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"Who watches the watchmen?"



S H A D O W O F T H E G O D S










This RP is based off of DC Comics with its many heroes and villains, but you aren't just fighting crime or committing crime. You are fighting in a war, with the Justice League on one side and the Legion of Doom on the other. You will fight this war on every possible front. Whether its brokering agreements in boardrooms, stealing secrets, manipulating public opinion, dealing in the black market, blackmailing and betraying one another, or the fighting battles, the deeds of your characters will shape the course of history. Your choices and actions as a group will determine which side gains the upper hand over the course of the roleplay, whether it be the resolution of conflicts and the fate of entire countries and peoples.

You will either defend humanity or subjugate it, you will either avert disaster or plunge the planet into war, you will be the salvation of humanity or it's damnation. And you can be on either side of the war while doing so. Whether you are a Leaguer or a Legionnaire, your choices will shake the Earth to its core. The first iteration of this roleplay will focus on the outcome of the 2052 US presidential election as well as several other international crises. The war is still being fought in the shadows with neither side having a clear advantage but this is a very delicate point. Both sides are backing a presidential candidate and the one whose candidate wins will have a massive advantage. Alongside the election will be other crises and flashpoints that will significantly influence the direction of the story and the world state. Your choices will also determine if the war remains covert or escalates into open conflict. Besides the overarching storyline I have in mind, you are encouraged to come up with your own sub-plots and ideas, and I highly welcome to chance to collaborate with you on both the storyline and the lore of the RP itself.


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[color=darkgray][center][color=slategray][h1][b]A L I A S   H E R E[/b][/h1][/color]

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[color=slategray][sub][ ◈ ] N A M E[/sub][/color][hr ][indent][/indent]
[color=slategray][sub][ ◈ ] A L I A S E S[/sub][/color][hr ][indent]Any other codenames and nicknames for your character.[/indent]
[color=slategray][sub][ ◈ ] A G E[/sub][/color][hr ][indent][/indent]
[color=slategray][sub][ ◈ ] B I R T H P L A C E[/sub][/color][hr ][indent][/indent]
[color=slategray][sub][ ◈ ] A L L E G I A N C E[/sub][/color][hr ][indent]Justice League, Legion of Doom, or a third party. [/indent]
[color=slategray][sub][ ◈ ] P O S I T I O N[/sub][/color][hr ][indent]What is your role as a member of your faction?[/indent]
[color=slategray][sub][ ◈ ] A P P E A R A N C E[/sub][/color][hr ][indent]What does your character look like? Their costume? Pictures are allowed if used with a description.[/indent]
[color=slategray][sub][ ◈ ] A B I L I T I E S // S K I L L S // E Q U I P M E N T[/sub][/color][hr ][indent]This includes your super powers, learned talents and any weapons, armor or tools that are used regularly by your character.
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[color=slategray][sub][ ◈ ] L I M I T A T I O N S // W E A K N E S S E S[/sub][/color][hr ][indent] Limitations are examples of the maximum weight you can lift, top speeds etc. whereas weaknesses are exploitable like Kryptonite and magic are to Superman.[/indent]
[color=slategray][sub][ ◈ ] B I O G R A P H Y[/sub][/color][hr ][indent]Your life before the IC begins -- your "origin." Can be as detailed, long, or brief as you like -- feel free to leave details to be discovered during the RP. Also include a section detailing the personality, views, and motivations of the character.[/indent]
[color=slategray][sub][ ◈ ] N O T E S[/sub][/color][hr ][indent]Anything else that doesn't fit in any other category such as sexuality, relationships with other characters, base of operations etc.[/indent]
[color=slategray][sub][ ◈ ] S O U R C E[/sub][/color][hr ][indent]Just for fun you can put your inspiration for your character here if they are canon or connected to canon. Any DC media or comic continuity can apply here and of course you can have many sources for one character.[/indent][/color]




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If anyone needs the link to the Group Discord, I can PM it to you.
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Looking good! I'm going to nip in an reserve Ra's Al Ghul and Nightwing, if I'm allowed?

I'm going to start working on the Ra's Al Ghul sheet first.
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@Barrett You very well could make a sheet for old Ra'as. It'd be interesting to see how he's faring in this future. You're also free to roll with Nightwing as a character, but I would recommend that you collaborate with @BlackSam3091, who is planning to play Dick's son with Barbara.

I was planning on having Nightstar, a daughter of Dick and Kori, be a prominent NPC as well. Is this ok with you? Any conflict with what you envisioned for Dick's romantic life could be explained as Dick being a lot like his adopted Dad haha.

Also if you're on Discord, I can PM the link to our server if you want.
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Feels great to be back! I'm putting together a CS right now.
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Awesome. With you and Sam, it's like old times. Who are you thinking of playing?
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@MrDidact Border towns are always hotbeds of intrigue in a Cold War type situation. Full of spies, criminals, the opportunistic, and always under the shadow of a potential invasion. So what I'm thinking is the latest person to take up the white hat and twin sixguns of Vigilante, sent by the JL to the border city of Warpath, New Mexico.
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@Polyphemus That's a great idea. Mexico is basically on the verge of collapse now due to Cartels clashing with the LoD-affiliates and the government basically being ineffective to combat either. There's a lot of talk from some people in the US of even annexing Mexico to instill order. This new Vigilante would fit in very well with the situation.
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Yeah, I like the idea of it being some kind of West Berlin type thing combined with a war on drugs situation, with a little Western flavor for good measure. A combination of TOUCH OF EVIL, A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, and TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY.
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@MrDidact
Man, it's Sophie's Choice in here, Kori or Babs, the two best ships for Dick.

