIVIAN PANG AND EUGENE RICE FIRST MEET, WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE CASE OF SERIAL KILLER DANIEL PRESMAN; - FEBRUARY 18TH, 1988: VIVIAN PANG AND EUGENE RICE TAKE ON NEW CASE, BECOME KNOWN IN MINOR MEDIA PLATFORMS AS “SUPER-DUO”; - MAY 1ST, 1988: SUPER-DUO ENLISTS HELP OF JOSEPH ALBERTO – DUBBED “LIGHTTOUCH” TO SOLVE NEXT CASE. MARY-ELIZABETH ROSS, NICKNAMED “LADY LUST,” JOINS; - AUGUST 22ND, 1988: THE DIVISION RESCUES ALFRED ARMITAGE FROM GANG SHOOTOUT IN FLORIDA. ARMITAGE JOINS THE DIVISION; - OCTOBER 13TH, 1989: AFTER CONSTANT SUCCESS OF THE DIVISION, THERE IS RISE IN INTEREST OVER SUPERHEROES ACROSS AMERICA. MANY AMATEUR VIGILANTES/GROUPS ARE REPORTED, SPARKING POLICE CONFLICTS OVER INABILITY TO DO JOB WITHOUT DISTRACTION; - JANUARY 3RD, 1990: OTHER CIVILIANS COME OUT AS “GIFTED,” COINING THE TERM “PSYCHOGENERATIVE” TO REFER TO SUPERHUMANS. FEW OTHER PSYCHOGENERATIVE’S FIND AS MUCH SUCCESS AS THE DIVISION; - MARCH 21ST, 1990: THE ACTION FILM “THE DIVISION OF MASKS” IS RELEASED, BREAKS BOX OFFICE RECORDS. ALFRED ARMITAGE AS MAN O’WAR MAKES CAMEO APPEARANCE; - MAY 18TH, 1990: LONE VIGILANTE “POLAR STORM” IS SHOT BY LOS ANGELES POLICE OFFICER WAYNE COX AFTER POLAR STORM ATTEMPTS TO STOP SMALL HOUSE FIRE. COX WAS REPORTED AS SAYING, “HE WAS IN THE WAY”. DEATH OF POLAR STORM CAUSED CONTROVERSY ACROSS AMERICA, LABELLED AS ACT OF “POLICE BRUTALITY”; - MAY 21ST, 1990: LAPD ISSUES PUBLIC STATEMENT, INSISTING DEATH OF POLAR STORM WAS ACCIDENT, TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACTIONS; ADVICES MASKED & ASPIRING VIGILANTES LET LAW ENFORCEMENT HANDLE SITUATIONS; - MAY 24TH, 1990: SMALL GROUP OF PROTESTORS FORMS OUTSIDE OF LAPD OFFICES; - MAY 26TH, 1990: CROWD OF PROTESTORS GROWS LARGER, IS DISPERSED BY LAPD. FIVE OFFICERS SEVERELY INJURED BY PSYCHOGENERATIVE PROTESTOR. PSYCHOGENERATIVE IS ARRESTED, TWO OTHER PROTESTORS INJURED; - MAY 27TH, 1990: MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES BRENDA CHARLES MAKES PUBLIC SPEECH, INDICATING FEARS OVER PSYCHOGENERATIVES AND THEIR CAPABILITIES. WARRANT FOR THE ARREST OF ANY PSYCHOGENERATIVE ACTIVITY IN LA IS ISSUED; - MAY 29TH, 1990: EIGHTEEN PROTESTORS ARE DETAINED IN LA, TWO SEVERELY INJURED, AS RIOT BREAKS OUT IN DOWNTOWN CORE. SEVERAL POLICE CRUISERS ARE SET ABLAZE BY PSYCHOGENERATIVE; ONE MAN IS KILLED IN RIOTS; - JUNE 2ND, 1990: ATTEMPTED CAPTURE OF THE FIRST DIVISION BY LAPD; VIVIAN PANG IS ARRESTED. NEWS SPREAD BY THAT NIGHT, INSTIGATING MASSIVE RIOT; SEVERAL OTHER PSYCHOGENERATIVES AND PROTESTORS ARE IMPRISONED. SMALLER PROTESTS POP UP ACROSS NORTH AMERICA; - JUNE 3RD, 1990: LAPD HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IS ATTACKED BY MULTIPLE PSYCHOGENERATIVES; IMPRISONED PSYCHOGENERATIVES ATTEMPT ESCAPE, INCLUDING VIVIAN PANG. FOUR PSYCHOGENERATIVES AND TWO POLICE OFFICERS ARE KILLED; - JUNE 7TH, 1990: US PRESIDENT VICTOR WILDE MAKES TELEVISED APPEARANCE, DISCUSSES WAVE OF PROTESTS ACROSS US. ANNOUNCES ACT TO DETAIN ALL IDENTIFIED PSYCHOGENERATIVES FOR SAFETY OF SOCIETY; SAYS UNIDENTIFIED ARE ENCOURAGED TO COME FORWARD BUT WILL BE DISCOVERED REGARDLESS; - JUNE 10TH, 1990: SEVENTEEN PSYCHOGENERATIVES ARE DETAINED ACROSS AMERICA. THE FIRST DIVISION RETREATS TO NYC. RIOTS DIE DOWN WITH OCCASIONAL TERRORIST ATTACK AGAINST POLICE DEPARTMENTS; - JUNE 18TH, 1990: UPWARDS TO SIXTY SUSPECTED PSYCHOGENERATIVE’S HAVE BEEN DETAINED. THE FIRST DIVISION’S HIDEOUT IN NYC IS RAIDED; LIGHTTOUCH IS CAPTURED; - JUNE 27TH, 1990: LIGHTTOUCH ESCAPES CELL, RELEASES OTHER PRISONERS, CAUSES CHAOS FROM INSIDE PRISON. SEVERAL DETAINED, ONLY FEW ESCAPE, LIGHTTOUCH INCLUDED; - JULY 2ND, 1990: MALIK AIDU IS SOUGHT OUT BY THE FIRST DIVISION, REQUESTED TO JOIN; MALIK USES TELEPORTATION ABILITY TO SNEAK PRISONERS OUT. MANAGES TO RESCUE FOURTEEN OF NEAR ONE HUNDRED PRISONERS; - JULY 10TH, 1990: COUNTRYWIDE WARRANT FOR ARREST OF THE FIRST DIVISION MEMBERS IS ISSUED; SEVENTEEN OTHER PRISONERS RESCUED; - JULY 19TH, 1990: WHITEHOUSE IS ATTACKED BY SMALL GROUP OF PSYCHOGENERATIVES RESULTING IN EACH OF THEIR DEATHS. EUGENE RICE HACKS TELEVISED PROGRAM, MAKING PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT REQUESTING ALL PSYCHOGENERATIVES CEASE VIOLENCE, RIOTING; - JULY 28TH, 1990: MAJOR RIOTING IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT; PSYCHOGENERATIVE COMMITS SUICIDE-BOMBING IN TIMES SQUARE, KILLING TWELVE. ESTIMATED FIFTY PRISONERS RESCUED OF NEARLY TWO HUNDRED CAPTURED; - AUGUST 13TH, 1990: EUGENE RICE AND LADY LUST CALMLY BREAK-UP ORGANIZED PROTESTING OUTSIDE OF WHITEHOUSE, STATING, “THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT OUR ENEMY, AND WE DON’T HAVE TO BE THEIRS … THEY ARE AFRAID OF US. WE SHOULD NOT CELEBRATE OR CAPITALIZE ON THAT, WE SHOULD BE THE ONES TO FIX THAT”; - AUGUST 29TH, 1990: UPWARDS TO THREE HUNDRED PSYCHOGENERATIVES AND SUPPORTERS DETAINED, COURTRIGHT PENITENTIARY BECOMES FIRST PSYCHOGENERATIVE-SPECIFIC PRISON. INMATES SEDATED, LEFT TO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT; - SEPTEMBER 13TH, 1990: TWENTY PSYCHOGENERATIVES ARE EXECUTED AT COUTRIGHT PENITENTIARY. CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER ELEANOR HARDING ACCEPTS REFUGEES, CLAIMS, “THIS BARBARISM AGAINST FELLOW HUMANS IS NOT WHAT WE, AS A RACE OF EQUALS, ARE ABOUT.” CANADIAN GOVERNMENT BEGINS WORK WITH THE FIRST DIVISION TO RELOCATE, PROTECT REFUGEES, BUT REFUSES TO ENTER AMERICAN TERRITORIES; - SEPTEMBER 26TH, 1990: INTEL LEAKED THAT FORTY-SEVEN OTHER PSYCHOGENERATIVE PRISONERS HAVE BEEN EXECUTED. MALIK AIDU AND LADY LUST INFILTRATE COURTRIGHT PENITENTIARY, REMAIN UNDERCOVER AS INMATES, SLOWLY REMOVING PRISONERS ONE-BY-ONE; - OCTOBER 5TH, 1990: POWER-NEUTRALIZING PSYCHOGENERATIVE BROUGHT IN TO COURTRIGHT; LADY LUST AND MALIK AIDU STUCK IN PRISON; - OCTOBER 19TH, 1990: US PRESIDENT VICTOR WILDE ASSASSINATED. VICE PRESIDENT MARTIN RICHFIELD TAKES OVER OFFICE. VIVIAN PANG AND MAN O’WAR PREVENT PRESIDENT’S ASSASSIN FROM KILLING MORE IN WHITEHOUSE; - OCTOBER 25TH, 1990: MALIK AIDU ATTACKS GUARD INSIDE COURTRIGHT, IS EXECUTED; - OCTOBER 27TH, 1990: RIOTS STOPPED, ONLY MINOR PEACEFUL PROTESTS IN HONOR OF MALIK AIDU. ESTIMATED TWO HUNDRED INMATES REMAIN AT COURTRIGHT; - NOVEMBER 1ST, 1991: THE FIRST DIVISION INFILTRATES WHITEHOUSE, EUGENE RICE SPEAKS WITH MARTIN RICHFIELD, ASKS TO END IMPRISONMENT OF INNOCENT PSYCHOGENERATIVES TO HELP BOTH SIDES OF BATTLE, IS TURNED AWAY BUT NOT REPORTED; - NOVEMBER 15TH, 1990: MASS ARREST OF ROUGHLY SEVENTY PSYCHOGENERATIVES ACROSS THE US; TEAM OF CLAIRVOYANTS FORCED TO LOCATE UNIDENTIFIED, UNDERDEVELOPED PSYCHOGENERATIVES. THE FIRST DIVISION’S HIDEOUT IS COMPROMISED; ALL BUT EUGENE RICE ARE CAPTURED; - NOVEMBER 20TH, 1990: EUGENE RICE ATTACKS CONVOY TRANSPORTING PSYCHOGENERATIVES TO COURTRIGHT PENITENTIARY; RELEASES SEVEN PSYCHOGENERATIVES, INCLUDING MERLE MOREAU, DONNA TATE AND AMANDA WEISZ; ALL THREE JOIN THE FIRST DIVISION; - NOVEMBER 25TH, 1990: THIRTY MORE PSYCHOGENERATIVES CAPTURED; THE FIRST DIVISION RESCUES FIFTY MORE PSYCHOGENERATIVES EN-ROUTE TO COURTRIGHT. VICE PRESIDENT MARTIN RICHFIELD REMAINS SILENT ABOUT MATTERS; - DECEMBER 1ST, 1990: EUGENE RICE KILLED WHILE RESCUING CAPTURED SUPERHUMANS;
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THE//SECOND//DIVISION//1991-1996
