CHARACTER BIO: KHARON

Kharon

NAME: Kharon
ORIGIN: Tartarus labratories
CURRENT LOCATION: Unknown
AFFILIATION: Tartarus Inc.
POWERS:
Shadow Form - Lvl 8
Super Intelligence – Lvl 5
Shadow Bolts - Lvl 6
Teleportation (shadows) - Lvl 5


Kharon is the silent assistant and lead assassin for Tartarus. Kharon is one of the "Titans" that Tartarus uses as his generals in his army. No one knows his origin, but his first appearance was alongside Tartarus and at that point, he was never seen without Kharon at his side.

Kharon seems to be made entirely of shadow, a physical form manifested through effort, will and hatred.
His hair and arms often leave off bubbles of shadow and his hands often hold a weapon or more commonly seen, his Boatman's oar. He wears both wrist and ankle Titan bands, which are not know if they hold his power, or just link him to Tartarus. Kharon has no visible mouth, but he seems to speak to people mentally, looking at them, and having them answer questions he never spoke aloud.

CHARACTER BIO: TARTARUS

TARTARUS

NAME: Unknown
ORIGIN: Unknown
CURRENT LOCATION: Unknown
AFFILIATION:

POWERS:
Immortality – Lvl 8
Super Intelligence – Lvl 8
Invulnerability – Lvl 5
Reality Control – Lvl 6

         The being that calls himself Tartarus has appeared throughout time since history was recorded. Signs of his actions and resulting changes to culture or the world itself are seen throughout recorded history. He claims to have whispered into the ear of roman spearmen crucifying Christians, given paints and seeded hatred into an Austrian child, walked with angels and imprisoned fallen angels, and told a Roman ruler to play his violin as his empire burned. His origin is unknown, but currently he has awoken again at the beginning of the new millennium.
        Tartarus is what our ancient forefathers would have called an Angel. To be more precise, he is a Fallen Angel. He is an alien that was sent to protect this planet during its nascent years, and instead decided to exploit it for his own gains. He was exiled to the Earth and since, has been a darkened hand guiding humanity as he sees fit. His first origins that is documented, was he was one of the seven beings that got together to form the Sept. The Sept is the group who saw the future, and saw the need for abnorms in the future of our timeline. The Sept was the cause of the DNA changing Prodigy strain that helped implant abnorm DNA onto ours. At the time (the 1910s) He went by the name ‘Dr. Montego’. Tartarus is a genius biologist and was the originator of the original strain that was used by the Sept to change our DNA. Tartarus claims his reasons for helping was honest and true, but ultimately, it was not.
        Tartarus has a group of loyal followers that were all directly created or modified by him, He calls this group Titans. These are his generals and are usually the way he affects the outside world. Tartarus is the silent Owner of Tartarus Inc. a bio tech conglomerate. This world-wide corporation keeps his resources flush.
        Being an alien or angel, Tartarus has two small mutated arms around his waist. These arms are the source of his reality-altering powers. He keeps these additional arms hidden in meal enclosures on his waist. He does not seem to have control of these arms, or their powers. His head always seems to be in deep shadow, and no one has truly seen his entire face. It is not known if the face we see is a mask, or his true face, But most who see even this face, often die shortly afterwards, so no reports make it back.
        Tartarus believes that this world belongs to him and it is his right to affect the history or outcome of any civilization. His meddling often times brings about world-level disaster, and often planned five steps ahead. Tartars’ genius almost knows no bounds. He is a danger to the world and possibly beyond.

CHARACTER BIO: SHRUG

Another Week, Another Hero!
This is the final member of Jurisdiction, and the last active member on the roster, aside from team B and any of the reserve members. I give you; Shrug!

SHRUG
NAME: Adrian Brookstone
ORIGIN: Denver, CO
CURRENT LOCATION: Washington, D.C.
AFFILIATION: Jurisdiction

POWERS:
Power – Shield Creation– Lvl 6
Power – Energy Absorption  – Lvl 3

    Adrian Brookstone Was your average high school nerd and small target for bullies. Adrian was attacked during his finals and his powers manifested. Adrian threw a bully across the room, injuring the boy. He graduated high school and applied to multiple colleges with multiple apology letters. 

    Adrian later worked at a local bar as a bartender until he received a letter in the mail.
Adrian was selected for his SAT scores and accelerated into the FBI training program. 

