Editing AGE OF WONDERS - "The IMPERIALS" (section)

==AGE OF WONDERS: Setting Background==
: '''The IMPERIALS''' ''(MARVEL's Victorian Age Avengers)''
: PL8 | 120pp  |  Trade-offs Max +3/-3 (unless otherwise approved)  |  +5pp for completion of Background & 3x3s
:: ''It's the Victorian Age, 1888. The world needs heroes, great heroes. In a setting "re-imagined" from Marvel Comics. Players take the role of any previous "Avenger" from Marvel Comics continuity and "re-imagines" them in a Victorian state of mind. ONLY former Avenger characters are allowed (but many many Marvel heroes have been Avengers!).''
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'''THE GREAT GAME'''
: The AVENGERS are heroes, special agents of Queen & Country. 
: ''First concieved to reform a group previously considered during the reign of Queen Elizabeth that had vanished without a trace some 330 years ago. The reason for the lag in reforming the team was: lack of need and the time in finding men of power such as yourself. 
: The previous Avengers team (the Imperials) were heroes of the generation that could have consisted of people that would be the age of an older sibling to your forefathers. This group was known to most commoners as special guard to the Queen but they were likely not on "your" power level (as powers have increase on the average in YOUR generation). So you may or may not have heard of them...'' 
: You will be housed in the Tower of London... 
: ''The Council of War Room is housed in Broad Arrow Tower (also known as: Wakefield Tower) and your quarters will be with the other guards to the Queen in the Fortress just below Broad Arrow or if you are of a family of note you will have a cottage in the Yeoman Warders’ Homes area.''

'''THE SETTING'''
: ''More of a "Age of Wonders" type of Avengers of the Gaslight era type thing. That's inspired by the Marvel comic 1602. 
: While I'll use enough of the mood/themes to give the feeling of the Victorian Age I don't plan to go too crazy with gothic/horror. that's the main reason I went away from naming the group some sort of secret society... I want them to be wonders... hence all the "Men of Honor", “Sons of Darwin”, "Witchbreed" and the team name "the AVENGERS".''

'''THE MEN OF RENOWN'''  (not “supers” or “super powered”) 
: ''Whether mutant, clockwork golem, alien, paranormal, or trained hero I want to have a term for the supers of the setting. I don't imagine it being that regal (as opposed to the Mutant-Aristocracy), but it's not negative. 
: It is 1889, the world is lit by gaslight. For the most part history remains unchanged, with minor additions and changes caused from the "super powered". Scientists of the ages have given them the scientific name "Lusus Naturae". History has been littered with people of legend and myth today they are known largely as "MEN OF RENOWN" (or simply the "RENOWN"). The world looks at these oddities with awe and suspicion... All save those of the more noble birth - some RENOWN came into their powers through their ancestory. They are known as the “Sons of Darwin”,  “the Witchbreed”  (or as Darwin terms: “MAJESTIC"), while basically a mutant by our standards these men and women are looked at in high regard. They descend from Witchbreed Ancestory... A noble stock. Family lines pass along many similar traits and are known for their abilities. Only the grotesque of the Witchbreed family lines are not regarded as aristocracy, most Witchbreed find wealth and fame by carrying on the traditions of their family.'' 

