[h3][center]. . .[/center][/h3] [center][u][h1]|THE//SEVENTH//DIVISION|: |ALIEN//WAR//2|[/h1][/u][/center] [h3][center]. . .[/center][/h3] [i][center]We were once heroes. But heroes win the wars no one else could.[/center][/i] [i][center]I don’t know if we’ll win this war.[/center][/i] [i][center]And I’m so, so sorry…[/center][/i] [h3][center]. . .[/center][/h3] [center][u][h2]//THE//SEVENTH//DIVISION//CODE//[/h2][/u][/center] [i][center]“When there’s no more hurt, there’s healing. When there’s no more healing, there’s hope. When there’s no more hope, there’s us: The Seventh Division.”[/center][/i] [h3][center]. . .[/center][/h3] [indent][indent][indent][indent]It was never meant to be a fixed thing in history, the idea of The Divisions. It started as people who teamed together to solve small crimes. It then transgressed into a freedom-fighting group of masked vigilantes saving the innocent from the U.S. government.[/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][indent][indent]After that, it became clear what we were: the mediators of good and evil, the necessity to maintain order when others couldn't. We were an ever-changing task force of random men and women who signed on to save those who needed it.[/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][indent][indent]At one point, we were playing God.[/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][indent][indent]Today there are only a handful of us left, and now more than ever we are needed. Where the First to the Sixth Divisions have failed, I am determined to make sure this Divisions succeeds[/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][indent][indent]This is The Seventh Division[/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent] [h3][center]. . .[/center][/h3] [center][u][h3]|FORMER//EVENTS|[/h3][/u][/center] [hider] [h3][center]. . .[/center][/h3] [u][b]THE//FIRST//DIVISION//1988-1990[/b][/u] [h3][center]. . .[/center][/h3] [hider] - [u]JANUARY 3RD, 1988[/u]: VIVIAN PANG AND EUGENE RICE FIRST MEET, WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE CASE OF SERIAL KILLER DANIEL PRESMAN; - [u]FEBRUARY 18TH, 1988[/u]: VIVIAN PANG AND EUGENE RICE TAKE ON NEW CASE, BECOME KNOWN IN MINOR MEDIA PLATFORMS AS “SUPER-DUO”; - [u]MAY 1ST, 1988[/u]: SUPER-DUO ENLISTS HELP OF JOSEPH ALBERTO – DUBBED “LIGHTTOUCH” TO SOLVE NEXT CASE. MARY-ELIZABETH ROSS, NICKNAMED “LADY LUST,” JOINS; - [u]AUGUST 22ND, 1988[/u]: THE DIVISION RESCUES ALFRED ARMITAGE FROM GANG SHOOTOUT IN FLORIDA. ARMITAGE JOINS THE DIVISION; - [u]OCTOBER 13TH, 1989[/u]: AFTER CONSTANT SUCCESS OF THE DIVISION, THERE IS RISE IN INTEREST OVER SUPERHEROES ACROSS AMERICA. MANY AMATEUR VIGILANTES/GROUPS ARE REPORTED, SPARKING POLICE CONFLICTS OVER INABILITY TO DO JOB WITHOUT DISTRACTION; - [u]JANUARY 3RD, 1990[/u]: OTHER CIVILIANS COME OUT AS “GIFTED,” COINING THE TERM “PSYCHOGENERATIVE” TO REFER TO SUPERHUMANS. FEW OTHER PSYCHOGENERATIVE’S FIND AS MUCH SUCCESS AS THE DIVISION; - [u]MARCH 21ST, 1990[/u]: THE ACTION FILM “THE DIVISION OF MASKS” IS RELEASED, BREAKS BOX OFFICE RECORDS. ALFRED ARMITAGE AS MAN O’WAR MAKES CAMEO APPEARANCE; - [u]MAY 18TH, 1990[/u]: LONE VIGILANTE “POLAR STORM” IS SHOT BY LOS ANGELES POLICE OFFICER WAYNE COX AFTER POLAR STORM ATTEMPTS TO STOP SMALL HOUSE FIRE. COX WAS REPORTED AS SAYING, “HE WAS IN THE WAY”. DEATH OF POLAR STORM CAUSED CONTROVERSY ACROSS AMERICA, LABELLED AS ACT OF “POLICE BRUTALITY”; - [u]MAY 21ST, 1990[/u]: LAPD ISSUES PUBLIC STATEMENT, INSISTING DEATH OF POLAR STORM WAS ACCIDENT, TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACTIONS; ADVICES MASKED & ASPIRING VIGILANTES LET LAW ENFORCEMENT HANDLE SITUATIONS; - [u]MAY 24TH, 1990[/u]: SMALL GROUP OF PROTESTORS FORMS OUTSIDE OF LAPD OFFICES; - [u]MAY 26TH, 1990[/u]: CROWD OF PROTESTORS GROWS LARGER, IS DISPERSED BY LAPD. FIVE OFFICERS SEVERELY INJURED BY PSYCHOGENERATIVE PROTESTOR. PSYCHOGENERATIVE IS ARRESTED, TWO OTHER PROTESTORS