   Adrian excelled at both the physical and the clerical side of the FBI. He was made an Intelligence analyst and given a desk job. Adrian helped stop many criminal organizations, and began training for counter terrorism unit within the FBI.
    That was until Adrian was pulled into an office with the director and a unknown man. The man named himself Mr. Darkke and explained to Adrian his position. Mr. Darkke then offered Adrian a position within the newly formed Department of Abnormal Affairs as an active member of a strike team. He took the position offered to him and left the FBi shortly after. Darkke took Adrian to the DAA building and explained to Adrian what he job was at the DAA. Darkke gave Adrian the name Shrug, as a nod to his ability to shrug off most energy forms directed at him via his shields.
   Shrug is the newest member of Jurisdiction and in in training under Alphas supervision. Shrug is an adult, but is seen on the team as the "new kid", often getting teased by Black Bag and the others. He is level headed and sometimes is the clearest thinker in the group.

CHARACTER BIO: HARDWIRE

It's that time again, time for another character bio spotlight! This weeks entry is another active member of Jurisdiction, Codename: Hardwire!

Hardwire

NAME: Shelly Kincaid
ORIGIN: Reno, NV
CURRENT LOCATION: Washington, D.C.
AFFILIATION: Jurisdiction

POWERS:
Power – Electronic Manipulation – Lvl 7
Power – Power Suit – Lvl 7
Power – Flight – Lvl 5
Power – Hacker – Lvl 7
              
    Electronic and computer genius, Hardwire was hacking phone systems and BBS boards before the government knew what a World Wide Web was. Shelly Kincaid grew up in the desert outside of the lights and bustle of Reno, Nevada. Shelly grew up watching her dad tear apart VCRs for the neighbors to fix their tech problems. Her mother was a English professor at Las Vegas University.
    Before she turned 16, she helped create the first Internet data node and her inventions and genius carried her into MIT and beyond. She worked her way through three master degrees before her 23^rd birthday. Shelly made her money outside of college by hacking ATMs and various oil conglomerates, siphoning off electronic transactions. This put her in the crosshairs of the Federal Government.
    Shelly was arrested and taken to a black site facility. Her knowledge was used to help the U.S. government build powered armor for their field operatives. During her months in the black site, she met Mr. Darkke. Mr. Darkke offered her a way to recompense for her crimes and help her government at the same time. Mr. Darkke recruited her into the DAA and assigned her to Jurisdiction as computer support.
    Soon, both the DAA and Shelly realized her knowledge and skill with electronics and computer stemmed from her Abnorm powers of Electronic manipulation. Her brain processed in 1s and 0s like a computer system, allowing her to ‘talk” to her computers and other electronics.
    Using her previous plans and designs for the government powered suits, Shelly built herself a Powered envirosuit which she weaponized. She soon became an active member of Jurisdiction, lending her suit and her computer skills to the team. 

CHARACTER BIO: FACET

CODENAME: Facet

NAME: Lauri Twilson

ORIGIN: Benton, ND

CURRENT LOCATION: Washington, D.C.

AFFILIATION: Jurisdiction

POWERS:

Power – Invulnerability – Lvl 7
Power – Power focus (diamond)  – Lvl 7
Power – Flight – Lvl 5

    Lauri Twilson was your average Midwest high school student. Cheerleader, Gymnast, Track & Field runner, Lauri held awards and medals for multiple sports throughout her time in school.
    Lauri was raised in a lower income rural home. Her mother died when Lauri was 5, her father was a subsudized potato farmer. She grew up mainly alone, and often her inquisitiveness got her into trouble. She began focusing her endless energy into sports and gymnastics and excelled at them all.
    When she turned 14 and entered high school, Lauri began getting into trouble, not only at school but in town as well. Often times shed be brought home by the police, to her father passed out on the couch. Her troubles got worse when she realized her gymnastic training would help her break into places.
    Shortly after she turned 17, a package was delivered, from her mother’s father. It was the only thing willed to Lauri. Inside the package was the top to her grandfather’s cane. A huge mounted diamond. When she touched the diamond, it activated her Abnorm powers, Power surged through her and she was encrusted in diamond. When she awoke, Lauri felt different. She realized her skin was as hard as diamond, and she soon realized she was able to fly. All these powers came to her when she held this diamond, or had it on her person. She took the name Facet to reflect her new powers and new gift.
    Soon, she used her powers to help her breaking into places, until she was captured by Alpha and Tsunami. She agreed to register her powers, and join the DAA under the condition her record would be expunged. Facet has a problem with authority, but listens to Alpha and Tsunami without question. She trusts her teammates, even if her mouth and her bad sense of humor sometimes gets her into trouble.

