Storm Hawks Au / OC lore dump
So, I've made like, 2-4 posts talking vaguely about it.
The Au takes place 10 years after the Storm Hawks chase after Cyclonis to the far side.
And they have not returned. A key element is that every Sky Knight Summit, there is a full hour dedicated to sharing information and leads on the Storm Hawks and how to help them.
The plot of the AU follows a brand new Sky Knight Squadron called the Emerald Shards.
The squad is comprised of:
Dart - 19, a Raptor/Terradon who is Squad leader, uses a whip as his main weapon. And has a real long tail, like, it's so long, it can be used to do thos tail hug things with like five whole people. Has pure golden retriever energy, really sweet and caring, but can be real intimidating when he needs to be. Cares about is team so much.
Viggo - 18, a wheelchair bound Wallop, who is the helmsman and Sharpshooter, his wheelchair can transform into a scorpion and connect to a custom made skimmer, curtesy of the combined efforts of the Crystal mage and Engineer. The wheelchair and a Crystal powered sniper rifle are his main weapon. He used to work cutomer service at a Sky Ship dealership. Hated his job so much, but he was good at it. Smart, and sarcastic.
Jax -19, a Blizarian with two missing limbs a la Edward Elric style, metal mechanical limbs and all, who is the Strongmen and demolition expert. He used twin short blades similar to Aerrow (because I think I'm funny). Jax is kind, but can also be dense. And due to his Blizarian upbringing he tends to side with the Crystal Mage and Medic in an argument and is generally down to do whatever the girls want.
Chickadee (DeDe) - 17, a Merd and crystal mage, she uses a staff. Is really into fashion and infusing Crystals into clothes. Has a bunch of high grade shielding Crystal embedded into the harness she wares.
Ashly (Ash) - 17, a Cyclonian, he's the teams engineer, he uses a sword, similar to Dark Ace, but it's less claymore and more broad sword. Bro is scared easy, and is a sweet bean. He's general Chicken Feathers son, the third oldest.
Robin - 17, half Sage combat medic. She uses crystal infused trick hoops and has the ability to create duplicates with a low-grade duplication crystal, as they are now more safe to use but are hard to fine. As a Sage Robin has the ability to turn into an avian(a crow like bird with greed tipped fethers) and an electrical affinity, she doesn't use her abilities all that much, but if they squad mutually agrees, she'll do what she can with then. Is a bit of a pessimist, and blunt, but truly dose care about her team and the people around her.
The base story takes place 10 years after Cyclonia Rising.
With the biggest player out, a lot of other factions scramble to fill the void Cyclonia left. Snipe, Ravess, an unknown Sage and a few other more minor factions are all still causing trouble, and even fighting for what remains of Cyclonia. Snipe, Ravess and the unknown Sage are the three largest factions, comprised of former Talons, bandits, machineries and anyone else they manage to drag into their madness.
A thing the whole Atmos is dealing with is something known as "Black Outs", in this case Crystal Energy across the open expanse, all just stops/dips, for a period of time before booting back up. They happen once every few months, and has been a constant since about a year or so since Cyclonia fell, and everyone is concerned about it.
The Emerald Shards, are a newly minted team, everyone being 17-19 years old. And choose to follow in the foot steps on the Storm Hawks, flying across the skies in their sky ship The Jewel Box, answering the call where ever and when ever.
A major theme for all of them is a sense of identity.
Dart, as a Raptor is often seen as scary at a first glace despite being a really kind and sweet individual. he want's to brake out of that, to be seen for who he is, and not just 'another raider'
DeDe, is actually the daughter of two skilled Merb doctors who ran a small clinic on a Terra they moved too not long after Terra Merb was taken over by Cyconia. DeDe always loved fashion, and had a fascination with crystals, but her parent's wanted her to be a doctor as well. They where very much so against DeDe learning either of the two things, until Robin's guardian, a retired Sky Knight approached with an offer, they teach Robin medicine, and he tach's DeDe everything he knows about Crystals and what little he knows about sewing. DeDe's parent's agree, but DeDe still can't help but feel she's disappointing them, and not being a 'good daughter'
Robin, as a half Sage and Medic, deals with her identity issues more quietly. She doesn't like being compared to, or put in the same category as the other Sages. They are egotistical and pawn off their work to anyone dumb enough to do it. At the same time because she technically dose have inate abilities, an electricity affinity, most think she should be doing 'more' then just being a medic. And sometimes she can't help but feel she should be more even though she chose to be a medic because it's what she wanted. And then there's the whole 'medics are weak and unless' thing.
