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Post by johnreiter902 on Apr 1, 2020 14:58:58 GMT
Origins: Per Degaton In 1941, the US government accepted a proposal by a high-strung scientist named Phineas Zog to create a functional time machine. The project was called the Time Trust. Zog was short-tempered, domineering, and secretive, as well as paranoid. Only one member of the project was close to him, a lab assistant named Per Degaton. Degaton was fascinated by the idea of time travel, and all the good it could do for humanity. He soaked up everything he could from Zog, put up with all his moods, and became the only “inferior mind” Zog would accept around him. After several months, however, persistent security breaches by the Crime Legion and the resulting loss of expensive research convinced the government to cancel the project. Furious, Zog set up his own lab and continued on his own, with only loyal Degaton as his assistant. In 1948, Zog finally completed his time machine. In a moment of raving, he revealed to Degaton that his plan all along was to use the time machine to gain the power he felt he rightly deserved, not to increase human knowledge and avert the catastrophes of history. Degaton fought Zog, and managed to stop his mad plan, though Zog died in the process. Degaton took possession of Zog’s laboratory and time machine. He began to secretly use the time machine to explore history. He not only sought to unravel the secret of the past, and avert disasters in the future, but also sought out moments of “mutable time” where he could change history for the better with his advanced science and his ingenuity. On one of these adventures, he formed the Society of Good in 1943 to organize the world’s heroes against the Crime Legion of America. He always operated in secret, though he did mentor David Clinton, the more publically acclaimed time master. Both alone and alongside Clinton, he battled against time traveling enemies such as the Time Master (Rip Hunter) and Brainiac (Querl Dox). Even he is regarded as little more than an enthusiastic amateur, however, by the great temporal protector the Time Keeper.
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Post by johnreiter902 on Apr 1, 2020 14:59:23 GMT
Origins: Minstrel Isaac Bowin was an aspiring young musician with a great talent for the violin. Although orphaned at a young age and from a poor background, he worked tirelessly to put himself through music school. However, all this dreams came crashing down when he was framed for theft by one of his classmates, who knew that a poor boy like Isaac would be more easily suspected and have a harder time proving his innocence. Isaac fled the country, and came to India. While living there as a street musician, he made the acquaintance of a fakir, who took pity on him and made him his apprentice. The fakir trained him in the mystic power of music, and when Isaac had learned all there was to learn, he returned to the USA. He adopted the disguise of the Minstrel to avoid being identified by the authorities, and used his magical violin music to expose the thief and clear his name. Although he resumed his career as a professional musician, Isaac Bowin could not help thinking about how much his magical music gave him the power to help others, just as he had helped clear himself of injustice. He decided to continue to use the identity of the Minstrel to battle evil, and crossed paths with several villains, particularly Johnny Quick.
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Post by johnreiter902 on Apr 23, 2020 1:19:29 GMT
Origins: Rose All her life, Thordis Canton was a rebel. He family tired to bring her up to be loving and respectful, but she grew more and more bitter, hateful and vicious over the years. She enjoyed inspiring loathing in others, it made her feel powerful. She ruthlessly suppressed every positive feeling, every trace of caring, and it was inevitable that she would grow up to become a criminal, and make a profession out of exploiting others. It wasn’t easy for a woman to make a success as a gang leader, but the name of Thordis soon became a name to inspire fear and respect in the underworld. She crushed her enemies brutally, and took every underhanded advantage. Not operation was too dirty for her. However, her life took a sudden turn on the island of Tashmi. While she was personally supervising her drug-running operation, she was accidently exposed to the sap of a rare jungle plant. At first, she simply laughed off the scratch, but unknown to her, the toxin had a deep effect on her mind and body. It caused all the suppressed good within her to form into a new personality, the Rose, as beautiful and loving as Thordis was hatful and cruel. The power of the herb was so potent, that Rose was able to take over the body at times, and when she did so a transformation took place. Thordis’ hair color, her features, even her build would change into a new form, so nobody could tell that Rose and Thordis were the same person. Rose was horrified by the actions of her other personality. She retained her memory of everything Thordis did, though Thordis had no memory of anything Rose did, or even of her existence. Rose discovered that, when she was in control, she had gained florokinetic abilities (the power to stimulate and control plants). She determined to do everything in her power to undo the evil of her other self. She began using her powers to fight crime and help the helpless. In particular, she used Thordis’ own knowledge of the underworld and criminal contacts to find her targets, frequently attacking “her own” organization. Thordis developed a fanatical hatred the Rose, and killed many of her subordinates she suspected of being Rose’s spies, never dreaming that she herself was the leak.