CHARACTER BIO: BLACK BAG

CODE NAME: Black Bag

NAME: (Current) John Adams (original- Unknown)

ORIGIN: Unknown

CURRENT LOCATION: Washington D.C.

AFFILIATION: Jurisdiction

POWERS:

Lazarus – Level 5
Heightened Agility – Lvl 3
Tactical Guns – Lvl 3

    Black Bag Is a government agent and member of the Super Hero team, Jurisdiction. The origin and history of Black Bag is unknown for the most part.
     The first recorded sighting of the man known as Black Bag was during the revolutionary war. A man calling himself ‘Sean’ was recorded running among the Native American tribes, fighting the English with hit and run guerrilla tactics. Next sighting was a man calling himself George Washington Fisher fighting alongside the Texans during their Independence War. Then later, Black Bag was pictured in the North during the Revolutionary war.
    Through two World Wars, the Korean and Vietnam War, Bay of Pigs, Grenada, Panama, Bosnia, Chechnya, Afghanistan and Iraq, The entity known as Black Bag seems to thrive when put into a warzone with objectives. He is a soldier, and agent used to do things normal soldiers cannot do, or the risk of lives would be too great.
    Currently, He goes by the name John Adams, was assigned to the DAA and Jurisdiction via Mr. Darkke. He has contacts all over the world, and often uses hidden or reserved resources to complete his missions.  He answers directly to the director of the DAA and has more than casual communication with Mr. Darkke. Often on missions Black Bag has secondary objectives known only to him. This causes friction between him and his team members. Black Bag is loyal to his teammates but often, his “get shit done” attitude causes unnecessary problems within the team dynamic.  
    Black Bag has an undeniable affinity for the team, but often keeps himself separated from the team during off hours. Not sure if it is his desire to stay unattached but he makes sure every member of his team comes home. 
    Black Bag keeps his personal life out of anyone from jurisdiction's sight. He has a female love interest, but at this time, no one on the team, or in the DAA is aware of any personal ties to him. 

    Black Bag has extensive centuries of training with conventional weapons, both melee and ballistic. He has ground survival training, sea, air, and land navigation skills, Combat driving and full training on all modern and older aircraft and sea craft. He is a Close combat martial artist and has been trained in multiple forms and styles. He has explosive training and sniper training as well. Along with his extensive skills with firearms, Black bag seems to have heightened agility and reflexes.

CHARACTER BIO: TSUNAMI

CODE NAME: Tsunami
NAME: Ana Keapulehu
ORIGIN: Hilo, Hawaii
CURRENT LOCATION: Washington D.C.
AFFILIATION: Jurisdiction

POWERS:
Water Control   - Lvl 4
Water Temperature Control – Lvl 3

    Ana Keapulehu was your average Hawaiian tropic tanned surfer girl. She grew up on the North shore and moved to the Big Island. She was an avid surfer and loved the ocean. Ana graduated high school and focused on college with a criminal justice background. Her father was a police officer and her mother was a prison nurse.

    During a surfing competition on Maui, Ana slipped and was pulled under the wave, being drowned slowly by a rip current. Her powers manifested and she created a small tsunami launching her free, but crashing the giant wave on the shore, injuring 14 beach goers. With cameras on Ana, her abnorm power was at fault and she was court ordered to do community service for her accident.

    After the sentencing, Ana was approached in the courtroom by Mr. Drake. The mysterious Mr. Drake offered Ana a way out of her punishment and a way to help her country. She agreed to join the DAA for aquatic missions and teach open water survival. 

    Ana became a member of Jurisdiction and took the name Tsunami, given to her by Alpha. She has an unrequited romantic interest in Augustus “Alpha” Reid.
Tsunami's powers include Water control, Water manipulation and to some extent, Water creation. She is working on learning how to "harden" the water, and to form shapes beyond using it to "surf". 

