The X-men run missions and work together with the NYPD, striving to maintain a peaceful balance between humans and mutants. When it comes to a fight, they won't back down from protecting those who need their help.
Haven presents itself as a humanitarian organization for activists, leaders, and high society, yet mutants are the secret leaders working to protect and serve their kind. Behind the scenes they bring their goals into reality.
From the time when mutants became known to the world, SUPER was founded as a black-ops division of the CIA in an attempt to classify, observe, and learn more about this new and rising threat.
The Syndicate works to help bring mutantkind to the forefront of the world. They work from the shadows, a beacon of hope for mutants, but a bane to mankind. With their guiding hand, humanity will finally find extinction.
Since the existence of mutants was first revealed in the nineties, the world has become a changed place. Whether they're genetic misfits or the next stage in humanity's evolution, there's no denying their growing numbers, especially in hubs like New York City. The NYPD has a division devoted to mutant related crimes. Super-powered vigilantes help to maintain the peace. Those who style themselves as Homo Superior work to tear society apart for rebuilding in their own image.
MRO is an intermediate to advanced writing level original character, original plot X-Men RPG. We've been open and active since October of 2005. You can play as a mutant, human, or Adapted— one of the rare humans who nullify mutant powers by their very existence. Goodies, baddies, and neutrals are all welcome.
Short Term Plots:Are They Coming for You?
There have been whispers on the streets lately of a boogeyman... mutant and humans, young and old, all have been targets of trafficking.
The Fountain of Youth
A chemical serum has been released that's shaving a few years off of the population. In some cases, found to be temporary, and in others...?
MRO MOVES WITH CURRENT TIME: What month and year it is now in real life, it's the same for MRO, too.
Fuegogrande: "Fuegogrande" player of The Ranger, Ion, Rhia, and Null
Neopolitan: "Aly" player of Rebecca Grey, Stephanie Graves, Marisol Cervantes, Vanessa Bookman, Chrysanthemum Van Hart, Sabine Sang, Eupraxia
Ongoing Plots
Magic and Mystics
After the events of the 2020 Harvest Moon and the following Winter Solstice, magic has started manifesting in the MROvere! With the efforts of the Welldrinker Cult, people are being converted into Mystics, a species of people genetically disposed to be great conduits for magical energy.
The Welldrinker Cult
A shadowy group is gaining power, drawing in people who are curious, vulnerable, or malicious, and turning them into Mystics. They are recruiting people into their ranks to spread the influence of magic in the world, but for what end goal?
Are They Coming for You?
There have been whispers on the streets lately of a boogeyman... mutant and humans, young and old, all have been targets of trafficking.
Adapteds
What if the human race began to adapt to the mutant threat? What if the human race changed ever so subtly... without the x-gene.
Atlanteans
The lost city of Atlantis has been found! Refugees from this undersea mutant dystopia have started to filter in to New York as citizens and businessfolk. You may make one as a player character of run into one on the street.
Got a plot in mind?
MRO plots are player-created the Mods facilitate and organize the big ones, but we get the ideas from you. Do you have a plot in mind, and want to know whether it needs Mod approval? Check out our plot guidelines.
[/b] Pokémon (or Pokémon/Trainer pairs) will be matched up in tournament-style fights. Only Pokémon-style attacks are allowed.
Ribbon Contest. At the end of the day, the Pokémon who looks, acts, and attacks the most like its video game counterpart will be awarded the coveted Cool Contest Ribbon.[/ul] Rules:
3) Things should make sense IC. Your character should have an IC interest in this, IC ability to make a Pokémon, and IC reason to be there. This thread will take place on the Mansion Grounds and be a legit part of the site timeline; it is not FanFiction. IC fliers will be posted in the Mansion, Sanctuary, and various places around New York, so if your character would actually do this, they'll have a reason to know about it.
3) Your Pokémon should be able to do appropriate Pokémon-styled attacks. Both looks and function will be judged. Completely non-Pokémon-styled attacks may result in disqualification.
4) Please no Adapteds in the battle, since that would pretty much ruin the fun. Places as spectators or Ribbon Judges are open--work things out with Kat and Calley if you'd like to slip your Adapted in. [/ul] IC and OOC Timeline:
April 10 (both IC and OOC): Fliers will be posted at the Mansion, Sanctuary, and various places around NYC by Katrina and Calley, advertising the fight. Interested players should sign up on this OOC announcement and/or IC, by posting their character's reaction to a flier.
[/li][li]April 10-May 1st (IC)/April 10-April 17(OOC): Training! Please use this IC/OOC time to train: get your Pokémon put together, work on attacks, and prepare to be the very best! Solos or short threads are highly encouraged.
[/li][li]May 1st (IC)/April 17 (OOC): Tournament, start! Katrina and Calley will announce the battle line ups, and kick off the thread. Posting order/format to be announced, after we see how many people sign up. Players who aren't able to post for 3+ days will likely "forfeit" the match to their competitor, to avoid inactive people stalling the overall tournament.[/li][/ul]
If this works well and is appropriately awesome, it might become an annual IC competition. In which case... this year's Champion, if they're still an active player, will need to defend their title next year.
And it will win. I'm just saying.