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Create-A-Hero: A Superhero RPG Season 3- Shattered Dimensions

Yeah alright, I know, okay? What you're thinking, i'm thinking it too! But I had a promise, nobody remembers it but i promised to do it okay!! Besides, it's just text.

@Alternax

I'll take a look tomorrow. :)

Worlds Collide: A Merged Universe Superhero Roleplay

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Cassie Sandsmark

It was days like this that made Cassie question her life choices. Instead of partying on the weekend, like any normal young adult would, she had been scouring the local redwood national park for an undocumented cave entrance. And why was Cassie doing this? As crazy as it sounds, the prior night, while she was working late at the Gateway City Museum of Antiquities, a statue of Ares—technically Mars, as it was a Roman sculpture—miraculously animated and spoke to her. He claimed that Cassie’s deadbeat dad was the king of the Gods, Zeus. He suggested she could find the answers she had been searching for in a nearby passage to the underworld.

Honestly, Cassie was only humoring the request of this supposed Ares because she had grown up reading the Percy Jackson books and the idea of being related to Zeus amused her.

Cassie rested her aching feet as she sat down on a nearby log next to the trail. She emptied the dirty from her tennis shoe—she definitely should have worn hiking boots for this excursion. But at least the wooded trail provided plenty of shade to escape from the blaze of the Californian sun.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Songbirds warbled their melodies through the woods’ canopies. The leaves of the redwoods rustled from the light breeze grazing against their foliage. Even the buzzing of bugs echoed in the distance. Cassie leaned up against the gentle slope behind her, as she continued to enjoy her brief escape from the concrete jungle that Gateway City was.

Well, Cassie would have enjoyed the pleasures of nature, had she not found herself tumbling backwards. When Cassie had approached this section of the trail, she did not find any underground entrances: the hill’s foliage had not even spread to where the log rested against it. Yet somehow this opening spontaneously appeared without any visible indication of its existence. Was this just a coincidence or was this the opening she was looking for?

Pulling out a flashlight, Cassie descended into the depths of this hidden cave. Fortunately, her petite stature allowed Cassie to advance through the otherwise claustrophobic and cramped passage. After several yards into the cave, the tunnel opened to a spacious cavern. Her flashlight revealed puffs of vapor billowing over the rocky floor and a decrepit pier long hidden within the twilight. The waters of this underground river splashed harmlessly against the wharf’s support beams.

The ancient planks creaked beneath Cassie’s feet. The sounds of her footsteps against the wood and abandoned coins plopping into the water below echoed throughout the cavern. Despite her flashlight, the cave’s darkness shrouded the opposite shore, assuming it was within eye shot.

“These shores are not meant for the living,” a ghastly voice echoed from behind Cassie.
As Cassie turned to face whoever had just addressed her, the aged plank beneath her snapped. She tumbled into the dark water beside the dock. Panic washed over Cassie as her head submerged below the murky water’s surface. Fortunately, shallows flanked either side of the wooden structure. Nonetheless, she sprung up to her feet and, parting her drenched hair, turned her attention to the figure standing before her.

A hooded figure piloted a rickety boat, now docked next to the pier. A shriveled arm grasped a rusted lantern that dangled before the figure. In the other hand, he clutched an oar. Despite his cloak shielding his face, the figure continued to glare at Cassie. Now stuck in an awkward staring contest, while soaked and shivering, she inched towards the river’s shore.
“Well, I’m just be going now,” Cassie said. Even though she broke the silence, the hooded figure did not respond. As she received no reply, Cassie bolted.

Once outside, the warm rays of the sun welcomed her. The hill behind her gave no indication that an entrance existed. Yet, when she pressed her palm against the earth, her hand passed through the hill, into the cave.
“Well, I doubt anyone will believe this tale.”

Worlds Collide: A Merged Universe Superhero Roleplay

Sorry I haven't gotten anything up yet. I have my post written. I just need to give it an editing pass (hopefully it will be up tomorrow).

Worlds Collide: A Merged Universe Superhero Roleplay

Still working on my post. Hopefully will have it up sometime this coming week. *fingers crossed*

[quote=@Bounce]
How are people feeling about collabs or interaction?

