GreenGrenade

The Corrigan School for Advanced Learning and Development (A DC School RP)

I'm not sure if I'll be able to, but I'll try to sneak a post in tomorrow. If not, then whenever I can afterwards. (Also, Mars x Jake ftw).

GreenGrenade's Character Compendium

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SPIDER-MAN

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"Just your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man."

| Identities |

• Peter Parker
• Spider-Man

| Origin & Backstory |

Peter Benjamin Parker was born in Queens on the 10th of August to scientist parents Richard and Mary Parker. While working on a project, entitled VENOM, for SHIELD, an accident, whose details are redacted, killed both of his parents, leaving him an orphan. Feeling guilty for their deaths, then SHIELD commander Nick Fury had Peter sent to live with his uncle and aunt, Ben and May Parker, at the age of four.

Peter grew to be a bright, academic teenager, held at very high regard in Midtown High School. But being a genius had its downsides; seen as nothing more than a nerd and an ass-kisser, “Puny Parker”, as they called him, saw frequent abuse at the hands of Eugene “Flash” Thompson and his lackey, Kenneth “Kong” McFarlane. This would often leave Peter deflated and angry, comforted by who seemed to be his only friend, billionaire scion Harry Osborn.

At the age of fifteen, Peter finally found what he thought to be his big break. While attending a tour of OsCorp with his science class, he was bitten by a spider genetically altered by the Oz Formula, passing out on the floor. Having woken up on the bus ride back to school, he was picked up by Aunt May, who took him home for some much-needed rest. However, sleep didn’t come easy, and once it did, it didn’t seem to want to stay. Waking up in the early hours of the morning, Peter went to wash his face – only to discover that he had broken the tap with his newly inherited strength. Seeking to test it out, Peter snuck out of the house, going to an abandoned warehouse at the edge of town. There he discovered that not only did he have incredible strength, but also speed, agility, reflexes, balance, and more surprisingly, the ability to crawl up walls.

Thinking that his powers would allow him to gain popularity, Peter immediately tried out for Midtown’s basketball team, beating out none other than Flash Thompson. Angered beyond belief, Flash challenged Peter to a fight after school, in which Peter, evading every swing with ease, blocked a punch, and in doing so broke Flash’s hand. In retaliation, the Thompsons demanded that the Parkers pay Flash’s hospital bill, or face the threat of legal action. Already facing financial troubles, Ben and May debated what to do. Peter, however, knew exactly what he was planning.

Having heard of local exhibition matches run as part of the WWF’s War show, Peter donned a crude homemade costume and challenged War’s reigning champion, Joseph “Crusher” Hogan, beating him with little effort, earning an easy $500. Invited to participate in the next match by the show’s producer, Maxwell Shiffman, Peter went home, slipping an envelope containing his newly earned money under the front door. The following week, he made his first TV appearance as the Amazing Spider-Man. Alas, his wrestling career would not last very long. A few moments after the cameras stopped rolling, Peter neglected to stop who he thought to be a small-time crook that had robbed the studio. Shiffman, who had ripped Peter off moments before, believed Spider-Man to be in cahoots with the robber, calling the police, forcing Peter to make a quick escape.

Two nights after the incident, Peter returned home to discover that his uncle had been murdered. As he tried to process this information, a police scanner came to life, informing the officers in his home of the killer’s location. Enraged, Peter donned his costume, easily tracking down the culprit to an abandoned factory. In subduing him, he was horrified to discover that the man that had killed his uncle was the very same crook that had robbed the WWF. Guilt and regret filling him to the very brim, Peter left the man for the police to discover, attaching a note on him which read:

From your friendly neighbourhood, Spider-Man.

Contemplating what to do next while sitting on a nearby rooftop, he recalled Ben’s favourite saying, one with which he was bombarded nearly every day. “With great power, comes great responsibility.” It was then that Peter decided what he would do in honour of his uncle. Inspired by people such as Batman, Superman, and Captain America, he would become a hero. A beacon of hope for all of New York. He would become Spider-Man.

The following day, Peter quit the basketball team, despite being their star player. Kong was among the loudest to voice his dismay.

Over the following weeks, New York City would become acquainted with the now vigilante Spider-Man, wearing a modified (and much better looking) outfit, and armed with a pair of web-shooters, allowing him to traverse the city with ease. Normally facing off against muggers and robbers, Peter had yet to be introduced to a challenge; unluckily for him, it decided to introduce itself. Unbeknownst to him, Norman Osborn, father to Harry, had been tracking his every move since the spider bite, studying the effects the Oz Formula had had on him. Now, believing his research to be sufficient, Norman prepared to inject himself with the formula. This would prove catastrophic.

The formula transformed Norman into the person that would become known as the Green Goblin, his skin tainted green, his sanity all but gone. Blaming Peter for what had happened to him, the Goblin attacked Midtown High, forcing Peter to retaliate as Spider-Man. The battle soon got out of hand, ending with the Goblin plunging into the East River, riddled with the NYPD’s bullets. Believing him to be dead, Peter returned to Midtown in time to be discovered by firemen under some debris.

A year has passed since his first big ordeal as Spidey, and Peter has come a long way. Facing off against the likes of Wilson Fisk, Doctor Octopus and Electro, Spider-Man has become a household name, loved by many, and reviled by some. J. Jonah Jameson, belonging to the latter category, has also hired Peter as a freelance photographer and web designer for the Daily Bugle, tasking him with keeping the news outlet’s website running all while providing him with pictures of the “Spider-Menace.”

Harry, after spending a few months living with his grandparents following his father’s disappearance, has come to live with the Parkers, coming to love his new home and family.

And Peter, once an unpopular academic with little to no social life, has seen success on the romantic front, having dated his childhood crush, Gwen Stacy, for a grand total of six months. Their relationship is thriving, and he couldn’t be happier.

With his sixteenth birthday on the horizon, things are finally looking up for him.

| Attributes |

• Superhuman Strength: Spider-Man possesses incredible superhuman strength, able to lift about many tons. His physical strength also extends to his legs, enabling him to be able to jump to a height of several stories in a single bound. The upper limits of his strength are still unknown.
• Superhuman Speed: He’s capable of running and moving at speeds that are far beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete. He’s shown to be fast enough to catch up to an accelerating car while on foot, but prefers to travel by webs.
• Superhuman Durability: His body is physically tougher and more resistant to injury than that of a normal human.
• Superhuman Agility: His agility, balance, flexibility and bodily coordination are all enhanced to levels that are far beyond the natural physical limits of an Olympic-level gymnast.
• Superhuman Reflexes: His reflexes are about twenty times greater than that of an ordinary human.
• Superhuman Equilibrium: He possesses the ability to achieve a state of perfect equilibrium in any position imaginable. He seems to be able to adjust his position by instinct, which enables him to balance himmself on virtually any object, no matter how small or narrow.
• Regenerative Healing Factor: Peter has a limited healing factor. While not on the same level as some mutants, it is sufficiently powerful enough to recover from severe injuries, from broken bones and large amounts of tissue damage in a matter of days.
• Wall-Crawling: He can cling to any surface using his fingertips and feet.
• Spider-Sense: When danger is present, he feels a buzzing sensation in his head as a sort of early warning system, allowing him to react accordingly.
• Contaminant Immunity: Due to his accelerated metabolism, he has a higher tolerance for drugs and diseases than normal humans, and he can recover from the effects of large doses rapidly.

| Character Notes |

Allies, Friends, Family and Schoolmates

• Richard Parker: Peter’s father, a scientist. Deceased.
• Mary Parker: Peter’s mother, a SHIELD agent. Deceased.
• Ben Parker: Peter’s uncle, Ben took care of him with his wife after the deaths of his brother, Richard, and his sister-in-law, Mary. It was he who gave Peter the advice that changed his life forever. “With great power, comes great responsibility.” Deceased.
• May Parker: Mary’s sister and wife to Ben, May is Peter’s aunt and legal guardian.
• Gwen Stacy: Peter’s girlfriend and fellow academic. Drummer in the Mary Janes.
• Mary Jane Watson: Peter’s neighbour, a relative newcomer to Midtown High who’s quickly rising in popularity. Academically gifted with a love for parties. Lead singer and guitarist of the Mary Janes.
• Felicia Hardy: A fellow student at Midtown High, and unknowingly to Peter The Kingpin Syndicate’s top thief. Mary Jane's childhood friend.
• Liz Allan: The daughter of wealthy businessman Wilson Allan, Liz is next in line to inherit the Alchemax legacy. Girlfriend to Flash.
• Harry Osborn: The Osborn scion, Harry is the son of Norman and Emily Osborn (the former missing and the latter deceased), the playboy billionaire of Midtown. Friend to Peter. Currently living in the Parker household.
• Eugene “Flash” Thompson: Peter’s primary tormentor, Flash takes great pleasure in making Peter’s life a living hell. The captain of Midtown’s basketball team.
• Kenneth “Kong” McFarlane: Flash’s best pal and lackey, Kong is also slowly becoming Peter’s friend, as Flash’s influence begins to take less effect, ever so slowly.
• Captain George Stacy: A captain in the NYPD, Stacy frequently finds himself at odds with Spider-Man. The father of Gwen Stacy.
• Detective Jean DeWolff: Captain Stacy's best detective, DeWolff has clashing ideologies with her superior, believing that Spider-Man does what the police can't.
• Detective Harrison Thompson: Father to Flash, Harrison is a police detective with a cynical view on both life and costumed heroes, including our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man. An alcoholic that pays little to no attention to his son, the detective often loses himself in his work.
• John Jonah Jameson: The owner and editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle, New York City’s most successful newspaper. Has a severe hatred for all things Spider-Man.

Enemies

To be updated as the story progresses.

• Norman Osborn/Green Goblin: Father to Harry Osborn, Norman transformed himself into the deranged, green-skinned monstrosity that is the Green Goblin after injecting himself with the Oz Formula. While Norman is presumed missing, both law enforcement and the media believe the Green Goblin to be dead. They have no idea how wrong they are.
• Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin: The Kingpin of Crime, Wilson Fisk and Spider-Man have come to blows more than once over the past year. While he has only dealt minor blows to Fisk’s operations thus far, the Kingpin still regards the wall-crawler as a very large nuisance.
• Otto Octavius/Dr. Octopus: A once brilliant scientist driven mad by his mechanical, four-armed creation, Dr. Octavius was guilty of holding hospital staff hostage after waking from a coma. After a brief scuffle with Spider-Man, he went on a rampage, taking the fight to a leading nuclear research facility – only to be defeated by the webbed hero and imprisoned on Ryker’s Island.
• Max Dillon/Electro: Following an accident that gave him power over electricity, Max Dillon became the serial robber known as Electro. Thanks to the intervention of Spider-Man, the crook was apprehended, and currently spends his time on Ryker’s Island. But he is far from done.

| Character Goals |

It should be known that next to Green Arrow and the Flash, Spider-Man is my all-time favourite superhero. “But which version?” I hear you ask. “Peter or Miles?”

Good question. The answer’s simple:

Both.

But after some careful consideration and listening to the opinion of others, I’ve come to the conclusion that having the two, as teenagers, team up just won’t work like I’d like it to. So instead, I’m going to take Peter, my (and everyone’s) original favourite Spidey, and take him on a journey inspired and/or influenced by already existing arcs. He’s one of those characters that’s really close to my heart, so you can bet that I’m going to treat him with the respect and good writing he deserves (and also sadism, because who doesn’t like torturing their characters just a little bit?).

Some examples of currently planned arcs include a modernisation/reimagining of the Night Gwen Stacy Died, a follow up story featuring Peter bonding with the Symbiote, the debut of the Sinister Six, Venom, and, pending GM/AGM approval, an adaptation/revamp of Web of Shadows. These are just a few of many arcs on the horizon, and I’d be pumped to see them all through.

| References |

#1: Green Arrow: Hawke, part one.
#2: Green Arrow: Hawke, part two.
#3: Green Arrow: Hawke, part three.
#4: The Flash... cooks some breakfast?

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THE FASTEST THING ALIVE

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“What can I say? I die hard!”

| Identity |

• Sonic the Hedgehog

| Origin & Backstory |

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1940-1945: MOBIUS

On the 26^th of July, 1940, a man by the name of Gerald Robotnik was approached by HYDRA and asked to head a project by the name of MOBIUS. What we know of this is much less than we’d like, but we do understand this: MOBIUS was intended to simultaneously create inhuman, controllable soldiers, all while unlocking the key to immortality. It was a very ambitious goal, and one that Robotnik wanted no part of, but the Nazis were nothing if not insistent. All it took was a threat on Robotnik’s two children to persuade him to helm the project.

Robotnik was bitter, to say the least. As a scientist, it was his belief that man should not dare to tamper with nature, let alone for the purpose of war. It was this belief that led to him purposely falsifying the results of his experiments, severely angering the higher-ups at HYDRA. However, at the turn of the new year, a seemingly hopeless situation forced motivation upon him: his daughter, Maria, had been diagnosed with Neuro-Immune Deficiency Syndrome, an autoimmune disease that had been, back then, incurable. Gerald hoped that with his research, the so-called “immortality formula” could unlock the key to a cure.

