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[center]SHADOWS AMONG US[/center]

[quote=updates][b]3/10/2014[/b] - Life is hectic and time allocation is tough, so refer to AGM Rade if you can't consistently get in contact with me.

[b]4/4/2014[/b] - Since this game is getting a lot more life and as a GM I'm being more proactive, the deadline for announcing you are still active (you don't have to if you are active in the OOC) is April 12th. If you miss April 12th I will consider you inactive/dropped which means your characters will be reopened for applications.[/quote]

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[center]| Prelude: The Golden Age |[/center]

During the 20th century; vigilantism and superheroism existed in minute amounts and during the second world war the origin of the superhero was birthed. Terry Sloane was a military official in charge at the CBI, a covert agency that operated during the second world war. Sloane understood Germany’s desire for progress and saw this as an alarming threat and as he was tasked to compete with the likes of Dr. Albrecht Krieger who believed he had become close to cracking the code on “perfecting evolution” while other members of the party were rumored to of acquired the Spear of Destiny. Those a part of Sloane’s project created a cover team comprised of Rex Tyler, Wesley Dodds, Ted Knight, Lee Travis, Myron Mazursky, and Charles McNider. Following WWII these men would operate covertly away from the American public’s eye until they were disbanded. 

The American public never knew about this "All-Star Squadron" or their adventures due to sworn secrecy and covert cover-ups as well as the passage of time.

[center]| Year One: The Modern Age |[/center]

For generations, the world that we know has for the most part been publically void of the concepts that today we are facing. The dawn of the Superhero came vividly as at the turn of the century the heroes that were out there finally decided there had been enough and with that the hero that the Metropolis press dubbed ‘Superman’ revealed himself. This image of the embodied hero in the Delaware city was initially seen as a godsend as he saved hundreds of lives as a residential flight veered out of control. Before anybody could question or approach this hero he disappeared as fast as he came and cemented a presence that signified the revolution of our time. Months after this historic event it seemed that other heroes all across the world began to spring up as a sort of butterfly effect. These cities would witness men faster than the eye could follow, women with incredible strength, and seemingly alien constructs and forms; none of them manipulating these powers for ill, such vigilance made many romanticize these idols which sent individuals (like G. Gordon Godfrey), religious groups, and militant groups into aggressive tandem. The few critics of these superheroes would be the vocal minority and for the most part the American Government that should have been frightened or concerned only sat and allowed such vigilantism to go on as they dealt with what they felt was more imperative.

It was months later when a terrible force approached not the United States, but Planet Earth: Sta’rro. The alien had come from the stars with intent to spread its parasitic encroachment and initially the governments of the world attempted to react but they had not the technology or the preparation to deal with such a foe. Upon Superman’s arrival however, things began to turn for the better or so they wished—even the Man of Steel could not face such a powerful and plentiful foe alone so he did what he believed any other man would do in his situation – he asked for help from his peers. Through the combined efforts of Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Martian Manhunter, and Hawkgirl the goal of driving out Sta’rro was achieved despite it concluding with a double-edged sword as the world governments began to develop counter-measures in case their beloved heroes decided to turn their backs on them. The effects to creating the Justice League created another widespread chain of events as governments began to work on countermeasures almost immediately – organizations such as C.A.D.M.U.S in the United States, H.I.V.E in Bialya, MI-20 in the United Kingdom, and 大十 (Great Ten) in China. 

The year soon thereafter ended as the Justice League newly formed did not even realize what was going on simply because they existed and united together. The league’s co-founder, Batman, would instill a communications satellite and artificial intelligence named ORACLE to keep the group united as he knew eventually that the fascade of the government tolerating them would eventually come to an end as all things tend to do. 

