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'''Superhero warrior''' is a name that has been traditionally used to refer to individuals that are born with super powers on the [[Continent]]. Another frequent moniker is "a child of gods".
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'''Superhero warrior''' is a name that has been traditionally used to refer to individuals that are born with super powers on the [[Continent]]. Another frequent moniker is "a child of a demigod".
  
 
== Overview ==
 
== Overview ==
  
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Ahldorae's population exhibits a poorly studied phenomenon that result in the occasional births of individuals with super powers. Super powers range from incredible strength and being able to wield various forms of energy, to the more exotic ones, such as having a phantom live a full blown life while its counterpart sleeps.
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The Continent's population exhibits a poorly studied phenomenon that result in the occasional births of individuals with superpowers. Superpowers range from incredible strength and being able to wield various forms of energy, to the more exotic ones, such as having a phantom live a full blown life while its counterpart sleeps.
  
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The percentage of the population with such abilities is incredibly low, leading to a colloquial “rule of 5”, which states that at any point in time there bound to be no more than 5 superhero warriors. While an actual average based on historical data actually estimates this number to be slightly over 9, the rule does its job at stressing how rare the phenomenon is.
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The percentage of the population with such abilities is incredibly low, leading to a colloquial “rule of 5”, which states that at any point in time there bound to be no more than 5 superhero warriors. While an actual average based on historical data actually estimates this number to be slightly over 16, the rule does its job at stressing how rare the phenomenon is.
  
 
The Continent has a rich history of superhero warriors, and collectively they have greatly influenced events, culture and politics, introducing an amount of political and economical uncertainty far greater than on many other worlds. Most modern countries of the Continent have been founded or expanded by a superhero warrior at some point in history.
 
The Continent has a rich history of superhero warriors, and collectively they have greatly influenced events, culture and politics, introducing an amount of political and economical uncertainty far greater than on many other worlds. Most modern countries of the Continent have been founded or expanded by a superhero warrior at some point in history.
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The phenomenon has also introduced an unexpected social benefit of greatly reduced gender, racial and religious discrimination, as a superhero warrior can be born into a family of any race, class or worldview, and be of any gender or sexuality.
 
The phenomenon has also introduced an unexpected social benefit of greatly reduced gender, racial and religious discrimination, as a superhero warrior can be born into a family of any race, class or worldview, and be of any gender or sexuality.
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== Abilities ==
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TBD: The dilution of abilities. They definitely have a genetic link. A typical situation would be an appearance of an ability that would later slowly "dilute", which means that the next time it is encountered in the population, it tends to be weaker, until the point it just no longer appears.
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A typical example is the famous [[speed barrier]].
  
 
== Classification ==
 
== Classification ==
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=== Healers ===
 
=== Healers ===
  
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Superhero warriors with the ability to affect health are generally not referred to as "superhero warriors" and are instead called "healers". While generally they are expected to be merciful and provide their abilities beyond their own family and nation, this hasn't always been the case and countries frequently used healers as an advantage.
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Superhero warriors with the ability to affect health are generally not referred to as "superhero warriors" and are instead called "healers". While they are expected to be merciful and provide their abilities beyond their own family and nation, this hasn't always been the case and countries frequently used healers as an advantage in battle.
  
 
Their abilities have less variability in kind, but they do vary in amplitude. It is normal for a healer's ability to be pretty weak. Stronger healing abilities are rare.
 
Their abilities have less variability in kind, but they do vary in amplitude. It is normal for a healer's ability to be pretty weak. Stronger healing abilities are rare.
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=== Sun Kings and Moon Kings ===
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Superhero warriors who's abilities emerge only during daylight or only during night are called Sun Kings and Moon Kings respectively. There have been fourteen Sun Kings and eleven Moon Kings throughout the Continent's history. They usually possess strange and very powerful abilities.
  