During the following months he and a select team of like-minded individuals worked on creating the, quote unquote, “ultimate lifeform”, without success. Based upon the HYDRA research facility entitled “the ARK”, he experimented with a variety of different animal genomes, attempting to create humanoid creatures with the gift of eternal life. Despite his best efforts, nothing seemed to work, and in his desperation, he turned to an age old legend long discarded as myth: the seven artifacts called the Chaos Emeralds. It is believed that they hold immensely powerful abilities and properties, one of them being the ability to gift life.

With his daughter’s health only continuing to decline, he initiated a search for the relics. From what we can discern, he discovered their location sometime during the May of 1941. From then onwards, his experiments saw marginal success. Some sources speculate that he achieved this not only with the assistance of the Chaos Emeralds, but with another unknown compound as well.

This led to Gerald’s first major breakthrough, through the humanoid hedgehog specimen, codenamed Shadow. It displayed many abilities, each believed to have been endowed by the Chaos Emerald’s energy, including supernatural speed and endurance. Most notable of all, though, was its inability to age; genetically modified to be born in its late teens, Shadow did not develop past its biological age. Gerald had succeeded in finding the key to immortality. But, instead of notifying HYDRA, he decided to keep Shadow a secret, noting the bond it and Maria had quickly developed.

He struggled to recreate the results since then.

Unsatisfied with how the project was developing, Johann Schmidt, the Red Skull, threatened Gerald with the death of his beloved Maria and son, taking the two into his custody until Gerald produced satisfactory results. Afraid for his children’s lives, Gerald created multiple specimens of differing species, desperate to win Schmidt’s approval. But before anything could be done, tragedy struck the Robotniks. On the 20^th of January, 1945, a company led by none other than Steve Rogers attacked the ARK, shutting down Project MOBIUS for good. In panic, Gerald initiated a protocol forced upon him by HYDRA; scattering the Chaos Emeralds and his new specimens around the globe. Gerald and Maria were killed in the battle that ensued, Gerald’s son taken into SHIELD custody and placed under foster care. Shadow managed to escape in the confusion. We have been unable to track it since.

1960-1992: Rebirth

Ivo Robotnik was born to the orphaned son of Gerald, in the city that’s always on the run: Central City. Early on in his life, it became clear that he intended to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps. With an abnormally large intellect and an unhealthy obsession with Gerald’s work, Ivo made it his personal mission to recover the Chaos Emeralds, and with them the lost specimens. With copies of Gerald’s files and reports, Ivo was able to not only recreate, but improve upon the device with which his grandfather had detected the emeralds’ energy signals, all while inventing gadgets and machinery way ahead of their time.

It’s with this very device that he, at the age of thirty-two, made his first breakthrough in his search, finding two of Gerald’s creations (referring to them as “Mobians”) in the sunny Floridian metropolis of Empire City, a Chaos Emerald in their possession (Note: it seems that each of the specimens emit some level of chaos energy, which only increases when in the proximity of an emerald). The two creatures in question were codenamed Sonic and Tails; a super fast hedgehog and a two-tailed fox. They’d emerged from stasis a few years beforehand, and Robotnik, eager to reclaim what he believed to be his, set his robots upon the two animals. This marked the beginning of an ongoing feud between the hedgehog and the “Eggman”.

Armed with Robotnik’s “chaos radar” and knowledge that there are other Mobians out there, the two anthropomorphics embarked on a journey in search of their fellow kin, seeking to reunite with that which they thought to be family.

1992-Present: Live and Learn

Note that Tails has intellect well beyond its years, nearly matching that of Robotnik himself. It constructed the biplane referred to as the Tornado, the very aircraft they used when embarking on their year-long journey to search for the rest of the Mobians. From the scarce photographs taken of it, we believe that its power source was the Chaos Emerald in their possession.

Their first stop was Metropolis, where they found Amy Rose, Sally Acorn, and Cream (it’s our understanding that Maria Robotnik undertook the naming process), a hedgehog, squirrel and a rabbit. We don’t have much intel on what occurred there, but we do know that Sonic and Tails were able to convince them to make their way to Empire City. They managed to do so with most of the others, as well.

Their travels then took them to London, wherein they found three Mobians: a crocodile, a bee and a chameleon; Vector, Charmy and Espio (due to the lack of circumstantial evidence, we can’t confirm that Maria did in fact name the Mobians. What we can do is assume so). It seems that in their years out of stasis, the trio began plans to found a private detective agency.

No, that was not a joke. This is SHIELD. We’re incapable of such things.

The Chaotix, as they called themselves, ran their agency in the rougher parts of London. When Sonic and Tails arrived, they jumped ship to Empire City.

After their little stay in England, the two Mobians discovered the location of Knuckles, a Mobian echidna, courtesy of an abnormally large energy reading. We’ve tracked their coordinates to an island called Tianshi-- Chinese for angel, located in the South China Sea. We’re unsure as to what gave off such powerful readings. Despite our best efforts, Knuckles never lets us get too close.

Unknown to Sonic and Tails, Robotnik had tracked them during their journey, and, using his newfound knowledge of the Mobians’ whereabouts, captured them, with the exception of the hedgehog, fox and echidna. Determined to free them, the trio did just that, engaging in a battle against Robotnik over the open sea. In the aftermath, all Mobians, with the exception of Knuckles, made their way to Empire City. Robotnik receded into the shadows, undoubtedly plotting his next move.

The following years would see Sonic and Robotnik clashing again and again, the hedgehog always coming out on top. Eventually, Robotnik would begin his attempts at recreating Project MOBIUS. In the year of 2001, following the official resurgence of superheroes, he found his first real success in Scourge: Sonic’s opposite in nearly every way. The two hedgehogs duked it out multiple times that year, their conflict finally coming to a temporary end at the eve of 2002. Following the stalemate, Scourge went rogue, deserting Robotnik and disappearing without a trace. Frustrated, the doctor took it out on Empire City, forcing Sonic from out of the shadows. Following its subsequent victory over Robotnik, it became something of a mascot for the city; when asked why they’re visiting, tourists would often say something along these lines: “To see that fast hedgehog thing.”

In the summer of the same year, Robotnik was going through some financial troubles. From what we can discern, he figured that the only solution to his problem was to create yet another Mobian, but this time in the image of a bat, effectively exhausting him of any money he had left. He called this Mobian Rouge, and with it he pulled off one of the most ambitious heists to go down in history, hitting three of Empire City’s most prominent banks one after the other-- with success. Sonic, though able to incapacitate Rouge, could not get to Robotnik, who escaped with over $10,000,000, with which he used to fund Twinkle Park, an incredibly successful theme park which he uses as a front to fund his vendetta against Sonic.

Come the year 2005, Sonic and its friends have established a life for themselves in Empire City, all while defending it (and themselves) from Robotnik. We have deployed agent Christopher Thorndyke in an effort to learn more about the Mobians, with the larger goal of collecting all seven Chaos Emeralds. They could prove to be useful assets in the coming months.

Things have been going smoothly thus far.

| Attributes |

Speed: Sonic's greatest strength is his supersonic speed, an innate talent that all members of the hedgehog species seem to possess,though Sonic's has consistently proven to be in a class of its own. He has the ability to instantly accelerate to and run at speeds far greater than Mach 1; the blistering speed of about 768 mph (1236 kmh). It's believed that if he pushes himself to the very limit, he could exceed the speed of light.

Physical Abilities: Sonic has shown astounding feats of kineticism, precision and has reaction time to match his speed. He possesses incredible acrobatic skills and agility, alongside supernatural reflexes, able to dodge and counter impossibly fast attacks. When launched into the air, he can perform several airborne manoeuvres before landing, including but not limited to his trademark homing attack. Sonic possesses a degree of superhuman strength, though he has been noted to lack overall raw power by comparison. He can push things several times bigger and heavier than himself, run with extra weight without slowing down, and his various spin attacks are strong enough to cut through metal, burrow through gigantic boulders, and damage foes countless times his size. However, it is debatable whether the latter’s power comes from his super speed, his super strength, or a combination of both. He has also demonstrated extreme resilience to damage.

Chaos Energy Utilization: Sonic has also demonstrated the ability to harness the power of the Chaos Emeralds for his own use. With one, Sonic can perform many amazing feats, including warping time and space, and occasionally gaining a boost in power. It is unknown whether his power increases when in the proximity to all seven emeralds.

| Character Notes |

Allies and Friends

• Miles “Tails” Prower: Sonic's best friend and proclaimed little brother, Tails is a two-tailed fox that's been with him since the beginning. Tech-savvy and with an impressive intellect to boot, he's the brains of the operation.
• Knuckles: A Mobian echidna, Knuckles has an enormous amount of strength, channelled through two of his namesakes on each of his hands. He is currently on Angel Island.
• Amy Rose: A hedgehog, Amy has a massive crush on Sonic. Currently residing in the European country of Apotos with Cream.
• Vector: Vector is a crocodile with a kind heart behind his scaly exterior. A skilled detective, he is the leader of the Chaotix Detective Agency, based in Downtown Empire City.
• Espio: A chameleon with impressive skill in martial arts, Espio works with Vector and Charmy in their private detective agency, Chaotix.
• Charmy: Charmy is a Mobian bee with the ability to never grow up. Childish, immature, yet very emphatic, he is the heart of the Chaotix Detective Agency.
• Cream: A rabbit with a heart of gold, Cream is rarely seen away from Amy. She can use her ears to fly. Think Dumbo.
• Sally Acorn: Residing in Station Square, Sally is a Mobian squirrel that frequently helps Sonic in his adventures. There may be romantic involvement between the two.
• Christopher Thorndyke: An agent of SHIELD and an ally of Sonic’s, Chris is tasked with the retrieval of all seven Chaos Emeralds.

Enemies and Rivals

• Dr. Ivo Robotnik ; the Eggman: The grandson of Gerald Robotnik, Ivo is a genius in his own right. Unfortunately, instead of using this intellect to better humanity, he has made it his personal mission to ruin the lives of Sonic and the rest of the Mobians. His whereabouts are suspected to be somewhere on the outskirts of Empire City.
• Sergeant Major Abraham Tower: A sergeant major of the US Marine Corps, enlisted in Empire City.
• Shadow: Project MOBIUS's first success, Shadow has been alive for over sixty years. He seems to be the only Mobian to display true signs of immortality.
• Scourge: One of Eggman's many attempts to create a yin to Sonic's yang, Scourge is Sonic's opposite in nearly every way. He is only out for himself. Anyone else be damned.
• Rouge: Aside from Scourge, Rouge is Eggman's only other successful Mobian. Genetically based on a bat, she currently moonlights as a jewel thief in Empire City.
• Mephiles: He'll pop up.
• Metal Sonic: He, too, will show up.
• Black Doom: Dear lord help Sonic.

Locations

• Empire City: Empire City is a bustling coastal metropolis in northeast Florida, famed for its beautiful beaches and fantastical attractions.
  
  
  
  • Station Square: The most heavily populated of Empire’s four boroughs, famous for its many attractions.
  • Emerald Coast: The beach which helped Empire City gain its large tourist population; a paradise within an urban jungle. It is the second of four boroughs. Home to Twinkle Park.
  • Monopole: A very advanced and high-tech section of the city, the third borough. It is the technological and financial hub of the sprawling metropolis; the central business district.
  • Downtown Empire: The city’s rougher borough, home to the majority of its crime.
• The Mystic Ruins: An hour-long train ride away from Empire City, the Mystic Ruins are located in a swampy, overgrown forest northwest of the bustling metropolis, thought to be linked to the Chaos Emeralds.
• Green Hills: A picturesque paradise of green fields and blue lakes, fifty miles inland from the city.
• Angel Island: Located in the South China Sea, Angel Island, called “Tianshi” by the Chinese, is home to both the Master Emerald and Knuckles.
• Apotos: A beautiful European country neighbouring Greece, currently home to Amy and Cream.

| Character Goals |

I love superheroes. For as long as I can remember, they held an important significance among other works of fiction. While others looked to fairytales and classic literature for morals and lessons, I looked to superheroes. To me, they were just more relatable. Batman, Spiderman, even Superman and Wonder Woman, felt human. I understood them. But before I even discovered the amazing world of Marvel and DC, there was another hero that held a special place in my heart. A little blue hero, spiky to the touch, probably a little too cocky for his own good. Sonic the Hedgehog.

I feel like I understand Sonic. I feel that with that understanding, I can mold him and his world to fit the Maximum Comics universe. I’m inspired by different aspects of different incarnations, the main two being the Adventure game series, and the Archie Comics line. I think that Sonic is one of those characters that isn’t very firmly defined. I mean, yes, the comics provide extensive lore about his world and his past, and the games also have elements that shouldn’t be ignored, but all in all, Sonic’s character provides a lot of freedom for storytelling. I plan to take advantage of that freedom to tell the stories I wish the games and comics would, hopefully providing quality entertainment in the process. Knowing that Gowi is a huge fan of the character, and being one myself, I’m going to do my best not to disappoint.

