Hero Complex is an idea that I had to bring back an older RP in a slightly different way. The Alliance [..or was it the Allies?!] was an old RP of mine from before Guildfall that started out as an original universe spin on a government sanctioned Avengers type of team. It gradually morphed into its own thing and I'm hoping to find that spark one more time. This RP concept will also take cues from the Invincible series and maybe a pinch or two from the Watchmen depending on how you look at it, you'll see what I mean if you're still reading... ___________________________________________________ [b][i]In the 90's the premiere superheroes were the Alliance. Sanctioned and funded by the United Nations the team was comprised of a humanoid cat-man from England named Leopold, a giant of a man called Megaplex, the armored Lady Liberty, as well as others. The times though... they're always changing. The Alliance had fallen apart in recent years. Constantly rotating new heroes in and out of the group, scandal with foreign organizations, and corruption when it came to the oversight from the UN eventually lead to the dissolution of the group. And then Lady Liberty was found dead due to mysterious circumstances while in her civilian identity. After grieving for several days over his mother's passing, the Son of Liberty vowed to solve her murder. After finding a new prototype Torch weapon his mother had been developing, he reached out to several heroes affiliated with the Alliance but never got any kind of word back. He'd have to make a new Alliance. And it would have to be locally since he didn't have the same resources as his mother. Her death occurred in Liberty City, so the investigation would start there regardless of what the team turned into. Becoming a hometown hero was definitely not on Liberty Son's bingo card this summer. Liberty City is a city of adventure and intrigue on the Atlantic Coast of North Carolina. It's design is reminiscent of a compacted NYC, however instead of five boroughs it only has four. It is home to several superhuman individuals and is formerly the home of the super-team the Amazings, as well as the recently deceased Lady Liberty.[/i][/b] [u]* Liberty City is taken from the GTA series and has been slightly altered here and there for this RP. * Rather than a Liberty statue with a coffee in her hand, the statue will resemble the male Colossus of Rhodes. * Like Marvel's NYC, Liberty City will have several superheroes and villains operating there regularly that often interact with each other. * The Amazings were an off-shoot of the Fantastic Four. They operated in the city from 2009 - 2022. Mister Amazing, Amazing Jane, Judy Juggernaut, Firecracker, and Kid Cosmo made up the team.[/u] _________________________________________________________________ The general idea is to build a universe similar to how Invincible is mostly inspired by DC, we're just gonna loosely base this universe on Marvel. The RP will include heroic crossovers, fights between heroes, and team-ups leading into the eventual founding of a super team (the New Alliance) within the game. Now, that isn't saying you HAVE to join the super team. Originally in the comics the Hulk only joined the Avengers long enough to take down Loki. When looking at the building blocks of a more connected universe I look to movies and story lines like James Gunn's Superman, Civil War, the Avengers, Justice League War [the animated retelling of the new52 JL origin], Hulk vs. the Thing, Underworld Unleashed, etc. There are a lot of teams and concepts involved, but not everyone's characters will be team players or want to be. And I get that. There will always be the option to have a 'Wildcard' which is exactly what it sounds like. Can be anything and not even based on an existing archetype. Maybe you wanna create something of an amalgam of Hawkman and the Punisher and toss into the game as a vigilante w/superpowers? That can still happen. Available Archetypes and Examples: Advanced Techno [Ironman, Black Panther, Green Goblin] Demi-God/Goddess [Thor, Storm, Sentry, Wonder Man] Size Manipulator [Ant-Man, Giant Man, Wasp] Vigilante [Punisher, Daredevil, Cloak & Dagger] Brute [Hulk, She Hulk, Luke Cage] Teen Hero [Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel, Speedball] Cosmic Hero [Nova, Quasar, Darkhawk, Starlord] Alien 1[Groot, Lilandra, Starfox] Wildcard 1[Namor, Ghost Rider, Dr. Strange, Wolverine] And yes there's also villain spots available: Evil Genius [Justin Hammer, Norman Osborn, Dr. Octopus] Brute Villain [Red Hulk, Abomination, Terrax] Alien 2 [Psycho Man, Ronan the Accuser, Ultimus] Wildcard 2 [Ultron, Nightmare, Whirlwind, Sandman] REMEMBER!!! Characters don't have to be note for note knock-offs of existing characters. My Liberty Son is about as different from Capt. America as he can be. If enough people are interested, maybe four or five players as heroes and maybe a villain, I'll go ahead and post the CS requirements. We'd legit have enough to get this thing off the ground with just five or six people. We could keep recruiting open in case somebody comes along later with a character that fits as well. Or we can just get a full cast from jump street, whatever works. Hope to see some familiar faces! Where's everybody been hiding?!