The Absolute DC Universe is the creation of Darkseid energy. For all the good that will come out of it, there is inherent destruction in its existence. You must create a world to balance the scales until Earth-1 can properly re-enter the multiverse.
Monitor of Creation: A DC Universe creator quest
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Flying high, spinning webs!
Once, there was Nothing. And that Nothing groaned and stretched until it unleashed its power. A cataclysmic infinitude.
The Multiverse.
Infinite possibilities. Reflections of reflections of worlds upon worlds.
But now the scales have been tipped to destruction.
Darkseid, the New God of Tyranny, and Lord of Apokolips, has taken advantage of a void. Maddening schemes have separated Earth-1 from the multiverse, the home of the greatest heroes in existence.
Now Darkseid has used his power to create a new lynchpin in the multiverse. One where those same heroes will be tempted and pushed into his waiting embrace. This 'Absolute' universe could become an army that will drag Creation itself down into the depths of insanity and madness.
This cannot stand.
The Wonder Woman, she who tied the long-forgotten Truth of reality back into the minds of those who needed it, has given YOU a task.
Balance the scales against Darkseid as best as you can. Earth-1 shall return to its rightful place. She has foreseen it, but it may take too long and allow Darkseid's schemes to reach a critical point where another Crisis will occur.
YOU, Monitor, must ensure this new universe stands as a beacon of light against the Great Darkness. A lighthouse for Truth and Justice to fly towards.
... It would be far easier if you were not so newly formed. You may have the wisdom of your kind, but you are wary, unsure. The constantly repeating cycles of Crises instigated by Perpetua have left fissures and rifts in existence. Darkseid's gambit has not helped the matter.
YOU will start with the Beginning of it all, The Symbol of Hope and the First to be a Superhero. Superman.
You see it now, the rocket that would carry the Hero to Earth from Krypton. Infinite Timelines exist in the Past, Present, and Future. You wipe away the least stable and consider how to push the craft forward. The origin point will suffice for the beginning. Krypton.
The steadiest of options appears before you. Both the physical traits of the world:
[ ] Atompunk aesthetic, as Earth would call it (Pre-War Fallout)
[ ] Crystalline, as a particular world, has made iconic (Richard Donner)
[ ] Approaching the Fourth World (Jack Kirby)
[ ] Alien but Human (The Animated Series and Pre-Crisis)
[ ] Oddly fantastical (Magitech and fantasy elements)
[ ] A combination of two of these five might be stable as well (Write in, Pick 2)
And the social:
[ ] Isolationist (Classic)
[ ] Imperial (MAWS, Viltrumite, Saiyan)
[ ] Pax Kryptonia (Galaxy-spanning culture where all species are "Kryptonian")
[ ] Pious (Religious and magical)
[ ] Stagnated (The end is coming, and they do not resist)
[ ] A combination of two of these five might be stable as well (Write in, Pick 2)
As you push for Krypton's place in this universe, you return your vision to the rocket. The likely Last Survivor of Krypton. Its temporal fissures must also be stabilized. Who is within it?
[ ] An infant boy
[ ] An infant girl
[ ] A family of three
[ ] An entire community of Kryptonians
[ ] A man grown
[ ] A woman grown
Now that the Survivor has been stabilized, where shall the escape craft land?
[ ] The rural Heartland of America (Smallville)
[ ] A large metropolitan city (Metropolis. Note will greatly influence the timeline)
[ ] Earth's time under the direct rulership of Gods (Pre-Fall of Atlantis)
[ ] The age of chivalry (Camelot)
[ ] An authoritarian regime (Pick either Soviet Russia or Nazi Germany)
[ ] A silent tundra (Antarctica. Even solo survivors are an option, but best advised for a group)
The Multiverse.
Infinite possibilities. Reflections of reflections of worlds upon worlds.
But now the scales have been tipped to destruction.
Darkseid, the New God of Tyranny, and Lord of Apokolips, has taken advantage of a void. Maddening schemes have separated Earth-1 from the multiverse, the home of the greatest heroes in existence.
Now Darkseid has used his power to create a new lynchpin in the multiverse. One where those same heroes will be tempted and pushed into his waiting embrace. This 'Absolute' universe could become an army that will drag Creation itself down into the depths of insanity and madness.
This cannot stand.
The Wonder Woman, she who tied the long-forgotten Truth of reality back into the minds of those who needed it, has given YOU a task.