[*] Fabled relic lost at sea leads to Wondy/Aqua team-up? @Dedonus

Not wanting to force anything, just throwing it out there in case it inspires any of those posts Wraith needs to get his fix.
[/quote]

Perhaps after Wondy becomes Wondy.

Worlds Collide: A Merged Universe Superhero Roleplay

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^{"τῆς μάλιστα θῶμα ποιεῦμαι ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα στρατευσαμένης γυναικός" ~Herodotos, Histories 7.99.1}

C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y _________________________________________________________ Cassandra "Cassie" Sandsmark _________________________________________________________ 24 | Single _________________________________________________________ Amazons of Themiskira | American (demigoddess) N O T A B L E A B I L I T I E S & T O O L S N O T A B L E A B I L I T I E S & T O O L S _________________________________________________________ [+] - A B I L I T I E S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Demigoddess Physiology Due to her Olympian parentage, Cassie developed peak-human athletic abilities after the meta-bomb detonated. Once she becomes Wonder Woman, Cassie's abilities will match those of her Amazonian adopted-sisters. Furthermore, she will gain superhuman strength and wingless flight once she takes up the mantle. ◼ Channel Electricity As Zeus' daughter, Cassie can channel electricity, but she can only do so through inanimate objects, such as her lasso. This ability is inspired by mainstream Wonder Girl's Lasso of Lightning. - T O O L (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Lasso of Truth (not acquired) This magical lasso has the ability to compel anyone wrapped by its coils to tell nothing but the truth. ◼ Bracelets of Submission (not acquired) The bracelets allows Cassie to deflect projectiles and parry melee attacks due to the indestructible metal that was used to fashion them. ◼ Amazonian Xiphos (not acquired) A Greek-style sword forged by Hephaistos himself. - N O T A B L E S K I L L S & T A L E N T S N O T A B L E S K I L L S & T A L E N T S _________________________________________________________ [+] - S K I L L (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Classical Studies Cassie earned a BA and MA in Classical Studies. She has reading proficiency in Greek and Latin, along with extensive knowledge of the Classical Word. She can also rely upon her mother's archaeological expertise to fill in any gaps in Cassie's knowledge. ◼ Amazonian Training (not acquired) Once Cassie earned the mantle of Wonder Woman, the Amazons of Themiskyra will provide her with basic combat training so she won't return to the world of man as an untrained warrior. - T A L E N T (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Athletic Ability Even before the meta-bomb, Cassie possessed natural athletic skills due to her demigoddess status. -