    She was made Commander of Jurisdiction and helps lead the team during combat, letting Alpha be the figurehead and their poster boy during press ops.

CHARACTER BIO: ALPHA

CODE NAME: Alpha
NAME: Special Agent Augustus Reid
ORIGIN: Washington D.C.
CURRENT LOCATION: Washington D.C.
AFFILIATION: Jurisdiction

POWERS:

• Strength 1000 tons  - Lvl 4
• Speed 300mph -Lvl 3
• Flight mach 4 - Lvl4
• Invulnerability - Lvl4

     Augustus Reid grew up in a suburb just outside Washington D.C. He has two sisters and his mother. His father was killed in Desert Storm. His mother was a senate subcommittee assistant. Augustus' grandfather was known as one of the world's first superheroes, Captain Victory. Captain Victory protected the U.S. and fought during World War 1. Augustus himself fought from a young age. He learned to stand up to bullies and to protect those who were weaker. 
     Augustus hit puberty and found he was a marksman as well as a boxer. During his puberty, Alpha's abnorm powers manifested during a boxing match. Augustus almost killed his opponent and shattered 15 bones, including jaw, nasal ridge and orbital bone. His super strength grew in intensity as well as his speed and flight. From cub scouts, to ROTC, to archery class, to the police force, to SWAT to the DEA, Augustus climbed in position and skill. While working in the D.C. field office for the DEA, Alpha was put in charge of a team. During his leadership in the DEA, he was handpicked by a strange suit named Mr. Darkke. 
    Mr. Darkke sold Alpha on joining a new department, far and above the authority of the DEA. With his skills and long registered Abnorm powers, Augustus was born to join and lead this new department of the Federal Government. Darkke handed Augustus to Director Franklin of Homeland Security. Director Franklin formed The new Department of Abnormal Affairs. The DAA began to gather registered abnorms with the help of Mr. Darkke. Once the team was established, word was given and Augustus Reid was made Primary Special Agent in Command. 
    Alpha is seen as the world's "Poster Boy" for America. Goodness and wholesomeness are synonymous with the name Alpha. He is the stereotypical Superhero "do-gooder", and often, his morals prevent him from crossing the line and doing what needs to be done. This doesn't make him oblivious to this outdated thinking, but he feels there is hope in everyone. This attitude often gets him at odds with BlackBag, Who seems to be the darkness to Alpha's light.  
 
 

March 17, Rebirth of the Blog!

OH YEAH!

Decided to get off the bench and register the blog again. Found out i never lost it, it's been sitting here in cobwebs. So i thought it was time to get this thing back to life!
New artwork in the pipeline,
New storylines for the comics.
The online teaser is being finished.
The main comic book is getting framed out and fleshed out.

Things are looking up as we move forward. We got a ton of followers, and people checking the Facebook page and eating up the posts. Andrew is getting his comics together and mine are being revamped and set up. I figured i'd kick out a bunch of posts to help describe our universe and the teams within it.

This post will be the first, helping get people acclimated to our world. This aint no Marvel universe, and this aint no DC universe. It is MONITOR universe! We're hoping to entertain you with awesome stories, fantastic artwork, and mine blowing graphics and colors. So come on in and check out how our world is different.

The word "Abnorm" is short for Abnormal. It has become a descriptor to label and catalog those humans who exhibit powers beyond the natural. "Abnorm" used in this sense wasn't commonplace until the early 1970s.

In 1911, a mysterious sect of people got together and created a virus. This virus was known as the Genesis Strain. This strain of virus was to alter the DNA of people infected, giving their DNA a way to change and give them super powers. The base of this virus was the H1N1 influenza virus since the base virus altered the person's DNA after the virus had passed.There was a cure created along side of this Genesis strain. This virus was then taken and, with the (forced) help of the preeminent doctors and biologists, The virus was taken and re-examined, and made with no possible cure. This virus, known as the Prodigy strain was then spread world wide by that same group of people.

In 1918, during the first World War, A flu was spreading across the world. The virus was coined "The Spanish Flu". This flu infected and hit almost 500 million people worldwide. The virus was spreading across all ports and towns, and the armies and troops in trenches spread the flu like wildfire.