INJURED; - [u]MAY 27TH, 1990[/u]: MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES BRENDA CHARLES MAKES PUBLIC SPEECH, INDICATING FEARS OVER PSYCHOGENERATIVES AND THEIR CAPABILITIES. WARRANT FOR THE ARREST OF ANY PSYCHOGENERATIVE ACTIVITY IN LA IS ISSUED; - [u]MAY 29TH, 1990[/u]: EIGHTEEN PROTESTORS ARE DETAINED IN LA, TWO SEVERELY INJURED, AS RIOT BREAKS OUT IN DOWNTOWN CORE. SEVERAL POLICE CRUISERS ARE SET ABLAZE BY PSYCHOGENERATIVE; ONE MAN IS KILLED IN RIOTS; - [u]JUNE 2ND, 1990[/u]: ATTEMPTED CAPTURE OF THE FIRST DIVISION BY LAPD; VIVIAN PANG IS ARRESTED. NEWS SPREAD BY THAT NIGHT, INSTIGATING MASSIVE RIOT; SEVERAL OTHER PSYCHOGENERATIVES AND PROTESTORS ARE IMPRISONED. SMALLER PROTESTS POP UP ACROSS NORTH AMERICA; - [u]JUNE 3RD, 1990[/u]: LAPD HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IS ATTACKED BY MULTIPLE PSYCHOGENERATIVES; IMPRISONED PSYCHOGENERATIVES ATTEMPT ESCAPE, INCLUDING VIVIAN PANG. FOUR PSYCHOGENERATIVES AND TWO POLICE OFFICERS ARE KILLED; - [u]JUNE 7TH, 1990[/u]: US PRESIDENT VICTOR WILDE MAKES TELEVISED APPEARANCE, DISCUSSES WAVE OF PROTESTS ACROSS US. ANNOUNCES ACT TO DETAIN ALL IDENTIFIED PSYCHOGENERATIVES FOR SAFETY OF SOCIETY; SAYS UNIDENTIFIED ARE ENCOURAGED TO COME FORWARD BUT WILL BE DISCOVERED REGARDLESS; - [u]JUNE 10TH, 1990[/u]: SEVENTEEN PSYCHOGENERATIVES ARE DETAINED ACROSS AMERICA. THE FIRST DIVISION RETREATS TO NYC. RIOTS DIE DOWN WITH OCCASIONAL TERRORIST ATTACK AGAINST POLICE DEPARTMENTS; - [u]JUNE 18TH, 1990[/u]: UPWARDS TO SIXTY SUSPECTED PSYCHOGENERATIVE’S HAVE BEEN DETAINED. THE FIRST DIVISION’S HIDEOUT IN NYC IS RAIDED; LIGHTTOUCH IS CAPTURED; - [u]JUNE 27TH, 1990[/u]: LIGHTTOUCH ESCAPES CELL, RELEASES OTHER PRISONERS, CAUSES CHAOS FROM INSIDE PRISON. SEVERAL DETAINED, ONLY FEW ESCAPE, LIGHTTOUCH INCLUDED; - [u]JULY 2ND, 1990[/u]: MALIK AIDU IS SOUGHT OUT BY THE FIRST DIVISION, REQUESTED TO JOIN; MALIK USES TELEPORTATION ABILITY TO SNEAK PRISONERS OUT. MANAGES TO RESCUE FOURTEEN OF NEAR ONE HUNDRED PRISONERS; - [u]JULY 10TH, 1990[/u]: COUNTRYWIDE WARRANT FOR ARREST OF THE FIRST DIVISION MEMBERS IS ISSUED; SEVENTEEN OTHER PRISONERS RESCUED; - [u]JULY 19TH, 1990[/u]: WHITEHOUSE IS ATTACKED BY SMALL GROUP OF PSYCHOGENERATIVES RESULTING IN EACH OF THEIR DEATHS. EUGENE RICE HACKS TELEVISED PROGRAM, MAKING PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT REQUESTING ALL PSYCHOGENERATIVES CEASE VIOLENCE, RIOTING; - [u]JULY 28TH, 1990[/u]: MAJOR RIOTING IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT; PSYCHOGENERATIVE COMMITS SUICIDE-BOMBING IN TIMES SQUARE, KILLING TWELVE. ESTIMATED FIFTY PRISONERS RESCUED OF NEARLY TWO HUNDRED CAPTURED; - [u]AUGUST 13TH, 1990[/u]: EUGENE RICE AND LADY LUST CALMLY BREAK-UP ORGANIZED PROTESTING OUTSIDE OF WHITEHOUSE, STATING, “THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT OUR ENEMY, AND WE DON’T HAVE TO BE THEIRS … THEY ARE AFRAID OF US. WE SHOULD NOT CELEBRATE OR CAPITALIZE ON THAT, WE SHOULD BE THE ONES TO FIX THAT”; - [u]AUGUST 29TH, 1990[/u]: UPWARDS TO THREE HUNDRED PSYCHOGENERATIVES AND SUPPORTERS DETAINED, COURTRIGHT PENITENTIARY BECOMES FIRST PSYCHOGENERATIVE-SPECIFIC PRISON. INMATES SEDATED, LEFT TO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT; - [u]SEPTEMBER 13TH, 1990[/u]: TWENTY PSYCHOGENERATIVES ARE EXECUTED AT COUTRIGHT PENITENTIARY. CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER ELEANOR HARDING ACCEPTS REFUGEES, CLAIMS, “THIS BARBARISM AGAINST FELLOW HUMANS IS NOT WHAT WE, AS A RACE OF EQUALS, ARE ABOUT.” CANADIAN GOVERNMENT BEGINS WORK WITH THE FIRST DIVISION TO RELOCATE, PROTECT REFUGEES, BUT REFUSES TO ENTER AMERICAN TERRITORIES; - [u]SEPTEMBER 26TH, 1990[/u]: INTEL LEAKED THAT FORTY-SEVEN OTHER PSYCHOGENERATIVE PRISONERS HAVE BEEN EXECUTED. MALIK AIDU AND LADY LUST INFILTRATE COURTRIGHT PENITENTIARY, REMAIN UNDERCOVER AS INMATES, SLOWLY REMOVING PRISONERS ONE-BY-ONE; - [u]OCTOBER 5TH, 1990[/u]: POWER-NEUTRALIZING PSYCHOGENERATIVE