Lord Wraith

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I could possibly throw Johnny Blaze into this, Spawn wouldn't fit since Image Comics.

@darkred

Spawn would be allowed. This isn't limited to DC and Marvel.

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Given I am all caught up on the couple of collabs I have in the works and we've lost a few people (albeit one only for a few days) I thought I'd throw down a second concept. Something that's been cooking in my brain for a fair few iterations. Carrying on my trend of being a bit more ambitious than I've been in the past so more than happy if adjustments are required.

Don't worry everyone, he's ...

A B S O L U T E ( L Y ):

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I N V I N C I B L E
I N V I N C I B L E

^{"You, Dad. I'd still have you."}

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 _________________________________________________________ Mark Jonathon Grayson _________________________________________________________ 19 | American / Half-Viltrumite 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 T _________________________________________________________ Supporting Cast A L L I E S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man — Father, mentor, and the secret Mark doesn't yet know to look for. ◼ Debbie Grayson — Mother, force of nature in her own right despite the lack of powers ◼ Atom Eve — Closest peer among the Titans; their dynamic is honest in a way most of his relationships aren't. ◼ Nightwing — Titans leader; a reluctant point of comparison for Mark, who resents how much he respects him. ◼ Starfire, Cyborg, Monster Girl, Aqualad — The Titans roster; allies by proximity and shared work, not yet by formal commitment. ◼ Cecil Stedman (Wider Game NPC) — GDA Director; pays the bills for the Titans and keeps a close eye on Mark. The relationship is useful and uncomfortable in equal measure. ◼ Art Rosenbaum — Costume designer and one of the few older figures Mark genuinely trusts. A N T A G O N I S T S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Omni-Man — Latent. Mark does not yet know. ◼ The Viltrumites — The big bad shadow on the wall. ◼ The Mauler Twins — Recurring antagonists. ◼ Titan / Machinehead — Emerging threat. ◼ Cecil Stedman (Wider Game NPC) — Potential antagonist depending on the choices Mark makes going forward. - 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 E _________________________________________________________ 01 - TBD-

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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ For a long time I've been pondering how to adapt an Invincible concept to these games while also maintaining the DC/Marvel focus they tend to have. Right now seems like a pretty good time to attempt this balance given the more varied concepts this game as well as the nice gaps people have left with their concepts I can fill in. With many of Kirkman's concepts being 'how he would do x hero team' I felt replacing the Teen Team with the actual Teen Titans (or just Titans in this case) worked well, with a combination of their Invincible comic characters and Titans team members. Given the Bat related sheets have steered clear of defining anything for Nightwing I don't think this should be treading on any toes, but as with anything, happy to change to accommodate. It's definitely a bigger supporting cast than I am used to defining but I'm trying to push myself a bit more with this one. Mark Grayson grew up knowing his father was one the most powerful hero on the planet, and for a long time that felt like a gift. Then his own powers emerged and the gift came with weight: expectations, comparisons, and a world already full of legends. He has been Invincible for a few years now — long enough to have earned his name and the attention of the GDA, not long enough to feel certain about any of it. Mark Grayson is nineteen, about to start college, and increasingly aware that more established heroes, most notably the Titans, seem to have already figured out things he hasn't. He hasn't committed to the them, or indeed any other formal institution; he tells himself it's about freedom, but some of it is about not wanting to be seen as a sidekick to his own era. His Viltrumite heritage is, to him, simply the reason his dad is strong and he is too. He has no knowledge of the Viltrum Empire, no sense of the ancient divergence from the ancient proto-Kryptonian spacefaring civilisation, and no idea that his father is anything other than the hero he presents as. That unknowing is the quiet fault line running under everything. The story is about what happens when the ground starts to shift. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) __________________________________________________________________________________ The immediate arc centres on Mark beginning university while navigating an increasingly complex heroic landscape. The GDA's sponsorship of the Titans puts him in proximity to Cecil Stedman — a man whose methods he already finds uncomfortable. The Titans themselves represent a kind of peer pressure: join, contribute, commit. Mark wants to do things his way, which is half principle and half the fact that he genuinely doesn't know what his way is yet. As Kryptonians exist in this setting I think the best way to merge the existence of Kypton and Viltrum to an extent. Viltrum was an off shoot of the ancient Kryptonian spacefaring society (in the vein of Last Days of Krypton) before they self-isolated themselves, and have developed significantly differently in the time apart. They would not have been aware of each other due to the vast span of time involved and efforts by both to eradicate complicated history. I am more than happy to change this based on feedback from relevant parties but it seemed a reasonable mystery I could eventually explore. The shadow of Omni-Man underlies everything. Nolan is managing his own crisis of faith alongside a calculated patience, and Mark is the unwitting variable in both. The goal is not to rush that revelation but to seed it — through Mark's growing discomfort with his father's certainty, through encounters that Nolan handles in ways that don't quite add up. This is notably later than this occurs in the show or comics, as I would like to tell that story without making it an established part of the game's lore, as well as the presence of something of the big hitters of DC and Marvel provide a fairly compelling reason for Nolan to delay any attempts he has to co-opt his son into his grand schemes