Balance the scales against Darkseid as best as you can. Earth-1 shall return to its rightful place. She has foreseen it, but it may take too long and allow Darkseid's schemes to reach a critical point where another Crisis will occur.
YOU, Monitor, must ensure this new universe stands as a beacon of light against the Great Darkness. A lighthouse for Truth and Justice to fly towards.
... It would be far easier if you were not so newly formed. You may have the wisdom of your kind, but you are wary, unsure. The constantly repeating cycles of Crises instigated by Perpetua have left fissures and rifts in existence. Darkseid's gambit has not helped the matter.
YOU will start with the Beginning of it all, The Symbol of Hope and the First to be a Superhero. Superman.
You see it now, the rocket that would carry the Hero to Earth from Krypton. Infinite Timelines exist in the Past, Present, and Future. You wipe away the least stable and consider how to push the craft forward. The origin point will suffice for the beginning. Krypton.
The steadiest of options appears before you. Both the physical traits of the world:
[ ] Atompunk aesthetic, as Earth would call it (Pre-War Fallout)
[ ] Crystalline, as a particular world, has made iconic (Richard Donner)
[ ] Approaching the Fourth World (Jack Kirby)
[ ] Alien but Human (The Animated Series and Pre-Crisis)
[ ] Oddly fantastical (Magitech and fantasy elements)
[ ] A combination of two of these five might be stable as well (Write in, Pick 2)
And the social:
[ ] Isolationist (Classic)
[ ] Imperial (MAWS, Viltrumite, Saiyan)
[ ] Pax Kryptonia (Galaxy-spanning culture where all species are "Kryptonian")
[ ] Pious (Religious and magical)
[ ] Stagnated (The end is coming, and they do not resist)
[ ] A combination of two of these five might be stable as well (Write in, Pick 2)
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As you push for Krypton's place in this universe, you return your vision to the rocket. The likely Last Survivor of Krypton. Its temporal fissures must also be stabilized. Who is within it?
[ ] An infant boy
[ ] An infant girl
[ ] A family of three
[ ] An entire community of Kryptonians
[ ] A man grown
[ ] A woman grown
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Now that the Survivor has been stabilized, where shall the escape craft land?
[ ] The rural Heartland of America (Smallville)
[ ] A large metropolitan city (Metropolis. Note will greatly influence the timeline)
[ ] Earth's time under the direct rulership of Gods (Pre-Fall of Atlantis)
[ ] The age of chivalry (Camelot)
[ ] An authoritarian regime (Pick either Soviet Russia or Nazi Germany)
[ ] A silent tundra (Antarctica. Even solo survivors are an option, but best advised for a group)
Last minute warning and Omake policy
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You have just shy of 9 hours, so if anyone wants to make what specific people will be arriving, please do so now. The default for "family of three" is Jor, Lara, and Kal.
Another note. Once this first vote is completed and the initial story chapter is posted with the results of the vote, omakes involving the results will be allowed. Omakes may be given canon status, and if so will be allowed to break tie breakers for the result that writer chooses.
This is to encourage more than just voting and me writing, which I find makes Quests better.
Another note. Once this first vote is completed and the initial story chapter is posted with the results of the vote, omakes involving the results will be allowed. Omakes may be given canon status, and if so will be allowed to break tie breakers for the result that writer chooses.
This is to encourage more than just voting and me writing, which I find makes Quests better.
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Superman arrives and votes for the Knight
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Flying high, spinning webs!
An explosion rocked the home of the House of El, crystal spires fell from the roof and walls as Lara Lor-Van raced through the corridors. "Jor! Jor! They're coming!"
Servants and slaves ran in a panic, nearly knocking the insectoid woman over. She found her to the roof, where the stone man form of her husband, Jor-El, was carefully attaching the Birthing Matrix into a pod. "Jor… what have you done?" Under the force shield was a canon, the Gravity Arm that Krypton had used to gain footholds in other galaxies in the sector.
The very weapon that brought the combined might of Thanagar, Rann, and Gordania on their doorsteps.
"It is the only way Lara. The Empire is dead. I will use what has killed us to save our child." Jor-El softly brushed a hand on the pod. In the window, the body of their child reached out to touch him.
Lara joined Jor-El. "To guarantee his escape… we'll have to alter the shield. We won't survive."
"Nothing of Krypton will." Jor-El said, steadying his wife as their home was rocked by another blast from a Thanagarian tank. "Zod drew the Empire into a conflict we would never be ready for."
