Sessions
1: The First Lesson
2: Defense of Self and Others
3: Familial Bonds
4: Masks and Other Disguises
5: Crisis Response Protocols
6: Emotions Big and Small
7: Course Corrections
8: Quizzes of the Pop Variety
9: Visions of Sugar Plums
The Holiday Special
10: Intro to Law
11: Creative Writing 101
12: Everyone Faces Heartbreak
13: Finals
Our Heroes
Horizon: Real name Shin Akebono. Time-flung energy absorber with an evil alternate future version, current protégé to Whippoorwill.
Conflux: Real name Connie Wescott Mathers. Supersmart magical prodigy, but with no personal arcane strength. Relies on self-made enchanted objects and devices.
Femtite: Real name Femtite. Princess of the Pixites, a subatomic race of beings residing in a piece of amethyst meteor on display at the Romita Museum of Natural History.
Indarius: Real name Percy Dorn. Gifted wizard with unmatched personal power, but struggles to keep control of the energies at his disposal.
Rain: Real name Caio Costa. Former werewolf, now bonded with an angelic sword and recruited into a global organization that opposes dark forces threatening the fabric of this world.
NPC Heroes
Captain Stalwart: The larger-than-life hero. Cape, heroic chin, and confident grin. Flight, Class-A super strength, invulnerability, and a knack for always doing the right thing. He's put down some of the most legendary and notorious bad guys in the world.
Whippoorwill: Winged flier and phenomenal combatant. Uses a signature whip and throwing weapons called quills with a variety of effects. Has a dark past that inspires her to seek redemption and drives her always towards heroics.
Praetoria: The latest Praetorian, Kayla Taylor. Super strong, flight, eye beams, and super senses. Still getting the hang of being a solo hero. Currently off-world.
Tenfold: Super-strong duplicator. Absorbs sonic energy to power his ability to generate up to nine copies of himself. However, that power also prevents him from hearing, so he is effectively deaf even though his ears work fine.
Gothic: Nth-caliber telepath. Dresses in goth/emo style. Dour, caustic personality. Does not speak, only communicating through her telepathy if she deigns to. Is able to hear the surface thoughts of everyone within nearly a quarter mile.
Ragnarok: Bruiser, fighter, frequent companion to Gothic. Has a motor mouth and seemingly no ability or desire to not say whatever's on his mind. Maybe that's why Gothic tolerates him.
Ordnance: Techno-organic being from another region of space. Can shapeshift into any sort of configuration and produces all manner of weapons.
The Wombat: Scrapper and fighter, frequent mercenary. Originally from Australia. Regenerative powers and an iron will.
Lucidity: Seer, oracle, and prophet. Has cosmic awareness -- able to view her own and others' lives across the multiverse. A bit spacey.
Praetorian III: Super strong heroic type, skilled fighter. Deceased.
Ultra-Star: Flier with cosmic blasts. Deceased.
Silver Shield: Armored hero. Retired.
The Judge: Telepath. Semi-retired.
Feya Firestorm: Myridia Vale, pyrokinetic mage.
Nightclaw: Real name Grace Gilliam. Formerly Steel Guardian. Once wore a powered suit of armor, but an encounter with an insidious mutagen altered her into a panther-human hybrid.
Devil Diva: Real name Max Lopez. Teenaged boy turned into demonic succubus by a mysterious idol.
Superhero teams
The Alliance: Classic team of heroic supers. Current roster: Captain Stalwart, Whippoorwill, Yeoman, Foray, Ordnance, Imagerie.
The Heralds: Newer team, made up of younger heroes. Current roster: Nimbus, Gothic, Ragnarok, Tenfold, Half-pipe, and Rendezvous.
The Sentinels (disbanded): Young team of teenaged heroes. Its roster included: Praetoria, Psyche, Horizon, Gallowglass, Mosaic, Isaiah, Frostbite, Scorch, and Triplight.
The Corps: Undead team of hunters of the things that go bump. Scar, Xeno, Lola, Bones, and Mike.
The Crimefighters: Loose affiliation of street-level heroes that keep the streets of Old Town safe. Crossbolt, Screech Owl, Parkour, and Belfrey.
NPC Villains
Player-centric
The Confectionist: Manipulates people through sweet concoctions.
Dusk: Radiation controller.
Crime Hawk: Low-level flier and burglar.
Gestalt: Disgraced celebrity.
Nadia Elliott: Former protege of Silver Shield. Currently goes by Techniche.
Dr. Dread: (Deceased)
Alcott: Alien bounty hunter.
Chicle: Former hero, now corporate shill.
Lua: Werewolf alpha who can control the beast inside.
Villainous entities
Infini-Corp: mega corporation with global reach.
Lovelace International: mega corporation
Church of Psyche: strange cult of superpower seekers. Controlled by the Archdeacon.
Androidians: Near-sentient human replicants.
Oesterhausen: Bio-tech firm with questionable morals.
Manticorp: Weapons designer and manufacturer.
Coyote Solutions: Supplier of mercenary forces.
Outer Space threats
Iron Federation: Massive empire of magitech AI beings.
Rogue Shards: Chaotic remnants of an ancient starfaring empire.
Nuvoans: Powerful and far-reaching empire of telepathic and telekinetic aliens.
Deathcap: Gigantic outer space fungus.
Teams
Duskguard Loyal to the villain Dusk. Twilight, Gloaming, Eventide, Shade, Eclipse, and Sundown.
Skullions Superhuman cyborgs, Snafu, Rupture, Clark, Butler, Powell, and Raze.
The Chosen Metahumans believing they should rule over the mundanes. The Shard, Airfoil, Fossil, Salamander, Attraction, and Haymaker. New recruits: Megaflora and Trapdoor.
The Instigators Metahumans bent on mischief and chaos. Stormfront, Asphalt, Heartache, and Propane.
The Mongrels Animal-human hybrids infuriated with their lot. Chiros, Vespid, Warthog, Terrier, Harpy, and Joro.
The CADRE Mercenary team of powerful metahumans. Zero-G, Cortex, Headlock, Hairnet, Jaunt, Siesta, and the gestalt twins Woofer and Tweeter.
The Slipknots Low-powered team of petty thieves and criminals. Bazinga, Chumpchange, Symphony, Timestamp.
Solo threats
Ciandra: Nth-calber telekinetic. Has fine control down to the molecular level and unclassed raw strength.
Cinderblock: Superstrong brute with impenetrable granite skin and unclassed strength.
The Unstable Man: Being with unstable molecules and personality. Has shapeshifting, stretching and elongation powers.
The Crab: Monstrous mechanical undersea mech. Piloted by Ásgeir Vidarsson.
Mourning dove: Revenant vigilante who murders drug dealers to avenge the loss of her family.
OTHER
Reverend Runyan Reibold - firebrand preacher
STUDENTS AT HALCYON PREP
Skyler Worrel - sees auras
Jaden - basketball player
Sophie - volleyball team captain
Ne'veah - volleyball player
Tiv Krueger - heartthrob, son of actor Hans Krueger
Jade - queen bee, cheerleader captain
Cheerleaders: Pru, Sanvi, Shanika, Gini, Chae-Won, Ashleigh, Uma, Alexis, and Kennedy
Amber - glitterati
Alexis - glitterati
A-Rob - football player
Gavin - basketball player
Jasmine - volleyball player
Taylor - volleyball player
Siobhan - volleyball player
Chastity Robertson
Raquel
Ngon
Gina
Malcolm
Pru
Joshua
Lacey
Conway (former)
TEACHERS AT HALCYON PREP
Dean Dr. Rico Alameda
Dr. Kakalios
