With Great Power is an animanga superhero roleplay set in an original universe featuring a freeform and easy to learn system. We are inspired by the likes of DC Comics, Marvel Comics, My Hero Academia, One Punch Man, Tiger and Bunny and much more. The possibilities for characters and powers are almost endless and players are free to let their imaginations run wild! With such great power, what will you become?
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Anti-Heroes and Vigilantes are our most desired member groups at the moment! Do consider making one!
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”Tch. Why is it that beings of low intelligence have such brute strength? Imagine how useful that raw fortitude could be for humans! Hmph, if there is some sort of god out there, it surely must scorn down at its creation; what a waste of resources.”
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A crimson-haired woman stood idly amongst the chaos that was now unfolding within the London Zoo. From the wails Beatrix overheard, it would seem as if some rogue force -- likely an Anti-Hero -- had decided to feed the dirty zoo animals enhanced food that set them into a violent stampede. [break][break]
The woman curled her soft lips into a displeased pout. Every which way she looked, there was some weak human running away from a larger animal, be it gorilla or lion. [break][break]
Watching on, Beatrix only felt more disgusted by her own race’s fragility with every passing minute. She was no hero, but she almost felt obliged to help. This scene was just so embarrassing. [break][break]
”No… I shouldn’t get involved, lest it draw attention to me.” She muttered. [break][break]
So, the French redhead took a seat on a nearby bench, watching the chaos unfold with quite the nonchalant expression, given the circumstances. [break][break]
Some hero would save the day, she thought, like always.
[attr="class","dangertxt"] Xavier had been sitting on a bench in a lovely little park in London-- a veritable slice of Eden in the twisted and ancient cityscape of the United Kingdom's capital city-- when his phone buzzed with a certain ferocity, interrupting the tranquil, pensive state he had been, his vibrant reddish-brown eyes snapping from pastel blue sky upon to electronic screen nestled in his hands, an alarm displayed across as a sudden news alert: there had been a sudden disaster at London Zoo, the work of some rogue. . . and that was all Xavier had needed to read. In a moment, he was ducked into a bush, quickly pulling off his casual streetwear to reveal the suit made for heroics beneath: a white outfit, almost like a suit, worked with finery. If garments could speak, its words would be elegant, at odds with the dirty work is was tailored for. . . but it would serve him well enough. With a final flourish, Xavier pulled on his mask, a red piece of fabric that sat on the upper half of his face, obscuring his features. He was no longer Xavier; no, he was now Pendragon, knight of the Round Table.
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Adrenaline pumping through his veins, spiritual power from within his bodily spirit flooded his muscles and he burst from the bush like a bird, taking flight at speeds that well exceeded that of anything a normal human ought to be capable of. The park was only a stone's throw from the zoo, allowing the young vigilante to arrive with nary a moment of waste. His senses honed to a razor's edge by the sense of peril permeating the air, Pendragon scanned the scene below, taking stock of the chaos that had been wrought by the fiend responsible.
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Suddenly, something caught Pendragon's eye: a man fleeing from a rampaging gorilla tripped over his own feet and came tumbling down to the hard, dirty path below as the enraged, slathering beast encroached. Not far from where he had fallen, a striking woman was sat on a bench. Paralyzed by fear, perhaps?
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With no time to ponder, Pendragon swooped in below, a loud thud resounding through the area as his feet met the ground, his slim figure now position squarely between the fallen man and the gorilla.
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"Run," said Pendragon, his voice clear and resounding over the din of chaos, "I'll protect you!"
[break][break] And those words would soon be tested: the gorilla, undaunted by his sudden appearance, now charged Pendragon, his hands extended as if intending to squeeze the life out of him. But the beast would do no such thing: even with the strength of its rage, Pendragon easily caught the gorilla's hands and brought the beast to a screeching halt without straining himself. [break][break]
He stood there for a moment, holding the gorilla steady as he surveyed the scene, his eyes once again falling on the striking red-haired woman not too far away. [break][break]
"Miss," he shouted, "I would advise you to leave!"