T H E S T O R Y S O F A R... T H E S T O R Y S O F A R... ________________________________________________________________________________________ Centuries ago, the Themiskyrian Amazons originally inhabited Themiskyra, a city located on the southern coast of the Black Sea in modern-day Turkey. Over the years, various Greek Heroes, such as Bellerophon, Herakles, Theseus, and Akhilleus, clashed with the Themiskyrians in Amazonomachies and decimated their warriors, including many of their queens. With their numbers diminished and enemies on all corners, the remaining Amazons departed the mainland and resettled on Olbia Nesos, Paradise Island (lit. the Blessed Island), where they remained in isolation. The last Themiskyrian who stepped foot in the world of man was Thalestris, whose band of Warrior-Women became lost and were never seen again. This left Diana of Themiskyra with the sole task of ruling over Paradise Island as their queen. Helena Sandsmark achieved her world-renown reputation as an archaeologist from an important discovery at a dig in Athens that provided evidence for the historicity of the Amazonian invasion of Athens during the Bronze Age. From this archaeological and historical breakthrough, Helena secured a position at the Gateway City Museum of Antiquities. A few years later, Helena had a daughter, Cassandra with a mysterious man who left their lives just as suddenly he had appeared. Unbeknown to mother or daughter, the true identity of Cassandra's father was Zeus, the King of the Olympian Gods. Because Zeus has always been an absent father to all his mortal children, Cassie was raised solely by her mother. Due to her mother's busy career, which included international travel for archaeological digs, Cassie often acted out for attention. The lack of answers from her mother about her dad frustrated Cassie. Once Cassie started attending college, people thought she had outgrown her trouble child phase, as she was pursuing a degree in Classical Studies, almost as if she were following in her mother's footsteps. But what actually happened was that, after the meta-bomb went off, strange phenomena started to pop up around Cassie, things she couldn't rationally explain. Oak trees would spontaneously sprout up where no trees had been standing the day before. Eagles would randomly perch on trees and roofs in Cassie's vicinity. Even the outbreak of thunderstorms would sometimes weirdly coincide when Cassie felt stressed or angry. After Cassie earned her Master's degree in Classical Studies, she decided that academia was not the career for her and therefore did not pursue a PhD in the same field. Instead, she returned home and worked at Gateway City Museum of Antiquities with her mother while she tried to figure out what path she would take next in her life. On one fateful night, while Cassie was alone at the museum, she experienced something fantastical that would launch Cassie on her journey to become Wonder Woman. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) ________________________________________________________________________________________ I've been told in the past that I should try my hand at Wonder Woman in one of these games due to my enthusiasm for and knowledge of Greco-Roman Mythology. After watching this video essay about the inconsistent characterization of Wonder Woman's villains and giving the idea some thought, I feel I have a concept I would enjoy writing. I have decided to go with Cassie instead of Diana so that I can do a twist on the Wonder Woman origin story (as this game is a "superheroes are a recent thing" setting). Instead of Diana leaving Paradise Island and being a fish out of water in the modern world, Cassie will be undergoing an inverse adventure, where she needs to leave the "World of Man" and find Paradise Island. The premise of this interpretation centers on the idea of a world without an active Wonder Woman at the start of the story. Outside of this premise, I tried to keep Cassie's backstory relatively vanilla and then applied the implications of a lack of Wonder Woman from there. Furthermore, there is some precedence for an adult Cassie as Wonder Woman, including her Earth-55 counterpart, a hypothetical Teen Titans future, and a 2000's Young Justice story line. I envision Hera being Cassie's primary antagonist for this concept, as this goes naturally with her being a daughter of Zeus. I see Hera more as a scheming/mastermind villain who sends other baddies against Cassie instead of confronting herself (possibly because Hera sees it as beneath herself to do her own dirty work). This would allow Cassie to encounter both Wonder Woman's rogues gallery and foe & monsters plucked from Greco-Roman mythology. For example, I can imagine an implication of Diana never leaving Paradise Island could be Barbara Minerva taking Diana's position at the Museum of Antiquities, which could give Cassie personal stakes when Hera pits Cheetah against her.

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Worlds Collide: A Merged Universe Superhero Roleplay

Greek Mythology Attempt #2

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^{"τῆς μάλιστα θῶμα ποιεῦμαι ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα στρατευσαμένης γυναικός" ~Herodotos, Histories 7.99.1}

C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y _________________________________________________________ Cassandra "Cassie" Sandsmark _________________________________________________________ 24 | Single _________________________________________________________ Amazons of Themiskira | American (demigoddess) N O T A B L E A B I L I T I E S & T O O L S N O T A B L E A B I L I T I E S & T O O L S _________________________________________________________ [+] - A B I L I T I E S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Demigoddess Physiology Due to her Olympian parentage, Cassie developed peak-human athletic abilities after the meta-bomb detonated. Once she becomes Wonder Woman, Cassie's abilities will match those of her Amazonian adopted-sisters. Furthermore, she will gain superhuman strength and wingless flight once she takes up the mantle. ◼ Channel Electricity As Zeus' daughter, Cassie can channel electricity, but she can only do so through inanimate objects, such as her lasso. This ability is inspired by mainstream Wonder Girl's Lasso of Lightning. - T O O L (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Lasso of Truth (not acquired) This magical lasso has the ability to compel anyone wrapped by its coils to tell nothing but the truth. ◼ Bracelets of Submission (not acquired) The bracelets allows Cassie to deflect projectiles and parry melee attacks due to the indestructible metal that was used to fashion them. ◼ Amazonian Xiphos (not acquired) A Greek-style sword forged by Hephaistos himself. - N O T A B L E S K I L L S & T A L E N T S N O T A B L E S K I L L S & T A L E N T S _________________________________________________________ [+] - S K I L L (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Classical Studies Cassie earned a BA and MA in Classical Studies. She has reading proficiency in Greek and Latin, along with extensive knowledge of the Classical Word. She can also rely upon her mother's archaeological expertise to fill in any gaps in Cassie's knowledge. ◼ Amazonian Training (not acquired) Once Cassie earned the mantle of Wonder Woman, the Amazons of Themiskyra will provide her with basic combat training so she won't return to the world of man as an untrained warrior. - T A L E N T (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Athletic Ability Even before the meta-bomb, Cassie possessed natural athletic skills due to her demigoddess status. -

