"I shine bright like an emerald in the sky!"

Emerald Knight is one of the oldest superhero around. For over a century, her radiant green light has protected and healed the people of Mega City. All know her name. A name loved by good and feared by evil.

But what many people don't know, is that she has a big secret, one that permeates her very soul and informs every action she takes.

She is incredibly lonely...

HERO CORPS FILE: #001

File #001

Emerald Knight

Hero Name: Emerald Knight

: Female

Age: 34

Height: 7'9

Weight: 160lbs

Occupation: Police Officer

Profile

Emerald Knight is valiant, dutiful and full of conviction... to a fault. The fault being she can be too trusting, too idealistic, almost to the point of naivety. It sometimes drives her closest heroes allies to distraction, but in a pinch there's no one more committed to the cause or energetic in battle. An experienced policewoman before becoming a hero, she also has the rare ability to communicate with and care for the civilian masses.

Powers

• Emerald Green Energy Projection

• Ranges from concentrated beams, to wide pulse blasts.

• Emerald Energy has a healing and invigorating effect on self and others.

• Grants Flight, Healing Factor, Enhanced Physicality, and Increased Situational Awareness.

Tech Specs

• Strength: B+

• Speed: A+

• Durability: A

• Power: S+

• Intelligence: C

• Skill: B

Welcome To Mega City!

It the year 20XX. With the advancement of science and the rediscovery of the mystic arts, humans are able to have extraordinary powers. But like all new powers, some wanted to use them for

HISTORY

What began as a quiet collection of colonial villages across Rhode Island in the 18th century had by the time of the Civil War become a bustling port city. After the war it became a center for industry, science and commerce in America. Throughout the first quarter of the 20th century Mega City truly rose to fulfill its name's promise. It was the height of everything a city could hope to become. Then came disaster: the stock market crash in 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression. Decades of unbounded expansion left Mega City particularly vulnerable to the depression's ravages. The economy collapsed, bringing social and political order crashing to the ground with it. Crime, organized and random, moved in to fill the void. The bootlegging gangs of the roaring twenties had already established themselves during Prohibition. Now the mob bosses, through bribery, intimidation, and murder, seized control of the city itself.

Mega City became a city where every cop was on the take, every politician under a mob boss' thumb, and one out of every two people was out of work. There was nowhere to turn for hope, no one to stand for the oppressed and downtrodden.

But then came a day unlike any other. People with and without powers began coming out of the woodwork, one after the other, coming together to clean up the scum infesting their home.

Heroes. Superheroes. One and all.

Now Mega City stands as the shining beacon of the world, but also it's darkest, for the remnants of the old villain Factions set up a seemingly permanent staging on the Rouge Isles, locking the city in neverending battle for the spirit and soul of the world. From this city, heroes and villains alike are forged and the world will know their names.

In Legend or Infamy!

[LOCATIONS]

Atlas Park: Atlas Park is in the center of the city and is one of the safest area of the city. Named after the World War II hero Atlas who stopped the invasion of Mega City at the cost of his own life—it is the civic center of the city. At the center of the zone, amidst carefully cultivated gardens, sits City Hall.

The Hollows: East of Atlas Park lies the Hazard Zone of the Hollows. Originally, this city zone was known as Eastgate, and was one of Paragon’s wealthiest residential districts. Beautiful New England houses sat upon the hillside, with spectacular ocean views. At the turn of the new century, a large group of mutant villains known as the Trolls banded together and decided they would carve out a piece of Mega City for themselves, by whatever force necessary. The Trolls are a street gang of drug addicts who have mutated through the abuse of a dangerous drug called Superadine. These mutations grant them superhuman strength and resistance, at the price of turning them into furious monsters.

Steel Canyon: Once the prosperous jewelers' district in 19th century Mega City, many of Steel Canyon's neighborhoods still possess names dating back to that era. The 20th century, however, brought with it an explosion of finance and investment industry. The once prolific mercantile district transformed overnight as brokerage houses, insurance companies, and law firms began taking over real estate. By the 1920s, most companies had erected towering skyscrapers to flaunt their success to the rest of the city. Because these huge buildings loomed over city streets like manmade mountains, the newspapers dubbed the area "Steel Canyon." Today, Steel Canyon remains primarily a financial district, though many jewelers still have their stores in the area. No single villain group has re-gained pre-eminence in Steel Canyon, though many compete for control of this wealthy district.

Founder's Falls: When Mega City began to grow from a small group of colonial townships, the heart of the coalition was Smithtown. Founders' Falls encompasses the area from which that seed began to grow, eventually developing into the sprawling metropolis that is Mega City. The most opulent place to live, Founders' Falls is where you are most likely to meet members of the Mega City Yacht Club. Then again, with water instead of major roadways, yacht might be the only way to travel. Even with all the tourism and scenery, or maybe because of it, the wealthier criminal organizations have also moved in. The blending of amazing architecture with sites of significance make this city zone an important area to keep safe. It is in some ways the spirit of Mega City, and she needs her Heroes to keep it from being overrun.

FACTIONS

Heroes: In 1937 after the city council and mayoral elections of 1936 swept in a platform of pro-hero candidates. The law allowed vigilantes to turn in criminals as long as they followed the same restrictions that police officers followed. In 1952 the Act was expanded to include officially licensed hero organizations that could in turn deputize their members. After several decades, the various Hero factions coalesced into the Hero Guilds, a semi para-militia of Heroes, specially trained and recruited to use their great powers to fight crime. Heroes are technically independent from law enforcement, but still work with and have the same rules, but can act more proactively.

Villains: A villain is an individual who possesses extraordinary talents, supernatural phenomena, or superhuman powers and uses them in pursuit of a personal or professional objective that is usually at the detriment of the public, the greater good, and/or any other moral standard. As their actions usually cause community disturbance, Supervillains are actively opposed by Heroes who seek to curb the destruction the actions of villains cause. Over the decades, the Villains created their own organizes "clans" on the Rouge Isles off the coast of the city in order to counter the organization and unity of the Hero Guilds, all based on the Rouge Isles off the coast of Mega City.

Police: Under the command of Chief Conrad Bochco, the Paragon Police Department, or the “Blue Shields” as they are often called, has a long established history in Paragon City. When the Rouge Isles became a haven for super-powered villains who constantly raided Paragon’s shores, the threats to Paragon City seemed to reach a critical mass. The Paragon Police Department has once again found it necessary to redefine and reorient itself in light of the ever-rising menace of super-powered villains, especially those who shelter themselves under Lord Recluse’s flag. A new proactive force has been trained, and is ready to fall out and restore peace to the streets of Mega City.

Mobs: Despite a world of giant monsters, super-powered vigilantes, undead horrors, and alien invaders, there are those who believe the old values and established traditions are the most important things in life. These rough men by their nature live on the edges of law-abiding society. They deal in the illegal and the immoral, and create a space for themselves through the rule of the gun or knife. They profit by exploiting the weakness of others while maintaining a veneer of civility around the Sunday night dining table. They are The Mobs.