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@Ezekiel

Outside of throwing a wrench in the Nightwing plans, I have a couple of other reservations:

- Invincible, as a series, in general has a penchant for massive destruction and loss of life. Especially where Omni-Man and the Viltrumites are concerned. In comparison, in my experience at least, rarely do DC/Marvel comics actually focus on the same scale of destruction. So I guess my first question is, how do you intend to translate these larger-scale fights into the game and deal with the repercussions of them?

- Viltrumites as Proto-Kryptonians. What does this mean? How does this affect Viltriumites as a whole? Are they the same as they are in 'Invincible' but with flavour text, or do they now also have the same abilities and weaknesses as Kryptonians?

-If the Viltrumites don't have the same weaknesses as Kryptonians, how do you intend to incorporate them in such a way that they're scaled appropriately to the game's cast? How big an ambition do you have for bringing Viltrumites to Earth? Or how big of a threat is Omni-Man going to be? Keeping in mind, during the opening arc of Invincible, he eradicated his version of a Justice League.

- The Titans battling a villain named Titan? That won't get confusing to read lol.

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Fuck it we ball

P U N I S H E R
P U N I S H E R

^{"Leave the dead to their guilt, action is for the living."}

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 _________________________________________________________ Francis 'Frank' David Castle Sr. _________________________________________________________ 57 | 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 T _________________________________________________________ [+] A L L I E S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ TBC A N T A G O N I S T S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ TBC - 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 E _________________________________________________________ XX - Post Name -

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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ You all know I like to try different things in these games these days. I like to experiment with different themes and stories. The one trait I have always followed is my desire to do proper capeshit. Largely Sci-Fi based. This time, we're going in the other direction. Do I need to spell out the exact origin? Frank Castle was raised, joined the military, served in practically every theatre of combat, and eventually became a training officer stateside. Until one day he's sat with his family at a local park having a picnic, where they are caught in the crossfire of a Mafia battle. His family die before his eyes, and a court case prevents him from being deployed. The guilt and the rage eat away at him; the perps walk free on a technicality. The Punisher is born. The Punisher tears through the criminal underworld. Some brand him a vigilante, others a murderer; the authorities call him a terrorist. He singlehandedly tears through the crime family that killed his family in cold blood, then, in the wake of 9/11 he disappears to the Middle East. His sightings inconsistent. Some American Soldiers claim to have been saved by him in the last second in a particularly harrowing ambush, then a week later, miles away, he volunteers to defend a girls' school from insurgents until backup arrives. Occasionally, an allied soldier is killed, but before a manhunt can ensue, evidence is discovered of their abuse and wrongdoing. All sightings end as Frank is recruited to Task Force X, until one day. He has finally had enough, and he retires. Amanda Waller tries to convince him to stay, but fails to intimidate him. The Punisher is doomed to the pages of history, or so he believed. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) __________________________________________________________________________________ I want to tell a different story to the kind I usually do. I have a story planend out in my head, I have story beats and I have little tracks I'm going to go down in the process of telling that wider arching story. Frank is retired, his family, military life and Task Force X days are all behind him, or so he feels. I can't add too much to the backstory due to how I want to tie things in and together, so I hope what I have given is enough to whet some appetites. I will be open to interaction, and all the issues doing so with Punisher includes.

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@Colonel Sep

To be Frank, the Punisher is accepted.

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What timing.

Easy enough edit on my end to change up my Titans roster, which more than happy to do.

@Ezekiel

Removing Nightwing would be the only think necessary to make them compatible. I had no plans for Starfire.

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Guess I had better get this out in the open...