T H E S T O R Y S O F A R... T H E S T O R Y S O F A R... ________________________________________________________________________________________ Centuries ago, the Themiskyrian Amazons originally inhabited Themiskyra, a city located on the southern coast of the Black Sea in modern-day Turkey. Over the years, various Greek Heroes, such as Bellerophon, Herakles, Theseus, and Akhilleus, clashed with the Themiskyrians in Amazonomachies and decimated their warriors, including many of their queens. With their numbers diminished and enemies on all corners, the remaining Amazons departed the mainland and resettled on Olbia Nesos, Paradise Island (lit. the Blessed Island), where they remained in isolation. The last Themiskyrian who stepped foot in the world of man was Thalestris, whose band of Warrior-Women became lost and were never seen again. This left Diana of Themiskyra with the sole task of ruling over Paradise Island as their queen. Helena Sandsmark achieved her world-renown reputation as an archaeologist from an important discovery at a dig in Athens that provided evidence for the historicity of the Amazonian invasion of Athens during the Bronze Age. From this archaeological and historical breakthrough, Helena secured a position at the Gateway City Museum of Antiquities. A few years later, Helena had a daughter, Cassandra with a mysterious man who left their lives just as suddenly he had appeared. Unbeknown to mother or daughter, the true identity of Cassandra's father was Zeus, the King of the Olympian Gods. Because Zeus has always been an absent father to all his mortal children, Cassie was raised solely by her mother. Due to her mother's busy career, which included international travel for archaeological digs, Cassie often acted out for attention. The lack of answers from her mother about her dad frustrated Cassie. Once Cassie started attending college, people thought she had outgrown her trouble child phase, as she was pursuing a degree in Classical Studies, almost as if she were following in her mother's footsteps. But what actually happened was that, after the meta-bomb went off, strange phenomena started to pop up around Cassie, things she couldn't rationally explain. Oak trees would spontaneously sprout up where no trees had been standing the day before. Eagles would randomly perch on trees and roofs in Cassie's vicinity. Even the outbreak of thunderstorms would sometimes weirdly coincide when Cassie felt stressed or angry. After Cassie earned her Master's degree in Classical Studies, she decided that academia was not the career for her and therefore did not pursue a PhD in the same field. Instead, she returned home and worked at Gateway City Museum of Antiquities with her mother while she tried to figure out what path she would take next in her life. On one fateful night, while Cassie was alone at the museum, she experienced something fantastical that would launch Cassie on her journey to become Wonder Woman. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) ________________________________________________________________________________________ I've been told in the past that I should try my hand at Wonder Woman in one of these games due to my enthusiasm for and knowledge of Greco-Roman Mythology. After watching this video essay about the inconsistent characterization of Wonder Woman's villains and giving the idea some thought, I feel I have a concept I would enjoy writing. I have decided to go with Cassie instead of Diana so that I can do a twist on the Wonder Woman origin story (as this game is a "superheroes are a recent thing" setting). Instead of Diana leaving Paradise Island and being a fish out of water in the modern world, Cassie will be undergoing an inverse adventure, where she needs to leave the "World of Man" and find Paradise Island. The premise of this interpretation centers on the idea of a world without an active Wonder Woman at the start of the story. Outside of this premise, I tried to keep Cassie's backstory relatively vanilla and then applied the implications of a lack of Wonder Woman from there. Furthermore, there is some precedence for an adult Cassie as Wonder Woman, including her Earth-55 counterpart, a hypothetical Teen Titans future, and a 2000's Young Justice story line. I envision Hera being Cassie's primary antagonist for this concept, as this goes naturally with her being a daughter of Zeus. I see Hera more as a scheming/mastermind villain who sends other baddies against Cassie instead of confronting herself (possibly because Hera sees it as beneath herself to do her own dirty work). This would allow Cassie to encounter both Wonder Woman's rogues gallery and foe & monsters plucked from Greco-Roman mythology. For example, I can imagine an implication of Diana never leaving Paradise Island could be Barbara Minerva taking Diana's position at the Museum of Antiquities, which could give Cassie personal stakes when Hera pits Cheetah against her.