 
=== Legendaries ===
 
=== Legendaries ===
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''Main article: [[Legendary]]''
 
''Main article: [[Legendary]]''
  
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A superhero warrior will be classified as a legendary if they possess extraordinary longevity and [[insight]]. Legendaries frequently do not know that they are legendaries until later in life, although exceptions exist, most notably [[Mayeerqnoel]].
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A superhero warrior will be classified as a legendary if they possess extraordinary longevity and insight. Legendaries frequently do not know that they are legendaries until later in life.
  
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Legendaries have always been surrounded by an aura of mystery. Many cultures consider them to be the representatives of god, gods or of the primordial force of the Universe.
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Legendaries tend to play an important, although an unclear role in many historical events. People like the [[Rufu Aoa|Utbringer]] had the peculiar ability to be central to the development of whole movements, while having their exact role in the events remain vague even to the people directly involved.
  
 
=== Caprices ===
 
=== Caprices ===
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Caprices tend to have abilities that could be described as unusual, but also very strong. Such abilities have been documented to not always work or be difficult to control. Many caprices perfect their skills over the course of their lives.
 
Caprices tend to have abilities that could be described as unusual, but also very strong. Such abilities have been documented to not always work or be difficult to control. Many caprices perfect their skills over the course of their lives.
  
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== A list of documented superhero warriors ==
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== Superhero warriors in battle ==
  
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=== First revolution ===
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The name "superhero warrior" hints at the main profession for many possessors of superpowers. Throughout the Continent's history, superhero warriors have been an integral part of armed conflicts. A powerful superhero warrior serving in the city's or country's army could protect the region by reputation alone. In some cases, the fate of conquests was decided by combat between the armies' superhero warriors, sparing the soldiers.
  
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However, using superhero warriors in battle was never a sure bet, since only some had the powers to affect multiple individuals. And in some cases, when subjected to such pressure, superhero warrior's abilities could exhibit unwanted side effects or even go out of control affecting its own army as well. Such was the case with [[Aaroh]], for example, at the [[Battle of Kustichoh]], when his abilities of instilling confusion on an enemy that served well when defending a city, went out of control in an open field and created a vortex that hurt both armies. Aaroh was killed by his own troops in confusion and the battle was eventually lost.
  
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== Superhero warriors and religion ==
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Superhero warriors always carried a string religious subtext. Generally, religions regard superhero warriors as either the chaos makers or the saviors of the natural order. [[Lolion]], [[Foft]] and [[Rahkahnja]] regard superhero warriors as demigods, although the interpretation of their exact role in the world is unique for each religion.
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<td>1st CFR</td>
 
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<td>The first ever recorded superhero warrior, although also a dubious one: claimed to be able to eat any amounts of food with no ill effects on health. Even if this ability was true, he seemed to claim that that gave him extraordinary strength, but several historical records suggest this was not the case.</td>
 
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== Effect on discrimination ==
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<td>1st CFR</td>
 
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<td>Fillerior Duvon</td>
 
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<td>Levitation coupled with the ability to create balls of fire.</td>
 
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The fair distribution of superhero warriors among the population leads to a reduction in group discrimination, due to famous and revered individuals emerging from all kinds of backgrounds.  
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<td>1st CFR</td>
 
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<td>Krankint Kalor</td>
 
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<td>She could create small to mid-sized animals out of thin air.</td>
 
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Data suggests that throughout history superhero warriors helped level attitudes in cases of tense relations. One example is the significant negative sentiment against the [[Teamatian]] natives in [[Homestead]] and [[Tarnaria]] was significantly offset by [[Kievan]], a Teamatian native, who became a religious icon in the 16th [[CSR]].
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<td>1st CFR</td>
 
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<td>[[Develor]]</td>
 
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<td>Develor is mentioned in several independent sources as a superhero warrior, but no descriptions of his or her abilities are specifically mentioned. It is clear, however, that Develor was an important force during the period.</td>
 