BROUGHT IN TO COURTRIGHT; LADY LUST AND MALIK AIDU STUCK IN PRISON; - [u]OCTOBER 19TH, 1990[/u]: US PRESIDENT VICTOR WILDE ASSASSINATED. VICE PRESIDENT MARTIN RICHFIELD TAKES OVER OFFICE. VIVIAN PANG AND MAN O’WAR PREVENT PRESIDENT’S ASSASSIN FROM KILLING MORE IN WHITEHOUSE; - [u]OCTOBER 25TH, 1990[/u]: MALIK AIDU ATTACKS GUARD INSIDE COURTRIGHT, IS EXECUTED; - [u]OCTOBER 27TH, 1990[/u]: RIOTS STOPPED, ONLY MINOR PEACEFUL PROTESTS IN HONOR OF MALIK AIDU. ESTIMATED TWO HUNDRED INMATES REMAIN AT COURTRIGHT; - [u]NOVEMBER 1ST, 1991[/u]: THE FIRST DIVISION INFILTRATES WHITEHOUSE, EUGENE RICE SPEAKS WITH MARTIN RICHFIELD, ASKS TO END IMPRISONMENT OF INNOCENT PSYCHOGENERATIVES TO HELP BOTH SIDES OF BATTLE, IS TURNED AWAY BUT NOT REPORTED; - [u]NOVEMBER 15TH, 1990[/u]: MASS ARREST OF ROUGHLY SEVENTY PSYCHOGENERATIVES ACROSS THE US; TEAM OF CLAIRVOYANTS FORCED TO LOCATE UNIDENTIFIED, UNDERDEVELOPED PSYCHOGENERATIVES. THE FIRST DIVISION’S HIDEOUT IS COMPROMISED; ALL BUT EUGENE RICE ARE CAPTURED; - [u]NOVEMBER 20TH, 1990[/u]: EUGENE RICE ATTACKS CONVOY TRANSPORTING PSYCHOGENERATIVES TO COURTRIGHT PENITENTIARY; RELEASES SEVEN PSYCHOGENERATIVES, INCLUDING MERLE MOREAU, DONNA TATE AND AMANDA WEISZ; ALL THREE JOIN THE FIRST DIVISION; - [u]NOVEMBER 25TH, 1990[/u]: THIRTY MORE PSYCHOGENERATIVES CAPTURED; THE FIRST DIVISION RESCUES FIFTY MORE PSYCHOGENERATIVES EN-ROUTE TO COURTRIGHT. VICE PRESIDENT MARTIN RICHFIELD REMAINS SILENT ABOUT MATTERS; - [u]DECEMBER 1ST, 1990[/u]: EUGENE RICE KILLED WHILE RESCUING CAPTURED SUPERHUMANS; [/hider] [h3][center]. . .[/center][/h3] [u][b]THE//SECOND//DIVISION//1991-1996//[/b][/u] [hider] - [u]JULY 2ND, 1994[/u]: [i]VIVIAN PANG, NOW GOING BY CODENAME “THE PANG,” TAKES OVER AS LEADER. GROUP’S NAME OFFICIALLY BECOMES “THE SECOND DIVISION”[/i]; - [u]JULY 10TH, 1994[/u]: [i]MYSTERIOUS, MUTE WOMAN KNOWN ONLY AS “THE POET” JOINS THE SECOND DIVISION. BECOMES KEY FACE OF THE DIVISION’S PROPAGANDA[/i]; - [u]AUGUST 7TH, 1994[/u]: [i]LADY LUST LEAVES THE DIVISION[/i]; - [u]NOVEMBER 1ST, 1994[/u]: [i]HOMELESS IMMIGRANT SUNG JIN LEE IS RESCUED BY LIGHTTOUCH AND ZENITH FROM SUICIDE. SUNG JIN LEE STAYS WITH GROUP, UNOFFICIALLY BECOMING NEW MEMBER DESPITE NO BENEFICIAL SKILLS OR ABILITIES[/i]; [/hider] [h3][center]. . .[/center][/h3] [u][b]THE//THIRD//DIVISION//2003-2006[/b][/u] [hider] - [u]DECEMBER 29TH, 2005[/u]: [i]GROUP REUNITES, FORMING THE THIRD DIVISION, AS WORD OF WW3 BEGINS SPREADING[/i]; - [u]JANUARY 18TH, 2006[/u]: [i]WAR BECOMING VERY REAL THREAT AS CLASHES BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND UNITED STATES INCREASE[/i]; - [u]FEBRUARY 10TH, 2006[/u]: [i]NICOLE SCHUESTER – “THE DEATH MACHINE” – JOINS THE THIRD DIVISION IN HOPES OF ENDING WAR[/i]; - [u]FEBRUARY 17TH, 2006[/u]: [i]ATTEMPTED BOMBING OF WHITEHOUSE IS FOILED BY THE THIRD DIVISION[/i]; - [u]FEBRUARY 19TH, 2006[/u]: [i]PETER MENDEZ – “BIG BOY – IS RELEASED FROM JAIL, BECOMES PART OF THE THIRD DIVISION[/i]; - [u]MARCH 20TH, 2006[/u]: [i]US BOMBS NORTH KOREA, BOMBS ARE DEFLECTED BY [/i]; [/hider] [h3][center]. . .[/center][/h3] [b][u]THE//FOURTH//DIVISION//2011-2016[/u][/b] [hider] [/hider] [h3][center]. . .[/center][/h3] [u][b]THE//FIFTH//DIVISION//2020-2021[/b][/u] [hider] [/hider] [u][b]THE//SIXTH//DIVISION//2021-2022[/b][/u] [hider] [/hider] [/hider] [center][h3][u]|CURRENT//EVENTS|[/u][/h3][/center] [hider] [u]THE SEVENTH DIVISION (2024-???)