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The chaos continued. Indifferently, Beatrix watched on as the would-be merrily going patrons ran for their lives. Some ducked for cover as avian animals swooped down to strike, others found themselves scaling fences in the desperate attempt to get to safety. Like a child deprived of their favourite plaything, Beatrix sat down on the bench with a miffed look on her face. [break][break]
”It seems it only takes a little trip of power to completely change the structure of the natural hierarchy. And one would think that if it was a world of fight or flight, humans would at least be good at the former. Oh, what a shame,” The redhead scientist groaned, rubbing her temples. Nothing about this was pleasant to witness - not that she was concerned for the wellbeing of anyone, but rather, she felt ashamed to see her kind do so poorly against a megar threat like this. [break][break]
But before Beatrix had much more time to contemplate the existence of human-kind, suddenly, a young man launched himself into the fray. A bystander who was tormented by a rabid gorilla (that Beatrix had failed to notice until now), was saved by this mysterious figure. Beatrix’s crimson eyes narrowed. He was dressed differently than everyone else. A Hero, she could only presume. [break][break]
What intrigued her more was the strength he displayed. Effortlessly, he stood up to the angry primate, stopping it with a single hand. [break][break]
Now this was the development she’d been waiting for. [break][break]
When the boy spoke to her about leaving, she stood up from her place. [break][break]
”No need for such,” Beatrix replied, before looking past him and the enemy in question. Her eyes began to give off a faint glow. [break][break]
Though her lips were shut, the woman clenched her fangs. She sensed the hot blood rushing through this mammal’s body. It was invigorated by something unnatural, she could feel. Whatever they’d eaten must have had performance enhancing steroids within it, but of an unhealthy quantity. [break][break]
”Now, let’s all just… Relax.” [break][break]
Beatrix began to manipulate the blood within the beast’s body. She starved its muscles of blood and soon, it would feel itself grow quite weak. Once it loosened its grip on the boy, it collapsed. Unconscious, but otherwise unharmed. [break][break]
She quickly rushed over to the boy’s side afterward, gazing down at him with captivated red orbs. [break][break]
”What great strength you have,” She noted, completely brushing over the fact she’d just knocked the gorilla unconscious, ”Impressive. Are you harmed?”
[attr="class","wassup1dangertxt"] The crimson-haired lady spoke, her tone mellow, as if this were a simple Sunday stroll in the park and not a zoo erupting into chaos. As he held back the rampaging gorilla with nary a modicum of conscious effort, Pendragon turned his gaze on the lady as she spoke her soft protest. But as Pendragon turned his gaze, her own began to glow, ever so slightly, but to the trained eye of Pendragon, there was a distinct aura to them. His eyebrow arched, his mind racing with sudden possibilities as the gorilla went limp and fell into an easy sleep.
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Another superbeing? Perhaps the one responsible for the rampage at hand? Confusion gave way to suspicion in an easy fashion. If she could lull the rampaging beasts, did that mean she could rouse them? Powers were curious like that, a real mixed bag of ins-and-outs, with stipulations that were sometimes arbitrary in nature. It was an odd scenario, and not one that eased the edge that Pendragon felt. . . but still, she did not seem to be a threat. For now, she was a curiosity. Whether she were friend or foe, well, that was yet to be seen.
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"I'm fine," said Pendragon in response to her question, "it would take a lot more than an enraged ape to hurt me."
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Pendragon took a full look at her now that there was a small moment of peace. She seemed almost. . . otherworldy, as if she were out of place in London. Beautiful, that was certain, but something was amiss. . .
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"My bodily state aside," said Pendragon, "I'm wondering what another. . . gifted individual is doing here surrounded by all this chaos, seemingly unperturbed by it. It makes a fellow wonder if she had some purpose here. . ."
