It'll Come Tumbling Down:
The Badlands - Outskirts of New ParisThere was a time when small increments of power were obtained through hard work and perseverance, but that time had faded ushering in the Epoch of Empires, a new era of politically motivated manipulation. Fantastic federations of unparallelled sophistication had been birthed by men and woman of such visionary excellence that the World had initially applauded their innovative genius. But soon the race was on, alliances were forged, dominions sectioned off and expanded, and the Earth fell to those with enough ingenuity to rule it. Monarchs cultivated re-established lines of territorial claim with such effective proficiency that preexisting governments offered little to no resistance. Political red-tape handcuffed many of the World heroes, those who had not yet chosen sides that is. And others fell in line with the new regime changes offering their services to nations who's ruling class seemingly shared their standard of moral ambiguity. Armies, backed by futuristic technology, swayed even the strongest of wills, the bravest of souls, persuading their once unflappable nerve to simply surrender and conform. Presidential candidates dare not broach the subject leading many to speculate and ponder the idea of corruption and back ally deals with foreign nations who's military superiority was simply frightening on a level not witnessed since the early years of the Cold War. Superhero factions had simply vanished. Fabled name stays like the Justice League International were gone overnight. The Champions of Peace had not been heard from since before the rise of Empires. Even the vaunted Tb-In, who had been engaged in a war that the rest of the World simply felt unaffected by, had not been heard from on a political stage in months. With the U.N. seemingly helpless as the United States was unwilling to get involved, there was little resistance, if any, to oppose the authoritarian might of the Empires.
Until now!
Indebted to the self-proclaimed King of Kings for his selfless act of sacrifice and bravery during the final war of the Tb-In, New France's population not only adored, but idolized their favorite son, Jean Luc LeBeau. But having retired from the political landscape years ago, the legendary assassin was helpless to dictate policy and even further hindered in his efforts by the Last Daughter of France, Morgaine de Bourbon. Who's friendship with Cassidy O'Rourke complicated matters as the ronin assassin had cemented a fruitful relationship with the Iberian Emporer himself, Impero. Any proposed sanctions against the almighty Portuguese authoritarian would be instantly shot down forcing the Cajun to take matters into his own hands. Assassinating the French caretaker opened up the opportunity Gambler needed. Installing a capable shadow parliament of, "Yes Men" the Arashikage Assassin officially had himself labeled as an enemy of the state. Any persons caught with or around the deadly killer at the time of his arrest would always be treated as such. But unofficially his plans ran much deeper and convoluted. Orchestrating a guerrilla styled unit of so called freedom fighting libertarians code named, "The Shadow Initiative." Their mission, simple. A fast paced group of run & gun outlaws designed to sneak behind enemy lines and unleash holy hell. Rarely if ever would they sleep in the same place twice, each man or woman loyal not to the man, not to Gambler, but to the cause.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
"You want peace, prepare for War"
-The Shadow Initiative-
Terrorists to some, Freedom Fighters to others, This small band of renegade free thinkers have dedicated their lives to a purpose, an ideal. The systematic rise of Empires must be quelled not matter the cost. Tactically elite, weapons proficient, some of the Worlds greatest combatants have aligned themselves with Gambler's latest faction in hopes of distributing chaos to imperialistic rule of the Empires. Demolitions, assassinations, kidnapping, espionage, and plethora of covert maneuvering, make this squad of versatile esprit de corps the most feared band of rebellious killers. Who persistently and consistently, in pursuit of a common purpose, show the testicular fortitude to stand together with unwavering resolve.
Vehicles/Transportation:
With a multifaceted compilation of vehicles, the S.I.'s traditional mode of transportation are the military upgraded Sandrails. Or DPV (Desert Patrol Vehicle). Fast and lightweight, these all black 3 man tacticals come standard with two M60 machine-guns, and a mounted 50 cal. Of course each member of the Shadow Initiative takes great pride in adding their own ounce of lfiar to the their ride, so theres no telling what might be rolling up on ya. Some, but not all, of the SI's weapons systems have been calibrated for meta-human combat. Meaning, we're not just loaded for bear, for loaded for Capes.