[/u]: - [u]APRIL 18th, 2024[/u]: Merle Moreau – formerly known as “Zenith” – sets off to track down former members of The Divisions; [/hider] [center][h3][u]|FORMER//MEMBERS//OF//THE//DIVISIONS|[/u][/h3][/center] [hider] [h3][u]THE//FIRST//DIVISION//1988-1991[/u][/H3]- [b]EUGENE RICE[/b]: [i]leader; a thirty-six-year-old white male from Manhattan who left his job as a detective; possesses minor form of chronokinesis (able to pause and rewind time to some degree). Started The Divisions alongside Vivian Pang. Was killed by police officer during [i]The Psychogenerative Law[/i] riots[/i]; - [b]VIVIAN PANG[/b]: [i]a twenty-six-year-old Chinese female once studying to be a doctor. Her sister Grace was murdered by serial killer Daniel Presman. Does not have any psychogenerative or paranormal abilities though is a skilled hand-to-hand combatant. Started The Divisions alongisde Eugene Rice[/i]; - [b]JOSEPH ALBERTO/LIGHTTOUCH[/B]: [i]a twenty-nine-year-old Filipino man who came to America from the Philippines. Was a thief known for skilled lockpicking and extensive planning of heists. Was capable of photographic memory and enhanced hearing. Left The First Division after finding out he would be a father[/i]; - [B]ALFRED ARMITAGE/MAN O'WAR[/B]: [i]a twenty-two-year-old Caucasian male from Kansas; had a knack for sharpshooting. Was a wanted criminal on minor charges; fled to Florida where he got caught-up in a biker gang. Was taken in by Eugene Rice after Alfred was only surviving member during a rough shootout[/i]; - [B]MARY-ELIZABETH ROSS/LADY LUST[/B]: [i]a thirty-four-year-old white female formerly employed as a waitress and prostitute. Possessed a mind-controlling form of vocal persuasion, realized only later in life. Left The First Division after Eugene Rice's death[/i]; - [B]MALIK AIDU[/b]: [i]a twenty-four-year-old African male capable of teleportation. Was recruited by The First Division to assist in relocating captured psychogeneratives. Was ultimately executed inside Courtright Penitentiary for attacking a guard[/i]; - [B]MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH[/B]: [i]a seventeen-year-old Caucasian female capable of telekinesis and minor teleportation. Was rescued by Eugene Rice from being transported to Courtright Penitentiary. Agreed to help Eugene Rice rescue other psychogeneratives[/i]; - [b]DONNA TATE[/b]: [i]a fifty-four-year-old white female, rescued by Eugene Rice from being transported to Courtright Penitentiary. Assisted in rescuing other psychogeneratives but not did return afterward[/i]; - [b]AMANDA WEISZ[/b]: [i]a twenty-seven-year-old white female, a businesswoman and mother of one. Was identified as psychogenerative and to be brought to Courtright, but was rescued by Eugene Rice. Was ultimately killed alongside Eugene Rice[/i]; [H3][u]THE//SECOND//DIVISION//1991-1996[/u][/H3]- [B]VIVIAN PANG[/B]: [i]became new leader after Eugene Rice's death[/i]; - [B]ALFRED ARMITAGE/MAN O'WAR[/B]: [i]was removed from The Division in 2004 after Armitage had killed a pregnant woman and her son, believing the baby to be his[/i]; - [B]THE POET[/B]: [i]a middle-aged black woman unable to speak, going only by the moniker "The Poet". Would only communicate through poetic writing. Was a natural brawler with high stamina and had a knack for finding out information[/i]; - [B]MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH[/B]: [i]took on the moniker "Zenith" as her allegiance with The Divisions became official, making her the youngest member; she would go on to become the longest-running member[/i]; - [B]SUNG JIN LEE[/B]: [i]a forty-year-old Korean immigrant, was homeless and spoke broken English. Was about to commit suicide when Merle Moreau stopped him. Lee was taken in by The Second Division for a bit, but soon became a permanent member despite not having any beneficial talents or abilities[/i]; - [B]VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR[/B]: [i]joined The Second Division as their main supplier of weaponry, armor, gadgets, etc.