Post by Karenza on Feb 21, 2016 10:02:43 GMT -5
Note: I will be adding to this over the next week
"How did I survive apocalyptic fire? I simply refused to feel the flames." - Emma Frost
"Emma, are you familiar with the phrase, 'Visions come to prepared spirits'?"
"Of course..."
"Well then, little spirit. Prepare." - Jean Grey to Emma Frost, Sisterhood arc
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The time is six months after the game was paused.
Jean Grey has returned to the X-Men from her stay in the White Hot Room, but that is not the moment that defines the current state of the Marvel Universe.
Magic is afoot, and with it has come a time of change for the MU.
The attacks on Avengers Tower and the Mystic Council are the harbingers of darker times for the heroes of our version the 616 MU.
The Mystic Council lies in ruins, but the group of mutants and mystics that surrounded Jack Sparrow, Craig Dragotti and Mira Mcgowan survived the slaughter thanks to quick thinking on Mira's part that lead to their escape.
Preternatural beings of all types have started to make incursions across the globe from the nether realms, and one of the epicenters is New Orleans where Selene holds court with her coven. She has been stoking the flames of war between the three groups that have had control of that city for centuries--vampires, werewolves and witches. The air of death seems to feed her as she sets her sights on her true enemies--the Hellfire Club and the X-Men. The combined Thieves and Assassins Guilds have stepped up to help Gambit, Rogue and a small group of mutants who are trying to keep disaster at bay.
But the Diable Blanc and his Southern Belle are not the only heroes that stalk the night in the Crescent City. The Punisher and Elektra are still on the hunt for those who seem to be Roxxon-funded fiends that are trying to build chemically and genetically-enhanced armies with futuristic weaponry.
Buckland Academy has become a safe haven for the mystic community in the UK, much to the consternation of Severus Snape. A portal under the school has become a hotbed of controversy, and Pete Wisdom's MI-13 have now set up base there. To be exact, there are at least three portals. One leads to the Arda, the home of the elven and dwarf communities. Another leads to Avalon, and that has caused a great amount of concern for the British government. The third portal leads to an alternate dimension that seems to be a haven for magic users, but that may not actually be the sanctuary it is believed to be.
Avengers Tower is being rebuilt, but a very uneasy Tony Stark has been tweaking things as he goes along, and even Stephen Strange is not certain that Stark's "magic protection protocols" are indeed sound measures in these uncertain times. Strange has tried to be a buffer between the mystic world at large and The Avengers, but his efforts have not always been met with widespread support from either side.
The fact that the Red Skull and his newly formed kabal took credit for the attack on Avengers Tower six months ago has caused internal debate among Earth's Mightiest Heroes as well.
The X-Men, outside the issues with Selene and her coven, have been holding the line in San Francisco as preternatural attacks have been on the rise. They have also heard more from a newly empowered Purifiers group based in the Pacific Northwest. They have taken the teachings of William Stryker and amplified them through the rhetoric of a man who simply calls himself The Cardinal. Mutants and mystics alike are in their sights, and rumors of witch burnings are on the uptake.
Cyclops and Wolverine have been at loggerheads about the whole mystic versus mutant issue that seems to be stoked on a daily basis by their female counterparts. Emma Frost has set her cap on getting the mystics, except Magik and Pixie, out of the X-Men's San Francisco base, but Karenza has been a brick wall about the issue, fending off the White Queen in all ways short of physical altercation. Seeing what Iron Man has been doing in New York has not made this issue any easier for the mystics that call the X-Men family. For the moment, there is an uneasy quiet amongst Xavier's Children. There have been rumblings of sending some of the team back to New York, but that is still a glimmer of hope in this contentious time.
And there have been rumors of an army of augmented beings training on a small island near the Savage Lands. They may have crossed through one of the portals that have been popping up across the globe, and they may be tied to Mister Sinister.
And Asgard, no longer tied to this Earth, rests in the heavens once more. Odin sleeps, but his sons and daughter guard their kingdom well.