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Post by johnreiter902 on Apr 25, 2020 20:28:05 GMT
Origins: Vandar Adg Note: Vandar has claimed to have been many great figures of history, however, while he is an honorable man, he is not always honest, and is very secretive, so there is reason to doubt his veracity in these matters. Therefore, although the general information he gave when interviewed by Per Degaton and Luthor is included here, the specific names have been redacted.
Vandar Adg began his life as a simple, pre-historic hunter, one of the first tool-using tribes. He was a dreamer and a thinker, always wondering about the world around him. He would have been forgotten in the mists of history, but one night he saw a falling star, and went to investigate it. He was driven by curiosity to touch the glowing stone from the heavens, and it exploded, showing him with strange lights. The radiation changed him, making him completely immortal.
Over thousands of years, Vandar tried to benefit others. He had always believed in leading his tribe to better things and improving their welfare. As tribes became cities, and cities became countries, his ambition grew to providing a better world for all people. He was always looking toward the future, dreaming of how the world could be better. Before the common era, he claims to have inspired the first written law codes of the middle east, the Age of Philosophy in Greece (and possible in Asia as well), and to have been several great kings and conquerors renowned for their genius, leadership, courage and martial ability. At this time in his life, Vandar believed that the best way to help people was by ruling them, and rebuilding the state in accordance with his vision of what was right. He became increasingly frustrated as his subordinates indulged in corruption and infighting, and his people rebelled against practices they did not understand the reasoning behind. No empire he created, however well established, would reach his ideal. All eventually fell.
Then, in the first century AD, while he was studying the rising faith of Christianity, Vandar came to a revelation. His empires failed because he was trying to change civilization without changing people. No utopia could ever last as long as it was filled with immoral, poorly educated people with no hope and no dreams. He re-dedicated himself to building a better world by elevating mankind. From the fall of Rome through the middle ages he mentored kings, fostered education, and supported both the Church’s endeavors to preserve knowledge and the Kings’ to establish order and peace. He also supported the rise of the merchant classes, which led to the Renaissance. He was known alternately as a philosopher, a knight, and a merchant.
In the Renaissance he patronized the arts and the sciences, befriending great geniuses like Galileo and Newton. He was himself renowned in the 16th century as the ultimate renaissance man, a master of both the arts and the sciences, hundreds of years ahead of his time. He was also one of the greatest writers of the modern era, and a pioneer of modern drama, who helped to codify some of the European languages. He produced or inspired many inventions that changed the world, such as the printing press.
In the 18th century, he became one of the most famous composers in history, and practiced this profession though two identities. He also spent time as a prominent American politician, helping to bring about the end of slavery, and was involved in winning the Civil War for the Union. Then, he spent nearly a century as an artist (until the mid-20th century) and was one of the founders of the impressionist school. During this period, he was a friend and colleague of Albert Einstein. Per Degaton discovered him in 1943, while he was working as an abstract painter in New York. Degaton had been inspired by meeting Alexander Luthor in the late 1980s, and was trying to form a team of metahuman heroes in the 1940s to check the rise of the Crime Syndicate. Vandar was impressed by Degatons ideals, but ultimately refused to join him. He felt that this idea of “questing” against evil men, rounding up gangsters and supercriminals and throwing them in jail, was treating the symptoms, not the problem, much as he had done for thousands of years. Every bad man captured was a drop in the bucket, ten more would always rise to take his place, until people learned to dedicate their lives to understanding and mastering themselves. “A great teacher,” he said “can do more good than a dozen knights errant. Take it from someone who has been both.”