[/i]; [H3][u]THE//THIRD//DIVISION//2003-2006[/u][/H3]- [B]VIVIAN PANG/THE PANG[/B]: [i]reunited group after word of WW3 started; took on the fan-given name "The Pang". Left shortly after the war ended due to extreme stress and emotional fatigue[/i]; - [B]THE POET[/B]; - [B]MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH[/B]; - [B]SUNG JIN LEE[/B]; - [B]VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR[/B]; - [B]NICOLE SCHUESTER/THE DEATH MACHINE[/B]: [i]a twenty-eight-year-old woman, mother of two, and a strong-willed freedom-fighter "for the greater good"; possessed rapid cellular regeneration; joined The Third Division when rumors of WW3 began[/i] - [B]PETER MENDEZ/BIG BOY[/B]: [i]a forty-one-year-old Hispanic man, father of three, and working as a part-time barista and paramedic. Was known for his impressive stature - standing at 6'7 and weighing 285lbs. Had precognitive episodes and informed The Third Division about upcoming war. Later joined to help. Sacrificed himself to save other members of The Third Division and a few dozen bystanders[/i]; [H3][u]THE//FOURTH//DIVISION//2011-2016[/u][/H3]- [B]SUNG JIN LEE[/B]: [i]brought back group when man referring to himself as "Desecration" began hunting down other psychogeneratives for sport. Became unofficial leader of The Fourth Division[/i]; - [B]THE POET[/B]; - [B]MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH[/B]; - [B]VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR[/B]; - [B]NICOLE SCHUESTER/THE DEATH MACHINE[/B]: [i]beheaded in 2012 by Desecration during live televised event[/i]; [H3][u]THE//FIFTH//DIVISION//2018-2021[/u][/H3]- [B]SUNG JIN LEE[/B]: [i]took on a shared leadership role with Vorian von Traupitz[/i]; - [B]VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR[/B]: [i]became more of a leader for The Fifth Division, sharing leadership responsibilities with Sung Jin Lee[/i]; - [B]MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH[/B]; - [B]MARIA DIAZ/VAULT[/B]: [i]a twenty-five-year-old Hispanic woman; was once studying Art History when discovered for possessing photographic memory and telepathy, enabling her to explore entirety of subject's memories and thoughts. Was captured by team of scientists hoping to conduct experiments, but was rescued by The Fifth Division. Diaz joined the Fifth Division a while after rescue[/i]; - [B]LUIS ORTIZ[/B]: [i]a twenty-three-year-old man living in Mexico City capable of muscle and vocal mimicry. Requested help of The Fifth Division after being hounded by infamous drug cartel. Remained a close ally to The Fifth Division[/i]; [H3][u]THE//SIXTH//DIVISION//2021-2022[/u][/H3]- [b]VIVIAN PANG/THE PANG[/b]: [i]came out of retirement to help fight in the oncoming alien arrival. Led the new group alongside Sung Jin Lee and Vorian von Traupitz. Died in the final battle[/i]; - [b]SUNG JIN LEE[/b]: [i]died in the final battle[/i]; - [b]VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR[/b]: [i]leadership role became stronger, a more prominent figure in The Sixth Division. Survived the final battle[/i]; - [B]THE POET[/B]: [i]rallied most of new members together. Survived final battle but vanished quickly afterward[/i]; - [B]MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH[/B]: [i]one of the longest-running members, Moreau stayed to fight final battle. Became a key part in organizing final battle. Survived the final fight[/i]; - [B]ROSWITHA VON TRAUPITZ/ARSENALP[/B]: [i]after having aided The Divisions for multiple years, Roswitha teamed up with The Sixth Division to fight in AW1. Died in the final battle[/i]; - [B]JOSEPH ALBERTO/LIGHTTOUCH[/B]: [i]returned to The Divisions, leaving behind a family of four, to fight in AW1. Was the first to die in the final battle[/i]; - [B]MARY-ELIZABETH ROSS/LADY LUST[/B]: [i]along with Lighttouch and Man O'War, Lady Lust resumed her role as one of the original members in The Sixth Division to fight in AW1. Survived the final battle but died in the hospital hours later[/i]; - [B]ALFRED ALBERTO/MAN O'WAR[/B]: [i]was allowed back into the Divisions to fight in final battle, and was more than enthused to be. Died during the final battle[/i]; - [B]MARIA DIAZ/VAULT[/B]: [i]fled The Sixth Division before the final battle, afraid to fight in it. Has not made contact with any surviving members since[/i]; - [B]LUIS ORTIZ[/B]: [i]fought in the final battle but was