Heroes of Ockross

Heroes of Ockross is a private roleplay with GirlPower54.

## Premise

Ockross is a city in a setting similar to the modern-day United States where superheroes and villains are common. It follows a more episodic structure instead of a main overarching plot.

## Main Factions

### The Talon Alliance

A superhero/vigilante team with a bird motif, lead formerly by Martin Cooper. After Martin's departure, the team has been operating more underground under the de facto leadership of Cyrus Lak.

### Pandora Labs

A scientific organization turned corporation that does research on the genetics of metahumans. Their most recent development, Project Pandora's Box, involves the development of a serum that can grant superpowers to people without them. It is lead by Doctor Damian Hope.

## Characters

### The Talon Alliance

Cyrus Lak/Swansong is the provisional leader of the Talon Alliance, as well as a talented (talon-ted?) musician. He is a support hero with a swan motif.

Jordan Pierce/Bladedance is a rookie member of the Talon Alliance, and the team's main brawler and defense with a peafowl motif.

Martin Cooper/Whitetail is the secretive former leader of the Talon Alliance, a gentleman fencer with a pigeon motif.

Reyna Flynn/Peregrine is a member of the Talon Alliance, and the team's lookout and sniper with a falcon motif.

### Pandora Labs

Doctor Damian Hope is the founder and head researcher at Pandora Labs.

Leona Hope/Conduit is a publicity manager at Pandora Labs, as well as a test subject for Project Pandora's Box.

### Independent

Celia Ruiz is a young, rebellious metahuman still coming to terms with her powers.

Kentaro Sakai/Armory is an independent professional hero.

### Villains

Reika "Rei" Sakai/Ronin is an independent samurai-themed villain, as well as a personal trainer at the gym Sunrise Fitness.

### Minor Characters

Aeth is a condor spirit of premonitions and guidance, who formerly worked with Mitzi

Arthur Cooper is Martin's father, a successful businessman who lives in a neighboring town to Ockross

Mira Delaurier is Celia's girlfriend and a metahuman with powers over air and wind

Mitzi Vogel/Aethersoar was Martin's mother, Aeth's host, and a vigilante, before she was killed by the Ockross police

Randy Jones/Cultivator is a chlorokinetic villain of the week, who believes that the barriers of society should be torn down so the strong should rule

Sean Pierce is Jordan's younger brother, who is in a wheelchair after getting in the crossfire of a hero/villain showdown, and is too good for this world

## History and Plot

### Pre-RP Timeline

21 BRP:

* Martin’s mother was killed by the Ockross police

20 BRP:

* Damian was rejected from Xepshire Super School
* Remy and their family moved to Ockross

18 BRP:

* Celia, the current youngest major character in the RP, was born

16 BRP:

* Nicole started her career as an actress

14 BRP:

* Pandora Labs was founded

12 BRP:

* Randy came to Ockross

10 BRP:

* Jaclyn’s older brothers, Michael and Gordon, left

9 BRP:

* Martin and Cyrus became bros in middle school

7 BRP:

* Martin and Cyrus met Reyna

6 BRP:

* Talon Alliance founded by Martin, with Reyna and Cyrus. They were all sophomores in high school
* Damian and Leona reconciled and began to work together at Pandora Labs

5 BRP

* Elite Rangers founded by Richard
* Randy, as the Mighty Cultivator, attacked Ockross. Jordan’s brother Sean was crippled in the fight
* The Talons began to hang out at The Roost, a diner in Ockross, where they met Jordan. Jordan kept pestering them, and became an official member several months later

4 BRP:

* Martin left the Talons, Cyrus took over as leader
* Brian and Richard “had a thing”
* Quickflame and Toxillusion vanished, Fade left the team and disappeared, leading to the end of Brian and Richard’s thing
* Celia discovered (read: finally gave up on denying) her powers when she got mad and set a thing on fire by punching it. Smooth

3 BRP:

* Patton left the Elite Rangers
* Cyrus and Reyna broke up shortly after the Talons cashed in their first bounty
* Alexander lost his left arm in a fight against an unnamed villain, having it replaced with a cybernetic

2 BRP:

* Elite Rangers disbanded
* Desmond died and became a ghost. He met Patton a few months after
* Jaclyn ran away from her parents

1 BRP:

* Leona took the experimental version of the superpower serum and became the first subject of Project Pandora’s Box

0.5 BRP:

* Pandora Labs publicly released a serum to grant superpowers to people without them

0.1 BRP:

* Martin returned to the Talons