BlondieBoy
BLACKJACK!
The world is at a crossroads.
The world is in a dire need of saving. It needs a hero. But how were they supposed to know what time would bring?
Superheroes used to be a staple in the world. Beings who were above humans, but didn't act like it. Strong who had the power to protect the weak. Unfortunately governments didn't see them that way. They saw them as they would see a nuclear warhead, a weapon just waiting to be used against their country. Nobody wanted a second Cold War, so they rounded up every Superhero that they could. The heroes didn't resist, a majority of them anyway. They were taken and executed in public displays. They refused to fight the humans that they had vowed to protect.
It was a weird twist of Fate. Fate that had brought the Villains to the point in their lives where they wanted to kill humans, to take over the world, to accomplish their own goals and desires much against anybody else's will. Fate that had brought the Heroes down as a balance to the Villains, that had people with powers rising out of their class, rising out of the ash left in the Villains wake in order to stop them and protect the human race.
Fate had intertwined these Heroes and Villains together. But Fate didn't lead the humans to kill the Heroes. That was something even Fate couldn't accomplish. And the result was a twist of Fate. Villains without heroes. The government tried to round them up, but they weren't easy to round up like the Heroes were. Ultimately they were left to their own devices, when it became clear that the Villains were dumbfounded as to why the Heroes were killed so easily. They didn't dare try to attack, for fear of some great weapon. Instead they hid. Many of them ended up committing suicide, or that's what would pop up on the news from time to time. "Maestro found dead in a brooklyn apartment, suspected hanging" "Omega found overdosed on heroine in carnage alley". Nobody could know if it was the truth, but they had bodies and people generally accepted it as fact.
Heroes and Villains didn't get taught about in school. Then people would remember them too easily.
Time kept on crawling forward. Before long babies were born, kids matured into adults. People forgot about the heroes that once protected their worlds. People stopped believing in heroes. And the world governments no longer had to worry about another cold war with super-powered beings. Everything gradually went back to normal. Politics, wars, innocent people being lost in collateral damage. The people had put their faith in their own Military and their police forces. But even that faith wavered after so many articles about police brutality, and war criminals from their own country coming to light. Atrocities committed while at war with another county. Rapes and child murder.
But it's not like there was anybody around to keep a government in check anymore.
And then it happened. Something that nobody could have predicted. Nobody except, perhaps, the heroes that had been executed decades ago. The earth was invaded by monsters. Nobody knows where they came from. Some suggested aliens, others believe they came from the sea, and some believe they were always there under the earth, just biding their time and waiting to retake the surface when humans were weakest.
No country was safe from the monsters. Russia believed none would be able to march on their country as no army has marched on it in the past. Russia Wasn't prepared when the winged beasts began to pluck their citizens from the ground and into the sky, never to be seen again. Italy believed the Vatican would be divine protection for them, but they were not prepared when the Vatican was nothing left but a hole in the ground. The British parliament believed it all to be a hoax perpetrated by an enemy country. They were unpleasantly surprised when a hand reached down and picked up Big Ben between its thumb and forefinger, and snapped it in half like it was nothing but a child playing with a twig.
What everybody has failed to realize is that the mutant gene that created the original heroes never went away. The superheroes had been executed decades ago, but their lineage continued. Babies inherited powers from a mutant gene, and those babies grew into teenagers and adults. But without any villains or heroes to identify them and teach them, nobody knew that they had powers. Not until an event in their life would jumpstart their powers. Whether through trauma or joy, one day their powers would awaken and they would realize they were the next generation of heroes, the next generation of villains.
By the time the monsters had shown up some had figured out their powers long ago, and never revealed them to anyone. others have yet to awaken their powers. But if they reveal themselves, will they end up just as the heroes of past did? Will they end the threat to humanity, and be given thanks in the form of a bullet to their heads?
But true heroes don't have time to think about that. Whenever a threat pops up around them, they go to eliminate it.
Our story begins in the heart of New Lenour City, once home to the mighty Revival. People who live their everyday lives are accosted by monsters at night, ripped to shreds and dragged to their deaths. Recently heroes have begun popping up, though no news outlet has officially stated so yet. People who have lived normal lives, who have come from different families, different wealth statuses, all fighting together to try and save Humanity from the threat of the monsters.
Our story begins with the group of Heroes that would one day be known as the Earth's Mightiest.
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Rules:
1. This is a very literate RP. Proper spelling of words is the minimum barrier to entry, as well as making sure all posts are at least 4 sentences long. For the best experience I'd like to see multiple paragraphs per post.
2. Do not make your Superhero OP. Do not Autohit other Player Characters. Do not start drama with other players in the request or the OOC.
3. Do not Godmod. This goes with rule 2.
4. Put "Revival is dead, Omega is dead." At the top of your CS so that I am aware you have read the rules. I will deny your CS if it is not there.
5. Romance, swearing, etc. All of that is fine, keep everything up to RPN Standards.
6. I want everyone to try to post at least once every other day. Nobody should post again until we've gone fully through the posting order. The posting order can be established either as we go, or before the RP begins.
7. Two character MAX.
8. I have the final say on what happens in the RP, if I hit the plot button and you refuse to follow my plot your character will be ignored.