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Ultimate One Universe: Resistance

Sorry I haven't made a post yet. This has been a busy week, but I'll try to get a post done this weekend.

Ultimate One Universe: Resistance

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^{"τῆς μάλιστα θῶμα ποιεῦμαι ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα στρατευσαμένης γυναικός" ~Herodotos, Histories 7.99.1}

C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y _________________________________________________________ Cassandra "Cassie" Sandsmark _________________________________________________________ 24 | Single _________________________________________________________ Amazons of Themyskira | American (demigoddess) N O T A B L E A B I L I T I E S & T O O L S N O T A B L E A B I L I T I E S & T O O L S _________________________________________________________ [+] - A B I L I T I E S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Demigoddess Physiology Due to her Olympian parentage, Cassie developed peak-human athletic abilities after the meta-bomb detonated. Once she becomes Wonder Woman, Cassie's abilities will match those of her Amazonian adopted-sisters. Furthermore, she will gain superhuman strength and wingless flight once she takes up the mantle. ◼ Channel Electricity As Zeus' daughter, Cassie can channel electricity, but she can only do so through inanimate objects, such as her lasso. This ability is inspired by mainstream Wonder Girl's Lasso of Lightning. - T O O L (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Lasso of Truth (not acquired) This magical lasso has the ability to compel anyone wrapped by its coils to tell nothing but the truth. ◼ Bracelets of Submission (not acquired) The bracelets allows Cassie to deflect projectiles and parry melee attacks due to the indestructible metal that was used to fashion them. ◼ Amazonian Xiphos (not acquired) A Greek-style sword forged by Hephaistos himself. - N O T A B L E S K I L L S & T A L E N T S N O T A B L E S K I L L S & T A L E N T S _________________________________________________________ [+] - S K I L L (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Classical Studies Cassie earned a BA and MA in Classical Studies. She has reading proficiency in Greek and Latin, along with extensive knowledge of the Classical Word. She can also rely upon her mother's archaeological expertise to fill in any gaps in Cassie's knowledge. ◼ Amazonian Training (not acquired) Once Cassie earned the mantle of Wonder Woman, the Amazons of Themyskira will provide her with basic combat training so she won't return to the world of man as an untrained warrior. - T A L E N T (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Athletic Ability Even before the meta-bomb, Cassie possessed natural athletic skills due to her demigoddess status. -

