|Background|
This world exists in the DC comics multiverse. It is a world unlike that which we are used to. It is a world where east is west, and west is east. It is a world of crime and villainy.
But its story begins in 1942. World War II was at its height, with Amerika and her allies pitted against Germany and its allies. It was also the birth of supervillainy. Ted Kord was an army scientist who had stumbled upon a meteor, and inadvertently attached himself to the artifact within, becoming the Black Beetle. Alongside him came Jay Garrick, Rex Mason, and Wes Dodds. Together in their respective identities of Johnny Quick, Hourman, and Sandman, they joined Ted and became the Crime Society. Using their newfound powers, they blackmailed the US government into paying them to help the war end. When it did end in 1945, President Woodrow Wilson signed an order to hunt down and kill the Crime Society, whom by the war's end were terrorizing Coast City, California, Metropolis, Delaware, and Central City Missouri.
President Wilson took another step at the Society's downfall by putting into place the Checkmate program, a government agency dedicated to keeping superhuman activity in check.
|Year One|
But metahuman activity would not stay quiet. In 2010, a new, extremely powerful figure calling himself Ultraman takes out a Lexcorp 747 at 30,000 feet, killing 219 people. Before he can be apprehended, Ultraman disappears as quickly as he arrives. Two days later, a man named Clark Kent joins the Daily Planet. One month prior, in Gotham, New Jersey, Thomas Wayne Junior comes home from decades abroad. At the same time as Ultraman debuts, Owlman begins to make his presence known, murdering Rupert Thorne and turning Thorne's criminal network into his personal informant ring.
With Ultraman in Metropolis, and Owlman in Gotham, ordinary criminals were becoming obsolete. They were either bowing to Ultraman and Owlman, prospering somewhat, or being beaten by the supervillains. Checkmate immediately took notice of Ultraman, but left Owlman to the work of the Gotham PD, then headed up by James Gordon who had recently brought in Gillian Loeb from Chicago.
|Year Two|
As 2010 saw the rise of the supervillains, so 2011 saw the rise of the superhero. Lex Luthor, CEO of Lexcorp, horrified by Ultraman's blatant disregard for the lives of others, becomes the first public superhero. In Gotham, the Owlman sees his first foe in the Red Hood. The two would clash at ACE chemicals whereupon Owlman would push The Red Hood into a vat of experimental chemicals. He would emerge as the serial killer/antihero Joker. But the heroes soon began to become outnumbered, first by the amazon Superwoman, and next by the atlantean known as Sea King. As a result, cheetah and Black Manta Rose up.
|Year 3-the birth of the Crime Syndicate|
Year 3 began in turmoil. The world was under siege by Darkseid and his para demons. It was then that Ultraman met Owlman, and the two teamed up, eventually recruiting Sea King and Superwoman. In the fight against Darkseid, the team came together for selfish reasons and worked well together. In the end, they became an official team, and agreed to fight together against threats to everything they stood for.
Meanwhile, A thunderstorm breaks out in Central City, and Abin Sur crashes in the Mojave desert, the Ring of Volthoom seeking a new host.......
RULES:
1. Have fun
2. Please, don't kill off any character without prior consent from that character's owner
3. DC characters only please. And remember, this is an Alternate earth. Good is evil and vice versa.
4. Keep it pg-13 please.
CHARACTER SHEET
NAME
ALIAS
BACKSTORY
APPEARANCE(please include height and weight)
WHY THIS CHARACTER/WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS
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This world exists in the DC comics multiverse. It is a world unlike that which we are used to. It is a world where east is west, and west is east. It is a world of crime and villainy.
But its story begins in 1942. World War II was at its height, with Amerika and her allies pitted against Germany and its allies. It was also the birth of supervillainy. Ted Kord was an army scientist who had stumbled upon a meteor, and inadvertently attached himself to the artifact within, becoming the Black Beetle. Alongside him came Jay Garrick, Rex Mason, and Wes Dodds. Together in their respective identities of Johnny Quick, Hourman, and Sandman, they joined Ted and became the Crime Society. Using their newfound powers, they blackmailed the US government into paying them to help the war end. When it did end in 1945, President Woodrow Wilson signed an order to hunt down and kill the Crime Society, whom by the war's end were terrorizing Coast City, California, Metropolis, Delaware, and Central City Missouri.
President Wilson took another step at the Society's downfall by putting into place the Checkmate program, a government agency dedicated to keeping superhuman activity in check.
|Year One|
But metahuman activity would not stay quiet. In 2010, a new, extremely powerful figure calling himself Ultraman takes out a Lexcorp 747 at 30,000 feet, killing 219 people. Before he can be apprehended, Ultraman disappears as quickly as he arrives. Two days later, a man named Clark Kent joins the Daily Planet. One month prior, in Gotham, New Jersey, Thomas Wayne Junior comes home from decades abroad. At the same time as Ultraman debuts, Owlman begins to make his presence known, murdering Rupert Thorne and turning Thorne's criminal network into his personal informant ring.
With Ultraman in Metropolis, and Owlman in Gotham, ordinary criminals were becoming obsolete. They were either bowing to Ultraman and Owlman, prospering somewhat, or being beaten by the supervillains. Checkmate immediately took notice of Ultraman, but left Owlman to the work of the Gotham PD, then headed up by James Gordon who had recently brought in Gillian Loeb from Chicago.
|Year Two|
As 2010 saw the rise of the supervillains, so 2011 saw the rise of the superhero. Lex Luthor, CEO of Lexcorp, horrified by Ultraman's blatant disregard for the lives of others, becomes the first public superhero. In Gotham, the Owlman sees his first foe in the Red Hood. The two would clash at ACE chemicals whereupon Owlman would push The Red Hood into a vat of experimental chemicals. He would emerge as the serial killer/antihero Joker. But the heroes soon began to become outnumbered, first by the amazon Superwoman, and next by the atlantean known as Sea King. As a result, cheetah and Black Manta Rose up.
|Year 3-the birth of the Crime Syndicate|
Year 3 began in turmoil. The world was under siege by Darkseid and his para demons. It was then that Ultraman met Owlman, and the two teamed up, eventually recruiting Sea King and Superwoman. In the fight against Darkseid, the team came together for selfish reasons and worked well together. In the end, they became an official team, and agreed to fight together against threats to everything they stood for.
Meanwhile, A thunderstorm breaks out in Central City, and Abin Sur crashes in the Mojave desert, the Ring of Volthoom seeking a new host.......
RULES:
1. Have fun
2. Please, don't kill off any character without prior consent from that character's owner
3. DC characters only please. And remember, this is an Alternate earth. Good is evil and vice versa.
4. Keep it pg-13 please.
CHARACTER SHEET
NAME
ALIAS
BACKSTORY
APPEARANCE(please include height and weight)
WHY THIS CHARACTER/WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS
SAMPLE