Importance of the Player Characters: Very Important. While there are other heroes in the world, the player characters are effectively central to everything in this campaign. There will be frequent crossovers of characters from other campaigns and characters in the Guest Pool in this campaign. Thus, there will always be two open slots for Guest superheroes which will change at the beginning of each scenario.

World Description: The Global Guardians Universe is a four-color comic book world full of larger than life characters.  Technology is more advanced that the real world, and magic is real.  Aliens and creatures of legend roam the earth.

The Story So Far: In nearly it's entire history, San Diego has had a rich history of heroes. Mission San Diego de Alcala was founded in 1769. In the early 1800's, Don Diego de la Vega, the son of a rich land owning Californian family, puts on a mask and fights villains of the age as Zorro in Southern California.

In World War II, a superhero called Valor teamed up with another called Surfrider after a mutal encounter with a mystic employed by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the eve before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Finding that they worked well together, the pair formed a permanent team and began operating together in Hawaii and the Pacific frequently aiding the allied war effort against Imperial Japan. In the summer of 1942, the duo aided Admiral Nimitz and defeated the Japanese superhumans, Oni and Kuei, allowing the US Navy to achieve a stunning victory at Midway that turned the tide of the war. One creative journalist on Midway Island described the duo as "Surf and Turf" and the moniker stuck.

Having little work for superheroes in Hawaii after the war, Surf and Turf went back to San Diego, Valor's hometown. The economy was doing well and Southern California quickly began to grow. As time marched onward, there was an increase in the number and power of criminal organizations and supervillains worldwide. San Diego was uniquely situated as a gateway from Latin America to the United States. With a growth in California agriculture, San Diego became a gateway of immigration. With a growth in drug use, the city became a center for drug trafficking. Surf and Turf became very busy in the late 1960s. Their crime-fighting endeavors were ended when they were slain by a pair of super-powered assassins employed by the Syndicate Internationale. A surge in villainous activity occurred during the next year. Finally, Captain Courage, son of Valor, and Seabreeze, daughter of Surfrider, avenged their parents and shut down the activities of the Syndicate Internationale. Thus, the team Surf and Turf was reborn.

At about the same time, Jonathan Lobo and Thanh Tran, two CIA mercenaries survived a trap with the help of a mysterious Chinese monk. The monk spoke to Lobo in Chinese, but the words would haunt his dreams from time to time throughout much of his life. Lobo and Tran made it back to the U.S., and, after debriefing, resigned with honor. With the GI Bill benefits, the pair went to college together and graduated with degrees in engineering. Driven by the desire to cure their own disabilities, they started a small engineering firm to make prosthetic devices for the handicapped. TL Corp soon ventured into the fledgling technology of bionics and soon were in the forefront of the business.

After an attack on TL Corp which was thwarted by Surf and Turf, Lobo began having dreams of the Chinese monk again. He left Tran in charge of TL Corp, taking a leave of absence to study in a monastery until he could translate the monk's words which were haunting him.

"In the place where North and South meet,

Help the children of earth and sea humble the demons of the dark.

Bring together the very elements of the world, balance and guide them to humble the demons that prey on the weak."

Lobo only understood the first two parts. Chance had already placed him in San Diego, and Lobo realized that he was in a position to help the 'children of earth and sea', Surf and Turf. He created a private foundation and recruited agents to assist Battle Cry and Seabreeze.

The steady increase in the number and power of criminals continued. By the year 2001, it was clear that Surf and Turf were overmatched. After having a difficult time in defeating a pair of supervillains, Surf and Turf announced that they would retire. With much hullaballoo, the city threw a fiesta in honor of their guardian angels, the size of which San Diego had never seen. It was a moment both of pride and sadness that might have been interrupted by a vengeful attack by The Commander, Femme Fatale, and two dozen Golden Triangle agents. But it was thwarted by the third generation of Surf and Turf, two of the children of Captain Courage and Seabreeze, assisted by several of Jonathan Lobo's agents.

The night following the attack, Jonathan Lobo's dreams were filled with the Chinese monk. Only this time, Lobo understood completely what the monk was saying. The following morning, a cyborg going by the name of The Chairman met with the new Surf and Turf and told them of his plan. San Diego would be protected by a new team that The Chairman would guide and support. The team would be comprised of six members, five each representing one of the ancient Chinese elements of Earth, Fire, Water, Metal, and Wood. The last member of the group would represent Balance, Yin and Yang.

The Chairman scoured through reports of superhumans operating in the area and came up with a list of four more names. He sent the third generation of Surf and Turf as well as some of his Purple Heart Club agents to meet with new recruits to be brought into their ranks. New heroes for land of Zorro at the dawn of the new millenium.

Seriousness: The game will focus on serious subjects and adventures. This does not mean that there is no room for humor. Witty repartee, creative use of powers, and the way you play should provide plenty of humor in the midst of even the direst situation.