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psychicshellWay back in the 1960s, an alien exploration ship crashed on Earth. The only survivor was the infant child of a pair of scientists who worked on board, and the child only survived because his parents stuck him into an escape pod before the crash. I think everyone knows how this story plays out: The alien child was raised by simple farmers in Idaho, where he learned to control his strange powers. Then he moved to the big city and got a humble job to disguise his true role as one of the world's first superheroes: ELEMENTAL.
Elemental, AKA Isaac North, stood as a symbol of goodness and hope, using his superhuman abilities to save the world time and time again. Over the years, he started teaming up with other heroes from across the world. With the help of the invulnerable Hundredlives, the mysterious Blue Phantom, the energetic Captain Cosmos, and the brilliant Zephyr, Elemental founded the Valor Corps, a legion of superheroes that could accomplish far more than any one of them could on their own.
By the 1990s, however, friction was building up within the Valor Corps. Zephyr maintained that they couldn't interfere with politics. Humanity needed to control it's own destiny, and they only needed the Corps for outside threats. Elemental said that humanity was proving itself too violent and unstable to be allowed to continue without any kind of supervision. The friction built until in the end, Elemental and Blue Phantom split from the Valor Corps and formed their own team, the Terror Corps.
The Terror Corps were defeated on Christmas Day, 2000, in an event known as "Red December". Despite their defeat, their legacy continues to this day, with lives lost, trusts broken, and families shattered. To this day, the Valor Corps members who fought that day refuse to talk about the specifics of that battle. They only say that it was hard fought, but that the Terror Corps were destroyed and Elemental was killed.
One of Elemental's minions, a master thief who went by Midnight, escaped. She had been in love with Elemental, and they had had a child. When the final battle came, Elemental sent her away to take his son and hide. She did this, staying one step ahead of the Valor Corps for over a decade with a young child in tow.
In 2010, Midnight was finally caught by the Valor Corps, who now had to figure out what to do with Rafael Cardenas, the ten year old son of Elemental and Midnight. Zephyr argued that he was too dangerous to be let free. Hundredlives argued that he was a confused kid who needed help. Eventually, Zephyr reluctantly conceded the argument, and let Hundredlives take the boy in.
In 2016, Ace City (the city that was the site of the disastrous final battle against the Terror Corps) finally agreed to trust the Valor Corps enough to allow them to open a new branch. The new team consisted of a bunch of younger, less experienced heroes. One of their number went by the name Superego, and had powers eerily similar to Elemental, the most hated superhero in history.
Elemental, AKA Isaac North, stood as a symbol of goodness and hope, using his superhuman abilities to save the world time and time again. Over the years, he started teaming up with other heroes from across the world. With the help of the invulnerable Hundredlives, the mysterious Blue Phantom, the energetic Captain Cosmos, and the brilliant Zephyr, Elemental founded the Valor Corps, a legion of superheroes that could accomplish far more than any one of them could on their own.
By the 1990s, however, friction was building up within the Valor Corps. Zephyr maintained that they couldn't interfere with politics. Humanity needed to control it's own destiny, and they only needed the Corps for outside threats. Elemental said that humanity was proving itself too violent and unstable to be allowed to continue without any kind of supervision. The friction built until in the end, Elemental and Blue Phantom split from the Valor Corps and formed their own team, the Terror Corps.
The Terror Corps were defeated on Christmas Day, 2000, in an event known as "Red December". Despite their defeat, their legacy continues to this day, with lives lost, trusts broken, and families shattered. To this day, the Valor Corps members who fought that day refuse to talk about the specifics of that battle. They only say that it was hard fought, but that the Terror Corps were destroyed and Elemental was killed.
One of Elemental's minions, a master thief who went by Midnight, escaped. She had been in love with Elemental, and they had had a child. When the final battle came, Elemental sent her away to take his son and hide. She did this, staying one step ahead of the Valor Corps for over a decade with a young child in tow.
In 2010, Midnight was finally caught by the Valor Corps, who now had to figure out what to do with Rafael Cardenas, the ten year old son of Elemental and Midnight. Zephyr argued that he was too dangerous to be let free. Hundredlives argued that he was a confused kid who needed help. Eventually, Zephyr reluctantly conceded the argument, and let Hundredlives take the boy in.
In 2016, Ace City (the city that was the site of the disastrous final battle against the Terror Corps) finally agreed to trust the Valor Corps enough to allow them to open a new branch. The new team consisted of a bunch of younger, less experienced heroes. One of their number went by the name Superego, and had powers eerily similar to Elemental, the most hated superhero in history.
