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Overview: The world of CoC is not a happy one, but it is not grimdark, either. It is like the world we live in, but with superheroes and game-like elements, where the ones regarded as heroes aren’t always the most heroic amongst us. While the main characters in CoC are not as… extreme as those in my other stories, and at least try to be heroes. This is a compilation of Issues 1-5 of City of Champions Online.
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy
1. Origin Stories
Having found the tragic truth that an art degree is worth less than the paper it is printed on, Jacquelyn Jones is frustrated with her dead end work as a graphic designer for a marketing firm, finding new ways to try and convince people that this week’s 50 cent off sale is actually worth driving to the store. She’s tried other VRMMORPGs, but they’ve all been fantasy-based, with a couple sci-fi games thrown in. But she wants something more, something Super.
Superhero VRMMOs have had a… subpar reception in the past, in part due to the fact that the nature of most MMOs makes for fairly unheroic tales. After the couple hundredth time blasting the same group of mooks from the same faction on the same street corner of the same city, using the same powerset as everyone else because you only have a few options, it is hard to think of yourself as a hero anymore.
But then she heard about City of Champions Online. For the first time, a developer partnered with a tabletop RPG maker to use their system to create a VRMMORPG, and it was one of the systems designed to be used with superhero games! And despite the name, there was no getting stuck in the same city as all the other players. The game world was a detailed replica of the real world, down to having some of the same shops and restaurants in town. She could be whoever she wanted, whatever she wanted. Now, she just has to find a way to become the heroine she’s always wanted to be.
2. Rising Up
It is a dark time for the city of Atlanta.
In the world of City of Champions Online, a group of white supremacists have taken over the city of Atlanta and are holding the city hostage as they attempt to usurp control of the government. Southern Pride, the local team of ‘heroes’ have proven to be plants by the villains, using their position to try and give the takeover a look of legitimacy. Those who would stand against them have been declared villains, and are being hunted.
But not everyone has given up on Atlanta. Vampyra and the Misfits helped many heroes and civilians to escape the city during the initial chaos. Now, they’re taking the fight to Southern Pride, and rallying anyone they can to their side, because the Battle of Atlanta is just getting st
arted.
3. New Normal
The storm has passed. A new day begins.
Southern Pride and their allies have been thrown out of Atlanta. The sudden loss of both the Governor and Lieutenant Governor is only the start of the trouble that the defenders of Atlanta will have to deal with as they begin rebuilding and dealing with the aftermath of the old regime. But one cannot just open a gate to the hells (and promptly kick it shut again) without expecting some long-term ramifications. The mystic population of Atlanta has been charged by the recent high magic flow in the area, and those who were once thought to be myths and legends are coming out of the shadows. But what challenges await a Vampire when her city starts adjusting to the new normal?
4. Perilous Agendas
Just when everything was getting back to normal (well, whatever passes for ‘normal’ in a world of superheroes where the magical is real), tragedy struck the world as mystic terrorists attacked, signaling their crusade to try and ‘Heal the World’ of the damage the humans had done to it. And in their mind, the best way to do that was to start by purging the ‘infection’ that was humanity. With a new threat on the horizon, how will Vampyra and her team of Misfits protect their city, and the world?
5. Night Moves
The Magocracy has been defeated once and for all, but in the process Vampyra and the Misfits have been drawn into the Supernatural Community, and the political games of the supernatural races. Will the wicked webs of those who are used to having all the power ensnare Vampyra and her friends? Will she be able to escape coming under the thrall of powerful creatures with centuries of experience to draw on? Or will everything come crashing down?
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