T H E S T O R Y S O F A R... T H E S T O R Y S O F A R... ________________________________________________________________________________________ Centuries ago, the Themyskyrian Amazons originally inhabited the city of Themyskira, which was located on the southern coast of the Black Sea in modern-day Turkey. After Herakles and Theseus invaded the homeland of the Amazons to acquire Hippolyta's girdle and subsequently kidnapped some of their sisters, including the queen's sister, Antiope, the Themyskrians relocated to Paradise Island, where they could escape the cruelty of man's world. They then swore to never again interfere with man's affairs after Achilles slew Penthesilea during the final year of the Trojan War. Until the present day, Paradise Island remained in isolation, but when the Reach arrived and turned hostile, the Amazons faced their first external threat since the Age of Homeric Epic. The Themyskyrian Amazons successfully drove out the Reach from their paradise, but not without much cost, including the death of their queen, Hippolyte. Since that day, Diana of Themyskyra sat upon the throne. Helena Sandsmark achieved her world-renown reputation as an archaeologist from an important discovery at a dig in Athens that provided evidence for the historicity of the Amazonian invasion of Athens during the Bronze Age. From this archaeological and historical breakthrough, Helena secured a position at the Gateway City Museum of Antiquities. A few years later, Helena had a daughter, Cassandra with a mysterious man who left their lives just as suddenly he had appeared. Unbeknown to mother or daughter, the true identity of Cassandra's father was Zeus, the King of the Olympian Gods. Because Zeus has always been an absent father to all his mortal children, Cassie was raised solely by her mother. Due to her mother's busy career, which included international travel for archaeological digs, Cassie often acted out for attention. The lack of answers from her mother about her dad frustrated Cassie. Once Cassie started attending college, people thought she had outgrown her trouble child phase, as she was pursuing a degree in Classical Studies, almost as if she were following in her mother's footsteps. But what actually happened was that, after the meta-bomb went off, strange phenomena started to pop up around Cassie, things she couldn't rationally explain. Oak trees would spontaneously sprout up where no trees had been standing the day before. Eagles would randomly perch on trees and roofs in Cassie's vicinity. Even the outbreak of thunderstorms would sometimes weirdly coincide when Cassie felt stressed or angry. After Cassie earned her Master's degree in Classical Studies, she decided that academia was not the career for her and therefore did not pursue a PhD in the same field. Instead, she returned home and worked at Gateway City Museum of Antiquities with her mother while she tried to figure out what path she would take next in her life. On one fateful night, while Cassie was alone at the museum, she experienced something fantastical that would launch Cassie on her journey to become Wonder Woman. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) ________________________________________________________________________________________ I've been told in the past that I should try my hand at Wonder Woman in one of these games due to my enthusiasm for and knowledge of Greco-Roman Mythology. After watching this video essay about the inconsistent characterization of Wonder Woman's villains and giving the idea some thought, I feel I have a concept I would enjoy writing. I have decided to go with Cassie instead of Diana so that I can do a twist on the Wonder Woman origin story (as this game is a "superheroes are a recent thing" setting). Instead of Diana leaving Paradise Island and being a fish out of water in the modern world, Cassie will be undergoing an inverse adventure, where she needs to leave the "World of Man" and find Paradise Island. The premise of this interpretation centers on the idea of a world without an active Wonder Woman at the start of the story. Outside of this premise, I tried to keep Cassie's backstory relatively vanilla and then applied the implications of a lack of Wonder Woman from there. Furthermore, there is some precedence for an adult Cassie as Wonder Woman, including her Earth-55 counterpart, a hypothetical Teen Titans future, and a 2000's Young Justice story line. I envision Hera being Cassie's primary antagonist for this concept, as this goes naturally with her being a daughter of Zeus. I see Hera more as a scheming/mastermind villain who sends other baddies against Cassie instead of confronting herself (possibly because Hera sees it as beneath herself to do her own dirty work). This would allow Cassie to encounter both Wonder Woman's rogues gallery and foe & monsters plucked from Greco-Roman mythology. For example, I can imagine an implication of Diana never leaving Paradise Island could be Barbara Minerva taking Diana's position at the Museum of Antiquities, which could give Cassie personal stakes when Hera pits Cheetah against her.

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Ultimate One Universe: Resistance

Time for some Greek Mythology

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W O N D E R W O M A N

^{"τῆς μάλιστα θῶμα ποιεῦμαι ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα στρατευσαμένης γυναικός" ~Herodotos, Histories 7.99.1}

