I wrote: The Regime has fallen - permanently. Between the Insurgency's successful overthrow a year ago, and the Brainiac Invasion shortly thereafter which resulted in their primary proponents being imprisoned - and mostly depowered. Superman himself was sent to the Phantom Zone after a magical ritual and golden kryptonite stripped him of his powers completely, while Wonder Woman was likewise exiled, but into Tartarus, where her powers avail her naught.
The New Justice League, with Batman at its head, is slowly rebuilding itself, while the people of the world strive to determine the shape the world shall take in the future. Bruce and Selina Wayne's wedding was seen as a sign of hope and rebirth in these dark days, and while many factions dispute over what the next steps ought to be, no one questions that the New Justice League will prove instrumental in ensuring that the people have the right to make that choice, free of fear of the Regime and other superhuman-backed societies like it.
Into this, young heroes must stride, discovering themselves even as they perform their heroic duties.
Timeline of Recent Events
- Year One
- Joker tricks Superman into killing Lois Lane and his unborn child, and the rest of Metropolis dies with them.
- Superman kills Joker, taking the first steps on his path to becoming a tyrant.
- Superman removes dozens of prisoners from Arkham, placing them in a “secure place” and killing a few of them. Damien Wayne kills (accidentally) Nightwing, when he throws his staff at the back of his neck.
- The Titans – Superboy, Wonder Girl, Starfire, and Red Robin – are exiled into the Phantom Zone when Superboy lashes out at Superman and Superman breaks his ribs, piercing his heart. There they remain for the duration of the upcoming war.
- Apokolips invades, and Superman kills Darkseid’s son.
- Batman founds what will eventually become the Insurgency, and Superman declares him a criminal.
- Batman, Black Canary, Catwoman, and Green Arrow all arrive at the Fortress of Solitude. Superman thinks that the team out to steal the green pill is actually there to hurt his parents, and beats Ollie to death with his bare hands when he accidentally hurts Pa Kent.
- Superman pulls a Bane and breaks Batman’s back, after publicly revealing his identity.
- Wonder Woman is cast into a coma by the death of Captain Atomic, as he tries to kill Superman.
- Sinestro kills Kyle Rayner, destroying his ring, before going down to Earth, where he “surrenders” to Superman.
Year Two - The Green Lanterns and the Guardians decide that Superman has become a threat, and order his arrest.
- John Stewart and Hal Jordan refuse to be held on Oa whilst Superman is being imprisoned, and fly back to Earth.
- John is killed by Sinestro, who blames Guy Gardener, driving Hal Jordan into a rage that causes him to kill Gardener, and taints him.
- Sinestro blackmails Hal into accepting a yellow ring when Hal loses his green ring whilst flying and holding Carol Ferris due to Ganthet’s revocation of his title at the worst time, and the two eventually convince Superman to accept a yellow ring himself.
- Flash, Damien Wayne, Cyborg, and Raven are all captured.
Year Three - John Constantine, whose daughter’s mother died due to the war with the Green Lanterns, escapes to Doctor Fate’s Tower alongside her.
- He gathers Detective Chimp and bargains with demons – revealing to him and Batman that he’s holding Raven.
- The Spectre aligns itself with Superman, despite his tyrannical ways.
- The Deadman dies when the Spectre destroys him. His patroness allows him to nominate his successor, and he nominates Dick Greyson, who accepts the title without hesitation.
- Superman is cast into a deep coma-like sleep, even as Wonder Woman awakens from hers.
- Superman gives up the yellow ring to Diana, awakened by Ares’ magic, and Wonder Woman crushes it.
- Superman comes to rescue the imprisoned Regime allies, only to be faced by Trigon.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk reveals that he was masquerading as the Spectre the entire time, protecting his investment in annoying Superman, and the battle spirals out of control.
- Huntress dies as Wonder Woman breaks her neck with the lasso of truth.
Year Four - The Greek Gods decide, on Ares’ manipulations, to war with Superman.
- In a contest of champions intended to be to the death, Wonder Woman is forced to fight Superman as Zeus himself watches on. She breaks Superman's arm, and is nearer to victory than any before her before Sinestro blasts her, destroying the sanctity of the trial by combat.
- The results are rather predictable, and Superman (somehow) wins his war with the gods.
Year Five - Nightwing, now the new Deadman, for some inscrutable reason known only to him, gives Damien (the little brat) his Nightwing outfit.
- Batman and Lex Luthor work together to prepare to create a way to summon the Justice League of an uncorrupted Earth, and Batwoman dies to help do just that.
- Injustice: Gods Among Us takes place - Gotham City is destroyed, the Metropolis that was rebuilt is destroyed.
Year Six - The Regime has fallen, but Jason Todd takes the mantle of Batman, and creates his own Suicide Squad in service to Ra’s al Ghul’s ecoterrorist organization, one that gradually morphs into Grodd’s Society.
- Kara Zor-El arrives on Earth, and is quickly taken into Khandaq, where Wonder Woman (once freed by renegade Amazons), Black Adam, and Damien Wayne (the brat) indoctrinate her with their point of view.
- Tim Drake dies when Dru-Zod escapes the Phantom Zone alongside the Titans and kills him, only to be executed himself by the AMAZO android that Ra’s and the others.
- The AMAZO android destroys Dhubai very nearly, with only a combined effort of the victorious Insurgents, the returned Titans, and the defeated Regime Remnants, culminating in Supergirl destroying it on the Moon.
- Injustice 2 takes place, and Batman wins his battle with Superman.
- Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle are married, though not without its unique crashers – Athanasia al Ghul, Damien Wayne, and other supervillains attempt to crash the party, but fail.
- The reconstruction of Gotham, Coast City, and Metropolis are getting back up on their feet.
- Injustice: Absolute (Young) Justice begins.
