[quote=@Menhir]
So are the heroes and villains going to have seperate plot threads, or will they directly oppose one another?
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In theory, villains and heroes with congruent mantles will arch one another, but I don't expect to get a lot of the perfect matches that you see in arching. Otherwise, there are two separate plot threads.

[quote=@Zero Hex]
Soooo uh, what are people's character ideas while we wait for updates?

For a hero I'm thinking of a secret agent type that specializes in countering anything that can be construed as a martial arts menace, be it ninja clans, crazy kung fu cults, revived ancient warriors and the like. He'll technically be head of his own official division except he's the only one there, and because it's such a specific field and he's the guy you call when your Iron Fists and Bronze Tigers are busy he has a load of spare time he doesn't know what to do with on his hands.

Not sure what I'd do for a villain but leaning towards a crusty old master with a very Lady Shiva like personality and reputation, who could and indeed has retired ages ago but keeps on coming back because his incredibly long life is otherwise way too boring and he knows nothing else but getting into life or death fistfights.
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Neat! That sounds like a member of the DHR's G.I.JOE knockoff. I think their acronym is ERASERS, but I'll have to check the discord notes. There is an extensive canon of NPC Supers, but the current PC characters are

- A shy middle-aged man going through a divorce, reclaiming his former mantle of _Arithmetick_, the math guy of a Board of Education sponsored team called the Studybugs, who saw little success during their career in the 90's because what a lame gimmick. Story is about a guy with a passion for Supering that outweighs the hunger for success or popularity seen in many contemporary Supers.

- An elderly chinese villain who came to America in the 50's to become a Superhero, instead only finding work as a villain called Yellow Menace, arching a Hulk-Hogan expy called American Muscle. After a popular boy hero called Jungle Jim's arch was caught with an underage hooker, Yellow Menace is transferred to arch Jungle Jim and was renamed Beastmaster. Anyway, in the 90's the Asian American Anti Defamation League said he and many others upheld stereotypes, so said elderly kung fu master was retired by VILE and had to move in with his daughter. Story is about how innocent individuals can be swept up by societal shifts which seem to be for the better, when they are for the worse.

- An australian who has moved to America, being shoehorned by the DHR into having a mantle based around the novelty of his being Australian. I think he's named Bombat.

- A latin-american hero whose father worked at a superscience factory and got his testes irradiated, causing his son to be born without limbs. To recoup some PR, said superscience company outfits him with robotic arms and legs and sponsors his steep DHR fees. Story is about how companies can uplift and manipulate minorities for their commercial appeal, provided they are willing to fit the trendiest image and remain in the spotlight.