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[attr="class","yuki-text4"] ”An eloquent little thing, aren’t you?” Beatrix sneered under her breath, amused by this boy’s way of words. How cute. He was certainly more silver-tongued than any of the other teenagers she had the misfortune of treating. At least adults could keep their mouths shut before operations, but adolescents, on the other hand, were always a ball of incoherent nerves. [break][break]
Regardless, she stopped her mind from wandering any further into her second life. Beatrix was a surgeon by day and a scientist by… well, whenever she wasn’t on the job. [break][break]
It would seem as if he were fine, but clearly suspicious of her recent actions. Beatrix laughed aloud, giving a dismissive wave. [break][break]
”You really think I would have set this up, boy?” She chuckled, French accent weaving its way into her words, ”If I really wanted to cause trouble, it would be something much more substantial than this. A little scare like this is silly. Whoever set this up lacks any foresight. They clearly cannot tell that the drugs in which they narcotized these beasts will slowly be harming them, as well. Assuming the patrons here aren’t mauled first, thanks to those freakish steroids, those zoo animals will likely fall into cardiac arrest. If the culprit was hoping to build an army, they’ve got some bad news ahead of them.” [break][break]
Gently, Beatrix stepped past the brunet and modestly knelt down, taking a closer look at the lying primate. [break][break]
”I suspect that the drug only works in spurts; it’s only active when you’re conscious.” [break][break]
She lifted the wrist of the ape and checked its pulse. Its heart was still beating, but at a resting rate. [break][break]
”And it would seem as if my hypothesis is right, too,” Beatrix said, turning back to the boy, ”Once unconscious the effects subside. They’re all ticking timebombs, but these animals might actually be able to be saved if they're all knocked out cold.” [break][break]
She stood back up and walked over to his side, peering into his eyes in a catty manner. ”But to answer your question, I’m not getting involved because I shouldn’t. Aegis doesn’t exactly like unregistered Supers doing the work of Heroes. I’m just abiding by the rules -- unless the terms have recently changed.” [break][break]
With the assumption that he must have been a Hero, Beatrix held out her wrists, waiting to be handcuffed. A smirk spread its way across her soft lips, smugly. [break][break]
”And if so… by all means, turn me in." [break][break]
Her eyes broke contact from his when she heard another set of wails from afar. [break][break]
The woman might have felt that Xavier spoke with a certain eloquence, but he could not help but notice her own speech. It bespoke and betrayed intelligence and grace. . . even under the pressure of the unfolding disaster, there was a level of control to her that was evident in her voice, one that Pendragon could not help but take note of; he would not lift his gaze from her, the dual prongs of curiosity and suspicion were still hot in the fires of his mind, tempered by crisis. Be that as it may, the woman spoke sense and plenty of it. As the picture came together for him, Pendragon was presented two options: either she uttered truth or she was a masterclass in gaslighting. . . and she was right about Aegis, an organization whose name felt dirty on Pendragon's tongue. Pendragon gave a small smirk, taut under the circumstances, but visible all the same.
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"You've nothing to fear on that account, miss," said Pendragon, "I'm no hound of Aegis either. Far be it from me to submit myself to such a loathsome group."
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And that was true. Pendragon had been raised that way, to be distrustful of groups like Aegis. Organizations like that could not be trusted, that was what he had been told. The Knights had spent centuries being exiled to the shadows by men of faith and suits and ties, those eager to keep the peace-- be it for pure or ill intent-- and suppress truth. Aegis was just the mere latest evolution of such men-- designed to control and keep tabs on people like him who were trying to do the right thing. On the outside, they might seem innocent but history was evidence enough for Pendragon that hearts of gold are oft only gilded and muck lies beneath the thin veneer of their appearance.
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"Moreover," he said, "it is as you said: I need you: your grasp on the situation and your powers. I'd rather not hurt an innocent creature if it can be helped. If you are willing to help me subdue the beasts in such a way that they come away unharmed, I am more than happy to be the one to grapple with the true rogue behind this."