'''POWER SOURCES'''
: ''The Power Sources that all your powers should be listed as follow.  Mystic power source is generally left to the opposition. 
: Victorian Society is coming to terms with itself through science and invention. Heroes wishing to have a Mystic Power Source must speak with me about the origin in better detail. Some power sources may BE mystic but they are assumed to be under one of the above for the Victorian Society.'' 
:: '''ALIEN''' 
::: ''You are of alien stock. Alien races may have abilities that are super-human by comparison to Earthlings, particularly in Earth's enviroment. Contact with alien or alien technology also may transform ordinary Earthlings, giving them powers and abilities far beyond those of their fellow men. Not all aliens come from other planets - included in this branch of power source is: Gods, Lost Earthly Cultures, Atlantians, Martians, MoonMen, and those from other dimensions.'' 
:: '''SONS OF DARWIN''' 
::: ''You are of majestic stock. By Darwin's studies we know that evolution is a reality. Throughout known history there have been legends of great heroes - this may be the solution. The Majestic are known to have evolved beyond human capacity, derived from their ancestory, having abilities and powers beyond mortal man. Generally the line of succession follows a set of parameters on which the Majestic ancestory follow, but it is not limited to further evolution. The Majestic metamorphose or "emerge" through any means of cause - from coming of age to outside stimuli. Majestic are generally thought of as family lines in the Arthurian sense and take to royalty should the family (and evolution of powers) appear favorable to society.'' 
::: ''The idea for this one is that all "mutants" (people born with powers) have inherited the same powers from their ancestory, but with the "mutant-gene" getting stronger with every couple generations.'' 
::: ''Similar to Marvel Comics the mutants  (aka.  Sons of Darwin  or  Witchbreed) are looked at with disdain and suspicion in most cases, thought to be mockeies by some.  On the other hand there are those that are men of science and believe in the newly coined term of Darwinism.  This is the next evolutionary state.   Many of these men/women's families are becoming the aristocracy within such science circles. And the outlook of the “enlightened” Victorian person is becoming more of AWE and lesser fear of the mutant.  "Witchbreed" is the old-world negative term for Mutants.  "Sons of Darwin" is the overall term and  “Majestics”  is the new Darwin coined term for these wonders.''
:: '''MAD SCIENCE''' 
::: ''You are a product of mad science. From gadgeteering to men of science to true pioneers of tomorrow's theories, and any of their creations - these are considered the Mad Science power sources.'' 
:: '''TUTELAGE''' 
::: ''You are a master of skill and training. Through aspiration, training and hard work you have developed yourself to the limits of human capacity. Your abilities may seem "Majestic" in ability and scale but your family hasn't exibited Majestic Ancestory...'' 
:: '''MYSTIC''' 
::: ''Mystic power source is generally left to the opposition. Victorian Society is coming to terms with itself through science and invention. Some power sources may BE mystic but they are assumed to be under one of the above for the Victorian Society.''
 
'''THE AVENGERS'''
: ''The AVENGERS were formed early in the Queen Elizabeth’s reign and consisted of several men and women of Renown. Their powers let them be a formidable special league to serve and protect Queen and Country. The original AVENGERS were regarded as heroes known across the UK, but details were always scarce and sketchy at best. 
: They were formed based on the 1555 "calculatiions" of horoscopes of Queen Mary and Princess Elizabeth by Nicholas Dee “the Fury”, Dee was arrested and the charges were expanded to treason against Mary. Dee appeared in the Star Chamber and exonerated himself, but was turned over to the reactionary Catholic Bishop Bonner for religious examination. His strong and lifelong penchant for secrecy perhaps worsening matters, this entire episode was only the most dramatic in a series of attacks and slanders as Dee sought to protect the crown to be. Clearing his name yet again, he soon became a close associate of Bonner, then later when Elizabeth took the throne in 1558, choosing Elizabeth's coronation date himself. 
: Dee became her trusted advisor on astrological, scientific and defense matters forming S.H.E.I.L.D., Britain's supreme intelligence agency for advocating resource control in renown, majestic and weird happenings. 
: Recently Queen Victoria has issued request for the recreation of the HMM team. The creation of the new team has come from the urging of Queen Victoria's Prime Minister (leading his administration from the House of Lords since 1895), Henry-Peter Gyrich, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, with several recent "accidents" and threats to the Queen hopes to alliviate further problems. Along with several of the Queen's lead scientists and researchers he has compiled a master list of the best options for the new AVENGERS and has begun making contact to bring them under contract. He is an Imperialist with plans for expanding the Royal Navy and the formation of Her Majesty's Men (the AVENGERS) that is causing disagreement within the Liberal Party.  It is rumored that his care is so great that he would resign following a vote of censure over military supplies.  
: With his status, Gyrich is one of only two humans (the second being the Queen) who can affect the AVENGERS in many difficult ways. He has the need for control.  Gyrich in the past has revoked the AVENGERS' priority status after noting several (in his mind) problems with the team. 
: Gyrich oversaw various S.H.E.I.L.D. activities, and most recently forbade their presistance in forming these AVENGERS to go on a mission to help Captain Britain (John Carter). The next incident involved a security leak. Gyrich took part in a Parliment investigation involving the formation of the AVENGERS which claimed they were threats to the state's security. When the investigation was over, Parliment drafted a charter of guidelines for any future invarnations of  the AVENGERS to follow.
: Gyrich formed the Commission on Men of Renown Activities, the oversight body on activities of such individuals across the Empire; there he was part of the team that forced Captain Britain to resign. Gyrich also took part in Stratigem: Wideawake. A project of Parliment commission designed to deal with the problems concerning indigent Men of Renown across the Empire.''


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