Lord Wraith

Sensation & Wonder: An Absolute Comics Roleplay [DC & Marvel One Universe Style Game]

Edit: it would appear Wraith has an announcement to make shortly. Take it away, big guy.

@Roman

CONGRATULATIONS: ___________________________________ In the midst of our soft re-launch, @Roman has been working away behind the scenes, helping me organize and brainstorm. In light of his hard work, I've asked him to come aboard officially as a Co-Gm which he has graciously accepted.

GOTHAMITES...a rare opportunity stands before me.

I've caught up on the IC, and I'm looking next to recap myself on character sheets to know where our remaining roster stands and what the direction for these characters was originally.

With Master Bruce declining to return, the cowl sits un-characteristically empty, and I would be remiss to pass up these unique circumstances.

The question remains, however...what are you looking for from a Batman/Bruce Wayne in this setting? What weight does he carry in your stories, and what arcs and character moments are needed from him? MB was approaching an old Batman grappling with the physical and mental consequences of aging, and I'm not against a Batman who is significantly more progressed in his vigilante career.

@Roman

As probably the least involved Batfamily member, any new Batman won't really require a whole lot from me. It's more about establishing the relationship between Dick and Bruce and where they sit with each other. I had always seen this version of Nightwing being a bit later and more independent, the stage of life where your Dad is more friend than mentor allowing Bruce and Dick to be in a more relaxed and mutually respected stage than we've seen in the comics due to the need for drama.

Additionally, to pose a more self-interested question to the GM; what room is there to disregard and/or retcon Bat-family characters that are no longer participating in the game?

@Roman

Batman is an interesting case because he does have four other characters directly tied to his lore. That said, I think at the end of the day as long as nothing with the other active players is directly countered, you'd be fine to remove or ignore the rest.

Sensation & Wonder: An Absolute Comics Roleplay [DC & Marvel One Universe Style Game]

MULTIVERSAL MAYHEM _________________________________________________________ ■ Summary: When a series of rifts open above New York City, the East Coast is plunged back into the chaos of the Dominators Disaster once again as time is warped around the city's Eastern seaboard. Elsewhere in the city though, other timelines collide as the Chitauri pour out on the unprepared population. In another borough, a horde of Kroloteans have been scattered across Queens. ■ Location: New York City (Brooklyn, Manhattan & Queens) ■ Priority: Urgent

Testing Sequence Complete.

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_{Location: Manhattan, New York City - U.S.A.}

Multiversal Mayhem #1.01: What If... There Were Portals?

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_{Interaction(s): None}

Previously: None

A triumphant noise escaped the man's pursed lips as he ran a relieved hand through his thinning hair. He had been forgotten about for years, ignored by the scientific community as a whole. His theories on time travel and the multiverse had fallen on deaf ears, refuted by his peers. It had cost him his tenure, disgraced him on a global stage. Dr. David Chilton used to be invited to talks alongside Tony Stark and Reed Richards, now he worked in an oversized storage closet, berated and undermined by his wife at every chance she got.

But not today, today there was a stable portal opening in front of David Chilton, a stable portal that allowed him to look into time passed or time not yet seen. Worlds previously unknown were within his grasp, worlds where instead of Enid, he had married Scarlett Johansson. Entire new universes were within his grasp.

Today belonged to David Chilton.

With his newfound mastery over time and space, Chilton could go anywhere, be anyone, have anything he desired. The disgraced professor smiled; a thought suddenly occurred to him. He could travel back to the attack on New York, warn the people, aid the heroes or more importantly, be the hero. He could be the sole reason they won that day. NO longer would Chilton be henpecked by his wife, forced to work on his experiments in this tiny room while she took over the rest of the house with her side hustles and essential oils.

The amount of debt they had accumulated from all-natural fizzy drink additives was enough to drive a man mad. It honestly would not have surprised David if the Joker was actually sane and just one day got sick of his wife peddling a similar pyramid scheme and decided to go off on Gotham. David would even sympathize with the man for it!

Well, except maybe the mass murder.

Adjusting the inputs on his computer, David watched the colours of the portal shift from a cool blue into a warm orange. The familiar sight of the skull-like ship above Times Square filled the view.

"No, need to go back more." David muttered, moving his arm to adjust the display only for his forearm to collide with a mug of hot coffee. Jumping from the splash of hot liquid on his arm, a panic squeal came out of the man as he reacted too late to stop the beverage from spilling over his workspace.

