[hr][INDENT][b][i]GM NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS:[/i][/b][/INDENT][hr][center][sup][i]This is where any important announcements made by the GM will be posted for easy reference.[/i][/sup][/center]
[LIST][*][color=slategray][B]01/04/2016[/B] |[/color] [I]The OOC is now open to applications. I look forward to seeing your characters and RPing with those of you who get accepted. [color=slategray]~Lord Wraith[/color][/I]
[*][color=slategray][B]01/04/2016[/B] |[/color] [I]A very special thank you to [@Tyler] for the graphics. Thanks to his hard work we have a banner, animated map and numerous updated images to go along with the plot progression. [color=slategray]~Lord Wraith[/color][/I][/LIST]
[hr][INDENT][b][i]WEEKLY DISCUSSION:[/i][/b][/INDENT][hr][center][sup][i]This is a weekly topic of discussion used to incite activity in the OOC and encourage players to interact with one another.[/i][/sup][/center]
[LIST][*][color=slategray][B]WEEK 1[/B] |[/color] [I]Going forward in the RP, what are you looking forward to seeing in terms of plot, antagonists, interaction and other elements?[/I]
[*][color=slategray][B]WEEK 2[/B] |[/color] [I]With the cast assembling do you believe more antagonistic interaction will come from within the convoy or through outside forces?[/I][/list]
[hr][INDENT][b][i]PENDING APPLICATIONS:[/i][/b][/INDENT][hr][center][sup][i]A list of applications currently under review. If you've submitted an application and it's not on this list, give the GM a reminder to ensure you haven't been missed.[/i][/sup][/center]
[LIST][*][I]No Pending Applications At This Time[/I][/list]
[hr][INDENT][b][i]NOTABLE CHARACTERS:[/i][/b][/INDENT][hr]
[INDENT][COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■   [B][I]Caspian, Winter:[/I][/B][/COLOR]
[INDENT]The former Director for the Department of Hyperhuman Equality, Logistics and Protection, Winter Caspian is a force to be reckoned with. A rare case of a student attending P.R.C.U. before transitioning to another school, Winter did just that completing the collegiate courses as Pacific Royal before attending and graduating with an Honour Bachelors of Law from Queen's University. Following this, she returned to P.R.C.U. and completed a fast track program earning a diploma in Social Relations. 

Winter started her career working in H.E.L.P.'s Equality and Rights Division before eventually advancing to the position of Director in 2013. Aggressive with a take no prisoners attitude, Winter has sat the Prime Minister himself down to fight for equal rights to all Hyperhumans. A feat no previous Director had managed before, leaving Winter with quite the infamous reputation among both the organization and Canada's political system.​ After the events of Kowalski's attacks and the disbanding of H.E.L.P., Winter has turned her attention on politics and can be found advocating for Hyperhuman rights on an international scale. This has made her the target of many assassination attempts.[/INDENT]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■   [B][I]Christianson, Isabella:[/I][/B][/COLOR]
[INDENT]Formerly, Belle was responsible for maintaining the both H.E.L.P. and P.R.C.U.'s networks and computers. Additionally aiding H.I.T. in acquiring information for both field work and recruitment. Originally a hacker and a mind before the original inception of Uroboros, Belle was apprehended and recruited by H.E.L.P. before the shady organization's rules were firmly established. Rehabilitated at P.R.C.U., Belle would go on to become an Agent of H.I.T. often accompanying Commander O'Bran on missions to recruits other Hyperhumans. 

Before Kowalski's attacks in 2014, Belle had stepped down from H.I.T. and was working within P.R.C.U. doing the best she coukd to prepare students for the while world while instructing numerous programming courses each year. However due to the institute being shut down, Belle has chosen to accompany her former commander on finding a safe haven for Hyperhumans. Her primary responsibilities now are acting as information broker between Uroboros and the Convoy.​[/INDENT]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■   [B][I]Lehrer, Jonas:[/I][/B][/COLOR]
[INDENT]The former Chancellor of Pacific Royal Collegiate and University. Dr. Jonas Lehrer stood as a role model not only to his students but also to all of the Hyperhuman Community. Having acted as Chancellor for just over three years, Dr. Lehrer made his own unique mark on the University with enrollment further increasing under his publicity campaign. What was most impressive about it however, was not the effectiveness of the campaign but rather the way which Dr. Lehrer instructed the staff to carry it out, allowing it to escape under the radar of many bigots, keeping the Institute safe from harm and detection. 

Highly regarded, Dr. Lehrer is one of the few staff not to have graduated from P.R.C.U. instead he was a graduate from McGill University in Montreal Quebec. As such, very little is publicly known about Dr. Lehrer including his Hype-Gene abilities. The result of this was a lot of students gossiping about what the Chancellor is truly capable of. Often during the introductory week, students will gather around fires swapping stories about what they may or may not have seen Dr. Lehrer do. Unfortunately, Dr. Lehrer has disappeared since P.R.C.U.'s doors were forced to close.​[/INDENT]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■   [B][I]O'Bran, Killian:[/I][/B][/COLOR]
[INDENT]The former Commanding Officer in charge of the Hyperhuman Intervention Taskforce, Commander Killian O'Bran reported directly to the Protection and Enforcement Division and even the Director of the Hyperhuman Equality, Logistics and Protection Department herself. As one of the original graduates from P.R.C.U., O'Bran still proudly bears his Team 1 'Bulltrue' insignia on his arm after leading the team to victory over the others in his final year. As such, O'Bran's code name is derived from this and his Irish heritage, the name Tavros coming from a divine bull in Celtic mythology. 

