The History of Metahumans
May 11, 2016 1:44:43 GMT
Post by Admin Moose on May 11, 2016 1:44:43 GMT
No one's entirely certain when the first "metahuman" came around. As far as we know, as long as there have been humans, there have been metahumans. What we can trace, however, are the first superheroes.
68 years ago, Grayson Stone, then a colonel in the Bareillian Armed Forces, modified a spare set of army fatigues and became "Justice", the first real costumed "superhero", using his naturally enhanced strength, speed and endurance to fight crime. Of course, a superhero must have supervillains, so a few months after Justice began operating, Marcus Caitliss donned a costume of his own to become "Fearmonger", using his magic to begin a reign of terror and a rivalry with Justice.
The trend spiraled out from there, with more and more heroes and villains popping up. Every few years it seemed a new hero would rise to prominence and a new villain would emerge to oppose him or her, and then the cycle would repeat. As the heroes and villains got bigger and stronger and damage started getting worse, the Bareillian National Police stepped in, consulting with the Armed Forces to try and develop a strategy to take them all out. This was 54 years ago.
Thus began an era of Bareillian history known as "The Crackdown". Every time a metahuman would appear, even if it was an unintentional display of power and they had no intentions of becoming a hero or villain, the BNPD would arrest them for vigilantism. It was during this period that the Forrester National Penitentiary for the Superior was built, after 6 years of exhaustive research into how best to contain metahumans. This lasted for 16 years, before a rather violent series of riots called the "Meta Riots" occurred, all across the nation.
In response, the BNPD radically altered their policies. First, they created the Metahuman Control Department, and then they created the Special Apprehensions Licenses, allowing metahumans to gain proper authorization from the law. In response, crime dropped all across the nation, in some places by double digits. This was 38 years ago.
Today, superheroes and supervillains are an accepted part of society. There is something of an understanding amongst metahumans to try and keep the property damage to a minimum, but this isn't always the case, as with the Walden Mall in Newcroft. The civil government has also developed a warning system sent to people's personal phones, the "Super Advisory Warning", to advise them to get to safety as a meta-fight is happening nearby. The SAW is treated more as a reason for people to pull out phones and start filming, though.
68 years ago, Grayson Stone, then a colonel in the Bareillian Armed Forces, modified a spare set of army fatigues and became "Justice", the first real costumed "superhero", using his naturally enhanced strength, speed and endurance to fight crime. Of course, a superhero must have supervillains, so a few months after Justice began operating, Marcus Caitliss donned a costume of his own to become "Fearmonger", using his magic to begin a reign of terror and a rivalry with Justice.
The trend spiraled out from there, with more and more heroes and villains popping up. Every few years it seemed a new hero would rise to prominence and a new villain would emerge to oppose him or her, and then the cycle would repeat. As the heroes and villains got bigger and stronger and damage started getting worse, the Bareillian National Police stepped in, consulting with the Armed Forces to try and develop a strategy to take them all out. This was 54 years ago.
Thus began an era of Bareillian history known as "The Crackdown". Every time a metahuman would appear, even if it was an unintentional display of power and they had no intentions of becoming a hero or villain, the BNPD would arrest them for vigilantism. It was during this period that the Forrester National Penitentiary for the Superior was built, after 6 years of exhaustive research into how best to contain metahumans. This lasted for 16 years, before a rather violent series of riots called the "Meta Riots" occurred, all across the nation.
In response, the BNPD radically altered their policies. First, they created the Metahuman Control Department, and then they created the Special Apprehensions Licenses, allowing metahumans to gain proper authorization from the law. In response, crime dropped all across the nation, in some places by double digits. This was 38 years ago.
Today, superheroes and supervillains are an accepted part of society. There is something of an understanding amongst metahumans to try and keep the property damage to a minimum, but this isn't always the case, as with the Walden Mall in Newcroft. The civil government has also developed a warning system sent to people's personal phones, the "Super Advisory Warning", to advise them to get to safety as a meta-fight is happening nearby. The SAW is treated more as a reason for people to pull out phones and start filming, though.