Hero

All Might, variation of the first season 1 poster. [1] Source from GBPosters [2].

**Hero** is a game played (very loosely) in the Icons system with rotating GMs based on who had the next idea for a session. It takes place in the world of My Hero Academia, at roughly the same time period as the anime, but in the USA instead of Japan. The story follows some young adult heroes in training: Rubboi, Becky the Unbreakable, Shutdown, Stagehand, Dustin Dujakhas, and Moon Halo, as they find themselves encountering villains in various situations.

## **Hero session notes**

**#1: Hero Camp Incident**

(July)

**Part 1**

* Skyler (Rubboi), Polly (Stagehand), Jaynie (Moon Halo), Becky (The Unbreakable), and Brad (Shutdown) go to a Minnesota summer camp for heroes in training and are grouped together.
* They break curfew to search for cryptids in the night, and encounter a mechanical boar, which they defeat, and then take it’s head back to camp as a souvenir (it was confiscated).

**Part 2**

* They play Capture the Flag in the woods and encounter a small harmless humanoid robot.
* When they get back to the mess hall, there’s a larger robot named Abot who copies their quirks and kidnaps Jaynie.
* The robots were invented by Rusty Crawler, a boy genius who has a crush on Jaynie. The others follow its trail, befriend the killer robot, and get the boy genius arrested.

**#2: Airplane Incident**

(August)

* Skyler invited his summer camp friends to New York for a StormCorp charity event. They ride in on a private jet, which had been infiltrated by Arachnid, a member of the Chitin Hide. The jet is huge and filled with eccentric cargo.
* Once the situation is realized the fledgling heroes team up with Orchid (Skylar’s mom) to put a stop to the plane before it can hit something important. A spider almost lays eggs in Becky’s mouth, and Jaynie finds a katana. Polly needs everyone to sing a musical number to calm her down.
* Eventually they fight and defeat Arachnid by throwing Brad at him.

**#3: StormCorp Incident**

(August cont.)

* The charity event is hosting several schools from low-income neighborhoods in NYC, including one attended by Dustin, Leo Ropa (quirk: swap), and Gorm Winther (quirk: clones).
* StormCorp’s new head designer, Karis Rice, designed hero outfits for Skyler and his friends (including Dustin) based on their quirks
* During a tour of StormCorp headquarters, Leo and Gorm sneak into the warehouse area and start destroying large quantities of branded clothing. Leo is doing this because the previous head designer, Thurl Herongrave (retired six months ago) had stolen his mother’s designs, leading to her unemployment and eventual death.
* The heroes defeat them with ease, but the news about Thurl Herongrave leaves Skyler uneasy.

**#4: Museum Incident**

(August cont.)

* The next day, Polly searches for events in Central park that will help end the trip on a positive note. The group splits up to travel there, half using hang gliders and half deciding to walk. Surprisingly, the walking crew runs into more trouble as they meet an eccentric Moon Halo fanboy running a hotdog cart named Wallace Yavin (Quirk: Bloodhound). The groups meetup and after telling Yavin off, get ready to enjoy their day. Very soon after a brief montage of events, The group witness a speech at the National Museum of Art sponsored by Thurl Herongrave. The speech explains that there is a new exhibit with never before seen artifacts dating back to the very early days of quirks.
* Skylar doesn’t trust anything sponsored by Thurl and after slight discussion the group agrees to help him sneak inside the museum and keep it safe. Brief shopping montage, before the group sneaks into the exhibit. While they wait for something to happen, Moon Halo and some others look around the exhibit. Moon Halo sticks her arm inside a gauntlet and gets bitten, but nothing visibly harmful happens. (I know what happened, if this thing becomes relevant again, @ me -AJ). They look around a bit more before going back into hiding.
* Eventually the party gets into a fight with two villains from the Chitin Hide. Wasp (quirk: Wasp) and a new younger villain, Lunami (Quirk: Swarm: can turn into swarm of moths but must move towards light. Throws LED daggers). The crew defeat them and Dustin tortures Wasp to try and get info about Thurl. The cops arrive and the group are taken into custody.
* While the group are interrogated about their escapades (some revealing more than others), The Zoo is broken into by another member of Chitin Hide, Scorpion. A Ballroom Blitz concert funded by Thurl also in Central Park turns into a riot, much to the confusion of police. Suspicion of another Chitin Hide member with a hypnosis quirk. (Butterfly themed villain, Monarch. Quirk: Captivate. once again @ me)
* The group returns but before they leave Hans is momentarily possessed by Thurl and tells the party to stop investigating.

**#5: Devil’s Lake Incident**

(November)

(YIKES the plot of this one doesn't look great in hindsight, from a social justice perspective. could definitely use some rewrites in adaptation (if we ever feeling like doing that sorta thing))

**Part 1**

* The crew (except for Brad, who had family business) visit Polly in her ND hometown during Thanksgiving break, which is also her birthday. They exchange gifts and go hunting for the local cryptid, the Devil’s Lake Devil.
* After hearing about how the town’s police force are in danger of being defunded by the mayor in favor of a hypothetical single pro hero, the crew attends a Thanksgiving parade, during which some fireworks are shot at the mayor, just barely missing him.

**Part 2**

* After many failed investigation attempts and being told off by the police, the heroes-in-training found themselves protecting Ophelia, the mayor’s daughter and Polly’s childhood bully, from the masked culprit.
* With the police’s help, they discover that the culprit was police himself. He was trying to frame a crime and then let the police solve it, to prove to the mayor that they’re still useful.
* Skyler and Polly quietly plan for her to come stay in New York and help him with secret vigilante work.

**#6: Gothenveil Incident**

(February)

* After watching the news, the heroes get a text from Becky’s sister Betty (quirk: destruction), letting them know that Becky has gone missing after looking into the accident that got their cousin Arson arrested. They gather in Gothenvail, Louisiana to search for her.
* The town has an unusually high ratio of quirkless people who resent quirk-users. They use a local derogatory nickname for them, “supes.”
* A member of Toxic Crew, an organized crime gang, flirts with Polly (who is using her acting skills to gain information). They go to a diner where another gang member discovers Polly’s secret, and takes her at gunpoint to a warehouse where they’ve been torturing abducted quirk-users (including Becky).
* The others break in and attack the gang leaders, Mr. Business and Spitter, while freeing the prisoners. During the fight Polly fights with an unusual level of violence. Some gang members escape, but the bosses are apprehended and the police are called to pick them up. (the unlicensed teen heroes leave before the police show up). With the true culprit’s arrest, Arson was found innocent and was released from prison.
* Dustin talks to Polly about toning down her vitriol. She tells him the truth about her and Skyler in New York.

## Gallery

Hero world CEmoji: Copyright (Microsoft) [3]