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The even distribution among the sexes also leads to decreased gender-based discrimination, although various cultures have been able to establish strong patriarchal and matriarchal views in spite of this.
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<td>Ability was recorded simply as "super strength".</td>
 
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== A list of documented superhero warriors ==
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|c. 45-49 - 93 SR|[[Gened]]|The first documented superhero warrior with the ability to wield [[belequel]]. Died from chronic belequel poisoning.|
 
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|c. 60-65 - 120 SR|[[Agzor]]|One of the [[moroh|Five Kings]]. Had an uncontrolled ability to dramatically heat up anything he would touch.|
 
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|15th CSR - 1674 SR|[[Rufu Aoa]]|Was suspected to be a legendary, although it was never confirmed with complete confidence. If true, was known as Rufule and "The Utbringer" before becoming Rufu Aoa, the king of [[Afanyu]].|
 
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|1569 - 1593 SR|[[Farnole]]|Ability to vanish people and objects, later discovered to have been an ability to send people and objects into the past.|
 
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|mid 17th CSR - 1705/1706 SR|[[Ginsag]]|Extraordinary speed. Founder of [[Ginsag state]].|
 
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|1743 - 1758 SR|[[Tunned Keept]]|Had the ability to turn into a gigantic beast. Died in battle against the [[Kareden]] while defending [[Junjuhl]].|
 
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|1721 - 1783 SR|Darid Marven|Known as Warlock, Darid had the ability to create huge objects out of thin air that would dissipate within hours. In 1781 Darid created mountains that spanned hundreds of kilometers. The mountains became known as [[Warlock Mountains]]. They dissipated only several centuries later.|
 
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|1820 - 1889 SR|[[Tanira]]|Could cause large objects to hover at the altitude that matched his height. Was an architect in [[Afanyu]] and built many iconic buildings, most of which had been destroyed by [[loodon empire|loodonian forces]]. An estimated thousand afanyu stones are still in existence.|
 
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|19th CSR - 1890 SR|[[Forest Leveler]]|Husband of [[overpol_clan#dod_overpol|Dod Overpol]]. Was known for being able to grow a forest in days, had excessive strength and was seemingly invulnerable.|
 
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|1893-1939 SR|[[Earmont Overpol]]|Representative of the [[Overpol clan]], had the ability to teleport to any location within a radius of several kilometers and two seconds later return back to his original location. This ability was kept a secret for all of his life, and instead, being a large man in good shape, he was portrayed as having extraordinary agility. Was killed in battle by [[aylis_family#tavol|Tavol Aylis]] who knew his secret.|
 
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''See: [[List of documented superhero warriors]]''
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|1st CTR|Diviana Lorn|Could summon strong winds, had a much weaker ability at stopping them.|
 
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|1st CTR|[[Kvean II]]|Ruler of the early Loodon Empire (back then simply Loodon), but the record of his abilities is unreliable and confusing. The most consistent claim was being able to create small to mid-sized animals out of thin air.|
 
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|1st CTR - 118 TR|[[Lydian]]|Was able to resurrect the dead and lead them into battle. Wreaked havoc on the Continent, lost control of his own undead armies and was finally killed by Kornad Dvon Trimian. It took several more years to completely defeat the undead armies he left behind.|
 
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|1st CTR - 119 TR|[[Kornad Dvon Trimian]]|Had the ability to slow down his perception of time and move quickly. The difficulty was that his body had no special strengths and from its point of view such fast movement would exert serious amounts of stress. Kornad Dvon was already over 60 years old when he defeated Lydian.|
 
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|1st CTR - 114 TR|Matel Tvardn|Abilities unknown. Was the first superhero warrior of Western Dantria to be killed in battle against armies of Lydian.|
 
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|101-117 TR|Meg Grun|Could move very fast, was physically very strong, but most importantly required virtually no rest.|
 
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|103-169 TR|Banbora|Ability to induce confusion. The affected would become temporarily disoriented and not know what they were doing just moments ago. Banbora could use her effect on whole crowds, which made her a perfect partner in conquest. She strengthened the region which would later become Loodon Empire.|
 