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D-Day -
D-Day is an Akula class Russian Submarine. Its full state of the art capabilities have yet to be uncovered. Its secret location and guard deployment have been purchased by Jean Luc LeBeau through a shadow corporation. Its retrieval shall be the teams fist mission.
Helios -
Shadow Squad employs three versions of the helicopter. Two are highly maneuverable CIA edition copters, and the third is a heavy duty attack Helio loaded to the teeth all the toys that make a little boy wanna blow some sh!t up. Only the most experienced aviators are granted permission behind the controls of these badboys. As Frances unofficially black out squad their founding is extremely limited. All requisitions of weapons, vehicles, food, and supply are preferably obtained through self sustaining methods.
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The Suicide Squad:
A team within a team. You sign up for this unit and you know you're never going home again. It takes a special kind of mentality to cut it in this unit, only the craziest sons of bitches witha grade a death wish or hero complex join this regiment. Code named the Suicide Squad, cause its a guarantee that at least one man is going home in a body bag eachtime they go out for a mission.
*( this squad is reserved for alternate characters who are disposable. At least one character per mission must die if they are in this unit)
Classified -
Lunar WolfThese members do not exist. With a life expectancy of just under 24 hours, these brave souls are the official Suicide Squad.
Faction: Lawful Neutral
Super Name: The Lunar Wolf
Real Name: Doctor Derek Archer
Gender: Male
Hair colour: Brown
Weight: 190 lbs (human form), 450 lbs (werewolf form)
Age: 42
Eye colour: Blue-grey
Height: 6'2"
Powers: In werewolf form - Strength, speed, agility, reflexes, power fluctuations with the phase of the moon.
In human form - genius level intellect.
Identity: Public
Place of Birth: York, England
Known aliases: Doctor Dogbreath
Mini biography: Derek was a promising young man who had just graduated from Cambridge University with twin Ph.D.s in biology and biochemistry. His doctoral thesis was a work on the cause and possible cure for vampirism that showed such promise that it not only saw him graduate at the top of his class, but also led to the university providing him with a substantial research grant to pursue his thesis with greater detail. Indeed, it seemed as though he would "cure" vampirism. This was not to be, however. As his research neared completion, a powerful vampire who knew that the cure could be used on some of them with force, sent one of his loyal werewolves to stop the doctor's research. It succeeded in doing so, trashing all of his multi-million pound equipment and destroying all of his notes. To add insult to injury, the werewolf viciously clawed and bit him, intending to kill him, but instead infecting him with a strain of the "lycanthropia" virus. Derek now hunts for his own cure.
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GamblerFaction: Evil
Super Name: Gambler
Real Name: Jean Luc LeBeau
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Weight: 200lbs
Age: 39
Eye Color: Red
Height: 6'5"
Powers: Martial Artist, Parkour, Bloodbending, Acrobatics, Speed, Agility, Intelligence, Energy Manipulation
Identity: Public
Place of Birth: New Orleans, LA
Known Aliases: King of Kings, Authenticated Arashikage, Cajun, Living Legend, Aristocratic Assassin, Master of Manipulation
Mini Biography: Born and raised to be the perfect assassin, the self proclaimed King of Kings is perhaps the single deadliest death dealing savant the World has ever known. Former leader of the Les Assassin Silencuiex and a myriad of like minded organizations, the First Arashikage boasts an impressive resume as well as several highly lucrative corporations that aid in his endeavors.
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Esther CotillardFaction: Her own
Super Name: ----
Real Name: Esther Cotillard
Gender: Female
Hair Color: Dark brown/black
Weight: 120
Age: ----
Eye Color: Green
Height: 5'4
Powers: Expert marksman (sniper, bow and arrow), superb hand to hand combatant, expert swordsmanship. Genetic modification currently unspecified.