The Prodigy virus was first tested on a military base in Fort Riley Army Base in Haskell, Kansas, where the first confirmed U.S. sightings of the virus appeared. Those in  Haskell, Kansas were test subjects. Soon the virus was sent all over the world through troops, medical personnel, livestock and Pigeons used for message carriers. The Prodigy virus was engineered to affect DNA but not directly in the victim. It was to lay dormant and affect the Recessive dominant genes to affect the offsping or "prodigy" of the infected. The symptoms this virus cause was hidden by the influenza already attacking the body.

Fast Forward to 1976. - Fort Dix, New Jersey


The 1976 swine flu outbreak, also known as the swine flu fiasco,[1] or the swine flu debacle, was a strain of H1N1 influenza virus that appeared in 1976. Infectious morbidity was only detected from January 19 to February 9, and were not found outside Fort Dix.[2] The outbreak is most remembered for the mass immunization that it prompted in the United States. The strain itself killed one person and hospitalized 13.[2] However, side-effects from the vaccine are thought to have caused five hundred cases of Guillain–Barré syndrome and 25 deaths.

There was no swine flu outbreak. This was the first active test for the prodigy virus. Latent Abnormal powers were activate within 14 people. One "officially" died and the other 13 were changed. The actual flu was used as a smoke screen for the first abnorm activation. The group released the swine flu as a way to not only hide their tests, but also as a possible way to activate mass powers in infected, due to the hidden "Prodigy strain" in their DNA.

A fire was reported on the base shortly after the 13 infected were housed in a quarantined building.

2009. -

First described in April 2009, the virus appeared to be a new strain of H1N1 which resulted when a previous triple re-assortment of bird, swine and human flu viruses further combined with a Eurasian pig flu virus, leading to the term "swine flu" to be used for this pandemic. The virus activated thousands of dormant recessive genes across the world. As thousands of people became “abnormally empowered”. The prodigy strain attached itself to random points along the DNA string. Powers varied as much as the locations of the DNA mutation. Powers would not activate unless the person was put in stressful positions or in a place to use their power to survive. No country in the world was without their own populace explosion of abnorms. Groups and ‘teams’ began to form, some gained celebrity status, while others began a life of crime.
2009. -
• U.S. government opened the DAA Department of Abnormal Affairs. All current federal agents showing Abnorm signs were reassigned to the DAA. A man named Mr. Darkke gained the support of Congress and the President to siphon off defense funds for the DAA.

• DAA is run by Special Director Michael Sonerro.

• DAA has a “super hero cleanup team” called Jurisdiction. Jurisdiction protects the United States, both foreign and domestic.

• As of 2009, corporations begin using abnorms to “protect investments”. Abnorms begin selling their skills as mercenaries to the highest paying companies. These corporate investment teams are licensed and insured through their respective companies.

2010. -
• Any abnorm who has powers and wishes to fight crime, are required to register with the federal government, become insured, and go through a military and law enforcement training class. This bill passed into law without incident. 

• Any abnorms operating without a license are considered a criminal and are treated as such. Extreme violence and aggressive enforcement of the Federal mandate has curtailed most vigilantes.

• Criminal organizations were soon overtaken by abnorm criminal masterminds. An underground civil war is still raging in many countries to see who will end up controlling many of those criminal organizations. Other crime syndicates found abnorms within their ranks, and fell in behind their powered leaders.

• Signs have been surfacing of extraterrestrial visitation, possibly due to the virus and gene-manipulation becoming our next step in evolution. Others think the appearance of abnorms is against the Alien’s “plan” for us.

• Some abnorm powers allowed some people to access previously blocked portion of the brain. One of those portions is Magic. Magic itself has begun to show back up in the world. Signs abnorms having control of magic are popping up.

• The United Nations forms its own Super Team called The Peacekeepers. Each member comes from a country within the U.N.

• Some states within the U.S. are beginning to form their own sanctioned “super teams”. All except Washington state.

• Washington is considered “Abnorm free” and deport any found abnorms.

• Many states have passed bills giving “kill on site” orders to any abnorm caught in a crime or interfering with police business in the pursuit of a criminal. A ‘take no prisoners’ view of abnorm criminals is slowly gaining ground across the United States.

• Many metropolitan areas have many super heroes and villains within the cities. Teams are forming on both sides. Police and civilians are caught in the middle and not waiting to see who is on who’s side.

• 2010: Canada forms its own national team, called Aegis.

It is now 2016... and the world is much different place. This is where you come in.