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|103-131 TR|Signus|Had a strange ability to easily lift, move and throw massive objects, although did not have any special strength in all other respects. Had abnormally good eyesight.|
 
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|2nd CTR|Ghranat Tvarnian|Ability to control the weather, specifically summon strong winds. She also had the ability to restore good weather.|
 
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|2nd CTR|[[Destrum Froll]]|Levitation. Was also known as a drunk and a compulsive liar. Became second emperor of the early Loodon Empire. Died by following through with a hunger strike.|
 
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|2nd CTR|[[Khalora Dubinal]]|Could send deadly bursts of blue flames through walls, which allowed her and her armies to go on a number of successful conquests. Founded Quesde Republic. Was killed in battle.|
 
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|2nd CTR|[[Kafter Mraln]]|Older brother of Trisat Doln. Had the ability to see really far.|
 
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|2nd CTR|[[Trisat Doln]]|Founder of Rowlow and later Kwalin, Trisat had the ability to accurately predict the immediate future, which made her completely invulnerable in any battle. She additionally was able to case a defensive field around her surroundings, although this ability seemed to be less prominent than that of Emanano, who lived in the same period of time.|
 
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|2nd-3rd CTR|Krantevil Barta|An ability to turn into a tree that would grow its roots through all its surroundings. The ability was painful to Krantevil, and also seemed to change his personality once he became the creature into a more animalistic one, acting more on instinct than intellect. He eventually stopped practicing the ability and died in obscurity.|
 
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|211-297 TR|[[Matran Davino]]|She was able to become invisible, but her special abilities were hidden for most of her life. Living in obscurity, she was actually one of the most powerful political figures in Ybuwyn history.|
 
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|220-284 TR|[[Emanano Stratala]]|The most powerful superhero warrior in Ybuwyn at the time, Emanano was physically large and strong, and had the ability to cast a defensive aura over a large area, making his immediate surroundings completely invulnerable to actions from outside. He was a close friend of Matran Davino who helped him throughout his life get rid of enemies and maintain power.|
 
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|235-259 TR|[[Davidalo Tramtasta]]|Had the ability to fire large balls of fire from the palms of his hands. Unfortunately, while the feat looked visually compelling, actual damage was usually limited to Davidalo himself. Nevertheless, his family kept the true nature of his abilities a secret for a long time. Was killed by Emanano.|
 
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|2nd-3rd CTR|[[Gandn Tilrot]]|Known to possess possibly the most powerful abilities in history and foretold as a future ruler of the Continent, but died at a very young age of 20 due to sheer stupidity. Land, a small and comparably weak country, was preparing to grow into an empire, but was instead conquered by Narimon within 3 years of Tilrot's death.|
 
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|3rd-4th CTR|[[Drokn]]|Super strength, and a phantom by the name of [[Saratogn Nils]], who would appear while Drokn is asleep. The phantom looked nothing like Drokn, had his own personality and operated as a completely separate person, but was fanatically focused on Drokn's interests. Saratogn became one of the first political strategists and is credited with turning Narimon into a powerful country until its economic collapse in the 9th century.|
 
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|451-538 TR|[[Dinil Marten]]|A Leikarda superhero warrior, Dinil had the ability to animate inanimate objects to an unprecedented degree, creating whole realities around himself and his surroundings. He is the only superhero warrior to date whose offspring, a son, was also a superhero warrior.|
 
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|488-524 TR|[[Tantan Tan]]|A petite lady, she possessed the ability to duplicate herself 3 times. At the same time, she was super fast, resilient to physical injury and owned a specially designed staff that only she could wield that would hurl yellowish splashes of burning energy all around. Was killed in battle.|
 
