Member
Cyberlad
Enarr
Cyrania
Captain Uni
Oso
Chocolate
Hey Im Jordan
NattyKeen eyes may note this is different to the brief ghost of a concept I floated in PMs but I thought I'd adapt the idea of doing a 'the Xavier Institute is a bit dodgy' Jean Grey concept into a 'The Strange Academy is a bit dodgy' story. I've done mutant stories a lot recently so felt like this might be a fun change. Involves quite a few magic based characters from both Marvel and DC I can trim down if required, or just rename.Z A T A N N A Z A T A R A
Z A T A N N A Z A T A R A
"I’ve spent my life learning to talk backward. I don’t have time for people who don't talk straight."__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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
Zatanna Zatara
_________________________________________________________
21 | (Italian) American_________________________________________________________S U P P O R T I N G C A S T
S U P P O R T I N G C A S TA L L I E S
▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔
◼ Doctor Strange - The founder of Strange Academy and the closest thing Zatanna has to a living father figure. He treats Zatanna like a successor but also like a high-yield explosive and increasingly warns against the full use of her power. As the story continues and the darker side of the Academy’s mission is revealed Zatanna will eventually uncover that he is actually Strange Supreme, seeking to harness the magic of this reality to save his own.
◼ Khalid Nassour - Unlike the mainline version where the Helmet of Fate is a chaotic burden, here the Helmet of Nabu is a Legacy Asset owned by the Academy. Khalid is the star pupil of the theology department, groomed to be the Academy's ultimate arbiter. Khalid is the perfect "Company Man." He believes the Academy’s containment is the only thing preventing a second Dark Age. He is Zatanna’s closest friend, but also the person most likely to catch her in a lie. He doesn't realize that the Helmet is slowly overwriting his personality to suit the Academy's needs.
◼ Magik (Illyana Rasputin) - A recent addition to the student body despite being of similar age to Zatanna and Khalid, having 'escaped' from the realm of Limbo only to be 'recruited' by the Academy. A ‘bad influence’ on Zatanna that encourages rebellion while also being an increasingly important part of the Academy’s hero response.
◼ The Runaways - The Academy detects "pockets of anomalous energy" in a low-income urban area. These are children whose powers have manifested naturally outside the Academy’s controlled bloodlines. An early arc rescue target for Zatanna who will become more ongoing younger students for her to help.A N T A G O N I S T S
▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔
◼ Hellion (Julian Keller) - Coming from a wealthy family with even greater arcane connections, Julian represents the students who view magic as a birthright of power. He is the leader of a clique that bullies those with "lesser" or "messy" powers. A foil to Zatanna’s similarly privileged background.
◼ Mister Misery - An entity which serves as the Head of Security, Groundskeeper and ultimate weapon of the Academy. A demntor-esque foe for the more rebellious members of the Academy to deal with. Initially the antagonist of the more lighthearted student drama of the Academy, the full power of the being will eventually be a true threat to Zatanna should she rebel too fiercely.
◼ The Cult of the Empty Hand - The bad guys of the Academy's mission, servants of the Otherkind. The aim of this dark organisation is to undo any restraints on magical power, certainly at the expense of civilisation.O T H E R-
▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔
◼ John Constantine - Influence from outside the academy. If he is not played I will NPC him at a later date._________________________________________________________P O S T C A T A L O G U E
P O S T C A T A L O G U EXX - Post Name
-
C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P TOriginally I was planning a concept that would adapt Mutants and the Xavier Institute, but I thought an idea that blended aspects of Marvel and DC together would be a more interesting combined reality project. In this, Zatanna Zatara is the star student of Strange Academy, within which she has spent most of her life following the early deaths of her parents. As well as connecting the magical worlds of both Marvel and DC, this in part also amalgamates her mainline and absolute backgrounds. She was still very much a child of privilege and prosperity, but lost her family early and is still hunted by the forces that brought an end to her father.
At the start of the game Zatanna is in the position of considering what a life separate from the Academy will be for her, even as she has become a mentor and support for more recent additions to the magical society. The Academy, as is typical of such organisations in comics, is a combined educational, containment and preservation organisation. The majority of its inhabitants may be there for their own learning and safety, but some, such as Zatanna, are expecting to act on the world, to put their magical arts to heroic use. Although she may be one of the most prominent members of the Academy student body, she has begun to feel considerable doubts about the organisation and her own role, whether the level of containment and coercion are really just even with the dangers that magic can create. Her curiosity and ambition have often been encouraged within the Academy, but now they are starting to outstrip the boundaries set for her in a way that could lead to greater self discovery, or self destruction.__________________________________________________________________________________P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S )
P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S )With the initial goal of a concept that links Marvel and DCs magical worlds together for the purpose of the RP, the prominent story of Zatanna will combine elements of Dark Academia Slice of Life with Superhero action. As this was adapted from an initial idea I had, this pulls inspiration from the X-men / Xavier in the educational facility for those with gifts they often can’t control, with the added element of finding and preserving magical locations/artifacts on top of just the students themselves.
Ultimately, Zatanna’s misgivings won’t just be a question of personal growth and ‘what to I do beyond this’ but also a building suspicion that things are not quite right at Strange Academy, that the hoarding of magical learning, power and artifacts is not entirely a positive and whether this is an accidental danger of so conservative an approach or a deliberate nefarious effort. She will have to question the people who have raised her, deconstructing how much of her world view could be indoctrination and what is good sense, and whether they have been strangling her potential to both do good and find her true self. This is when the concept turns from a somewhat more lighthearted Academia/hero story to one toying with conspiracy and potential dystopia.
I am hoping this will both be an interesting concept to write/read, but also open up a lot of interaction with other characters.___
With 24hrs on the clock and no one having announce competition. Zatanna and her Magical Academy are accepted.
