Line #105 Characters/PowerAcademyFactions


1	-> [[Characters/PowerAcademy Main Index]] \| [[Characters/PowerAcademyPartyMembers Party Members]] \| [[Characters/PowerAcademyEveryoneElse Unlockable Party Members and Others]] \| [[Characters/PowerAcademyStaff Academy Staff]] \| [[Characters/PowerAcademyAntagonists Antagonists]] \| [[Characters/PowerAcademyOutsidersAndOthers Outsiders and Others]] \| Factions
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3	The various factions of Roleplay/PowerAcademy.
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5	[[foldercontrol]]
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7	!!Hero Factions
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9	[[folder:Team Athena]]
10	!Team Athena
11	->'''Role:''' School defense force and cheerleading squad
12	->'''Leaders:''' Rotating leadership, with Valerie Ashen as founder and de facto leader
13	->'''Other Members:''' Alice Solheim, Bethany Knight, Dawn Aizawa, Gwendyson Z, Layla "Lightning" Ulrich, Sam Grayson, Tala Hardgreaves
14	* AmazonBrigade: All-female, [[TheOneGuy with the exception of Sam.]]
15	** For the player character, whereas a female!PC is accepted openly into the group, a male!PC is thought of as more of an honorary member. Quests remain the same, with some differences in dialogue.
16	* BadassAdorable
17	* [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Heroines]]: Their job.
18	* MiniDressOfPower: Part of the uniform. [[TheLadette Alice]] is the only exception, wearing a combination of ModestyShorts and ShowgirlSkirt.
19	* FunWithAcronyms
20	* LaResistance: Val forms the group in response to a large crime wave in Paranorm--and as a way for her and her friends to hone their skills.
21	* MagicalGirlWarrior: In aesthetic, if not in function.
22	* NonUniformUniform: Their team outfits are all custom-tailored to the member's powers and style, but have just enough similarities to have a group feel to them.
23	* RagtagBunchOfMisfits
24	[[/folder]]
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26	[[folder:Time Guardians]]
27	!Time Guardians
28	->'''Role:''' Protectors of cursed artifacts, keeping them from falling into the wrong hands
29	->'''Co-Leaders:''' Gill Barrows, Waldo the Green
30	->'''Other Members:''' Alderon DeRain, Helena Mychro, Simon Locksley, Willow [=DeWhisp=]
31	* HeroSecretService: Protectors of various destructive artifacts.
32	* MagicKnight
33	* TheOrder: A modern-day version.
34	[[/folder]]
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36	[[folder:The Gaming Club]]
37	->'''Role:''' Combination of a gaming club and science-themed hero team
38	->'''Leader:''' Talanous Fairweather, Timmy Woods (advisor)
39	->'''Other Members:''' Ezekiel Williams, Fogron Cannus, Isaac Ashen, Layla Ulrich
40	* [[TheDorkKnight The Dork Knights]]
41	* [[ScienceHero Science Heroes]]
42	[[/folder]]
43
44	!!Neutral Factions
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46	[[folder:Normco]]
47	!Normco
48	->'''Role:''' Mega-Corporation (Anti-Heroes, Anti-Villains)
49	* AcmeProducts: If you buy any consumer goods around Kragsmark or Paranorm, chances are they're manufactured by Normco.
50	* GrayAndGreyMorality: They are decidedly neutral, at least compared to groups like [[ForTheEvulz Knight Research]] or [[KnightTemplar Equinox]].
51	** BlackAndGreyMorality: While not knights in shining armor themselves, they are openly rivals with Knight Research.
52	* KickTheDog: Their "experiments" in learning what makes a mutant a mutant, which essentially boiled down to torture.
53	* MegaCorp: More widespread than Knight Research, but with less influence.
54	* PlayingWithSyringes: See above.
55	[[/folder]]
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57	[[folder:Temporal Tracking And Retrieval]]
58	!Temporal Tracking and Retrieval
59	->'''Role:''' Squad of specialists employed by Normco
60	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Amaryllis (Choleric), Clayton (Sanguine), Ezekiel (Phlegmatic), Lei-Lani (Melancholic)
61	* RagTagBunchOfMisfits
62	[[/folder]]
63
64	!!Major Villain Factions
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66	[[folder:Knight Research Labs]]
67	!Knight Research Labs
68	->'''Role:''' MegaCorp, front for Jonathan Knight's evil plans
69	->'''Leader:''' Jonathan Knight
70	* [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Always Neutral Evil]]: Their guards.
71	* BigBad: As far as the factions go.
72	* EvilInc: While there are "legitimate" research projects going on in the company to give Knight money and power, the whole company is a front to give Jonathan a cover for his nefarious activities.
73	* ForTheEvulz: Especially in contrast to [[GreyAndGrayMorality Normco]] and [[KnightTemplar Equinox]].
74	* KickTheDog: Just about anything they do, really.
75	* MegaCorp: Big enough to be the de facto governing body of Kragsmark.
76	* PlayingWithSyringes
77	* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Not only their guards' uniforms, but their facilities (including their skyscraper HQ in Kragsmark) have a red-and-black color palette.
78	[[/folder]]
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80	[[folder:The Shadow Court]]
81	!The Shadow Court
82	->'''Role:''' Cult (Villains)
83	->'''Leader:''' Wardson Hardgreaves
84	->'''Other Members:''' Warpen Hardgreaves
85	* [[AllJustADream All Just a Hallucination]]: [[spoiler:The cult's membership is revealed to be entirely fake apart from Warpen and Wardson--the rest is all in the latter's head. The party actually fights members of the Shadow Court--who turn out to be members of the Church of Terminus in disguise.]]
86	* [[CardCarryingVillain Card-Carrying Villains]]
87	* DarkIsEvil
88	* FacelessMooks
89	* HumanSacrifice: See below.
