Sometime in the 30s super-powered men and women made themselves known. They
had modest abilities, but they made themselves felt through out the world.
During the 40s governments everywhere started to recruit powered beings for
special units. The governments all over the world ran experiments to create
these super-beings. Many service people volunteered or were volunteered for
these experiments. Many of the most powerful beings of the era came from these
experiments. Folks like UberMan, and Major Victory came from these experiments.
The war was won with the efforts of the common soldiers, for there were always
far, far more regular army people than there ever were of the superheroes. Also
during this era many of the capes stayed home to defend the home front.
During the 50s Britain's Grail Knight retired. Rumors started about who the
man who called himself Major Victory really was. UNTIL received it's charter.
It was a decade of recovery from the war, of prosperity and of prejudice.
During the 60s the Promethians became the first super-team. They worked
mostly in the background so they never received much notoriety. The Champions
were in the spotlight of the media much more and received the bulk of the
attention.
The 70s and 80s were the silver age of the superhero. The public became more
used to the fact that there were beings that were much more powerful. Many hero
and villain fan clubs sprung up as the adventures of the capes became legend.
During the 90s many of the heroic paragons showed their feet of clay. Many
of the heros of WW II showed their humanity by getting involved with groups
that were out for world domination. Many heroes went underground during this
difficult era. Some heros had become involved with the Invisible Empire. The
Guard rooted out elements of the neo-Nazi Group The Axis from it's ranks. In
1995 the SF Bay Area is devastated by a humongous Earthquake. The superheroes
helped dig the survivors out of the rubble and later helped rebuild much of the
damaged bridges and other infrastructure. Later the mayor of San Francisco
re-incorporates the Bay Area as one city renamed Bay City. The Arcadian Academy
opened to teach young paranormals how to deal with their powers.
In October of 1999 a new supervillan named the Proprietor made himself known
by teaming up with Eurostar, the Assassinos and many others and took control of
the Ukraine. On Oct 22nd 1999 an international group of superheroes joined
together to defeat this menace once and for all. Once they all arrived they
found a trap. The Proprietor erected a huge dome of energy 7 miles in Diameter
around the battleground. The energies of the dome enhanced healing making the
battle much more brutal as heros grew desperate to defeat their foe.
On January 1, 2000, The Proprietor is defeated and the energies unleashed
kill all of the heroes in the dome.