EC Earth

## **The EC Universe's Earth**

In the EC Universe, the planet Earth plays a pivotal role as the location of several Cartoon and Comic Series(Old and New Era). In the Old Era, the "Windfire the Flamium" series storyline starts with the creation of Flame(Windfire), which happens in the U.S. state of Arizona, which is one of the only named U.S. States. In The Spontane C. Saga, the main character is sent via Void Portal to The City(originally New York City), but with the addition of "The Adventures of Hero-Man", this became canonized as being in The City instead. The other, and more recently introduced Earth-based location is the mythical Atlantis, which has become part of the Hero-Man canon as well, being the home of Lord Vidé, Lady Vida, as well as Adome Robets(Chronos), and Hammond Magnus' mother, Sybella Chronos-Magnus.

## **Atlantis(9614-9598 B.C.)**

#### **The Temple of Chronos:**

The oldest point in Earth's history, and home of the lineage of Chronos, the Greek/Atlantean God of Time. In the canon of The Adventures of Hero-Man, the descendants of Chronos live in the Temple. Alexios(Vidé), his wife Ilona(Vida), and their two children, Adome and Sybella, live there. Alexios' pupil and friend, Kasmos, lives in a smaller room. Inside the inner-most chamber, Alexios has acquired and safely keeps several ancient relics, as well as the Staff of Kazar, the Orb of Rekina, as well as the MAIN Flamestone, which winds up, nearly 12 millennia later in the Arizona desert, outside Chrome Labs.

The Temple, however, is destroyed in an attack from invading Nitronians, who are led by "The Ruler". This led to the outer-most wall that kept Atlantis safe from the raging sea, to be destroyed, flooding the Ancient technologically-advanced City being lost to time. Fortunately, through Alexios' destiny become fulfilled, he opened Void Portals, sending over 3000 survivors to the Modern era(20th Century). These included his family. Upon sending Sybella, who was a teenager, she arrived in Greece, where she met Maximus Magnus, and carried an Atlantean Amulet.

## **Arizona(1950's)**

#### **Chrome Labs:**

In 1951, after taking a leave from the AGENCY, Dr. Irving J. Keller was heading into his lab when a pair of construction workers, who were building an expansion wing, discovered a large crystal of Terrylium Carbonide(from Craxia). He had it brought to his lab, where he began to unlock the properties of the heat-producing diamond-like structure.

He discovered that he could use it to heat most of his lab, cutting energy costs down. The crystal, when broken into smaller chunks, was further experimented on, crossing different types of DNA from lab animals. None of these experiments ever resulted in a positive, until one day he decided to splice his own DNA with a small fracture of the material.

The resulting reaction was a lab accident, as an explosion occurred, nearly killing Keller. As the smoke cleared he saw a strange life-form, one made entirely of fire. But as he hesitantly approached it, he saw it was a mere child of 3 or 4 Human years. To add to the shock, the child spoke, in English. Keller asked the boy if he knew his own name, and the child replied with: "Flame"(later known as Windfire).

Keller raised "Flame" as his son, keeping him secluded at first, but as Flame grew, he knew he couldn't keep the child kept in a lab. One day he took Flame outside, and as the local population saw the strange elemental, they ran in fear. This frightened Flame, who reacted with a huge fireball enveloping him, which was in fact Flame's first self-teleportation. Keller tracked him down, and found he had returned home to the lab.

(see future additions on "Windfire the Flamium")

## **The City**

The City is a generic Earth-based, U.S. metropolitan location that plays a role throughout many series in the EC Universe, rather from the Old EC or New EC generations. At several points, The City was a setting in the Spontane C. Saga. It also plays a role in the past and present of the Hero-Man series.

### **1920's**

In the 1920's, the Goddess Luxia, was sent to The City, where she met a 19-year old man named Edwin Callaway. Luxia, having lost her memory due to a sacrifice she'd made, in order to escape her own Realm, had no idea where she was. One night, shortly after Luxia had arrived, she was attacked in a dark alley by a pair of thieves. Edwin spotted the trouble, and tried to save her, only to get knocked out. The thugs ran off, and Luxia tried to revive the heroic man.

Luxia and Edwin spent several years living in the City, soon finding themselves in love with each other. One night as they sat on a park bench, Luxia was gazing up at the stars, which Edwin noticed and began to call her his "Star-Gazer". He asked why she was looking so intently at the stars above, and she replied with "Searching for...my Home."

It was then that she had a flicker of a memory of her true life, and Edwin vowed to get her home, as he knew she wasn't human, but was something more.

Soon after Luxia was sent back to her own Realm, after being found by her twin sister Klazel, an incredible battle in the Realm occured, costing the lives of Klazel, as well as their father Helzerk. The Dark Specter, Vilos, nearly killed Luxia, but due to the inner-fire that Luxia had yet to fully learn how to control, caused the young Goddess to become a full Flamium. Her self-sacrifice was powerful enough to defeat Vilos, but cost her the corporeal form she had.

At the same time she ended her physical existence, she gave birth to a son, Vezek, who through the mystical energies she had within her, as well as a Void Portal, was sent to the City, to be raised by Edwin.

### **Late 20th Century**

In the late 1990's, Spontane C. was sent, via Void, to The City. At first he had no clue where he was, but soon found out that he wasn't alone. Lord Draco, who he'd defeated months earlier, had also found his way to the City. Upon confronting his greatest enemy, Spontane defeated Draco, and acquired a mystical Crystal sword, which opened another portal, but sent him to the other side of town.

He arrived near a book store called "The Inner Void", where he met a human named Tolan, who was actually the brother of Lord Destructo, who had been banished to Earth by their father, The OMEGA(the dark-spirit that had infected Kalak, one of the two Creator Gods of the known Universe, the other being Kazar). Spontane confronted Tolan, who aided in Spontane's return to Tolar, but soon a Void portal opened up and threatened to swallow the Earth whole.

**(Meanwhile)** At this time, the AGENCY, was investigating more Void Portal activity. Agent 11 was one of several who tracked down the possible coordinates of one of the portals that had sent Spontane to the "Inner Void". He questioned the mysterious owner, Tolan, who answered willingly, and told the Agent about the strange alien who'd been there, but had left.

Spontane C. was then sent, using the Crystal sword, and opened a portal to the Earth's moon, where he met Destructo, and fought the sorcerer. Destructo fled, followed in pursuit by Spontane, and the two arrived back on Kater.

### **21st Century**

The City in the 21st Century is the home of The Adventures of Hero-Man series, as well as SHADER: Shadows in the Darkness. There are several specific locations. Other locations on Earth in the 21st Century will include London, England, as well as scenes in the jungles of South America.

The entirety of the first two seasons of Hero-Man take place in the City. The first season took place primarily on the rooftops of the City, as well as inside the Hero-Cave. Other locations, including Taco Kingdom(seen in the Pilot), became standards early on. These included the City Park, Big Cluck'n Hut, and Captain Patches ship, the **"Skullthorn"**. As Season 1 ended, the first "Movie" took place in large part in "The Fortress(of Bad Things)", where Servo had captured Hero-Man in order to trap Sidekick Kid, and turn him back into his Dark Assassin, Kid Shadow.

As Season 2 premiered, the City's locations spread to include the offices of the AGENCY, and other places outside of the City, and Earth as well. But inside the City.