He pressed his hands against the shield controls but they shook. "I… I…" Lara covered her hands with his, guiding them. "Thank you, my love." The shield was redirected, forming a cone around the Gravity Arm. "Good luck my son. May a better Krypton be reborn through you."
Weapons fire impacted the crystal spires, bringing them down on Jor-El and Lara as their Gravity Arm activated, flinging the precious cargo and Krypton's last son to safety.
On a wintery road in Kansas, a couple were returning home from a failed meeting at a fertility clinic. "Jonathan…"
"Don't cry now Martha. We'll think of something. I promise- WHAT IN SAM HIMM!?"
Jonathan Kent swerved on the icy road to avoid a flaming ball striking the road where they had been. The truck spun in circles three times before coming to rest in a ditch attached to a neighbor's farm.
"Jonathan… look!" Martha Kent pointed out the windshield and where the couple expected a burning hunk of rock, was instead a sphere of crystal. "It's a satellite I think." She got out and approached the machine.
"Martha.. Martha we don't know what that is!" Jonathan followed his wife who had stopped in front of a window in the sphere. Inside was a baby boy with a smattering of black hair. "Who'd send a baby into space? Can't be us. Russians?"
The sphere opened up and the baby boy tumbled out into the snow. Martha reached down and picked him up. "Jonathan…"
"Oh no Martha. Military's got to be looking for him. We'll get in trouble!"
"And you want to leave a baby they put into space with them?" Martha's eyes narrowed at her husband.
Jonathan looked from his wife to the baby, then the spaceship he came in, before sighing. "We'll need to keep this quiet. Hopefully Ross won't go talking about what he's helping me with."
But now you turn your attention to the North Eastern coast of the United States a few years after the Kryptonian arrives. A city that draws darkness to it and requires a light to shine from that darkness. Gotham City, home of what should be the Dark Knight.
Who is this child that will grow to be a Knight?
[ ] 8 Year old Boy
[ ] 8 year old girl
[ ] 8 Year old Fraternal Twins (Boy and Girl)
[ ] 8 Year old Identical Twins (Boys)
[ ] 8 year old identical twins (Girls)
You see a couple walking their excited child(ren) away from a film. It has an influence on the Knight, whether conscious or not. What did this family see that so excited the child? (Will determine heroic style)
[ ] A swashbuckling adventure (Adam West style)
[ ] A film noir detective (Neil Adams style)
[ ] A slasher horror (Frank Miller style)
[ ] A shonen adventure (action manga style)
[ ] A combination of film genres (Pick two)
The child(ren) lead the parents through an alley, excitedly dancing around and talking about the film they all just saw. A man steps out from the shadows. He has a gun. He orders them to hand over their valuables.
The fracture is pronounced here. What happens?
[ ] The gunman takes the valuables and shoots the parents without looking (it's a hit)
[ ] The husband attempts to take the gun away and is shot, in a panic so is the wife (it was a robbery)
[ ] The child(ren) draws attention and tries to hide, but the gunman fires and hits them (Flashpoint)
[ ] The wife tries to distract the gunman and is knocked out, but the gun goes off (Martha survives alone)
[ ] Police sirens distract the gunman and allow the family to escape (no deaths)
[ ] A combination of these events? (Pick two)
No matter what, that night in the alley affects the Knight. They grow and train their whole lives to prevent crime in the future, but an attempt leaves them wounded and needing a symbol. Something to draw the eye away from the human. It comes to them one night.
[ ] A bat flies through the window (Batman)
[ ] Moonlight shines through the window and a flutter of curtains look like a ghost (The Phantasm)
[ ] While camping, a huge scorpion stings a snake to death (Scorpion)
[ ] While diving, a large manta ray surprises the divers (Sting Ray)
[ ] A shooting star catches the eye (Shooting Star)
[ ] The hoot of an owl draws the ear and a large horned owl is in the trees above (Owlman)
[ ] Perhaps something in the Manor (Write in art piece as inspiration)
Soon you will stabilize the Knight…
Servants and slaves ran in a panic, nearly knocking the insectoid woman over. She found her to the roof, where the stone man form of her husband, Jor-El, was carefully attaching the Birthing Matrix into a pod. "Jor… what have you done?" Under the force shield was a canon, the Gravity Arm that Krypton had used to gain footholds in other galaxies in the sector.
The very weapon that brought the combined might of Thanagar, Rann, and Gordania on their doorsteps.
"It is the only way Lara. The Empire is dead. I will use what has killed us to save our child." Jor-El softly brushed a hand on the pod. In the window, the body of their child reached out to touch him.