[center]| Year Two: Dawn of the Supervillain |[/center]

What happened next, some would say was inevitable – criminal organizations, terrorist factions, and corrupt governments all crumbled before the might of the Justice League’s cooperative efforts throughout what many refer to as “Year One”. The first real response follow Sta’rro came at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Day when one disturbed individual in Gotham City enacted a nefarious plot towards a crow indulging in a long favored pastime at the Haly’s Circus within the Gotham City Fairgrounds – this event becomes known in Gotham as “The Haly’s Circus Massacre” noting the vicious and spontaneous death of any citizens including Commissioner Gillian Loeb and Mayor Hamilton Hill. Similar occurrences of villains for other Justice League members generate as The Green Lantern contends with a symbiotic parasite named the Star Sapphire that binds itself to a female archaeologist, Superman contends with the discovery of Kryptonite, and The Atom battles a psychotic dubbing himself as the Mad Hatter. This however, was only the beginning of things that were to come.

Then came the first organized group of villains that the Justice League found themselves contending against, they called themselves “Injustice Gang” as an ironic counter to the Justice Leagues own name – led by the former protégé of Professor Ted Knight named Justin Ballantine who took up the alias of Libra in an organized attempt to test his prototype weapon—the Trans-mortifier, a device with theoretical flawless energy with limitless capabilities. The first battle in a chain of conflicts that lasted a year began on the outskirts of Metropolis as Libra intended to see how much nuclear energy the trans-mortifier could absorb and “redistribute”. This caused a near meltdown at the power plant in question; the members of the “Injustice Gang” who were little more than paid mercenaries to bodyguard the project prepared to contend with The Justice League. This wouldn’t be the first battle Libra and his Injustice Gang would lose.

As the Justice League contended with rogues galleries and the Injustice Gang, the anti-superhero programs (like H.I.V.E and C.A.D.M.U.S) began to see their projects finally breathe into fruition. H.I.V.E. kidnaps an array of children and attempt to reprogram them with purpose of eventually setting their sights on the Justice League – the project is called “The Fearsome Five”, an awkward twelve year old girl named Nicole Diaz is seen as the most talented of the members with her attunement to a strange form of magic. Whilst at C.A.D.M.U.S. they begin the foundation for a program called “Project Dubbilex”. 

[center]| Year Three: Legacy of Heroes |[/center]

In early January of “Year Three”, a meteorite soaked spacecraft holding the cousin of Superman—Kara-El nearly crash lands on Earth, revealing that Superman isn’t alone in the universe. This “Supergirl from Krypton” would find Earth strangely archaic and maddening as she is told everything she knows and loves is gone and after striking a significant loss as a child nearly breaks down. Likewise, Batman reveals that his quest against crime is followed by two teenaged shadows; Batgirl & Robin, although he finds himself overwhelmed by a mass arsonist, and a murderous anarchist. Green Lantern also reveals his own protégés as he takes in Abin Sur's replacement and meets with his daughter, Jade. The public soon finds themselves enamored with the “child hero” or “sidekick” as media personalities like G. Gordon Godfrey use to defame these adolescent superheroes.

However, in the shadows a dark organization known as “The Society” begin to plot—comprised of Lex Luthor, Ra’s al Ghul, Circe, Arthur Light, Dr. Hector Hammond, Vandal Savage, Queen Bee, Professor Ivo, Dr. Gerard Shugel, and Orm of Atlantis—the Society operates in silent caution as they begin to put in motion their plot to become more powerful as well as for The Justice League to fall out of favor. The League is completely unaware of these villains or their plans – the first motion of the plan is to put their “pawns” into place: Queen Bee with the help of Vandal Savage as a cover moves the HIVE to the United States to soon begin their missions. As all of this is put into motion—the unpredictability of The Joker returns in October of that year and in a loud, vibrant introduction as “The Circus of Strange” he and his “brothers” (including Killer Croc) stage a seemingly innocent production at the Gotham Fairgrounds. Batman responds to the Joker in broad daylight—proving his blatant existence to Gotham; he is not a myth. The Joker is caught and detained and placed into the Arkham Asylum. 