- Batman - Publicly known to be Bruce Wayne, Batman is one of the leaders of the New League.
- Catwoman - Though only a nominal member, Selina Wayne is a part of the Justice League nowadays. Who'd've thunk?
- Harleen Quinzel - When she's not running her own gang of vigilantes (Harleen's Horde) in New Gotham, Harleen serves as Batman's second fairly often.
- Supergirl - As Superman's cousin, Kara Zor-El works to redeem her family's symbol in the eyes of the Earth.
- Black Canary
- Green Arrow - From another dimension where he lost his own Dinah, Oliver Queen remains in the New Justice League, and is a part of the circle of wealthy rebuilders of the world.
- Green Lantern - Though still unpopular on Earth, Green Lantern has redeemed himself in the eyes of the Guardians (somehow), and once again Hal Jordan serves as the Green Lantern of the sector.
- Zatanna - The New League's prime magician, Zatanna works to keep many of the prisoners locked in the late Dr. Fate's tower. She helped to depower Superman earlier this year.
- Firestorm
- The Ghost - As part of his ongoing efforts to redeem himself, Barry Allen has adopted the name of Ghost, until such a time as he feels worthy of being the Flash once more.
- Steel - In the wake of her uncle's death, Natasha Irons took on the role of Steel, and remains as a member of the New Justice League.
The Titans current primary mission is hunting down Damien Wayne to bring him (brutally) to justice for his crimes during the Regime's reign, as well as for the manslaughter of Dick Greyson. Starfire in particular is absolutely burning with rage about the whole matter.
- Starfire - Starfire is the leader of the Titans, and seeks to bring Damien Wayne (the brat) to justice. Her rage drives her to push herself harder than she ever has before, and while the Titans do participate in other missions, their hunt for Damien and leads to him are their driving mission nowadays.
- Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark) - Wonder Girl works with the Titans, who are the only family she truly has left now that Zeus and Wonder Woman are both in their various distant locales. Having been betrayed by her idol and seen her cater to the worst whims of humanity has done little to dampen her willingness to fight the good fight, but the sunny innocence of her youth has been dimmed by five years in the Phantom Zone.
- Superboy - Now more determined than ever to uplift the legacy of Superman, Superboy wears a facsimile of Kal-El's old suit, hoping to redeem it in the eyes of the world. His new heart troubles him, because it is, symbolically, the heart of the murderer and conqueror Dru-Zod, who killed Tim Drake, his best friend.
- Batgirl - As a co-leader of the Titans, Barbara Gordon keeps Starfire grounded and from leaping off the deep end. Though she shares the anger her alien counterpart feels about the death of Dick Greyson, hers is cooler, and she helps to organize and direct many of the modern heroes, especially the Titans.
- Red Arrow - Roy Harper has joined the Titans at Barbara's request. As close to Dick as he was, he hopes to mediate some of Koriand'r's anger about his death and prevent her from jumping headlong into the same pit that Superman drowned himself in (metaphorically speaking). Red Arrow has yet to deal with Ollie's return from the dead - or arrival from an alternate dimension, as the case is, and must seek some peace with the idea of not being the lone arrow-using hero any longer.
- Miss Martian - Miss Martian brings some much-needed levity to the team, as a relatively new member, she had just arrived on Earth after the Regime began its rise. Her uncle and sponsor, the Martian Manhunter, helped her to find a place to hide out on Earth with the Insurgency until the Regime fell, and now she seeks to honor his memory by fighting alongside the Titans. She has an unrequited crush on Superboy.
- Blue Beetle
- Empress - A member of the original Young Justice, when the Regime took over, Anita Fite's reincarnated parents - still babies at the time - were taken from her to be raised by "more responsible hands." She joined the Insurgency to seek them out, but has yet to find them. Privately, she hopes that finding Damien Wayne will let her find what she's looking for, as he had some of the highest Regime clearances in the world.
- Orphan (Cassandra Cain) - One of the most skilled fighters in the world, Orphan is Cassandra Cain, the daughter of a prominent member of the League of Assassins. Trained from birth to fight and kill, but unwilling to actually do the latter, Orphan has become a protege for Batgirl in many ways, and fills in her shoes sometimes when fighting alongside the Titans.
- The Ragman – Joshua Greenstein inherited the rags of the Ragman, and has consulted frequently with his rabbi to understand its true nature. Now he is a defender of the Jewish people, and all others that are oppressed, bending the rags to his own will.
- Azrael – Michael Lane attempted to remain neutral in the battle between the Regime and the Insurgency, but his tendencies made him lean towards the insurgents, something that Superman realized. Michael was imprisoned and tormented by the Order of St. Dumas, who supported Superman. Eventually, the Order of Purity helped him to escape.
- Deadman – Dick Grayson is now the new Deadman, who has seen his world burn to the ground, helpless to prevent it. He is now more active than he has been, but he is busy learning the tricks of his new trade.
- The Atom (Ryan Choi) - Ryan Choi spends much of his time looking for his predecessor, who had taken on the duty of Superman's self-appointed warden before the man had broken out of his previous cage during the events of Brainiac's invasion.
- Wonder Woman – Nubia keeps to Themyscira for the most part, waiting for the wounds inflicted by her predecessor to heal before returning to the mantle of Wonder Woman – at the moment, the Amazons need to recalibrate themselves as they spawned the one to encourage the Regime.
- Inquisitor by Epic Eclipse
- Green Lantern by Bill from Accounting
- Prestige by McGuffin
- Grace by pathfinderq1
Initiative Order (Currently)
Regime Gunners 22 (One grabbed, six downed)
Grace 6
Inquisitor 6
Police 6 (Two dead/dying)
Blast Master 6 (5 Damage, dazed, disabled)
Green Lantern 6
Prestige 4
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