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After all, that was the goal here. Restore peace, keep the people safe, and put an end to the blackguard causing it. Pendragon's heart was pounding. This strange woman and the situation unfolding. . . this was the most exhilarating action he had seen yet in his short career.
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[attr="class","yuki-text4"] This boy caught Beatrix off guard. She rose both her crimson brows when he explained he was not affiliated with Aegis. So he was like her. Or, no, perhaps that would be too much of a stretch to say. Clearly, he had the heart of heroism within him unlike Beatrix, who simply sought her own goals and the advancement of science. He was a Vigilante whilst she lay somewhere between the grey-tinted line of good and evil. [break][break]
”A pleasant surprise,” She replied, placing her wrists back to her sides. ”I wouldn’t have to do any bargaining.” [break][break]
The knight had uttered his need for her help and Beatrix smiled pleasantly. She enjoyed when she could be in a place of power. [break][break]
”Splendid. I think it would have been a poor choice to decline; the situation has already gotten far out of hand,” The redhead said, turning her back so that she may observe the wreckage done to the zoo. [break][break]
”We should start with the largest animals. They pose the biggest threat at the moment. If you can find them and draw them in, we can round them into a more enclosed space.” Beatrix suggested. She squinted her eyes and saw a larger, savannah-like biome a little bit away. ”How about there? It should have enough space to hold them in.” [break][break]
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”I hope you know that you’re going to have to be the bait. I’ll head towards the place I pointed out. Once you get them inside, they’ll have to be in my line of sight so that I can knock them all out at once.” Beatrix spoke, ”Later, you can seek out the culprit behind this all. I believe that should all make sense.”[break][break]
And she sure hoped it did, because Beatrix did not wait much longer for further confirmation. Beatrix gave the boy a final glance before rushing off towards the biome, quickly weaving around fleeing citizens that were heading the opposite direction. [break][break]
Why were they so frightened? Well, a large snow leopard accompanied by a polar bear were rushing forward, crazed mouths opened and ready to bite down on human flesh. Beatrix took a turn, but these animals were rushing towards the boy. [break][break]
The woman accepted his stance and his offer with nary an inkling of fuss and was just as soon formulating a plan for the defusing of the situation at hand. And, by all means, the crimson haired belle had a solid enough plan. Perhaps lacking in grace, it seemed a satisfactory enough measure.
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"Bait, huh?" said Pendragon, a wisp of amusement in his voice, "Well, not the classiest of roles, but I suppose if I must, I shall. I think that plan should work well enough. The space seems adequate and the beasts don't seem to be choosing their targets intelligently. Very well, we'll go with your plan."
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Still, thought Pendragon as their little meeting came to be adjourned and the red woman darted away to her post, it was tall order and that was not even beginning to account for if the true culprit interfered. . . if there was a true villain and the crimson haired lady was not manipulating him with an expert hand. Pendragon could not rule out such treachery. . . rogues and villains were not above such if they thought they could turn folks from foe to tool. But options were slim, which was of particular note due to the new group of civilians barreling towards him with their bestial hunters in tow.
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"I suppose we start here. . ." muttered Xavier, shifting his weight forward as if preparing for a fight. Life force flooded his body in an instant, bolstering his human body to metahuman levels. A moment later, he jumped forward with inhuman speed, putting himself between the fleeing crowds and the encroaching predators, a slim bulwark powered by chi. With well-honed reflexes, Pendragon grabbed the pursuing predators by the scuff of their furs and tossed them back-- gentle by his measure, but for those of typical human condition, it would certainly be enough to come as quite a shock to the beasts. In their rage, they wasted not a single moment turning their gazes of hatred back on him and began to chase him instead, the new object of both gluttony and ire.