- 1991: FORMING OF THE SECOND DIVISION UNDER LEADERSHIP OF VIVIAN PANG; - 1991: DEALING WITH AFTERMATH OF RIOTS, "THE PSYCHOGENERATIVE LAW" IS INTRODUCED AND PUT INTO EFFECT; - 1991: INNOCENT PSYCHOGENERATIVES AND THOSE WRONGFULLY IMPRISONED ARE RELEASED; BACKLASH FROM SOCIETY, BUT ACT IS SUPPORTED BY US PRESIDENT MARTIN RICHFIELD; - 1991-1992: SOME CANADIAN REFUGES RETURN TO AMERICA. SLOWLY, THE US RETURNS TO NORMAL; - 1992: HOMELESS, KOREAN IMMIGRANT SUNG JIN LEE IS TALKED OUT OF SUICIDE BY MERLE MOREAU, STAYS WITH THE SECOND DIVISION. DESPITE HAVING NO PSYCHOGENERATIVE OR PARANORMAL QUALITIES, OR ANY BENEFICIAL TRAITS, LEE BECOMES MEMBER OF THE SECOND DIVISION; - 1993: MAN REFERRING TO HIMSELF AS "DESECRATION" BEGINS COMMITTING MINOR ACTS OF TERRORISM IN ANGER OVER US GOVERNMENT; RECRUITS PSYCHOGENERATIVES TO HIS CAUSE; - 1993: "THE CULT OF DESECRATION" BECOMES NEW THREAT; THE SECOND DIVISION TRIES TO NEGOTIATE WITH CULT TO NO SUCCESS; - 1993: MUTE WOMAN KNOWN ONLY AS "THE POET" JOINS THE SECOND DIVISION, FORMER FRIEND OF PRE-TERRORISM DESECRATION. PROVIDES INTEL ON DESECRATION; - 1993: CULT OF DESECRATION KILLS UPWARDS TO FORTY PSYCHOGENERATIVES WHO REFUSE TO JOIN CAUSE; - 1993: DESECRATION SETS OFF BOMB IN TIMES SQUARE, KILLING ROUGHLY SIXTY INNOCENT BYSTANDERS; - 1993: THE SECOND DIVISION WIPES OUT MAJORITY OF CULT OF DESECRATION, KILLING AND ALLOWING US GOVERNMENT TO IMPRISON MANY. COURTRIGHT PENITENTIARY IS REOPENED AS INSTITUTE TO HOUSE CORRUPT/CRIMINAL PSYCHOGENERATIVES ONLY; - 1994: THE SECOND DIVISION FINDS AND KILLS DESECRATION IN SOUTH AFRICA. ARE HERALDED AS HEROES ONCE MORE; - 1994-1996: THE SECOND DIVISION RESUMES TACKLING SMALL CRIME, KEEPING PEACE MAINLY IN NORTH AMERICA. GROUP ULTIMATELY DISBANDS AS CRIME LEVELS PLUMMET AND NEED FOR SUPERHEROES IS DIMINISHED; MANY MEMBERS SEEK OUT NORMAL LIVES AGAIN;
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THE//THIRD//DIVISION//2003-2006
- 2003: GROUP REUNITES, FORMING THE THIRD DIVISION, AS WORD OF WW3 BEGINS SPREADING. NORTH KOREA DOMINATES SOUTH KOREA, THREATENS TO TAKEOVER CHINA; KIM JONG-IL CLAIMES UNITED STATES AS NEXT TARGET; - 2003: WAR BECOMING VERY REAL THREAT AS CLASHES BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND CHINA INCREASE. NORTH KOREA IN POSSESSION OF MULTIPLE BIO-ENGINEERED PSYCHOGENERATIVES: SOLDIERS AND INNOCENT CIVILIANS TURNED INTO ALL-POWERFUL WEAPONS. THE THIRD DIVISION AGREES TO HELP IN CONDITION THAT BIO-ENGINEERED PSYCHOGENERATIVES ARE CAPTURED, NOT KILLED; - 2003: NICOLE SCHUESTER – “THE DEATH MACHINE” – JOINS THE THIRD DIVISION IN HOPES OF ENDING WAR; - 2003: THE US AND UK SEND FORCES TO CHINA IN PREPARATION OF NORTH KOREAN THREAT; MEMBERS OF THE THIRD DIVISION ARE PRESENT IN CHINA, INCLUDING THE DEATH MACHINE AND ZENITH; - 2004: NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES SMALL ATTACK IN LIAONING, CHINA, KILLING FEW; ALLIED FORCES IN CHINA ARE SUCCESSFUL. NORTH KOREA RETREATS, BECOMES QUIET; - 2004: NORTH KOREA CONDUCTS SECOND ATTACK ON CHINA ON MUCH LARGER SCALE. SPORADIC ATTACKS START IN LIOANING AND END IN HEILONGJIANG. DEATH TOLL SKYROCKETS AS ALLIED FORCES IN CHINA ARE OVERWHELMED. MANY RETREAT, INCLUDING THE THIRD DIVISION. AGREEMENT TO NOT KILL BIO-ENGINEERED IS DISMISSED; - 2004: MORE OF CHINA IS CLAIMED BY NORTH KOREA; ESTIMATED 40% IS IN NORTH KOREAN HANDS. ALLIED FORCES CONTINUE TO FIGHT; PAKISTAN AND RUSSIA SEND REINFORCEMENTS. U.S. SENDS MORE TROOPS BUT HEIGHTENS SECURITY IN OWN TERRITORY. MORE MEMBERS ARE RECRUITED TO THE THIRD DIVISION TO FIGHT IN WAR; - 2004: PETER MENDEZ, NICKNAMED "BIG BOY", IS RECRUITED TO THE SEVENTH DIVISION: POSSESSING PRECOGNITIVE EPISODES, MENDEZ IS ABLE TO PREDICT NORTH KOREA'S NEXT MOVES. SMALL VICTORIES ARE WON ACROSS CHINA. GUIZHOU AND GUANGXI ARE RECLAIMED; - 2005: NORTH KOREA'S BIO-ENGINEERED PSYCHOGENERATIVES ARE DEPLETING, ONLY A FEW DOZEN REMAIN ALONG NORTHEASTERN COAST; - 2005: NORTH KOREA'S "B.E.P'S" REMAIN DEFENSIVE ALONG YALU RIVER, BORDER OF CHINA & NORTH KOREA; THE THIRD DIVISION, BACKED BY ALLIED FORCES TROOPS, LAUNCH ATTACK. WITH NO ONE ELSE AVAILABLE, PETER MENDEZ SACRIFICES SELF, DESTROYING ONE B.E.P. CARRYING EXPLOSIVES, TO SAVE ALLIED FORCES; - 2005: ALLIED FORCES & THE SEVENTH DIVISION DEFEAT FINAL B.E.P'S; KIM JONG-IL FEIGNS SURRENDER, TRICKS ALLIED FORCES INTO ENTERING NORTH KOREA & BOMBARDS ALLIED FORCES WITH NEW WAVE OF B.E.P'S. VIVIAN PANG IS SEVERELY INJURED IN ATTACKS. ALLIED FORCES DEFEAT B.E.P. ARMY; MANY NORTH KOREAN CIVILIANS KILLED IN CROSSFIRE. NICOLE SCHUESTER FINDS AND DISEMBOWELS KIM JONG-IL; - 2005: ALLIED FORCES RETURN HOME. THE THIRD DIVISION STAYS IN CHINA TO HELP WITH CLEANING AND RESTORING EFFORTS; - 2006: WITHOUT VIVIAN PANG AS LEADER, THE THIRD DIVISION TEMPORARILY DISBANDS, CITING EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL EXHAUSTION AS REASON.
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THE//FOURTH//DIVISION//2011-2016
- APRIL 18TH, 2011: SUNG JIN LEE SEEKS OUT MERLE MOREAU TO AID IN HOUSING SURVIVING FAMILY FROM SOUTH KOREA. THE THREE TOGETHER THWART CONVENIENCE STORE ROBBERY. LEE SPEND NEXT FEW DAYS LISTENING TO POLICE RADIO; - APRIL-JUNE, 2011: SUNG JIN LEE TAKES INITIATIVE TO CONTACT OTHER MEMBERS WHEN NEEDED TO TEND TO ONGOING CRIMES. SPENDS TIME RESEARCHING UNSOLVED CASES, GATHERING INTEL ON CURRENT MATTERS; - JUNE 21ST, 2011: THE FOURTH DIVISION IS FORMED AFTER SUNG JIN LEE REUNITES ZENITH, THE DEATH MACHINE AND THE GOOD DOCTOR TO DEAL WITH MASS SHOOTING IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT; - 2011-2013: THE FOURTH DIVISION SPENDS FOLLOWING YEAR AND HALF ENACTING JUSTICE, SOLVING SMALL CRIMES, AIDING WHOEVER WHEN AVAILABLE. SHIRLEEN AND ALEXANDER MACKEY JOIN THE FOURTH DIVISION; - SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2013: RCMP CONTACT THE FOURTH DIVISION, CLAIMING GRAFFITI FOUND MATCHING SYMBOLS USED BY "THE CULT OF DESECRATION". THE POET TRACKS DOWN GRAFFITI ARTIST WHO PROMPTLY COMMITS SUICIDE UPON DISCOVERY; - SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 2013: RISE IN THE CULT GRAFFITI ACROSS NORTH AMERICA; ALL SUSPECTS EITHER COMMIT SUICIDE OR KILL THOSE THAT FIND THEM. ONLY ONE SUBJECT CAPTURED ALIVE; TONGUE AND TEETH REMOVED, REFUSES TO SPEAK. DIED SEVERAL DAYS LATER DUE TO UNKNOWN CAUSES; - OCTOBER 16TH, 2014: FIGURE MATERIALIZES IN BACKGROUND OF NEWS COVERAGE IN ARKANSAS, KILLS REPORTER FROM AFAR WITH FLICK OF HAND. ONLY WORDS CAPTURED DURING FOOTAGE ARE, "I AM DESECRATION, AND I..."; - NOVEMBER, 2014: REPORTED DEATHS OF MULTIPLE PSYCHOGENERATIVES; SUNG JIN LEE MAKES CONNECTION THAT THE DECEASED WERE FORMER MEMBERS OF THE CULT OF DESECRATION; - DECEMBER 15TH, 2014: THE FOURTH DIVISION TEAMS WITH FBI TO FIND DESECRATION AND END CULT; - DECEMBER 8TH, 2014: SUBWAY DERAILED IN NYC, SEVERAL ON-BOARD TRAIN INJURED. ONE MAN KILLED BY WHAT WITNESSES CLAIMED AS, "A SIX-FOOT-TALL PALE MAN WITH PURE WHITE EYES AND NO LIPS." BLOOD OF DECEASED MAN IS USED TO PAINT DESECRATION'S MAIN SYMBOL, A "D" WITH X THROUGH IT; - DECEMBER 14TH, 2014: THE FOURTH DIVISION INTERCEPTS MALL ATTACK IN CHICAGO BY THE CULT OF DESECRATION. THREE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, ALL CULTISTS ESCAPE; - JANUARY 21ST, 2015: CULTIST HIDEOUT LOCATED, SEVERAL CULTISTS ARRESTED. ALL PROMPTLY DIE UPON BEING PLACED IN POLICE CRUISERS; - FEBRUARY 3RD, 2015: SUNG JIN LEE IS ATTACKED IN THE FOURTH DIVISION BASE IN LOS ANGELES. NOT KILLED, BUT SEVERELY WOUNDED; IS HOSPITALIZED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. ONLY TRACE IS DESECRATION'S SYMBOL ETCHED INTO LEE'S FOREHEAD; - FEBRUARY 28TH, 2015: MORE DEATHS OF FORMER CULTISTS, ALL WITH SIGNATURE MARKINGS OF DESECRATION; GROUP LOCATES DESECRATION'S TEMPORARY HIDEOUT IN TORONTO SEWERS, WITNESS DESECRATION TELEPATHICALLY KILL AND REVIVE SEVERAL PSYCHOGENERATIVES. UPON REVIVAL, EACH APPEARS MINDLESS, UNDER DESECRATION'S CONTROL; - MARCH 9TH, 2015: CULTISTS ATTACK THE FOURTH DIVISION IN NEVADA TO LITTLE SUCCESS. ONLY OBJECTS OF INTEREST ON BODIES ARE PICTURES OF NICOLE SCHUESTER'S FAMILY; - MARCH 10TH, 2015: IN NEBRASKA, NICOLE SCHUESTER - THE DEATH MACHINE - RETURNS HOME TO FIND CHILDREN AND HUSBAND DEAD. MEMBERS OF THE FOURTH DIVISION WITH HER ARE RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS. SCHUESTER IS KIDNAPPED; - MAY 20TH, 2015: EFFORTS TURN TO FINDING SCHUESTER. NO SIGN FOR TWO MONTHS UNTIL DESECRATION APPEARS DURING TELEVISED BASEBALL GAME WITH SCHUESTER, ALIVE AND BOUND. IN FRONT OF AUDIENCE AND CAMERAS, DESECRATION BEHEADS SCHUESTER. WITHOUT A WORD, DESECRATION FLIES AWAY; - MAY 27TH, 2015: FUNERAL SERVICE HELD FOR NICOLE SCHUESTER. HUNDREDS ATTEND. MEMORIAL IS ERECTED IN LIAONING, CHINA IN HONOR OF SCHUESTER; - MAY-AUGUST, 2015: SHIRLEEN AND ALEXANDER MACKEY LEAVE THE FOURTH DIVISION. NO SIGNS OF THE CULT OF DESECRATION OR DESECRATION HIMSELF. THE FOURTH DIVISION RESUMES MINOR WORK; - AUGUST 19TH, 2015: DESECRATION APPEARS IN FORT RILEY, KANSAS. IS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES BUT HEALS EXTRAORDINARILY QUICKLY. WIPES OUT ENTIRE BASE, ALIGNS BODIES TO FORM SYMBOL; - AUGUST 25TH, 2015: THE POET RECEIVES LETTER WITH PHOTO OF SMALL BOY AND ADDRESS; THE POET DOES NOT EXPLAIN ANYTHING TO ANYONE, LEAVES, INSISTING SHE DOES NOT NEED HELP. ZENITH FOLLOWS, WITNESSES THE POET HUGGING PHOTOGRAPHED BOY IN MIDDLE OF STREET. UPON WATCHING, ZENITH SEES THE BOY IS MONOTONOUS, WHITE-EYED, SPORTING DESECRATION'S SYMBOL. THE POET KILLS BOY AND LEAVES, DOES NOT RETURN TO THE FOURTH DIVISION; - SEPTEMBER, 2015: NO MORE SIGNS OF DESECRATION; - OCTOBER 13TH, 2015: SUNG JIN LEE RECEIVES LETTER WITH TWO PHOTOGRAPHS: ONE OF FAMILY IN THEIR MANHATTAN APARTMENT, WIDE-EYED AND GAGGED; THE SECOND PICTURE OF A SICK KIDS HOSPITAL. ONLY WORD WRITTEN UNDERNEATH BOTH IS "CHOOSE"; - OCTOBER 14TH, 2015: SUNG JIN LEE LIES TO THE FOURTH DIVISION, SENDS THEM TO FAMILY'S HOME. CULTISTS ARE THERE BUT QUICKLY SLAIN. MOMENTS AFTER RESCUE, TWO ENTIRE BLOCKS THE SICK KIDS HOSPITAL WAS LOCATED AT EXPLODES. DEATH TOLL IS IN THE HIGH HUNDREDS. PHOTOGRAPHS FOUND; THE FOURTH DIVISION REALIZES WHAT LEE DID. UNABLE TO HANDLE GUILT, LEE ATTEMPTS TO FLEE AMERICA WITH FAMILY IN TOW, ARE STOPPED ON HIGHWAY BY SINGLE MAN REVEALED TO BE DESECRATION. ONE-BY-ONE, DESECRATION KILLS LEE'S FAMILY, LEAVING ONLY LEE ALIVE. DESECRATION EVAPORATES WITHOUT UTTERING A WORD. LEE RETURNS TO DIVISION BASE, TELLS MEMBERS OF EVENT, AND QUITS THE FOURTH DIVSION, RETURNING HOME TO SOUTH KOREA A WEEK LATER; - OCTOBER 15TH, 2015: STORY OF SUNG JIN LEE CHOOSING FAMILY OVER HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SENDS MEDIA INTO FRENZY. AUDIO RECORDING OF LEE EXPLAINING SITUATION TO THE FOURTH DIVISION AFTERWARDS IS RELEASED, MICROPHONE FOUND INSIDE ENVELOPE PHOTOGRAPHS CAME IN; - OCTOBER-NOVEMBER, 2015: VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ AND MERLE MOREAU TAKE OVER AS TEMPORARY LEADERS; - NOVEMBER 3RD, 2015: MERLE MOREAU FINDS LETTER ON OFFICE DESK, OPENS IT TO REVEAL PHOTOGRAPH OF MOTHER. THE FOURTH DIVISION, ALONG WITH SWAT TEAMS, ARRIVES AT MOREAU RESIDENCE TO FIND DESECRATION SITTING ON COUCH, MRS. MOREAU DEAD BESIDE HIM, A PHOTO ALBUM OPEN ON HER LAP. DESECRATION CALMLY ASKS, "DID MY FATHER LOVE ME LIKE THEY LOVED YOU? DID MY CHILDREN LOVE ME LIKE YOU LOVED HER?" DESECRATION HAS PHOTO OF HIMSELF AND FATHER, WHO IS REVEALED TO BE THE ORIGINAL DESECRATION. MERLE MOREAU TELEKINETICALLY TEARS LIMBS FROM DESECRATION'S BODY, TELLS HIM, "NO ONE EVER LOVED YOU"; - NOVEMBER 5TH, 2015: THE FOURTH DIVISION OFFICIALLY DISBANDS DUE TO EMOTIONAL DISTRAUGHT AND MEDIA BACKLASH OVER SUNG JIN LEE'S DECISION TO LET TWO CITY BLOCKS PERISH. GROUP IS HEAVILY CRITICIZED FOR DECISION, RECEIVES DEATH THREATS. MOST MEMBERS GO INTO HIDING;
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THE//FIFTH//DIVISION//2018-2021
- AUGUST, 2018: MERLE MOREAU AND VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ REFORMED THE FIFTH DIVISION, TAKING ON EQUAL LEADERSHIP ROLES; - OCTOBER, 2021: SETI PICKS UP RADIO FREQUENCIES SOMEWHERE IN SOLAR SYSTEM. FLEET OF NON-HUMAN SPACE CRAFTS IS SPOTTED. ARRIVAL OF ALIEN SPECIES INEVITABLE. WORLD BEGINS TO PREPARE;
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THE//SIXTH//DIVISION//2021-2022
-OCTOBER-NOVEMBER, 2021: VIVIAN PANG REEMERGES AFTER ANNOUNCEMENT OF ONCOMING ARRIVAL OF NON-HUMAN SPACE CRAFTS, STARTS THE SIXTH DIVISION. SPENDS SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME RECRUITING OLD AND NEW MEMBERS TO PREPARE; -DECEMBER 7TH, 2021: ALIEN FLEET STOPS SHORT OF MARS, REMAINS STILL FOR SEVERAL DAYS. NO CONTACT CAN BE MADE; -DECEMBER 25TH, 2021: SHIPS DESCEND ON EARTH, TARGET CANADIAN CITY. MISSILES ARE DEFLECTED. LARGE, SQUID-LIKE BEINGS EMERGE, BEGIN KILLING CIVILIANS OF CITY, FIGHTING THE SIXTH DIVISION. BEINGS TAKE LITTLE DAMAGE, EFFORTLESSLY KILL MAJORITY OF DIVISION MEMBERS. FIGHTING LASTS FOR TWO HOURS BEFORE BEINGS STOP KILLING, RETURN TO SHIPS. BODIES OF SLAIN HUMANS ASCEND TO SKY, ARE ABSORBED INTO SHIPS. BEINGS LEAVE; -JANUARY 1ST, 2022: WITH MOST OF MEMBERS DEAD, THE SIXTH DIVISION BREAKS UP, RETURNS TO FORMER LIVES.
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|CURRENT//EVENTS|
THE SEVENTH DIVISION (2024-???): - APRIL 18th, 2024: Merle Moreau – formerly known as “Zenith” – sets off to track down former members of The Divisions;
|FORMER//MEMBERS//OF//THE//DIVISIONS|
THE//FIRST//DIVISION//1988-1991
- EUGENE RICE: leader; a thirty-six-year-old white male from Manhattan who left his job as a detective; possesses minor form of chronokinesis (able to pause and rewind time to some degree). Started The Divisions alongside Vivian Pang. Was killed by police officer during The Psychogenerative Law riots; - VIVIAN PANG: a twenty-six-year-old Chinese female once studying to be a doctor. Her sister Grace was murdered by serial killer Daniel Presman. Does not have any psychogenerative or paranormal abilities though is a skilled hand-to-hand combatant. Started The Divisions alongisde Eugene Rice; - JOSEPH ALBERTO/LIGHTTOUCH: a twenty-nine-year-old Filipino man who came to America from the Philippines. Was a thief known for skilled lockpicking and extensive planning of heists. Was capable of photographic memory and enhanced hearing. Left The First Division after finding out he would be a father; - ALFRED ARMITAGE/MAN O'WAR: a twenty-two-year-old Caucasian male from Kansas; had a knack for sharpshooting. Was a wanted criminal on minor charges; fled to Florida where he got caught-up in a biker gang. Was taken in by Eugene Rice after Alfred was only surviving member during a rough shootout; - MARY-ELIZABETH ROSS/LADY LUST: a thirty-four-year-old white female formerly employed as a waitress and prostitute. Possessed a mind-controlling form of vocal persuasion, realized only later in life. Left The First Division after Eugene Rice's death; - MALIK AIDU: a twenty-four-year-old African male capable of teleportation. Was recruited by The First Division to assist in relocating captured psychogeneratives. Was ultimately executed inside Courtright Penitentiary for attacking a guard; - MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH: a seventeen-year-old Caucasian female capable of telekinesis and minor teleportation. Was rescued by Eugene Rice from being transported to Courtright Penitentiary. Agreed to help Eugene Rice rescue other psychogeneratives; - DONNA TATE: a fifty-four-year-old white female, rescued by Eugene Rice from being transported to Courtright Penitentiary. Assisted in rescuing other psychogeneratives but not did return afterward; - AMANDA WEISZ: a twenty-seven-year-old white female, a businesswoman and mother of one. Was identified as psychogenerative and to be brought to Courtright, but was rescued by Eugene Rice. Was ultimately killed alongside Eugene Rice
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THE//SECOND//DIVISION//1991-1996
- VIVIAN PANG: became new leader after Eugene Rice's death; - ALFRED ARMITAGE/MAN O'WAR: was removed from The Division in 2004 after Armitage had killed a pregnant woman and her son, believing the baby to be his; - THE POET: a middle-aged black woman unable to speak, going only by the moniker "The Poet". Would only communicate through poetic writing. Was a natural brawler with high stamina and had a knack for finding out information; - MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH: took on the moniker "Zenith" as her allegiance with The Divisions became official, making her the youngest member; she would go on to become the longest-running member; - SUNG JIN LEE: a forty-year-old Korean immigrant, was homeless and spoke broken English. Was about to commit suicide when Merle Moreau stopped him. Lee was taken in by The Second Division for a bit, but soon became a permanent member despite not having any beneficial talents or abilities; - VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR: joined The Second Division as their main supplier of weaponry, armor, gadgets, etc.