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Post by starskyhutch76 on Apr 26, 2020 12:18:33 GMT
I really like this one. Instead of an immortal savage, he's an immortal scholar.
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Post by johnreiter902 on Apr 27, 2020 1:39:57 GMT
Origins: Quick-Jack As Johnny Quick’s criminal endeavors grew grander, so too did his ambition. He met with continued opposition and defeats from heroes like the SCU and Dr. Shadow, and was constantly trying to find new uses for his powers. After much experimentation, Quick learned how to break the time barrier, and travel through history. He had enough sense of self-preservation not to try and alter the past, but had no qualms against pillaging the future for wealth and advanced technology. He found easy pickings in some futures, where advanced technology had made the world so tame that superheroes were unknown. One of these eras was the 25th century. Eobard Thawne was one of the most brilliant and highly respected scientists of the 25th century. He was also one of the leading experts on 20th century history. As such, his skills were soon in high demand. The world government determined something must be done to stop the super-powered time traveler. Thawne was put in charge of the Quick project. He came up with an elaborate plan to capture a sample of Quick's DNA. From this, he was able to create a bio-reconfiguration process that would duplicate JQ's superhuman speed in a new person. The process was beyond dangerous, and the government begged him to use an expendable test subject. But Thawne refused to allow the process to be used on anyone but himself. It was the only solution his conscience could bear. The process gave Thawne superspeed, identical to Johnny Quick, and he called himself Quick-Jack. He drove JQ from the 25th century, and then went into the past to try to imprison him. Since then, he has remained in the 20th century, the self-appointed jailer of Johnny Quick. When Quick escapes jail, Quick-Jack hunts him down and brings him to justice (unless some other hero does first). As a heroic man with great power, Quick-Jack has also tried to use his powers to spread justice and help the innocent in the 20th century. He even became a member of the Super Crimes Unit. He is known as a secretive hero, because he fears to reveal to much about the future. He has adopted a 20th century job as a police officer for the Central City Police Department.
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Post by lawrenceliberty on Apr 27, 2020 13:23:36 GMT
I like this but I already wrote a different origin for Johnny Quick.
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Post by johnreiter902 on Apr 28, 2020 1:50:36 GMT
I like this but I already wrote a different origin for Johnny Quick. This is the origin for Quick-Jack, the counterpart of Professor Zoom, who was introduced as a member of the Super Crimes Unit in the story "Roll Call." I can change it to not conflict with your story easily.
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Post by lawrenceliberty on Apr 28, 2020 14:28:15 GMT
Thanks. You're fine. I was wrong.
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Post by DocQuantum on Apr 29, 2020 0:05:36 GMT
I totally forgot that I created Quick-Jack!
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Post by johnreiter902 on Apr 29, 2020 12:29:37 GMT
I totally forgot that I created Quick-Jack! I hope you like the origin story I came up with for him. I was inspired by the tone of silver age sci-fi stories like those in Tales to Astonish.
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Post by johnreiter902 on May 8, 2020 2:38:44 GMT
Origins: Myth Myth Rok was one of the most highly decorated police officers on the Thanagarian police force. He also had a secret edge. His mortal enemy was Katar Hol, also called Pteron. Katar Hol was the most ambitious thief on Thanagar, who craved not only fame, but also power. He used his father’s anti-gravity technology to enable him and his cohorts to stay one step ahead of the police. Katar even seduced a female officer named Shayera into joining him as his accomplice, a betrayal that gained him much information on the inner workings of the police force. Time and again Myth would close in, and time and again his foe would escape. Then, one day, Myth caught a tip that Pteron would try to steal something valuble from a brilliant scientist named Dr. Krotan. Myth raced to Krotan’s lab as fast as he could, not even waiting for backup. He found Pteron torturing Krotan for the secret of his latest invention. Myth drove the crime lord of Thanagar away, but it was too late for Krotan. With his dying breath, Krotan revealed to Myth his secret formula, which would enable the user to transform himself into any creature he had ever seen. Myth used the formula on himself, and with his new shapeshifting abilities he brought Pteron and his gang to justice for the first time. They would escape again, but each time he would capture them. Myth kept his powers a secret, since he knew the formula could cause great evil if it fell into the wrong hands. He would have loved to trust his fellow officers with it, but after the betrayal of Shayera he could not.