Hmmm... I think I see him more likely to end up with Babs in the long term after a relationship with Kori during his Titans days, when he was away from Gotham. Dick's not super organised and Kori has alien biology so maybe that resulted in a child? You could make Nightstar a good few years older than the Grayson/Gordon child to represent that.

If Superman and Batman revealed themselves in 2017, that would be around when the Flying Graysons died, making Dick somewhere between 45-50. He hasn't been in the Titans since he was, well, a teen, so that would make Nightstar around 30?
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I'll go with my swamp thing idea if it's all fine with you. I might decide on a legionnaire as well but I'm not sure who as of yet.
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hey, new guy here (but long time player elsewhere), very interested in this kind of campaign, would like to put my hat in the ring for Donna Troy and/or Barda if I could...however, I also am curious if you would allow me to port another character in from Marvel...Blink (teleport/aporter)...its easier to do that than just copy her outright....if not, then I will go with option uno :)
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@Polyphemus Sounds like an awesome idea to me. I'll probably have the first JL mission happen close to the border, that way Vig can interact with the other Leaguers organically. I'll PM you my ideas for that plotline idea and how we can work Vigilante into that.

@Barrett Superman revealed himself around 2017 and Batman achieved recognition during that period because of the public's interest in costumed heroes, but Batman could have been operating earlier depending on if anyone wants to play him or develop his history further.

That sounds good to me. Dick might have served in a mentor role to the Titans for a while similar to Starfire, so the timeline is fluid but the late-twenties to thirty range for her sounds good. That way, Dick might even have a grandchild in the Titans whose Nightstar's kid.

@BrokenWashing Good with me. Any plans on tying in Swamp Thing's daughter, Tefe Holland? She'd be old enough to have kids of her own, so perhaps Swamp Thing has a grandchild who's an eco-terrorist or something. Just my two cents.

@golani Donna Troy and Barda would be welcome. @Lucian was going to make a demigod PC raised on Themyscira so if you roll with Donna, they might have shared history. If you do run with either of them, I'm probably gonna PM you my ideas for related NPCs.

As for Blink, the RP is focused on DC-related properties, so unfortunately she wouldn't fit in this RP. There is an RP going, Ultimate One Universe, in the casual section that is melding both universes though. For this RP, you could always play an OC who is inspired by the character.

@Chev I would expand on what Viran's weaknesses are as well as the upper limits of his strength and his endurance. From the sound of it, he doesn't have superhuman durability which is a good balance to his strength. Origin wise, it'd probably make more sense for this uprising to have occurred far in the past and he's been in cryogenic slumber since then and simply drifted into Earth's orbit, as the Computer Tyrants would probably have long since been overthrown by Braniac.

I would also add more to his personality to flesh him out further as a character. I'd also detail what his uniform is like to pair with the picture you provided. It's unclear if that's his skin or clothes due to the color palette.

Once that's all done you should be good to go.

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@MrDidact I have only read the one Swamp Thing story so I don't know too much about the character's family. I like your idea though.
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@BrokenWashing Well at one point Swamp Thing was married to Abigail Arcane, niece of his archenemy Antone Arcane, and future Avatar of the Rot. Tefe Holland's conception is rather complicated but suffice to say, she is a plant-human hybrid who is also the biological daughter of John Constantine. The DC wiki has more in-depth info on that.

Sheet is looking good. It's an aesthetic thing but you can alter the color of the headlines if you wish.
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I did intend to change the colours a bit but after an eleven hour shift (oh god why did I sign up for overtime) i didn't have the energy. I'll have to look into Tefe Holland. And into more swamp thing in general.
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@golani Donna Troy and Barda would be welcome. @Lucian was going to make a demigod PC raised on Themyscira so if you roll with Donna, they might have shared history. If you do run with either of them, I'm probably gonna PM you my ideas for related NPCs.

As for Blink, the RP is focused on DC-related properties, so unfortunately she wouldn't fit in this RP. There is an RP going, Ultimate One Universe, in the casual section that is melding both universes though. For this RP, you could always play an OC who is inspired by the character.


no worries...I'm perfectly ok to go with Donna Troy. Would you be ok if her origin is Diana's sister (pre-52)? It's less confusing for me. :)
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@BrokenWashing No rush on that one, take your time. It sucks that work sounds like kind of a hassle. Hopefully it pays decent at least.

@golani Yeah that'd be perfectly fine, it's your character after all. Donna Troy sometimes has a rather confusing origin though so I would agree that just making her Diana's blood sister is probably for the best.

Would you be ok with there being an NPC Leaguer, Darkstar, who is Donna's son with Terry Long? You have full control over the details of Donna's romantic life, but Darkstar could be explained as being a child she had with Terry before they divorced, if you wanted her to end up with someone else.

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