P.S. I think I speak for every mentally stable Sonic fan (not a lot of them) when I say that Chris Thorndyke is a terrible character that should burn in hell forever. Instead of letting him do that, though, I’m gonna make him cool. Yay.

| References |

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_{I did not use Peter Parker as a face claim. I did not.}

| NAME: |

My name is Andrew Hughes. For five years I was – Oh, not here? Okay. Gotcha.

| ALIAS: |

Oh, I don’t know. Something to do with fire. Fireman? Nah. Pfft.

| AGE: |

Sixteen and proud.

| ABILITIES/SKILLS/EQUIPMENT: |

Solar Manipulation: I can manipulate solar energy. Got an orange flame that burns at impossible temperatures and incinerates things at subatomic levels. I can use it to fly sometimes, too. I know. Awesome, right?
Hand to Hand Combat: Yeah, I box. Who even is this Batman guy, anyway?
Acrobatics: I can do flippy tricks.
Sass: Sass is an art, and I have all but mastered it. I can burn people in more ways than one.

| LIMITATIONS AND WEAKNESSES: |

Control: It’s kinda hard to control my power. Gets annoying, really. I mean, having the power of a sun is all well and good, but knowing that overexertion = no more me (or other people) is more than a little daunting.
Humanity: I’m only human. Do the maths. Flames don’t do much good against a dude that can smash my ribs into tiny little pieces (assuming he’s fireproof).
Naivety: I’ve been told that I see too much good in people. That’s total baloney (bologna, whatever). One time when I was six, this guy cut in line at the Scooby-Doo ride in Movie World. He made me wait another five minutes in that hellhole. I can tell you now, he’s got no good in him. He’s just an asshole.

| SAMPLE POST: |

Like Hillan said: Screw the rules. Here’s an excerpt or two from Teen Titans: Divided We Fall.

I’ll be honest with you. When the door opened, I did not expect what I saw. I don’t know why, but I was sure it would open to reveal a pimply teen dressed in poorly made tights, like a nerd right outta Comic Con. I realise now that that’s an absolutely stupid thing to think, especially considering that these guys were next in line to become Justice Leaguers, but still. I was not expecting a uber-hot punk girl with guns to show up and make me sputter and die, much like that shitty car my parents bought me for my sixteenth birthday. Looking back on it, I can’t help but think, “What would Gabe have done?”

I’ll tell you what. He would’ve looked her up and down, stared her in the eyes, and threatened getting shot by saying, “Sorry. You’re not my type.” But goddamnit, I’m not Gabe, and I sure as hell don’t have a type.

So after she not-so subtly threatened to put a bullet in my brain, all I managed to say was, “Uh… hi.”

Fucking hormones.

Realising that that probably didn’t ensure my survival, I decided to rephrase, removing my helmet to reveal my amazing jawline, breathing deep. “Luke is my friend,” I explained, “I met him back when he was still in Gotham, going solo as Sandstorm. I was on holiday (it didn’t feel like one, though. Who the hell goes to Gotham for a holiday?), but we met as vigilantes, and teamed up for the two weeks I was there. We kept in touch afterwards. Every second day we’d send our statuses to each other. But I didn’t get a message yesterday. Or the two days beforehand. He’s gone missing. Something’s up. And with all this stuff going on with the VRA and San Fran, I don't think he's in hiding. Not by choice, anyway. It's not like him. Something's up."

I paused, tracked my eyes along the girl's figure, caught myself, thought, Damn you, hot people, and pressed on. "I can tell you're in the middle of something, so, uh, sorry to interrupt. But I need your help. You guys are the only chance I've got to find Sandy. Will you help me? Or shoot me?"

I tried not to show it, but I hoped to fucking Superman that they'd do the first.

Number #1

^{(In response to this guy.)}
Ah, Sentinel. The Kid Krypto. The Teen of Steel. The Junior of Tomorrow. Superboy. I’ll be honest with you, the first time I heard him speak, I didn’t like him very much. Guy used his powers to read my vitals, and came to the conclusion that I was scared. Scared? I wasn’t scared. Nervous, sure. But scared? The hell was he talking about?

I wasn’t afraid of a bullet. I was afraid of what I’d do if one came at me.

Also, he pissed me off because I thought that gun-chick would think I was a wuss.

“Hey, come on, man,” I said, addressing him, “Don’t ruin my chances.” I thought of sneaking Pistolwhip a wink, but thought better of it. No thank you, bullets. Stay in your magazines.

Number #2

| NOTES: |

• Nightwing's my fave. There. I said it. Prof. Grayson is my hero.
• I keep a log, of sorts. It's not a journal, but it's not a diary, either. It just helps me vent, I guess.
• Also, I kinda really want a Hershey's bar. Cookies and cream. I keep a stash under my bed in my dorm. Mmm, mmm.
• I come from a land down under.
• I'm gonna have to be the boring one: water's my jam.

Relationship Sheet

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ANDY'S RELATIONSHIP SHEET

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_{// Friend // Acquaintance // Frenemy // Rival // Enemy // Crush //}

• Mariand’r Grayson:
  
  I like her. I’d also like to say that she’s hot, but Prof. Grayson’s her dad. I wouldn’t want to do that to him. (That, and her snark power levels are off the charts. She could demolish me.)
• Rick Allen:
  
  Cool guy. I mean, he's the Flash's son. How awesome is that? What a ledge. He seems a little dorky, but who isn't? Makes me feel bad when people pick on him. He doesn't deserve it. Maybe I should step in... He looks like he could use a friend.
• Mars Balboa:
  
  Dick. Seriously, lemme at him. I wanna hit him so bad. So bad.
• Jason Kama:
  
  Dunno what to think about this guy. He seems like a tool, but I haven’t talked to him enough to know. Also, he reminds me of Aquaman for some reason… Beats me why. He ain’t even blond.
• Sugar:
  
  She's Irish. 'Nuff said.
• Tanya Lamont:
  
  I don't know her all that well, but she seems a little chirpy. Ba-dum tss.
• Freddie Blackwell:
  
  He's British, and he has the power to control rainy weather. Figures. And he also happens to be my more sophisticated cousin! (Get it? Because he's British? And I'm Australian?)
• Amethyst Bordeaux:
  
  Hothothothothothothot. And, in an unexpected subversion of a common cliché, has mummy issues. Bet you didn’t see that coming, huh? On a serious note, though, she really does seem like a nice girl. Talking to her never really pans out, though.
• Richard Dowie:
  
  He's a magician! Like, a real one! I bet his card tricks blow mine out of the water. (And he seems like a cool guy, too, I guess.) But guys, come on. A magician!
• Casey Harper:
  
  He's a fairy. A lot of people like to give him crap about it. But honestly, I think that it's practically the coolest thing ever. (Aaaand insert Tinkerbell joke here.)
• Molly Kelly:
  
  She seems a little too snobbish for my liking, but I swear to god, it's as if being Irish automatically excuses it. I think it's their accents.
• Kyle Lancaster:
  
  He's a good kid. Not that I could actually know that, what with him being all shy and sad and stuff... But I can just tell. Don't know what it is.
• Kieran Kent:
  
  He’s cool. He also happens to be a Kryptonian. But yeah, he's a cool guy. Sick lad, or what have you. Can't imagine what a burden it must be to be a part of the House of El.
• Jack Kyle:
  
  What a lad. If everything I've heard about Catwoman is true, then he's definitely her son, what with his knack to steal stuff and his hobby of hitting on anything that breathes. I like him.
• Raphael Linden:
  
  He's a'ight. My guitar beats his bass, though.
• Julian Luthor:
  
  He ain't bad for a Luthor. Oh, who am I kidding? He's a great guy. Always cool to be around.
• Rita Rexen:
  
  From what I've seen of her, this girl's pretty hardcore.
• Fenris Murray:
  
  I wanna be a sex god too. Oh, and he's chill. Yeah.
• Nora Norwich:
  
  Never really talked to her much. But from what I hear, she's a magician too!
• S'tann S'tonn:
  
  What a fun guy. Never have I felt such satisfaction as I have riling him up. Seriously, you should see him once someone gets him started -- comedy gold.

GreenGrenade's Character Compendium

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GREEN ARROW

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| IDENTITY |

• Oliver Queen
• Green Arrow

| ORIGIN & BACKSTORY |

1981-2004: Queen

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• 1981 | Oliver Queen is born to billionaire philanthropist Robert Queen and his wife, Moira, in Star City, California.

• 1988 | Oliver takes up an interest in archery. Delighted, Robert begins teaching him whenever he can, also hiring the best teacher money can buy.

• 1994 | Oliver begins high school, attending Brentwood Academy alongside his best friend, Tommy Merlyn. It’s there that he meets Hal Jordan. The three remain firm friends throughout their secondary education.

• 1996 | At the age of fifteen, Oliver is no longer the avid archer his father wanted him to be, instead taking interest in girls, partying and irresponsibility, spurred on by Tommy. Disappointed, his father takes the then eighteen year-old Simon Lacroix under his wing, making him his protégé.

• 2000 | Oliver and Tommy fall out of touch with Hal, who, after graduating, begins actively pursuing a career in the Air Force.

• 2000 | Oliver breaks up with his girlfriend, Sandra Hawke, after finding out that she’s pregnant. Feeling unready to be a father, he instead sends two million dollars to her new home in San Francisco.

• 2004 | Having witnessed his son’s shameful behaviour as a young adult, Robert sends Oliver to a Queen Industries oil rig in the North China Sea, assigning him to clerical work. Oliver, always the wild socialite, is quick to turn the rig into a party site. Such a party would see his fall from grace, as oil-thieving terrorists attack the rig, intending to take it over. Armed with a bow he’d used to entertain partygoers, Oliver resolved to confront the terrorist leader, believing himself capable enough to defuse the situation. However, a shot that managed to knock a detonator from the terrorist’s hands also managed to detonate the explosives they’d set, blowing up half of the rig and killing most of its inhabitants, including Tommy. Flung into the cold seawater with nothing but his bow, Oliver washes up on the shore of Lian Yu, a deserted island with seemingly no other occupants. Oliver has arrived at his purgatory.

2004-2009: Purgatory

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• 2004 | Oliver spends much of his first year on Lian Yu surviving, building shelters and hunting food with nothing but his bow and arrows constructed of wood and stone.

• 2004 | Oliver runs into his first bout of trouble on the island, in the form of drug smugglers lead by the infamous crime lord, Chien Na Wei, better known as China White. Discovering their poppy fields, grown and maintained by workers against their will, Oliver takes the fight to China, burning the crops. In retaliation, China has the workers rounded up and killed, leaving their bodies for Oliver to find. She then leaves the island, taking away the only means Oliver had of escape.

• 2005 | The Queen scion’s second year on the island opens with his kidnapping at the hands of mercenaries, who torture him for weeks on end, wanting to know how he came to be on the island. Despite telling them that he was stranded there, they don’t believe him, opting instead to continue with the torture. Biding his time, he eventually escapes, leading up to a confrontation with the mercenaries’ leader. A brief yet brutal scuffle ends with the leader falling from a cliff to his apparent death. The mercenaries leave soon after.

• 2005 | Robert Queen dies in a helicopter crash while on a trip to the Himalayas.

• 2006 | Natas, an assassin hired by China White, arrives on Lian Yu. Tasked with killing Oliver, he instead opts to train him, impressed by his ferocity and determination. The assassin trains Oliver in a variety of martial arts, all while lying to China about his status. Eventually she grows suspicious and returns to the island, only to be ambushed by Oliver and Natas, who dispatch her men with ease. Fighting China two on one, Oliver has the chance to kill her, but he refuses. Disgusted, Natas deals the killing blow instead before turning on his pupil, disgusted at his weakness. Leaving a weakened and injured Oliver on the sands of Lian Yu, Natas leaves the island, once again taking away Oliver’s only means of escape.

• 2007-2008 | Oliver recovers from the wounds inflicted by Natas, surviving his final two years on the island without much trouble.

• 2009 | In the early stages of January, Oliver manages to gain the attention of a fishing trawler, which takes him to Shanghai. From there he returns to Star City, a changed man. His purgatory is over.

2009-2012: Green Arrow

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• 2009 | Oliver returns home to the news that his father had died four years ago, and that his mother is ailing from cancer. He attempts to reconnect with Hal, but following his disappearance later that year, they fall out of touch.

• 2009 | His mother’s illness taking too much of a toll on her, Oliver is reassured that his father’s old friend and CFO, Walter Steele, is taking care of Queen Industries until he’s ready to take over. The older man offers to teach Oliver all he knows in the line of business, saving him from the hassle of getting his MBA. All the while, Oliver observes how far his city has fallen. It doesn’t take long for him to make a decision.

• 2009 | Green Arrow debuts in Star City, interrupting multiple arms deals in one night. Meanwhile, Oliver regains his pre-island reputation, throwing a massive, scandalous party that throws Walter into a rage.

• 2009 | Ricardo Diaz, leader of Star City’s most powerful criminal empire, becomes increasingly frustrated with Green Arrow’s interferences. Hiring multiple hitmen to take care of the vigilante, his empire ultimately comes tumbling down thanks to Oliver’s efforts.

• 2009 | Confident that Oliver’s ready to take a leadership position in his family’s company, Walter assigns him to Q-Core, Queen Industries’ tech subsidiary.

• 2009 | Daniel Brickwell, better known as Brick, takes advantage of the hole in Star City’s criminal underworld, becoming the city’s most powerful mob boss through intimidation and violence.

• 2009 | Sgt John Diggle of the SCPD contacts Green Arrow, informing him that Brick has managed to tuck police commissioner Brian Nudocerdo into his front pocket. Diggle becomes Oliver's informant within the SCPD.

• 2009 | On Christmas Eve, Brick kidnaps the mayor's daughter. After a night of frantic searching, Oliver finds out that his efforts were fruitless, the young girl turning up at a police station in the Glades, safe and unharmed. Following the kidnapping, the already complacent authorities are scared into submission, allowing Brick free reign within the city.