"That had better not have been one of my good mugs, you worthless excuse for a man!" Enid's voice echoed from down the hallway. "I don't know why I didn't listen to my mother, she said she could have gotten me a date with Oliver Queen, I could have been Mrs. Queen, QUEEN! but instead, I settled for your lazy a-"

The slamming of the closet door interrupted his wife's tirade as David quickly shut the machine down and picked up the pieces of the shattered mug. Taking a deep breath, he opened the door only to be met by his wife's very red face.

"Don't you dare slam the door on me, you spineless-"

"SHUT UP!" David roared back, "I don't have to take this from you, I don't have to take anything from anyone ever again."

"Ha! I-"

"I'm not done talking, Enid." David continued, turning back around pressing a key on the computer. A new portal began to form. Lush jungles appeared in the haze as Enid was left nearly speechless.

"W-w-what is that?"

"How about a first-hand experience?" David sneered suddenly grabbing Enid and pushing her through the portal. A prehistoric roar echoed over her screens before David gleefully closed the portal. An unexpected flash of red illuminated the screen prompting a raised eyebrow from Chilton.

- - -   S A T E L L I T E   U P L I N K   C O M P L E T E   - - -

"Wait, no!" David protested as the device continued to input commands of its own free will.

- - -   T A R G E T I N G   S E Q U E N C E   L O C K E D   - - -

Above the city, the Wayne Enterprises satellite complied with the commands of David's program. Altering its angle, the orbiting relay targeted the city below and began to emit three pulses towards the city below. High above Manhattan, a portal began to take shape just as it had moments ago in Chilton's 'lab'. The horrifying screech of a Dominators ship echoed above Times Square as it emerged from the portal only to be drowned out by the roar of a very much not extinct tyrannosaurus rushing towards the bustling crowds.

A second pulse illuminated the nearby horizon as a second portal opened above Brooklyn. An unearthly roar echoed across the skyline as a giant worm-like beast flew through. Armour was grafted onto its body and as it neared the city, pods departed from its side revealing another alien race within. Descending upon Brooklyn, the aliens began to fire indiscriminately. Above the borough, the portal closed again, before opening in the distance.

Above Queens, a third portal opened. Screams filled the air, but not from the city below but instead the sky above as numerous, small, green goblin-like aliens were dropped to the city below. Panic engulfed New York as the portals continued to open and close above the city, hostiles and friendlies alike from different times and universes descended upon New York all while Chilton watched with horror from the window of his home. Watching the goblin-like aliens run through his yard, David ran back towards the closet.

There was no way he was sticking around here to see how this all ended.

OBJECTIVES _______________________________ ■ Protect Civilians and reduce damage to New York ■ Stop the Dominators from advancing further. ■ Contain the T-Rex currently rampaging through Times Square ■ Halt the advancing Chitauri Leviathan and its troops in Brooklyn ■ Wrangle the Kroloteans loose in Queens ■ Locate and stop the source of the Multiversal Rifts

- -First Issue: TBD	-	-	Next Issue: TBD	-	Latest Issue: TBD

Sensation & Wonder: An Absolute Comics Roleplay [DC & Marvel One Universe Style Game]

Are we now in Season 2?

@Dead Cruiser

I'm not treating it as such. More like we just got picked up by another network.

<Snipped quote by Dead Cruiser>

@Retired

Hopefully it's only Phase 1.

Sensation & Wonder: An Absolute Comics Roleplay [DC & Marvel One Universe Style Game]

The event post is finished, just having it looked over before posting.

Sensation & Wonder: An Absolute Comics Roleplay [DC & Marvel One Universe Style Game]

Would be interested in trying to continue on with this.

@Kyoka

Awesome, planning to continue on with your same characters?

Sensation & Wonder: An Absolute Comics Roleplay - Promotional and Recruitment Thread

ANNOUNCEMENT: _______________________________ Hesitant about applying for a character previously established in the IC? Fret not, the new IC event coming this weekend is built around using the ever popular idea of the Multiverse to allow for new versions of characters previously seen in the IC to appear and replace their predecessors. Put forth the version of the character that you want to play and lets build a new world together.