Lara joined Jor-El. "To guarantee his escape… we'll have to alter the shield. We won't survive."
"Nothing of Krypton will." Jor-El said, steadying his wife as their home was rocked by another blast from a Thanagarian tank. "Zod drew the Empire into a conflict we would never be ready for."
He pressed his hands against the shield controls but they shook. "I… I…" Lara covered her hands with his, guiding them. "Thank you, my love." The shield was redirected, forming a cone around the Gravity Arm. "Good luck my son. May a better Krypton be reborn through you."
Weapons fire impacted the crystal spires, bringing them down on Jor-El and Lara as their Gravity Arm activated, flinging the precious cargo and Krypton's last son to safety.
On a wintery road in Kansas, a couple were returning home from a failed meeting at a fertility clinic. "Jonathan…"
"Don't cry now Martha. We'll think of something. I promise- WHAT IN SAM HIMM!?"
Jonathan Kent swerved on the icy road to avoid a flaming ball striking the road where they had been. The truck spun in circles three times before coming to rest in a ditch attached to a neighbor's farm.
"Jonathan… look!" Martha Kent pointed out the windshield and where the couple expected a burning hunk of rock, was instead a sphere of crystal. "It's a satellite I think." She got out and approached the machine.
"Martha.. Martha we don't know what that is!" Jonathan followed his wife who had stopped in front of a window in the sphere. Inside was a baby boy with a smattering of black hair. "Who'd send a baby into space? Can't be us. Russians?"
The sphere opened up and the baby boy tumbled out into the snow. Martha reached down and picked him up. "Jonathan…"
"Oh no Martha. Military's got to be looking for him. We'll get in trouble!"
"And you want to leave a baby they put into space with them?" Martha's eyes narrowed at her husband.
Jonathan looked from his wife to the baby, then the spaceship he came in, before sighing. "We'll need to keep this quiet. Hopefully Ross won't go talking about what he's helping me with."
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You, the Monitor, look over the timeline and see that the Superman has found stability. Perhaps more work will be needed in the future, but for now the path is set and reliable. Hope has come to this World and the universe is all the better for it.
But now you turn your attention to the North Eastern coast of the United States a few years after the Kryptonian arrives. A city that draws darkness to it and requires a light to shine from that darkness. Gotham City, home of what should be the Dark Knight.
Who is this child that will grow to be a Knight?
[ ] 8 Year old Boy
[ ] 8 year old girl
[ ] 8 Year old Fraternal Twins (Boy and Girl)
[ ] 8 Year old Identical Twins (Boys)
[ ] 8 year old identical twins (Girls)
You see a couple walking their excited child(ren) away from a film. It has an influence on the Knight, whether conscious or not. What did this family see that so excited the child? (Will determine heroic style)
[ ] A swashbuckling adventure (Adam West style)
[ ] A film noir detective (Neil Adams style)
[ ] A slasher horror (Frank Miller style)
[ ] A shonen adventure (action manga style)
[ ] A combination of film genres (Pick two)
The child(ren) lead the parents through an alley, excitedly dancing around and talking about the film they all just saw. A man steps out from the shadows. He has a gun. He orders them to hand over their valuables.
The fracture is pronounced here. What happens?
[ ] The gunman takes the valuables and shoots the parents without looking (it's a hit)
[ ] The husband attempts to take the gun away and is shot, in a panic so is the wife (it was a robbery)
[ ] The child(ren) draws attention and tries to hide, but the gunman fires and hits them (Flashpoint)
[ ] The wife tries to distract the gunman and is knocked out, but the gun goes off (Martha survives alone)
[ ] Police sirens distract the gunman and allow the family to escape (no deaths)
[ ] A combination of these events? (Pick two)
No matter what, that night in the alley affects the Knight. They grow and train their whole lives to prevent crime in the future, but an attempt leaves them wounded and needing a symbol. Something to draw the eye away from the human. It comes to them one night.
[ ] A bat flies through the window (Batman)
[ ] Moonlight shines through the window and a flutter of curtains look like a ghost (The Phantasm)
[ ] While camping, a huge scorpion stings a snake to death (Scorpion)
[ ] While diving, a large manta ray surprises the divers (Sting Ray)
[ ] A shooting star catches the eye (Shooting Star)
[ ] The hoot of an owl draws the ear and a large horned owl is in the trees above (Owlman)
[ ] Perhaps something in the Manor (Write in art piece as inspiration)
Soon you will stabilize the Knight…
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