The world is in a dire need of saving. It needs a hero. But how were they supposed to know what time would bring?
Superheroes used to be a staple in the world. Beings who were above humans, but didn't act like it. Strong who had the power to protect the weak. Unfortunately governments didn't see them that way. They saw them as they would see a nuclear warhead, a weapon just waiting to be used against their country. Nobody wanted a second Cold War, so they rounded up every Superhero that they could. The heroes didn't resist, a majority of them anyway. They were taken and executed in public displays. They refused to fight the humans that they had vowed to protect.
It was a weird twist of Fate. Fate that had brought the Villains to the point in their lives where they wanted to kill humans, to take over the world, to accomplish their own goals and desires much against anybody else's will. Fate that had brought the Heroes down as a balance to the Villains, that had people with powers rising out of their class, rising out of the ash left in the Villains wake in order to stop them and protect the human race.
Fate had intertwined these Heroes and Villains together. But Fate didn't lead the humans to kill the Heroes. That was something even Fate couldn't accomplish. And the result was a twist of Fate. Villains without heroes. The government tried to round them up, but they weren't easy to round up like the Heroes were. Ultimately they were left to their own devices, when it became clear that the Villains were dumbfounded as to why the Heroes were killed so easily. They didn't dare try to attack, for fear of some great weapon. Instead they hid. Many of them ended up committing suicide, or that's what would pop up on the news from time to time. "Maestro found dead in a brooklyn apartment, suspected hanging" "Omega found overdosed on heroine in carnage alley". Nobody could know if it was the truth, but they had bodies and people generally accepted it as fact.
Heroes and Villains didn't get taught about in school. Then people would remember them too easily.
Time kept on crawling forward. Before long babies were born, kids matured into adults. People forgot about the heroes that once protected their worlds. People stopped believing in heroes. And the world governments no longer had to worry about another cold war with super-powered beings. Everything gradually went back to normal. Politics, wars, innocent people being lost in collateral damage. The people had put their faith in their own Military and their police forces. But even that faith wavered after so many articles about police brutality, and war criminals from their own country coming to light. Atrocities committed while at war with another county. Rapes and child murder.
But it's not like there was anybody around to keep a government in check anymore.
And then it happened. Something that nobody could have predicted. Nobody except, perhaps, the heroes that had been executed decades ago. The earth was invaded by monsters. Nobody knows where they came from. Some suggested aliens, others believe they came from the sea, and some believe they were always there under the earth, just biding their time and waiting to retake the surface when humans were weakest.
No country was safe from the monsters. Russia believed none would be able to march on their country as no army has marched on it in the past. Russia Wasn't prepared when the winged beasts began to pluck their citizens from the ground and into the sky, never to be seen again. Italy believed the Vatican would be divine protection for them, but they were not prepared when the Vatican was nothing left but a hole in the ground. The British parliament believed it all to be a hoax perpetrated by an enemy country. They were unpleasantly surprised when a hand reached down and picked up Big Ben between its thumb and forefinger, and snapped it in half like it was nothing but a child playing with a twig.
What everybody has failed to realize is that the mutant gene that created the original heroes never went away. The superheroes had been executed decades ago, but their lineage continued. Babies inherited powers from a mutant gene, and those babies grew into teenagers and adults. But without any villains or heroes to identify them and teach them, nobody knew that they had powers. Not until an event in their life would jumpstart their powers. Whether through trauma or joy, one day their powers would awaken and they would realize they were the next generation of heroes, the next generation of villains.
By the time the monsters had shown up some had figured out their powers long ago, and never revealed them to anyone. others have yet to awaken their powers. But if they reveal themselves, will they end up just as the heroes of past did? Will they end the threat to humanity, and be given thanks in the form of a bullet to their heads?
But true heroes don't have time to think about that. Whenever a threat pops up around them, they go to eliminate it.
Our story begins in the heart of New Lenour City, once home to the mighty Revival. People who live their everyday lives are accosted by monsters at night, ripped to shreds and dragged to their deaths. Recently heroes have begun popping up, though no news outlet has officially stated so yet. People who have lived normal lives, who have come from different families, different wealth statuses, all fighting together to try and save Humanity from the threat of the monsters.
Our story begins with the group of Heroes that would one day be known as the Earth's Mightiest.
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Rules:
1. This is a very literate RP. Proper spelling of words is the minimum barrier to entry, as well as making sure all posts are at least 4 sentences long. For the best experience I'd like to see multiple paragraphs per post.
2. Do not make your Superhero OP. Do not Autohit other Player Characters. Do not start drama with other players in the request or the OOC.
3. Do not Godmod. This goes with rule 2.
4. Put "Revival is dead, Omega is dead." At the top of your CS so that I am aware you have read the rules. I will deny your CS if it is not there.
5. Romance, swearing, etc. All of that is fine, keep everything up to RPN Standards.
6. I want everyone to try to post at least once every other day. Nobody should post again until we've gone fully through the posting order. The posting order can be established either as we go, or before the RP begins.
7. Two character MAX.
8. I have the final say on what happens in the RP, if I hit the plot button and you refuse to follow my plot your character will be ignored.
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