WORLDS APART

Starkly real superheroics in an altered history.

News

24th March, 2003

Going well. Updating England.

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History

-The American Civil war was won by the south. The Confederacy went it's own way and still has slavery.

-North America remains a lot more paranoid, societally, it's the fifties.

-Britain has been ruled by the Scots since the 1500s.

-Europe is nominally united into a group called the EuroConcordat. They retain their own identities, joining together in case of war or economic crisis.

-Russia is still a monarchy. It's Empire runs from Poland in the West and down to Northern India in the South (the Ganges form the border).

-Australia was discovered and settled in 1286 and is today one of the most powerful countries in the world. Independant as of 1846.

-China remains an Empire to this day. In August, 2000 Hong Kong was handed back to China by the Portugese.

-AIDS never happened. Sexually transmitted diseases have been a thing of the past since 1950.

-The atomic bomb was never developed.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

• Antonio Almeida:
  An Italian stage actor with phenomenal telekinetic abilities. Having given up on his struggle against the "immoral" practices of the company, he left, to get his acting career going.
  In America.

• Samantha Den:
  Only recently out of high school, she's already making a name for herself as an artist and fashion designer. Her shapeshifting abilities are just icing on the cake for her.

• Steven Jenkins:
  His super-speed and flame powers well in control, Steve is now knuckling down on work toward his medical degree, in between trying to help his girlfriend deal with his new ability to duplicate himself.

• Lucas Kissinger:
  In his mid-forties, Lucas lost his family and retired early after his abduction by the "Hollow People", whom he suspects are aliens. Since then he has trained himself to hunt them, as they hunt people. His attunement to their amazing technology is his only edge in his ongoing battle.

• Joseph Menelarck Krappe:
  A brilliant cybernetics engineer and surgeon, he is beyond the cutting edge of his field, having already designed implants and prosthetics of a scope even Niles could not fathom. His ability to manipulate electricity has aided him in his development of more and more advanced technologies. He is hard at work on world-improving technologies for the Niles Hermington Foundation.

• Adiene Loren:
  Open-minded, soft-hearted and new age, Adiene is an exponent of the mystic with intense talent. She was led to Lindsay by a premonition and has been dragged along since.

• Katerine Leonard:
  Beautiful, acrobatic and more than seventy years old, Katerine's abilities ceased her aging as well as letting her turn invisible and create knives from thin air. This blonde catburglar seems to be trying to steal as many hearts as possible whiling away the decades. She was in a relationship with Colin up until her disappearance. DISAPPEARED

• Connor McCoy:
  Ex-Scottish Special Service, Connor came to work for Super Securities after Sealand's destruction. He has since started developing ever-increasing strength, speed and vitality. His relationship with Lindsay is still unconfirmed.

• Father John McIntyre:
  A jesuit priest, much of whose life has been spent aiding the impoverished in the Africas, he has recently developed astounding resilience to damage and strength sufficient to lift cars. In addition, he has an unrelated ability to understand plants and converse with them. He has signed up with Super Solutions as a consultant, his fees to be given to charity. He went off to Northern England on church business and has not been heard from since. DISAPPEARED

• Lindsay Parker:
  Ex-secret agent, ex-assassin, Niles' ex-lover. Her superhuman coordination and reflexes put her in good stead for her job as security head and Chairperson of Super Solutions. She is dealing with her pregnancy gradually.

• Andy Slade:
  Matt Slade's younger party animal brother. Just introduced to the concept that his brother was superhuman, he's now out for revenge out his murderers.

• Piotr Vladikov:
  A London private detective, formerly from Russia. Has a brilliant deductive mind, in addition to his control over the flow of time. His passion for the films of American actor Humphrey Bogart influence both his style and speech.

• Tyrone Zurdjieff:
  Ralph's mentor of the past five years, Tyrone is also a magician of quite some skill. Over a hundred years old, he came back into action to try to find his friend. Now secure in the knowledge that Ralph is at least somewhat safe, Tyrone remains due to his rekindled desire to explore the mysteries of the world in which he lives.

• Niles Hermington III:
  Supercharming, superlucky, supergenius. Wanted to help humanity any way he could. Won the hearts of almost all, then was brutally murdered in his hotel room. DECEASED

• Dean Mitchell:
  A wandering young man with a variety of seemingly unrelated abilities. Abilities he can give to others. He may not even be human. DISAPPEARED

• Matt Slade:
  Software magnate with a suit of indestructable armour. Killed in his island fortress of Sealand. DECEASED

• Ralph Horatio Smithson:
  Bookstore owner with superhuman senses and physical prowess. Disillusioned by the company, Ralph disappeared with nothing but the clothes on his back and a dormant demon in a plastic bucket. He later turned up, working with Colin Roberson aka the Silver Archer, a vigilante.

• Wong Fei Hong:
  Recently outlawed ex-leader of dowager Empress's team of superhuman bodyguards, he can be as strong as stone or flighty as the air. Risen from his coma, he is journeying to China to confront the tyrannical Emperor.

• Jonathon Tiernan:
  A British man from Manchester. He has angelic wings and gaping holes where his eyes should be. Currently giving religious advice for Super Solutions.

• Colin Roberson:
  A comic book author with no apparent superhuman abilities, Colin is possessed of luck superior even to that of Niles. His life has become an exciting adventure, as at night he takes to the streets as a masked vigilante under the name of the Silver Archer.

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