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VIGILANTES
The Lore of the Vigilantes World​

Top Ten


Rank 01 Top Hero Spirita, formerly known as the Monk Hero Spirita, has held the Number One spot for nearly three decades. In her youth, she was famous for a fervent belief in justice and often found herself in trouble for pushing the boundaries of the law and what it meant to be a "hero" in current day society. She did not climb ranks or make it to the top ten until later in her career when she tempered her ambitions and developed her abilities. Her Quirk is known as Life Energy and allows her to see, utilize, and even control her own Life Energy and that of others. Her Quirk is used in tandem with traditional Shaolin teachings and the philosophies of Buddhism. This has also lead to a large cultural following behind her, making her one of the few Heroes to be the icon of an entire religion. At the peak of her time as a Hero, Spirita not only put away hundreds of villains, but managed to save thousands more civilians. Not only does her Quirk make her a powerful and dangerous duelist, but it has granted her telepathic and even healing capabilities. Her advanced age may have weakened her physical prowess, but her experience has only made her Quirk more effective in its utility. There is a chance that nearly every person in Japan has had a family member directly saved by the efforts of Spirita or been touched by her speeches regarding Justice and personal accountability.

Rank 02 The Ice Hero Tundra is a third-generation hero that not only took his father's spot, but his title and rank as well. Since birth, Tundra has been groomed to be a Top Hero, going as far as even being trained by not only his father but being a sidekick to Top Hero Spirita for a short time. Tundra also stands as one of the youngest members of the top heroes, being propelled to the number two spot almost by default due to a combination of his father retiring for it, his popularity among the masses, and his time under Spirita that garnered her favor. Tundra has considerably greater control over his Quirk than his father thus resulting in much less collateral damage, resulting in the people viewing him as a "better Tundra"; this, however, has earned the animosity of many other heroes that believe he is still too young, idealistic, and inexperienced to be such an influential person in the eye of the people. While there are many layers to this hero, this much is known: he is the next candidate for the Top Hero position upon the retirement of Spirita.

Rank 03 The Phoenix Hero Rouge is a winged heroine with arguably the largest fan-base among all current heroes secondly only to Spirita. Her Quirk, Pheonix Flight, grants her brilliant flaming wings that make her capable of supersonic flight and extreme agility. To a lesser extent, she can control and manipulate fire, but more so is immune to most burns. Her flames are unlike most fire Quirk bearers in that hers are a beautiful combination of pink, purple and orange and can be conjured in such a way that they do not burn a target. While this has no combat application, it has added to her personal appeal alongside her own natural attractiveness. Rouge is the leader of an all-female Superhero group called the Talons that focus on flight in one form or another and are famous for being the greatest aerial support heroes in generations. In dire situations, Rouge can actually turn her entire body into the flames she could otherwise conjure. While she isn't particularly powerful in this form, she is as elusive and ethereal as she is beautiful and elegant.

Rank 04 The Solar Hero Helios is a powerful, but situational hero that was once the sidekick of the previous Tundra. Helios can manipulate light and grows stronger in the day, specifically the time of day. As the sidekick of Tundra, Helios used his abilities to reduce the damage done by Tundra. By magnifying the power of the sun, he could melt ice much quicker and prevent civilians from experiencing hypothermia. This is not the extent of his abilities, however. Helios can turn himself, allies, or even civilians invisible; fire lasers of intense light; create blinding rays; and even magnify the sun to dangerous levels of heat and ultraviolet radiation. Helios may be one of the most powerful heroes of the generation, but his powers are virtually non-existent at night or even on a cloudy day. It is this limitation that prevents him from climbing any higher on the list despite the immense power of his quirk.

Rank 05 The Ink Hero Mikhail is the third oldest hero in the Top Ten and has remained so high due to his community service and scholastic influence. His Quirk allows him to generate Ink of any color and manipulate it at his will. Mikhail can draw any static image with his ink and conjure or dismiss it at any time, making this Quirk extremely flexible. Any surface coated with a sufficient amount of his ink can be used as a portal for him exclusively as long as they are of the same color. Mikhail can choose the colors of his inks so well that he can create lifelike replicas of virtually anything as long as it is static or simple. While many of these uses of his Quirk are useful for fighting crime, Mikhail is more famous for promoting the arts in schools, helping to restore downtrodden parts of cities, and using his art to either bring attention to social issues or secure donations to his causes.

