Secret Nazis

In 1938 the SS Ahnenerbe (Nazi Ancestral Heritage Society) founded two expeditions; one travelling to Tibet and the other to Antarctica. In both cases they were seeking evidence of Thule, the long-lost capital of Hyperborea- homeland of the Aryan People and the first civilization on the planet. While the details of the Tibet expedition, any evidence the Antarctica expedition was hidden on their return. The Antarctica expedition was something of a success and its results were terrifying. To contain and desperately attempt to understand the discovery, the Nazi party built Lager Funf (Camp Five).

From the research conducted at Lager Funf comes the EPG (Experimentelle Projekt-Gruppe - Experimental Projects Squad); a special team whose purpose it is to field test the occult discoveries of Camp Five. Organized publically as Gestapo Department F, but given no identified purpose, it has fallen to the EPG to protect German forces from the weird of the Second World War. Today the EPG exist as soldiers without rank, citizens without known identity; the EPG have become known to the Allied Forces, the Secret Nazis.

Elite Gamers Guild

Several years ago, game manufacturer Cyperstar (a subsidy of Labour Corp.) purchased some robotics research that had come out of Dome Six. They wanted to develop a game system using remote controlled bio-mechanical constructs as avatars. Unfortunately, the potential cost versus profit projections showed that the project, while cool, would not yield a return. However, one Labour Corp. executive, Marcia Fuller, took the research into a new direction. She founded the Elite Gamers Guild. Customers of the Elite Gamers Guild pay money for a number of hours in which they use their avatars to hunt targets, specifically defined by the Guild. The more risk to the Guild, the higher the cost. But the higher the cost, the more in-game rewards are unlocked for success (or penalties imposed for failure). So far, Superheroes are the highest costing game.

The Elite Gamers themselves operate from major cities, but their Avatars are active all over the world. The closer to the player’s the higher the cost, and thus more rewards for success.

Sonya Carline

Sarah Carline is special. Young, attractive, wealthy successful; people wonder what she’s doing single and living in a rust-bowl like Orphicten. The young Magistrate with Special qualifications in Superpower law says she’d dedicated to cleaning up the city.

Doctor Magic

Philip Graw always new he was special and when he decipher the a bad translation of an arcane tome; granting him magic powers. He became a Superhero under the guise of “Doctor Magic”. Unfortunately; being a Superhero or Sorcerer doesn’t pay well and when Philip Graw couldn’t cover his bills, he began hiring out “Doctor Magic” to television shows and corporate events. Eventually, Doctor Magic stopped being a Hero entirely, becoming a talk show host and New Age author.