Whoops

N I G H T W I N G
N I G H T W I N G

^{"How do you get 'Dick' from Richard?"}

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 _________________________________________________________ Richard 'Dick' John Grayson // Terrence 'Terry' Warren McGinnis _________________________________________________________ 24 // 19 | 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 T _________________________________________________________ [+] A L L I E S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Maxine 'Max' Gibson - A local information broker operating under the handle, 'Oracle'. ◼ Katalina Flores - The vigilante Tarantula, an alley of Dick's. ◼ Helena Bertinelli - Dick Grayson's on and off again BTGGF and the vigilante Huntress. ◼ Rose Wilson - Dick's first protégé, known as Ravager ◼ Harper Rowe - Street urchin, eyes for Oracle ◼ Stephanie Brown - Spoiler, agent of Oracle, daughter of Cluemaster. ◼ Cheyenne Freemont ◼ Amy Rohrbach ◼ Bridget Clancy ◼ Haly ◼ Barbara Gordon ◼ Bruce Wayne ◼ Jason Todd ◼ Dana Tan ◼ Melanie Walker ◼ Mary McGinnis ◼ Warren McGinnis ◼ Matt McGinnis ◼ Zeta A N T A G O N I S T S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Thaddeus 'Tad' Ryerstad - A new breed of Nightwing ◼ Roland 'Blockbuster' Desmond - The Blüdhaven crimelord known as Blockbuster. Deceased. ◼ Mark Desmond - Blockbuster's brother out for blood. ◼ Royal Flush Gang - Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten. ◼ Anarky ◼ Blight - Derek Powers, the Saviour of Blüdhaven. ◼ Inque ◼ Shriek ◼ Spellbinder ◼ Heartless ◼ Lady Vic ◼ Mad Hatter ◼ Marionette ◼ Punchline ◼ Dee Dees ◼ Shrike ◼ Saiko ◼ Torque ◼ Orca ◼ Mad Stan ◼ Talon ◼ Parliament of Owls - Court of Owls ◼ Deathstroke - 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 E _________________________________________________________ XX - Post Name -

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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Blüdhaven. A wretched hive of scum and villainy. A cesspool built from Gotham's runoff, anything that doesn't put roots down in Gotham gets flushed into the city-like sewer known as Blüdhaven. A port town, Blüdhaven got its start as a whaling town before becoming an industrial port. The sky is layered in a thick cloud of smog, while streets are constantly filled with fog due to the miles of antique boiler pipe laid beneath cobblestone streets hastily repaired with asphalt and concrete. But for a brief moment, the city had hope in the form of its very own Bright Knight. Richard 'Dick' Grayson, the former protegé and Robin of Gotham's Batman, outgrew the shadow of his mentor's cape and, after a soul-finding journey, adopted a symbol of rebirth he learned from a distant Romani relative. From the ashes of Robin rose Nightwing, who took to the streets of Blüdhaven, using the best tricks learned from the Bat to inject fear into the superstitious and cowardly lot that preyed on the vulnerable. But years of war against the crimelord known as Blockbuster took their toll, eventually driving Dick Grayson to his breaking point, and in a final confrontation, Dick was left maimed and traumatized while Blockbuster was killed. A former vigilante turned recluse, Dick Grayson has reluctantly enjoyed a simpler life, managing a gymnastics facility and becoming a superintendent over a small apartment complex. However, a new Nightwing has appeared in Blüdhaven, and with it, a trail of bodies, brutally killed by blunt force trauma. Unable to allow his legacy to be tarnished and fear turned against the people of Blüdhaven, Dick is forced out of his mandated retirement. The Bright Knight Returns. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) __________________________________________________________________________________ As most of you already know, Dick Grayson is my favourite character in all of comics, and Batman Beyond was a show I basically grew up on. The idea of combining the two is highly appealing revisiting some of my favourite posts I've written over the years with Terry in the tights and a reluctant Dick playing the role of the guy in the chair. Will Dick recover from his injury? I doubt it, but a story of mistaken identity and legacy is certainly looking like a lot of fun to write while also integrating both Dick and Terry into a larger world that contains allies and foes alike from their respective histories. What you as a reader can expect are episodic posts exploring Terry growing into his new role as the protector of Blüdhaven while Dick is forced to rapidly mature as a mentor and perpetual big brother, founding his own 'Wing-family' with the help of everyone's favourite black sheep, Helena Bertinelli.

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Who am I? You really want to know? The story of my life is not for the faint of heart...

S P I D E R - M A N
S P I D E R - M A N

^{"I'm sorry -- I'm really sorry -- to interrupt but, see, I can tell you're saying it without the hyphen, and that just -- it bothers me...."}

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 _________________________________________________________ Peter Benjamin Parker _________________________________________________________ 20 | 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 T _________________________________________________________ [+] A L L I E S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Mary Jane Watson ◼ Gwen Stacy ◼ Harry Osborn ◼ Dr. Curt Connors ◼ May Parker ◼ J. Jonah Jameson A N T A G O N I S T S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Doctor Octopus ◼ Green Goblin (inactive) ◼ Livewire ◼ Mister Freeze ◼ Scorpion ◼ Shocker - 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 E _________________________________________________________ XX - Post Name -

