(despite my silly captions i am quite excited abt this au. bad boys here!)
loreeee down here
cleo:
- only discovered her powers after dying during a random villain’s attack on the hero’s headquarters. her death was a casualty of the wider battle, falling debris took them out almost instantly. however, in the wake of the attack it took a while for anyone to come forward and identify the body. in which time, their powers activated and she unintentionally reanimated herself
- following the apparent miracle, the heroes took her into their ranks and she began her training as a hero. over the course of several years, they would be sent on the more dangerous missions, subsequently resulting in their body dying multiple times and gaining a zombified appearance
- her secondary ability manifested after the death of beloved hero, The Angel. with the heroes’ ranks thin and their only remaining teammates backed into a corner, cleo called upon The Angel for help. to everyone’s surprise, he dragged himself out of the ground (albeit a bit worse for wear) and threw himself into the fight. from there, cleo would call upon willing souls to help in the larger fights against villains
- cleo is currently deemed to be one of the senior heroes in the corp as a result of their long tenure and general experience. her and impulse often take on the roles of team captains
skizz:
- formerly one of the city’s most beloved heroes, exceptionally well known for both his hero work, and for his volunteering amongst charities and hospitals. formerly, he and impulse were the figureheads of the hero corp, but after his death, he honourably passed the torch onto cleo
- due to his appearance, he’s generally only called upon to help heal heroes within the tower, but be deeply misses being out amongst the people, helping whoever might need him. when not actively being called upon, his body is lain to rest in the hero corp’s private morgue
- he often asks cleo to raise him even when there isn’t an active threat, missing his friends and knowing that they miss him too
- in his new lease in afterlife, skizz has brushed off his psychology diploma and has taken on a role as a semi-official therapist for the heroes
mumbo:
- mumbo struggles more with the ethics of his position as an undead operative. even before death, his role amongst the heroes was primarily as an engineer behind the scenes. now his office is his tomb, he has not yet connected with any of his friends and family out of fear of how they might perceive him now
- he particularly misses his two best friends and housemates, grian and scar, unaware that the former is wreaking havoc on the heroes on his behalf
- as much as he enjoys inventing and helping the heroes, mumbo physically doesn’t enjoy being undead. his ‘willingness’ to be summoned is mostly out of a lingering sense of duty, as opposed to any real vigour for life
- generally, mumbo feels the most normal around tango, a fellow engineer when he isn’t out doing fieldwork. tango’s focus on their technology and wider work helps mumbo dissociate himself from the reality he finds himself in
- the most recent hero to join the team! she’s something of a prodigy for her age, given how late her powers developed, and while they aren’t the most combat-oriented, she more than makes up for it with her physical capabilities (a large percentage of which were honed during her days as a vigilante)
- as aforementioned, gem’s powers manifested later than most (typically it’s early teens alongside puberty, hers developed around the age of 22). after a stint of ill health worsened by gem trying to simply exercise her way out of it, she collapsed while out for a run and her consciousness slipped from her body. in the panic, she couldn’t find her way back until a stranger (who she would later learn was joel) unintentionally brought her back. the two would quite quickly become friends, with joel offering advice on how to manage her powers, and gem pushing him into becoming a better fighter physically; and over the course of a few years, they came a vigilante duo
- however, gem always had high aims. she pursued a place amongst the heroes corp and eventually made it in. despite her encouraging joel to also join, she never succeeded and the two amicably parted ways. despite this, they would occasionally collaborate behind the scenes to benefit their respective goals. when joel finally flipped to becoming a villain, these collaborations declined, however they never aim to truly hurt one another in battle - a bit of secret friendly sparring never goes amiss though
- in the present, gem has a solid place amongst the heroes’ coalition, impulse took her on as an apprentice of sorts, and she has more than exceeded his expectations. the two still collaborate often, finding ways to combine their abilities. gem also often finds herself in the company of pearl, the two developing a close friendship which reflects itself as a strong partnership on the battlefield. all in all, gem is overjoyed to be a fully fledged hero, but occasionally wishes she could just let loose a little
impulse