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|490-524 TR|[[Giltamo]]|Was incredibly large, seemingly not requiring rest and sleep, and very resilient, although not invulnerable, to physical injury. Several independent reports indicate that he was also able to cause earthquakes, but that it was not an ability he used often. Was the superhero warrior of Astauand during the start of War. Was killed in battle.|
 
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|492-524 TR|[[Drontal Swanden]]|Had an ability to create small copies of himself that would be marble-like, have wings and shoot piercing poisoned arrows. Drontal would be capable of creating whole clouds of these minions that would overwhelm the opposing army. Since they were small and difficult to aim at, this would usually wreak havoc on the enemy lines. However, Drontal would eventually tire and require days to recuperate to be able to create minions again. Was killed in battle.|
 
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|492-524 TR|[[Tivenian Startlen]]|Could turn into a huge heavy elephant-like creature that would be extremely tough. When severely injured or killed, it would turn back into Tivenian's human form, and he would be completely healthy and ready to re-run the feat. Was killed in battle.|
 
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|494-524 TR|[[Grenol Koln]]|Extremely large and strong physically, Grenol Koln was believed to be completely invulnerable to physical attacks. However, this turned out to be not the case, as she perished in the Battle of Astauand while under heavy attack.|
 
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|494-525 TR|[[Divant Drotka]]|An ability to teleport as a phantom. The phantom would look like her and could interact with the world around her, but was in no danger of being injured or killed. However, her actual body had no special abilities and during these sessions she would appear to be in a state of trance. She was kidnapped by the spies of Austaland in 523 who did not know she was a superhero warrior. For the next two years she was one of the key actors in the War on the Leykaryan side, and helped bring down the dynasty of Astauand. Her phantom was last seen in 525 and she is believed to have been killed in prison.|
 
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|497-526 TR|[[Kletka Marten]]|A Leikarda superhero warrior, Kletka is the only superhero warrior to have been the offspring of another superhero warrior, Dinil Marten. He had the same ability to animate inanimate objects as his father, but to a lesser degree. Realizing that his raw abilities are weaker, he took great care to take as much as possible from what we had and became a feared warrior, who was able to use small objects as projectiles. His accuracy was legendary. He was killed in battle.|
 
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|553-639 TR|[[Ganda Martala]]|Had the ability to resurrect the dead. When this became known, this caused a temporary panic, since it was feared that she is the second Lidyan. She conquered Singlewave Collective and Austaland, bringing them under Mantareia rule. However, her conquests then came to an abrupt end. Rumors began to spread that her ability was either much weaker than Lidyan's or that it grew weaker with age. Nobody wanted to test that hypothesis, however, and Ganda enjoyed a long life of a powerful ruler, during which Mantareia prospered.|
 
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Latest revision as of 16:41, 23 April 2022

Superhero warrior is a name that has been traditionally used to refer to individuals that are born with super powers on the Continent. Another frequent moniker is "a child of a demigod".

Overview

The Continent's population exhibits a poorly studied phenomenon that result in the occasional births of individuals with superpowers. Superpowers range from incredible strength and being able to wield various forms of energy, to the more exotic ones, such as having a phantom live a full blown life while its counterpart sleeps.

The percentage of the population with such abilities is incredibly low, leading to a colloquial “rule of 5”, which states that at any point in time there bound to be no more than 5 superhero warriors. While an actual average based on historical data actually estimates this number to be slightly over 16, the rule does its job at stressing how rare the phenomenon is.

The Continent has a rich history of superhero warriors, and collectively they have greatly influenced events, culture and politics, introducing an amount of political and economical uncertainty far greater than on many other worlds. Most modern countries of the Continent have been founded or expanded by a superhero warrior at some point in history.

Usage of the term

The term “superhero warrior” is arguably outdated. It was common to use any super ability for conquest, but that hasn't been always done in the past, nor is it commonly done today. Nevertheless, the term is widely used to refer to persons with super abilities as either “superheroes” or “superhero warriors”. In fact, in spite of the latter term being longer, it is used more often.