Identity: ----
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Known Aliases: Contessa, The Future Queen
Mini Biography: Esther was born to French parents who both served as members of France's Fifth Republic at the time of her birth. Her Mother was part Dutch and her Father French. Her Father previously served as the France's Prime Minister and her Mother the head of the Foreign Affairs Council. Both their bloodlines are connected to the founding fathers of Europe's oldest underground political organization and secret society, Les Assassins Silencieux; also known as the LAS. The LAS was a group that heavily influenced the French Revolution and the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte in France, as well as the creation of the World Bank and the World Health Organization. According to rumor, the organization is made up of politicians who use assassins and a secret guard to accomplish their goals when diplomacy is not enough. It is said, in some circles, that the LAS have loose ties to members of the "Illuminati," but whether or not that is fact remains a mystery.
When Esther was five both her parents were murdered on the front steps of her home in Bordeaux, France by assassins. The pair were shot point blank as they were entering a limo in their courtyard preparing to attend a meeting in Geneva for the LAS. Following their respective deaths, Esther was left to be cared for by her Uncle, Josef Cotillard (brother to her mother) who took over the responsibility of parent, teacher and leader of the Les Assassins Silencieux.
Esther was trained since birth as a skilled hand to hand combatant, marksman and swordman. She's been known to excel in Sabre fencing, a hobby she passed on to both of her children, Angelique Cotillard LeBeau, and Florian Kincaid LeBeau. Esther is the estranged wife of Jean LeBeau.
It is unknown whether the LAS are presently operational. Esther was recently abducted by a secret organization who operated on her. The effects of the surgical procedure are presently unknown, but she currently has no recollection of her identity, her history, or her relationship with Jean LeBeau and her children. She also has no memory of Les Assassins Silencieux and whether they currently exist. She also has no recollection of Red Bird, one of her oldest and most trusted companions.
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DragonbornFaction: Semi-Lawful Neutral
Super Name: Dragonborn
Real Name: Xavier T. Cardoso
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Black
Weight: 235 lbs.
Age: 29
Eye Color: Greenish
Height: 6'5
Powers: Words of Power, Luck
Identity: Semi-secretive
Place of Birth: Roswell, New Mexico
Known Aliases: The Chosen One
Mini Biography:
Xavier was a soldier of fortune, an outcast from the American Special Forces forced to use his skills for the gain of money. One day, he was hired by G.R.E.Y., a secretive organization. On his first mission with them, it ended with a dead dragon's soul within him. G.R.E.Y. revealed their purpose of researching and inn turn protecting the world from supernatural threats, starting with the winged lizards. They told him of his nature as the Dragonborn; the Chosen One of Akatosh's tales given the blood of the beasts so to defeat them. He didn't know what to think, so he just went with it. Today he works for G.R.E.Y.; tracking down the Wyrm Cults and earning cash while doing it. He doesn't share some of the feelings as the organization and as such wanders. He thinks of himself as a soldier, not a legend.
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JimFaction: Lawful neutral
Super Name: Jim
Real Name: Jim
Gender: Male
Hair Color: None
Weight: 270lbs
Age: Unknown
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 6'1
Powers: None
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Boston
Known Aliases: Just Jim.
Mini Biography: Jim is a retired government operative that was in a cancelled division. The division was to insert operatives into cities of importance to the government and have them live normal lives there. That is of course when they were called and needed to perform suicide missions. He is one of the only surviving members of the division and is infamous throughout the U.N as one of the best operatives they had. Now Jim is taking one foot out of his peaceful retirement to quench his thirst for action.
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Scarlet SparrowFaction: Neutral
Super Name: Scarlet Sparrow
Real Name: Emmy Jameson
Gender: Female
Hair Color: Black
Weight: 122 lbs
Age: 17
Eye Color: Honey
Height: 5'6"
Powers: Skilled hand to hand combatant, enhanced eyesight, expert marksmanship
Identity: Private
Place of Birth: Versailles, France
Known Aliases: Daughter of Destruction
Mini Biography: The daughter of a French Ambassador and her husband, a doctor from Ireland, Emmy Jameson grew up in the lap of luxury. She never wanted for anything, least of all affection from her parents. She lived happily as France prospered and her mother thrived at her job. Happily until the night that Tenebrasque In decided to raze the country to the ground. Darkness descended and chaos sprouted. 1.5% of the country's population survived the attack. Emmy was among that percent. Although many would say that those who had survived were the unlucky ones.