killed almost instantly by alien forces[/i]; - [B]AGATHA THAVARASA[/B]: [i]a fifty-two-year-old Sri Lankan woman with advanced telekinesis. Was a mother of five and worked as a real estate agent. Left behind her life to fight in AW1, knowing she was needed. Was one of the last to die in the final battle[/i]; - [B]SHELDON WRIGHT[/B]: [i]a thirty-four-year-old black man with enhanced reflexes, dual-wielded katanas; was recruited to fight in final battle. Died during the fight[/i]; - [B]ADRIAN BAKER/POLYHEDRON[/B]: [i]a twenty-six-year-old black man and part of the crime-fighting trio, "Polyhedron". Donned the suit and mask to fight in the final battle. Died during the final fight[/i]; - [B]MARCUS WHITE/POLYHEDRON[/B]: [i]a thirty-year-old black man and leader of the "Polyhedron" trio. Convinced the other two to fight in the final war. Was the first of the three to die[/i]; - [B]BERNCE "BERTIE" WASHINGTON/POLYHEDRON[/B]: [i]a twenty-seven-year-old black female, and the final part to the "Polyhedron" trio. Was hesitant to fight in AW1 but caved. Was the last to die of the three[/i]; - ??? - ??? - ??? - ??? - ??? - ??? - ??? [/hider] [center][h3][u]|CURRENT//MEMBERS//OF//THE//SEVENTH//DIVISION|[/u][/h3][/center] [hider] [u][H3]THE//SEVENTH//DIVISION//2024-???[/H3][/u]- [B]MERLE MOREAU/ZENITH[/B]; - [B]VORIAN VON TRAUPITZ/THE GOOD DOCTOR[/B]; - [B]THE POET[/B]; [/hider] [center][h3]INTERVIEW//WITH:ALFRED//ARMITAGE,THE//MAN//O’WAR[/h3][h3][u][i]THE//STORY//OF//THE//FIRST//DIVISION[/i][/u][/h3][/center] [hider] “Tell us – tell us about how it all started, how The First Division came to be.” “Well… The First Division… shit, I think it was Eugene Rice and The Pang who started it. Yeah, yeah, totally was. They had both been doing their own thing separately for a while, but, you know, that was in 1988 – things were different back then. People didn’t really turn to superheroes for help. Hell, there weren’t a lot of ‘em. So on one hand you got this real big, goofy guy with this shit-eating grin – all he could do was slow down time. Not even stop it. Real winner. Then you had this little Asian firecracker, Vivian. Shaved her head bald, lifted weights like there was to tomorrow, did some real manly shit for this little China doll, like she had somethin’ to prove to someone. She was a hard-ass, and she’d clock you square in the jaw before you’d say shit about her. Wanted to be some champion boxer, I guess. So you got Eugene and The Pang, and they both want this notorious serial killer – Daniel Presman, er some shit like ‘at. So the two meet, clash, fight a bit, work together, solve the case, yadda, yadda, and [i]bam[/i]. You got it. The birth of ‘at beautiful baby: The First Division. ‘Course, back then they didn’t have no name. Not until Lighttouch – uh, Joseph Alberto. ‘Member him? He joined ‘em, and he brought along Lady Lust… then they found me, wanted me as a part of it. I was just some farmboy who shot birds for shits and giggles, ‘ccasionally I’d shoot more than that – but, whatever, right? Figured, what they hey, might as well, y’know? Named myself “Man O’War.” Sounds pretty badass, am I right? Yeah, we were titled as “the original five”. [i]That’s[/i] when “The Division” became our name. Right after Lady Lust joined and, [i]hey[/i], suddenly you got boys bending backward for ‘at bitch. Really milked it too, that cow. Knew exactly what she was doing. And we didn’t know we’d be the first of other Division’s, so we didn’t name it “The First Division”. That’s just some crap y’all came up with to make us some legacy, or somethin’. Anyway, we just kinda solved small-time crimes around the States for the most part – found serial killers, rapists, stopped bank heists and suicides. Real small stuff. Then more and more people were coming out as “super-powered,” ‘cause we inspired ‘em. It was cool at first, then shit got outta hand. The US government started tracking ‘em down, locking ‘em up. Someone