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But that was just the beginning. What happened next would have been amusing were it not for the fact that this was a matter of life and death-- it looked as if a parade were unfolding. Lions, tigers, and bears. . . 'oh my', thought Xavier as he winded his way through the zoo, building his conga line menagerie as he saved civilians. As he rushed down the stone path of the zoo yet again, he cast a long look over his shoulder and saw what would be quite terrifying for any normal person: a long line of animals that would make Noah blush, all eager to nip at his flesh and quench their thirst with his blood. But for him, it was satisfaction. Nodding to himself, he sprinted back to the agreed upon meeting place and came to a skidding halt in the enclosure. As if on cue, animals began to pour in after him. Pendragon looked around with keen eyes, looking for his temporary ally, hoping she would make good on her end of the bargain. . .
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[attr="class","yuki-text4"] Beatrix continued on her path, dashing forward with haste. She could feel the hot blood rushing through her body as she rushed to their agreed point of assembly. Beatrix knew the animals would have no patience when chasing after their bait, so she needed to ensure she was there on time so that her knightly partner’s flesh wasn’t torn from bone. [break][break]
She was almost there. A few more twists and turns and she’d be at the entrance of the biome. Crimson brows furrowed, as she ran on her path, she began to run scenarios in her head. What would she do if all did not go as planned? Her destination coming nearer and nearer, she assumed she would be home free in mere moments. [break][break]
Assumed. Lost in her thought, Beatrix failed to notice the silver wolf that had been stalking her from a dark junction between an alley and the pathway she was treading. [break][break]
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Her step faltered. When it launched forward in a jump, the canine sunk its fangs into the pale skin of her left arm. She winced and instinctively reacted by reaching for it’s throat with her other hand. She removed it from her left and threw the wolf back onto the ground. [break][break]
Beatrix kissed her teeth. She watched the blood seep out from her wound. [break][break]
”Stupid mutt!” Beatrix hissed down -- literally -- at the wild dog. She stared at it and her eyes began to glow like they’d once did initially. However, instead of putting it into a harmless slumber, something strange began to happen. [break][break]
The wolf, that had been knocked off of its feet just a moment ago, suddenly stood. The animal whimpered helplessly. Its muscles began to contort unnaturally as if it were not in control of its own body! Beatrix smiled, bearing her own set of sharp fangs. [break][break]
”You really think you could strike me without consequence? Please, you couldn’t even keep your bloodline from being domesticated. Silly, silly dog.” [break][break]
But, she stopped suddenly when she heard the sounds of incoming commotion. Wails and roars and squawks of animals resonated off of the walls of the zoo. With a quiet grumble, her eyes reverted back to their normal color and the wolf was freed. Not after being knocked unconscious first, however. [break][break]
She couldn’t lose her cool. Not yet. [break][break]
Beatrix caught sight of the Vigilante boy soon after and gave him a nod. ”Yes, continue onward! Just keep running until we get inside!” [break][break]
She followed her own advice and rushed the rest of the way forward. Finally Beatrix was inside the savannah biome. Luscious grass and tall acacias were just a few of the plants that decorated the ecosphere. She might have taken a moment to take the pretty sight in if not for their current situation. Beatrix skidded to a stop and briskly turned around to face the incoming animals. [break][break]
”Face me, but shut your eyes --now! Just trust me on this one, okay?” She ordered. [break][break]
The animals were following this boy’s every movement. If he was turned her way, so would all the other animals. A perfect opportunity to get in their visage. Hopefully the brunet had listened to her advice. [break][break]
Her eyes illuminated, but much more intensely than before. Anyone looking her way would feel quite a sudden and intense drop in blood pressure. A feeling of vertigo would set in before all went black. [break][break]
If everything had gone as planned, one by one, all the animals would fall unconscious, falling to the grass below them harmlessly. Once they were all down, Beatrix herself knelt down and sat. That was quite a bit of exertion for one sitting. [break][break]
