1917 -
The term ‘Super Hero’ is invented to describe the actions of various men and women with extraordinary or notable abilities. Antecedents include Spellbinder, Domino the Vindicator, and Wild Child among others who operate on both sides of the law. A generation of adventure stories is inspired from their real life exploits and these are eventually committed to history merely as legends and exaggeration.
The 1960s -
The United States Government and its allies form a secret initiative to monitor and dispatch super heroes on missions for the good of world security. The organization that manages this roster of state-sponsored operatives is called The Department of Extraordinary Affairs, but eventually renamed The Primacy after a more popular appellation.
20XX -
A young attorney named Morgan Bright decides to augment her efforts to improve society by becoming a crimefighting vigilante known as The Warden. When she stumbles across a series of clues left behind by a mysterious criminal calling himself Dr. Adversary, The Primacy send one of their veteran operatives, the psychic Rationale, to assist her investigation.
Both human vigilante and super human operative eventually confront Dr. Adversary who threatens to destroy a city with a stolen experimental weapon unless his demands are met.
They fail to stop him from doing so.
The Disaster
In the aftermath of the weapon discharging and killing thousands, the first widely publicized rescue effort on behalf of super heroes occurs when a group of Primacy operatives abandons regulation anonymity to fly (sometimes literally) to the rescue of survivors. Rationale, who survived the detonation, steps forward and assumes the role of their representative.
2 A.D (After Disaster) -
Rationale meets with reporters to discus a new form of government in which super heroes function as public servants and leaders instead of part-time crimefighters. This council of extraordinary individuals proposed to guide and renew the devastated populace is called The SuperVision.
7 A.D -
In place of the ruined city rises Excelsior City, reborn through the miracle of superior technology known only to heroes. A large barrier is built between the beautified areas and the surrounding residential districts built in the areas of the city not quite as refurbished. The SuperVision creates a state of the art surveillance network to keep the citizenry safe as well as The Sidekick’s Program to give regular humans the opportunity to serve their heroes and community by cultivating physical and mental wellness and learning the finer points of law enforcement in their own right. Sidekicks eventually take over for patrolling heroes as the ever present symbols of order restored.
8 A.D -
An insurrectionist movement begins to find followers in the populace feeling that the heroes are either impartial to the plight of regular people or too oppressive with their measures to restrict freedom and increase security. These rebels follow a possibly mythical leader called The Mastermind who still seems to coordinate their efforts with surprising efficiency.
Collectively they are referred to as Anti-Heroes.
15 A.D -
The series begins…
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