Sensation & Wonder: An Absolute Comics Roleplay [DC & Marvel One Universe Style Game]

ANNOUNCEMENT: _______________________________ Hesitant about applying for a character previously established in the IC? Fret not, the new IC event coming this weekend is built around using the ever popular idea of the Multiverse to allow for new versions of characters previously seen in the IC to appear and replace their predecessors. Put forth the version of the character that you want to play and lets build a new world together.

Sensation & Wonder: An Absolute Comics Roleplay [DC & Marvel One Universe Style Game]

Okay, going to leave this here for 24hrs and hope that it does not conflict or otherwise step on any toes.

"Do not be afraid for I bring glad tidings."

Z A U R I E L
Z A U R I E L

^{“Let no weapon formed against me prosper.”}

C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y _________________________________________________________ Zauriel / Daniel Hall _________________________________________________________ Guardian Angel | Public Defender | Unaffiliated _________________________________________________________ Los Angeles | California | United States of America C H A R A C T E R N O T E S C H A R A C T E R N O T E S _________________________________________________________ [+] - M Y W R I T I N G H A B I T S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Before I write, I sit down and plan out where my post is going and how it ties into the overarching story I'm working on. I make notes for foreshadowing and callbacks and figure out generally as many details as possible. ◼ I like to be in the driver's seat, or at the very least having input into the story and where it's going and especially how it'll affect my character. ◼ I try to post as regularly as possible and definitely find keeping momentum helps keep both myself and others invested, but sometimes lulls happen and I'll apologize if that does happen. M I S C E L L A N E O U S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ The Presence The One Above All, I AM, Yahweh, Jehovah, Adonai or simply God, the Presence is known by many names throughout history and across the world. ◼ The Deceiver The Father of Lies, Lord of Gehenna, Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Devil. ◼ Asmodeus A fallen angel formerly known as Asmodel, Asmodeus is now a servant of the Deciever and commander among the ranks of Gehenna. - P O S T C A T A L O G P O S T C A T A L O G _________________________________________________________ [+] - P O S T C A T A L O G ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ S E A S O N O N E ◼ #XX.XX - Title -

C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T ________________________________________________________________________________________ In the beginning, the Presence, the One Above All created the Heavens and the Earth. The One Above All Commanded legions of angels beneath Him, but one angel shone more beautiful than any other; the Lightbringer. The Lightbringer was the righthand to the Presence, but envy seeped into his chest and the Lightbringer sought to unsurp the One Above All. Decieving other angels to aid his pride, the Heavens were dragged into a war that ended only when the Lightbringer and his allies were cast out and doomed to an eternity of torment in Gehenna. An ally of the One Above All, Zauriel served the Presence for several millennia acting as a Guardian Angel for the downtrodden and misfortunate. Before being banished to a mortal existence on Earth, Zauriel was a Guadian Angel in the service of the omnipotent, omnipresent deity known as the Presence or the One Above All. As a Guardian Angel, Zauriel was immortal, living past lifetime after lifetime and protecting those they were assigned to until their destined time of death. However, this all came to an end when an angel by the name of Asmodeus indicated Zauriel of working with the Deceiver against the Presence. In reality, it was Asmodeus aiding the Deciever in an attempted coup on Heaven, but Zauriel was cast out and banished to live a mortal life on Earth. Stripped of their immortality, Zauriel was exiled and re-born in the form of a mortal man named Daniel Hall. Leading a fairly regular childhood and growing into a role of a public defender, Daniel remained unaware of his previous existence, until a blinding light stopped him on his way home from work one night... P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) ________________________________________________________________________________________ Having struck out on applying as both Thor and Hawkman, I had to go back to the drawing board. There were shared elements between the two characters, similar powers, fondness for weapons and a long life. Hercules had been suggested to me quite a bit, but I never really jived with Greco-Roman mythology all that much. In my search, I stumbled across Zauriel who hit a lot of the same story beats as the previous two characters while also being obscure enough he doesn't really affect even those he's connected with. O N G O I N G ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ I S S U E # 0 1 PARADISE LOST TBD Characters Involved: TBD Desired # of Players: TBD

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Sensation & Wonder: An Absolute Comics Roleplay [DC & Marvel One Universe Style Game]

By the by, in the vein of Thor and Hawkman, there's always Hercules.

@Retired

Billy Batson could open up a pathway to mythological storytelling.

He-Man has had a publishing run with both Marvel (Masters of the Universe) and DC (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe), so if you treated Eternia like MCU Asgard, you could probably swap the hammer for a sword if you wanted to. After all, Castle Greyskull had doorways to many worlds, with She-Ra's world merely being one of them. No reason Earth couldn't be another.

