OUBLIETTE

In all things is there a balance. Just as there is a balance between light and dark, so there is a balance between right and wrong. It then goes without saying that there is a balance between good and evil.

Within the world of OUBLIETTE Comics exist many heroes, and often as naught it seems that for every heroes exists and army of villains. Some see themselves as pioneers and visionaries- burning the way to a better tomorrow through their misguided mannerisms. Others act only for self-gain- using their genetic gifts to rob and steal, pillage and plunder. The worst however are terrorists; they are the beings which cause the human populace to mistrust the Neo-Sapien community.

They are the progenitors of the misconception that those blessed with amazing abilities will inevitably use them for ill-deeds.

The Affiliation

As Neo-Sapien outcry grew, the United Nations’ Department of SPB Affairs enacted a special social experiment held in conjunction with the New Vindicators Academy of America. Several Neo-Sapiens would be positioned in a public high school in New York where their behavior would be monitored and recorded. Their hardships and their interactions would be viewed and in the end, when the students had graduate, the project’s findings would be made public.

It was a gamble; on one hand, the project could successfully display that Neo-Sapiens and humans could live together in peaceful coexistence. On the flip side it could also become a major black mark on the record of the Department, the Academy, and on the nations which allowed such a plan to go through.

This bold endeavor was not without its hitches. From the very beginning there was another group set against these New Vindicators. In the beginning it seemed like little but a team recruited under Atlas- but the truth came out slowly. Over the course of those months, the New Vindicators began to distrust each other- many of their own had betrayed them to join the ranks of the Affiliation. Some had been spies for the group all along. For so long the would-be heroes came to dread each waking moment for fear of what this clad of cads would do next…

Ultimately, the Affiliation laid all of their cards on the table. Like the Order of Chaos before them, they were Neo-Sapiens who had merely grown tired of being persecuted. Unlike their predecessors they were not simply out to wreak havoc. They existed to rule over mankind- natural selection was to be their law of the land and the creed of the new world order they would create.

At the helm was the New Vindicator known as Adonis. When Adonis Skraag unveiled his treachery, it shook the core foundation of the New Vindicators Academy and left many unwilling to accept the level of terror he brought as being the fruit of his machinations. A tactical genius and a charismatic leader, Adonis was a danger none had perceived coming. Under him were gathered many young Neo-Sapiens who not only believed in his message but were lured by what his abilities could offer them.

Though his former classmates stopped his initial ambitions, he would escape and return- each time his powers, minions and resolve strengthened. The product of anti-NS sentiments, Adonis is also responsible for negative opinions- making him the most dangerous thing for the New Vindicators to fight…

… An idea.

Current Members: Adonis [leader], Beekeeper, Circe, Forecast, Girth, Lurker, Mara, Mirth, Morph, Rapunzel and Shiva

Former Members: Black Widow, Blitzkrieg, Chimera II, Coriolis, Doctor Splash, Okami, Pandora, Professor Incendiary, Rift, Stockholm, Tide and Tusk

The Church of Genetic Purity

In 1865, a social organization was first founded in Pulaski, Tennessee. It served to resist Reconstruction in the wake of the American Civil War- intimidating carpetbaggers and scalawags- but most of all… the Freedmen.

The Klan’s practices in the art of terror became infamous through out the nation. Their methods soon turned violent, even going so far as to murder 1,300 Republican voters in 1868. President Ulysses S. Grant destroyed the Klan- abolishing their vigorous action under the Civil Rights Act of 1871- but it would not be the end of them.

Over the decades, the Ku Klux Klan has undergone resurrection after resurrection- adopting new causes as the flow of time moves on. The Klan seeks to terrorize not only Blacks and Jews, but Catholics, immigrants, suspected communists, civil rights activists, and those seeking equal rights for women and homosexuals.

And now, Neo-Sapiens have been added to the list.

In the wake of 9/11, Grand Dragon Forrest N. Bedford was on the fast track to becoming an Imperial Wizard. Instead, he revitalized his region with the formation of the Church of Genetic Purity. Under his direction, the tactics of the old days were revived- mostly targeting Neo-Sapiens. Bedford has publicly announced that his organization maintains a militia- perpetually on guard to fight against an emergency attack from Neo-Sapiens.