- one of the senior heroes in both rank and skill, formerly managed the team alongside his closest friend skizz. after skizz’s death, he struggled for a while to maintain his hero duties, letting a lot of the decisions fall on tango’s shoulders. however, after a young and inexperienced gem joined the team, he flung himself headfirst into training her and guiding her towards becoming a capable hero. the two share an easy bond and can often be seen working together both within the headquarters and out on the field
- by nature, impulse generally tries not to hurt any villains or criminals he’s sent to deal with. he much prefers simply teleporting them into prison wagons, where they are then sent through rehabilitation programs. slow to anger, it takes a lot to truly work impulse up into a rage - however, when this does happen, the traps he lays can be monumental
- impulse feels quite a lot of guilt over mumbo’s death, and struggles greatly to comply with his request of not telling his immediate family and friends about the whole being-undead-thing. the knowledge that they’re out there grieving weighs quite heavily on his shoulders, and behind the scenes, he has been searching for ways to subtly compensate them for their loss
- not-so-secretly, impulse greatly prefers working within the walls of the headquarters. whether it be developing new technology with tango and mumbo, or training new recruits, or even just handling paperwork. while he is a capable fighter, he’s much more at home when making the cogs and gears of the hero corp turn
back to villains!! the weird barely platonic soulmates ever
(bad boys, cleo + co, gem and her senior citizen)
LORE, LORE HERE
obviously i went with dogwarts era
the red banners:
- a coalition of villains and criminals lead by ‘the red king’ and his right-hand-man, listener. ren offers them protection from authorities and the space to perform their illicit acts, in return for their loyalty during wide-scale fights against heroes
- the organisation is difficult to locate without the right channels and has been a significant thorn in the hero coalition’s side for many years
- subsequently, some people join the red banners to disappear from the public eye. ren has an occasional sympathetic side and has offered a ‘witness protection scheme’ of sorts to whoever might need it - particularly those who were unjustly wronged by heroes
- however, those who have wronged the red banners will find themselves hunted to the ends of the earth. ren and his closest associates do not tolerate traitors of any sort
ren:
- former theatre kid. uses the villain stuff as an outlet. he, and by extension, listener often receive mockery for the whole fantasy medieval theme they have going on, but by this point, ren is fully committed to sticking to his guns
- he has a slight soft spot for impulse. given how long their rivalry has lasted as respective figureheads of their organisations, ren feels a sort of respect towards him. while he still wouldn’t hesitate to take him down on the battlefield, he isn’t particularly interested in employing any underhand techniques to take him down. after so long, there is a sort of mutual agreement to stay out of one another’s business
- all things considered, ren doesn’t actually use his powers that often. instead, he and listener practice sword fighting regularly and use it to gain a surprise advantage against their enemies. they’re probably the only people who could get away with bringing a sword to a gunfight
- ren’s health fluctuates somewhat, leading him to conduct a lot of his work from behind the scenes, allowing martyn to take over most public duties. however, the two spend a lot of time together as they discuss the going-ons of the red banners
martyn:
- goes without saying, but he would lay his life down for ren. the two are incredibly codependent, but martyn is especially protective of his king and takes a lot of pleasure from defending him and fighting others in his name
- regarding everyone who isn’t ren (and to a lesser extent, the red banners), martyn’s loyalties are fleeting. he uses others to his advantage and isn’t afraid to make enemies of people if it will benefit him in the long run. occasionally, ren will scout out allies who have had previous encounters of a violent manner with martyn, leading to slightly uncomfortable meetings
- although bigb isn’t actually aligned with the heroes or villains, martyn is quite keen to keep him on-side. in return for accurate intel on the wider city’s happenings, martyn often supplies bigb with information he’s managed to attain with his powers. (bigb himself is something of an honorary red banner)
- occasionally, city life can lead to martyn’s empowered hearing overwhelming his senses, resulting in him only activating them when strictly necessary. in most combat situations, he relies on a bola to trap his enemies before striking them down with his sword, he’s developed something of a reputation for being a dangerous foe
(bad boys, cleo + co, gem and her senior citizen, dogwarts)
i’ve barely watched these guys’ povs and it’s about to be obvious (lore below)
scott:
- basically the poster child of the hero’s coalition. heroes naturally get a lot of praise for their work, and scott absolutely revels in the attention and fame. to an extent, he doesn’t quite take his role seriously until a certain attack takes a near-fatal turn. after a brush with death, he approaches his work with a new sense of care