While Batman battled his most elusive foe; the villain named Metallo ambushes Superman for the first time after getting an amount of kryptonite. Superman’s in-training ward, Kara—Supergirl takes up the responsibility despite only so few months adjusting to Earth; Metallo stands no chance against both kryptonians. Supergirl herself isn’t sure of her responsibilities as she is now in the public light, she looks to Kal-El to guide her through what “being a superhero means”. One month later, in December— The Justice League struggles at the end of the year as the appearance of an android named “Amazo” debuts with the intent to “test the might of the Justice League” – it takes creative thinking and a lot of teamwork for the League to prevail against Amazo and the more intelligent members suspect it’s appearance isn’t so random – it is unknown by the League but Amazo was indeed the first physical confrontation by The Society.

[center]| Year Four: Shadows Among Us |[/center]

The world is rich and ready for much trouble – but with The Justice League at odds with growing rogues, the secretive Society, and CADMUS' devious plotting; what chance do our heroes have?

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Welcome to Ultimate Comics: DC, an intoxicating land where creativity for creativity's sake can take priority and enable you to render stories and events you could only have dreamed of in all of your previous mundanity. In this universe, nothing here is the mainstream continuity of DC - this is a world forged from people like you and a lot of work on my part. Continuity that exists in this roleplay is anything on the linked wiki in the information section and in the story above. 

We welcome you to a unique narrative opportunity to take any DC Comics character and reimagine them in a way that makes them pleasurable for you to write unique and original stories with.

Whether you're one for emotional drama or a sucker for physical trauma, the vast range of characters available could fit any genre or any purpose you could reasonably imagine. The Flash as a sarcastic teenager coming into what responsibility truly means? Boom. The Question as a hard-nosed police detective serving a hierarchy he doesn't care for? Q'd up. Slade Wilson as not a mercenary but a successful military man looking to become President? Stroke it. As long as they have appeared in a canonical DC tale on either the page or the screen they're free for refurbishment. Here, the DC UNIVERSE is yours to mold; and yes I totally harped this from EE, sorry EE.. it saves me time.

[center]Team Rosters[/center]
The Justice League is the superhero organization that heralded the new age forward; founded by Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, The Flash, Aquaman, and Hawkgirl it serves as a optimistic push towards world peace. The Justice League's HQ, [url=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6_oGXe4YqG4/T_KBkQLMRyI/AAAAAAAAADs/nLybiOAtQ-8/s1600/DSC03806.JPG]"The Hall of Justice"[/url] (a repurposed former museum) is located in Metropolis within Delaware State in the United States.

[quote=Roster]Superman (Clark Kent)
Batman (Bruce Wayne)
Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
Blue Lantern (Hal Jordan)
The Flash
Wonder Woman (Diana)
Martian Manhunter
Aquaman
Hawkgirl
Doctor Fate
The Atom (Rhiannon Palmer)
Adam Strange
Rocket Red (Mikhail Denisovich) 
The Tarantula (John Law)
The Spirit (Cynthia Reynolds)
Captain Marvel
Red Tornado
Metamorpho
Firebrand
Vixen[/quote]

The Society is a currently unknown secret society of "supervillains" who are attempting to become more powerful as well as defame the Justice League in one way or another.

[quote=Roster]Vandal Savage
Lex Luthor
Queen Bee (Zazzala Ayesha)
Ra’s al Ghul (Henri Ducard)
Circe
The Ultra Humanite (Dr. Gerard Shugel)
Oceanmaster (Orm of Atlantis)
Dr. Hector Hammond
Doctor Light (Arthur Light)
Professor Ivo
Tala Czarownica[/quote]

H.I.V.E's Fearsome Five is a metahuman weaponization project headed by Queen Bee that is tasked in the interests of Bialya; but recently Queen Bee has started to test the utility of the group in secret within the United States. They are part of The Society's greater plan against the Justice League.

[quote=Roster]Jinx (Nicole Diaz)
Gizmo
Mammoth
Shimmer
Ambush Bug[/quote]

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Returning Players! - those who wish to keep their continuity need only apply or speak up about it. Re-applying isn't difficult and the lore you wish to keep should be important enough to want to type it up one more time. Any questions or concerns - please speak up about them.

This is an advanced roleplay, so we will try to strive to the standards that apply – rules are valid.

