The world was always one full of conflict throughout its history, with nations fighting among themselves over territory, resources, feuds, ideology or rather just to leave a mark on history. Humanity, like any other sentient race, is one to fall to such a mindset.
However, society itself is also prone to inner conflict, one based on people who want to gain wealth and power on behalf of the suffering of the less fortunate. These people break the law and steal, kidnap, murder and deceive others in order to make live a comfortable life and sometimes even leave their mark upon society. They are called criminals, and the enforcers of society work to capture them.
However, there is another kind of law breaking that comes from a different perspective. Some people decide that they have to take law into their own hands and stand up to the criminals themselves, sometimes putting on masks to hide their true faces out of fear for their loved ones, and sometimes bravely declaring their intentions to stop the criminals without fear. The common thing about those two kinds of individuals is that they do what they do to protect society, act like enforcers and bring down criminals. They are called heroes.
Heroes may come in all shapes and sizes, and some come with weird abilities that are above regular humans, making them superheroes. Heroes and superheroes lived throughout many times of history, all the days of the Ancient Greek heroes up to the modern day, with them being branded criminals by one era, and celebrated as heroes in another.
You are one of those heroes. You are among the first of a generation in an era, and you will chance the course of history. Now in which era did you emerge?
[] The Old Tales of the West (1850-1890): You emerge at a time where most heroes would not wear masks, but the world still has heroes, whether it is the legendary gunmen of the Wild West, or whether it is the monster slayers of Western Europe.
-When did you emerge?
--[] The Gold Rush (1850): The Gold Rush in the United States of America has drove many people to move along the Oregon Trail into Sacramento in search of wealth. However, in many cities there are still many outlaws that need to be stopped and brought to the authorities to be hanged.
--[] Post-Civil War(1866): The American Civil War brought disaster upon the nation, and with a new president in office there are still so many troubles for the people and crime can come from anywhere, if the situation pushes for it.
--[] The rise of Prodigium (1891): In Europe monsters of the supernatural kind run in the shadows, waiting to strike at the innocent, just like the mysterious event that happened in Whitby, England. Now secret societies rise to hunt down these monsters.
[] The Golden Age of Superheroes (1930-1950): You emerge at the dawn of Superheroes, people who wear mask and fight criminals during the bleakest days of many nations in the Western World.
-When did you emerge?
--[] The Bleakest of Times (1930): The Western World is in shambles. America is suffering from The Great Depression and the prohibition of alcoholic beverages, which caused the rise of the Mafia to set empires of crime everywhere, while Germany is suffering with a crumbling republic. You are one of the first who's had enough and put on a mask to fight them.
--[] The Second World War (1940): The world is once again at war, with Germany trying to conquer Europe under its fascist regime. You are one of the heroes who might have to fight for one of the nations in a global disaster.
[] The Silver Age of Superheroes (1960-1985): You emerge at the childhood era of Superheroes, where everyone are starting to show strange power and flaunt them in the silliest ways possible. However, The Cold War and the Super Powered Arms Race bring another, darker side to the era. A side filled with espionage and fights from the shadows.
-When did you emerge?
--[] The Tense Times (1960): While on the surface everything seems hunky dory, under the surface there is a lot of friction with fear that the USA and the Soviet Union will attack one another. That still doesn't stop the new Superheroes on the block to show their silly powers to the world. However a new force comes into play: Supervillains.
--[] The Vietnam War (1965): America went to war with Vietnam, and the army took the nation's best sons, leaving only its worst. Now you must rise and help whatever Superheroes around deal with the rising power of Supervillains.
--[] The Bronze Era (1975): With the Vietnam War finally over, things are starting to move to a whole new area of grey as people are dissatisfied with the government and espionage becomes something to truly fear as corruption starts to stain governments as well.
[] The Dark Age of Superheroes (1986-1999): An alien invasion had shook the world. All the Superheroes of the Silver Age are either dead of too injured to keep on going, while Supervillains still live to keep on committing crimes. Now comes a new breed of heroes and Superheroes: one that doesn't hesitate to kill. Now they fight among one another and kill criminals left and right. Are you from the same kind of cloth, or do you wish to bring back the idealism of old?
-When did you emerge?
--[] The Dark Times (1990): The new Anti-Heroes are everywhere, fighting and killing criminals, fighting each other over territories and rights to kill criminals. Can you thrive in this new era?
--[] The Light in the Dark (1995): There is a new wave of Superheroes, one that wants to bring back the old kind of Super heroics, the ideologies of the Gold and Silver ages of heroes, in order to stop the madness of the Anti-Heroes. Are you one of those idealistic youths?
[] The Modern Age of Superheroes (2000-Present): You emerge at the new age, where every kind of heroes are more accepted than before, no matter what your methods are. Heroes come to conflicts of course, but they also unite to prevent the mistakes of the past.
-When did you emerge?
--[] The New First Generation (2000): You are one of the first heroes who represents and defines this new era of Superheroes, alongside others with incredible powers, as mutants are now greater in numbers than any other time in history.
--[] The Second Generation (2010): You are in the same generation as many of the sidekicks of famous Superheroes who crafted themselves a reputation for the last decade, and you want to set yourself apart from everyone else.
--[] The Third Generation (2019): You're considered a "kid" superhero, one that starts after nearly 20 years of Superheroes around to stop alien invasions, Old Gods and many, many, many Supervillains. Now it's time to show these old folk how your generation does things.
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Okay everyone, this is my first quest in this website and it takes place in my original setting. I hope you find this interesting and please enjoy. Now, the system that I'll use in this quest is that of Icons, which I'll leave a link right
here.
This quest was also inspired by two quests: The first and my biggest inspiration is
The First Hero: a First-Gen Superhero Quest by Photomajig, and the other is
Black Widow Reincarnation Quest (Marvel/DC) by Auks, who thanks to him I've found the Icons system.
Enjoy.