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THE//THIRD//DIVISION//2003-2006
- VIVIAN PANG/THE PANG: reunited group after word of WW3 started; took on the fan-given name "The Pang". Left shortly after the war ended due to extreme stress and emotional fatigue; - THE POET; - MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH; - SUNG JIN LEE; - VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR; - NICOLE SCHUESTER/THE DEATH MACHINE: a twenty-eight-year-old woman, mother of two, and a strong-willed freedom-fighter "for the greater good"; possessed rapid cellular regeneration; joined The Third Division when rumors of WW3 began - PETER MENDEZ/BIG BOY: a forty-one-year-old Hispanic man, father of three, and working as a part-time barista and paramedic. Was known for his impressive stature - standing at 6'7 and weighing 285lbs. Had precognitive episodes and informed The Third Division about upcoming war. Later joined to help. Sacrificed himself to save other members of The Third Division and a few dozen bystanders; - ROBERT MACKEY/EXCALIBUR: recruited by The Third Division to assist in WW3; - ARWEN MACKEY/BANSHEE: recruited by The Third Division to assist in WW3; - VIVEK SUDHIR: was a psychogenerative scientist recruited to assist in WW3. Teamed up with The Third Division to aid in war, occasionally fighting. Sudhir left shortly after the war had ended; - BRANDON HEARNE/BLINKSTRIKE: was sent to China to fight in WW3 by UK Government after having been arrested. Hearne joined The Third Division while there, becoming official member; - LEON BOYLE/GLADIATOR: joined The Third Division to fight in WW3. Became close with Brandon Hearne and formed crime-fighting trio after WW3 ended; - EILEEN HEARNE/PSYCHO: had been a member of The Third Division, fighting in WW3, and formed romantic relationship with Brandon Hearne. Formed crime-fighting trio with Hearne and Boyle after WW3;
THE//FOURTH//DIVISION//2011-2016
- SUNG JIN LEE: brought back group when man referring to himself as "Desecration" began hunting down other psychogeneratives for sport. Became unofficial leader of The Fourth Division; - THE POET; - MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH; - VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR; - NICOLE SCHUESTER/THE DEATH MACHINE: beheaded in 2012 by Desecration during live televised event; - DANTE STABBINGTON/CAPTAIN STABBY: unofficial, honorary member; temporarily worked with The Fourth Division while active with United States Military and Intelligence Community; - ALEXANDER MACKEY/SHIELD: - SHIRLEEN MACKEY/SWORD: - SAMANTHA RAYNOR/KAZARA: - THE CURIOUS MR. CROWLEY:
THE//FIFTH//DIVISION//2018-2021
- VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR: became more of a leader for The Fifth Division, sharing leadership responsibilities with Merle Moreau; - MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH: took on more of a leadership role for The Fifth Division, sharing the title with Vorian von Traupitz; - MARIA DIAZ/VAULT: a twenty-five-year-old Hispanic woman; was once studying Art History when discovered for possessing photographic memory and telepathy, enabling her to explore entirety of subject's memories and thoughts. Was captured by team of scientists hoping to conduct experiments, but was rescued by The Fifth Division. Diaz joined the Fifth Division a while after rescue; - LUIS ORTIZ: a twenty-three-year-old man living in Mexico City capable of muscle and vocal mimicry. Requested help of The Fifth Division after being hounded by infamous drug cartel. Remained a close ally to The Fifth Division; - VIVEK SUDHIR: returned for a year to help The Fifth Division in various cases. Ultimately, Suhdir had to urgently return home to care for his daughter; - DANTE STABBINGTON/CAPTAIN STABBY: resumed role as temporary honorary member to help out The Fifth Division; - SAMANTHA RAYNOR/KAZARA: - THE CURIOUS MR. CROWLEY:
THE//SIXTH//DIVISION//2021-2022
- VIVIAN PANG/THE PANG: came out of retirement to help fight in the oncoming alien arrival. Led the new group alongside Sung Jin Lee and Vorian von Traupitz. Died in the final battle; - SUNG JIN LEE: died in the final battle; - VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR: leadership role became stronger, a more prominent figure in The Sixth Division. Survived the final battle; - THE POET: rallied most of new members together. Survived final battle but vanished quickly afterward; - MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH: one of the longest-running members, Moreau stayed to fight final battle. Became a key part in organizing final battle. Survived the final fight; - ROSWITHA VON TRAUPITZ/ARSENAL: after having aided The Divisions for multiple years, Roswitha teamed up with The Sixth Division to fight in AW1. Died in the final battle; - DANTE STABBINGTON/CAPTAIN STABBY: officially joined The Sixth Division as a member of The Divisions after having assisted for multiple years. Survived the AW1 battle; - JOSEPH ALBERTO/LIGHTTOUCH: returned to The Divisions, leaving behind a family of four, to fight in AW1. Was the first to die in the final battle; - MARY-ELIZABETH ROSS/LADY LUST: along with Lighttouch and Man O'War, Lady Lust resumed her role as one of the original members in The Sixth Division to fight in AW1. Survived the final battle but died in the hospital hours later; - ALFRED ALBERTO/MAN O'WAR: was allowed back into the Divisions to fight in final battle, and was more than enthused to be. Died during the final battle; - MARIA DIAZ/VAULT: fled The Sixth Division before the final battle, afraid to fight in it. Has not made contact with any surviving members since; - LUIS ORTIZ: fought in the final battle but was killed almost instantly by alien forces; - BRADON HEARNE/BLINKSTRIKE: returned to The Sixth Division to fight in AW1. Survived the finale battle; - LEON BOYLE/GLADIATOR: returned with Brandon and Eileen to fight in AW1. Before the battle was over, Boyle fled the warzone, surviving; - EILEEN HEARNE/PSYCHO: returned with Brandon and Leon to fight in AW1. Was killed during the final battle; - AGATHA THAVARASA: a fifty-two-year-old Sri Lankan woman with advanced telekinesis. Was a mother of five and worked as a real estate agent. Left behind her life to fight in AW1, knowing she was needed. Was one of the last to die in the final battle; - SHELDON WRIGHT: a thirty-four-year-old black man with enhanced reflexes, dual-wielded katanas; was recruited to fight in final battle. Died during the fight; - ADRIAN BAKER/POLYHEDRON: a twenty-six-year-old black man and part of the crime-fighting trio, "Polyhedron". Donned the suit and mask to fight in the final battle. Died during the final fight; - MARCUS WHITE/POLYHEDRON: a thirty-year-old black man and leader of the "Polyhedron" trio. Convinced the other two to fight in the final war. Was the first of the three to die; - BERNCE "BERTIE" WASHINGTON/POLYHEDRON: a twenty-seven-year-old black female, and the final part to the "Polyhedron" trio. Was hesitant to fight in AW1 but caved. Was the last to die of the three; - SAMANTHA RAYNOR/KAZARA, THE MASKED MAGICIAN: after having been a prior member, Raynor returned to fight in AW1. Fled the battle upon witnessing death of mentor and friend; - THE CURIOUS MR. CROWLEY: fought in the battle of AW1, but was ultimately killed; - WHITE HAT: fought in the battle of AW1, but current whereabouts or whether he survived remain unknown; - ???
|CURRENT//MEMBERS//OF//THE//SEVENTH//DIVISION|
THE//SEVENTH//DIVISION//2024-???
- MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH; - VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR; - ALEXANDER MACKEY/THE TOWER; - SHIRLEEN MACKEY/BEACON; - BRANDON HEARNE/BLINKSTRIKE; - VIVEK SUHDIR/THE IRON ATOM; - SAMANTHA RAYNOR/KAZARA, THE MASKED MAGICIAN/TORCHLIGHT - HENRY WORDSLEY/ELEMENTAL; - THE POET;
MEMBER//APPLICATION//FORM
|REAL//IDENTITY
NAME: AGE: (keep in mind, the majority of The Seventh Division would be in their thirties or above) GENDER: APPEARANCE: (a picture or written description works. Include a small blurb about their height, weight, body shape, other features if you go with an image)
OCCUPATION: (former or current) LOCATION: (where they are in the world now) FAMILY/FRIENDS/OTHER:
ABILITIES/STRENGTHS: (supernatural, paranormal, key/other learned skills. Can include things like: charismatic, brave, intelligent, tech-savvy, can play the Spanish guitar with one hand, etc.) VICES/WEAKNESSES: (we all have some!)
BACKSTORY (doesn’t have to be long – a few paragraphs at the most. Key points to touch on: their life before, their life during, and their life after The Seventh Division) DIVISIONS BELONGING TO: (your character doesn't have to be a part of each of them. Which one did they first join, and which ones were they a member of? NOTE: characters should have joined in The Second Division or later. The First Division is too cool for you)
|SUPERHERO//PERSONA
NAME/TITLE: APPEARANCE: (their outfit/costume/significant wear. Can be a picture, but writing it may be better) TOOLS/WEAPONS: (if applicable) TRADEMARKS: (a logo/symbol, specific hairstyle, special object – is there anything about your character that is strictly "theirs”?)
|MISCELLANEOUS//INFORMATION|
- THE PSYCHOGENERATIVE LAW: enacted in 1991, The Psychogenerative Law states that all psychogenerative's - whether natural or otherwise - are protected and acknowledged under The United States government as free peoples. They are required to identify themselves and are prohibited from demonstrating any psychogenerative ability unless officially granted permission (ex. The Divisions, street performers with licence, etc.); - THE CULT OF DESECRATION: led by Roger Whitman, a former middle school teacher who became "Desecration"; is a cult of rogue psychogeneratives who believe they should not be oppressed by the government and should be allowed to utilize their abilities whenever and however they see fit. Often considered an anti-government terrorist group, the Cult mostly targets political figures and landmarks. At its peak, the Cult had sixty-five members.
After the death of Desecration, the Cult quietened. Many members left while others stayed behind to carry on Desecration's legacy. The group has not been heard from since 2016.