Below are a set few rules/guidelines to play by:
1. You may choose any character appearing in the DC comics or related media (DCAU originals, Wildstorm, etc.) Characters from Marvel, Dark Horse, Image, or other offshoots will not even be looked at.
2. Character creation will start at two characters and more will be allowed if you prove you can consistently write these characters well in a world design.
3. Time-Travel is on a GM-approved basis, don't do it otherwise.
4. Please no not kill player created characters or important NPC’s.
5. Do not impose on arcs without pre-planned permissions: read the wiki, read the roleplay, read the profiles. You’ll have a sense of continuity and what you are allowed to do.
6. Crisis/Elseworlds stories: This isn’t happening or at least they aren’t for quite some time. Let’s try to keep ideas like Flashpoint, Infinite Earths, etc. away from this RP at this current time.
7. Respect the GM and his moderators.
8. Strive for quality. I know this might be a tough thing to ask, but if you only throw out one to two three sentence paragraphs on average, then maybe you need to re-evaluate your energy for this game. I’m looking at a good 500+ words on average per standalone posts (we all know cooperative interaction can be much shorter). I personally try to aim for 800-1200 words, though sometimes cooperative posts and interaction may warrant smaller/shorter posts which is fine.
9. Don’t jump into a scene for the sake of interaction; your characters should have sufficient reasoning to want to be in a cooperative scene and noting that— do be courteous and respectful about approaching or possibly interfering in character arcs.
10. Be creative, which is a paramount suggestion for all of these games.
11. All regular guild rules apply.
12. Competing applications of characters have a 24-48 hour limit to be presented and from there the moderation staff of the roleplay will decide who fits the bill better.\

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| Identity | - Name and Superhero Alias
| Origin & Backstory | - Include year 1-3 information. 
| Character Notes | - Is there anything you want to elaborate on? Extra lore for the city you are home to? Notable NPCs? 
| Powers & Abilities |
| How is this character different? | 
| What is your goal with this character? |
| Sample Post |

[center]Accepted Characters[/center]

[quote=Gowi][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/236/posts/ooc?page=1#post-2238]Bruce Wayne / Matches Malone (Batman)
Alan Scott (Green Lantern I)
Kara-El / Lana Kent (Supergirl) 
Nicole Diaz (Jinx)[/url][/quote]
[quote=HenryJonesJr][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/236/posts/ooc?page=1#post-1743]Oliver Queen (Green Arrow)
Diana of Themyscira (Wonder Woman)[/url][/quote]
[quote=MST3K][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/236/posts/ooc?page=1#post-2326]Rhiannon Palmer (The Atom)[/url][/quote]
[quote=Bounce][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/236/posts/ooc?page=3#post-17082]Bart Thawne (Impulse)[/url]
[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/236/posts/ooc?page=8#post-141533]Kai-Ro (Green Lantern II)[/url]
[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/236/posts/ooc?page=10#post-198598]Mikron O'Jeneus (Gizmo)[/url][/quote]
[quote=Kal-El][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/236/posts/ooc?page=3#post-20391]Clark Kent / Kal-El (Superman)[/url][/quote]
[quote=Rade][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/236/posts/ooc?page=10#post-186012]Harleen Quinzel (Batgirl)[/url][/quote]
[quote=Lord Wraith][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/236/posts/ooc?page=11#post-212872]Elaine Marsh (Lady Vic)[/url]
[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/236/posts/ooc?page=11#post-254277]Richard Grayson (Robin)[/url][/quote]
[quote=Nightrunner][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/236/posts/ooc?page=18#post-545825]Thomas Blake (Catman)[/url][/quote]
[quote=Lydyn][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/236/posts/ooc?page=5#post-37052]Cynthia Reynolds (The Spirit)[/url][/quote]

[center]Pending Approval[/center]
[center]Inactive[/center]
[quote=Kingfisher][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/236/posts/ooc?page=1#post-2659]Duela Dent[/url]
[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/236/posts/ooc?page=7#post-66543]The Joker[/url][/quote]
[quote=Prince Potter][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/236/posts/ooc?page=2#post-10555]Jonathan Crane (The Scarecrow)[/url][/quote]