Cut off from communication and from the world, the citizens of the country once known as France were forced to eke out their own meager existence by any means possible. Joining up with a group of seventeen others, they forged a bond and stuck together. They lived that way for months, barely surviving by the skin of their teeth as tragedy continued to befall them.
Two years after the genocide of the French people she has dedicated herself to becoming as skilled as she can. Her goal is the downfall of empires. Having firsthand knowledge on conquerors and how easy it is to see grand places fall, she's a true believer in every man for him or herself.
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FirehawkFaction: Chaotic Neutral
Super Name: Firehawk
Real Name: Alexandra
Gender: Female
Hair Color: Blonde (Natural), Red (Current)
Weight: 162 lbs
Age: Exact age unconfirmed, assumed to be in her early 20's.
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 6'
Powers: Telepathic immunity, Healing factor, Enhanced strength, Pyrokinesis, Glaciokinesis
Identity: As she technically hasn't been born yet, there are no records of her identity.
Place of Birth: Unknown.
Known Aliases: Burnin' Bombshell, Heat, Icefire
Mini Biography: The result of botched time travel, Alex got stuck in this time period when one of her parents' many enemies decided to send their adult daughter back. To add insult to injury, they jumbled around her memories, locking away some of the most important ones, like the identity of her parents, and scattering about the rest. Why she's enlisted with the Shadow Initiative isn't exactly certain, but she gets the odd feeling of familiarity. That somehow, in some weird way, it's connected to her fractured memory.
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CainFaction: Chaotic Neutral
Super Name: Shadow Knight
Real Name: Cain
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Black
Weight: 250 Lbs
Age: Unknown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 6'7
Powers: Cain has the unique ability of being one of the greatest marksman on earth. His skill with firearms is unmatched, He also has extensive training Guerrilla Warfare, Advanced Strategies, And a mastery of hundreds of weapons and explosives
Identity: Public
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Known Aliases: The Killer at Kileshandra, The Butcher of Belfast, The Irish Comedian, The Malicious Marksman.
Mini Biography: Cain lived as a Guerrilla Himself, A Well known professional Killer for the I.R.A. Eventually after leaving his band of Freedom Fighters, He found himself a rebel without a cause, A Soldier without an army, A Mercenary. He spent over a year traveling, Until he found himself a company that supported his nostalgic interests, A Squad of Black Ops rebels. Cain thought he fit the bill perfectly with his hatred of the growing empire threat, And joined, Preparing himself to hopefully burn every palace to the ground alongside his allies
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AsesinoFaction: Neutral
Super Name: Asesino
Real Name: Frankensteins Monster
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Black
Weight: 220 lbs
Age: Real Old
Eye Color: Black
Height: 6'1
Powers: Extreme Strength, Marksman, Swordsman, Owns an Illegal Potion Brewery off the docks of New York.
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: A lab
Known Aliases: Frankensteins Monster, The Scarred Warrior, Stitch
Mini Biography:Stitched together like a patchwork quilt of rotting pieces, Asesino hated his life. He was created to be a pet for the twisted fantasies of a deranged doctor with sick ideas. And that wasn't the worst of that. He was kept in a cage for most of his life. Regardless, he eventually gained enough intelligence to grab his first sword, one that hung over the fire place. He used this masterfully crafted sword to decapitate his master and set free the other creatures the doctors had caged.
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ApacheFaction: Chaotic Nuetral
Super Name: Apache
Real Name: Chachu
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Weight: 280 lbs
Age: 25
Eye Color: Hazel
Height: 7 foot.