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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ The first fifteen years of Peter Parker's life were remarkably normal. The last five have been anything but. When thinking about how I would approach Spider-Man in this new continuity, I found that neither did I want to go with an older, settled-down version nor did I want to strip him down to the studs and leave myself the work of gradually introducing all the classic elements -- which led to this compromise, an in media res approach where we're meeting the character at the beginning of his prime. Five years felt like the sweet spot: enough experience to where Pete feels like he's seen it all, not enough experience to say he actually has. Making Pete a college student also positions him nicely within the larger universe. He's still significantly younger and more immature than the movers and shakers, your Superman/Batman/Captain Americas of the world. At the same time, he's just old enough to mentor the likes of the Teen Titans, Ms. Marvel, and perhaps even a young Miles Morales, should an interested player turn up. This age puts him on a level with folks like Dick Grayson, Barbara Gordon, and Roy Harper, which is great place for someone like Peter to live, in my opinion. As for storytelling, I'm a genre purist. I just want to provide fun, digestible adventures surrounded by all the interpersonal drama we've come to associate with Spider-Man. One of the things that keeps drawing me back to the character is not just Peter himself but the richness of his supporting cast; from love interests to villains, best friends and everything in between, there are so many moving pieces that I can't imagine how anyone could ever get bored. I certainly haven't, and that's why I've deliberately picked a time in Peter's life when his personal circle was the widest -- and that's before we even get into player-to-player interactions, which I intend to more consciously pursue. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) __________________________________________________________________________________ The goal here is less reinvention and more reinvigoration. I want to avoid the malaise that has largely hung over modern Spider-Man comics by returning everyone's favorite wall-crawler back to an earlier time, a cleaner time in his history. While I can find something to love about every era of Peter Parker's life, I truly believe that his Empire State days are unmatched in their storytelling potential: you have the Coffee Bean Gang, the full Daily Bugle crew, Gwen and Mary Jane's Betty & Veronica dynamic, the looming threat of Norman Osborn's relapse, all the classic villains already introduced... It's the ideal pressure cooker to keep Peter on his back foot. Of course, I'm not here just to relive the glory days. While I won't pretend that I'm not already thinking of how to adapt and reinvent classic Spider-Man stories, my main focus is still to leverage the "One Universe" concept to its full potential. There are some DC baddies who'd feel right at home in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man, and I'm particularly keen on seeing how the web-head could interact with a whole new batch of heroes.

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@Eddie Brock

Spider-Man is formally accepted.

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<Snipped quote by Lord Wraith>

I know but you're the one that said I couldn't do Star Wars, not him

@Colonel Sep

I just don't think you'd show the source material the same level of respect as Disney currently does.

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<Snipped quote by Lord Wraith>

Oh so now we're allowing Star Wars characters...

@Colonel Sep

Obi-Wan is in Roman's original post.

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Ben Solo

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Fuck it we ball

P U N I S H E R
P U N I S H E R

^{"Leave the dead to their guilt, action is for the living."}

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 _________________________________________________________ Francis 'Frank' David Castle Sr. _________________________________________________________ 57 | 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 T _________________________________________________________ [+] A L L I E S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ TBC A N T A G O N I S T S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ TBC - 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 E _________________________________________________________ XX - Post Name -

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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ You all know I like to try different things in these games these days. I like to experiment with different themes and stories. The one trait I have always followed is my desire to do proper capeshit. Largely Sci-Fi based. This time, we're going in the other direction. Do I need to spell out the exact origin? Frank Castle was raised, joined the military, served in practically every theatre of combat, and eventually became a training officer stateside. Until one day he's sat with his family at a local park having a picnic, where they are caught in the crossfire of a Mafia battle. His family die before his eyes, and a court case prevents him from being deployed. The guilt and the rage eat away at him; the perps walk free on a technicality. The Punisher is born. The Punisher tears through the criminal underworld. Some brand him a vigilante, others a murderer; the authorities call him a terrorist. He singlehandedly tears through the crime family that killed his family in cold blood, then, in the wake of 9/11 he disappears to the Middle East. His sightings inconsistent. Some American Soldiers claim to have been saved by him in the last second in a particularly harrowing ambush, then a week later, miles away, he volunteers to defend a girls' school from insurgents until backup arrives. Occasionally, an allied soldier is killed, but before a manhunt can ensue, evidence is discovered of their abuse and wrongdoing. All sightings end as Frank is recruited to Task Force X, until one day. He has finally had enough, and he retires. Amanda Waller tries to convince him to stay, but fails to intimidate him. The Punisher is doomed to the pages of history, or so he believed. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) __________________________________________________________________________________ I want to tell a different story to the kind I usually do. I have a story planend out in my head, I have story beats and I have little tracks I'm going to go down in the process of telling that wider arching story. Frank is retired, his family, military life and Task Force X days are all behind him, or so he feels. I can't add too much to the backstory due to how I want to tie things in and together, so I hope what I have given is enough to whet some appetites. I will be open to interaction, and all the issues doing so with Punisher includes.

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^{"Witty Quote #2"___}

@Colonel Sep

We broke him in 8 days.