INTERVIEW//WITH:ALFRED//ARMITAGE,THE//MAN//O’WAR
THE//STORY//OF//THE//FIRST//DIVISION
“Tell us – tell us about how it all started, how The First Division came to be.”
“Well…
The First Division… shit, I think it was Eugene Rice and The Pang who started it. Yeah, yeah, totally was. They had both been doing their own thing separately for a while, but, you know, that was in 1988 – things were different back then. People didn’t really turn to superheroes for help. Hell, there weren’t a lot of ‘em. So on one hand you got this real big, goofy guy with this shit-eating grin – all he could do was slow down time. Not even stop it. Real winner. Then you had this little Asian firecracker, Vivian. Shaved her head bald, lifted weights like there was to tomorrow, did some real manly shit for this little China doll, like she had somethin’ to prove to someone. She was a hard-ass, and she’d clock you square in the jaw before you’d say shit about her. Wanted to be some champion boxer, I guess.
So you got Eugene and The Pang, and they both want this notorious serial killer – Daniel Presman, er some shit like ‘at. So the two meet, clash, fight a bit, work together, solve the case, yadda, yadda, and bam. You got it. The birth of ‘at beautiful baby: The First Division.
‘Course, back then they didn’t have no name. Not until Lighttouch – uh, Joseph Alberto. ‘Member him? He joined ‘em, and he brought along Lady Lust… then they found me, wanted me as a part of it. I was just some farmboy who shot birds for shits and giggles, ‘ccasionally I’d shoot more than that – but, whatever, right? Figured, what they hey, might as well, y’know? Named myself “Man O’War.” Sounds pretty badass, am I right?
Yeah, we were titled as “the original five”. That’s when “The Division” became our name. Right after Lady Lust joined and, hey, suddenly you got boys bending backward for ‘at bitch. Really milked it too, that cow. Knew exactly what she was doing.
And we didn’t know we’d be the first of other Division’s, so we didn’t name it “The First Division”. That’s just some crap y’all came up with to make us some legacy, or somethin’.
Anyway, we just kinda solved small-time crimes around the States for the most part – found serial killers, rapists, stopped bank heists and suicides. Real small stuff. Then more and more people were coming out as “super-powered,” ‘cause we inspired ‘em. It was cool at first, then shit got outta hand. The US government started tracking ‘em down, locking ‘em up. Someone had to stop it, you know? Nah, I wasn’t gonna stand for that shit. We had no clue how they were finding all these people, you know? But we fought ‘em. Rescued a shit ton of folk, most of which weren’t even “psychogenerative,” as they called it. Few of ‘em joined us; you got that flying chick Merle Moreau, that Aidu guy – Malik, ‘at was his name. Called himself “Hemlock”. Real cool name there, buddy. Then we picked up this one chick, named “The Poet”. Didn’t speak, just wrote real cryptic shit down in a notepad, and I swear that notepad never ran out of paper. Girl could read our minds too, not even shittin’ you. Always knew what we were thinking.
There were few others, can’t think of their names at the moment. Most of ‘em are still ‘part of The Sixth Division now, still doing shit. Not me. Nah, not after that.”
“And what are you referring to?”
“Okay, so, here’s the deal. We had that “no killing” rule, right? Complete bullshit. But, hey, I ain’t running the group, so I’ll oblige, you know? But the police must’ve figured out at some point: we were a hella lot stronger then them. So they started using lethal force. Killed Eugene, just, blam, shot ‘em dead in the street. After that, there was a shit ton-a rioting for a bit, then martial law kicked in… yeah, it went on until me, The Pang and Lady Slut sat down with the president – real nice guy, by the way, real nice – and, yeah, so we’s sitting there and talking about this whole shit. You ready for this? Turns out Mr. Prezzy’s a big ole Super himself. He could read minds. Fitting, huh? Had to keep that shit on the down-low though, you know? The world couldn’t know about it, God forbid. But he was just the figure head. Just ‘cause Mr. Bigshot’s the boss doesn’t mean he’s actually. But he’s all, “we’re gonna change shit, make shit better, fuck the government,”… I mean, maybe not in those words, but still. Both sides lost a lotta people, and it didn’t take Sir America himself to figure that out.
So he calls things off, makes a public announcement that any Super who acts up’ll be locked up for good. But everyone’s gotta respect us too – it ain’t a one-way street. That whole speech didn’t go over well, and it took some time. Still lotta fighting, workin’ our “superpowered underground railroad” deal. But it got there, eventually. We just had to work for it.”
“Sounds like it had a happy ending.”
“Don’t make this shit sappy. ‘Course it wasn’t, man. It took us three more years to make shit even a little bit better. ‘Cause Eugene’d always kinda been the leader, y’know, held our shit together. So when he died, it kinda fell apart. Lady Lust had a thing for him, and she left ‘cause-a heartbreak. Soft bitch. Really, in the middle of “us versus them,” you leave ‘cause you liked some guy? She had a nice face, I’ll give ‘er that. But the broad was basic. Didn’t even know Eugene was sleeping with a man, and it wasn’t even a secret.
Then a few months after Eugene and Hemlock bit it, you got some Spanish chick showin’ up at our doorstep – we shared an apartment, and I ain’t saying where – saying she’s all preg’d up with Lighttouch’s baby. Guess that touch wasn’t so light, am I right? So the sucker left. Wasn’t pretty. The Pang had always been easy to piss off, but man, she was a firestorm back when most-a our regular team left. Hey, for fact’s sake, that was when The Second Division started. The Pang took over after that. Kinda like generations, er somethin’. It was me who came up with that idea, naming it “The Second Division”. I thought it was cute. Fuck everyone else, that name was symbolic!”
“And, after The Psychogenerative Law was founded, would you say things got better or worse?”
“Meh. I mean, the police were told to back off, but didn’t mean they did. I guess it was better for folk who didn’t want to want to be in the spotlight. But the rest of us was just tryin’ to save the day here! And, of course, that law said we couldn’t do flashy shit in public. Fine by me; I was just the groups’ sharpshooter. Couldn’t do any special shit, nothing to make me super. But a lot of us still got caught and thrown in jail. Hell, Nicole, uh, shit… Nicole Schuester – yeah, yeah, you know her: The Death Machine. Blond dreads, tattoos all up her face. That chick. She’d been arrested so many times that it was weird seein’ her for longer than a week. Nah, they came down hard on us.”
“What changed it?”
"I guess y’all did. The people. Man, we had so many fans everywhere, we was like real celebrities. I made that mistake of not wearin’ a mask at first, so people knew who I was all the time. Couldn’t do groceries without some knucklehead wantin’ an autograph. We saved the day, you know, saved a lotta people. Hell, we stopped World War 3! People just loved us. Fucking loved us. We got shit done when it needed to be, and we didn’t back down until we did. People just went crazy for us.
And, as it turns out, cops be people, too! Huh, fancy that, you know? One-by-one, they all started to like what we were doing. Probably rescued half of ‘em at one point anyway. Hell, you ‘member Big Boy? They had a T-shirt line for him and everything. Got caught with coke a few times. He threw himself on a bomb to protect all of us, without even thinking. See? We was good guys, no matter what shit we did. The police understood that way too late, but, hey, what can you do?”
“Speaking of that, of Big Boy’s drug scandal… would you say the drugs, the money and the power… would you say that changed The Seventh Division’s morals at all?”
“Hey, you give a bunch-a people a bunch of fancy powers, you’re gonna get some bozo thinkin’ he’s God. It’s gonna happen! So, yeah, a few of us did drugs, influenced some things, maybe stole a lotta shit. But Big Boy still fought to save the world during WW3. The Poet did whatever the fuck The Poet wanted to, but she helped more people than he killed – and, yeah, we all know it, she killed a metric shit ton of people. So we abused our role in society, a lot. We ain’t hiding from that. We’re human, after all. We screw up. But, at the end of the day, we were still making sure y’all had an end to the day, know what I’m saying? We worked endlessly – day and night and day and night – to protect you all. So cut us some slack here. Not all of us were bad people, and those of us who were, we still tried.
And lemme tell you this – it’s scientifically proven, see: the more popular we got, the less crime there was. People ain’t stupid! You got this series of groups of vigilantes fixing some real societal shit for so long, hell, you ain’t gonna oppose us! You know? Thirty years, baby. You don’t go up against thirty years’ worth of kicking ass. So if there was some supervillain, they were some big shit, yeah. But that wasn’t all the time. So we got bored, y’know. Reckless, and shit. You spend so long fighting crime and living up to that name, so what’ch you gonna do when suddenly either the crime’s not worth it, or it’s more than you got to give? You still got all that popularity. Either you keep tryin-a live up to it, crack under the pressure, or, hey, drugs and drinking and some real hard shit. Yeah, we was stomping that shit out left and right, but that just meant we knew where to get it from. Had connections, and curiosity. Don’t blame us; those Hollywood stars do it all the time! But we still tried. I sure as hell tried, ‘cause I was a good fucking person.”
“Isn’t it true that, in 2004, you drowned a prostitute and her four-year-old son after she terminated what you believed to be your baby? And that is why you were removed from The Seventh Division?”
NOTE: there is a pause in the recording followed by scraping sounds and muffled shouts. Man O’War whispers something incoherent. The stifled yells abruptly stop, and footsteps can be heard walking away.
|OOC//NOTES|
The CS template can be found under the "Current Members" category. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me.
Oh, well, you mentioned there would be more information available in the OOC. I'm fine with getting a headstart on my CS, but I was waiting to see what other info you were going to provide us with. I pretty much have all the basic parts taken care of, though I still need to address the longer sections. Like 'Backstory' lol.
The OOC will be up tonight, along with the bulk of the information. I realize it's generally a little easier for people to have all the information at once to help shape the character. I just have this problem of writing too much... now I have too much to write and even more to cut out.
@Palindromatic Should I bring back my gunslinger and probability manipulator, or make a new guy?
Cause I'm stumped on ideas for a new character.
If you're talking about Warren, I liked that guy. He was a good character. I can see him fitting into the story - he's old, scarred, physically not what he used to be. He could be good!
If you want to bring in another character later, you always can.
how long until you have an IC ready, coz I'm pumped to go
I know, right? I'm slow, but I'm also excited. I'm aiming to have it up by tonight, but by "tonight" I really mean "probably tomorrow".
I'm assuming you want our CSes in an OOC thread and not here, yes?
You can post it here if you want me to review the CS early? I wouldn't mind reading it if you have it ready.
I've been roleplaying both genders for all about 12 years now, they are both comfortable to me. I'll just kind of wait around and see what other CS's pop up and help balance the gender scale with whatever we need more.
I guess a good character is a character who isn't defined by their gender, right? If it helps at all though, there often tends to be more male characters than female, I've noticed.
We were once heroes. But heroes win the wars no one else could.
I don’t know if we’ll win this war.
And I’m so, so sorry…
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//THE//SEVENTH//DIVISION//CODE//
“When there’s no more hurt, there’s healing. When there’s no more healing, there’s hope. When there’s no more hope, there’s us: The Seventh Division.”
. . .
It was never meant to be a fixed thing in history, the idea of The Divisions. It started as people who teamed together to solve small crimes. It then transgressed into a freedom-fighting group of masked vigilantes saving the innocent from the U.S. government.
After that, it became clear what we were: the mediators of good and evil, the necessity to maintain order when others couldn't. We were an ever-changing task force of random men and women who signed on to save those who needed it.
