Post by Bloodscream on Jun 21, 2008 17:40:30 GMT -5
[align=center]``CITIES OF FIRE
When the world watches as evil begins to rise there is no hope. The heroes they thought were once their saviors are now viewed as lifeless and weak. What can the world turn to when superheroes are not enough to battle the forces that drive many into hiding and fear? The government has decided to take control of the founding defenses in America as well as the rest of the world with the help of the World Nations. This is unfortunate news for every community that has always had something gifted about them. Superheroes and villains alike are affected. Two new acts of registration, the Mutant Registration Act and the Superhero Registration Act has given reason for many to flee in terror of the government's ruling, changing their faces and lives to something other than super.
Around the world there are still countries that many can go to that are considered safe from the prejudice that is sweeping the globe. Superheroes are no longer seen around as much and if they are kill orders are issued to deal with them. Criminals of all varieties, from the dastardly to the highly malicious are kept under close surveillance, with many having their own files in the computer networks of the world authorities.
The Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division, or S.H.I.E.L.D. has met its own tragedy; though only at secret. Obadiah Stane, one of the many enemies that Tony Stark of Stark, Industries faces nearly on a regular basis, has managed to gain control of the foundation of S.H.I.E.L.D. With the help of a secret liaison and scientist, Obadiah has nearly all members of the division under his control through thought alone. A few still stand as independent though play along to hide what they know and that they are capable of rational and intelligent thought. They are still holding on to their free will, but that may not last long.
Stark Industries, once a powerful weapons and environmental manufacturer has been shut down thanks to a Weapons Manufacturing Embargo placed upon the weapons division by the government. Obadiah Stane, through a series of vast control and blackmail, has managed to take control of that particular division, building his own company, called Stane Enterprises, since Stark Industries was taken out of commission nearly three years before. Proudly he builds the greatest weapon the world has ever seen: the Sentinel.
The mutants of the X-Men and Brotherhood have finally come to terms with something that is bigger than either could fathom. Every superhero and even a few villains have found the reason to put aside their differences and moral standings and work as allies...at least for now. Any and all protest and fight for their right to live and save the world, much as they did in times past. Tony Stark, with the help of James Madrox of S.H.I.E.L.D., has decided to assemble some of the most upstanding members of the normal community as well as the hero community, in order to appeal for the bans to be lifted.
Without heroes...evil arises. Time is of the essence, as the forces of darkness grow stronger every day they are loose to roam. Indeed, something wicked this way comes...[/align]
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When the world watches as evil begins to rise there is no hope. The heroes they thought were once their saviors are now viewed as lifeless and weak. What can the world turn to when superheroes are not enough to battle the forces that drive many into hiding and fear? The government has decided to take control of the founding defenses in America as well as the rest of the world with the help of the World Nations. This is unfortunate news for every community that has always had something gifted about them. Superheroes and villains alike are affected. Two new acts of registration, the Mutant Registration Act and the Superhero Registration Act has given reason for many to flee in terror of the government's ruling, changing their faces and lives to something other than super.
Around the world there are still countries that many can go to that are considered safe from the prejudice that is sweeping the globe. Superheroes are no longer seen around as much and if they are kill orders are issued to deal with them. Criminals of all varieties, from the dastardly to the highly malicious are kept under close surveillance, with many having their own files in the computer networks of the world authorities.
The Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division, or S.H.I.E.L.D. has met its own tragedy; though only at secret. Obadiah Stane, one of the many enemies that Tony Stark of Stark, Industries faces nearly on a regular basis, has managed to gain control of the foundation of S.H.I.E.L.D. With the help of a secret liaison and scientist, Obadiah has nearly all members of the division under his control through thought alone. A few still stand as independent though play along to hide what they know and that they are capable of rational and intelligent thought. They are still holding on to their free will, but that may not last long.
Stark Industries, once a powerful weapons and environmental manufacturer has been shut down thanks to a Weapons Manufacturing Embargo placed upon the weapons division by the government. Obadiah Stane, through a series of vast control and blackmail, has managed to take control of that particular division, building his own company, called Stane Enterprises, since Stark Industries was taken out of commission nearly three years before. Proudly he builds the greatest weapon the world has ever seen: the Sentinel.
The mutants of the X-Men and Brotherhood have finally come to terms with something that is bigger than either could fathom. Every superhero and even a few villains have found the reason to put aside their differences and moral standings and work as allies...at least for now. Any and all protest and fight for their right to live and save the world, much as they did in times past. Tony Stark, with the help of James Madrox of S.H.I.E.L.D., has decided to assemble some of the most upstanding members of the normal community as well as the hero community, in order to appeal for the bans to be lifted.
Without heroes...evil arises. Time is of the essence, as the forces of darkness grow stronger every day they are loose to roam. Indeed, something wicked this way comes...[/align]
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