Even when he had numerous taskforces under his command, O'Bran still preferred to take to the field himself and often had hand picked a team for himself under the belief that one should only keep their aces up their sleeves. In further extension of this belief, H.I.T. Team Leaders are allowed to pick graduates from P.R.C.U. as opposed to having graduates assigned to them. Upon the fall of H.E.L.P., O'Bran abandoned his given name and opted to go solely by his alias of Tarvos in order to keep his family safe as he put plans in the works for an 'Underground Railway' for his fellow Hyperhumans. The culmination of these plans led to the Convoy currently cross America.​[/INDENT]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■   [B][I]Priest, Robert:[/I][/B][/COLOR]
[INDENT]An eccentric millionaire and Magni Seduceni with the ability to transmutate matter, Robert Priest Sr. built his fortune by turning worthless metals into something new and profitable. His ability allowed him to turn aluminum into titanium, rust into steel or even copper into gold. Found by the Department of Hyperhuman Quality, Logistics and Protection, Priest found himself interested in the group and decided to invest in it while sending his adoptive son away to P.R.C.U. Over the years, Priest has been a primary 'investor' in the institute providing near limitless funds to the school while keeping under the radar so as not to upset the economy. For this reason, Robot has to be careful about what he transmutate, as too much of a precious metal or gem could affect the entire world.​

Unfortunately, Robert is currently believed to have been killed in the aftermath of Kowalski's attacks. Due to his wealth's ever positive growth he was immediately expected of having been a Hyperhuman and his mansion was torched while Robert was still believed to be inside.[/INDENT]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■   [B][I]Ravencroft, Serena:[/I][/B][/COLOR]
[INDENT]Originally an owner of a small antiquities shop in Vancouver, Serena Ravencroft discovered the existence of P.R.C.U. and by extension H.E.L.P. through her own abilities. A powerful Minerva, Serena is able to sense Hyperhumans and communicate with them telepathically over incredible distances. What's even more notable about her abilities is that she's especially able to sense Hyperhumans as their abilities activate for the first time. For this reason Serena often lead H.E.L.P. recruiters on approaching potential students for P.R.C.U. Serena is also one of the few Hyperhumans to experience what has become known as a 'Second Awakening'. This 'Second Awakening' further enhanced her abilities at the cost of her natural eye sight, Serena is able to glimpses of the immediate future around her by hearing the thoughts of others as they weigh their choices before choosing an action. For this reason it is very hard to catch Serena by surprise. Highly respected and well liked among the former staff of P.R.C.U., most of the Convoy will give their lives to save Serena with some even treating her almost as though she was a religious figure. 
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[hr][INDENT][b][i]RECURRING ANTAGONISTS:[/i][/b][/INDENT][hr]
[INDENT][COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■   [B][I]Fairchild, Robert:[/I][/B][/COLOR]

[indent]A billionaire businessman, founder of Fairchild Electronics and current CEO of the broader Fairchild Enterprises established by his forefathers, Robert Fairchild used to have it all: the perfect life, the perfect home, the perfect family. After his only son went missing some five years ago and the loss of his wife soon after, Robert Fairchild’s life now revolves around one thing alone: money.

Seeing a business opportunity in the discovery of Hyperhumans and the resulting public unrest, Robert is marketing a new taser-like weapon to the masses, which he claims will “neutralise any Hyperhuman threat”. According to his investors, Robert has received a rather charitable donation since pursuing this new direction from an anonymous benefactor.[/indent]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY]■   [B][I]Kowalski, Yakob:[/I][/B][/COLOR]

[INDENT]Originally a brilliant and successful Military Engineer, Dr. Yakob Kowalski was a former employee of the H.E.L.P working in their Logistics and Research Division. Originally joining H.E.L.P. wishing to use his knowledge and experiences in order to help Hyperhumans better cope with their abilities and prepare the world for them, Yakob dedicated his life to the helping create many of the technologies that H.E.L.P. would come to rely on. Such as the Hyperhuman Combat Suit as well as numerous other Anti-Hype and Hype Control devices which could be employed by H.I.T. Furthermone he was one of the first initial members who were key to the creation of the H.E.A.T. program and the original designs for the Augmented Reality Center.

However, Yakob's entire outlook changed the day his family was killed after the Hyperhuman known as Qauke lost control of his developing powers over a decade ago. The result was a massive sinkhole which destroyed much of the community in which they both lived, leaving behind a path of wreckage and sorrow. Tempest was taken away by H.I.T. and instead of being prosecuted was put into specialized training and care while Yakob was left with nothing but 'condolences' and a 'compensation' cheque from the H.E.L.P. The result of this was Yakob harnessing a grudge against all Hyperhumans, eventually using his work to look into ways to manipulate and eliminate them.

Resigning from H.E.L.P., Yakob struck out on his own and over the years created various lobby groups who were very vocal against the acceptance of hyperhumans. Despite this, both H.E.L.P. and P.R.C.U. continued, barely affected by his efforts. With this failing, Yakob turned to the numerous Anti-Hype Sects, granting them access to his weapon designs but withholding the Hyperhuman Combat Suit, a part of his own private agenda to ensure that regular humans would still be seen as victims. However due to the interference of H.E.L.P.'s own elite force, H.I.T., these plans did not carry out as Yakob intended. Deciding it would be best to take matters into his own hands, Yakob began to recruit his own Hyperhumans by means of extortion, blackmail and anything else necessary. Creating his own variation of the Hyperhuman Combat Suit, Yakob deployed his recruits as they demonstrated why exactly the world shouldn't trust Hyperhumans.

Although ultimately his attack against H.E.L.P., H.I.T. and the Pacific Royal Collegiate and University was foiled, many of Yakob's goals were ultimately accomplished as his actions created a void between Hypes and Humans alike.​[/INDENT][/INDENT]