At one point, we were playing God.
Today there are only a handful of us left, and now more than ever we are needed. Where the First to the Sixth Divisions have failed, I am determined to make sure this Divisions succeeds
This is The Seventh Division
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|FORMER//EVENTS|
. . .
THE//FIRST//DIVISION//1988-1990
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- JANUARY 3RD, 1988: VIVIAN PANG AND EUGENE RICE FIRST MEET, WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE CASE OF SERIAL KILLER DANIEL PRESMAN; - FEBRUARY 18TH, 1988: VIVIAN PANG AND EUGENE RICE TAKE ON NEW CASE, BECOME KNOWN IN MINOR MEDIA PLATFORMS AS “SUPER-DUO”; - MAY 1ST, 1988: SUPER-DUO ENLISTS HELP OF JOSEPH ALBERTO – DUBBED “LIGHTTOUCH” TO SOLVE NEXT CASE. MARY-ELIZABETH ROSS, NICKNAMED “LADY LUST,” JOINS; - AUGUST 22ND, 1988: THE DIVISION RESCUES ALFRED ARMITAGE FROM GANG SHOOTOUT IN FLORIDA. ARMITAGE JOINS THE DIVISION; - OCTOBER 13TH, 1989: AFTER CONSTANT SUCCESS OF THE DIVISION, THERE IS RISE IN INTEREST OVER SUPERHEROES ACROSS AMERICA. MANY AMATEUR VIGILANTES/GROUPS ARE REPORTED, SPARKING POLICE CONFLICTS OVER INABILITY TO DO JOB WITHOUT DISTRACTION; - JANUARY 3RD, 1990: OTHER CIVILIANS COME OUT AS “GIFTED,” COINING THE TERM “PSYCHOGENERATIVE” TO REFER TO SUPERHUMANS. FEW OTHER PSYCHOGENERATIVE’S FIND AS MUCH SUCCESS AS THE DIVISION; - MARCH 21ST, 1990: THE ACTION FILM “THE DIVISION OF MASKS” IS RELEASED, BREAKS BOX OFFICE RECORDS. ALFRED ARMITAGE AS MAN O’WAR MAKES CAMEO APPEARANCE; - MAY 18TH, 1990: LONE VIGILANTE “POLAR STORM” IS SHOT BY LOS ANGELES POLICE OFFICER WAYNE COX AFTER POLAR STORM ATTEMPTS TO STOP SMALL HOUSE FIRE. COX WAS REPORTED AS SAYING, “HE WAS IN THE WAY”. DEATH OF POLAR STORM CAUSED CONTROVERSY ACROSS AMERICA, LABELLED AS ACT OF “POLICE BRUTALITY”; - MAY 21ST, 1990: LAPD ISSUES PUBLIC STATEMENT, INSISTING DEATH OF POLAR STORM WAS ACCIDENT, TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACTIONS; ADVICES MASKED & ASPIRING VIGILANTES LET LAW ENFORCEMENT HANDLE SITUATIONS; - MAY 24TH, 1990: SMALL GROUP OF PROTESTORS FORMS OUTSIDE OF LAPD OFFICES; - MAY 26TH, 1990: CROWD OF PROTESTORS GROWS LARGER, IS DISPERSED BY LAPD. FIVE OFFICERS SEVERELY INJURED BY PSYCHOGENERATIVE PROTESTOR. PSYCHOGENERATIVE IS ARRESTED, TWO OTHER PROTESTORS INJURED; - MAY 27TH, 1990: MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES BRENDA CHARLES MAKES PUBLIC SPEECH, INDICATING FEARS OVER PSYCHOGENERATIVES AND THEIR CAPABILITIES. WARRANT FOR THE ARREST OF ANY PSYCHOGENERATIVE ACTIVITY IN LA IS ISSUED; - MAY 29TH, 1990: EIGHTEEN PROTESTORS ARE DETAINED IN LA, TWO SEVERELY INJURED, AS RIOT BREAKS OUT IN DOWNTOWN CORE. SEVERAL POLICE CRUISERS ARE SET ABLAZE BY PSYCHOGENERATIVE; ONE MAN IS KILLED IN RIOTS; - JUNE 2ND, 1990: ATTEMPTED CAPTURE OF THE FIRST DIVISION BY LAPD; VIVIAN PANG IS ARRESTED. NEWS SPREAD BY THAT NIGHT, INSTIGATING MASSIVE RIOT; SEVERAL OTHER PSYCHOGENERATIVES AND PROTESTORS ARE IMPRISONED. SMALLER PROTESTS POP UP ACROSS NORTH AMERICA; - JUNE 3RD, 1990: LAPD HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IS ATTACKED BY MULTIPLE PSYCHOGENERATIVES; IMPRISONED PSYCHOGENERATIVES ATTEMPT ESCAPE, INCLUDING VIVIAN PANG. FOUR PSYCHOGENERATIVES AND TWO POLICE OFFICERS ARE KILLED; - JUNE 7TH, 1990: US PRESIDENT VICTOR WILDE MAKES TELEVISED APPEARANCE, DISCUSSES WAVE OF PROTESTS ACROSS US. ANNOUNCES ACT TO DETAIN ALL IDENTIFIED PSYCHOGENERATIVES FOR SAFETY OF SOCIETY; SAYS UNIDENTIFIED ARE ENCOURAGED TO COME FORWARD BUT WILL BE DISCOVERED REGARDLESS; - JUNE 10TH, 1990: SEVENTEEN PSYCHOGENERATIVES ARE DETAINED ACROSS AMERICA. THE FIRST DIVISION RETREATS TO NYC. RIOTS DIE DOWN WITH OCCASIONAL TERRORIST ATTACK AGAINST POLICE DEPARTMENTS; - JUNE 18TH, 1990: UPWARDS TO SIXTY SUSPECTED PSYCHOGENERATIVE’S HAVE BEEN DETAINED. THE FIRST DIVISION’S HIDEOUT IN NYC IS RAIDED; LIGHTTOUCH IS CAPTURED; - JUNE 27TH, 1990: LIGHTTOUCH ESCAPES CELL, RELEASES OTHER PRISONERS, CAUSES CHAOS FROM INSIDE PRISON. SEVERAL DETAINED, ONLY FEW ESCAPE, LIGHTTOUCH INCLUDED; - JULY 2ND, 1990: MALIK AIDU IS SOUGHT OUT BY THE FIRST DIVISION, REQUESTED TO JOIN; MALIK USES TELEPORTATION ABILITY TO SNEAK PRISONERS OUT. MANAGES TO RESCUE FOURTEEN OF NEAR ONE HUNDRED PRISONERS; - JULY 10TH, 1990: COUNTRYWIDE WARRANT FOR ARREST OF THE FIRST DIVISION MEMBERS IS ISSUED; SEVENTEEN OTHER PRISONERS RESCUED; - JULY 19TH, 1990: WHITEHOUSE IS ATTACKED BY SMALL GROUP OF PSYCHOGENERATIVES RESULTING IN EACH OF THEIR DEATHS. EUGENE RICE HACKS TELEVISED PROGRAM, MAKING PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT REQUESTING ALL PSYCHOGENERATIVES CEASE VIOLENCE, RIOTING; - JULY 28TH, 1990: MAJOR RIOTING IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT; PSYCHOGENERATIVE COMMITS SUICIDE-BOMBING IN TIMES SQUARE, KILLING TWELVE. ESTIMATED FIFTY PRISONERS RESCUED OF NEARLY TWO HUNDRED CAPTURED; - AUGUST 13TH, 1990: EUGENE RICE AND LADY LUST CALMLY BREAK-UP ORGANIZED PROTESTING OUTSIDE OF WHITEHOUSE, STATING, “THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT OUR ENEMY, AND WE DON’T HAVE TO BE THEIRS … THEY ARE AFRAID OF US. WE SHOULD NOT CELEBRATE OR CAPITALIZE ON THAT, WE SHOULD BE THE ONES TO FIX THAT”; - AUGUST 29TH, 1990: UPWARDS TO THREE HUNDRED PSYCHOGENERATIVES AND SUPPORTERS DETAINED, COURTRIGHT PENITENTIARY BECOMES FIRST PSYCHOGENERATIVE-SPECIFIC PRISON. INMATES SEDATED, LEFT TO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT; - SEPTEMBER 13TH, 1990: TWENTY PSYCHOGENERATIVES ARE EXECUTED AT COUTRIGHT PENITENTIARY. CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER ELEANOR HARDING ACCEPTS REFUGEES, CLAIMS, “THIS BARBARISM AGAINST FELLOW HUMANS IS NOT WHAT WE, AS A RACE OF EQUALS, ARE ABOUT.” CANADIAN GOVERNMENT BEGINS WORK WITH THE FIRST DIVISION TO RELOCATE, PROTECT REFUGEES, BUT REFUSES TO ENTER AMERICAN TERRITORIES; - SEPTEMBER 26TH, 1990: INTEL LEAKED THAT FORTY-SEVEN OTHER PSYCHOGENERATIVE PRISONERS HAVE BEEN EXECUTED. MALIK AIDU AND LADY LUST INFILTRATE COURTRIGHT PENITENTIARY, REMAIN UNDERCOVER AS INMATES, SLOWLY REMOVING PRISONERS ONE-BY-ONE; - OCTOBER 5TH, 1990: POWER-NEUTRALIZING PSYCHOGENERATIVE BROUGHT IN TO COURTRIGHT; LADY LUST AND MALIK AIDU STUCK IN PRISON; - OCTOBER 19TH, 1990: US PRESIDENT VICTOR WILDE ASSASSINATED. VICE PRESIDENT MARTIN RICHFIELD TAKES OVER OFFICE. VIVIAN PANG AND MAN O’WAR PREVENT PRESIDENT’S ASSASSIN FROM KILLING MORE IN WHITEHOUSE; - OCTOBER 25TH, 1990: MALIK AIDU ATTACKS GUARD INSIDE COURTRIGHT, IS EXECUTED; - OCTOBER 27TH, 1990: RIOTS STOPPED, ONLY MINOR PEACEFUL PROTESTS IN HONOR OF MALIK AIDU. ESTIMATED TWO HUNDRED INMATES REMAIN AT COURTRIGHT; - NOVEMBER 1ST, 1991: THE FIRST DIVISION INFILTRATES WHITEHOUSE, EUGENE RICE SPEAKS WITH MARTIN RICHFIELD, ASKS TO END IMPRISONMENT OF INNOCENT PSYCHOGENERATIVES TO HELP BOTH SIDES OF BATTLE, IS TURNED AWAY BUT NOT REPORTED; - NOVEMBER 15TH, 1990: MASS ARREST OF ROUGHLY SEVENTY PSYCHOGENERATIVES ACROSS THE US; TEAM OF CLAIRVOYANTS FORCED TO LOCATE UNIDENTIFIED, UNDERDEVELOPED PSYCHOGENERATIVES. THE FIRST DIVISION’S HIDEOUT IS COMPROMISED; ALL BUT EUGENE RICE ARE CAPTURED; - NOVEMBER 20TH, 1990: EUGENE RICE ATTACKS CONVOY TRANSPORTING PSYCHOGENERATIVES TO COURTRIGHT PENITENTIARY; RELEASES SEVEN PSYCHOGENERATIVES, INCLUDING MERLE MOREAU, DONNA TATE AND AMANDA WEISZ; ALL THREE JOIN THE FIRST DIVISION; - NOVEMBER 25TH, 1990: THIRTY MORE PSYCHOGENERATIVES CAPTURED; THE FIRST DIVISION RESCUES FIFTY MORE PSYCHOGENERATIVES EN-ROUTE TO COURTRIGHT. VICE PRESIDENT MARTIN RICHFIELD REMAINS SILENT ABOUT MATTERS; - DECEMBER 1ST, 1990: EUGENE RICE KILLED WHILE RESCUING CAPTURED SUPERHUMANS;
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THE//SECOND//DIVISION//1991-1996//
- JULY 2ND, 1994: VIVIAN PANG, NOW GOING BY CODENAME “THE PANG,” TAKES OVER AS LEADER. GROUP’S NAME OFFICIALLY BECOMES “THE SECOND DIVISION”; - JULY 10TH, 1994: MYSTERIOUS, MUTE WOMAN KNOWN ONLY AS “THE POET” JOINS THE SECOND DIVISION. BECOMES KEY FACE OF THE DIVISION’S PROPAGANDA; - AUGUST 7TH, 1994: LADY LUST LEAVES THE DIVISION; - NOVEMBER 1ST, 1994: HOMELESS IMMIGRANT SUNG JIN LEE IS RESCUED BY LIGHTTOUCH AND ZENITH FROM SUICIDE. SUNG JIN LEE STAYS WITH GROUP, UNOFFICIALLY BECOMING NEW MEMBER DESPITE NO BENEFICIAL SKILLS OR ABILITIES;
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THE//THIRD//DIVISION//2003-2006
- DECEMBER 29TH, 2005: GROUP REUNITES, FORMING THE THIRD DIVISION, AS WORD OF WW3 BEGINS SPREADING; - JANUARY 18TH, 2006: WAR BECOMING VERY REAL THREAT AS CLASHES BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND UNITED STATES INCREASE; - FEBRUARY 10TH, 2006: NICOLE SCHUESTER – “THE DEATH MACHINE” – JOINS THE THIRD DIVISION IN HOPES OF ENDING WAR; - FEBRUARY 17TH, 2006: ATTEMPTED BOMBING OF WHITEHOUSE IS FOILED BY THE THIRD DIVISION; - FEBRUARY 19TH, 2006: PETER MENDEZ – “BIG BOY – IS RELEASED FROM JAIL, BECOMES PART OF THE THIRD DIVISION; - MARCH 20TH, 2006: US BOMBS NORTH KOREA, BOMBS ARE DEFLECTED BY ;
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THE//FOURTH//DIVISION//2011-2016
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THE//FIFTH//DIVISION//2020-2021
THE//SIXTH//DIVISION//2021-2022
|CURRENT//EVENTS|