Rank 06 The Hellbound Hero Demonya is a red-skinned heroine noted as the "strongest hero" of her era. Her Quirk, Infernal Arm, allows her to increase the strength of her left arm immensely, change its size, harden it, and create talons capable of penetrating steal. With her golden eyes and purple hair, Demonya has a unique aesthetic that has garnered her fair-sized fanbase despite her short time being a Top Hero. She is second-youngest to Tundra and the fourth newest. Demonya is one of the few top heroes to have a significant sum of people against her acting as a hero due to the destruction that is still often left in her wake and her tendency to feed into the darker themes of her character. This is only furthered by Demonya having a pop-idol presence as an alter-ego of "Onya" and often reaching out to young women in Japan wanting to be heroes, often using her moniker as the "strongest hero" as a reason anyone can. While it is rare that heroes reach a top position with controversy around them, Demonya has two further factors that have pushed her not only onto but up the list. The first is that her Infernal Arm has a unique immunity to all Quirks that involve touch and the second is that her presence to the public is most defined by her publicly speaking out against bullying, and including stories of her past in which she was ostracized for her appearance.

Rank 07 The Fusion Hero Permabond is the current head of UA and fittingly known as the most educated Hero in the top ten. Permabond holds several degrees including two PhD's and that level of commitment to understanding the world around him is almost necessary to properly use his Quirk, Fusion. As it name implies, Permabond can fuse together materials or substances both organic and inorganic. Many of his feats are similar to that of Mikhail, but he has been around far less long and instead focuses on educating the newest generations of Heroes. As the Administrator of UA, Permabond has raised the standards for his classes to the degree that a third class was created to further differentiate the potential seen in students. Many consider him strict and rightfully so as his goal is to instill the responsibility of being a true hero into his students to avoid the mistakes of his own dark past. It is for this reason that even Top Hero Spirita chose to support him becoming the head of UA despite his otherwise questionable decisions.

Rank 08 The Hot-Edge Hero Stainless is a duo with the Samurai Hero and is the icon of the WeapaMorphosis Quirk. Stainless can take the form of a pristine katana with a perfectly straight hamon down his curved length. As is common with more famous WeapaMorphosis users, Stainless has another Quirk: Thermal Conversion. His second Quirk allows him to absorb various forms of energy and convert that energy into heat. In his katana form, that heat is transferred to the edge of his blade which begins to glow dependent on the temperature of the heat emit. Stainless can do this with virtually any energy-type as long as he is in direct contact with it and over years of intense training has increased his absorption threshold to notably high levels. Stainless is a fairly charismatic individual that stands out against controversial topics such as arranged marriage for favored Quirks and is often noted as one of the more "romantic" heroes of the era.

Rank 09 The Samurai Hero One-Strike is a duo with the Hot-Edge Hero and as a duo are the newest heroes to the Top 10. Before teaming with Stainless, One-Strike was a lesser known hero that attempted to utilize his Quirk alongside Iaido to incapacitate targets with a single strike. His Quirk, Vector Rebound, allows him to travel at arguably the fastest speed known in a straight line, then return to his origin point regardless of positioning or other factors, such as falling or enclosing spaces. The complication of this was that One-Strike lacked the verbose skill to articulate his actions, making his "hero theme" weak for the early duration of his career. After teaming up with Stainless, however, the two became famous as a true "partnership" among Heroes (which is rare due to the competitive nature of hero work in firms) alongside their extremely complimentary Quirks and themes. In recent years, One-Strike has expanded his techniques not only to incorporate Stainless' Quirks, but to better use his Quirk to non-lethally incapacitate targets which subsequently increased his popularity.

Rank 10 TBA (in IC)