So in my infinite foresight, I decided to have the NextGen team that appears in Hero High, Revised Edition
form after the events which led to Seven becoming the Dark Lord of the Netherworld. And now this prelude to the Nether War series of adventures portrays that NextGen team as active during those events. Instead of that, the fourth NextGen team (HHRE presenting the fifth, active from 2015-2018) was involved. But I've never said who was on that team.
Until now.
NextGen Team IV (2012-2015)
Cepheid is the English translation of the title bestowed on the planetary defender of a world in the former Lor Republic. The title is currently borne by Sel'ntro, daughter of the previous Cepheid, who martyred herself to buy time for the refugee fleet abandoning their world to escape the Stellar Imperium forces besieging it. Sel'ntro understandably feels incredible pressure to live up to this legacy, and is trying to kill her natural kindness and gentleness by posing as a cold, callous warrior who neither needs nor wants anything from anyone else except in a tactical sense. (Don't worry, she grows out of it.) Her father is one of the leading members of the Star Island colony, and a constant target for hostilities from both human xenophobes and aliens who dislike his policies. [
Then: Alien Exile, HHRE p. 25;
Now: Avatar,
Basic Hero's Handbook p. 17]
Battleforged is the codename adopted by Advanced Guardian Autonomous Robot Unit Eleven, AGAR-11, one of the sole surviving examples of androids produced by the long-destroyed Federation (see
AVAR-7) Assigned to serve as Sel'ntro's bodyguard, he naturally chose to accompany her when she joined the NextGen. While the other members were skeptical about having a decidedly non-teenaged robot on their team, they weren't able to deny that he added a lot of heft to their team. As he was also viewed as a responsible adult by the school's administration, AGAR-11 was also able to cover up some of the team's stunts which would not have had adult approval. [
Then: Construct, HHRE p. 28;
Now: Construct, BHH p. 25]
Golden Lion is the name given to the superhuman champion of Venice, supposedly empowered by an angelic or mystical entity associated with the city's lions and St. Mark the Evangelist. Leo Delvecchio is the son and grandson of previous Golden Lions, and is the youngest member of his family to inherit the powers, for reasons that defy ready explanation. His mother (from whom his father is divorced) is a senior agent of
the Dreamgirls Talent Agency. Leo is a genial if slightly arrogant young man who is views his heroics as
noblesse oblige; he eventually comes to the realization that he's always going to be a little fish in a very big pond, but resolves to be the shiniest little fish he can possibly be. [
Then: Future Paragon, HHRE p. 30;
Now: Strange Visitor, BHH p. 23]
Redshift is the daughter of Captain Zoom, a speedster hero who was active in Nevada in the 1970s as a member of a minor league team, prior to events somewhat inaccurately depicted in the motion picture
Zoom (2006). Trained by her father, with some assistance from
Speed Demon as well, she accepted an invitation to fully develop her powers at Claremont Academy. Her exposure, there, to the breadth of superhuman activity on Earth has left her wondering if there's really a need for one more speedster, but she's still working out what she's going to do about that. [
Then: Heir, HHRE p. 31;
Now: Courser, BHH p. 29]
Kid Aladdin was the only member of this team who wasn't called to Seven's side during the events of
Master of Earth. His attempts, and the attempts of his genie, to figure out what was going on, also came to naught, likely because Una prevented them. (Or possibly someone else did ...) Since his time with the NextGen, he's learned how to merge the genie with his own form, enhancing his magical powers considerably, at the cost of periodically having to do the bidding of those who possess a correctly drawn Solomonic Seal, regardless of their intentions. This has occasionally put him at odds with other heroes, even his former teammates. [
Then: Young Mage and Genie, HHRE p. 34;
Now: Sorcerer, BHH p 21]
"I'm sorry. I love you. I'm not sorry I love you."