THE SEVENTH DIVISION (2024-???): - APRIL 18th, 2024: Merle Moreau – formerly known as “Zenith” – sets off to track down former members of The Divisions;
|FORMER//MEMBERS//OF//THE//DIVISIONS|
THE//FIRST//DIVISION//1988-1991
- EUGENE RICE: leader; a thirty-six-year-old white male from Manhattan who left his job as a detective; possesses minor form of chronokinesis (able to pause and rewind time to some degree). Started The Divisions alongside Vivian Pang. Was killed by police officer during The Psychogenerative Law riots; - VIVIAN PANG: a twenty-six-year-old Chinese female once studying to be a doctor. Her sister Grace was murdered by serial killer Daniel Presman. Does not have any psychogenerative or paranormal abilities though is a skilled hand-to-hand combatant. Started The Divisions alongisde Eugene Rice; - JOSEPH ALBERTO/LIGHTTOUCH: a twenty-nine-year-old Filipino man who came to America from the Philippines. Was a thief known for skilled lockpicking and extensive planning of heists. Was capable of photographic memory and enhanced hearing. Left The First Division after finding out he would be a father; - ALFRED ARMITAGE/MAN O'WAR: a twenty-two-year-old Caucasian male from Kansas; had a knack for sharpshooting. Was a wanted criminal on minor charges; fled to Florida where he got caught-up in a biker gang. Was taken in by Eugene Rice after Alfred was only surviving member during a rough shootout; - MARY-ELIZABETH ROSS/LADY LUST: a thirty-four-year-old white female formerly employed as a waitress and prostitute. Possessed a mind-controlling form of vocal persuasion, realized only later in life. Left The First Division after Eugene Rice's death; - MALIK AIDU: a twenty-four-year-old African male capable of teleportation. Was recruited by The First Division to assist in relocating captured psychogeneratives. Was ultimately executed inside Courtright Penitentiary for attacking a guard; - MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH: a seventeen-year-old Caucasian female capable of telekinesis and minor teleportation. Was rescued by Eugene Rice from being transported to Courtright Penitentiary. Agreed to help Eugene Rice rescue other psychogeneratives; - DONNA TATE: a fifty-four-year-old white female, rescued by Eugene Rice from being transported to Courtright Penitentiary. Assisted in rescuing other psychogeneratives but not did return afterward; - AMANDA WEISZ: a twenty-seven-year-old white female, a businesswoman and mother of one. Was identified as psychogenerative and to be brought to Courtright, but was rescued by Eugene Rice. Was ultimately killed alongside Eugene Rice;
THE//SECOND//DIVISION//1991-1996
- VIVIAN PANG: became new leader after Eugene Rice's death; - ALFRED ARMITAGE/MAN O'WAR: was removed from The Division in 2004 after Armitage had killed a pregnant woman and her son, believing the baby to be his; - THE POET: a middle-aged black woman unable to speak, going only by the moniker "The Poet". Would only communicate through poetic writing. Was a natural brawler with high stamina and had a knack for finding out information; - MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH: took on the moniker "Zenith" as her allegiance with The Divisions became official, making her the youngest member; she would go on to become the longest-running member; - SUNG JIN LEE: a forty-year-old Korean immigrant, was homeless and spoke broken English. Was about to commit suicide when Merle Moreau stopped him. Lee was taken in by The Second Division for a bit, but soon became a permanent member despite not having any beneficial talents or abilities; - VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR: joined The Second Division as their main supplier of weaponry, armor, gadgets, etc.;
THE//THIRD//DIVISION//2003-2006
- VIVIAN PANG/THE PANG: reunited group after word of WW3 started; took on the fan-given name "The Pang". Left shortly after the war ended due to extreme stress and emotional fatigue; - THE POET; - MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH; - SUNG JIN LEE; - VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR; - NICOLE SCHUESTER/THE DEATH MACHINE: a twenty-eight-year-old woman, mother of two, and a strong-willed freedom-fighter "for the greater good"; possessed rapid cellular regeneration; joined The Third Division when rumors of WW3 began - PETER MENDEZ/BIG BOY: a forty-one-year-old Hispanic man, father of three, and working as a part-time barista and paramedic. Was known for his impressive stature - standing at 6'7 and weighing 285lbs. Had precognitive episodes and informed The Third Division about upcoming war. Later joined to help. Sacrificed himself to save other members of The Third Division and a few dozen bystanders;
THE//FOURTH//DIVISION//2011-2016
- SUNG JIN LEE: brought back group when man referring to himself as "Desecration" began hunting down other psychogeneratives for sport. Became unofficial leader of The Fourth Division; - THE POET; - MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH; - VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR; - NICOLE SCHUESTER/THE DEATH MACHINE: beheaded in 2012 by Desecration during live televised event;
THE//FIFTH//DIVISION//2018-2021
- SUNG JIN LEE: took on a shared leadership role with Vorian von Traupitz; - VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR: became more of a leader for The Fifth Division, sharing leadership responsibilities with Sung Jin Lee; - MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH; - MARIA DIAZ/VAULT: a twenty-five-year-old Hispanic woman; was once studying Art History when discovered for possessing photographic memory and telepathy, enabling her to explore entirety of subject's memories and thoughts. Was captured by team of scientists hoping to conduct experiments, but was rescued by The Fifth Division. Diaz joined the Fifth Division a while after rescue; - LUIS ORTIZ: a twenty-three-year-old man living in Mexico City capable of muscle and vocal mimicry. Requested help of The Fifth Division after being hounded by infamous drug cartel. Remained a close ally to The Fifth Division;
THE//SIXTH//DIVISION//2021-2022
- VIVIAN PANG/THE PANG: came out of retirement to help fight in the oncoming alien arrival. Led the new group alongside Sung Jin Lee and Vorian von Traupitz. Died in the final battle; - SUNG JIN LEE: died in the final battle; - VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR: leadership role became stronger, a more prominent figure in The Sixth Division. Survived the final battle; - THE POET: rallied most of new members together. Survived final battle but vanished quickly afterward; - MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH: one of the longest-running members, Moreau stayed to fight final battle. Became a key part in organizing final battle. Survived the final fight; - ROSWITHA VON TRAUPITZ/ARSENALP: after having aided The Divisions for multiple years, Roswitha teamed up with The Sixth Division to fight in AW1. Died in the final battle; - JOSEPH ALBERTO/LIGHTTOUCH: returned to The Divisions, leaving behind a family of four, to fight in AW1. Was the first to die in the final battle; - MARY-ELIZABETH ROSS/LADY LUST: along with Lighttouch and Man O'War, Lady Lust resumed her role as one of the original members in The Sixth Division to fight in AW1. Survived the final battle but died in the hospital hours later; - ALFRED ALBERTO/MAN O'WAR: was allowed back into the Divisions to fight in final battle, and was more than enthused to be. Died during the final battle; - MARIA DIAZ/VAULT: fled The Sixth Division before the final battle, afraid to fight in it. Has not made contact with any surviving members since; - LUIS ORTIZ: fought in the final battle but was killed almost instantly by alien forces; - AGATHA THAVARASA: a fifty-two-year-old Sri Lankan woman with advanced telekinesis. Was a mother of five and worked as a real estate agent. Left behind her life to fight in AW1, knowing she was needed. Was one of the last to die in the final battle; - SHELDON WRIGHT: a thirty-four-year-old black man with enhanced reflexes, dual-wielded katanas; was recruited to fight in final battle. Died during the fight; - ADRIAN BAKER/POLYHEDRON: a twenty-six-year-old black man and part of the crime-fighting trio, "Polyhedron". Donned the suit and mask to fight in the final battle. Died during the final fight; - MARCUS WHITE/POLYHEDRON: a thirty-year-old black man and leader of the "Polyhedron" trio. Convinced the other two to fight in the final war. Was the first of the three to die; - BERNCE "BERTIE" WASHINGTON/POLYHEDRON: a twenty-seven-year-old black female, and the final part to the "Polyhedron" trio. Was hesitant to fight in AW1 but caved. Was the last to die of the three; - ??? - ??? - ??? - ??? - ??? - ??? - ???
|CURRENT//MEMBERS//OF//THE//SEVENTH//DIVISION|
THE//SEVENTH//DIVISION//2024-???
- MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH; - VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR; - THE POET;
INTERVIEW//WITH:ALFRED//ARMITAGE,THE//MAN//O’WAR
THE//STORY//OF//THE//FIRST//DIVISION
“Tell us – tell us about how it all started, how The First Division came to be.”
