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Superheroes, nicknamed Cloaks, are celebrities.
Their brand is a business. They sell merchandise from action figures and boardgames to graphic T-shirts and keyrings. They tour the world, signing biographies, headlining performances and panelling meet-and-greets. They appear on red carpets, showing off the fashion designers who competed indefatigably for the chance to create a costume for a Cloak. They have scandals, cameos, agents, Twitters and kids named after them. They even have a convention--Cloak-Con--and, alongside the Oscars and the Grammys, an annual award.
All light casts shadow and, of course, all Celeb-Cloaks have theirs. The Crook-Cloaks. These are the condemnables of the criminal underworld. They're the anti-establishment anarchists. They're the madmen who just want to watch the world burn. They're the religious zealots and the drug lords. The serial killers and the child snatchers and the organ traffickers who traverse the black markets. The shadows of the grey night. The red eyes in the abysses of alleyways. The stories mothers tell their unruly boys to scare them into behaving.
Their brand is a business. They sell merchandise from action figures and boardgames to graphic T-shirts and keyrings. They tour the world, signing biographies, headlining performances and panelling meet-and-greets. They appear on red carpets, showing off the fashion designers who competed indefatigably for the chance to create a costume for a Cloak. They have scandals, cameos, agents, Twitters and kids named after them. They even have a convention--Cloak-Con--and, alongside the Oscars and the Grammys, an annual award.
All light casts shadow and, of course, all Celeb-Cloaks have theirs. The Crook-Cloaks. These are the condemnables of the criminal underworld. They're the anti-establishment anarchists. They're the madmen who just want to watch the world burn. They're the religious zealots and the drug lords. The serial killers and the child snatchers and the organ traffickers who traverse the black markets. The shadows of the grey night. The red eyes in the abysses of alleyways. The stories mothers tell their unruly boys to scare them into behaving.
This roleplay will have mature themes. Think MAX Comics or, outside of Marvel Studios, Frank Miller's Sin City. I'm looking for a small group of 4-5 roleplayers. If there's any interest, I'll cook up a character sheet. The premise is slightly vague, but, yes, Cloaks will have superpowers.
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