- visor is more for style + communications from command. since he can alter how people perceive him, he just chooses a different face to mimic every time he goes out in the field and doesn’t really have to worry about being recognised
- surprisingly competent. he uses his general personality and demeanour to put enemies off his scent, pretending to be a lot less capable than he actually is. he then can use the element of surprise to his advantage when he absolutely floors his enemies
- a little too willing to sacrifice himself if it means saving his teammates
pearl:
- took her a while to come to terms with and accept her powers. due to the damages she caused during her first transformation, she considered them to be a liability for quite some time. after one transformation lead to a rampage, she was intercepted by starfall who saw potential in her abilities, and encouraged her to start training in the heroes corp. from there, she found a place on the team and as scott’s partner
- while in her werewolf form, pearl can become quite fixated on her targets, dissociating from everything else around her, and her own pain. given his familiarity with her, scott is quite adept at bringing her back from this state
- despite her hero partnership with scott, pearl functions well with gem too due to their more compatible powers. pearl’s canine senses allow her to detect when gem is near in her astral projection state, allowing gem to be her eyes and ears when she focuses too deeply on a target
- of all the heroes, pearl probably exhibits the most differences between her hero and civilian states. as a hero, she is a hyper-competent warrior whose missions come first, regardless of the cost. on the other hand, her demeanour as a civilian is much more playful and sweet
woow scout making a superhero au..? stop the presses 😐
my usual trick: lore below
going to keep it as concise as i can for the sake of everyone involved
the bad boys:
- a villain group who specifically target the hero coalition for their own individual goals
- were initially just uni friends and eventual flatmates (during this time, they all eventually discovered one a others’ powers) who eventually drifted apart when their adult lives took over
- jimmy joined the hero corp for a while until eventually leaving on bad terms, joel went off to do some occasional vigilante or hired work where he had encounters with other vigilantes, grian leaned away from the hero scene and simply focussed on his work until a tragedy brought him back into the thick of things
- years later, when grian’s tragic event occurred, he and jimmy sought each other out to try get revenge on the hero coalition and sort of just communally decided it wouldn’t be the same without joel, thus leading them to bring him back into the fold. joel didn’t have any particular revenge plan, he just didn’t like how cliquey the corp was
jimmy:
- once a part of the hero coalition, was one of the newer recruits and essentially got bullied off of the team due to his tendency to drop first in fights. bit of a weird situation with scott who he once considered an exceptionally close friend, tries to avoid him in fights. otherwise, his role as a villain is to get revenge on the organisation who wronged him
- like grian, his wings can only be used for gliding or slowing falls
- the whole songbird -> invisibility bit is playing on the fact that (unless you’re an actual mega cool bird watcher) you can rarely pick out an individual bird’s song amongst the morning chorus, and jim’s powers let him seamlessly become another face in the crowd, even when he’s not invisible
- as a result of this, he’s pretty lax about keeping his identity secret since people just don’t tend to notice him
- originally he wanted to name himself more generically after songbirds, but the hero coalition jokingly officially branded him as canary due to the aforementioned lack of skill
grian:
- never originally had much interest in the hero/villain scene, despite him having powers. generally kept them on the down-low during uni
- after graduating, he would make friends with mumbo, an empowered engineer who worked for the hero’s coalition. they pretty quickly became best friends and became flatmates with another shared friend, scar. however, a few years down the line, mumbo would be a collateral death while he was out doing fieldwork. this completely broke grian, who viewed it as a failure of the hero’s system
- jimmy, who had long since left the hero corp by this point, saw the news coverage of the event and reconnected with grian, mostly just to see if he was alright. however, grian saw this as an opportunity to make a stand against the heroes, rallying jimmy’s lingering anger against the heroes and seeking out joel to complete their trio
- couldn’t bear staying in his old flat any longer due to the absence of mumbo and unofficially moved into jimmy’s flat (alongside joel). he tries not to think about the fact that he basically abandoned scar
joel:
- always found the whole hero/villain thing a bit silly, but historically has intervened when he’s seen injustice. his vigilante work was largely morality based, as opposed to legality based, for example, he might prevent robberies on small businesses, but facilitate the robberies of larger companies
- while most people’s powers develop alongside puberty, some are late bloomers and joel happened upon one individual Just as she was discovering her powers. this turned out to be gem, and the two teamed up for a while, with joel teaching her everything he knew about managing powers, and gem providing a new outlook on the systems at play. gem would eventually leave to become an official hero, but the two stayed in quiet contact, occasionally helping one another where their respective stations would limit them
- in this young-adult-era of this life, joel also briefly aligned himself with a vigilante contractor, etho, but things eventually turned a little sour between them and they went their separate ways
- in joel’s dreams, there was once another woman who he cared about more than anything. but something happened. most of the time he isn’t sure if she ever even existed at all
ooh spooky. lore. i have a few of the designs already drawn but i’ll probably just drop one a day to give me a chance to finish some of the other ones. in the meantime, feel free to ask questions and i’ll be tagging things with this -> #scout’s life series!hero/villains
There's something tragically beautiful at the lifers persistence to keep taming dogs when they keep losing them each world update
Some have figured out that they will only be safe if they keep them inside their bases, but how safe can they really be now that those are getting trapped and exploded
And despite it all they keep them for no other reason than wanting a companionship, one that they won't have to question unlike they would with their teams and allies
They might have mentioned making one, but there's no dog army
just a tiefling artificer with his (firework) rocket boots
NOTE: i've been meaning to design cub's dnd character for awhile and he's finally here! we did it during a stream yesterday. i love the rainbow pants, i need them.
as I was watching I was thinking "man this is like a whole siege, they brought a siege weapon and everything" and then Grian said "the siege of the lighthouse" and I immediately had to draw something
I'm so normal about scar almost pvping skizz and intimidating Jimmy too. He years for violence sm, i wonder what he'll do next session if he doesn't get to kill someone like he so much wants to
RIIIGHT?!?!?! I said it in my rambling text post but its SO SO SO OBVIOUS. THAT SCAR CANNOT STOP THINKING LIKE A RED NAME ANYMORE.
And Past life isnt helping with the Boogey curse being back either!! Just look at when he got it in session two! "No matter who I look at- even my own team- All I See Is Red." Him being so so so determined to get multikills when he rolls boogey. For NO REASON. He. Wants. Blood.
And Past Life is TEASING him with how little he's dying, while giving him boogey twice. taunting him with the ability to kill.
Its a damn MIRACLE that he managed to hold back when Skizz and Bdubs were both telling him to fight Skizz. ESPECIALLY because Scar in general seems REALLY BAD at disobeying when someone gives him PERMISSION to kill. (AND he still went and asked Grian anyway?? Insane. Gay behavior /silly)
Scar's damn lucky hes good at following This One Rule. I'd love to see Scar go crazy before hes red but the consequences would be BAD. But the whole server also seems to know you don't fuck with Scar. You Cannot Attack Him First. He may be bad at pvp but you WILL reap what you sow when it comes to Scar. He holds GRUDGES.
The rejects are getting massive targets on their backs w/ Jim and Skizz taunting Scar this session, and Bigb's mild betrayal. Scar NEARLY KILLED HIMSELF just so he could fight Skizz (and while unsaid, very likely Jimmy and to a lesser extent, Bigb).
And they KNOW this. Or at LEAST Jimmy does. Jim was on his team last season, he KNOWS Scar on red. The fact Scar can Silently Walk Toward Jimmy and Jim is instantly Terrified and running away and unable to get any words out, really says a damn lot!!!
And Jim just throws Bigb under the bus too. Where Scar wont even hear him out, so All Scar can really assume is that Bigb Never Really Wanted To Build That Connection. Given hes been scared of Scar since the beginning, and imo, Scar has held a grudge since double life (though I dont think he'd ever admit it, I will never forget the random line in Wild life where he just. Said he wanted to kill Bigb. For No Reason. Completely unprompted.) They had so much potential to finally reconcile and be FRIENDS but Bigb chose to lure in Scar when Jim asked for a target.
Joel is the only reject that HASNT gotten on Scars badside now. And I can't imagine that changing but given how bloodthirsty Scar is post-secret life. I dont think it'll even matter when Scar can eventually kill. ESPECIALLY If Jimmy gets out before he can kill him. I firmly believe if Jim dies before Scar is red/can kill him, Scar will take it out on the whole team- especially since 3/4 of them are already on his shit list.
This man is NOT okay. And I do NOT have enough popcorn for this.
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