Or maybe I just want to see Wraith rock a loincloth, but w/e.

@Bounce

I've actually decided to go with Zauriel. Hits most of the story beats I wanted plus I get to play with Abrahamic Religions which is right at home with me.

Wraith's Little Workshop of Horrors

Z A U R I E L
Z A U R I E L

^{“Let no weapon formed against me prosper.”}

C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y _________________________________________________________ Zauriel / Daniel Hall _________________________________________________________ Guardian Angel | Public Defender | Unaffiliated _________________________________________________________ Los Angeles | California | United States of America C H A R A C T E R N O T E S C H A R A C T E R N O T E S _________________________________________________________ [+] - M Y W R I T I N G H A B I T S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Before I write, I sit down and plan out where my post is going and how it ties into the overarching story I'm working on. I make notes for foreshadowing and callbacks and figure out generally as many details as possible. ◼ I like to be in the driver's seat, or at the very least having input into the story and where it's going and especially how it'll affect my character. ◼ I try to post as regularly as possible and definitely find keeping momentum helps keep both myself and others invested, but sometimes lulls happen and I'll apologize if that does happen. M I S C E L L A N E O U S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ The Presence The One Above All, I AM, Yahweh, Jehovah, Adonai or simply God, the Presence is known by many names throughout history and across the world. ◼ The Deceiver The Father of Lies, Lord of Gehenna, Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Devil. ◼ Asmodeus A fallen angel formerly known as Asmodel, Asmodeus is now a servant of the Deciever and commander among the ranks of Gehenna. - P O S T C A T A L O G P O S T C A T A L O G _________________________________________________________ [+] - P O S T C A T A L O G ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ S E A S O N O N E PARDISE LOST ◼ #01.01 - Title -

C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T ________________________________________________________________________________________ In the beginning, the Presence, the One Above All created the Heavens and the Earth. The One Above All commanded Heaven's legions of angels beneath Him, but one angel shone more beautiful than any other; the Lightbringer. The Lightbringer was the righthand to the Presence, but envy seeped into his chest and the Lightbringer sought to usurp the One Above All. Deceiving other angels to aid his pride, the Heavens were dragged into a war that ended only when the Lightbringer and his allies were cast out and doomed to an eternity of torment in Gehenna. An ally of the One Above All, Zauriel served the Presence for several millennia acting as one of His Elected. In this role, Zauriel acted as a guardian angel for the downtrodden and misfortunate. Observing humanity and intervening on behalf of the righteous and God-fearing, Zauriel invisibly protected and guided numerous figures throughout history. However, Zauriel eventually fell in love with a mortal woman and defied the Presence by intervening at the time of her destined death. Held in contempt for violating his station by the Archangel Asmodel, Zauriel's punishment was to be cast out of Heaven and banished to live a mortal life on Earth. But Asmodel was actually an agent of the Deceiver and was working to weaken the One Above All's forces for another war. Before being banished to a mortal existence on Earth, Zauriel was a Guadian Angel in the service of the omnipotent, omnipresent deity known as the Presence or the One Above All. As a Guardian Angel, Zauriel was immortal, living past lifetime after lifetime and protecting those they were assigned to until their destined time of death. However, this all came to an end when an angel by the name of Asmodeus indicated Zauriel of working with the Deceiver against the Presence. In reality, it was Asmodeus aiding the Deciever in an attempted coup on Heaven, but Zauriel was cast out and banished to live a mortal life on Earth. Stripped of their immortality, Zauriel was exiled and re-born in the form of a mortal man named Daniel Hall. Leading a fairly regular childhood and growing into a role of a public defender, Daniel remained unaware of his previous existence, until a blinding light stopped him on his way home from work one night... P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) ________________________________________________________________________________________ Having struck out on applying as both Thor and Hawkman, I had to go back to the drawing board. There were shared elements between the two characters, similar powers, fondness for weapons and a long life. Hercules had been suggested to me quite a bit, but I never really jived with Greco-Roman mythology all that much. In my search, I stumbled across Zauriel who hit a lot of the same story beats as the previous two characters while also being obscure enough he doesn't really affect even those he's connected with. O N G O I N G ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ I S S U E # 0 1 PARADISE LOST TBD Characters Involved: TBD Desired # of Players: TBD

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