Things grew worse in 2007, when Chienne Bedford disappeared into the night in late spring. Believing her to have been abducted by Neo-Sapiens, Bedford investigated her room only to discover the ZERO armor.

Despite that the armor had been stolen nearly a year prior from Patriot Robotics, Bedford revealed his daughter’s dual life to the public on national television. He then claimed that Neo-Sapiens had learned of their enemy’s identity and abducted her. Claiming such actions to be in her memory, Bedford donned the armor and now leads his militia of zealous knights as the second ZERO.

Current Members: Reverend Johnny Vance

Former Members: Amy Bedford (deceased), Chienne Bedford (believed deceased), Forrest Bedford (deceased), Mortimer Bedford (deceased)

Crimson Shadow

Kurenaikage was once an elite organization of Neo-Sapien shinobi. However, in the wake of the last leader’s death, numbers had drastically decreased. Under the leadership of the new Okashira, the clan has been transformed by a lucrative career focusing on assassinations and mercenary work, specializing in combating SPBs.

With its doors open to any skilled warrior, the former glory has been restored- but the group’s honor has been lost.

Current Members: Hajime Hanyou [leader], BB Jones, Kaze, Kunai, Pike, Shiroi Kage

The Order of Chaos

Current Members: Solar [leader], Bipolar, Blaze, Kitty, Meat

The Order of Movement

Super-speed, flight, spinning, bouncing, kinetic explosions… this group of villains attacks fast and is gone just as fast. Almost impossible to catch, they have been plaguing the world for years leaving a rash of robberies (and the heroes who manage to tussle with them) in their dust.

Current Members: Red Shift [leader], Centrifugal, Inertia, the Jerk, Velocity

power_gamers

These super-powered young men have taken their game to the next level; opting to use their powers to lead a life of crime, rather than work to feed their habit, they have thrown their lives into god mode.

Current Members: The GM [leader], n00b, PWNAGE, redhott315, sp4wn_p01nt

Project: PRIME

Former Members: Hyperion [former leader], Ambrossia, Besitz, Fathom, Izzy, Occultus Unus, Ombre

The Sixth Reich

The defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 was not the end of the Nazi’s campaign for power. In fact, it was only the beginning. In Hitler’s entourage were many SPBs- some had gained power through mysticism while others were merely born with uncanny abilities. It was these men, granted powers that placed them on a higher tier of humanity, who continued the dark ambitions held by Adolf Hitler.

It was one such man, the psionic Johann Meinstein who took the name of the Fuhrer and dreamed of conquering the world in the name of the Fourth Reich.

The countries that stood victorious at the war’s climax feared the army the Fuhrer was generating would march on the rest of the world. Most nations were still recuperating from Hitler’s onslaught and could not stand another assault. It was to this end that the Vindicators first banded together and though they defeated the Fuhrer- they could not destroy the evil ideals which he personified.

Again his minions struck and the world- returning decades later under the banner of the Fifth Reich. Once more they were bested before returning again in modern times. Now, dubbed the Sixth Reich, this legion of evil and tyranny is stronger than ever before and ready to deal a major blow to the Vindicators.

Current Members: Lebender Schatten, Schadenfreude and Weltschmerz

Triple Threat

Current Members: Paper [leader], Rock and Scissors

Solo Villains

• Abaddon
• Acadian
• Ahasuerus
• Amalgam
• Apocatastasis
• Atlas
• Black Widow
• Bogart
• BOOM!
• Brown Recluse
• Coriolis
• Deus ex-Machina
• Doctor Splash
• Elemenoh P. Quarez
• Justice
• Kid Cosplay
• The Leap
• Mason
• Miss Multiple
• Nightingale
• Numb
• Occultus Unus
• Pandora
• Paragon
• Pariah
• Professor Incendiary
• The Reptile
• Semyhazza
• Scrimshaw
• The Shadow
• Siegfried
• Stratocaster
• Suicide Dave
• Terahertz
• Treant
• Phoenix Wayridge
• The Wisent