• 2010 | Oliver interrupts a drug trade negotiated between Brick and mob boss, James MacGowan. Integral to Brick’s game plan, this throws him into a rage. The mob boss sets out to discover Green Arrow’s identity.

• 2010 | Seeking out an old acquaintance, Brick enlists the help of Natas, who immediately tells him who Green Arrow is. However, upon Brick’s request to kill Oliver, Natas refuses and leaves Star City, as if never having been there in the first place.

• 2010 | Armed with knowledge of Green Arrow’s secret identity, Brick kidnaps Oliver’s mother, Moira, in a severely deteriorated state due to her cancer. Enraged, Oliver scours the entire city for her whereabouts, and with Diggle’s help, finds her in a motel, one of many fronts for Brick’s empire. Brick and Green Arrow fight, ending with the crime lord’s apparent death – an explosive tip arrow tends to do that to people.

• 2010 | A thorough investigation following Brick’s death exposes Commissioner Nudocerdo’s corruption. He faces trial and jail time, as do many of his officers.

• 2010 | Star City reels from the Apokolips invasion. Oliver and Hal reunite as they push back Darkseid’s forces as Green Arrow and Green Lantern.They reconnect in the aftermath, often catching up and occasionally teaming up in the years that follow.

• 2010 | Moira Queen loses her battle with cancer.

• 2011 | A mercenary archer going by the Dark Archer openly challenges Green Arrow to a duel on live television, threatening that failure to comply will end with civilian deaths. Oliver accepts the challenge, and only narrowly beats him, who vows that this was not the last they’d see of each other.

• 2011 | Cupid, a crazed archer with an obsession for Green Arrow, murders Star City Triad leader Jin Fang. This marks the beginning of her killing spree as she continues to target those with a vendetta against the Emerald Archer. Oliver and Diggle eventually track her down, and Carrie Cutter is arrested and pleads for insanity for multiple counts of murder.

• 2011 | Green Arrow meets the vigilante known as Black Canary (Dinah Lance) in his first meeting with the Justice League. What starts as a friendship soon develops into romance, and their love for each other quickly grows.

• 2011 | Feeling uncomfortable with living in the Queen Mansion, Oliver buys an apartment within Star City, converting the manor into the Moira Queen Home for Homeless Youth. Walter tells Oliver that his parents would be proud of him.

• 2011 | Roy Harper, archery aficionado, turns up at the Moira Queen Home’s doorstep. Oliver takes an instant liking to him, offering to give the boy archery lessons. Unbeknownst to him, that’s all it takes for Roy to figure out his secret identity.

• 2012 | Diggle leaves the SCPD, becoming Oliver’s “bodyguard”.

• 2012 | As Oliver engages in battle with a mercenary known as Big Game, Roy interferes, wanting to help. After the criminal’s apprehended, Oliver berates Roy, but the teenager doesn’t flinch, explaining that all he wants is to help people by the Green Arrow’s side. Oliver reluctantly agrees to train him, preparing him for the field.

2012-2014: Speedy

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• 2012 | A new drug arrives at Star City, its street name, Vertigo. As more and more people are found dead from the narcotic, Oliver, Diggle and Dinah rush to find its supplier. After weeks of searching, Oliver enlists the help of a Q-Core employee, Felicity Smoak. Growing desperate from the rising body count, he reveals his identity to her, and asks for her help. Her ingenuity with technology eventually brings them a lead – all the way in Eastern Europe. The country of Vlatava. Its monarch, Werner Zytle, going by Count Vertigo, uses the money his criminal dealings bring to fund his small nation, unsympathetic to those he hurts in the process. Oliver begins planning a raid on Zytle’s mountainside compound, all while Roy insists that he comes along. Speedy debuts in Vlatava as Team Arrow conducts an attack on Vertigo’s compound, effectively ending his operations – but not before falling victim to his “Vertigo Effect” – emitted by a machine built into his head.

• 2012 | Roy becomes a member of the first Teen Titans.

• 2012 | Oliver fires Henry Fyff, an employee at Q-Core who’d been allegedly stalking Felicity.

• 2013 | Merlyn returns to Star City, hired to kill several high-profile figures in the city council by the Elevast Corporation’s CEO, Martin Somers, in retaliation for their refusal to allow the construction of the Star Center, a multi-storey complex that would span over fifteen city blocks, which would see hundreds of residents face eviction. Green Arrow, Black Canary and Speedy intervene, and Merlyn reveals himself to be none other than Malcolm Merlyn, father to Tommy Merlyn and one of Robert Queen’s closest friends prior to a falling out months before his death. Merlyn escapes, but Somers is arrested, and Elevast falls under new ownership.

• 2013 | Oliver officially adopts Roy as his son.

• 2013 | While on patrol, Speedy runs into a woman calling herself Red Dart, a bank robber with a dangerous skill set. Roy manages to beat her with ease.

• 2014 | Oliver reveals his plan to propose to Dinah to Diggle and Roy. The two encourage him, but he scares himself from doing it, hiding the ring in the Quiver.

• 2014 | Walter calls Oliver up to Queen Industries. Once there, Walter tells Oliver just how frustrated he is at the man’s frequent absences from the company, calling him irresponsible. Oliver agrees, and hands over all responsibilities involving Queen Industries back to him.

• 2014 | Constantine Drakon, an assassin for hire, attempts to take Walter’s life. Green Arrow and Speedy intervene, and after a brief scuffle Drakon escapes, not to be seen again.

• 2014 | Oliver falls back into old habits as tension between himself and Felicity reaches boiling point. The two have a one night stand, consuming Oliver with guilt. Felicity leaves Team Arrow, apologising to Dinah – leaving the Canary to seek an explanation as to what she’s sorry for. Oliver has no choice but to tell her, and Dinah leaves for Gotham the next day, heartbroken.

• 2014 | After losing his girlfriend and his company, Oliver leaves Star City, seeking to find himself. He ends up in an ashram monastery in Napa Valley, where he meets a teenager by the name of Connor Hawke.

2014-2015: Hawke

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• 2014 | The truth about Oliver and Connor’s relation is quick to come out, and the two spend much of their time at the monastery trying to make up for lost time. It comes to light that Connor is also a natural with the bow, and Oliver is ecstatic, more than happy to help his son improve. All the while they are taught the way of the Buddha by Master Jansen, helping Oliver find himself and Connor to find some level of peace within. Despite his best efforts, Oliver can’t get Connor to tell him what happened to his mother.

• 2014 | Lian Harper is born to Roy and assassin, Jade Nguyen. Unready to raise a child while in her current profession, Jade hands over custody to Roy, who makes Oliver Lian’s godfather, and, more jokingly, her grandfather.

• 2015 | After six months at the ashram, Oliver returns to Star City with Connor in tow. He once again dons the hood of Green Arrow, taking the weight of responsibility off of Roy, who stood in as Arsenal while he was away. Behind the scenes he continues to train Connor, who wishes to follow in his father’s footsteps.

• 2015 | Oliver returns to Queen Industries. Walter, weary from their last meeting, once again grants him control of only Q-Core, not wanting to let Oliver’s “rashness” to be the cause of Queen Industries’ downfall.

• 2015 | Despite Connor’s protests, Oliver enrols him at Larchmont High School.

• 2015 | In need of a tech guy to replace Felicity, Oliver tracks down Henry Fyff, the same man that he fired for, as she claimed, stalking her. He finds Fyff working at his family-owned Chinese takeout restaurant and recruits him to the cause.

• 2015 | Green Arrow breaks up a dogfighting ring, rescuing an apparent half-wolf dog that was injured in his fight. Oliver takes him home and nurses him back to health. He calls him George.

• 2015 | Lex Luthor announces that he’s running for president, and Oliver is less than happy.

• 2015 | Oliver catches wind of a human trafficking ring being run in Star City. After investigation by both him and Fyff, they find the head perpetrator: a mercenary by the name of Edward Fyers, leader of a large mercenary group. After confronting him, Oliver finds out that Fyers was hired to run the operation by none other than Count Vertigo as a means to draw him out. Before he can leave, Zytle steps out from the shadows and blasts him with his Vertigo Effect, knocking the archer unconscious. A day passes, and Connor, worried for his father, enlists the help of Diggle and Fyff to track him down. They do, and Connor single-handedly incapacitates Vertigo, proving himself more than capable in the field. Oliver grudgingly, if a bit proudly, allows Connor to accompany him on patrols afterwards.

• 2015 | An assassin known as Onomatopoeia leaves a trail of bodies on his way to Star City – each of them a non-powered vigilante. He makes his next targets Green Arrow and his new partner, Red Arrow (Connor), managing to shoot the latter. As Connor is rushed to the hospital, a distraught Oliver nearly kills Onomatopoeia, who manages to escape by the breadth of his hair. When Connor recovers, Oliver lets him know that he will no longer allow him to go out into the field – and that his decision is final. No argument, from either Connor or Diggle, changes his mind.

• 2015 | Green Arrow rescues a fifteen year-old girl by the name of Mia Dearden from a local councilman who paid her pimp, David, for a night of privacy. Oliver refers her to the Moira Queen Home for Homeless Youth, where she turns up but a few days later – and almost instantly figures out that he’s the Green Arrow.

• 2015 | Oliver officially adopts Mia after finding out that her father, who sexually abused her, had died a year prior.

• 2015 | Oliver, Diggle and Connor reluctantly train Mia, who insists that it’s only so she can feel safe in her own skin. This is proven false when she dons a makeshift costume and takes to the streets in order to fight crime. Caught by Oliver, he bans her from further training, taking away her bow and costume. Mia and Connor bond over the limitations placed by their mentor/father.

• 2015 | Oliver changes his mind when Mia finds out that she’s HIV positive. The second Speedy debuts shortly after. Connor remains idle, still banned from fighting crime.

• 2015 | Mia becomes a member of the second Teen Titans.

2016: Outsider

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• 2016 | Felicity returns to Star City, reconciling with Team Arrow. Stellmoor International buys a majority share within Queen Industries but a few days later, transferring ownership to CEO, Simon Lacroix.

• 2016 | Oliver confronts Walter about Stellmoor’s takeover, only to witness his murder at the hands of a mysterious attacker, using one of his very own trick arrows. Framed for Walter’s death, Oliver goes underground with Connor and Fyff, believing Diggle and Felicity dead – blown up with the rest of Q-Core. The true killer, Komodo, reveals himself later that same night in a confrontation in the Arrowcave, Oliver’s backup headquarters beneath the Moira Queen Home. Unbeknownst to Oliver, Diggle really is dead, killed by Komodo when he refused to do as he was told. Felicity was forced to watch. Mia, away with the Teen Titans, stays out of the conflict.

• 2016 | Oliver is nearly killed in his and Komodo’s battle in the Arrowcave, only to be saved by the Magus, a mysterious immortal with ties to his past. He tells Oliver of an ancient organisation called the Outsiders, and sends Oliver to the Queen Industries building, where he discovers a secret room dedicated to recording his father’s secret life, spent searching for an ancient artefact – the Arrow – alongside Walter and another man, closer to his own age… Simon Lacroix.

• 2016 | Black Canary hears of Oliver’s apparent crime and immediately makes her way to Star City to help him.

• 2016 | Lacroix and his daughter, Emiko, hatch a plan to kill Oliver, luring him to a cemetery, where Felicity, barely alive, hangs on display. With Fyff’s help, Oliver rescues her, besting Komodo in a fight by plunging an arrow in his eye.

• 2016 | Oliver seeks out Magus in Black Mesa, returning with a means to get answers. Taking Fyff, Dinah and Felicity with him, they embark on a journey to Vlatava and then Lian Yu, where he finds Emiko’s mother, Shado, and her real father, alive and well… Robert Queen. He’s shocked to discover that his years on the island were all orchestrated by his father, who faked his death with the help of Magus, hoping that Oliver would come to follow in his footsteps in his search for the Arrow totem – which he now held, green and glowing, in his hands. After a battle with the Outsiders’ Shield Clan, Oliver leaves Lian Yu, taking away Robert and Shado’s only means off of the island… or so he thought. Back in Star City, Connor takes over as Green Arrow against his father’s wishes.

• 2016 | A trail leads Oliver, Fyff, Dinah and Felicity to Prague, where Komodo kills Golgotha, head of the Spear Clan and leader of the Outsiders, taking over the organisation and crowning himself the head of the Arrow Clan. Team Arrow are joined by a group of rogue Outsiders, consisting of the Mask Clan, its sole member the Magus, the Axe Clan, led by John Butcher, the Sword Clan, the vigilante Katana its only member, and Robert and Shado – having gotten off the island using backup transport. United, the rogue clans storm the Cathedral, the Outsiders’ base of operations, and fight Komodo and his forces in a fierce and bloody battle. It’s then that Emiko discovers the truth behind her parentage through a desperate Shado, only to witness an arrow impale her father’s heart. Enraged, she goes after Komodo, nearly killing him, only to be stopped by Oliver, who says that it’s over, and that Komodo needs to be brought to justice, not killed. However, while his words rang true for Emiko, they didn’t for Shado, who killed Lacroix the way he killed Robert. Magus then offers Oliver the chance to lead the Arrow Clan, giving him the Arrow totem, which Oliver snaps before offering Emiko a chance to come with him to Star City. She declines, and the Outsiders tell Oliver and Dinah never to show their faces in the Cathedral again. Drained, Team Arrow return to Star City, Oliver and Dinah rekindling their romance, Henry and Felicity finding it anew.