had to stop it, you know? Nah, I wasn’t gonna stand for that shit. We had no clue how they were finding all these people, you know? But we fought ‘em. Rescued a shit ton of folk, most of which weren’t even “psychogenerative,” as they called it. Few of ‘em joined us; you got that flying chick Merle Moreau, that Aidu guy – Malik, ‘at was his name. Called himself “Hemlock”. Real cool name there, buddy. Then we picked up this one guy, named “The Poet”. Didn’t speak, just wrote real cryptic shit down in a notepad, and I swear that notepad never ran out of paper. Guy could read our minds too, not even shittin’ you. Always knew what we were thinking. There were few others, can’t think of their names at the moment. Most of ‘em are still ‘part of The Seventh Division now, still doing shit. Not me. Nah, not after that.” “And what are you referring to?” “Okay, so, here’s the deal. We had that “no killing” rule, right? Complete bullshit. But, hey, I ain’t running the group, so I’ll oblige, you know? But the police must’ve figured out at some point: we were a hella lot stronger then them. So they started using lethal force. Killed Eugene, just, blam, shot ‘em dead in the street. After that, there was a shit ton-a rioting for a bit, then martial law kicked in… yeah, it went on until me, The Pang and Lady Slut sat down with the president – real nice guy, by the way, real nice – and, yeah, so we’s sitting there and talking about this whole shit. You ready for this? Turns out Mr. Prezzy’s a big ole Super himself. He could read minds. Fitting, huh? Had to keep that shit on the down-low though, you know? The world couldn’t know about it, [i]God forbid[/i]. But he was just the figure head. Just ‘cause Mr. Bigshot’s the boss doesn’t mean he’s actually. But he’s all, “we’re gonna change shit, make shit better, fuck the government,”… I mean, maybe not in [i]those[/i] words, but still. Both sides lost a lotta people, and it didn’t take Sir America himself to figure that out. So he calls things off, makes a public announcement that any Super who acts up’ll be locked up for good. But everyone’s gotta respect us too – it ain’t a one-way street. That whole speech didn’t go over well, and it took some time. Still lotta fighting, workin’ our “superpowered underground railroad” deal. But it got there, eventually. We just had to work for it.” “Sounds like it had a happy ending.” “Don’t make this shit sappy. ‘Course it wasn’t, man. It took us three more years to make shit even a [i]little bit[/i] better. ‘Cause Eugene’d always kinda been the leader, y’know, held our shit together. So when he died, it kinda fell apart. Lady Lust had a thing for him, and she left ‘cause-a heartbreak. Soft bitch. Really, in the middle of “us versus them,” you leave ‘cause you liked some guy? She had a nice face, I’ll give ‘er that. But the broad was basic. Didn’t even know Eugene was sleeping with a man, and it wasn’t even a secret. Then a few months after Eugene and Hemlock bit it, you got some Spanish chick showin’ up at our doorstep – we shared an apartment, and I ain’t saying where – saying she’s all preg’d up with Lighttouch’s baby. Guess that touch wasn’t so light, [i]am I right[/i]? So the sucker left. Wasn’t pretty. The Pang had always been easy to piss off, but man, she was a firestorm back when most-a our regular team left. Hey, for fact’s sake, that was when The Second Division started. The Pang took over after that. Kinda like generations, er somethin’. It was me who came up with that idea, naming it “The Second Division”. I thought it was cute. Fuck everyone else, that name was symbolic!” “And, after The Psychogenerative Law was founded, would you say things got better or worse?” “Meh. I mean, the police were told to back off, but didn’t mean they did. I guess it was better for folk who didn’t want to want to be in the spotlight. But the rest of us was just tryin’ to save the day here! And, of course, that law