Founding Family

Founding School

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The Founding Family were the very first group of super powered heroes that made their presence known in Rocket City.

## Arrival

Kronos & Gaia were part of a group of Titans from a dimension known as the Aether. Perpetually embroiled in a destructive war known as the Titanomachy, Kronos was forced to commit a serious ‘war crime’ unlike ever before. Feeling remorseful, Kronos persuaded the sisters Gaia & Cybele to generate a path to leave the dimension permanently and start a new life elsewhere - breaking the cyclical war forever.

Just in witnessing this dimension breakthrough; a small group of humans had their minds warped; something which became hereditary as they passed the mental trauma onto their children. Believing they had witnessed a potential of 'cleansing' what they thought to be the evils of the Earth, the victims of this mind warp developed into a cult determined access this cleansing once again. Over centuries, the cult developed and grew around this belief in purity. As their resources grew, they started to understand that secrets behind the event - that it brought down three Titans who now live amongst us.

The trio would arrive in the past. The new dimension also seemed to dampen their powers; which persuaded the trio to live in secret and avoid the failings of their past life. Kronos & Gaia grew closer over the years, free from the violence and able to pursue a romance with each other. Cybele grew more distant from her sister. The trio would separate through the ages, with the couple chasing ‘normality’ and Cybele embracing her magical origins.

Kronos & Gaia would marry but struggled with the dilemma of having children. As foretold in their home dimension (and in an attempt to feed the cycle of war); once any Titan had a child, their immortality would be voided.

## Qalal

Kronos & Gaia took up residency in Qalal; an advanced country in the middle east. Here they caught the attention of a young King Kismet; the ruler of the country. Enamoured by their mysterious powers - Kismet offered them a place in his court.

Over time the couple and the king became friends; seeing him grow from a young ruler to an experienced monarch. Throughout their time together, Kismet would experiment with technology in order to ‘match’ his seemingly immortal friends.

The king would grow jealous of their innate abilities; and the friendship broke apart. Sensing the dissolvement of their friendship (and discovering that Gaia was pregnant), Kronos & Gaia decided to move on from the country. The king offered one parting gift; the Verity Projector, an opportunity to build a new life somewhere.

## Monroe

Settling away from Qalal, the couple launched the Verity Projector in a remote part of the USA. The device could be programmed to replicate any hard-light simulation they desired. Deciding on a retro-inspired burgeoning American city (christened Monroe); the couple built a new home and began to raise their children.

Unknown to the family, the projector was in fact tapping into other dimensions to use them as blueprints for their town. The projector was also a chance for King Kismet to ‘insert’ himself into their lives; regularly checking in on the family as he grew to miss them. Eventually this misuse of the projector would malfunction; tapping into new dimensions and bringing threats into the small town.

Whilst these threats generally didn’t phase Kronos or Gaia; their children had developed their own powers, and were eager to use them. Seeing this as a chance of ‘training’ them; the family began to operate as a unit - adjusting their small town life to become superheroes.

## FINAL DAYS OF THE FOUNDING FAMILY

Platinum Proxy arrives on earth and warns the family that Empyrean has discovered her betrayal; and she dies from her injuries. The Family realise that Empyrean is coming to earth is destroy them all.

Gaia requests the help of Kismet; who has grown detached from the family due to his accelerating age vs. their seeming immortality. She asks for his genius intellect in stopping the attack - which he agrees only for the survival of the children.

Kismet is forced to reverse engineer his crowning achievement; the Verity Projector, into disrupting the pathway onto their dimension. The disruption causes ripples across dimensions; weakening some of the boundaries between worlds. This would later draw the Netherworlders back onto Earth.

Taking his last chance to become equal to his adoptive family; Kismet manufactures a way to absorb some of Empyrean’s power. Kismet is horribly disfigured during the incident; burning most of his body - but also imbuing him with some of Empyrean’s immortal flame. He retreats to Qalal; realising that quest for immortality & belonging has reached a peak - and decides to focus his energy on his country.

The Founding Family left with fractured memories; and decide to set up a new home in Rocket City.

## Rocket City

With a blank state at their disposal, the Founding Family arrived in Rocket City and took up residence in a modern mansion in the hills. Although they seemed to have a blank memory; the family chose to live in the present instead of questioning where they had come from. Their ignorance seemed to protect them from their previous enemies - who couldn't track them down in their new location.

The Founding kids were now beginning to grow up; with all three starting to come into their own with their powers.

## Founding School

Whilst all of the kids were doing well with their private school, it become increasingly clear to the family the kids needed more specialised teaching and training with their abilities. The kids were taken from school and began a more intensive home-schooling approaching including training with their powers. It was around this time that the public became aware of their powers; particularly an incident with Thunder at a swimming competition. The family were eventually local 'celebrities' - with many people admiring (and fearing) their god-like powers. This eventually led to families bringing young superpowered kids & teenagers to their school asking for help with training. Kronos was against this and wanted to remain separate from the world outside; but Gaia persuaded him that training was the right thing to do. This was also around the time of the Super Legion forming; allowing the family to focus on training rather than crime fighting.

The Founding School was a runaway success, with a total of 12 students including the Founding children. The class was incredibly close-knit and developed a strong sense of school pride, particularly being so remote from the rest of the city. The compound grew to include dormitories and facilities to house all of the class.

## The End

After around 18 months of training, the school was preparing for a 'graduation' ceremony with some of the older students preparing to move into teaching or potential membership with the Super Legion. Tragedy struck just a few days before this when Pulse's power dampening equipment was accidentally hacked by the young Fritz' powers. In a devastating explosion, Pulse levelled the living facilities for the students, killing almost every student instantly. Attempting to escape, an injured Pulse tried to reach the Founding Family home nearby. Kronos, Gaia & Kari all went to help but were subsequently killed in a second burst of energy from Pulse. Seeing the destruction and death, Thunder felt forced into killing Pulse and stopping another explosion. Thunder and Pandora were the only survivors from the event.

## Aftermath

Thunder & Pandora attended the funeral for their family and classmates; but both were overcome with guilt and anger with the tragedy. They vowed to never attempt to train or help others again, becoming much more introverted in the process. They used the funds from their family to secretly move into the city and attempt a 'normal' life with finishing university. This also coincided with the Super Legion's Fall from Grace - when the city's fascination with superheroes had become more a distrust.

Unfortunately the twins were once again targeted when the Night of the Netherworlders occurred, throwing them into the heart of the action despite wanting a normal life. Thunder was instrumental in fighting back against the Netherworlders as his powers had grown over time and seemed to be fuelled more with anger. He brought down multiple lightening strikes to protect the other powered targets. Despite their training however, Pandora was killed in action by a sneak attack. Thunder was devastated by the loss and brought down another intense lightning storm - saving multiple other targets in the process. Eventually the battle was won and Thunder was left mourning his sister. He saw yet again the destruction and decided he was one of the few people able to stop it happening again. Afterwards he joined the Externals and took on his father's name, officially becoming the new Kronos.

## Secret Return

In a twist of fate, Pandora found herself revived in a strange cavern away from the city. It was there she found a woman who bore a striking resemblance to her mother and introduced herself as her aunt. She promised to reveal all of her family secrets and allow her to understand who her family really are.