90	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
91	* ObviouslyEvil
92	* [[OmnicidalManiac Omnicidal Maniacs]]: Unlocking the gates holding back the Shadow Daemon Lord involves leveling entire cities in mass sacrifices.
93	* ReligionOfEvil: They worship the Shadow Daemon Lord and seek to bring him into the physical realm.
94	[[/folder]]
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96	[[folder:The Church of Terminus]]
97	!The Church of Terminus
98	->'''Members:''' Andrew Volker, The Arbiter ([[spoiler:Slade Ashen]])
99	* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Thanks to the powered gauntlets they wield, the cultists specialize in [[PlayingWithFire fire]], [[AnIcePerson ice]], and [[ShockAndAwe electricity]] powers.
100	* FacelessMooks
101	* InTheHood: Their uniform consists of long, dark hooded robes; the Great Old Ones' insignia is stitched onto the back of the cape.
102	** SigilSpam
103	* NoOntologicalInertia: [[spoiler:Some time after Slade's death, it is mentioned that the group has completely dismantled; there was apparently no other leadership in the group apart from him.]]
104	* ReligionOfEvil
105	* SecretCircleOfSecrets
106	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: They appear to be very similar to the Shadow Court. [[spoiler:In fact, a few of their members, skilled in illusion magic, work alongside Wardson to project the Shadow Court as larger than it really is.]]
107	* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[UnreliableNarrator Allegedly.]] They want to empower Terminus when she invades Earth, so that the people of the world will put their differences aside to fight her.
108	* WhiteMaskOfDoom
109	[[/folder]]
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111	[[folder:Equinox]]
112	!Equinox (known as the Order of the Dark Star in medieval times)
113	->'''Role:''' Black ops organization (Villains, [[AntiVillain Anti-Villains]])
114	->'''Leader:''' Alexei Reznov
115	->'''Other Members:''' Selene Petrucci, Professor Eve Ulrich (former)
116	* AncientConspiracy: An [[AntiVillain anti-villainous]] version, notably.
117	* CoolShip: The ''Indomitable''.
118	* EqualOpportunityEvil: They include mutants and shapeshifters in their ranks, among others.
119	* EvenEvilHasStandards: They're not exactly shining paragons of heroism, but they do oppose plenty of evil groups like [[ForTheEvulz Knight Research]]. Predilections for PlayingWithSyringes notwithstanding, of course.]
120	** EvilVersusEvil
121	* {{Expy}}: They take some inspiration from both [[Franchise/AssassinsCreed the Templars]] and [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSeries the Brotherhood of Nod]].
122	* FacelessMooks: All non-named members of the organization wear full face-covering helmets.
123	* KillSat: One of their plans, Operation [[GratuitousLatin Tabula Rasa]], involves setting up an orbital ion cannon network and using it to intimidate the world into ridding itself of crime and corruption.
124	* KnightTemplar: In the past and in the present.
125	* MoralityKitchenSink: The organization's members range from true villains to people who genuinely want to do the right thing...
126	** EnemyCivilWar: ...leading to various splinter groups fighting each other.
127	* TheOrder: Equinox is the modern-day descendant of the Order of the Dark Star, an underground cadre of knights dedicated to cleansing the world of corruption wherever they found it. The only real difference is now they don't use chainmail and claymores.
128	* PlayingWithSyringes: Particularly with BioAugmentation and [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul cybernetics]].
129	* PuttingOnTheReich
130	* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Their more extreme members will justify plenty of horrific acts in the name of peace and justice.
131	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Their motives--ridding the world of war, crime, and corruption--are definitely noble. Their methods, however, certainly leave something to be desired.
132	[[/folder]]
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134	[[folder:The Exhumed Army]]
135	!The Exhumed Army
136	->'''Role:''' Horde of cybernetic husks and rogue Equinox operatives (Villains)
137	->'''Leader:''' Vilhelm Christiansen
138	* [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Always Neutral Evil]]
139	* AndIMustScream
140	* AssimilationPlot: Half of their motivation.
141	* ArtificialZombie
142	* BodyHorror: A lot of the cyborgs look like they were assembled by someone with only a rudimentary understanding of humanoid anatomy.
143	* CyberneticsEatYourSoul
144	* FaceHeelTurn: Many of their members were formerly part of Equinox's Science Division (who are themselves very morally gray).
145	* FacelessMooks: Of the members who are still relatively human.
146	* ImmortalityImmorality: The other half of their motivation.
147	* PlayingWithSyringes: Notice a pattern yet?
148	* SlaveMooks: To Vilhelm.
149	[[/folder]]
150
151	!!Minor Villain Factions
152	[[folder:The Abnormal Chaotics]]
153	!The Abnormal Chaotics
154	->'''Role:''' Gang of troublemakers
155	->'''Members:''' Prexcilia, Quasar, Ezekiel Williams, Emily "Blaze" Hartmann, Adrian Mustaine
156	* {{Delinquents}}
157	* OrcusOnHisThrone
158	[[/folder]]
159
160	[[folder:Iron Skulls]]
161	!The Iron Skulls
162	->'''Role:''' Kragsmark's mob organization
163	* BoringButPractical: If they want someone dead, they'll just straight-up shoot them (no EvilGloating or anything); however, they are very straightforward to a fault.
164	* EndOfAnEra: It certainly feels this way for them; they have basically become obsolete in a world where superheroes and supervillains have become much more prominent. However, they plan on going out with a bang, if nothing else.
165	* TheMafia
166	* MalevolentMaskedMen: Sleek skull masks, generally, though a few Mardi Gras and Venetian carnival masks are seen here and there.
167	* SharpDressedMan
168	* WickedCultured

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