• 2016 | Team Arrow (Oliver, Dinah, Connor, Mia, Felicity and Henry) face one of their toughest enemies yet: Ricardo Diaz Jr., aka Richard Dragon. An unparalleled martial artist, he rains hell on the team, his ultimate goal, their deaths. He assembles a team, calling them the Longbow Hunters, consisting of himself, Count Vertigo, Red Dart and Deathstroke, who attack Oliver and Dinah, recently engaged. With the help of Connor, Mia, and Emiko (recently arrived after a falling out with her mother), they manage to push back the Hunters, and narrowly defeat Diaz, who is killed in his cell in Belle Reve by Deathstroke.

• 2016 | Oliver and Dinah get married.

• 2016 | Emiko, now Red Arrow, is made a member of the Teen Titans.

| ATTRIBUTES |

Archery | First and foremost of Oliver's abilities is his prowess with a bow and arrow. He can use anything from the most simple bows and arrows to complicated composite bows and trick arrows with full efficiency. Archery is like second nature to him, and many have said that his marksmanship is like that of a metahuman’s. He was happy to prove them wrong.

Swordsmanship | Taught by Natas, Oliver is an adept swordsman, though he rarely takes a blade into the field, instead practising his scales and techniques as a means to maintain physical and mental fitness.

Martial Arts | Receiving training from both Natas and Black Canary, Oliver has become a skilled martial artist. While not as capable as, say, Batman, he has proven on more than one occasion that he is more than able to hold his own.

Peak Human Conditioning | In order to survive on Lian Yu, Oliver had to push his body to the very limit, transforming it into a weapon. Most notable of his enhanced capabilities is his hand-eye coordination, many mistaking him for a metahuman purely due to his reflexes and eyesight.

Multi-Lingual | Oliver is fluent in multiple languages, taught Mandarin and Japanese by Natas, and having learnt Russian upon his return to Star City. Connor has also taught him snippets of Korean.

Acrobatics | A capable acrobat, Oliver often incorporates archery into his manoeuvres, pulling off seemingly impossible shots.

| CHARACTER NOTES |

Allies, Friends and Family

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Team Arrow

John Diggle | Formerly of the Green Berets, Diggle is a retired police sergeant and Oliver’s right-hand man. Having started out as Ollie’s informant within the SCPD, Diggle left the police force in order to play a larger part in his crusade. He now works as Oliver’s “bodyguard” and “security advisor”, both well-paying covers for his real occupation.

Dinah Laurel Lance/Black Canary | A fellow vigilante and Ollie’s ex-girlfriend, Dinah is widely regarded as one of the world’s best martial artists. The two met in Justice League International’s first assembly, and have since been deeply in love. However, it perhaps wasn’t as strong as they thought, as Ollie cheated on her two years into their relationship. That said, it’s a miracle that she didn’t kick Oliver’s ass when she found out. She currently resides in Gotham.

Roy Harper/Arsenal | Oliver’s adopted son, Roy was an archery aficionado long before he met his mentor. Living on the tough streets of the Glades, when he heard of the Moira Queen Home for Homeless Youths he was quick to make his way there (once he made sure his pride wasn’t hurt). He’s proven to be a valuable member of Team Arrow, and currently spends his days juggling his time between Young Justice and Star City. Formerly under the alias of Speedy.

Connor Hawke/Red Arrow | Oliver’s biological son, he met his father for the first time at the age of thirteen while residing at an ashram monastery in Napa Valley. His mother, Sandra, sent him there at his request, thinking that he wanted to find himself when he really just wanted to get away from his stepfather, Milo Armitage. He worked with his father as Red Arrow for a short amount of time before the assassin, Onomatopoeia, nearly killed him. Banned from vigilantism in order to protect him, Connor reluctantly conforms to Ollie’s wishes, wanting to help but unwilling to disobey him.

Felicity Smoak | Formerly of the Q-Core IT department, Felicity became a part of Team Arrow when Oliver sought her help to track down the supplier of Vertigo. She proved to be invaluable to the team until the night both she and Ollie regret, after which she left the team, ashamed and seeking a more familiar environment. She currently works at Kord Industries.

Henry Fyff | Felicity’s replacement and employee at Q-Core, Henry also happened to have had a massive crush on her prior to her transferral to Kord. His awkward advances mistaken for stalker-like tendencies, Ollie fired him personally, concerned about Felicity’s safety but also sad to have to let such a brilliant mind go. Instead of finding another job, Henry settled for working at his mother’s Chinese takeout restaurant until Oliver came and rehired him, with a bonus: he gets to work with the Green Arrow. During his time on Team Arrow, he’s proven to be just as skilled, and invaluable, as Felicity was.

George the Arrowhound | Part huskie, part wolf, George was forced into the dogfighting underworld, made to fight and kill dogs born and bred for only one thing: senseless slaughter. Rescued by Oliver, his new owner nursed him back to health, and George soon became Team Arrow’s fearsome yet loveable mascot.

Civilians

Robert Queen | The founder of Queen Industries, Robert was a ruthless businessman, a quality which insured his company’s success. Despite this he was a loving father, only wanting the best for Oliver. When he found out that his son shared his love for archery, he was ecstatic, eager to have Ollie learn from only the best. But when Oliver started to drift away from the bow and quiver, opting instead to take up recreational drug use and relentless partying, Robert found himself incredibly disappointed with both his son and himself. And while he only wanted the best for Ollie, the same could not be said about his behaviour towards his wife. While yes, he loved Moira, he often let lust and desire overcome him, and so he had many affairs to his name – affairs that his wife chose to remain ignorant of.

In 2005, the media went insane with coverage of Robert’s death, reporting of a helicopter crash that took his life in the Himalayas.

Moira Queen | Oliver’s mother and wife to Robert, Moira was a loving parent and devoted wife. Unlike her husband, who was known in the corporate world for his ruthlessness, Moira was a kind, nurturing soul, using her wealth to help those in need in whichever way she could. Her charity work earned her love and respect not just in Star City, but in many cities throughout the States, even going as far as Gotham, where her work in the Narrows made her name synonymous with that of the Waynes.

Moira passed away from cancer in 2010, her son at her bedside.

Walter Steele | Robert’s best friend and former CFO of Queen Industries, Walter now runs the company following his friend’s death. Frustrated at Oliver’s continued irresponsibility, he gave him control over Queen Industries’ subsidiary, Q-Core, hoping that having to run it will prepare him for taking over the company. But this didn’t seem to remedy Ollie’s continuous absences, and Walter is at a loss of what to do.

Thomas Merlyn | The son of Malcolm Merlyn, Tommy was Oliver’s best friend prior to the island, participating in many acts of debauchery with his “partner in crime”. Following Ollie’s return from the dead, the two struggled to reconnect, before losing contact entirely. After his father handed Merlyn Global to Jakob Whorrsman instead of himself, Tommy renounced his family’s legacy, leaving behind the fortune he relied upon so frequently.

Master Jansen | A monk residing in the ashram monastery in Napa Valley, Master Jansen was the one who taught Oliver and Connor the way of the Buddha, and the latter the art of aikido and Kyudo archery.

Rogues Gallery

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Rogues

James MacGowan | Head of Star City’s Irish mob, Jimmy MacGowan has control over the entirety of Downtown, content with the territory he owns, not bothered to make a play against any of his competitors. In the past he was involved in a deal between himself and Brick, something that would have guaranteed his place in the new criminal hierarchy. He only made such a deal to save his own behind, however – so when Green Arrow took down Brick and his empire, MacGowan didn’t see an enemy – he saw a potential asset. As long as the Emerald Archer keeps out of his hair and takes care of the other criminal organisations, then MacGowan has no quarrel with him. He is currently the most powerful of mob bosses in Star City.

Daniel “Brick” Brickwell | Born and raised in the Glades, Danny Brickwell always had big ambitions. Starting his criminal career as a mere gangbanger, Brick saw his chance when Ricardo Diaz’s empire came tumbling down, leaving a massive power vacuum where it once was. Uniting numerous street gangs, his syndicate became an overnight criminal superpower, feared by crooks and authorities alike. The only one who dared to challenge him was Green Arrow – and when Brick found out that he and Oliver Queen were one and the same, he was determined to make him pay. Kidnapping Moira Queen, Brick planned to kill her as Oliver watched, but the ensuing fight didn’t seem to favour him. Brick is now presumed dead.

Malcolm Merlyn/The Dark Archer | Malcolm Merlyn was once the CEO of Merlyn Global Group, an international corporation that was considered Queen Industries’ toughest competitor. He was also one of Robert Queen’s closest friends, a stark contrast to their companies’ hostile natures. Following Robert’s death in 2005, Malcolm left Star City for four years, leaving his company in the hands of fellow businessman, Jakob Whorrsman. He resurfaced as the assassin, the Dark Archer, clashing with Green Arrow multiple times. His identity is known to Oliver.

Carrie Cutter/Cupid | A former police officer for the SCPD, Carrie was discharged after developing an obsession for her partner. Her sick brand of love going unsated, she visited her ex-partner’s home, aiming to kill him, and Green Arrow, mistaking the scene for a husband abusing his wife, shot an arrow at the man, “rescuing” Carrie. From then onwards, her fixation shifted to the Emerald Archer, leading to a murderous rampage in which she tried to show her devotion to her new love. After murdering Triad leader Jin Fang, along with many other high profile figures in Star City’s underworld, her killing spree was finally put to an end by Green Arrow. She is currently incarcerated in Belle Reve Penitentiary.

Werner Zytle/Count Vertigo | The king of a small Eastern European country, Vlatava, Zytle travelled a long and bloody road on his way to leadership. Funded by an international drug smuggling operation, trading Vertigo, a drug he developed, Zytle maintained Vlatava as a relatively wealthy European nation – but his empire came crumbling down when Green Arrow caught wind of his operation in Star City. Mounting a raid on Zytle’s Vlatavan compound, Team Arrow brought an end to the Count’s drug trade. Three years later, Zytle got his revenge on Green Arrow, managing to capture him – only to be defeated by his partner, Red Arrow.

Red Dart | A serial bank robber employing trick darts instead of arrows, her brief stint in Star City was brought to an end by Speedy. She’s recently expanded her repertoire into mercenary work.

Constantine Drakon | An international assassin, it is said that Drakon is second to only Deathstroke the Terminator in their line of work.

Onomatopoeia | An assassin targeting non-powered vigilantes, Onomatopoeia clashed with Green and Red Arrow, hospitalising the latter after shooting him through the subscapular artery. Bringing forth the Emerald Archer’s rage, he barely escaped, vanishing into the night.

Simon Lacroix | Born into poverty and growing up on the streets, Simon Lacroix is effectively the anti-Ollie Queen. Fighting to keep himself afloat since an early age, his hard work earnt him the attention of Robert Queen at the age of eighteen. Made Robert’s protégé, he was taught everything his mentor knew about the business world; everything he needed to kick-start his own international conglomerate: Stellmoor International.

Isabel Rochev/The Queen | Native to a mountainside village in Siberia, Isabel Rochev became enamoured with Robert Queen after he visited her home, where she worked laboriously in a diamond mine; the village’s primary source of income. An attractive young woman at half Robert’s age, she managed to land a job as his assistant, and quickly began an extramarital affair with her idol. After she her job was terminated without notice, she didn’t blame Robert, who fired her, but the wider Queen family: his wife, Moira, and his son, Oliver, believing them to be a stain on his mind, skewing his judgement. She now works at Stellmoor International alongside Simon Lacroix.

Big Game | A mercenary hailing from Africa, Big Game hunted Green Arrow for his own personal enjoyment. Defeated by both the former and his partner, Speedy, he hasn’t set foot in Star City since.

Edward Fyers | The leader of a large mercenary group, Eddie Fyers ran into Green Arrow when he was hired by Count Vertigo to lure him into a trap. When Zytle’s plan backfired, Fyers and his team were quick to leave Star City, leaving no trace for the Emerald Archer to follow.

Ricardo Diaz Jr./Richard Dragon | The son of former mob boss, Ricardo Diaz, Diaz Jr. was witness to the fall of his father’s criminal empire at the hands of Green Arrow. Disbelieving that such a powerful man could be dethroned by a guy with a gimmick, Ricardo left Star City, travelling the world to train under some of the greatest martial artists ever known. He vowed to return to Star City, and remake his father’s empire into the most powerful one in the States.

Natas | An international assassin, Natas was originally hired by the deceased crime lord China White to kill Oliver during his third year on Lian Yu. Admiring Ollie’s resolve, he instead chose to teach him martial arts, honing the billionaire’s body into a weapon. However, when Oliver refused to deal China the killing blow in a skirmish, nearly all respect Natas had for him faded. Leaving him broken and bloodied on the island, Natas left for civilisation, returning to the profession he was so good at. He entered into Oliver’s life once more in 2010, but this time in the shadows. Paid a sum he couldn’t refuse, Natas revealed Green Arrow’s identity to Brick, effectively endangering the lives of all Oliver held dear. To his credit, he refused to assassinate his former student, leaving Star City nearly as soon as he got there. His whereabouts are unknown.

