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== Marvel 2033 ==

===Player Characters===

* Myrmidon - [Outsider] (played by Kel).  The Crown Prince of the Acroyears, sent from the Microverse to test his worthiness to someday become King.  Is not aware that anyone was sent to watch him.  He lives openly as an alien, and in Ben Grimm's house with Peter.
* Shimmer - [Janus] - (played by Micah).  A young woman with the power to mimic any substance, and with incredible mobility because of this.  Does not know the full extent of her capabilities.  Her real name is Elizabeth "Beth" Miller.  Has a part time job as an intern at Aurora Integrated Measurements.
* Hood - [Beacon] - (played by Ryan).  A young man with savant-like skills as a martial artist, trained by his rogue S.H.I.E.L.D. agent grandfather.  He is trying to keep his neighborhood clean from criminal influences and keep his head down.  His real name is Todd Bean.
* Positron - [Protege] - (played by Derek).  Peter Richards, third child of Reed and Sue Richards.  Super-genius, like his father, but capable of manifesting and channeling the energies of the Negative Zone in a fashion much like his Uncle Johnny.  
* UNKNOWN - [Bull, Doomed or Transformed] - (played by Alex).  TBD

===Characters in the Neighborhood===

* Ms. Sarah Miller.  Beth's mom.  She is an admin. assistant at Aurora Integrated Measurements.  She would freak if she knew what Beth was up to in her spare time.  Never speaks of Beth's father.  Has a home on the Lower East Side.
* James Miller.  Beth's Uncle (on mother's side)  Works as a detective in the Super Crimes Unit (SCU) of the NYPD.  Suspects what Beth is up to.  Thinks he knows who Beth's father is, but doesn't want to upset Ms. Miller.
* Benjamin J. Grimm aka "Uncle Ben".  Peter (along with Myrmidon) is currently living with his Uncle Ben on the Lower East Side while his parents are off world (or maybe off-dimension, who knows?)  Uncle Ben knows what Peter is up to, and has provided Peter with a hideout in the form of keys to a Future Foundation warehouse across the East River.  
* Alicia Masters aka "Aunt Alicia".  Ben Grimm's wife, world-renowned sculptor.  
* George Washington (G.W.) Bridge aka Gramps.  Todd's grandfather,  Once was a senior S.H.I.E.L.D. agent of some sort, but left S.H.I.E.L.D. under shadowy circumstances and has done many shadowy things with shadowy people since then.
* Mary Ann McAlister, aka Grams.  Todd's grandmother.  She would NOT be happy if she knew how thoroughly Grandpa Bridge has trained Todd, and that Grandpa was encouraging Todd to be a superhero.  She kept her maiden name and passed it on to Todd's Mom due to SHIELD security protocols.
* Commissioner Raye Fitzgerald - the NYPD police commissioner.  Saved by the team when they first met.

===Characters Not in the Neighborhood===
* Beth's father.  Beth has no idea who he is, and Ms. Miller is not talking.
* Cilicia.  Myrmidon's mother and Regent of the Acroyears in the Microverse.
* The Richards/Storm family
** Reed and Sue Richards.  Peter's parents.  Currently off world, maybe in another universe, on extended sabbatical.  They had taken Peter with them, but Peter has some kind of "space allergy" that makes him have to stay on Earth.  
** Johnny Storm and Lyja, and their child (NEED NAME).  Peter's uncle and aunt.  Lyja is a skrull, making Peter's cousin the only known half-skrull, half-human in the universe.
** Franklin Richards.  Peter's older brother.  He is currently acting CEO of the Future Foundation while his father is away.
** Valeria Richards, aka The Invincible Woman, aka Queen of Latveria.  Peter's older sister.  When Victor Von Doom died four years ago at the end of what is now called World War Doom, his will granted all of his titles and the throne of Latveria to then 17 year old Valeria Richards.  Surprisingly, Valeria immediately took up the throne, essentially running away from her family, and now rules Latveria.  She signed the Global Peace Accord on behalf of Latveria and was instrumental in its negotiation.

===Places of Importance===

* Lower East Side.  The neighborhood in southeast Manhattan where the characters live.  In the early 2000s it was becoming highly gentrified, but as the century progressed a number of local people, including Ben Grimm (who had grown up on Yancy St), fought to keep the local character as much as possible and ensure some lower and middle class housing would still be available.  It is now a highly diverse neighborhood, with both native New Yorkers (of all ethnicities) and recent immigrants (some not even from Earth!) living boisterously side by side.  
* Barrack Obama Community High School.  Formerly East Side Community High School.  The school all of the characters attend.
* Bert's Pawn Shop.  Seemingly a normal pawn shop.  Hood busted in to the place thinking it was a front for drug sales and discovered a) the Police commissioner tied up in the back, b) the place was ACTUALLY a pawn shop for super-villain and alien equipment, c) "Bert" of "Bert's Pawn Shop" was actually the super-villain known as the Fixer.  Realizing he was in over his head, Hood called up the only actual super-hero type he knew, Peter Richards, who came with Myrmidon.  Beth happened to be walking by when the action started, and got involved.  This was the first time the team fought together.
* Future Foundation.  The organization set up by Reed and Sue Richards to maintain his patents and better the human condition.  Currently ran by Franklin Richards while his father is away.
* The Warehouse.  A warehouse owned but mostly forgotten by the Future Foundation on the East River in Brooklyn, across from the Lower East Side and near the Brooklyn terminus of the Williamsburg Bridge.  Stores many pieces of "obsolete" (by the standards of Reed Richards) technology.
* Aurora Integrated Measurements.  A medium sized high technology laboratory in East Lower East Side, where Beth's mother works and Beth is an intern.  Interestingly, the logo of the lab is an abstract stylized flying insect, maybe a bumblebee?  Maybe a wasp?  Maybe a yellowjacket? Hard to tell.