“Well…
The First Division… shit, I think it was Eugene Rice and The Pang who started it. Yeah, yeah, totally was. They had both been doing their own thing separately for a while, but, you know, that was in 1988 – things were different back then. People didn’t really turn to superheroes for help. Hell, there weren’t a lot of ‘em. So on one hand you got this real big, goofy guy with this shit-eating grin – all he could do was slow down time. Not even stop it. Real winner. Then you had this little Asian firecracker, Vivian. Shaved her head bald, lifted weights like there was to tomorrow, did some real manly shit for this little China doll, like she had somethin’ to prove to someone. She was a hard-ass, and she’d clock you square in the jaw before you’d say shit about her. Wanted to be some champion boxer, I guess.
So you got Eugene and The Pang, and they both want this notorious serial killer – Daniel Presman, er some shit like ‘at. So the two meet, clash, fight a bit, work together, solve the case, yadda, yadda, and bam. You got it. The birth of ‘at beautiful baby: The First Division.
‘Course, back then they didn’t have no name. Not until Lighttouch – uh, Joseph Alberto. ‘Member him? He joined ‘em, and he brought along Lady Lust… then they found me, wanted me as a part of it. I was just some farmboy who shot birds for shits and giggles, ‘ccasionally I’d shoot more than that – but, whatever, right? Figured, what they hey, might as well, y’know? Named myself “Man O’War.” Sounds pretty badass, am I right?
Yeah, we were titled as “the original five”. That’s when “The Division” became our name. Right after Lady Lust joined and, hey, suddenly you got boys bending backward for ‘at bitch. Really milked it too, that cow. Knew exactly what she was doing.
And we didn’t know we’d be the first of other Division’s, so we didn’t name it “The First Division”. That’s just some crap y’all came up with to make us some legacy, or somethin’.
Anyway, we just kinda solved small-time crimes around the States for the most part – found serial killers, rapists, stopped bank heists and suicides. Real small stuff. Then more and more people were coming out as “super-powered,” ‘cause we inspired ‘em. It was cool at first, then shit got outta hand. The US government started tracking ‘em down, locking ‘em up. Someone had to stop it, you know? Nah, I wasn’t gonna stand for that shit. We had no clue how they were finding all these people, you know? But we fought ‘em. Rescued a shit ton of folk, most of which weren’t even “psychogenerative,” as they called it. Few of ‘em joined us; you got that flying chick Merle Moreau, that Aidu guy – Malik, ‘at was his name. Called himself “Hemlock”. Real cool name there, buddy. Then we picked up this one guy, named “The Poet”. Didn’t speak, just wrote real cryptic shit down in a notepad, and I swear that notepad never ran out of paper. Guy could read our minds too, not even shittin’ you. Always knew what we were thinking.
There were few others, can’t think of their names at the moment. Most of ‘em are still ‘part of The Seventh Division now, still doing shit. Not me. Nah, not after that.”
“And what are you referring to?”
“Okay, so, here’s the deal. We had that “no killing” rule, right? Complete bullshit. But, hey, I ain’t running the group, so I’ll oblige, you know? But the police must’ve figured out at some point: we were a hella lot stronger then them. So they started using lethal force. Killed Eugene, just, blam, shot ‘em dead in the street. After that, there was a shit ton-a rioting for a bit, then martial law kicked in… yeah, it went on until me, The Pang and Lady Slut sat down with the president – real nice guy, by the way, real nice – and, yeah, so we’s sitting there and talking about this whole shit. You ready for this? Turns out Mr. Prezzy’s a big ole Super himself. He could read minds. Fitting, huh? Had to keep that shit on the down-low though, you know? The world couldn’t know about it, God forbid. But he was just the figure head. Just ‘cause Mr. Bigshot’s the boss doesn’t mean he’s actually. But he’s all, “we’re gonna change shit, make shit better, fuck the government,”… I mean, maybe not in those words, but still. Both sides lost a lotta people, and it didn’t take Sir America himself to figure that out.
So he calls things off, makes a public announcement that any Super who acts up’ll be locked up for good. But everyone’s gotta respect us too – it ain’t a one-way street. That whole speech didn’t go over well, and it took some time. Still lotta fighting, workin’ our “superpowered underground railroad” deal. But it got there, eventually. We just had to work for it.”
“Sounds like it had a happy ending.”
“Don’t make this shit sappy. ‘Course it wasn’t, man. It took us three more years to make shit even a little bit better. ‘Cause Eugene’d always kinda been the leader, y’know, held our shit together. So when he died, it kinda fell apart. Lady Lust had a thing for him, and she left ‘cause-a heartbreak. Soft bitch. Really, in the middle of “us versus them,” you leave ‘cause you liked some guy? She had a nice face, I’ll give ‘er that. But the broad was basic. Didn’t even know Eugene was sleeping with a man, and it wasn’t even a secret.
Then a few months after Eugene and Hemlock bit it, you got some Spanish chick showin’ up at our doorstep – we shared an apartment, and I ain’t saying where – saying she’s all preg’d up with Lighttouch’s baby. Guess that touch wasn’t so light, am I right? So the sucker left. Wasn’t pretty. The Pang had always been easy to piss off, but man, she was a firestorm back when most-a our regular team left. Hey, for fact’s sake, that was when The Second Division started. The Pang took over after that. Kinda like generations, er somethin’. It was me who came up with that idea, naming it “The Second Division”. I thought it was cute. Fuck everyone else, that name was symbolic!”
“And, after The Psychogenerative Law was founded, would you say things got better or worse?”
“Meh. I mean, the police were told to back off, but didn’t mean they did. I guess it was better for folk who didn’t want to want to be in the spotlight. But the rest of us was just tryin’ to save the day here! And, of course, that law said we couldn’t do flashy shit in public. Fine by me; I was just the groups’ sharpshooter. Couldn’t do any special shit, nothing to make me super. But a lot of us still got caught and thrown in jail. Hell, Nicole, uh, shit… Nicole Schuester – yeah, yeah, you know her: The Death Machine. Blond dreads, tattoos all up her face. That chick. She’d been arrested so many times that it was weird seein’ her for longer than a week. Nah, they came down hard on us.”
“What changed it?”
"I guess y’all did. The people. Man, we had so many fans everywhere, we was like real celebrities. I made that mistake of not wearin’ a mask at first, so people knew who I was all the time. Couldn’t do groceries without some knucklehead wantin’ an autograph. We saved the day, you know, saved a lotta people. Hell, we stopped World War 3! People just loved us. Fucking loved us. We got shit done when it needed to be, and we didn’t back down until we did. People just went crazy for us.
And, as it turns out, cops be people, too! Huh, fancy that, you know? One-by-one, they all started to like what we were doing. Probably rescued half of ‘em at one point anyway. Hell, you ‘member Big Boy? They had a T-shirt line for him and everything. Got caught with coke a few times. He threw himself on a grenade to protect all of us and about fifty cops, without even thinking. See? We was good guys, no matter what shit we did. The police understood that way too late, but, hey, what can you do?”
“Speaking of that, of Big Boy’s drug scandal… would you say the drugs, the money and the power… would you say that changed The Seventh Division’s morals at all?”
“Hey, you give a bunch-a people a bunch of fancy powers, you’re gonna get some bozo thinkin’ he’s God. It’s gonna happen! So, yeah, a few of us did drugs, influenced some things, maybe stole a lotta shit. But Big Boy still fought to save both sides during WW3. The Poet did whatever the fuck The Poet wanted to, but he helped more people than he killed – and, yeah, we all know it, he killed a metric shit ton of people. So we abused our role in society, a lot. We ain’t hiding from that. We’re human, after all. We screw up. But, at the end of the day, we were still making sure y’all had an end to the day, know what I’m saying? We worked endlessly – day and night and day and night – to protect you all. So cut us some slack here. Not all of us were bad people, and those of us who were, we still tried.
And lemme tell you this – it’s scientifically proven, see: the more popular we got, the less crime there was. People ain’t stupid! You got this series of groups of vigilantes fixing some real societal shit for so long, hell, you ain’t gonna oppose us! You know? Thirty years, baby. You don’t go up against thirty years’ worth of kicking ass. So if there was some supervillain, they were some big shit, yeah. But that wasn’t all the time. So we got bored, y’know. Reckless, and shit. You spend so long fighting crime and living up to that name, so what’ch you gonna do when suddenly either the crime’s not worth it, or it’s more than you got to give? You still got all that popularity. Either you keep tryin-a live up to it, crack under the pressure, or, hey, drugs and drinking and some real hard shit. Yeah, we was stomping that shit out left and right, but that just meant we knew where to get it from. Had connections, and curiosity. Don’t blame us; those Hollywood stars do it all the time! But we still tried. I sure as hell tried, ‘cause I was a good fucking person.”
“Isn’t it true that, in 2004, you drowned a prostitute and her four-year-old son after she terminated what you believed to be your baby? And that is why you were removed from The Seventh Division?”
NOTE: there is a pause in the recording followed by scraping sounds and muffled shouts. Man O’War whispers something incoherent. The stifled yells abruptly stop, and footsteps can be heard walking away.
Expressing my interest as well. A question, however, how often would you like us to post because I can probably do a post or two a week. Is that acceptable?
A post or two a week is perfectly fine. I probably won't be doing much more than that myself. So long as I know everyone's still active and working on a post, everything's A-okay.
Question: powers. How high are you willing to set the bar for powers?
On a scale from a retired Barnacle Boy to God, I'm hoping people will aim more for the less-than-astonishing X-Men characters; abilities that are good, but not amazing. Like Rogue, or Nightcrawler.
Then again, I may change my mind when I see what you had planned. If you want feedback on this power you speak of, PM me it and I can let you know. We can always work something out.
Good question. I'm thinking a mage type heroine with pyromancy and control over shadows. Don't want her to be to OP, though. Especially since magic isn't exactly "realistic."
Pyromancy and "umbrakinesis," as it's apparently called, doesn't sound too over-powered to me. It sounds like a good combo - very dark and brooding. Ooh, "Firelight"! That could be a good name.
Some ideas don't sound realistic initially, but if the writer's good at handling and explaining it, it'll be okay. The whole idea of superheroes fighting advanced alien life isn't realistic itself at all. So just explain this "magic" well and we'll be good.
I'm more torn if I want to play a male or female than worry about powers lol. Though I think either/or, my 'person' will have some sort of matter manipulation.
Gender Manipulation. Can change their own and others' gender at will. There, I solved both of your problems at once. I'm so smart.
In all honesty, though: go with whichever one you're more comfortable writing for. Unless you like a challenge. Then go with the opposite one. Yeah, I'm really not always helpful. I try, though.
So everyone's aware: I put up the CS, in case anyone wants to get working on their character before the OOC is up (which should be soon!). PM me/post here if you have any questions about anything.
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Oh but what's that? The Pokeball is shaking! Shoulda used a Master Ball XD
Ah, of course! I should have known better! I'm such a newb. Professor Oak must be so embarrassed...
I'm interested! ^^
First DJ, then you? It's like a reunion! I'm so excited now!
Fabulous is what I aim for! Glad to see you're interested!
Where've you been since Us, Redux
Interested.
DJ! Nice to see you're still around! Once Us, Redux died (which I'm naturally guilty for letting happen), I skulked away and cried. A lot. In a corner, by myself. It was all kinds of messy.
In truth though, I don't think that RP was ready yet. I should've structured and planned it more. Oh well. I put more time into this one, and I'm determined to keep it afloat.
You have also captured my interest.
Good, I used my last pokeball to capture your interest. I would've been pissed if it failed.
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