--More to come--
"How did I survive apocalyptic fire? I simply refused to feel the flames." - Emma Frost
"Emma, are you familiar with the phrase, 'Visions come to prepared spirits'?"
"Of course..."
"Well then, little spirit. Prepare." - Jean Grey to Emma Frost, Sisterhood arc
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The time is six months after the game was paused.
Jean Grey has returned to the X-Men from her stay in the White Hot Room, but that is not the moment that defines the current state of the Marvel Universe.
Magic is afoot, and with it has come a time of change for the MU.
The attacks on Avengers Tower and the Mystic Council are the harbingers of darker times for the heroes of our version the 616 MU.
The Mystic Council lies in ruins, but the group of mutants and mystics that surrounded Jack Sparrow, Craig Dragotti and Mira Mcgowan survived the slaughter thanks to quick thinking on Mira's part that lead to their escape.
Preternatural beings of all types have started to make incursions across the globe from the nether realms, and one of the epicenters is New Orleans where Selene holds court with her coven. She has been stoking the flames of war between the three groups that have had control of that city for centuries--vampires, werewolves and witches. The air of death seems to feed her as she sets her sights on her true enemies--the Hellfire Club and the X-Men. The combined Thieves and Assassins Guilds have stepped up to help Gambit, Rogue and a small group of mutants who are trying to keep disaster at bay.
But the Diable Blanc and his Southern Belle are not the only heroes that stalk the night in the Crescent City. The Punisher and Elektra are still on the hunt for those who seem to be Roxxon-funded fiends that are trying to build chemically and genetically-enhanced armies with futuristic weaponry.
Buckland Academy has become a safe haven for the mystic community in the UK, much to the consternation of Severus Snape. A portal under the school has become a hotbed of controversy, and Pete Wisdom's MI-13 have now set up base there. To be exact, there are at least three portals. One leads to the Arda, the home of the elven and dwarf communities. Another leads to Avalon, and that has caused a great amount of concern for the British government. The third portal leads to an alternate dimension that seems to be a haven for magic users, but that may not actually be the sanctuary it is believed to be.
Avengers Tower is being rebuilt, but a very uneasy Tony Stark has been tweaking things as he goes along, and even Stephen Strange is not certain that Stark's "magic protection protocols" are indeed sound measures in these uncertain times. Strange has tried to be a buffer between the mystic world at large and The Avengers, but his efforts have not always been met with widespread support from either side.
The fact that the Red Skull and his newly formed kabal took credit for the attack on Avengers Tower six months ago has caused internal debate among Earth's Mightiest Heroes as well.
The X-Men, outside the issues with Selene and her coven, have been holding the line in San Francisco as preternatural attacks have been on the rise. They have also heard more from a newly empowered Purifiers group based in the Pacific Northwest. They have taken the teachings of William Stryker and amplified them through the rhetoric of a man who simply calls himself The Cardinal. Mutants and mystics alike are in their sights, and rumors of witch burnings are on the uptake.
Cyclops and Wolverine have been at loggerheads about the whole mystic versus mutant issue that seems to be stoked on a daily basis by their female counterparts. Emma Frost has set her cap on getting the mystics, except Magik and Pixie, out of the X-Men's San Francisco base, but Karenza has been a brick wall about the issue, fending off the White Queen in all ways short of physical altercation. Seeing what Iron Man has been doing in New York has not made this issue any easier for the mystics that call the X-Men family. For the moment, there is an uneasy quiet amongst Xavier's Children. There have been rumblings of sending some of the team back to New York, but that is still a glimmer of hope in this contentious time.
And there have been rumors of an army of augmented beings training on a small island near the Savage Lands. They may have crossed through one of the portals that have been popping up across the globe, and they may be tied to Mister Sinister.
And Asgard, no longer tied to this Earth, rests in the heavens once more. Odin sleeps, but his sons and daughter guard their kingdom well.
--More to come--
