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IC - https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=512683
The World
In 1908, the first of the Silent appeared in NYC. A masked man, robbed a bank for thousands of dollars while bullets flew past him. He had the power of luck, granted to him by the mask he wears. It was a marvel that shocked the world. And when the second of the Silent appeared, he displayed the strength to toss a Ford Model T through the air with ease. As if he were throwing a football. And now, in the year 1956, the world is filled with The Silent. People that all can wield a great power, so long as they wear their mask. They exist among the population. Some hide their status to the world. Others flaunt it proudly. They are in the world's militaries, and even in some governments. And every nation is treating them differently. In America crime, bolstered by Silents rises across the nation, rises by the day. The Federal Bureau of Silent Suppression tries to keep them in check. In the United Kingdom, the nation has required registration of all of the Silents with the threat of life imprisonment. In Soviet Russia, the Silent are revered, largely as war heroes. But, all Silent are forced into military service. The world is dark. With riots for equal treatment for the Silent on the horizon, jealousy of their power from the general population, and the threat of war building on every theater across the world, the goal of this RP is to ask one simple question. Who do you choose to be?
The Premise
You as a player in this RP will be able to create a person, living in Chicago in the year 1956. You can create a member of the Silent, and develop a unique power for your mask to grant you. Or you can portray a regular human and delve into the concept of living in a world with powered individuals. Or you could be a member of the FBSS, the Federal Bureau of Silent Suppression, and hunt down law breaking Silents throughout the city. Or you can be a harrowed detective, trying to find the truth about the murder of a member of the Silent. And any combination of them all is possible. Underneath this all will be an adjoining thread, a grave threat and the origin of the masks. Will you be a hero and fight for truth and justice? Or will you be a villain, out for their own gain? The choice is yours.
The history
In the year 1908, the first of "The Silent" appeared in New York City. A man with a painted white ivory mask walked into a bank, and without speaking a word single handedly took down three armed security guards and stole over one hundred thousand dollars. Equivalent to over three million USD today. The fired bullet after bullet at him, but none of them had any effect. It was as if they passed right around him, with a mind of their own. It was a full year before another of the Silent appeared in Tampa Bay Florida. At first people thought it was the same masked man, but when this man displayed feats of strength well beyond what the first could accomplish, including throwing a ford model T twenty meters with one hand, they knew it was something different. By the year 1915, as the world was embroiled in the first world war, the name "The Silent", for the many masked and powered individuals became widespread throughout most of the known world. It is said that the assassin of Franz Ferdinand was one of the Silent. Prohibition of the early 1920s in America led to organized crime being wide spread in the growing nation. Gangs utilized the Silent to their advantage. It was during this time that the first demasking occurred. And some of the truth of the silent was revealed to the world. The Silent are men and women, that when they wear their mask, trade away their ability to speak, for grandiose powers of seemingly magical origins.
Two major events changed the course of the 20th century. The second world war, was the first war to feature Silent Soldiers. Adolf Hitler applying them as part of the Nazi party's SS division. America and Russia were the only other two nations that were capable of creating similar forces. The soviet uprising actually being bolstered by Silent revolutionaries. The Pacific front was ended when an American team of 500 of the Silent, including the widely known Ruth Hawthorne, were deployed in Tokyo. The city was destroyed within hours. And when a Soviet Russian deployment of 1700 of the Silent wiped through the Manchurian front, the feeling of being pinned by forces well beyond them caused a swift Japanese surrender. The second event was the battle of Chicago which occurred in 1949. Where the largest families of organized crime clashed in the mafia run city. Causing untold damage and the "Second Great Chicago Fire". It caused the formation of a federal peace keeping agency, using Silent police to fight Silent criminals, known as the Federal Bureau of Silent Suppression or FBSS. Most other nations quickly followed suit in adding the Silent to their police forces and militaries over time. The United Kingdom, instituted their Silent Registry in the year 1948. In 1949, The Korean civil war broke out. The north, lead by an anarchist silent, nearly conquered the democratic south. Were it not for American intervention, the south would not exist today. This war also marks the first use of Silents by China. The Korean civil war came to a grinding conclusion in 1952. The soviets, had an armistice with the Americans and chose not to participate in the war. America's superior trained Silents dominated the Chinese and Korean Silents. the Korean Peninsula remains a unified democratic nation to this day.
Now we sit in an uneasy world. Chicago is run by crime. World powers are closing in on a third world war. And inequality is rampant for people of every kin. The world is a powder keg, and a lit match could be around any corner.
The Rules
1. No meta gaming or godmodding. This one is obvious.
2. OP's word is law. I'm an open guy and like people to have their freedom but you gotta respect that if I say no it means no.
3. Respect other players both in the forum and on discord. Needless insults will get you kicked.
4. PVP elements must be agreed upon by both parties, and will be decided by a combination of stats and dice rolls performed by OP.
5. All powers have drawbacks. No one just gets free strength. The stronger your power, the stronger the limitation you need to provide with it
6. Sadly, there are some banned powers, done so for the sake of making an interesting story/world that won't be exploited. This list is not exhaustive and can be added to at any time. Mind Control, control of subatomic particles, Time travel, omniscience.
The Application
Name:
Age:
Nation of birth:
Silent? (yes or no):
Occupation:
Moral Alignment:
Height:
Weight:
Appearance (img in spoiler pls):
Character history:
Personal goals:
Silent Power (if applicable):
Limitation/drawback:
For Silent Characters only
Power levels, divide 25 points among these five attributes. The human baseline for each of the attributes is a 1, for an example, a 5 is the minimum durability for your Silent to be bulletproof. At ten points they can take tank shells with ease.
Durability (how hard you can get hit without taking significant damage):
Intelligence (how well you use your power):
Silent Power Strength (raw power level of the silent ability):
Telepathy (how well you can communicate with other silents):
Resolve (How hard is it to keep you down):