Slade Wilson/Deathstroke | Once a soldier, Slade Wilson took part in a biological augmentation program that allowed him to surpass human limits. He is now feared as one of the deadliest assassins in the world.

Prometheus | ???

Setting & Locations

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Setting

Star City | Star City is a living symbol of modernism, a thriving metropolis on the middle west coast of California, and the stomping grounds of the Battling Bowman, Green Arrow.

Orchid Bay | Neighbouring South End, Orchid Bay is home to City Hall.

The Triangle | A neighbourhood frequently under dispute by Star City’s criminal powers, the Triangle is currently controlled by the Irish Mob, led by Jimmy MacGowan.

Lamb Valley | A low-middle class residential area, Lamb Valley was subject to controversy when the Elevast Corporation proposed plans to build a fifteen block megastructure mall.

The Glades | The slums of Star City, the Glades hold the title of highest poverty rate in the city. Previously under Brick’s control, it has since been reclaimed by Green Arrow.

Adams Heights | Occupied by Star City’s upper-middle class, Adams Heights is a neighbourhood known for its higher-end living.

South End | The downtown of Star City, South End serves as its central business district.

Locations

Queen Industries | A sprawling skyscraper, the Queen Industries tower is a monolith of glass and steel, of modern design, sleek edges and sharp angles. Adorning the large QI logo for all to see, it serves as a beacon of new and wonderful technologies. Located in South End.

Q-Core | A mere block away from Queen Industries, the Q-Core building is nearly identical to its sister structure, albeit slightly shorter and displaying a different logo; that of its name. It’s a hub of great minds, a think tank were innovative, intelligent people come together to invent the next Q-Phone (figuratively speaking). It’s also a fantastic place to hide your secret underground base of operations.

The Quiver | Located beneath Q-Core, the Quiver is Green Arrow’s second base of operations after the Arrowcave. Equipped with state of the art technology, it’s outfitted with the highest-tier security system developed by Queen Industries, impervious to nearly all means of intrusion. Located within are multiple computers for Fyff’s use, an arsenal of bows, arrows (trick and regular) and other weapons, along with the “Arrowcycles” (Oliver’s, Connor’s and a spare for Roy) and a variety of toys and the like to keep George occupied.

The Moira Queen Home for Homeless Youth | Formerly the Queen Family Mansion, the Moira Queen Home for Homeless Youth served as Oliver’s home up until his mother’s death. Uncomfortable with living in what he considered his parents’ home, and believing that he needed to give back to Star City, he repurposed it as the Home for Homeless Youth using Queen Industries funds, giving a home to the struggling children of his city. It was here that he met Roy Harper. Ollie frequently spends his time doing volunteer work here alongside his son, Connor, and friend, Diggle. Located on the outskirts of Star City.

The Arrowcave | Located beneath the Moira Queen Home, the Arrowcave is a museum of years gone by. Green Arrow’s first base of operations, it contains such relics from the past as the Arrowcar, Arrowplane, and Arrowsub. It’s a showcase of simpler times.

Organisations & Corporations

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Organisations

The Outsiders | ???

Corporations

Queen Industries | Queen Industries is a massive multi-billion dollar conglomerate made up of smaller subsidiaries, known for its extensive array of technological products, most notably the Q-Series, a collection of laptops, phones and tablets that rival that of Wayne Enterprises, LexCorp and Kord Industries. And while the public knows of the corporation for the abundance of tech and gadgets it brings out, it also makes a large sum of its profit through government contracts, providing equipment to the military, FBI, CIA and ARGUS. Based in Downtown Star City, South End.

Q-Core | Queen Industries’ largest subsidiary, Q-Core is largely responsible for bringing out the Q-Series of products. Based in South End, only a block away from the main QI building.

Stellmoor International | Founded by Robert Queen’s former protégé, Simon Lacroix, Stellmoor International was Queen Industries’ primary competitor in Star City following Merlyn Global Group’s change in ownership. That is until it acquired a majority share of its rival company, effectively making it a subsidiary.

| CHARACTER GOALS|

Those of you that were here for the first incarnation of this game probably remember that the Green Arrow I played then was very much inspired by his New 52 and Arrow versions, with very little of what made his pre-Flashpoint version so great. This time around, I plan to fix that. Taking inspiration from all three versions, I’m pretty much taking the Van Dyke-wearing Ollie we all know and love and giving him a sort of modernisation, with the aim of giving him story arcs worthy of an A-lister (because I think we can all agree that he has the potential to be one). I hope you all enjoy what I have in store for him, because I know for sure that I am.

| REFERENCES |

#1: Green Arrow: Hawke, part one.
#2: Green Arrow: Hawke, part two.
#3: Green Arrow: Hawke, part three.
#4: The Flash... cooks some breakfast?

GreenGrenade's Character Compendium

“I can think at the speed of light, I can perceive events that last for less than an attosecond, I can run faster than time. What do I see when I run across the country? I see everything. I see everyone.”

| Identity |

• Bartholomew Henry “Barry” Allen
• The Gem Cities Blur
• The Scarlet Speedster
• The Crimson Comet
• The Fastest Man Alive
• The Flash

| Origin and Backstory |

1977-1988: The Man in Yellow

Nora Allen knew that her husband was not a crying man, not by any means. She herself had only ever seen him shed a tear once or twice in the sixteen years they'd been together. But as she so often told Barry on his birthday, the one time Henry Allen had truly let his tears flow was the day his son was born.

It was the 13th of May, 1977 when Henry frantically drove his wife to Central City Hospital, bringing his car to a screeching halt in the parking lot before hurriedly escorting her to the maternity ward. The man was nervous, worried; he didn't know if he could bear a repeat of last time. Being told that your child had been stillborn is something no parent should have to go through, let alone twice. Luckily, no such thing happened, and Barry Allen was born a healthy baby to a happy mother and bawling father. Nora would go on to describe Henry's tears as ones of absolute joy and relief. Henry would go on to deny ever having cried.

As Barry grew, it became evident that he was a boy of science, not sport. Everything interested him: chemistry, physics, theoretical sciences; anything he could learn, he did. His parents were proud of him and of the intelligent man he was growing into, and while bullies tried time and time again to discourage Barry, Henry and Nora would have none of it. Neither, it seemed, would Iris West. A girl of Barry's age, she was fascinated by him, and frequently spent time with the prodigy. Time spent at school soon extended to time spent at home, and Barry and Iris became best friends faster than a speeding bullet could meet its mark. The friendship between the Allens and the Wests was not restricted to the children, and a strong bond was formed between Barry's parents and police detective Joe West over many afternoons spent socialising in the living room as the kids played upstairs. A routine was developed. Every day after school, Barry and Iris would alternate between each other's homes, helping each other with homework and telling each other stories as their parents conversed in another room. It was a good system, and everyone was happy... But that would all change on a dark night of 1988.

The sound of his mother screaming was what alerted Barry. He had been sleeping soundly in his bed when her voice pierced his ears, shouting for help over an impossibly loud noise... A noise that strangely resembled the crackle of electricity. He ran to her, down the stairs and into the living room, only to be blocked by an ever-moving tornado of red and yellow lightning, Nora at its centre. His father came charging in, carrying a baseball bat, running full pelt at the wall of electricity-- only to be knocked back by what Barry swore was a man in a yellow suit, with blazing red eyes --the man he would come to call Eobard Thawne. In all the confusion, Barry managed to hear Henry yell at him to run, to get as far away from the house as possible, before he was whisked out and taken six blocks away; all before he could scream for his mum one last time.

When Barry found his way back home, the first thing he saw was his father in handcuffs, being escorted towards a police car, begging Barry not to go inside. Afraid and confused, Barry did the opposite, barging past officers and running into his home, seeking his mother. Instead, he found her lifeless body, a pool of blood expanding beneath it. Joe came soon after, his face expressionless, his eyes full of sadness. What he told Barry caused the boy's world to crumble around him. Barry's father had killed Nora.

1988-1995: The Lightning Strikes

Henry was convicted of first degree murder, sentenced to life in prison without parole. With no legal guardian to take care of him, Barry was taken in by Joe, who had by this time come to terms with Henry's guilt, if reluctantly. This brought on an unhealthy new dynamic to the West household, as frequent arguments would break out between Barry and his adoptive father, each one trying to convince the other whether or not Henry was truly to blame for Nora's death. Iris often found herself playing peacemaker, defusing the situations before they got too heated.

Things eventually settled down as Barry grudgingly accepted his father's predicament; but he never truly laid the subject to rest, often scheming of ways to prove Henry's innocence, going as far as stealing some of Joe's case files strewn across his desk for anyone to take. Needless to say, he received a very stern talking to that night, but aside from that, things seemed normal.

Academically, Barry only continued to thrive, with a new interest in criminology and forensics, one that would see him seek a career in the Central City PD's CSI unit. But let's not get ahead of ourselves.

As he transitioned into high school, Barry found himself subject to all things teenagers experience in those years: yet more bullies, piles upon piles of homework, the extension work that followed, after school sport, his first kiss, his first girlfriend, and his first heartbreak. But despite all of that, nothing could keep his mind off of his mother's murder. Theories upon theories, questions upon questions, all piled up in his room. Who was the man in yellow? Why did he kill Nora? Was he in any way related to that old vigilante group, the Justice Society's, Flash? So many questions, yet so little answers... Slowly but surely, Barry was losing hope. Could he ever prove his father was innocent? No one believed him, no one but Iris. But even the comfort she offered was small compared to the ever-growing pit of despair in his stomach.

One hot summer's night in 1995 would give Barry reason to renew his vigour. He'd acquired an internship within STAR Labs, working in their Central City facility. On the odd occasion, his overseer, Dr. Darwin Elias, allowed him to experiment in his lab, an opportunity Barry could never resist. It was on one such occasion that the unthinkable happened, and Barry's life changed forever. A storm had been brewing that day, and as Barry worked in Dr. Elias' lab, it was hammering down on the city in full force. Mixing a batch of chemicals together, he heard the crack of thunder and lightning too late, as a bolt of electricity burst through the lab's window, striking him in the chest and dousing him with the compound he'd created. And such was the way the Speed Force was created. The cause of Barry’s pain. The source of his powers.

Upon being discovered, lying unconscious among shards of glass, he was transported to the nearest hospital, Joe and Iris by his side. Feeling sorry for Barry, maybe even a bit of guilt, Dr. Elias elected to give him the best care possible, paying his hospital bills and personally caring for him.

It wasn’t for another month until Barry woke up. By then, he was a changed man.

1995-2000: The Blur

It didn’t take long for Barry’s powers to surface. Having moved back in with the Wests, confusion was quick to follow, as he walked down the street in one moment, and crashed into a dumpster the next. Baffled by this new development, he went to the smartest man he knew. Dr. Elias agreed to help Barry gain control of his speed, but insisted that he keep it a secret. He maintained that while nearly a decade had passed since the Purifier movement, the public was still prone to anti-mutant bias, and while it wasn’t clear whether Barry was indeed a mutant, revealing himself would only end in hate. Unwilling, but seeing the truth in Elias’s words, Barry agreed to lay low, at least until they knew more about his powers.

For the next few months they tested him, keeping record of his speed, testing his limits, using a friction-resistant suit of Elias’s design. Barry kept his abilities hidden, just as he promised. But this wouldn’t last for long.

James Jesse, aka the Trickster, convicted terrorist and former enemy of the first Flash, had escaped prison, making his way to Central City to initiate what would go down in history as his most perplexing plot in his entire criminal career. Nationally televised, he explained that he’d rigged the homes of the Gem Cities’ wealthiest socialites, giving them each an hour to transfer two million dollars to an offshore bank account before “everything goes boom.” Unable to stand by and do nothing, Barry took action, running to each of the socialites’ homes, hoping to locate the bombs. What he found, however, was nothing. Jesse had been bluffing. Desperate for help, he called Dr. Elias, who, after indulging in the art of berating, got to locating the Trickster, still broadcasting his twisted program. In a few minutes, he’d done it: Jesse was hiding out in an abandoned warehouse in Lawrence Hills, Central City’s industrial district.

With time to lose, Barry sped to the warehouse, making quick work of the terrorist, tying him to a post and running back to STAR Labs all before Elias could finish tipping off the police. Upon being arrested, Jesse told the CCPD of how a blur had tied him up; this was brushed off as a clumsy lie, the police concluding that he’d gift-wrapped himself in some sick game of cat and mouse.

But his claims were enough to start an urban legend: that of the Gem Cities Blur, a speed demon dedicated to protecting Central and Keystone. Most brushed it off as mere fiction, fabricated by James Jesse’s corrupt mind.

They had no idea how wrong they were.

For the next two years, Barry operated as the Blur, working hard to maintain his status as urban legend, getting faster and faster. It was during this time that he had his first run-in with the men that would become the first Rogues: Leonard Snart, Mick Rory and Sam Scudder, robbing Central City National Bank. It was also during this time that tragedy struck.

It was November, 1998. While on patrol, Joe had been shot and killed by an armed robber. The news reached Barry through a distraught Iris, who told him through shuddering breaths exactly what happened. Overcome by grief, Barry stormed to the CCPD, seeking out Joe's partner and long-time friend, Detective Darryl Frye. Finding him, he let loose a barrage of questions, one after the other: Who killed Joe? Where was he now? How could Darryl let this happen?

