Lord Wraith

Absolute Comics - A Multi-Fandom Singular Universe Roleplay

Both of the above have been captured and placed on the OP.

Absolute Comics - A Multi-Fandom Singular Universe Roleplay

N O T A B L E I N D I V I D U A L S:

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BRAND, ABIGAIL - Abigail Brand is the Director of S.W.O.R.D.

FURY, NICHOLAS J. - Director Nicholas J. Fury, or simply 'Nick' oversees S.H.I.E.L.D.

FISK, WILSON - The Mayor of New York City.

STEDMAN, CECIL - Cecil Stedman is the director of the covert paramilitary Global Defense Agency.

WALLER, AMANDA - Amanda Waller, or 'the Wall', oversees A.R.G.U.S. and its subdivisions.

In addition to the above from Doc, I added a notable individuals section to the OP.

Very barebones stuff.

Absolute Comics - A Multi-Fandom Singular Universe Roleplay

Banged out my lore pretty quick with the power of autism. There may be more to come but this is more or less what is relevant to the first post. Though I try to make it clear what it is and how it works in the upcoming first post, I thought I should provide a primer on Stands for the uninitiated anyway. Hoping to have JoJo's Bizarre Adventure #1 up in the next few days, or at least before my convention the weekend after next.

JJBA Lore Additions

STANDS: A largely misunderstood phenomenon toeing the line between metahumanity and magic. A Stand typically manifests as a ghost-like entity bound to its user, sharing effects and damage between Stand and user/host. Stands come in a variety of forms, possessing innumerable distributions of power, durability, range, speed, precision, and developmental potential. Almost every Stand possesses some kind of special ability, shared with its host, ranging from elemental control to the manipulation of time itself, though these abilities are typically metered with an esoteric restriction or activation condition. Stands have remained largely unknown due to the secrecy of the phenomenon: the Stand ghosts themselves appear imperceptible to those without Stands or enhanced abilities of their own, though a handful of ordinary humans have managed to overcome this factor through feats of will. Stands were originally believed to come from an extraterrestrial virus, killing most hosts but infecting a select few with powerful abilities. However, further research has indicated Stands can manifest from a variety of phenomena, the nature of which is still being researched to this day.

SPEEDWAGON FOUNDATION: Founded by Robert E.O. Speedwagon in the early 20th century, The Speedwagon Foundation existed primarily as a means to funnel their founders wealth in oil and real estate into effective research of and defense against certain paranatural phenomena. With extensive research into vampirism, ancient humanity, and the mysterious Stand phenomenon, the Speedwagon Foundation particularly specializes in those areas where the line between magic and metahumanity begins to blur. Through liaison with SHIELD and ARGUS, The Speedwagon Foundation remains one of the leading private interests in the globally developing superhuman community.

P.S. Does anyone else still try to do hiders with [spoiler] like I do? A bunch of old forums did it and I still catch myself doing it before I see it doesn't work in the preview.

@DocTachyon

I will get these added to the OP tomorrow.

Absolute Comics - A Multi-Fandom Singular Universe Roleplay

Cue my 12-page essay detailing the minutae of Camelot's court in 1100's Briton.

@Roman

If I have to, I'll start an external Google doc.

I already have three pages on the Esquecidas.

Absolute Comics - A Multi-Fandom Singular Universe Roleplay

@Lord Wraith, I'll message what I have after doing some brainstorming about it (and give you the summaries for the Foot, Purple Dragons, and the T.C.R.I.). Don't wanna accidentally spoil things I have somewhat planned out.

@Mao Mao

Sounds good!

Anyone else wanting to do the same is welcome to as well!

Absolute Comics - A Multi-Fandom Singular Universe Roleplay

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I'll be honest, I'll be focusing on the Forever Knights rather than Intergang. They might come up again relation to them though, but definitely not the focus currently

@Natty

I suppose the same question applies then for the Forever Knights.

Absolute Comics - A Multi-Fandom Singular Universe Roleplay

Since we're talking about organizations, I'm wondering how Earth Protection Force and Agent Bishop would fit within the story. And since the GDA now exists, would he and other significant characters serve under Cecil? Or would they just serve under S.W.O.R.D. instead?

@Mao Mao

Without knowing anything about the Earth Protection Force, my first question is how does it differ from S.W.O.R.D. in terms of scope, or how would you define the Earth Protection Force?

Would it work as a subdivision of one of the other organizations?

Absolute Comics - A Multi-Fandom Singular Universe Roleplay

Global Defense Agency has been added to the OP at the request of @Ruby

But I'm also excited to use them.

Absolute Comics - A Multi-Fandom Singular Universe Roleplay

<Snipped quote by Lord Wraith>I'll get back to you on the Brotherhood of Mutants as I think more about them and actually have a Rogue post out, but Cadmus should probably be taken out unless you have any plans for it, since it was developed firstly for Bruce in Odyssey and I think it would be better to wait and see how other players utilize Cadmus/Pierce on their own terms then have them be beholden to another game.

@Pacifista

I honestly had thought I did take Cadmus out already.

Absolute Comics - A Multi-Fandom Singular Universe Roleplay

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I did put a bit in green on my sheet but I can condense it more once I'm off if you want

@Colonel Sep

Feel free to tweak the following. This is what I came up with based on the blurb in your sheet and then I just went with standard A.I.M.:

A.I.M. - Originally an offshoot of Hydra, Advanced Idea Mechanics or A.I.M. is best described as an organization of scientists and their hirelings dedicated to the acquisition of power and overthrowing of all the world's governments through science and technology. The organization supplies arms and technology to various terrorist and subversive organizations to foster a violent technological revolution and to generate profit.

NANITE EVENT, THE - The Nanite event occurred five years ago in the small European nation of Abysus due to the interference of A.I.M. during the Stark Expo, which led to a breach. Despite a failsafe that prevented any airborne nanites from becoming active, quarantine ultimately failed. In the fallout, these nanites have spread in some form all over the globe. Thankfully, they seem unable to self-replicate outside of a living body. Strangely, only planet life in Abysus seems to host nanites; they are attempting to spread but Providence has teams around the border of Abysus creating a one-hundred-metre deadzone.

PROVIDENCE - Providence is a specialized militarized offshoot of A.R.G.U.S. that was created in response to the Nanite Event. A public-facing entity, perhaps more so than its parent organization, Providence's first priority is to cure the naninte-infected EVOs; if a cure cannot be secured, then they are to contain the threat. As an absolute last resort, Providence will issue a kill command, but their official doctrine is 'Cure, Contain, or Kill.'