C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y _________________________________________________________ Cassandra "Cassie" Sandsmark _________________________________________________________ 24 | Single _________________________________________________________ Amazons of Themyskira | American (demigoddess) N O T A B L E A B I L I T I E S & T O O L S N O T A B L E A B I L I T I E S & T O O L S _________________________________________________________ [+] - A B I L I T I E S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Demigoddess Physiology Due to her Olympian parentage, Cassie developed peak-human athletic abilities after the meta-bomb detonated. Once she becomes Wonder Woman, Cassie's abilities will match those of her Amazonian adopted-sisters. Furthermore, she will gain superhuman strength and wingless flight once she takes up the mantle. ◼ Channel Electricity As Zeus' daughter, Cassie can channel electricity, but she can only do so through inanimate objects, such as her lasso. This ability is inspired by mainstream Wonder Girl's Lasso of Lightning. - T O O L (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Lasso of Truth (not acquired) This magical lasso has the ability to compel anyone wrapped by its coils to tell nothing but the truth. ◼ Bracelets of Submission (not acquired) The bracelets allows Cassie to deflect projectiles and parry melee attacks due to the indestructible metal that was used to fashion them. ◼ Amazonian Xiphos (not acquired) A Greek-style sword forged by Hephaistos himself. - N O T A B L E S K I L L S & T A L E N T S N O T A B L E S K I L L S & T A L E N T S _________________________________________________________ [+] - S K I L L (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Classical Studies Cassie earned a BA and MA in Classical Studies. She has reading proficiency in Greek and Latin, along with extensive knowledge of the Classical Word. She can also rely upon her mother's archaeological expertise to fill in any gaps in Cassie's knowledge. ◼ Amazonian Training (not acquired) Once Cassie earned the mantle of Wonder Woman, the Amazons of Themyskira will provide her with basic combat training so she won't return to the world of man as an untrained warrior. - T A L E N T (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Athletic Ability Even before the meta-bomb, Cassie possessed natural athletic skills due to her demigoddess status. -

T H E S T O R Y S O F A R... T H E S T O R Y S O F A R... ________________________________________________________________________________________ Centuries ago, the Themyskyrian Amazons originally inhabited the city of Themyskira, which was located on the southern coast of the Black Sea in modern-day Turkey. After Herakles and Theseus invaded the homeland of the Amazons to acquire Hippolyta's girdle and subsequently kidnapped some of their sisters, including the queen's sister, Antiope, the Themyskrians relocated to Paradise Island, where they could escape the cruelty of man's world. They then swore to never again interfere with man's affairs after Achilles slew Penthesilea during the final year of the Trojan War. Until the present day, Paradise Island remained in isolation, but when the Reach arrived and turned hostile, the Amazons faced their first external threat since the Age of Homeric Epic. The Themyskyrian Amazons successfully drove out the Reach from their paradise, but not without much cost, including the death of their queen, Hippolyte. Since that day, Diana of Themyskyra sat upon the throne. Helena Sandsmark achieved her world-renown reputation as an archaeologist from an important discovery at a dig in Athens that provided evidence for the historicity of the Amazonian invasion of Athens during the Bronze Age. From this archaeological and historical breakthrough, Helena secured a position at the Gateway City Museum of Antiquities. A few years later, Helena had a daughter, Cassandra with a mysterious man who left their lives just as suddenly he had appeared. Unbeknown to mother or daughter, the true identity of Cassandra's father was Zeus, the King of the Olympian Gods. Because Zeus has always been an absent father to all his mortal children, Cassie was raised solely by her mother. Due to her mother's busy career, which included international travel for archaeological digs, Cassie often acted out for attention. The lack of answers from her mother about her dad frustrated Cassie. Once Cassie started attending college, people thought she had outgrown her trouble child phase, as she was pursuing a degree in Classical Studies, almost as if she were following in her mother's footsteps. But what actually happened was that, after the meta-bomb went off, strange phenomena started to pop up around Cassie, things she couldn't rationally explain. Oak trees would spontaneously sprout up where no trees had been standing the day before. Eagles would randomly perch on trees and roofs in Cassie's vicinity. Even the outbreak of thunderstorms would sometimes weirdly coincide when Cassie felt stressed or angry. After Cassie earned her Master's degree in Classical Studies, she decided that academia was not the career for her and therefore did not pursue a PhD in the same field. Instead, she returned home and worked at Gateway City Museum of Antiquities with her mother while she tried to figure out what path she would take next in her life. On one fateful night, while Cassie was alone at the museum, she experienced something fantastical that would launch Cassie on her journey to become Wonder Woman. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) ________________________________________________________________________________________ I've been told in the past that I should try my hand at Wonder Woman in one of these games due to my enthusiasm for and knowledge of Greco-Roman Mythology. After watching this video essay about the inconsistent characterization of Wonder Woman's villains and giving the idea some thought, I feel I have a concept I would enjoy writing. I have decided to go with Cassie instead of Diana so that I can do a twist on the Wonder Woman origin story (as this game is a "superheroes are a recent thing" setting). Instead of Diana leaving Paradise Island and being a fish out of water in the modern world, Cassie will be undergoing an inverse adventure, where she needs to leave the "World of Man" and find Paradise Island. The premise of this interpretation centers on the idea of a world without an active Wonder Woman at the start of the story. Outside of this premise, I tried to keep Cassie's backstory relatively vanilla and then applied the implications of a lack of Wonder Woman from there. Furthermore, there is some precedence for an adult Cassie as Wonder Woman, including her Earth-55 counterpart, a hypothetical Teen Titans future, and a 2000's Young Justice story line. I envision Hera being Cassie's primary antagonist for this concept, as this goes naturally with her being a daughter of Zeus. I see Hera more as a scheming/mastermind villain who sends other baddies against Cassie instead of confronting herself (possibly because Hera sees it as beneath herself to do her own dirty work). This would allow Cassie to encounter both Wonder Woman's rogues gallery and foe & monsters plucked from Greco-Roman mythology. For example, I can imagine an implication of Diana never leaving Paradise Island could be Barbara Minerva taking Diana's position at the Museum of Antiquities, which could give Cassie personal stakes when Hera pits Cheetah against her.