In an attempt to calm him down, Darryl assured Barry that the killer had been caught; that he was being held in a cell at that very moment. But it wasn't enough. That night, the Blur phased into the killer's cell. And for the first time in his life, it was Barry that gave the beating.

Joe's killer was found a bloody pulp the next morning, all cuts and fractured bones, bleeding internally in multiple areas. Barry never heard what became of him. He laid the Blur to rest the following day, the guilt of what he'd done too much to bear.

On the June of 1999, Barry was inducted into the CCPD, the CSI unit's newest member. Using his new position, he obtained copies of his mother’s file, reopening the case. Two months later, he and Iris crossed the bridge between friendship and romance, entering a relationship after over a decade of knowing each other.

One year later, he asked her to marry him. She said yes.

2001-2004: Thawne

Barry and Iris were happily married, living in a small home in the borough of Danville. They were doing well, Barry receiving a steady income from his job at the CCPD, Iris earning nearly double as Central City Picture News’ top reporter. They were happy. But something just didn’t feel right.

In the aftermath of September 11, he realised just what that was. The resurgence of superheroes in the form of Batman and Superman made him see himself for who he truly wanted to be; for what he truly wanted to do. He wanted to help people. But not as the Blur. He had to be someone else. He had to be something else.

It was the October of 2001, and the Flash, after twenty-two years of absence, was spotted apprehending Hartley Rathaway, aka the Pied Piper, as he robbed a bank. Something was different about him, though. He was younger. Taller. Redder.

This guy was new.

With Iris’ support, Barry became the Gem Cities’ protector, the second Flash. He made many enemies: Snart and his gang from the Blur’s days formed the Rogues, each with their own specially-made weapon; Captain Cold, Heatwave and Mirror Master. Digger Harkness, aka Captain Boomerang; Tony Woodward, aka Girder; Roscoe Dillon, aka the Top; Amunet Black, aka Blacksmith; and perhaps the most sickening, Dr. Michael Amar, the serial killer known as Murmur.

Little did Barry know, they were the least of his troubles. For in the shadows hid the orchestrator of Barry’s life-- of all the tragedies, of all the hurt and sadness-- the man in yellow. Eobard Thawne.

May 13, 2004. Barry's twenty-seventh birthday. A romantic dinner date, just Barry and Iris in their home, with no one to bother them. No one but Zoom. To Iris, it just looked like a yellow blur, plucking her husband out of the room in the blink of an eye. But Barry saw everything. The yellow suit. Those red eyes. That taunting smile. He was dropped off on the rooftop of a skyscraper, rain beating down, the man in yellow smiling down at him. It was then that the man spoke, his distorted voice one that would continue to haunt Barry for years to come. He told him his name, and what he was going to do. He made it clear: he was going to tear Barry’s life apart, piece by bloody piece. Then, wishing him a happy birthday, Thawne was gone, just as quick as he came, leaving Barry to contemplate what had just happened. He returned home a frustrated, angry man. After years of investigation, he finally found his mother’s true killer-- finally crossed paths with him. In the years gone by, he’d always imagined that he’d have the upper hand, that he’d bring the man to justice. Yet Thawne was still winning. He was still ten steps ahead.

The following morning, Henry Allen was found within an inch of his life in his cell at Iron Heights. Taken to the infirmary, it was discovered that he suffered numerous internal injuries… with no external ones to cause them. Enraged, Barry donned his Flash suit, knowing exactly who was to blame, and searched all of Central and Keystone. Thawne wasn’t there. He was nowhere to be found.

For the next few days, things remained quiet. Barry spent them at work, unable to visit his father, thinking of what to do. But for the most part, he waited for Thawne’s next move. He swore that next time, he’d be ready.

He wasn’t.

He returned home one night to find Iris gone, a phone in her place. It started to ring, and he answered it, worry eating away at him. His fears were confirmed upon hearing the voice on the other end: Thawne. He had Iris, and he wanted to play a game. Barry was supposed to be the fastest man alive-- Thawne wanted to test that. For every hour that he didn’t find Iris, she would lose a finger. When they’re all gone, they’d move on to her toes. When there aren’t any of them left… She’d die. It was as simple as that.

Barry searched everywhere for Iris, but despite his best efforts, nothing came of it. Desperate and afraid for her, he turned to his former mentor, Dr. Darwin Elias. The response he got, however, was not the one he wanted. Elias didn’t know how to help.

Frustration, anger, worry and fear all welled up inside Barry, threatening to burst. Not knowing how to deal with it all, he ran. Within a second, he broke the sound barrier. Within half of that, he was faster than light. Soon, he was running faster than he’d ever run before-- and before he knew it, he ripped through the fabric of space and time, running into the place he would come to know as the Speed Force. His thoughts fixed firmly on Thawne, the man came into view, standing in front of Iris, bound firmly to a chair.

The speedsters came to blows as Barry exited the Speed Force, fighting Thawne with a newfound aggression. After a prolonged battle, he managed to reopen the portal through which he’d come, throwing his enemy in; it closed, disappearing along with him. Barry took Iris home that night, relief flooding him at her uninjured state.

Present: A Force of Time

With Eobard out of the picture, life slowly returned to normal. But as Barry gets faster, everything else slows down… Can he live in a world too slow to keep up?

| Attributes |
Created the moment the lightning struck, it echoes through all of existence and time, blurring between past, present and future. It contains the knowledge of every event, every location, every person, touching every part of reality. It is speed, it is movement, it is time itself. It is the Speed Force, the source of all speedsters' powers.

Super Speed: His primary power, Barry is able to run at superhuman speeds. As a conduit of the Speed Force, he can break the sound barrier, run faster than light, and, when under enough stress, break both the dimensional and time barriers.

Superhuman Stamina: Barry's connection to the Speed Force enables his body to withstand the effects of super speed without any grievous damage.

Supercharged Brain Activity:] It's not just his body that can move fast. Barry's brain can process information in as little time as an attosecond; he can test theories, figure out complex equations and think of the best course of action in the time it takes light to travel the length of three hydrogen atoms.

Accelerated Healing: While he isn't indestructible like the Man of Steel, Barry's injuries heal at very high speeds. Normal wear and tear damage such as scratches and bruises will heal almost instantly.

Infinite Mass Punch: Barry can focus the Speed Force's energy into one immensely powerful punch, whose density is the equivalent of a white dwarf star.

Vortex Creation: When moving himself or his limbs in a super-fast, circular motion, Barry can create powerful funnels of wind; tornadoes.

Phasing: If he vibrates his molecules at a high enough frequency, Barry can become intangible and phase through objects.

Self Sustenance: Traveling at super speeds causes Barry's body to work overtime. As a result, his metabolism is higher than that of a regular human, requiring him to continually refill his energy supply.

Genius Level Intellect: Barry is an extremely smart man, boasting extensive knowledge in science, chemistry, criminology and forensic pathology.

| Character Notes |
Allies, Friends and Family

Iris West-Allen: Wife.

Wally West: Nephew-in-law.

Henry Allen: Father.

Captain Darryl Frye: Captain of the CCPD.

David Singh: Head of the CSI unit.

Patty Spivot: Fellow police scientist.

Dr. Darwin Elias: Mentor and friend.

Enemies and Rogues

Eobard Thawne ; Professor Zoom: Arch nemesis.

Leonard Snart ; Captain Cold: Leader of the Rogues.

Mick Rory ; Heatwave: Member of the Rogues.

Sam Scudder ; Mirror Master: Member of the Rogues.

Hartley Rathaway ; the Pied Piper: Member of the Rogues.

Roscoe Dillon ; the Top: Member of the Rogues.

Anthony Woodward ; Girder: Muscle.

Amunet Black ; Blacksmith: Crime lord.

Michael Amar ; Murmur: Serial killer.

Digger Harkness ; Captain Boomerang: Ex-Rogue, mercenary. Dead.

| Character Goals |
Using the character of Dr. Manhattan and the song ‘The Ballad of Barry Allen’ as inspiration, I intend to play a Barry that’s slowly becoming more and more disconnected with the world around him, getting faster and faster, and as a result, becoming less of a human and more a pure conduit of the Speed Force. I hope to explore how this affects every aspect of his life: his friendships, his marriage, his job, and his heroics. How does he interact with a world too slow to keep up with him?

| References |
#1
#2
#3
#4

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SPIDER-MEN

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"We are Spider-Man."

| Identities |

• Peter Parker (Spider-Man)
• Miles Morales (Spider-Man)
• The Spider-Men

| Origin & Backstory |

Peter

Peter Benjamin Parker was born in Queens on the 10th of August to a scientist father and SHIELD agent mother, Richard and Mary Parker. While working on a project, entitled VENOM, for SHIELD, an accident, whose details are redacted, killed both of his parents, leaving him an orphan. Feeling guilty for their deaths, then SHIELD commander Nick Fury had Peter sent to live with his uncle and aunt, Ben and May Parker, at the age of four.

Peter grew to be a bright, academic teenager, held at very high regard in Midtown High School. But being a genius had its downsides; seen as nothing more than a nerd and an ass-kisser, “Puny Parker”, as they called him, saw frequent abuse at the hands of Eugene “Flash” Thompson and his lackey, Kenneth “Kong” McFarlane. This would often leave Peter deflated and angry, comforted by who seemed to be his only friend, billionaire scion Harry Osborn.

At the age of fifteen, Peter finally found what he thought to be his big break. While attending a tour of OsCorp with his science class, he was bitten by a spider genetically altered by the Oz Formula, passing out on the floor. Having woken up on the bus ride back to school, he was picked up by Aunt May, who took him home for some much-needed rest. However, sleep didn’t come easy, and once it did, it didn’t seem to want to stay. Waking up in the early hours of the morning, Peter went to wash his face – only to discover that he had broken the tap with his newly inherited strength. Seeking to test it out, Peter snuck out of the house, going to an abandoned warehouse at the edge of town. There he discovered that not only did he have incredible strength, but also speed, agility, reflexes, balance, and more surprisingly, the ability to crawl up walls.

Thinking that his powers would allow him to gain popularity, Peter immediately tried out for Midtown’s basketball team, beating out none other than Flash Thompson. Angered beyond belief, Flash challenged Peter to a fight after school, in which Peter, evading every swing with ease, blocked a punch, and in doing so broke Flash’s hand. In retaliation, the Thompsons demanded that the Parkers pay Flash’s hospital bill, or face the threat of legal action. Already facing financial troubles, Ben and May debated what to do. Peter, however, knew exactly what he was planning.

Having heard of local exhibition matches run as part of the WWF’s War show, Peter donned a crude homemade costume and challenged War’s reigning champion, Joseph “Crusher” Hogan, beating him with little effort, earning an easy $500. Invited to participate in the next match by the show’s producer, Maxwell Shiffman, Peter went home, slipping an envelope containing his newly earned money under the front door. The following week, he made his first TV appearance as the Amazing Spider-Man. Alas, his wrestling career would not last very long. A few moments after the cameras stopped rolling, Peter neglected to stop who he thought to be a small-time crook that had robbed the studio. Shiffman, who had ripped Peter off moments before, believed Spider-Man to be in cahoots with the robber, calling the police, forcing Peter to make a quick escape.

Two nights after the incident, Peter returned home to discover that his uncle had been murdered. As he tried to process this information, a police scanner came to life, informing the officers in his home of the killer’s location. Enraged, Peter donned his costume, easily tracking down the culprit to an abandoned factory. In subduing him, he was horrified to discover that the man that had killed his uncle was the very same crook that had robbed the WWF. Guilt and regret filling him to the very brim, Peter left the man for the police to discover, attaching a note on him which read:

From your friendly neighbourhood, Spider-Man.

Contemplating what to do next while sitting on a nearby rooftop, he recalled Ben’s favourite saying, one with which he was bombarded nearly every day. “With great power, comes great responsibility.” It was then that Peter decided what he would do in honour of his uncle. Inspired by people such as Batman, Superman, and Captain America, he would become a hero. A beacon of hope for all of New York. He would become Spider-Man.

The following day, Peter quit the basketball team, despite being their star player. Kong was among the loudest to voice his dismay.

Over the following weeks, New York City would become acquainted with the now vigilante Spider-Man, wearing a modified (and much better looking) outfit, and armed with a pair of web-shooters, allowing him to traverse the city with ease. Normally facing off against muggers and robbers, Peter had yet to be introduced to a challenge; unluckily for him, it decided to introduce itself. Unbeknownst to him, Norman Osborn, father to Harry, had been tracking his every move since the spider bite, studying the effects the Oz Formula had had on him. Now, believing his research to be sufficient, Norman prepared to inject himself with the formula. This would prove catastrophic.

The formula transformed Norman into the person that would become known as the Green Goblin, his skin tainted green, his sanity all but gone. Blaming Peter for what had happened to him, the Goblin attacked Midtown High, forcing Peter to retaliate as Spider-Man. The battle soon got out of hand, ending with the Goblin plunging into the East River, riddled with the NYPD’s bullets. Believing him to be dead, Peter returned to Midtown in time to be discovered by firemen under some debris.

A year has passed since his first big ordeal as Spidey, and Peter has come a long way. Facing off against the likes of Wilson Fisk, Doctor Octopus and Electro, Spider-Man has become a household name, loved by many, and reviled by some. J. Jonah Jameson, belonging to the latter category, has also hired Peter as a freelance photographer and web designer for the Daily Bugle, tasking him with keeping the news outlet’s website running all while providing him with pictures of the “Spider-Menace.”