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Post by johnreiter902 on May 18, 2020 16:43:16 GMT
Origins: Agent Cobra With the rising number of supervillain threats in the world, the United Nations began a secret initiative to hunt down and eliminate threats to the world order. This initiative created an international covert operations organization, known only as “The 100.” The Purpose of the 100 was to monitor the planet earth covertly, though vast espionage networks, for potential threats to the stability of the world. The 100 received their name, because they 100 regional directors, who made their decisions by voting in a council. All the identities of the regional directors were secret, known only to the members of the council. The 100 established highly advanced RnD divisions, were some of the world’s best scientist would supply their trouble-shooting agents with the latest in covert operations equipment. They accumulated resources from around the world, including recruiting some of the best personal from military and intelligence organizations in every democratic nation (and a few others). Among the agents they recruited was Jeffrey Franklin Burr, formerly an agent from the American CIA. Jeffrey Burr was a bit of a maverick, with a quirky sense of humor, known for taking long odds, and a certain amount of arrogance and cynicism. However, he was an essential good man who believed in doing what was right, regardless of the consequences. He was a certifiable genius, a master of armed and unarmed combat, and a natural charmer. He quickly became the #1 agent for the 100, under the codename Agent Cobra. He had an uncanny knack for doing the impossible, seeing what other people missed, and getting out of deadly situations that would have killed a lesser agent. His skills were often requested around the globe, and he was one of the few agents of the 100 to serve under multiple directors. Agent Cobra’s only close relative is his twin brother, Jason. Jason was considered a disgrace by their father, a patriotic ex-military man. When he was a teenager, Jason became a devote pacifist and anarchist, a poster-child of the early hippy movement. He dropped out of college to join a utopian cult, vaguely based on a syncretic mixture of several Indian faiths. He and his brother rarely have spoken since their father’s death, since most meetings end in fierce arguments.
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Post by johnreiter902 on May 18, 2020 16:43:47 GMT
I think I will do some more villains after this. I have just been on a hero kick lately.
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Post by johnreiter902 on May 19, 2020 18:11:49 GMT
Origins: Prof. Fog Prof. Fog was originally an ancient African sorcerer in the kingdom of Kor, more than 10,000 years ago. He was one of the greatest sorcerers of his time, and in the beginning of his reign he was wise and good. However, over the years, he became corrupted with power. He became more and more tyrannical, more and more greedy and obsessed with magnifying his own grandeur. He even violated the sacred trust of his office and seized the power of the eternal Flame of Life, making himself immortal.
Eventually, his actions became too much for his subjects to bear. They rose up in a popular revolt and overthrew him. They were too numerous, even for his sorcery to defeat. However, they could not kill him, because he was immortal. Instead, they entombed him underneath his own evil citadel.
Millennia passed, and then an expedition into the heart of Africa uncovered the tomb. The archeologists accidentally released the ancient king, and repaid them by draining their minds of everything they knew about the 20th century, and leaving them as husks. Professor Fog was determined to rebuild his empire, and rule the world again. But his overthrow had made him cautious. He knew he would need many might enforcers to control the planet, particularly in this new era, where weapons were so much more powerful, and there was such abundance of super-humans. Therefore, he sent out mystic spells to the four corners of the globe, recruiting the the most dangerous criminals of a dozen nations. Batwoman (USA), Cheetah (South Africa), Crotaline (Venezuela), Frostbite (Norway), Goldenlocks (UK), Lightninglord (Taiwan), Octavia (Denmark), Pumpkinhead Jack (Ireland), Rising Moon (Japan), Seraph (Israel), The Devil (Australia), and Titan (Greece). This group became known as Injustice International.
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