Here's a quick run down of some of the universe's history. Still a work in progress. Let me know if anyone things things should be added.

[center][b]Earth’s History[/b][/center]

Since the birth of time the Earth was a battle ground between good and evil; between heroes and villains. The earliest of these heroes was Conan the Barbarian, who wandered the ancient plains battling his enemies and becoming the most powerful warrior of old. Evil also crept into the world during this time as well. Monsters and demons crossed from their plane of existence to ours. In order to combat them, men of the ancient times bound the powers of a demon to a young girl, creating the first Slayer, and a lineage that would continue as long as evil existed.

As time went on, others emerged, such as Solomon Kane, who made it his mission to eradicate dark forces on the planet. It was around this time that the first League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was formed by the British Crown in order to protect the world and the British Isles. The team would form and disband many times as time progressed, with many eccentric and powerful characters serving on it. The fabled ninja clan The Foot became a powerful force in Japan in this era.

The Earth’s move towards today’s super powered present at a greater speed during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During this time, the longest tenured League of Extraordinary Gentlemen fought off the first supervillain in Doctor Fu Manchu, as well as others. But the biggest change came when the Earth experienced its first alien invasion, as large tripods landed in the English countryside. They were eventually stopped by the League, as well as a biological weapon. The weapon also killed the majority of the witnesses to the invasion, allowing the government to mount a full-scale cover up. This betrayal led to the League disbanding.

This progress continued as World War II erupted. Hitler and his occult fanaticism drove the mad dictator to search the world, and other worlds, for anything that would let his rule last forever. Thanks to the efforts of Henry “Indiana” Jones, Hitler was denied the Ark of the Covenant as well as the Holy Grail. But that is not all Jones denied the Fuhrer. On a remote island off the coast of Britain, Jones accompanied Professor Trevor Bruttenholm and a contingent of soldiers to stop a Nazi plan to release a demon upon the Earth. Hitler’s occult priest Rasputin managed to open a portal to another plane, but was stopped by the Allied forces. Rasputin was sucked into the portal, but something managed to make its way over to their side as well. The small, infant demon was discovered by the Professor and named “Hellboy” by the troops. After the discovery of Hellboy, Bruttenholm and Jones formed the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, dedicated to protecting the world from “the things that go bump in the night”.

After the war, the world began changing dramatically. Superpowered humans appeared in the decades that followed. The government did not know where they came from. Some speculated that they were experiments gone wrong, and others believed they were the next stage in human evolution. Most of these people hid their abilities in fear of what normal people may do to them. Others joined government initiatives to understand the phenomenon.

The super powered age exploded in the 80s, however, with the debut of the “superhero”. Costumed characters such as Omni-Man began patrolling the earth and fighting crime and super villainy. The trend continued for a decade and a half until the world governments decided it needed to be regulated. They created the Global Defense Agency, and publicly claimed it was to reign in the superhuman population, but in reality it was designed to work with the superheroes. Each hero was given a government contact they had to report findings and movements to said agents. Around the same time, the team known as GI Joe was formed to combat terrorism. They clashed with the terrorists Cobra Command, and MI6 battled with the group known as SPECTRE.

The world spun on until our story started…

[center][b]Events so far…[/b][/center]

-The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles emerge from the sewers and begin exploring the surface world. They fight the New York mob from the shadows, leading the mob to extort scientist Baxter Stockman into using his Mouser robots to track the Turtles down. This ends in a standoff with the Turtles and Splinter fighting and defeating an army of Mousers. The family also deals with a rival mutant, an alley cat named Old Hob, and his street gang. The Foot begin appearing in the city in the latter part of the year. The first skirmishes end in Turtle victories, until the Shredder appears, turning the tide. The Foot now look to exert their power over the other criminal groups in the city in order to take it over. During the year the Turtles befriend college students April O’Neil and Casey Jones, as well as the vigilante street gang known as the Purple Dragons.

-Hellboy and the BPRD tangle with a resurrected Rasputin and his cult followers. The insane sorcerer plans to use Hellboy’s right hand to unleash the Ogdru Jahad, the seven dragons of the apocalypse, to destroy the world and remake it in his vision. The plan nearly succeeds, but the spell over the red demon is broken, allowing Hellboy to lock the gate once again, and kill Rasputin once and for all.

-The superhero calling himself Invincible debuts and fights the fallen hero Omni-Man.

-James Bond foils several plots by SPECTRE to destabilize the world’s governments.

-GI Joe stops Cobra from obtaining a bio weapon capable of destroying vast amounts of human life.