Although being born a superhero warrior is generally considered a blessing, since the very early days of the civilization there has always been a movement that considered it prudent to conceal one's abilities for a long period of time or throughout the whole life. Several shadow superhero warriors have been suspected behind a number of historical events, and some have come out as they reached older age.

The phenomenon has also introduced an unexpected social benefit of greatly reduced gender, racial and religious discrimination, as a superhero warrior can be born into a family of any race, class or worldview, and be of any gender or sexuality.

Abilities

TBD: The dilution of abilities. They definitely have a genetic link. A typical situation would be an appearance of an ability that would later slowly "dilute", which means that the next time it is encountered in the population, it tends to be weaker, until the point it just no longer appears.

A typical example is the famous speed barrier.

Classification

Generally, superhero warriors have unique abilities, and in many cases they are not trivial to compare or classify. However, there are classes of abilities and their recurring combinations, as well as a historic and cultural context on this.

Healers

Superhero warriors with the ability to affect health are generally not referred to as "superhero warriors" and are instead called "healers". While they are expected to be merciful and provide their abilities beyond their own family and nation, this hasn't always been the case and countries frequently used healers as an advantage in battle.

Their abilities have less variability in kind, but they do vary in amplitude. It is normal for a healer's ability to be pretty weak. Stronger healing abilities are rare.

Sun Kings and Moon Kings

Superhero warriors who's abilities emerge only during daylight or only during night are called Sun Kings and Moon Kings respectively. There have been fourteen Sun Kings and eleven Moon Kings throughout the Continent's history. They usually possess strange and very powerful abilities.

Legendaries

Main article: Legendary

A superhero warrior will be classified as a legendary if they possess extraordinary longevity and insight. Legendaries frequently do not know that they are legendaries until later in life.

Legendaries tend to play an important, although an unclear role in many historical events. People like the Utbringer had the peculiar ability to be central to the development of whole movements, while having their exact role in the events remain vague even to the people directly involved.

Caprices

Caprices tend to have abilities that could be described as unusual, but also very strong. Such abilities have been documented to not always work or be difficult to control. Many caprices perfect their skills over the course of their lives.

Superhero warriors in battle

The name "superhero warrior" hints at the main profession for many possessors of superpowers. Throughout the Continent's history, superhero warriors have been an integral part of armed conflicts. A powerful superhero warrior serving in the city's or country's army could protect the region by reputation alone. In some cases, the fate of conquests was decided by combat between the armies' superhero warriors, sparing the soldiers.

However, using superhero warriors in battle was never a sure bet, since only some had the powers to affect multiple individuals. And in some cases, when subjected to such pressure, superhero warrior's abilities could exhibit unwanted side effects or even go out of control affecting its own army as well. Such was the case with Aaroh, for example, at the Battle of Kustichoh, when his abilities of instilling confusion on an enemy that served well when defending a city, went out of control in an open field and created a vortex that hurt both armies. Aaroh was killed by his own troops in confusion and the battle was eventually lost.

Superhero warriors and religion

Superhero warriors always carried a string religious subtext. Generally, religions regard superhero warriors as either the chaos makers or the saviors of the natural order. Lolion, Foft and Rahkahnja regard superhero warriors as demigods, although the interpretation of their exact role in the world is unique for each religion.

Effect on discrimination

The fair distribution of superhero warriors among the population leads to a reduction in group discrimination, due to famous and revered individuals emerging from all kinds of backgrounds.

Data suggests that throughout history superhero warriors helped level attitudes in cases of tense relations. One example is the significant negative sentiment against the Teamatian natives in Homestead and Tarnaria was significantly offset by Kievan, a Teamatian native, who became a religious icon in the 16th CSR.

The even distribution among the sexes also leads to decreased gender-based discrimination, although various cultures have been able to establish strong patriarchal and matriarchal views in spite of this.

A list of documented superhero warriors

See: List of documented superhero warriors

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