Powers: Super strength, Super speed, Invulnerability, Moderate Hand-to-Hand combat skills, Extreme skill with a large hunting knife that is always on his person.
Identity: Secret.
Place of Birth: A Reservation in Arizona.
Known Aliases: None.
Mini Biography: Raised by a constantly ill mother and ridiculously bitter father, Chachu was taught to hate the people that had selfishly oppressed his kind. He was raised the Apache way, providing for his family through means of hunting, becoming a master at utilizing the glorious steel knife given to him by his wise old grandfather on his day of ascending into manhood. His uncle frequently took him off for weeks on end, subjecting the boy to gregarious tests within the wilderness. He was taught how to survive. His uncle, famous around both the Apache and the Navajo for his skill with hand-to-hand combat, drilled fighting into the child, always reminding the boy of his duty to his people, and to his family.
Chachu was about 15 years old when he discovered he could tear trees out of the earth with his bare arms, and outpace a variety of the creatures he hunted. After being shoved into the fire per accident by his blind grandmother, he realized that the flames did little to affect his body, other than giving him a warm feeling. Instantly, it was pronounced that a demon had taken residence within his soul. When it was found that they could not exorcise him, they tried vainly to murder him, failing miserably in the process. The boy ran off as fast as he could, both heartbroken at his family's cruel actions, and frightened of himself. He swore to himself that he would earn his way back into his tribe, he would make his family proud.
He would avenge the Apache's.
A nomad, he travelled across the country, joining numerous guerilla groups and tearing as many land-grabbing corporations down as possible, branded a terrorist. He wore the name of his people with pride, announcing it above the roar of the missiles that he swatted from the air. Eventually, he came across the Shadow Initiative, a fearless band of beings, each an ally to his cause.
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LaelapsFaction: Neutral/Evil
Super Name: Laelaps
Real Name: James De'voit
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Black
Weight: 210 pounds
Age: 32
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5'9
Powers:
Canine hybridization- James, once locked onto his preys' scent, can never shake it, which causes him to have an obsessive compulsion to catch every marked target.
A short form of telepathy where he can sense an impending danger only microseconds before it's happening.
Higher than peak human speed. Night vision. Generally heightened senses including touch.
Identity: Government knowledge only, his alias is well known in private criminal and heroic circles
Place of Birth: Washington D.C.
Known Aliases: Laelaps
Mini Biography: James was born in the suburbs of Washington D.C. near the heart of the capital. As a boy he was as normal as the next. He was raised by loving parents and lived a quiet life before deciding to follow in his father's footsteps and enlist in the United States Marine Corp. Around the time of the world trade center attacks the government began moving with hasty and half-cocked super soldier experiments in order to quell the global outrage for the seemingly unchecked attack on the then world super power. De'Voit was chosen for his abilities in the field working with team 3. Experimentation quickly turned to torture as they refitted his body over the course of four years. He was changed from a level headed carefree individual to a rabid drone and used in the deserts of Afghanistan as a one man mercenary team. He eventually caught and killed the terrorist leader, only to receive zero credit. This led to him going AWOL, retracting himself from society, and training beside the men he'd hunted to perfect himself as the dog of war.
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Black DahliaFaction: Neutral
Super Name: Black Dhalia
Real Name: Ziccarra Liafador
Gender: Female
Hair Color: Red (It's a Wig, Z is blonde)
Weight: 131IBS
Age: 43
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'6
Powers: Durability
Identity: Unknown
Place of Birth: Farwick, Ninjan Empire
Known Aliases: The Black Cardinal, The Red Queen of Cardinals, The Ninjan Queen, The Utopian Queen. The Flower of Carnage.
Mini Biography: Ziccarra unleashed a purge on the Earth using her Ninjan forces, as predicted in the events of 2030. Following this; she created a religious cult and was poessed by the spirit of the Black Cardinal. The Cult attacked multiple organizations and invoked widespread panic various areas around the world. In a climatic battle with Fowler, Z was removed from the Cardinal and stripped of her memory. She has since been recruited by a secret U.S agency known as COBRA.
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