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[[Bombshell]] (Miriam Jones) - Welsh cleaning lady became Super Soldier after Nazis attacked the lab she was working at. | [[Bombshell]] (Miriam Jones) - Welsh cleaning lady became Super Soldier after Nazis attacked the lab she was working at. | ||
| − | [[Daksha Chaturvedi]] - Incredibly wealthy and brilliant, she is the inventor of the | + | [[Daksha Chaturvedi]] - Incredibly wealthy and brilliant, she is the inventor of the '''Hyper Solar Process''', and is out to save India and the world. |
[[Dr. Kadabra]], aka Dr. Alberto Kadbras - a Professor X for the [[Changelings]] crowd. | [[Dr. Kadabra]], aka Dr. Alberto Kadbras - a Professor X for the [[Changelings]] crowd. | ||
Revision as of 22:07, 12 November 2011
At the center of the Multiverse is Earth-0, a planet of superheroes connected to hundreds of different parallel worlds. Its heroes not only defend their own planet from invasion by parallel universes but also defend other worlds. It is THE TOBYVERSE.
Heroes
Bialobog, aka Koschey (Lt. Alexander Igorovic Koshtinenchko) - Pilot, cosmonaut, experimental subject, now a godlike being with a plan.
Bombshell (Miriam Jones) - Welsh cleaning lady became Super Soldier after Nazis attacked the lab she was working at.
Daksha Chaturvedi - Incredibly wealthy and brilliant, she is the inventor of the Hyper Solar Process, and is out to save India and the world.
Dr. Kadabra, aka Dr. Alberto Kadbras - a Professor X for the Changelings crowd.
Dr. Dinah - A world-class genius form an alternate world, and, oh yeah, a raptor.
Elizabeth Wright - Newt as a time traveling Batman, out to change her past.
Geoffrey Daniels - A slacker with the power of Creation.
Jessica Mason - Once a teen superhero using the power of The Ship, now bonded with it as the mighty Legendary.
Julius Rex Lexington Faraday - A Vampire James Bond.
Karl Draugr - Revenant detective, fighting his darker urges while working for justice.
Magus Eternal - The Sorcerer Supreme, latest of a long line, with all the others looking over his shoulder.
Multiple Max - A feature of many alternate timelines, he comes in many forms, and works well together.
Norman "Normal" Kant - A normal guy who happens to be immune to magic. Town Sheriff of Tăcere.
Torgar the Savage - Apparently the fictional creation of Jonathan K. Hoynes, until he showed up, seeking out evil and adventure with equal abandon.
Villains
Omega Mastodon - A jobber brick of a villain from the east coast.
The Brewery Boys - A retro crime-gang in Atlantis
The McFlint Gang - A retro crime-gang in Atlantis
The Totality - A cloud of yocto-machines, all that remains of the race that ate the universe tapped by the Genesis Device. They are in our future, looking to get their energy back.
Teams
New Guardians - active hero team.
The Damocles Directive - a team of interdimensional refugees, using the knowledge they gain from dying worlds to prevent ours from becoming one of them.
The Inventurers - a team of pulp heroes, apparently fictional in origin.
The Middle Eastern Team - a Middle Eastern team, as yet unnamed.
Young Guardians - disbanded hero team.
Zero Battalion - a classified Marine task force fighting demon incursions.
Organizations
Changelings - people born with a recessive Fey gene that expresses itself in odd appearance and/or abilities.
The Seven - Avatars of cosmic forces with an interest in our universe
The University of Light - a loose affiliation of mages dedicated to the White Arts
The Visionaries - Group of forward-thinking businessmen who maneuvered themselves into ownership of Atlantis
The Rodney Epstein Foundation for Meta Counseling and Education - Organization dedicated to helping super teens choose a normal life.
Locations
Atlantis - Technologically advanced artificial island. A sort of high-tech Victorian England.
СOПРАСH (ULTRASP) - Bialobog's techno-Utopia. Formerly part of Siberia and Central Asia.
Dimension Zero - A Hell-like dimension, source of the demons that are attacking the US.
Elizabeth's Future - Complete with apocalypse and time machine.
Nexus City - Found in Antarctica, home of the Nexus Gate, which grabs groups of beings from other worlds.
Sheol - The Super-Prison.
Singh Khalja - A future star empire, led by Guang Singh. WH40k's Empire with Chinese/South Asian influences instead of Gothic/Catholic.
Tăcere - a small town hidden in Mexico - a refuge for the weird and scarred alike.
The Expanse - Where magic comes from, and magical beings dwell. There be Dragons! (And worse...)
Fiction
Amina Durriyyah Speaks On Interdimensional Refugees
Timeline
1400 years ago Karl Draugr becomes a revenant.
1837 Julius Rex Lexington Faraday is born.
1857 Baron Nemesis, somehow creates an island in the Atlantic. He is defeated by a coalition of forces led by the British.
1867 or so The island created by Baron Nemesis is eventually sold to a group of mostly-British businessmen.
1894 The Visionaries, by now in complete control of the artificial island, announce that their project is complete, and open Atlantis to the world.
100 Years Ago Shackleford and the Nimrod Expedition discover Nexus City in the Antarctic. The Nexus Gate is activated.
1910s During the height of World War I, the people of Atlantis declare it a free and independent state.
1917 The University of Light is destroyed, and its Great Library burned.
1920s Atlantis' immigration restrictions are eased. Tăcere is found, deep in the forests of Mexico.
1930s Atlantis is hit brutally by the worldwide Depression, and is forced to import workers after many of their own leave the island.
1940s Atlantis enters the war in 1942 on the side of the allies. It begins using airships to move goods in hopes of avoiding u-boats.
1950s Atlantis serves as a meeting ground for early Cold War diplomatic meetings. It also begins to recruit scientists and scholars from all over the world.
1965 Atlantis is conquered by the forces of Doctor Xyle. The Atlantean resistance eventually brings down his shields and disables his bombs, allowing an international task force to aid them in retaking the island.
Late 1970s Disaster befalls the Bialobog Project. Over ten years later, the results emerge.
1990s СOПРАСH established by Bialobog as part of his Plan.
The Changeling Advent Many people born with the Fey gene start converting.
Far in the Future Atlantean scientist Miriam Fellah invents the Genesis Device, providing free energy.
Many Years Later Malaysian researchers, led by Mamat Muda, prove that the Genesis Device drains power from another dimension. A Damocles Directive team is sent to investigate, and is lost.
300 Years After That Guang Singh overthrows the League of United Planets and establishes Singh Khalja in its place.