said we couldn’t do flashy shit in public. Fine by me; I was just the groups’ sharpshooter. Couldn’t do any special shit, nothing to make me super. But a lot of us still got caught and thrown in jail. Hell, Nicole, uh, shit… Nicole Schuester – yeah, yeah, you know her: The Death Machine. Blond dreads, tattoos all up her face. That chick. She’d been arrested so many times that it was weird seein’ her for longer than a week. Nah, they came down hard on us.” “What changed it?” "I guess y’all did. The people. Man, we had so many fans everywhere, we was like real celebrities. I made that mistake of not wearin’ a mask at first, so people knew who I was all the time. Couldn’t do groceries without some knucklehead wantin’ an autograph. We saved the day, you know, saved a lotta people. Hell, we stopped World War 3! People just loved us. Fucking loved us. We got shit done when it needed to be, and we didn’t back down until we did. People just went crazy for us. And, as it turns out, cops be people, too! Huh, fancy that, you know? One-by-one, they all started to like what we were doing. Probably rescued half of ‘em at one point anyway. Hell, you ‘member Big Boy? They had a T-shirt line for him and everything. Got caught with coke a few times. He threw himself on a grenade to protect all of us and about fifty cops, without even thinking. See? We was good guys, no matter what shit we did. The police understood that way too late, but, hey, what can you do?” “Speaking of that, of Big Boy’s drug scandal… would you say the drugs, the money and the power… would you say that changed The Seventh Division’s morals at all?” “Hey, you give a bunch-a people a bunch of fancy powers, you’re gonna get some bozo thinkin’ he’s God. It’s gonna happen! So, yeah, a few of us did drugs, influenced some things, maybe stole a lotta shit. But Big Boy still fought to save [i]both sides[/i] during WW3. The Poet did whatever the fuck The Poet wanted to, but he helped more people than he killed – and, [i]yeah[/i], we all know it, he killed a metric shit ton of people. So we abused our role in society, a lot. We ain’t hiding from that. We’re human, after all. We screw up. But, at the end of the day, we were still making sure y’all had an end to the day, know what I’m saying? We worked endlessly – day and night and day and night – to protect you all. So cut us some slack here. Not all of us were bad people, and those of us who were, we still tried. And lemme tell you this – it’s scientifically proven, see: the more popular we got, the less crime there was. People ain’t stupid! You got this series of groups of vigilantes fixing some real societal shit for so long, hell, you ain’t gonna oppose us! You know? Thirty years, baby. You don’t go up against thirty years’ worth of kicking ass. So if there was some supervillain, they were some big shit, yeah. But that wasn’t all the time. So we got bored, y’know. Reckless, and shit. You spend so long fighting crime and living up to that name, so what’ch you gonna do when suddenly either the crime’s not worth it, or it’s more than you got to give? You still got all that popularity. Either you keep tryin-a live up to it, crack under the pressure, or, hey, drugs and drinking and some real hard shit. Yeah, we was stomping that shit out left and right, but that just meant we knew where to get it from. Had connections, and curiosity. Don’t blame us; those Hollywood stars do it all the time! But we still tried. I sure as hell tried, ‘cause I was a [I]good fucking person[/i].” “Isn’t it true that, in 2004, you drowned a prostitute and her four-year-old son after she terminated what you believed to be your baby? And that is why you were removed from The Seventh Division?” [I]NOTE: there is a pause in the recording followed by scraping sounds and muffled shouts. Man O’War whispers something incoherent. The stifled yells abruptly stop, and footsteps can be heard walking away.[/I] [/hider]