Jax, after being critically injured and losing the function of his left leg and right arm. He felt like less of a Blizarian. Even after Ash and DeDe made his prosthetics, he can't help but feel he's still being too careful. On top of that, some think he's stupid and just an adrenaline junky when he's so much more.
Ash, his dad, Chicken Fethers gave him a damn complex all because CF wanted him to be like Dark Ace. Ash just wanted to be his own person, but because of his dad's instances on him learning how to use a sword he sometimes compares himself to Dark Ace which he hates because that man scares the shit out of him. On top of that, as the only visibly Cyclonian of the team, he faces discrimination even though its been ten years.
Viggo, is literally a Wallop bound to act wheelchair. Wallops are known for being strong and tuff, braking rocks with their heads, and bending metal beams like butter. He feels like he's inadequate. His parents basically steamrolled and took control of his life because he was disabled, making sure he never did anything 'dangerous' to the point they made him get a job at a Sky Ship dealership even though Viggo loved maps charting them, all because the dealer was the 'safe job'. After joining the Shards as their Helmsman he made it his mission to be more, and with Jax and Robin's help learned to Shoot a Crossbow(he's always leveled right lmao) and Ash and DeDe made him a custom transforming Wheelchair(it looks like a scorpion) to give him the ability to choose how much he wants to interact with the word, either with wheels for the the metal scorpion legs. Others outside his friends still tend to demean and over look him however, and he can be self conscious about that. (he later builds a literal sniper rifle, its been ten years so tech evolved)
fun fact, all the Shards identify as Cyclonian. this is because they all grew up on Terra's colonized by Cyclonia. But aside for Ash who visibly looks Cyclonian, none of the Shards bring it up unless asked.
Robin especially. She won't clarify unless she is specifically asked about it. And even then, she won't even volunteer it on paper, not even when she had to fill out the registration forms.
Since Storm Hawks has always, in a way, been a show about Generational War and its effects in some sense, I'm doing a bad, yet realistic thing, where not all the Sky Knights where as noble as they claimed. And early in the war with Cyclonia, a number of Sky Knights attacked Cyclonia civilians, and a lot of it was covered up.
This gets exposed when the Shards are interviewed for a broadcast segment, a few months into being an official squad. They are not seen as well by some of their fellow Sky Knights after it airs.
Sages, are like Mages, but they don't need a crystal, but can't do the Bond like Mages can. Many Sages had gone into hiding, some just disgusted themselves as Shapeshifters, like Arygen, to still interact with the world, but not be seen as what they truly where. But with the war over, they have started popping up, and reclaiming their rights.
Robin is half Storm Sage, with an electrical affinity, she doesn't have a whole lot of control of her abilities, and quite frankly hates them. She can sense when a Storm is coming, zap/smite, and generates her own energy filed.
And because of that, that The Jewel Box and their Skimmers are modified with special batteries to absorb and use the green electricity the medic just naturally makes, and it's just as potent as using Power Crystals, so they save a small fortune on not needing to buy them. They still have a supply of Power Crystals, but that's mostly for emergency's. Not an day goes by when Robin wishes she could just, get rid of her abilities. So the Shards tend to keep it on the down low, and only have Robin use her abilities when absolutely necessary and they all agree on it. And cuz their equipment is powered by Robin, they aren't effected by "Black Out's" all that much.
Following a fairly cool fan theory, Ash earns a Phoenix Crystal by earning the respect of a Phoenix. its a whole thing.
oh and, a cult forms around Dark Ace's actions, specifically the moment when he struck down Lighting and the other OG Storm Hawks. its comprised of young Sky Knight recruits who harmed their Sky Knight's and squad in hopes of doing so makes them as infamous, and powerful as Dark Ace. again, its a whole thing. a Terra Atmosia gets blowen up.
but yeahhh... thats just, some on the AU... probs make some HC posts about it later...