Harry, after spending a few months living with his grandparents following his father’s disappearance, has come to live with the Parkers, coming to love his new home and family.

And Peter, once an unpopular academic with little to no social life, has seen success on the romantic front, having dated his childhood crush, Gwen Stacy, for a grand total of six months. Their relationship is thriving, and he couldn’t be happier.

With his sixteenth birthday on the horizon, things are finally looking up for him.

Miles

Jefferson Davis met Rio Morales at his physical therapist’s office in the great borough of Brooklyn, New York. Now, you can call it whatever you want-- sappy, stupid, cliche-- but the fact of the matter is, it was love at first sight. The moment he laid eyes on her, he knew that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. And so, after much time spent debating whether or not it was a good idea, Jefferson came to the conclusion that he should ask her out on a date. And so he did.

The first date became the second. The second became the third. The third, the fourth. Before they knew it, they’d moved in together. After two months of knowing each other, they got married.

Talk about moving fast.

On the 3rd of August, two years following the birth of Peter Parker, and after their first wedding anniversary, they were given the greatest gift they could ever imagine: their son, Miles. Living in a small apartment in the sunny side of Brooklyn (hint: as close to Queens as possible), Jefferson and Rio watched as their little boy grew into the slightly bigger boy they always wanted him to be. He was smart, thoughtful, resourceful; every bit his parents’ son. There was no way they could love him any more than they already did. But despite all his great qualities, they were saddened to see him struggle with other kids. To them, he was nothing more than a geek. But lucky for him, there was another boy that happened to be ten times the nerdzoid he was: Ganke Lee, legophile and proud. They soon became inseparable, and Jefferson and Rio couldn’t be happier.

The years sped by, and the family of three soon found themselves in a state of anxiety like no other. Miles, now aged thirteen, had applied for one of New York’s finest charter schools, and the day had arrived where he would find out if he’d been accepted. He was. Yay.

After celebrating with his parents at some nice restaurant with even nicer waitresses, Miles rushed over to his Uncle Aaron’s to give him the good news. Unbeknownst to him, a spider there awaited him with the distinct goal of being a dick, and so, in being a dick, bit Miles as he awaited a popsicle.

Having fainted, then come to, then fainted again, good ol’ Uncle Aaron called grumpy ol’ Daddy Jefferson, and Miles was forevermore banned from visiting his uncle.

Over the following two months, the young man discovered and then tested some nifty powers he’d gained courtesy of the spider, sharing the knowledge of his newfound gift with Ganke. Ganke, as hyped as one could be, told Miles that he should become Spider-Man’s sidekick. Miles, being opposed to the idea, told Ganke that he should go stick it where ideas don’t stick.

Flash forward to now, and Miles has transferred to his new school with Ganke. Things are going rather well, and he’s even made a new friend in Judge, his and Ganke’s roommate. But something’s nagging at him, something very profound…

Oh yeah. He needs to do something with these gosh-darn powers.

| Attributes |

Shared

• Superhuman Strength: The Spider-Men possess incredible superhuman strength, able to lift about many tons. Their physical strength also extends to their legs, enabling them to be able to jump to a height of several stories in a single bound. The upper limits of their strength are still unknown.
• Superhuman Speed: They’re capable of running and moving at speeds that are far beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete. They’ve shown to be fast enough to catch up to an accelerating car while on foot, but prefer to travel by webs.
• Superhuman Durability: Their bodies are physically tougher and more resistant to injury than that of a normal human.
• Superhuman Agility: Their agility, balance, flexibility and bodily coordination are all enhanced to levels that are far beyond the natural physical limits of an olympic-level gymnast.
• Superhuman Reflexes: Their reflexes are about twenty times greater than those of an ordinary human.
• Superhuman Equilibrium: They possesses the ability to achieve a state of perfect equilibrium in any position imaginable. They seem to be able to adjust their position by instinct, which enables them to balance themselves on virtually any object, no matter how small or narrow.
• Regenerative Healing Factor: Peter and Miles have a limited healing factor. While not on the same level as some mutants, it is sufficiently powerful enough to recover from severe injuries, from broken bones and large amounts of tissue damage in a matter of days.
• Wall-Crawling: They can cling to any surface using his fingertips and feet.
• Spider-Sense: When danger is present, they both feel a buzzing sensation in their heads as a sort of early warning system, allowing them to react accordingly. Miles’ spider-sense seems to be greatly enhanced compared to that of Peter Parker, almost precognitive in nature.
• Contaminant Immunity: Due to their accelerated metabolism, they have a higher tolerance for drugs and diseases than normal humans, and they can recover from the effects of large doses rapidly.

Miles

• Venom Blast: Miles can temporarily paralyze his enemies or destroy technology by simply touching them with his hands. However, it seems that there are varying degrees to this ability as some opponents have been simply dazed where others have been completely incapacitated. This power provides a great advantage as Miles can end a confrontation quickly with little collateral damage.
• Spider-Camouflage: Miles, including his clothing, can blend into his surroundings, allowing him to sneak up on his enemies or, in some cases, flee from them. The resulting effect closely resembles that of invisibility.

| Character Notes |

Allies, Friends, Family and Schoolmates

Peter Parker

• Richard Parker: Peter’s father, a scientist. Deceased.
• Mary Parker: Peter’s mother, a SHIELD agent. Deceased.
• Ben Parker: Peter’s uncle, Ben took care of him with his wife after the deaths of his brother, Richard, and his sister-in-law, Mary. It was he who gave Peter the advice that changed his life forever. “With great power, comes great responsibility.” Deceased.
• May Parker: Mary’s sister and wife to Ben, May is Peter’s aunt and legal guardian.
• Gwen Stacy: Peter’s girlfriend and fellow academic.
• Mary Jane Watson: Peter’s neighbour, a newcomer to Midtown High who’s quickly rising in popularity. Academically gifted with a love for parties.
• Liz Allan: The daughter of wealthy businessman Wilson Allan, Liz is next in line to inherit the Alchemax legacy. Girlfriend to Flash.
• Harry Osborn: The Osborn scion, Harry is the son of Norman and Emily Osborn (the former missing and the latter deceased), the playboy billionaire of Midtown. Friend to Peter. Currently living in the Parker household.
• Eugene “Flash” Thompson: Peter’s primary tormentor, Flash takes great pleasure in making Peter’s life a living hell. The captain of Midtown’s basketball team.
• Kenneth “Kong” McFarlane: Flash’s best pal and lackey, Kong is also slowly becoming Peter’s friend, as Flash’s influence begins to take less effect, ever so slowly.
• Captain George Stacy: A captain in the NYPD, Stacy frequently finds himself at odds with the Spider-Men. The father of Gwen Stacy.
• Detective Jean DeWolff: Captain Stacy's best detective, DeWolff has clashing ideologies with her superior, believing that the Spider-Men do what the police can't.
• John Jonah Jameson: The owner and editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle, New York City’s most successful newspaper. Has a severe hatred for all things Spider-Man.

Miles Morales

• Jefferson Davis: Formerly of the NYPD, Jefferson is Miles’ father. He is strongly against metahuman activity of any kind.
• Rio Morales: Miles’ mother, Rio is unlike Jefferson in the fact that she wholeheartedly believes in superheroes and what they stand for.
• Aaron Davis: Miles’ uncle, Aaron has a shady past, one that Jefferson seems to hold against him. It’s for this reason that Miles isn’t allowed to visit him. That, and the fact that he got bitten by a spider at his place. Go figure.
• Ganke Lee: Miles’ roommate and best friend, Miles has known Ganke since primary school.
• Judge: Miles’ roommate and friend.

Enemies

To be updated as the story progresses.

• Norman Osborn/Green Goblin: Father to Harry Osborn, Norman transformed himself into the deranged, green-skinned monstrosity that is the Green Goblin after injecting himself with the Oz Formula. While Norman is presumed missing, both law enforcement and the media believe the Green Goblin to be dead. They have no idea how wrong they are.
• Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin: The Kingpin of Crime, Wilson Fisk and Peter Parker have come to blows more than once over the past year. While he has only dealt minor blows to Fisk’s operations thus far, the Kingpin still regards Spider-Man as a very large nuisance.
• Otto Octavius/Dr. Octopus: A once brilliant scientist driven mad by his mechanical, four-armed creation, Dr. Octavius was guilty of holding hospital staff hostage after waking from a coma. After a brief scuffle with Spider-Man, he went on a rampage, taking the fight to a leading nuclear research facility – only to be defeated by the webbed hero and imprisoned on Ryker’s Island.
• Max Dillon/Electro: Following an accident that gave him power over electricity, Max Dillon became the serial robber known as Electro. Thanks to the intervention of Spider-Man, the crook was apprehended, and currently spends his time on Ryker’s Island. But he is far from done.

| Character Goals |

It should be known that next to Green Arrow and the Flash, Spider-Man is my all-time favourite superhero. “But which version?” I hear you ask. “Peter or Miles?”

Good question. The answer’s simple:

Both.

With this RP, I can finally write what I’ve always wanted to happen in the comics (which sort of did, but not really). Peter and Miles, partners in heroics, fellow men of spiders. The dynamic I have in mind is similar to that of Hawkeye (Clint) and Hawkeye (Kate), particularly in Matt Fraction’s run, but I will, of course, characterise Peter and Miles appropriately. I’m taking inspiration from and planning a lot of different stories and arcs, all of which will expand upon and develop Peter and Miles’ friendship.

Some examples include a modernisation/reimagining of the Night Gwen Stacy Died, a follow up story featuring Peter bonding with the Symbiote, the debut of the Sinister Six, and of course, a crossover between the Spider-Men and the Dynamic Duo, among many others.

| References |

#1: Green Arrow: Hawke, part one.
#2: Green Arrow: Hawke, part two.
#3: Green Arrow: Hawke, part three.
#4: The Flash... cooks some breakfast?

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CHARACTER COMPENDIUM

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Original Characters

Andrew Grant Hughes
Gareth Corrigan/Mindjack
Leon Corrigan/Aeon

Established Characters

Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Maximum Comics Universe)
Barry Allen/The Flash (Maximum Comics Universe)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Maximum Comics Universe)
The Spider-Men (Maximum Comics Universe)
Oliver Queen/Green Arrow (UDC: Gods Among Us)
Mia Dearden/Speedy (DC: Shattered Justice)
Miles Morales/Spider-Man (The New Frontier)
Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (The New Frontier | WIP)

The Corrigan School for Advanced Learning and Development (A DC School RP)

Okay, posted. And this time, not in first person! I reckon I'll stick to this form of narration from now on. I think it works better.

The Corrigan School for Advanced Learning and Development (A DC School RP)

ANDY

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@Wade Wilson

“Doesn't sound too bad of a plan. Only one problem - how're you gonna keep up with me? Unless...” paused Rick, flicking a switch on both of his shoes, “I made a modification to my shoes, just in case I ever ran into a problem. It's meant to jump-start me with electricity, but if I adjust the gauge meter and duration, you could fire these bad boys up and they'll keep me warm.”

Andy gave it a little thought, but only a little – what contemplation he achieved in those brief seconds told him that it was good plan, and so, he figured, what the hell. “Alrighty. That should work well,” he said, clapping the speedster on the back.

“I have some adjustments to the plan,” announced Kieran, and, in announcing, lay them out. Andy had to admit, they were sound adjustments, but whether or not he thought so just because it meant he could scare the crap out of S’tann, he wasn’t sure. Either way, he thought that Kieran had all their bases covered, and that was enough for him.

“No objections from me, Kieran. So long as I got Andy and Tanya with me, this lesson's gonna be fun,” said Rick once the Kryptonian had finished speaking. Giving Andy and the aforementioned Tanya a nod, he said, “Alright, fire me up, Andy.”

Giggity, thought Andy.

Concentrating on Rick’s shoes, he focused all the heat from his hands into them, his arms glowing orange through his hoodie’s sleeves. He was trying hard not to heat his arms up too much, because he liked this hoodie, and it would be a bummer if it lit on fire. He often liked to remind himself that clothes do not, in fact, grow on trees, and that if they did, he’d need to be careful not to light them on fire, too, as they would then have double the capacity to go up in flames, and then he’d be double the amount out of clothes. But then he liked to remind himself that his mum was also a very successful lawyer, and as such was loaded, and so would be able to send any clothes he might want his way.

A distant part of his mind tried to tell him that Rick’s shoes should not be glowing that bright a red, but the dominant part of his mind, which was still thinking about the obvious issue at hand, shook its head and told it to take its problems somewhere else. Sighing, the distant part of his mind reminded him that when an object glows that bright a red, it probably means that it’s burning, and so he should probably take a look at that, because Rick’s feet were probably not having a good time.

Snapping out of it, Andy quickly stopped heating up Rick’s shoes, saying, “Sorry, I think I zoned out a bit…”, then mumbled something about how the heat should stay there until the end of the exercise, and if not, then he’ll try not to lose focus during the recharge. “Uh, anyway, I think we’re good to go. Let’s get to it, yeah?” he added, trying for a reassuring smirk.

Deep in his thoughts, he wondered if geniuses like Ted Kord, Michael Holt and Martin Stein could work on creating a clothes-tree. It would, he concluded, make them a fortune.