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Create-A-Hero: A Superhero RPG Season 3- Shattered Dimensions

Christopher Arthur III

Lost Haven, ME

While Icon clashed with the Autocrat in what could only be described as a collision between an unstoppable force and an immovable object, the rest of the Guardians still faced the task of contending with the remaining Arlaaekan forces. Although the barrage of Zeus’ thunderbolts had already thinned the enemy herd, enough of the Arlaaekans had survived to remain as a threat to the city and its citizens.

Chris made a timely catch as a broken chunk of an unstable fell precariously above a group of civilians. Now holding an impromptu weapon, he hurled the rubble at an incoming alien fighter. Because the aircraft’s wings were clipped, it whirled out of control and crashed into the empty street beyond where Chris stood.

He then turned to find the next foe who might threaten the civilians he was defending. However, he instead noticed that the Arlaaekan forces were deserting Lost Haven and returning to their mothership. Moments later, a bright light blasted through the smokey billows of Lost Haven’s destruction, with a missile—the Omega javelin—burning red as it entered Earth’s atmosphere.

But just as suddenly as this doomsday weapon illuminated the sky, a blue and silver blur burst skyward towards the Omega Javelin. Chris’ heart raced as he watched Icon attempt to slow down this weapon. Once the guardian of Lost Haven had not only prevented it from impacting with the city but also reversed the missile’s course back at the Arlaaekan mothership, Chris would be a liar if he said he was surprised at Icon’s monumental feat. Because Chris had witnessed Icon perform miracle after miracle, the only sensation of wonder Chris felt was witnessing Icon usual superhuman strength.

“There you go, Big Blue”

With the destruction of the Arlaaekan mothership via their own weapon of last resort, the day had been won. However, the Guardians’ work was not yet over. Even with the alien threat no longer present, they still had civilians in need of rescue.

Before Chris took to the skies, his suit’s sensors picked up two signatures moving at lightning speed. When the two individuals finally stopped, his suit’s databases identified them as two people Chris had not encountered since the Pax Metahumana crisis from a few months past.

“Sorry we’re late, Iron Knight, but we were—” Thunderbolt said, but he his words failed him when he saw Radiance’s lifeless body before the wrecked monolith. His sister, Boom, gasped before placing a hand on Thunderbolt’s shoulder.

“Radiance paid the ultimate price so the entire world wouldn’t,” Iron Knight explained to the two speedsters. “But we should give Icon some space. There’s still people needing to be saved. You can fill me in on where you two have been later.”

Thunderbolt and Boom nodded before zooming away across the city to look for civilians in danger.

“Take all the time you need,” Chris muttered. With these somber words, Chris departed to join the rescue effort.